Ed was dressed not long later and had spent the day applying for any job he could. He'd already had two calls for an interview later that week and when his phone rang again he was expecting another interview call.

"Hey Ed." Edward closed his laptop when he heard Jim's voice.

"Do you have him?" He asked.

"Ed, calm down. Yes, he's here. Everything went smoothly, he's safe. You can come down and get him. You'll just need to fill out the paperwork. I'll see you in a bit."

Kristen looked up at Edward from across the room. "Do you want me to come with you?" she asked.

"If you want to." He said standing up and going to put his shoes on.

"I'll come," she said, slipping on her shoes and picking up her jacket. Edward shouldn't have to go alone. And she was anxious to see how Rubix was doing. Deidre was right; there was a good chance that he was frightened and confused by everything that had happened.

The ride to the GCPD was quiet, though thankfully they didn't get pulled over from Ed speeding on occasion. They reached their destination quickly and Ed was out of the car and already on the sidewalk before Kristen even had her door open.

Kristen hurried after him to catch up, not asking him to slow down. She knew he was in a hurry to get to his son.

"Nygma." Edward paused as Barnes approached him once he entered the GCPD. "Unless you have a crime to report you're not authorized to be here."

"Relax Barnes, I called him. He's just here to pick up his kid." Jim said approaching them. "Hey Ed. Harvey has him in the interrogation room. We figured he'd be better away from all the commotion out here." He said.

Kristen stiffened as Barnes approached, and gave him a reproachful look. It had been tense, to say the least, working under the man who had fired Edward. Fortunately, she didn't interact much with him directly on a day-to-day basis. She relaxed slightly as Jim approached, and she took Edward's hand in hers as they followed him through the bustle of GCPD toward the interrogation room.

"How's he doing?" she asked Jim.

"He's fine. He's been occupied with Harvey who's taking every excuse not to work." Jim said as if it were obvious. Which it most likely was.

Jim opened the interrogation room door and allowed Ed in first. When he stepped in Harvey was sitting in a chair attempting to play peek-a-boo and making baby noises at Rubix who did not look amused. In fact he looked rather annoyed and bored from where he sat on the floor staring up at the giant idiot in front of him.

As soon as Ed came in though he was up and across the room screaming "DADA!" He said practically jumping into Ed's arms as he bent down to his level.

Kristen smiled warmly as she watched them. Though Rubix was more exuberant about it, she could tell Edward was just as happy. Things had been so rough for him lately. If he could just have peace of mind over Rubix, maybe every other burden would seem lighter.

She looked over at Bullock. "Thanks for watching him," she said appreciatively, mildly amused. She would never have pictured him ineptly making faces at a toddler. Even if it hadn't gone over well with Rubix, the man had been trying. "I know this isn't in your usual job description."

"I don't know what you're talking about, I was just sitting here making sure he didn't swallow his tongue or something." Harvey said looking awkwardly around the room knowing he'd been caught.

"Hey buddy." Edward said sitting down in front of Rubix. "You okay?" He asked drawing Rubix's attention back to him. He felt anger seeth through him at the sight of the bruise on Rubix's neck.

"I fine dada!" He said climbing into his lap and wrapping his arms around his neck. "We go your house today?" He asked.

"Yes, you're going to come stay with me for a while okay?" He said watching the happy grin come over Rubix's little face.

"Yay!" He said jumping up and running over to Kristen. "Kisten too?" He asked jumping up and down.

Kristen laughed, bending down to give Rubix a hug. "Yes," she confirmed. "Me too." She had noticed the bruise on his neck too, and it pained her, but at least they'd gotten him away from his mother. He was safe for now … And if Edward could just get custody, he would stay that way.

"We just need you to fill out some papers, Ed, then you can take him home." Jim said, leaning in the doorway.

"Right. Thank you for this." He said smiling kindly at Jim.

"Just glad I could help," Jim said with a slight shrug.

"Seriously," Kristen said, picking up Rubix. "We owe you." Edward had managed to keep going as well as could be expected, but he'd been beside himself over this.

"Hey …. I helped too." Harvey said leaning back in his chair, his arms crossed. "In case anyone's forgotten."

"Yes, thank you Detective Bullock." Edward said before following Jim to go fill out the papers.