Jennifer grogily woke up and rubbed her eyes. She sat straight up in the bed and looked around, aware of her surroundings. "What the hell?" She muttered to herself. 'How did I fall asleep? Why? How? Not when he's still out there. Jennifer slowly got up when the doorbell rang. She shot up and ran to the door. "Daddy?" She called out. "Daddy?!" She shouted again as she opened the door. Everyone was there. Nick, Warrick, Sara, Brass and Catherine. They didn't look so good. And it didn't feel right.

"What's wrong?" She said as she let them in.

"Jen, I think you need to sit down." Nick instructed. "We have something to tell you."

"Please tell me you found my dad." She looked around and the somber faces were only to be spied. "You did find him right?"

"Jennifer." Catherine began. "We matched the shoeprints to your fathers. And." She paused.

"And what?" Jennifer asked with a tremble in her voice.

"The blood found at the warehouse, it uh. It's your dad's." Catherine gently put her hand on Jen's.

"No." Jennifer cried with tears in her eyes. "NO!" She shouted standing up. "It's not his. Milander planted it there. I know my dad is still alive. He's not gone. Maybe he's just gone to the store and his car broke down. You know the Vegas heat. This cannot be happening." She cried falling to the floor with Nick to catch her.

"Jen, we didn't say he's dead." He brushed a piece of hair away from her eyes.

"Nick, this cannot be happening." She said throwing her arms around him. Everyone looked on in bewilderment. Was it just in the heat of sadness or anger, they all wondered. Of course Catherine already knew, but Warrick and Sara looked on. "This is just a bad dream. And I'm going to wake up soon and you're not here. None of you are."

Nick looked up at everyone and they got the hint. Sara and Warrick followed Catherine outside to the Tahoe while Nick picked up Jennifer. "Look at me." He said but she couldn't. "Jennifer, you look at me. Your father is not dead. You know he's stronger than all of us put together and his values will keep him alive. All of us are trying to do our best and you know that. And you, need to stay home now. You can't work like this."

"Nick, I'm fine. I just need to find my father." She bellowed as she stood up. "The day is almost gone and look at me. I'm standing here crying and not doing anything. I need to do something."

"If you want to do something, go into that bathroom and wash your face. I'll take you back to your dad's house so you can work. Are you going to be okay there?" He asked.

"I'll be okay." She walked into the bathroom and turned on the cold water tap. She bent down and splashed the freezing cold water onto her face. It felt so good, especially in this Vegas heat wave the city was experiencing. She patted her face and splashed it again with the water. After drying her face off, she stood there. Looking in the mirror. She couldn't help but repeat lyrics of a song she liked. It reminded her of this very moment.

1. "Do you even know who you are? A borrowed dream, or superstar? Is life good to you or bad? Do you even know what you have? Do you even know who you are? A rising dream, or a fallen star? Is life good to you, is it bad? Do you even know what you have?" *1

Her life right now was hell. The man who read bedtimes stories to her and caught butterflies with her was missing. She didn't know where he was or what kind of state he was in. She briefly closed her eyes then opened them again and joined Nick in the hallway. "Let's go." She said as she headed outside with Nick locking the door behind him.

"Are you okay?" Sara asked genuinely concerned.

"I'll be okay. Right now we need to find my dad. If it takes all day tomorrow and the day after that with no sleep, so be it. Dayshift will cover any crimes that happen during graveyard. The Sheriff is taking care of that. Ecklie is going to have to deal with it, whether he likes it or not."

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*1 Line from the song "Lonely Girl" (L. Perry/ performed by Pink feat. Linda Perry) on the CD "M!ssundaztood" Arista Records 2001.