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Contains scenes and references to 1x18 and 1x19.

It was nearly two in the afternoon on Friday when Anna got a text message from her dad saying 'she's safe'. Ann dropped her pen and muttered a quick "praise the Lord," which had her great-grandfather scolding her. "Sorry, Pops," she answered. "Hey, boys, Mom's coming home tonight."

"She text?" Jack asked the moment he processed what his sister had said.

"Dad did. Think he's picking her up," Anna said, looking at Henry. He smiled and followed Anna into the kitchen as she got more water. After she filled her cup, Henry stopped her out of earshot of her brothers.

"What did your dad say?" Henry asked.

"Just that she's safe. He would have told me if it required a hospital visit or if she was seriously injured. I think they were just trying to get him to back down and not testify. Hurting her would have gone too far."

"You sure?"

"I'm not sure that they wouldn't resort to hurting her but I am sure that Dad would have told me if something happened to Mom. He knows I'm growing up."

"It's a hard thing to admit, your kids growing up. Especially dads of little girls."

"Not so little anymore, Pops."

"I still remember when you were the size of a football."

"Pops, when I was born I was twice the size of a football," Anna smiled, "22 inches." Henry scoffed. "Pops, can we have everyone over for dinner tonight?"

"Sunday is only two days away. Are you tired of hanging out with me?"

"Not at all. But after what Mom went through, I think she needs family right now, especially with the family she has. They don't talk to her much since she married Dad and had me so soon afterwards. Marrying a cop was one thing but two months in to get pregnant ... they were so disappointed in her. I mean ... that's not to say that my grandparents don't send Christmas cards and birthday cards because they do and Aunt Wendy calls only when her daughter has a fashion show, but it's not the same since we moved to Staten Island after Sean was born."

"Set it up," Henry said. "We'll even order out form Tilden's."

"Thanks, Pops." Anna grinned and hugged him before she texted Frank who agreed then sent a text to Nicky, Jamie, Erin and Danny that read 'Dinner at Frank's slash Grampa's' then she waited for a response.

Jamie's text read 'I'm in, what time?'.

Nicky's said 'I'm in if okay w/ mom'.

Erin answered 'Sure, when?'.

Anna grinned then replied to all 'See you all at 7. Come as you are.' She waited for her dad to respond but when he didn't after five or ten minutes she figured he was either super busy talking to his CO or in court so she texted him the last one she had sent to everyone else then went back to what was left of her homework. "How would you boys like Tilden's for dinner? Fish and chips?"

"You don't like fish," Sean said.

"They do make good fries and coleslaw though," Anna answered.

"Is everyone coming?" Jack asked.

"Haven't heard from Mom and Dad but everyone else is."

"Oh."

"Mom is coming home, I'm just not sure of when they'll be here." Her brother seemed placated by that. They waited the rest of the afternoon and finally got a text after six saying that their mom and dad would be there. She relayed the information from her dad to Henry and he smiled. He was glad Linda was okay and soon their entire family would be there and reunited. By dinner time Anna could tell the boys were excited to see their mom but still a little sad since they missed her very much. As the family brought dinner to the table and sat down discussing what Tilden's put in their coleslaw to make it better than anyone else's, Anna stood stock still behind her chair at the end of the table between Jamie and Henry. Her head cocked to the side and her ears perked up almost as if she had sensed what was coming. In reality she had just heard the front door open. She looked over her shoulder in the direction of the front door as Danny called his greeting.

Frank answered him and her parents appeared in the kitchen doorway. "Mommy!" The boys called. Jack rose slightly out of his seat and reached out for his mom as she came around and hugged the boys. Anna sighed as she smiled, her entire body relaxing. Linda hugged her boys tight and shot her daughter a smile. Anna smiled back then went around the table bypassing her mom as she conversed with the boys and Henry and went straight to her dad. She hugged him tight and he wrapped his arms around her.

"Thank you," Anna whispered.

"I promised, didn't I?" Danny answered. Anna nodded against him and he smiled running a hand through his daughter's hair. As Anna turned away from her dad she saw her mom ruffle the boys' hair and then turn to her. One, gentle, caring look later and Anna was in Linda's arms trying not to cry.

"I'm okay," Linda whispered. "I'm okay." Anna nodded and gave her mom one last squeeze trying imprint the memory in her mind then they both took their seats followed shortly by Danny. As they did Sean told his mom that Henry had let them stay up until midnight the night before playing video games. Henry chided them and Anna corrected that it was more like nine.

About 15 minutes or so later, most of them were digging into their dinners; Anna ate slowly, mostly just picking at her fries and coleslaw. "You okay, kiddo?" Danny asked, looking at her. "You barely touched your fries. Are you getting sick again?" Anna looked up at him and quickly shook her head.

"She's not warm," Jamie said, touching her forehead.

"All you got is fries and coleslaw and I know you love Tilden's fries and coleslaw. It's not like we gave you fish. We know you don't like fish," Danny said.

