"Sir," detective Baker addressed her boss as she walked into his office. It was late and frankly, her boss wanted nothing but to go home and enjoy some cool beer with pops.

"What is it, Baker?" The commissioner questioned. He didn't even raise his head when she entered. He knew it was her. After all, at this time at the night, it could be either her or Garrett.

"There was a shooting reported to one of our precincts. Sir, I'm afraid it's Jimmy Riordan, he has been shot," his assistant announced briefly. She could see fear and concern written all over his face.

"Is he likely or not likely?" The commissioner asked concerned. He liked the young man and he would hate if something happened to him.

"We don't know yet, sir. The doctors are operating on him as we speak." Detective Baker informed the chief of police.

The commissioner just nodded his head.

"Do we know what happened?" He then asked his assistant. He stood up and looked out from the window. He did that when he was worried.

"We are not sure yet, sure, but it looks like the was ordered either by the Sanfinos themselves or by one of their enemies?"

"Any suspicions?"

"At this point, it can be anyone." Baker shrugged her shoulders.

She could see how Frank Reagan took a deep breath, trying to calm down. She knew Jimmy Riordan was hardly just another case, not after he had her look for his relatives. He was special for the commissioner, but she couldn't quite figure out how.

"Alright, put detective Reagan on this case and let me know when you find more." The commissioner then instructed her.

"Of course, sir," Baker agreed.

***BB***

"Any news on Jimmy Riordan?" The commissioner asked his son once he entered the hospital waiting room.

"He made it through the surgery," Danny informed him. "But according to his doctor, he lost a lot of blood."

The chief of police just nodded his head. This could have been expected.

"Commissioner," an elderly doctor greeted him as he walked from one of those private rooms.

"How is he, doctor? Is he going to make it?" Frank wanted to know immediately. He knew what Danny just said but he needed to hear more from someone more appropriate.

"Well, I'm afraid Mr. Riordan suffered major trauma." The doctor began. "We took out two bullets from that young man. One of them has almost hit his heart, while the other has ruptured his internal lilac artery. He lost lots of blood. Frankly, it's quite a miracle he is alive." The doctor informed them briefly.

"He also suffered some trauma to his face recently, but those bruises are definitely a few days old. Seems like someone has made a punching bag from him."

"Ehm, that would have been me, doctor," Danny interrupted the man.

"You, detective Reagan?" The doctor asked as he gave Danny a questioning look. "Why am I not surprised?" He then mumbled. He and Danny went way back for the detective was supplying his hospital with new patients every now and then.

"He was resisting arrest," Danny tried to defend himself.

"Are you also behind his shot wounds, detective?" The doctor then asked sarcastically.

"What?" Danny looked at him almost offended. "Of course not! Besides, we had to release him anyway, we didn't have enough evidence to keep him."

"When can we expect him to wake up?" The commissioner interrupted the exchange.

"It's difficult to say, commissioner. I expect he will be on and off for several hours at least, if not for days. And don't expect to be able to question him straight away. He suffered major trauma. He is on pulmonary ventilation, he won't be able to give you his statement until he gets some strength back." The doctor warned them, knowing just too well Danny's methods.

"Doctor, we will need those bullets you took out from Mr. Riordan as evidence. The same goes for his clothes and personal items." Frank told the doctor. Unlike Danny, he knew they needed to cooperate with the hospital staff.

"Of course, that shouldn't be a problem, commissioner. I will tell one of the nurses to get everything ready for you." He then announced before he said goodbye and left them alone.

"Dad, should we notify the Sanfinos?" Danny questioned once the doctor has left. He didn't like the idea, but they were Riordan's family after all.

"I'll call Phil Sanfino myself and I will tell him what happened," his father sighed with a heavy heart. "He deserves to know. Any parent should have. And he is the closest Jimmy has to a father. Like it or not, we have to tell him."

"So you don't think that the attack came from the Sanfinos?" His son questioned. He knew his father had better insight into the Sanfinos than he did thanks to his relation with Jimmy Riordan.

"I doubt Phil Sanfino would order a hit on Jimmy. It is my understanding that he values Jimmy just too much to let him be killed. But we will have someone watch Jimmy 24/7. And when he wakes up, I will question him myself. Is that clear, Danny?" He then asked his son. He didn't want anything else to go wrong between Danny and Jimmy. Not when Jimmy was injured the way he was.

"Sure thing, dad," the detective agreed.

***BB***

"I haven't expected to hear from you so soon, Frank," Phil Sanfino told the commissioner when he picked up his phone.

"I'm afraid this is a courtesy call, Phil. I'm afraid Jimmy was shot. He is at the hospital as we speak." Frank Reagan informed the head of the Sanfino crime family.

"Jimmy was shot?" Phil repeated after the commissioner, unable to believe his words. "By who? One of your men?"

His question caught Frank a little bit by surprise.

"Actually, Phil, we are looking into it, but it was no one from our people who shot Jimmy, it seems like Jimmy was targeted rather by someone from your family or by your enemies." The commissioner suggested carefully, waiting how Phil would react.

