AN: This chapter is shorter than the others but I needed to put it in for the rest of the story to make sense. Thanks for the reviews so far and for following the story. :)

Kathie was waken up by her sister. "Kate, what are you doing? It's not time for me to go to school yet. Let me sleep" She mumbled as she snuggled with her pillow again, trying to get comfortable. It was 2 am and she still had at least 4 more hours of sleep before waking up.

"Kathleen please!" When she heard her sister use her full name this woke her up instantly, especially the way she said it. She opened her eyes to see a crying Kate. Was she dreaming? She rubbed her eyes and looked at her sister.

"Kate, what's wrong?" She sat up in her bed and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"It's mom...she's...she's been murdered" She hugged her little sister, not being able to take this anymore. She needed to hug her sister and make sure that she hadn't lost everyone that she cared about in one night.

Kathie was shocked to know her mother was murdered. She just saw her that afternoon when she came home from school. Kate and her mother had been nice enough to wait until she came home before watching the new movie they rented. She didn't even get to say goodbye to her mother when she left for work because she had fallen asleep on her shoulder half way through the movie.

"Where is she, Kate?" She said trying to hold back the tears so she could talk to Kate without being hysterical.

"They found her in an alley. They want us to go to the crime scene to see if we would know why she would be there".

Kathie was not expecting this when she woke up. She was expecting the smell of waffles and coffee waiting for her in the kitchen. Her mother would be there mixing the waffle batter, her father reading the paper, and her sister drinking her first cup of coffee.

Not her crying sister waking her up and telling her their mother was never coming home. The smell of her famous waffles would never fill the house again, she would never be able to fall asleep on her shoulder while watching a movie, and she would never see her face when she got home from school.

She got dressed and got into the car with their father, who was a wreck but was trying to be strong for his little girls. They got to the crime scene and none of them recognized the alley. This wasn't their mother's normal route home. How did she get here?

The blinking red and blue lights from the police cars were blinding in the dark. Kathie wrapped the blanket that she had taken around her shoulder's more, feeling the cold get to her.

"It looks like she was a victim of a gang involvement. Most likely a crazy ritual". One of the officer's that was there informed them. "I am so sorry for your loss".

The body of their mother had been covered by a white sheet on the ground and was being picked up to be transported to the morgue to gather any evidence that may have been on her. Kathie didn't know what to do. She was frozen.

Her dad was on her one side trying to take it in that he had just lost his wife and that he wasn't going to be able to kiss the one person he honored to love for the rest of his life every night before bed or be the first thing he saw in the morning.

Her sister was on her other side, just as frozen as she was. She just kept looking at the white sheet and shaking her head. Her mother wasn't going to be there anymore when she came back from her classes and it was all because of some ritual. She was going to find justice for her mother. That she promised herself.

Kathie hadn't been shocked when Kate became unfrozen in time and hugged her tightly. As Kathleen rested her head on her shoulder and try to find away to wake up from this bad dream she saw someone in the corner of her eye. It was a woman who couldn't be any older than Kate. When Kathie lifted her head from her shoulder the girl was gone.

Kathie shot up from Kate's couch she was sleeping on. Each time she had the nightmare of reliving the night of her mother's murder she got a better look at that woman that she saw in the corner of her eye. She could see a face now...well half her face...she wasn't just the shadow she had seen that night.

She had no idea who this woman was but now that she had half her face she could find out. Oliver said the killer was a woman and this could be her. If this was her mother's killer she could find her and finally put her away in jail for tearing apart their family. She wanted to be able to give Kate and her father peace.

She wanted Kate mostly to be able to live each day where she didn't think that maybe she had wasted her time trying to solve this case because it never was going to get solved. She knew they all wanted though to see the face of the woman that took away the person that they loved and just ask the question...why her?

Kathie headed into her sister's room and gently shook her. This made her think of that night, the roles reversed though. "Kate".

Kate woke up at the sound of her sister's voice. "What is it, Kathleen?" She also used her full name when she wanted to sleep and didn't want to be bothered.

"Can I...can I just stay with you tonight. I know I may sound like I'm ten again but I had a dream that was too realistic".

Kate knew that feeling all too well. "Just as long as I don't have to read Castle's books to you to help you fall back asleep again" She smirked as she moved over so she was on the one side of the bed and moved the covers so she could get under them.

Kathie snuggled with the pillow after pulling the sheets up close to her. "Cause we both know you already read all his books at least five times." Kate gave her a tired glare. "Don't worry, the most you have to worry about is me stealing all the covers from you". She returned the smirk that Kate had gave her just a few seconds ago.

"Good night, Kathie". She gave her sister a quick hug before rolling back over on her side to fall asleep.

"Good night, Kate".