I wrapped myself in a towel and picked some clothes from the closet. I started dressing myself as I heard Catherine move towards me. She wrapped her arms around my thigh and pulled me onto the bed. She immediately started tracking a line of butterfly kisses down my neck towards my *****. Until we heard a soft knock on the door followed by Lindsey’s voice. “Mom, Sara?”

“Kids!” Catherine mumbled between here teeth.

“Well she is definitely yours, always in need of attention.” I said with a chuckle, while I got up from the bed and pulled my long sleeve shirt on.

Catherine stuck out her tongue. “Linds, what’s the matter?” She called out to her little girl. “I’ll get you back for that, you know?” she said to me while Lindsey opened the door. As soon as Lindsey opened the door Ryan answered the room and he clung himself onto my legs, his body shacking with sobs.

“Hey buddy, what’s the matter you didn’t dream about those big hairy spiders that Grissom showed you, did you?” I picked him up, his face was read and puffy, he had been crying for a while.

“No, no bad dream, I just miss Kayla so much and mom and dad.” Her cried and his face was tear stained.

“Oh Ryan, I know you miss them, but there isn’t anything I can do, I would if I could, you know that right? But we are going to pick up Janice and Marc from the airport.” I tried to soothe him and to cheer him up a little. Slowly the sobs faded and his body stopped trembling.

~*~

“Ryan, are you ready? Where’s that drawing that you made for Janice and Marc?”

“Here!” He said while he held up his drawing.

Minutes later we were in the car heading towards McCarran Airport, I parked the car and we set foot into the enormous arrival halls. I decided that it would be best if I carried Ryan.

Chapter 5

Love

One look at the arrival board told me at which gate Janice and Marc would arrive and that we had only ten more minutes before they arrived. We rushed through the arrival hall and we made it barely in time. The first passengers came out of the door and I was searching for a sight of Janice and Marc when Ryan screamed his sisters name; “Janice!” Janice looked up when she heard Ryan’s voice and walked over to where we were waiting for them, closely followed by Marc. “Ryan, how are you?”