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Chapter 3

When Nick and Greg arrived back at the lab, they began to pull the evidence out of Nick's Tahoe when Nick let out an extreme yawn. "Geez Nicky, you need a Tic-Tac for that breath of yours," laughed Greg.

Nick smiled and continued to help pull the evidence out when Greg turned to him once more and said, "You still look really beat. Why don't you go take a nap, I can handle processing the evidence."

"Are you sure?" asked Nick.

"Of course I am! I processed that scene WAY before you even showed up."

Nick smiled and patted Greg on the back. "Thanks man," he said as he walked inside.

When he walked through the double doors, he went straight into the break room and fell down onto the couch. It wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world, but it was better than nothing. Without realizing it, Nick fell into a deep sleep.

Three months had passed since the day that Danny was taken from their home. Nick sat at the kitchen table coloring a coloring book when his mother ran in and scooped him up into her arms. "Mommy, what's the matter?" asked Nick.

"Shhh! It's going to be alright baby," muttered his mother as she ran him up the stairs and into his bedroom. After setting him down on his bed, she ran out of the room and down towards Jacob's room. Curiosity struck the young Nick and quietly, he got up from his bed and made his way to the stairs. Two loud and masculine voices got louder with each step Nick took. Finally, the voices were clear and Nick listened intently. "What the hell are you doing here? You've already caused enough trouble in my family!"

"I'm here to finish the job, Mr. Stokes. Why don't you just…"

"No way in hell am I going to give in to your demands. You can kill me before I ever do that!"

"As you wish." Suddenly, two loud gunshots rang throughout the house. Nick stood their stunned and listened as a loud thud echoed through the house followed by the sound of the door shutting into place. Gathering up the courage, Nick began to walk out from his hiding spot and down the staircase. As he descended, he saw his father, lying on the ground with red liquid oozing from his chest onto the mahogany floorboards. "Daddy?" whispered Nick.

As he got closer, Nick poked his father's shoulders, trying to get him to wake up. "Daddy?"

Still no answer. "DAVID! THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH DADDY!" yelled Nick.

Hurriedly, David came swiftly down the hall and saw young Nick kneeling next to his dead father's body. "Nicky, come here," muttered David.

Slowly, Nick got up and ran to his brother's side. "Is daddy okay?" whimpered Nick.

David shook his head as his mother came running down the stairs. "Oh my God…JOSEPH!" she shouted.

Quickly, she ran and began to cry next to her husband's body. David held Nick closer as they watched their mother weep at her feet. Then, a small whisper filled the room. "Nick…"

Nick looked around but didn't see anything. Then, the voice came again, louder and clearer. "NICK!"

"NICK! Wake up!" shouted Greg as he shook Nick's shoulders. Nick groggily got up and looked at Greg. "What's the matter?" asked Nick.

"There's something I think you may want to see."

Greg ran out of the room, followed closely by Nick. When they reached the layout room, Greg picked up a picture and showed it to Nick. "What does this look like?" asked Greg.

Nick took the picture and examined it closely. It was a picture of a man, (not one of the victims for sure) surrounded by five kids. "It looks like a family portrait."

"One problem Nick, none of the vics match this man's profile AND both of them did not have any kids."

"So, your saying that the victims weren't killed in their own house?" asked Nick.

Greg nodded. "Then…who does the house belong to?"

"My guess…whoever this man is. I'm having Brass look through the database to see if he can track this guy down. Also, while looking around the house, I noticed something else."

"Yeah, what's that?" smiled Nick.

Greg picked up another picture and handed it to Nick. Nick stole it away from Greg and looked at it. "What am I looking at?"

"You are looking at a picture with the same kids ONLY two of them are not in this family picture, and the parents are not the same man in this picture. Why don't you take a closer look."

Nick took the other picture and placed them side by side. There was something about the kids in the picture that looked extremely familiar. When Nick looked at the tallest boy in each picture, he knew exactly what he was looking at. "David…?" he muttered.

"What?" asked Greg.

Nick looked at Greg and handed him the picture. "I know who these kids are. The oldest is David, and this is Billy, Gracie, Laura, Jacob, and Danny."

"How do you know that? And who is the other kid?" asked Greg.

Nick sighed and pointed to the last kid in the picture. "That's me."

TBC…

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