Hideaway daughter

Chapter 3

"Daddy!" Zara yelled excitedly as Nick picked her up, gave her a smile and kissed her head as he gave Maria a look while putting her down again.

"What are you guys doing here? I thought you were busy?" Nick said mainly speaking to his ex wife as she gave him a tight lip smile when Amanda, Fin and Olivia felt the tension and offered to look after Zara for a bit to give the two of them a minute to talk.

"What part of I have to look after Sofia, so I can't take care of Zara right now don't you get?" Nick said being full on straightforward with her with an annoyed tone in his voice.

"Because she misses her dad and you haven't seen her in months and something came up for me. I can't believe you took in Sofia after everything we went through with her" Maria said slightly raising her voice at him.

"Despite everything she is still my daughter, our daughter Maria and as a her dad, when she came into the precinct I couldn't just ignore her. You need to take Zara with you back to D.C cuz now is not a good time" Nick said raising his voice slightly as well as Maria rolled her eyes at him and crossed her arms as she for a second turned away from him and then turned back again facing him.

"She's a grown up girl Nick, she can take care of herself, she doesn't need you to babysit her 24/7." Maria said as Nick just chuckled in disbelief over the fact that they're even discussing this.

"I'm surprised you even remember her age, but as much as you might not want to believe it, Maria, but she's been through hell ever since we cut her off, so she needs my help more than ever" Nick said standing by their oldest daughter defending her as Maria finished off the argument.

"Well maybe you should also think about your other daughter as well, she misses you like hell and keeps asking about you" Maria said as Amanda came walking back in with Zara as she went over to Nick again when Maria kneeled down in front of her.

"You ready to spend a few days with your dad, while I go do some work?" Maria asked her as she nodded her head excitedly as Nick picked her up again and she leaned into his chest.

"See you later, I really have to go now Nick" she said as she walked out of the precinct leaving Zara with Nick as he sat her down on the chair next to his desk when Sofia slowly came walking in tears in her eyes as Amanda called softly for Nick.

"Sofia, is everything okay?" He asked guiding all his attention towards her as he led her to his desk and pulled an extra chair over for her as she sat down.

"Yeah I'm fine dad. I just didn't feel safe at home and you said I could come here. Hi Zara" Sofia said as she spoke to Nick and then Zara who greeted her back sweetly. When Barba walked into the precinct as Olivia looked grateful for seeing his presence.

"Barba finally!" She said as Sofia turned around and got eye contact with him for a moment as Barba turned to look at the squad.

"What is this? Bring your kids to work day?" He asked sarcastically as Olivia and the squad chuckled a bit as she introduced them.

"No this is Nick's daughters Zara and Sofia" Olivia said as he smiled at them and greeted them shortly as Nick blurted in saying they wouldn't cause any trouble while here, as he didn't have any other place to take them right now as Barba told him it was okay as they went on to talk about the case.

"Sofia sweetie, here's a bit of a cash, why don't you take Zara out to find some food and come here again later?" Nick suggested to his oldest daughter as she nodded her head and Nick went to hug them both as Sofia took Zara's hand as they walked out.

"Zara, stay close to Sofia! Don't let go of her hand" Nick yelled after them as Amanda and Olivia came up next to him.

"Nick I'm sure they're gonna be fine" Olivia said as they squeezed his shoulder and went back to work on the case.