A/U story, set in present day. It has reference back to The Closer, Season 6, Episode 4, "Layover." These characters are not my own.

The Murder Room was quiet. That was a rarity. Everyone was busy typing up their reports; they'd closed a case that morning, and now, late afternoon, everyone just wanted to finish and go home.

The sound of heels had everyone looking up. Sharon was in her office, so they knew it wasn't the sound of her walking into the room. The eyes that greeted them were that of someone they had gotten to know well over the years.

Julio glanced up at her and stood. She shook her head, "Detective Sanchez, I'm not here to see you," she replied, and all eyes got a questionable look in them. Several glanced at each other as she continued, "Lieutenant Flynn, I'm actually here to see you. May I have a word?" she smiled.

Andy looked up from where he was working. He'd seen her walk in and hadn't taken much note. Surprised, he stood, "Umm, yeah, conference room okay?" he asked.

She nodded, "That will be fine," and started walking to the room. She was familiar with the layout of the office.

Sharon glanced up at Andy walked by her office with a puzzled look. Andy shrugged his shoulders at her, also puzzled. Sharon gave him a nod, which the two of them understood. He shook his head; whatever this was, he was fine, and she didn't need to be bothered. He winked back at her.

His glance toward Sharon didn't go unnoticed, "Oh, don't worry. This doesn't need to involve Captain Raydor. She might be your boss, but this isn't something to do with work."

Andy got even more curious as he sat down, his mind racing. Paloma. That must be it. That was why Cynthia was here. Something must have happened to Paloma. He and Cynthia had worked together on that case, and now, she had some news. He just prayed it wasn't bad news. Andy sat, awaiting whatever Cynthia had to say.

"Lieutenant Flynn, I actually requested this file when I saw it was going to involve you. I know we've had a good working relationship over the last several years, and I wanted to be the one to tell you this," Cynthia started.

Andy leaned forward, eyebrows raised, even more intrigued, "So, this doesn't involve Paloma?" he asked, glancing up and noticing Sharon watching the interaction. He smiled at her, and she glanced back down at her paperwork.

"No," Cynthia said with a small smile, "She's doing fine, well in fact. I heard her adopted parents allowed Gus to speak with her on the phone. That's good."

Andy smiled at the mention of Gus, "They did. He was so happy," he continued to smile, remembering that dinner conversation a couple weeks ago. Rusty and Gus had made all of them dinner, and Gus couldn't stop talking about his five-minute phone call with Paloma. "So, what's this regarding?" Andy asked.

Cynthia folded her arms, "Lieutenant, did you know a Linda from several years ago, around 2011?"

Andy had a startled expression on his face, "Linda? Ahh," he started to think.

"She was a flight attendant," Cynthia added to help refresh his memory.

Andy closed his eyes and sighed, "Yes, I knew Linda, briefly. Provenza and I met her and her friend on a flight where we were escorting a suspect home. That was a mess," he added shaking his head.

Cynthia nodded and continued, "She did a short stint for drug possession and was released. She was just rearrested for drugs again, and this time it looks like she is going away for quite awhile. Lieutenant, I'm here to talk about Ella, her daughter," she explained and took a deep breath, "your daughter, Lieutenant."