It was a fun filled day and the kids were now fast asleep. It was late, but Harold decided that he needed to work. He was doing more background checking into Neil Palino when he found Diana's missing child poster. He saw the date last seen and was starting to understand why Neil gave up his nephew. The day that Diana went missing was the same day that Buck had said was the day his uncle 'abandoned' him.
"Oh." Harold uttered, "This is all starting to make sense. I have to tell Buck. He needs to know."
The more Harold dug, the more he found out. He compiled the information on Neil Palino into a file folder on his computer, and he realised that he still barely knew anything. He was able to located video surveillance from where Diana was kidnapped from and he was able to trace her kidnappers. He knew exactly where they had been and he knew where they were now. What he didn't know was what he would do with the information. He wasn't sure if he should anonymously email the information to the FBI or just have John, Samatha, and Sameen deal with it like they usually do. As Harold headed to bed, he decided on the former. He knew that his associates could handle anything. Then he fell fast asleep.
A few hours later, Harold woke up to Symone jumping on his bed and yelling 'Wake up, Daddy! Wake up!'.
"Okay, okay. I'm up, SySy, I'm up." Harold told the little boy
Harold got out of bed and carried Symone to the kitchen. He allowed the little boy to help him with breakfast. Minus the parts that included cooking. Shortly after breakfast was ready, (Harold had made omlettes, bacon, sausage, and a fruit salad), the calvary started to arrive. Samantha and Sameen showed up first.
"Uncle Harry!" Brendon, Maisie, and Nola exclaimed as they ran and hugged Harold.
Harold hugged the three kids back, "Hey kiddos, how are you?"
"Good. Moms are adopting us in three weeks." Brendon said
"That's awesome." Harold replied "Why don't you, Maisie, and Nola go wake Sarai."
Maisie nodded, "Okay." She grabbed Nola's hand, "Come on, Nonie."
Samantha and Sameen finally walked over to Harold, who had Symone sitting next to him eating.
"So last night I did some more digging. And I found out something about Neil, his niece Diana and nephew Desmond." Harold started. Then he explained what he had found out.
Samantha let out a sigh, "Oh. It all makes sense now."
Sameen looked at her wife questioningly, "How?"
"Don't you see?" Samantha wondered, "Neil was scared. He had lost his niece. He was trying to protect his nephew in the best way that he knew how. By hiding him away."
A few moments later, John arrived with Mackenzie and Desmond, now going by Beckett. They walked inside of Harold's apartment and headed over to Harold's desk.
"Oh good, you're here." Harold uttered as he looked at Beckett, "There's something that I need to tell you."
Beckett furrowed his eyebrows, "What is it?"
"It's about your uncle and your sister." Harold said, "The day that you were 'abandoned' was the same day that your sister was kidnapped."
Beckett blinked his eyes, "What? Why would he do that to me? Why didn't he just tell me?" He looked and sounded younger than his twelve, almost thirteen years of age. He sounded just like a scared and hurt little boy.
"Maybe your uncle gave you up to protect you. Maybe he was worried that the same person who took your sister would come back and take you." Harold suggested
Beckett shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah. Maybe." He turned around, took Mackenzie from his dad, and started heading over to the playroom.
As Beckett was heading to the playroom, Sarai was seen running out of her room screaming 'dad!' with three kids running behind her.
"Yes princess?" Harold asked as he turned and smiled at his daughter innocently
"Brendon, Maisie, and Nola woke me up." Sarai complained
Harold nodded, "I know. I told them too."
"Dad!" Sarah whined
"I made breakfast." Harold added
Symone looked up as he was licking his fingers since he got syrup all over them, "Pancakes, Sar."
Sarai thought for a moment and then smiled as she hugged her dad, "Thanks Daddy." She rushed into the kitchen to get breakfast.
Harold chuckled slightly before turning back to his co-workers, "I love her."
"Okay. Focus." Sameen told him
Harold gave a nod, "Right. I need you and Shaw to go bug Neil's phone and his car. We need to find out more about him and what he knows about Diana and where she is. I found a message that someone sent to him saying they are close to finding Diana."
"We can definitely do that." Sameen assured. She looked over at her wife, "Right, sweetie?"
Samantha smiled at her wife, "Of course, Sam."
"What about me, Finch?" John wondered
"You'll be infiltrating the FBI as an agent from a different office location. I'm going to get the machine to give you an alias." Harold explained
John nodded, "Okay. Just let me know when to go. I'll be ready."
Sorry this chapter took so long to get out.
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