A SHORT, FAMILY-CENTIC CHAPTER I WANTED TO GET OUT WHILE THE IDEA WAS STILL 'FRESH' IN MY MIND. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE LONGER

She feels GUILTY still...a little. About Adrian-leaving him like that, on the night

that she'd committed to leave with him for Los Angeles. He had made plans.

Her position as an LAPD Detective arranged. And with four words, four of

the simplest words one can imagine, Rosie (Beaumont Rosewood, Jr) changed

the course of her life: 'VILLA-stay in Miami'...and she had. And she doesn't regret

it, not for a moment. Lieutenant Annalise Villa loves her life here, with Rosie and

their babies, Beaumont III and Angel, 8 mos. Except that the scuttlebutt department has

Aid RETURNING to Miami-to the EPD.

She's certainly fond of Aiden, and even though she would have gone with him to California,

in her heart of hearts Annalise believes that she would not have been able to remain there with

him. There's no way to decide whether saving him from the emotional distress of finding out that she loves another man before the plane took off, or after is worse. Or does it even matter?

She smiles at the framed photo on her desk, the one of Rosie's smiling visage; "I love you", she

murmurs, "And YOU, los quiero mas:" to the photo of her sons, snapped in mid-crawl. (I love you more)

There are ZERO residual feelings left over for the EPD Medical Examiner; her dilemma is

how ROSIE will react to the news. She decides to call him before he gets the news from

another source. "Hey, you...how's 'Daddy's Day Out' goin'-photos and videos, please!"

"Yeah yeah...switch to face time...", Rosie suggests.

Rosie, the owner of Magic City Labs, is fortunate to take days off at his discretion, such as today's

outing with his Son and Daughter. The two keep up a nonstop babble the entire time at the

park, with one another, and with their Father. When their Mother calls and Rosie brings his iPhone screen close to their little faces, they go into high gear, when they hear Annalise's voice.

"Ohhhh...mira lo que hicimos, Rosie. Tan lindos! (Look what we did, Rosie. They're so handsome).

"Verdad? Me 'hablan' sin parar!" (Right! They've been taking to me non-stop)

At that moment, Daisie Villa, Annalise's Mother, pops onto her screen to be conferenced in:

"Mami-teneomos Rosie y los bebitos en la linea." (Mommy-we have Rosie and the babies on the line).

"AY, SI!? Rosie, enseñamelos....Ahhh! CHULISIMOS mis nietos! Thank you Rosie!" (Let me see them...Ah, how extra cute my Fat Little GrandSons are)

"Daisie! Que tal Suegra...mire como se animan a oir sus voces." (Que tal Suegra...mire como se animan a oir sus voces)

"I knew the two of you would make gorgeous babies...I'm telling you BOTH right now:

I'm taking my Nietos on Saturday-the WHOLE DAY, so prepare!"

Annalise interjects. 'Ma! You can't just ANNOUNCE that you're taking someone's children...

"Ay, Mi'ja-ya esta hecho-it's done! Verdad Rosie? Dile!" (Tell her!)

"Ahhh...that's fine, Saturday's fine; we do sort of need a break from them, as cute as they are,"

Rosie allows.

"PUSSY!" Annalise fumes.

Daisie jumps in FAST: "Heyheyhey! No abusas a mi Rosie; no lo mal tratas! Leave him alone,

he understands a GrandMother's love. Saturday morning, eh? Muah, muah!" and she disconnects. (Don't abuse/don't treat him badly)

Rosie does what he can to smooth over what just occurred. "We could use a break-a day without little ones, and just us in the house...ALL ALONE..."

"Fine, Fine!...OH, Hornstock's waving at me in that way that he does...gotta go: muahmuahmuah!