She heard laughing as she gently opened her eyes, the morning sun peeking in through the windows as she looked around her room a moment before turning to see her clock which read 9:45.

"Oh, shit." Sarah muttered, throwing the bed sheets off of her and rushing out of her bedroom and down the stairs where she met Ryan and Grace sitting at the breakfast nook.

They both turned to her, the house now silent as Ryan cleared his throat "Good morning, Sarah." He muttered out.

Sarah inched her way slowly to the breakfast nook and took a seat in between the two of them and looked at the communal stack of pancakes in front of her.

"Uncle Ryan made pancakes." Grace said enthusiastically, finishing up her pancake.

Sarah smiled "Yum, they look delicious." She said, turning to Grace and watching Grace eat her pancakes.

Ryan and Sarah were silent, not sure what to say to each other when Grace finished her last pancake and looked up at Sarah "Can I watch T.V?" she asked.

Sarah nodded "Absolutely." She said with a faint smile.

The two adults waited for Grace to disappear into the living room before Ryan cleared his throat again "So, are you going to tell Mike about the mishap early this morning, or shall I?" he said before shoving a bite of pancake into his mouth.

"I think it'd be best if he didn't know at all." Sarah remarked.

"Oh, Sarah, come on! He's going to find out regardless of if you tell him or not." Ryan said.

Sarah huffed "…he panicked when Emma showed up…can you imagine what he'd be like if he found out Joe Carroll was leaving notes on his front door?" she asked him.

Ryan put his fork down "Can you imagine what he'd be like if he found out after some serious shit went down? What if something happens to you? What if something happens to Grace?" he asked her.

Sarah snapped her head towards him "I would never let anything happen to her."

"And I'm sure you would. But what if that's not good enough?" Ryan asked her.

Sarah scuffed "Don't patronize me! I don't need to take advice from a man who couldn't be bothered to listen to anyone but himself!" she hissed at him.

"At least I get results." He hissed back.

"At that cost of other peoples' lives!" Sarah snarled back at him.

Ryan huffed "I don't have to take this from you…you're just a nanny!" he said, getting up from his table.

Sarah gasped as she watched him walk out of the house, slamming the door behind him.

Grace rushed back into the kitchen "Where's Uncle Ryan?" she asked.

"He left, sweetie."

"Why?"

Sarah sighed "Cause we got into a fight."

"Why did you guys get into a fight?" Grace asked, walking up to Sarah.

"Because Uncle Ryan and I don't get along." She told Grace.

Grace frowned "Daddy says that I should try and get along with everybody." She said.

Sarah smiled gently "I know…but sometimes, when you're a grown-up, it just doesn't work out like that." She said.

Grace looked down at her feet "I don't think I want to be a grown-up." She said.

"Well, someday, baby, you will." She said, pulling Grace in for another hug.

They both pulled away, Sarah let another smile out "I'm gonna take a shower…and maybe we can go out?" she said.

Grace nodded "Okay."

"Okay!" Sarah said, getting up from her seat and going back upstairs to get ready for the day.

Mike and his fellow agent were discussing their finds with Donovan, it wasn't concrete but it was something as they waited for a few other agents to get back from their field work of going down the block Emma and her friend turned into.

It was a decent start to the morning as Mike pulled himself away from the crowd to get a cup of coffee from the police break room.

As he was making his way down to the break room, he heard his name being called behind him; Mike turned to see Ryan coming up to him.

"Ryan, what the hell are you doing here? Is Grace alright?" Mike asked, turning to face Ryan completely.

Ryan nodded "Yeah, Grace is fine…it's Sarah!" he said.

"What'd she do?" he asked.

Ryan shook his head "…last night, she called me, a little after midnight. Joe Carroll left a note on the front door for her. She doesn't want to tell you, but I feel like it's best if you do…"

"Are you kidding me?" Mike asked.

Ryan shook his head again "She called FBI, she asked the guy not to tell you in fear of freaking you out." He said.

Mike looked at Ryan "…she did?" he asked.

Ryan shrugged "Look, I don't want to start anything, but it's your house and it's your family in there…" he remarked.

Mike nodded as he looked over at Donovan who was walking down the hall "…I'll take care of it." He said, backing away to catch Donovan.

He couldn't believe Sarah would keep something like that away from him, especially when their 4 and a half year old daughter was in the house when it happened.

"Donovan, can I ask you something?" Mike asked, leaving Ryan behind.

Donovan shrugged "I guess…"

"…last night, Sarah called headquarters about a letter being delivered to the house, do you know anything about that?" Mike asked as they both walked into the break room.

Donovan stopped and looked at Mike "Where did you hear this?" he asked.

"Ryan Hardy." Mike said.

Donovan huffed "Yes. I've got a couple of guys looking into it. I need you here, with me, looking for Ms. Hill."

Mike bit his cheek, wanting to say more but knew that if he did, he would get into trouble when the break room door opened and they both turned to see Ryan Hardy fearfully looking at them.

"Hardy, what are you doing in here?!" Donovan asked.

Ryan passed his phone off to Mike "…it's Joe." He muttered.

Mike quickly put the phone to his hear "Joe," he simply said, knowing Joe would go from there.

The three men rushed out of the break room while Ryan stayed with Mike and Donovan rushed to the intel unit to get them to track the phone call.

"Hello, Agent Weston, it had been awhile." Joe said in his infamous British accent.

"What do you want, Joe?" Mike asked.

Joe hummed "Nothing. I just wanted to call and tell you how beautiful your daughter is…Grace looks impeccably like her mother, who hasn't aged a day." He said.

Mike felt his stomach fall out of his ass, his eyes wide as his breathing became shallow "Don't hurt her." He almost begged.

"I won't. I just wanted to put things into perspective for you. Are you and Sarah back together, or are you just using her services as a object?" Joe asked her.

Mikes' nostrils flared as he looked at Ryan "My relationship with her is none of your concern, Joe."

"Of course…did she tell you about the note I left? It was a bit taunting, but I didn't have a lot of time to stay and chat." Joe continued.

Mike sighed "No, she didn't tell me."

"Wow…that is surprising; she was always so keen on running to you for protection and security." Joe remarked.

Mike closed his eyes and took a deep breath "Joe, don't hurt my little girl, or her mother…please. I'm sure you and Sarah have your shit you two need to work out, but don't do it with my daughter in the same room…"

Joe went silent for a moment, letting a soft chuckle out "I would never do that, Michael…you know how I feel about children, they are the future."

Mike held his breath, waiting for the punch line as Joe sighed heavily "Well, it was lovely talking to you, but Sarah just got out of the shower and it looks as if they're going to have a girls day…what with Ryan going AWOL." He said before hanging up the phone.

The young agent lost his breath, stomping his way towards Donovan who turned to Mike "He's in Woodbridge…" he announced.

Donovan didn't have to think twice as Mikes' remark paralleled with the tracking of the phone, he grabbed whatever agents he could catch and sent them back to Woodbridge.

Ryan grabbed Mikes' shoulder and forced the young agent to face him "Hey, look at me, take a breath—where are you!?" Ryan said, giving Mike a poor excuse of a pep talk.

"…he's there…he's watching them!" Mike said, almost having a panic attack.

Ryan shook his head "It's fine…they're gonna get there in time, I swear!" Ryan said.

Mike swallowed hard, shaking his head, turning to Donovan then back at Ryan "I'm sorry, I can't stand here and wait." He said, rushing out of the police station.

Ryan and Donovan stared each other down for a moment before Ryan pointed towards the exit "I'm gonna follow him, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." He said, quickly trying to catch up with Mike.