As Brass came out of the interrogation room, he sighed. He never thought anything like this would ever happen. He knew Sharon had a drinking problem, but he never thought she would take it this far; and on her own daughter.

He looked over into the observation box where Nick was looking through the one-way glass at his daughter. He couldn't imagine what he was feeling. Brass had had plenty of troubles with his daughter, but she had never killed anyone. Brass saw how Nick looked through the glass, but didn't seem to be looking at anything. His mouth had a frown on it, though, and Brass knew what he was thinking of. He was getting one hell of a beating from life.

He loved Lily as if she was his own daughter, and it hurt him to see that she had to take action against her mother. He was minutely hurt by the fact that she had taken violent action before talking to Brass about it. She had asked him once, where she would live, if something like this were to happen. He had told her that he didn't know. At the time, he didn't know that Nick was her father. He had been astonished to find out. He was even more surprised to find that Nick didn't even know that he had a daughter.

She had asked him once; if he could help her find her father, and he had told her that she should ask her mom. Of course, Sharon had told her that her father was dead to her and told Lily to never ask about him again.

Brass noticed Nick looking at him. Nick walked out the observation box door, and walked down he hallway; not looking back once.

Nick stared absently through the one-way glass at his daughter. When he had left, he had thought Sharon would have told him if she was pregnant. Now he was kicking himself for being so naive.

He had left for his job in Nevada. They had been living in Texas. When he told her he had gotten the job in Vegas, she wasn't as happy as he expected she would have been. She said that she didn't want to leave Texas. He told her he was going. That's when they had split. He never gave a thought about it when she never called him. He had just figured that she was upset about him leaving her. Now it seemed so stupid for him not to check to even see how she was. Of course he wondered, but he had thought that she didn't want anything to do with him and that's why she never called. When he had gotten up his nerve to call her, she had moved. He tried to look her up but she was unlisted. He looked everywhere for her, and eventually gave up. If she didn't want anything to do with him, he would respect that. Now, he felt like he should have looked harder.

Lily looked up, staring at the glass. It looked like she was staring at him, like she knew he was there. Nick wondered if Sharon ever said anything about him to her. He wondered where she was going to live. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back. He then saw how much she looked like her mother. Sharon had that same habit when she was under stress at work. She would lean her head back and sigh. It happened almost everyday. He couldn't help but blame himself for this whole mess. If he had stayed with her, they she wouldn't be dead and Lily would have a normal life. 'If' was a word that Nicks mother had always told him was a dead end word. It can't change the past, so don't say it. He smiled at this memory. He had heard it all his life, but never stopped saying it.

Nick felt someone looking at him and glanced to his left. Through the clear door of the observation room, he saw Brass looking at him. He looked back at Lily, who had laid her head down on her arms, looking like she was asleep. He walked out of the door, and down the hallway. He knew that Brass was looking on him, but he didn't turn around. He didn't think he could stand the look that Brass would have on his face.