Chapter four

The doctor leads Danny and Maria into the nursery and over towards the baby. She seemed happy and content enough, they both smiled.

"You may hold her you like" the doctor let them know as she went over to attend to another baby.

Maria carefully lifted her up and held her in her arms, she giggled and waved her arms.

They both smiled and noticed and noticed she had a tag around her wrist that just said baby Janie Doe

The doctor came back over to them and smiled. Danny then took a turn in holding her

"Baby girl should be well enough to leave soon, CPS have been informed and will decide what happens next"

Danny sighed and Baez gently holded the little girls hand as Danny laid her back down

"Let us know if you need anything" Danny let her know as they headed out.

Jamie, Eddie and Erin were nearby and called to see if they wanted to get a drink and Danny and Maria went and met them at a karaoke bar.

"Hey" Danny called as he walked over to his family at the bar

"Hey" Jamie called out and they all sat down at the bar whilst Eddie and Jamie got the first round of drinks in

"Who's up for the karaoke" Eddie smiled

"Definitely Jamie" Danny laughed"

"And you" Erin smiled

"Let's do a duet" Eddie laughed as she and Jamie headed up first

Danny and Erin laughed so hard at Eddie and Jamie's edition of 'you're the one that I want' from Greece. It was a fun night but at the back of her mind Baez couldn't help thinking about the baby, Danny too a little bit if he was being honest.

"Are you okay?" Danny asked

"Yeah, it's just sometimes this job and kind of cases just stays with you a little bit" she assured him,

" I know the feeling, especially being a father" he said quietly he gently held her hand under the table.

"Any update on the father" Jamie asked"

"No.. no one has come forward" Danny told him

"What if .. what if I took her in at least until something more permanent is sorted out?"

"Are you sure?" Erin asked

"I thought about it hard, I know it is such a big responsibility but I can't let her be taken into the system"

"I can get in touch with CPS, and try and maybe get a judge but I'm not sure how long that will take"

"You really want this?" Danny asked still holding onto her hand under the table

"I want to try, yeah" Baez replied, giving his hand a gentle squeeze.

"That's amazing, I remember me and Jamie finding that baby on the street, it was pretty scary"

"Sure was" Jamie agreed.

Everybody started to make their own way home. As Maria lay down that night she looked at a picture taken that night of her and Danny at the bar with his silly smile and eventually drifted off into a peaceful slumber.

TBC