Mac washed most of the ink off of both his and Max's face and ran Max's prints and ran his prints through the system to see if he was missing. Mac hoped for Max's sake that there would be a hit, but after a half hour of waiting he decided to take Max on a small tour.
"Okay and this is where we eat," Mac told Max as they came to the break room. "Are you hungry?" he added.
"Waffles!" Max said excitedly.
"OK I think I can make that," Mac said and went to the refrigerator. He opened the freezer and was relieved to find a box of frozen waffles. He took them out and placed one waffle for Max and to for himself into the toaster. As Mac got two plates he noticed Max standing and staring intently at the toaster. Mac set the plates down, crouched next to Max and stared at the toaster with him. After a few seconds he started counting "Ten…nine…eight," and then Max joined in. "seven…six…five…four…three…two…one!" they both yelled and the waffles popped almost exactly on their count. Max laughed gleefully and Mac smiled at him. Mac helped Max sit and as he looked up from cutting his waffles he saw Max trying to stick the entire waffle into his mouth.
"No Max," Mac tried to correct sternly but couldn't help but smile. "Here let me," Mac took Max's plate and cut his waffle into bit size pieces. As Mac pushed Max's plate back to him heard him say "fank-you," and he smiled at the little boy's manners.
"Hey I've been looking for you," a voice said from behind him and he turned to see Stella entering the break room. "Hi Max," she added when she saw him sitting across from Mac. "So Mac I picked up your results and found out his full name and it's Max Hathaway," Stella said quietly to Mac as she watched Max pretend a piece of waffle was an airplane.
"Any family?" Mac whispered back.
"No he is currently living at St. Marie's Orphanage, which coincidently is only a half a block from our crime scene. Stella said.
"Good…good we can take him back after he's done," Mac said even though truthfully he would rather of had more time to spend with Max.