"Sara the assailant is George Gordon, he's the brother of Walter Gordon. George was in the system for a petty theft charge from when he was a teenager." Catherine said.

Sara's mouth dropped open and she felt a pit form in her stomach.

"What did he say, is he talking?" Sara asked.

"Oh yeah, he had plenty to say, it's sickening."

"What'd he say?" Sara asked again, somewhat impatiently.

"He said that it's Nick's fault that his brother and niece are dead. I reminded him that Walter was the one who had kidnapped Nick and buried him alive not the other way around and he just waved his hand dismissively like that didn't even matter. He went on to say that he wanted revenge against Nick and so he at first intended to kidnap and kill Nick but then he decided that it would hurt Nick much more if he kidnapped and killed his daughter instead. He was so cold about everything, as if Jasmine was a stuffed toy, it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up Sara. I told him that Jasmine was an innocent little girl, she had done absolutely nothing to him and his response to me was that's true, but that's the price you pay when your father is a dirt bag."

"Oh my God, Nick is going to totally freak out, how horrible and how chilling, I don't even want to think about what would have happened if they didn't have their dog." Sara responded.

"I know, I was thinking about that too, Nick and Jackie saved Jasmine from danger but I truly think Dolly is the real hero here."

"I'm going to go talk to Nick and Jackie, call me back if he says anything else, or if you need any help with anything." Sara told her.

"I will but I don't think I'll be needing any help, he was caught red handed in the Stokes' house and he already gave me a full confession and Greg just called me, there was a print on the tire iron outside Jasmine's window, it matched George Gordon, the case is solved."

"That's a relief at least." Sara said.

"Yes it is."

"Well I'm going to go talk to Nick and Jackie, I'll talk to you later."

"Ok bye Sara." Catherine said as she hung up.

Sara walked into the break room where Nick and Jackie, as well as their kids, and Finn and Russell sat talking to one another. Jasmine was perched on Nick's lap happily munching on her cookie that Nick had bought her. Houston sat quietly in Finn's lap also eating a cookie. Johnna was fast asleep in Russell's lap and Karlie was in Jackie's lap banging her baby rattle on the table contently.

"Shhh sweetheart, you'll wake your sister." Jackie told the infant as she put her hand down where the rattle was hitting the table so it would quit making noise.

Karlie let out a frustrated squawk, angry that the fun game that she was playing had been halted.

Everyone chuckled at the baby's antics.

"Hi guys." Sara said as she sat down.

"Hi Sara." Everyone greeted. "Finn, Russell, would you take the kids out to the hallway? I need to talk to Nick and Jackie."

"Sure. Come on Jasmine." Russell said as he stood up slowly so he wouldn't wake Johnna.

Finn stood up with Houston in her arms. She grabbed Houston's cookie so he could finish his out in the hall too.

"Cookie?" Jasmine asked.

"Yep you can bring your cookie." Russell told her.

Jasmine grabbed her cookie and then happily followed everyone else to the hallway.

Dolly was right on the little girl's heels, eager to snatch up any of the child's cookie if she happened to drop any.

Karlie remained in Jackie's lap, the baby was too little to understand anything and it would be harder for Russell and Finn to watch after all four of them then it would be for them to just take the three kids.

Sara waited until the others were out in the hallway before she begin to speak.

"We have the ID of the man that broke into your house." She said.

"That's wonderful, who is it?" Jackie asked.

"His name is George Gordon." Sara said.

Nick's eyes got wide.

"Gordon, as in Walter and Kelly Gordon?" He asked.

"Yes, George is Walter's brother." Sara replied.

The color drained out of Nick's face, and he felt as if he might vomit. Jackie laid her free hand across Nick's shoulders, she too felt sick to her stomach.

"Did he say why he broke into our house?" Nick asked quietly, almost afraid to hear the answer.

"Nick, you don't need to hear why." Sara said.

"Yes I do." He argued.

Sara took a deep breath. "He said that he blames you for the death of his brother and niece and he wanted to kidnap and kill you at first but then he realized that it would hurt you much deeper if he, if he, um." Sara stuttered, knowing the last part of her sentence would be horrific for both Nick and Jackie to hear.

"If he went after my little girl instead?" Nick finished for her.

"Yes Nick, I'm so sorry."

Nick's eyes welled with tears, as did Jackie's and Sara's.

"It's ok Nicky, Jazz is safe, we all are." Jackie said softly as she ran her hand up and down his back in a comforting motion.

"I can't even let myself imagine what would have happened if we didn't have Dolly." Nick said quietly.

"Dolly very likely saved Jasmine's life." Sara agreed.

Everyone let that sink in, no one said anything for a bit, they just sat there in silence until the sound of a loud noise caused them all to jump.

Everyone looked at the baby who sat there grinning widely as she resumed her game of bang my rattle as hard as I can on the table.

Jackie laughed. "You little stinker." She said as she kissed the top of Karlie's head.

A little while later Nick, Jackie, and the kids were escorted by a police officer to Jackie's parent's house to make sure they got there safely so they could spend the night.

Their house was still a crime scene so they couldn't go home, although the case seemed open and shut, Morgan and Greg wanted to make sure they grabbed every tiny shred of evidence to make sure George Gordon was put away for good.

After they had arrived at Jackie's parent's house they got the kids settled in for the night. It didn't take any of the kids long to fall asleep, they were all understandably exhausted.

After all the kids were put to bed Nick made Dolly a Texas sized steak as a token of Nick and Jackie's forever gratitude for what the dog had done and Dolly happily gobbled up every bite of her delicious reward.

The End!