Judy had left, and now Nick lay alone in his recovery room. He reached over to the nightstand, grabbing his wallet. He carefully removed a photograph from one of the pockets.
Nick stared at the photograph. Bogo had humored them well enough to take the picture for them, in return for them all shutting up about it. Inspector Nick was in the center with his smug grin. Maurice was crouching down in the back, a weary smile on his face and waving his hand. Honey was standing left of Nick, squeezing him in a big hug, beaming wide. Next to Honey was Duke, striking a goofy pose. Even Clawhauser was there, also in the back, giving a thumbs-up.
Nick wasn't interested in any of these parts of the photograph. Instead, his focus was in the bottom left corner of the image. The Nick in the picture had his paw on top of the head of a fennec fox. The fennec had grumpy eyes, showing that he was bothered by Nick's paw, but managed to keep a slight smile for the picture.
"Finnick..." Nick whispered. "I'll make them pay. I promise, big guy."