Steve's eyes closed and her leg thumped on the ground as she let out a happy sigh. What a nice boy Shaun was.

Blake hung back and watched for a minute. Shaun looked like he was doing pretty good. Granted, most of the times he'd seen him before was either in a case file photo, terrified, or half-dead, so there wasn't a whole lot to compare by. But he looked all in one piece, so Jayden must have been looking out for him all right.

"She would've been mad if I left without letting her say goodbye."