"You know I don't like fish?" Anna asked. At first she was going to ask something different but decided that was a better question.

"I've known that since ..." Danny trailed off, thinking hard. "March 17, 2000. The Mess of the Millennium. We let you try fried fish for the first time. It was Lent. You seemed fine at first but five or six bites in ... Joe was over after work, it went everywhere. And I mean everywhere. He had to burn that uniform and I had to get him a new one. At least when you tried grilled fish three years later you made it to the bathroom. Fish doesn't agree with your stomach. So what's eatin' you, kid?" Danny explained.

"Game tomorrow," Anna shrugged. "Coach won't make me sit out but ... he'll make me work for it. I missed Thursday's practice so I need the extra work out, even if he understands family emergencies."

"Extra work out?" Jamie asked.

"Coach has this thing, when he thinks you need an extra work out, he makes you do what he calls homers. Run the bases. Usually it's about 20 or 30 times. Then he does what he calls swing for the fences. Swing at every pitch thrown at you. It's tiring especially right before a game. I got no right to complain, but I'm gonna be definitely tired tomorrow after the game."

"What's your coach do for a living?" Danny asked.

"Coaches. He's retired from his other job so all he does is coach. Football in the fall and baseball in the spring," Anna said. It was not good to tell her dad that her coach was a retired firefighter captain.

"Retired from what?" Danny asked.

"Just retired. You're not going to be at the game are you?" Anna asked, looking at her dad. Her dad sighed and looked away from her gaze. "Aunt Erin, Nicky?"

"Both of us," Erin told her.

"Grampa? Pops?"

"Wouldn't miss it," Henry said.

"Will do," Frank added.

"Anna, you know I'd be there if I could," Danny said.

"You just busted a case wide open and put a man behind bars the DEA has been after for months. Now you have to go back to work?" Anna asked.

"I can't help my tour," Danny said.

"Misery loves company, right?" Anna asked. "Commiserate with your brother, Uncle Jamie."

"Got a tour," Jamie shrugged.

"How come you don't seem quite as mad at Jamie?" Danny asked.

"Because I'm not mad. At either one of you. I understand working. I don't like it but I understand it. On top of that he apologized." Anna shrugged and went back to her French fries.

"Is that what you want me to say?" Danny asked.

"I don't want you to say anything," Anna snapped.

"Anna," Frank warned.

"Really, Dad, you can't be there, I get it." Anna shrugged. "I'm not upset at all."

"When's your next game?" Danny asked.

"Tuesday, then Thursday. If you can't make it to either one of those, don't worry, our next big game isn't until next Saturday."

Danny sighed knowing he would miss the Tuesday game and probably the Thursday game. Anna wasn't surprised when he missed those two games for a case but she was surprised to learn that the case revolved around her cousin Sofie.

Sofie was Anna's cousin by her mom's older sister and an up and coming model. Sofie and Anna talked infrequently but often enough that once Sofie was stable and school was out for the day, Anna's aunt called her to let her know what was going on. Anna asked about coming up to see her cousin but Wendy wanted to wait until Sofie was awake. Anna didn't like it but when Linda agreed with Wendy, Anna accepted it.

Danny asked Anna about Sofie one night and Anna sighed. "Soph and I mainly talk online and through text; she talks about modeling and I talk about baseball. We pretend to know what the other is talking about. She invites me to fashion shows and I invite her to baseball games. To date we've never taken each other up on the offer. All of the friends that I've met love Soph. Have you talked to her boyfriend?" Anna asked.

"Boyfriend?" Danny asked.

"Well, not really her boyfriend. There's this musician. He likes her well enough, they're friends, but Sofie's not really his type. She's what we call a beard. She hides the fact that he's not really into girls and he skyrockets her popularity. It's kinda a thing between his manager and her mom-ager. It gets them good press so Sofie deals with it. The only real thing that could be a problem is the fact that modeling is a cut-throat business. One day you're on top of the world, the next someone younger, prettier, and hungrier is aiming for your spot."

"She ever mention someone she thought was out for her spot?"

"No. She was too new. Maybe one of the older girls thought Sofie was the threat but I don't know. Everyone Sofie talks about seems to love her. She's not really the type to be on the lookout for someone suspicious."

"Anything else?"

"Not that I can think of but I'll let you know if I come up with anything."

It wasn't until Monday that Anna was allowed to see Sofie. Linda went in first as Anna stood outside the door peering in the window hoping that everything was okay between the two women. As the two women talked, Anna turned her gaze towards the bed and looked at her cousin. She hoped the girl was okay and that she would be waking up soon but knew it was just a matter of time. Linda had told her that the doctors were taking very good care of Sofie and that the girl was on the mend. As the moms hugged, Anna saw Sofie shift in the bed. Anna couldn't wait any longer so she quietly slipped in the room and over to the bed. She took her cousin's hand in hers and Sofie looked up at her smiling softly.

"Hey," Anna said gently.

"Hi," Sofie answered.

