"C'mon, Jordan, tell us, who was Hector Rodriguez to Mira Gonzales?" Nigel asked, growing very impatient.

"That was Woody on the phone. He did a background search on Ms. Gonzales. Turns out, that's not her real name. She legally changed it about a year and a half ago, the children's names as well," Jordan began. "Up until then, she was known as Mariana Rodriguez. Wife to Hector Rodriguez."

"What?" Bug exclaimed. "Well that puts a new twist on things. Was he the children's father?"

"Woody talked to a co-worker of Mira…I mean, Mariana Rodriguez from her old job at a thrift store. She said that Hector is the children's father, but I'm going to run a DNA test just to make sure. Woody is coming by now to fill us in more and to get those results. When he gets here, can someone let me know? I'll be in my office. I want to make a call to the social worker who is picking up the Gonzales kids." Bug and Nigel nodded as Jordan made her way out of the autopsy room and down the hall to her office. Once inside, she closed the door and picked up the phone and dialed the number of the social services offices. When she told the assistant who answered the phone who she was, she was put through to Rick Bennett, the man in charge of the Gonzales children's case.

"So what will happen to Mateo and Isabel?" Jordan asked anxiously.

"Well, we will try our best to place them in a foster home together as soon as possible and we'll do an extensive background search to try find a family member to take them in, but I have to say, it's not looking so good right now because no one has come forward or anything. It looks like these two children are now orphans.

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When Woody entered Jordan's office, he found her with her head resting on in the palm of her hand, eyes tightly closes.

"Hey. You okay?" he asked, obviously concerned. Jordan managed a faint smile.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just worried about the Gonzales children. So, anything new?" she asked but Woody just shook his head.

"I've put an APB out on Hector Rodriguez, but so far nothing. He lived in an apartment building a few miles from the hotel where the victim was killed, but the manager says he evicted him about three weeks ago and has not seen him since. He could be anywhere right now. I've filled Bug and Nigel in and they're on this case. Let me take you home. It's late and you look beat." Woody stretched out his arm in Jordan's direction and she took his hand and got to her feet. Before leaving the building, Jordan stopped in to see Garret briefly, then let Woody drive her home.

"Thanks for the ride, Woody," Jordan said as the two reached the outside of her apartment door.

"Want some company? I can stay over if you want."

"No, that's okay. I'm just going to go to bed anyway," Jordan replied. "I'll call you tomorrow."

"Are you sure you're okay, Jordan? You didn't say much the whole ride home and you just seem a bit out of it." Woody said as he placed his hand on her arm.

"I'm fine. I'm just tied. Good-night," Jordan said quickly as she gave him a kiss and entered her apartment. She did not even look back as she closed the door, leaving Woody to just stand there and stare at it. He had the feeling that she was holding something back from him and he did not like that one bit. In all the time that they had known each other, he had a difficult time getting her to open up to him, but he thought that had changed on that mountain top when she had finally admitted her true feelings for him. Now it was obvious that something was bugging her and she would not let him in on it. Woody sighed as he turned at left.

xxx

"It sure is quiet around here without Madolyn," Bug as he and Lily lay snuggled up against one another in bed. Lily flipped through a bridal magazine. She and Bug were had finally set their wedding date the week before. They were going to have a New Year's Eve ceremony with their 'I do's' being said at the stroke of midnight.

"I know, I'm not used to it either, but it does give you and I the chance to have an uninterrupted night together. I really want to get these wedding plans going. What do you think of this archway for the background behind the cake? It would look beautiful in the pictures."

"It looks great Lily, but the details aren't what's important. What's important is that you, me and Madolyn are a family." Bug said as he took the magazine from her hand and kissed her cheek.

"I know, I just want everything to be perfect."

"It will be. We have everything we need and our friends will be there. Everything else is just icing on the cake." Bug said as Lily smiled.

"Speaking of cake, we need to decide what kind of wedding cake we want." She winked at him as he just smiled and turned off the light.