"I have," Hadyn said with a smile as he leaned in to steal a kiss from Elisha. "You know....I could really use a drink." He said, offering a weak smile. That last one, the kid. It had left a knot in his stomach. He, Officer Leanders and CPS Michelle Goodfry had spent the better part last hour discussing their options. And who the child was.

And then he'd spent the last twenty minutes hiding in the locker room as he tried to calm his own nerves. The kids always got him, Cora had said once, before she asked him if he really thought going to Laurie was the right thing for him.

"And...I filled your prescription." He said, holding up the bottle of hydrocodone. "Figured you might appreciate it once the morphine wears off."