"How is he, Frank? Is he going to be alright?" Uncle Phil asked with great desperation in his voice. He clearly cared about Jimmy and he would hate if something happened to him. Like Frank did.

"He lost lots of blood, Phill. But he is young and otherwise healthy, the doctors are optimistic. However, he is at the pulmonary ventilation, so you can imagine how well he is." The commissioner informed his old nemesis. Many years have passed and they crossed paths again. And once again there was someone they both cared about. The only difference was that this time it wasn't a woman.

"Frank, I know you have spent the night at Jimmy's after your son Danny beat him up. I know it because I had him watched just in case your people would try anything else. I can imagine what the two of you were talking about, but you have to trust me, I would never hurt the boy. He is like a son to me!" Phil revealed to the commissioner. And he believed him because something in his voice was sincere. Something he couldn't just fake. He grew attached to the boy and to him he was his family, regardless whether they were related by blood or not.

"Phil, if you love Jimmy the way you say you do, then maybe when he recovers from his injuries you should let him go. I think that you and I both agree that Jimmy deserves better." The commissioner suggested.

"I can't Frank, he means too much to me!"

"Well, maybe sometimes loving our children means letting them go and live their own life. Jimmy wouldn't have chosen this life if it was up to him. Surely you must know that."

"He knows too much, Frank."

"Phil, one thing is for sure. If things keep going like this, then Jimmy will one day end up dead, only this time for real." Frank Reagan concluded.

***BB***

"I told you to scare him, not to shoot him!" Uncle Phil shouted angrily at Jonny Tesla as he took the man by his neck.

"What's going on?" Bianca who heard the commotion asked as she hastily walked into her uncle's office followed by her brother Noble.

"I took you under my wings and this is how you repay me?" Phil kept shouting at Johnny as he hurled him at the wall.

"Uncle Phil stop it, you're gonna hurt him," his niece begged him. Tears coming to her eyes.

"What's going on, guys?" Noble too wanted to know. He was a bit high as usual, but he was wise enough to intervene.

"I'll tell you what's going on. This genius almost killed Jimmy!" Phil kept screaming as he was choking Johnny.

"What are you talking about?" Johnny asked without breath.

"Frank Reagan just called, Jimmy is at the hospital. He was shot twice in his abdomen and it's only by a miracle that he didn't bleed out. You still want to tell me that you know nothing about it?" Phil questioned as he punched Johnny in his face.

"It wasn't me, Phil, I swear! I would have never done anything against your wish! You told me not to hurt him. Besides, I never really got an opportunity to talk to him, Danny Reagan got there first." Johnny swore as he was trying to catch his breath.

"Then who the hell shot Jimmy?" Phil wanted to know. "Frank Reagan assured me that it was none of his men."

"Then he must be lying" Johnny interrupted him. "Look, Phil, everyone knows that Jimmy and I don't get along, but I would have never hurt him because I know well that you would have killed me if I did!"

"Who was it then?" Phil repeated his question.

"Is Jimmy going to be alright, uncle Phil?" Bianca asked her uncle nervously, tears streaming down her face.

"He is strong, he will make it through," Phil assure her as he took her in his arms and planted her head a kiss. Jimmy had to be alright. He wasn't going to accept any other option.

***BB***

"Frank," Phil Sanfino addressed the commissioner as he entered the small room. Frank Reagan was sitting in a chair next to Jimmy's hospital bed.

He stood up when he saw Phil enter the room. Jimmy was pale as were the walls in his room. He was hooked to various machines that were making sure that he was alive. Bianca and Noble wanted to come with uncle Phil too, but he insisted that he will see Jimmy first, not sure in which condition the boy was really in.

"I didn't want to leave him alone until someone from his family would arrive." The commissioner explained to Phil once he saw him. "I hope it's alright."

Phil just nodded his head.

"I should be going," the commissioner uttered as he gave Jimmy's hand a soft squeeze. "Hope you will get better soon." He whispered towards Jimmy who was still asleep.

"Thank you, Frank," Phil uttered as the commissioner was about to leave, "for everything."

Frank just nodded his head. "You welcome," he replied.

***BB***

"What the hell?" Detective Reagan cursed as he read the DNA results that came back with Jimmy Riordan's blood work. This simply couldn't be right. He called the lab and yelled at the worker responsible for the test he was now holding in his hands. Basically, he told the guy that he was an idiot. The poor man tried to explain to the detective that it was very unlikely that the test was wrong, but Danny just called the guy a "dumb-ass". Naturally, he didn't like it, but he told Danny that he will run the test again in his presence if he wants.

"See, detective," the technician stated towards Danny when he was handing him the results. "I told you, the test never lies."

Danny looked at those results again. "That's not possible," he mumbled, "it simply can't be."

He then took his mobile phone out of his pocket and gave his father a call.

"Dad, we need to talk. Jimmy Riordan's blood turned out in one of our cold cases. You will never believe who it belongs to!"