Erin was stoic and didn't say a word as she walked through the bullpen and into Voight's office. He closed the door behind her and all Jay could do was stand there with his mouth open, looking like a dumbass. It was Hailey that brought him back.

"Is that Erin Lindsay?" she asked.

"Yeah, it is."

"I thought she went to New York?"

"She did."

"Then why is she back?" Hailey asked.

Jay looked at her. "How the hell should I know? I gotta get some air," and with that Jay grabbed his coat and headed down the back stairs. Hailey just looked at the office door.

Inside Voight's office, Erin folded her arms. Hank was pacing the floor in front of her, behind the desk. He was fuming, not sure of what to say to his former foster daughter. He was happy to see her, of course but why she came back now blew his mind. She should've stayed in New York; she should've stayed out of this mess. He never wanted her involved in this.

"You gonna say something or just dig a rut in the floor?" Erin asked.

"Why did you come back?" he spit out.

"I had too."

"No, you were supposed to stay in New York and stay out of this! You were never supposed to be mixed up in this! You're better than this!"

"This is who I am, Hank. You really think I would've just stood back and not done what I needed to do which was being here for you and for Al."

"We were handling things just fine!"

"Really? Then why was Al led out in cuffs? You know damn well that we are all in this together."

"Look, Al and I have it covered. If anyone finds out about your involvement, you're gonna lose your job in New York and end up behind bars. You'll lose your badge and I can't let you do that."

"You don't need to protect me anymore. I'm not 15 years old anymore."

"I know you're not."

"Then let me help you. I'll go to IA and tell them everything."

"You'll do no such thing. Just go to my house and wait there. Don't move until I get there."

"Excuse me?"

"Erin, just do as I'm asking you to do, please."

"Hank, I'm sorry."

Voight sighed as he sat in his chair. "I know Kiddo."

Erin sat down across from him. "How did this happen?"

"Construction going on found the body. Homicide worked it over and found a hair from Al on the body. IAD leaned hard on Al to give it up how his hair was on Bingham's body. Then they got an anonymous phone call saying that Al and a dark haired female were seen moving the body."

"So someone saw us?"

"You're not admitting to anything, Erin. You have a bright future ahead of you and I'm not letting you throw it all away on this. Al and I will figure this out. The best thing you could do is go back to New York and never come back to Chicago."

"Hank, you're my family. Nothing could keep me away from home," Erin said. "This whole squad is my family."

"I'm sure they think of you as family too. It hasn't been the same since you left here."

"How's Jay?" Erin asked, itching to know.

"He's okay. "

"He seeing anyone?"

"Not to my knowledge but the guys don't tell me everything, you know. You and Halstead kept your relationship from the unit."

"Yeah, but you knew. That was why we kinda ended things; we knew how you felt about it."

"Yeah, but Halstead was the one to bring you back after Nadia. At that point, it didn't matter if you were together or not. I was just happy to have you back."

"How's Upton working out in the unit?" Erin asked, looking out the glass.

"She's doing okay. She's not you though."

"She partnering with Jay?"

"Sometimes."

"Something going on there Hank?"

"Would it matter?" Hank asked.

Erin couldn't answer. She hoped the answer was no but she knew that it wouldn't be fair to assume Jay would wait for her, although not a day went by that she didn't think of Jay Halstead. She hoped he would get over her leaving and learn to go on with his life but part of her always hoped that he would still love her in a tiny bit of his heart. That part of her hoped he would someday want her back in his life and his bed.