Jerry regained his composure first and pulled out his phone. He saw he had six missed calls from Frank and two from Noelle. He dialled Frank's number, cursing when he hit the wrong key by mistake. Frank answered on the second ring and Jerry put it on loudspeaker.

"Where the hell have you two been?" Frank demanded.

"We were following Sam."

"Why didn't you answer your phone?"

"We were a little stunned by what we saw."

"I take it McNally isn't going to New York?"

"Who we saw was not McNally."

"Does Sammy have a kid?" Oliver asked, unable to process what he had just seen.

"Not that I'm aware of. Why?"

"A woman just pulled up and the kid practically jumped on Sam."

"License plate?" Noelle asked.

"We said we'd find out what he was doing this weekend, not abuse the system at work." Oliver countered

"Crap, she's coming out. Alone"

"Wait, she's leaving a child with Sam?"

"A toddler by the look of her."

"Do we keep watching?"

"Well we know he's got a kid for the weekend and McNally is on her way to New York with Peck." Frank said before hanging up.

"Sammy has a kid?!" Oliver muttered, still not believing it.

"Question is, does Andy know?"

Sam threw the towel he was drying his hands with onto the counter and went to answer the door. He knew it would be Katie because the knock was so soft, so when he pulled the door towards him, he knelt down so he could catch her in time as she launched herself on him. He stood up with Katie in his arms and watched as his sister walked up the path carrying Katie's bag.

He smiled at her - he hadn't seen her in months, and Sarah returned it while Katie stuck her finger in his dimple.

"Thanks for doing this Sam." She said as she reached the door.

"Not a problem."

Sarah kissed his cheek as she wriggled past him and Katie and Sam closed the door behind her. She dropped the bag in the hallway and turned to face Sam.

"So bedtime is eight thirty, she's allergic to nuts and ginger and is fully potty trained."

"Good to know! You staying for tea?"

"No. I've got to get going. Her eppi-pen is in the bag in case something happens. Please keep it with you and I'm on my cell if you need me."

Sam stepped to the side to allow Sarah to leave and stood in the doorway waving goodbye with Katie. Once the SUV had disappeared off the street Sam closed the door and put Katie down on the ground.

"What about you Katie? You hungry?"

Katie nodded and Sam took her hand and led her to the kitchen where the pan of pasta was bubbling away.

"What do you want?"

"Mac and Cheese pwease."

"With little sausages in it?"

Katie smiled showing all of her teeth and nodded her head.

"And then how about you and me watch a movie?" Sam asked.

"Roar!" Was Katies answer, followed by a giggle.

"Roar?"

"Roar!" Katie roared again, this time a little louder.

"Roars it is." Sam smiled , stirring the pasta as Katie climbed onto a chair at the table.

"So how is the sex?" Gail asked as she sipped Champagne on the flight.

"GAIL!"

"What? Give a girl a break! I've not been getting any since Chris and I split up and I've always said Sam looks like he's a guy who knows what he's doing! So come on, get me through this drought with some little details!"

Andy raised her eyebrows at Gail, who pouted in return.

"Fine! The sex is, well, incredible." Andy finally conceded, reaching for her own glass of Champagne.

"Better than Detective Douchwhore?"

Gail laughed as Andy's smile gave her the answer she was looking for.

"So tell me what happened the night of the blackout. Traci told me she'd fill me in on details and never did."

"I was in shock, feeling a little abandoned by Luke and I don't know, I just set off walking and found myself at Sams. I knocked on the door and I guess I just needed him."

"So what, you jumped him?"

"More like shoved him against a wall and stuck my tongue in his mouth."

"And you and he got jinky with it?"

"We made it to his bedroom and then the lights came on. I hadn't thought of Luke since I turned up on Sams doorstep but when he tried to call me when Sam was turning stuff off what I'd done came crashing down and I bailed."

"Andy McNally, you little whore!"

"Thank's Gail."

"One more and I'll quit with the questions."

"I'm sure you've got more than one burning question?"

"Of course I do, but I know when not to push my luck!"

"Go on then."

"When and how did you dad find out?"

"Sam just said that they talked when he picked my dad up from the hospital."

"And?"

"And nothing, Sam wouldn't tell me the rest."

"I knew you two would hook up since I saw the pair of you in the parking lot the night of our second shift."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts, fasten your trays and return your seats to the upright position as we prepare for our descent into JFK."

"Uncie Tham!" Katie called from the front room as Sam washed up the pans and plates from tea.

"What's up?"

"Where's roar?

Sam dropped the plate he had just cleaned into the drainer and dried his hands before heading into the living room to find Katie looking at his (and Olivers) pile of DVD's.

"Want me to go get it while you get comfy on the sofa?" Sam asked, pulling the blanket he knew Katie loved from the storage underneath the smaller one and placing it down for her to crawl onto.

Katie nodded and lifted her arms in the air. Sam picked her up and placed her on the blanket before heading to his bedroom closet and pulling The Lion King from the stash of movies he kept there for her.

When he got back to the front room, Katie had migrated to the floor and was making herself comfy in a picnic style. He put the movie on and went to finish washing up. When he was done he pulled a packet of chocolate buttons out of the fruit bowl where he'd hidden them and went to join Katie on the floor of the sitting room, opening the buttons so she could help herself.

When the end credits of the movie rolled he could see Katie was fighting to stay awake, so he picked her up, carried her to the spare room, helped her into her pyjamas and into bed before cleaning up the mess they had made on the living room floor. As he dropped the blanket on the sofa his phone pinged. Smiling, he knew it would be a text from Andy.

'Arrived safe. The hotel is AMAZING! Wish you were here xx'

'I wish I was too! Katies already had me watch The Lion King. Won't be as good as the show tomorrow though! xx'

'Night Sam x'

'Night x'

A/N: Just so you all know - my brother is back in the Hospital after another episode that had me talking to the police for over 2 hours to try and find him.

I am not doing too well, but my writing is keeping me somewhat sane (even if the laptop isn't - it's ancient and slow as hell!)