"How do you feel?" Linda asked.

"Okay," Sofie said as Anna hit the nurse call button.

"Do you remember what happened?" Anna asked.

"I collapsed at a fashion show. How'd it happen?" Sofie asked. As Wendy explained it, Anna got a text from Danny. "What is it, Anna?" Anna looked up from her phone to see Sofie looking up at her curiously. Then the nurse came in. Anna stuffed her phone in her pocket and held up a finger, backing out of the nurse's way. Once the nurse was done and had left the room, Anna perched on the edge of the bed and took her cousin's hand again. "Tell me what's going on. You have that look on your face. The one that says you have very bad news but aren't sure how to say it."

"Maybe I should wait until you feel better," Anna said nervously.

"Anna, who texted?" Sofie asked, shifting a bit to sit up farther.

"My dad. Said he'd be by later in person to tell you what happened and wanted me to tell your mom." Anna looked away from her cousin's prying eyes.

"He knows who did it," Linda said, even though it was partially a statement, it was mostly a question. Anna nodded keeping her eyes away from Sofie's.

"Just tell me. Get it over with," Sofie said.

"I'm sorry," Anna glanced at her cousin. "It was Atlanta."

"No. Why? She's like a big sister to me. Better than I've been to you," Sofie said.

Anna sighed and finally locked eyes with her cousin. "Jealousy. Dad didn't tell me much but he did say that was her main motivation."

"Jealous of what?" Wendy asked.

"She's 25. The end of her modeling career. The older one gets, the fewer chances they have to model. There's always someone younger," Sofie explained.

"And that's worth taking your life?" Wendy asked.

"I think she only meant to make her sick," Anna glanced up at her aunt. "Even with the jealousy, I'm sure Atlanta loved you very much," Anna told her cousin. Sofie nodded. It made sense to her but she wasn't sure how much she believed it. "Now, get some rest. Dad can probably tell you more when he gets here."

"Thanks, Anna, good luck on your game." Sofie said.

"Thank you," Anna answered. Later that afternoon Danny came in and told them what he had told Anna about Atlanta and her motive then he broke some news that none of them were ready for.

"Your friend Harry, the hair dresser," Danny said. Sofie nodded in recognition. "He confronted Atlanta after you got sick. Told her to turn herself in. Apparently there was a photoshoot in Morocco last month and they were in a market place. He didn't see her buy the mushrooms but he suspected." Danny stopped as he observed his niece.

"What? What is it?" Sofie, though not raised in a family of cops, could tell something was wrong with her uncle.

"He couldn't live with the guilt. I'm sorry," Danny said as gently as possible. He may have not liked the girl's mom but she was still his niece and if his other niece was in her position he'd try to make it just as easy on her.

"He ..." Sofie swallowed not liking the news.

"Sweetheart, you need to rest," Wendy said, approaching the bed.

"No, what I need is a minute to think it over and to talk to Anna, alone," Sofie answered her mom. The adults shared a look then left the room.

"I'm sorry about your friend," Anna said.

"Me too, both of them. Do you think they'll throw the book at Atlanta?" Sofie asked.

"I don't know. It will help that you didn't die and that you weren't her main target but it was premeditated and Millie did die. I think it's something along the lines of involuntary manslaughter. She bought it a month ago which alludes to premeditation but Millie wasn't her target so it's involuntary. Millie has big lawyers so they aren't going to back down. All we can do is wait."

"I get her motive though."

"I know. I can too, but there are other ways to make someone sick. You should talk to my Aunt Erin. She's worked cases like this before; she'll tell you what the DA would be thinking."

"Have they notified Harry's family?"

"Most likely. When you feel better I'm sure they'll appreciate a phone call from you."

"Thanks, Anna. One day, we're going to have to go out and have a girls' day," Sofie said.

"I'd like that. You get better and let me know. Once you feel up to it, we'll go out," Anna answered.

"Invite Nicky too."

"She'd love to come. Rest now, we'll talk more later." Sofie smiled and Anna kissed her cheek before leaving the room.

"How's she doing?" Danny asked Anna.

"She's okay. Upset but mostly okay," Anna said. "She just wants to sleep right now."

"Then we'll leave her be," Linda said. She turned to her sister and gave a sympathetic smile. "Call if you need anything, Wen."

"Of course. You too." The women hugged and Wendy shook Danny's hand before pulling Anna into a hug. "Don't be a stranger, okay? Sofie loves having you around and I miss my only niece."

"Okay." Anna nodded. As much as Anna loved her cousin, she wasn't sure how much she could take of her aunt. Especially since Wendy had always judged Linda for moving away from then back to Staten Island as well as marrying a cop. The last time she had seen or heard from her aunt aside from the occasional fashion show invite was two years prior, at Joe's funeral. Sofie on the other hand tried to see and call her more often even though they were both busy.

When they got home Jack and Sean asked about Sofie and Anna explained what had happened. They were both concerned but were glad when Anna convinced them Sofie was okay.