"Burkhardt, go home." Renard barks when he sees Nick is in the grip of a terrible rage and about to do something damaging to his career as a result of it.

Without saying a word, Nick goes to his desk, picks up his jacket from his chair, and heads out.

He's not angry with his captain for sending him home. He's to busy being enraged at the man who couldn't appreciate the miracle he had been given.

A woman and her baby had been found by a hiker earlier that morning. He was a photography hobbyist and had walked deep into the woods, far away from the designated trail, believing he could find more birds that way, and had been looking up, through his camera, when he tripped over the mound that was the murdered woman and baby.

Their murderer hadn't bothered to dig a whole. He just covered their bodies with some dirt, leaves and branches. He probably thought they wouldn't be found for a long time, and if they were, they wouldn't be identifiable.

Not only had they been found, they were also easily identified. It was then especially easy to find their murderer.

The woman's boyfriend had decided he didn't want to be a dad. He didn't want to pay child support and he didn't want anyone knowing he had a kid. He said he thought it would ruin his life.

Nick had wanted to end the man's life right then and there.

He just couldn't understand how any man could kill his own child.

Nick hated anyone who harmed children. He believed that anyone who laid a hand of violence or perversion on a child should be killed right then and there.

But a man killing his own child was something that was beyond Nick's grasp of understanding. Just because he didn't want the responsibility.

To Nick, it was completely cold and callous.

As angry as he had been with Adalind, he had never once thought of causing any harm to her, or to their baby.

Nick may have wished that the circumstances would have been different, but never once has he ever not wanted his kid.

Kelly was the most important thing in his life. Kelly was his whole world. Even if he and Adalind had never gotten along, Nick would have fought tooth and nail for his son.

And that was why he wanted to strangle the man's neck. Because he could never understand that kind of selfish, self centered evil.

It was also why he had no problem with Renard sending him home. Nick desperately needed to see his family. He needed to hold his son in his arms. He needed to hear Adalind talk about whatever was on her mind.

Nick uses the drive to calm himself down. He focuses on the people who will be there.

To give himself more time, and a nice surprise for Adalind, he gets dinner from a takeaway place she said she liked.

By the time he's inside the loft, Nick is able to have a genuine smile on his face.

"Oh, look Kelly, daddy's home early!" Adalind's smile is wide and bright. Just as beautiful as Nick new it would be.

Nick sets the takeaway bags on the counter and then picks Kelly up and held the little boy snuggly against his chest. Inhaling his scent deeply, savoring the feel of the warm bundle in his arms, Nick can feel the last traces of tension leave his mind and body. Adalind and Kelly working their magic and once again bringing him peace.

"Something happened." Adalind observed with concern. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Nick held his son a little tighter, and kissed him on his tiny head. "Hank and I caught a case of a murdered woman and her baby. The father of her child did it." Nick shook his head. "The guy actually said it was because he didn't want the responsibility. He thought his child would ruin his life." He looks at Adalind and she can see his grief, pain, anger and confusion. "The guy murdered a child because he thought it would cramp his lifestyle."

Nick then takes one arm and wraps it around Adalind, pulling her tightly to him. She reciprocates and wraps her arms as tightly around him, burying her head in his chest, right next to where her son is pressed.

That's how they stand for a while, simply holding one another. Both grateful of the people they held in their arms.

Nick ran his hand down Adalind's hair, twirling the ends around his fingers.

When she lifts her head up to look at him, he smiles warmly down at her and says, "You and Kelly being here means alot to me. Without the two of you here, I think I would still be seething."

Adalind smiles back at him. "We're here because of you. You're a good man. You've been doing everything to keep us safe. To provide everything we need. I know I would have been lost if you hadn't. I am so grateful that men like you exist. Kelly is lucky to have you for a father."

Nick pulls her in for a tight hug again and kisses the top of her head. No words could express how happy he felt to hear Adalind say that.

Her heart started racing when she felt his lips pressed to her head. A flood of warmth went through her at the affection he was showing her. Adalind was glad she could give Nick some comfort, to ease any suffering he was going through. He always did that for her, so it was nice to be able to return the favor.

She reluctantly pulled herself away from him and said with a grin, hoping to lighten the mood, "Come on, we should eat before the food gets cold."

Nick lays Kelly down gently in his crib and then helps Adalind unpack the bags and lay the food out.

He smiled contentedly as he sits down. He has a wonderful woman sitting in front of him. Who is so smart he can talk to her about any and every thing. And his son is sleeping peacefully close by.

Nick knows what he has. He knows how important these two people are to him.

And he's willing to do any and every thing in his power to keep them safe, and in his life.