Sunday night had finally arrived. And Kristoff had some uneasy feelings about it.

Every Sunday since he joined the force, his parents invited him and the rest of the family over for dinner. Kristoff knew it was their way of making sure he was not being overwhelmed by the stress of his job. Nevertheless, he went anyway.

However, this time Kristoff was so anxious about going to dinner that he was about to throw up. He and Sven loved going to his parents' house, but after Jade and Flint had told their parents and Pabbie about Anna, Kristoff knew everyone would be more persistent about helping him with his personal life. With his new realization about his feelings for Anna would complicate matters.

His family knew Kristoff was a lot of things and a liar wasn't one of them. They would always catch him in a lie, even if that lie were to himself.

Despite his better judgment, Kristoff led Sven to his truck and headed off to his parents' house in the suburbs. It didn't take long for the two of them to reach it. When Kristoff and Sven exited the truck and stepped on to the freshly mowed grass, they were both swarmed by a sea of children.

"Look, Uncle Kris!" one little girl said, "I lost my first tooth," she grinned widely, proudly displaying the gap in her adorable smile. Then a little boy tried to gain Kristoff's attention, "l got a new merit badge in boy scouts!" He proclaimed as he waved the badge in front of him. Two other children were not as subtle and simply jumped in Kristoff's arms. Kris grunted as the boy and girl wrapped their tiny hands around his neck. "You're both getting so big! Good for you!" he said after gaining a good hold of his niece and nephew.

"Alright children," Kristoff heard someone say. An older woman stood at the front porch, dusting off her flour-covered apron. She was half the size of Kris while still being at least a foot taller than most of the children. Her long, dark braid hung over her shoulder with long streaks of silver that almost shimmered in the setting sun.

The children stood still at the woman's presence. "Now, why don't you all play in the backyard with Sven til supper's done," the old woman suggested. The children answered with cheers as the man behind the house with their uncle's dog behind them.

Kristoff grinned at the old woman, who gave a warm smile back. "Thanks for the save Ma," he said as he bent down to hug her. "Not a problem, dear. Now come inside," she said dragging her giant of a son into her home.

The kitchen was pretty crowded, but that was not unexpected for a woman who had seven kids.

Kole, the youngest at fifteen, was setting up the adults' table, a large oak table surrounded by ten chairs, one for each sibling, their parents and Grand Pabbie. Crystal and Gem were shucking pea pods. Or more accurately Crystal was shucking peas while Gem was splitting her energy between helping with dinner and reading from her textbook.

"Gem, I've got more frog eggs for you," Crystal said trying to get her sister's attention. Gem simply nodded and started to shuck the peas, not paying attention to or just ignoring what her sister had just said.

"Kris, come help me over here," Kristoff turned to see Rock by the stove with a large pan of potatoes in front of him. Rock handed Kris a vegetable peeler and helped skin the potatoes while waiting for the pan to boil. Things were silent for a few moments until Rock popped a question, "So when are you bringing your new lady friend over?" Shocked by the question, Kris lost his hold on the peeler and cut his other hand.

"Damnit," Kristoff sucked his teeth while Rock handed him a box of band-aids. Jade and Flint just can't keep their mouths shut, can they?

Kris scowled as placed band-aids over his extended cut. "She's not my girlfriend. We've only known each other a few weeks." Rock gave one of his very rare smiles, "It seems like you two have become very close in that short amount of time, haven't you?"

"Maybe, but I'm not ready to bring her here and have you all tell her inappropriate stories about my childhood," Kris replied sternly. "Like how you would only pee in the woods behind our yard," Flint joked as he walked in from the backyard, likely taking a break from his two children and their cousins.

Kris growled, "Nobody needs to know that! Especially not Anna!"

"Anna Delle?" Rock asked. When Kris nodded, he tapped his fist into his palm as a look of realization spread across his face. "I thought the description Jade and Flint gave us sounded familiar," Rock went back to work as he continued. "She was one of my patients last year."

Kristoff was confused. Like their grandfather, Rock was a doctor. But not just any doctor, he was an obstetrician. And Anna didn't show any signs of having children. "It's sad really," Rock said as he dropped potatoes into the now boiling water. All his siblings knew he was going into something serious, as Rock would always try to keep himself busy when he was talking about something heavy.

"Her boyfriend left before she found out she was expecting. If that wasn't bad enough, earlier this year some thugs broke into her apartment. They didn't get away with any money but-" Rock had stopped, but he didn't need to continue. Everybody knew something more valuable was taken.

Kristoff's body filled with rage, but he had hidden it well. In such a short amount of time, Anna was abandoned by the man she thought she loved, lost her big sister and never even had the chance to meet her own baby properly. Not even the worst people deserved that kind of emotional pain.

If Kris ever found the bastards that did that to her, he would not show them mercy.

His phone began to vibrate on the counter. Kristoff picked it up and Audrey's name appeared on the screen. "Sorry, I gotta take this," Kristoff knew his mother didn't tolerate cellphone use during Sunday dinner, but Audrey didn't call him unless it was important.

"Hey, Kris! I'm so sorry to disturb your time with your family, but I found something so big it couldn't wait till morning." Kris heard a series of gongs over the phone, he recognized them as from the old grandfather clock in Audrey's office. "Oh my god! Audrey, are still at the station?!" Kristoff wasn't too surprised as Gerda forbid Audrey from taking her work home or risk it getting lost in her chaotic mess of a house, but it showed how invested Audrey had gotten herself into his case.

"I promise I'll leave soon after this. While looking into Arendelle's history, I found some stuff on Corneilius Delle." Delle. Kristoff found it strange that everywhere he went Anna was somehow involved. "And?" Kristoff urged her to continue. "Turns out a series of strange things happened when the city was first being built. There were a lot of signs someone in Corneilius' family was involved, but nothing was proven."

Audrey was cut off by the sound of a window breaking. Kristoff heard the phone hit the floor as Audrey went off to hide. He then heard something else over the line, the thumping of massive, heavy steel-toed boots. A gruff voice came through, "Crap! We got a problem, bro. Someone's still here!" The signal went out in static.

Kristoff's eyes widen. He'd know that voice anywhere. It could only be Runo. That meant the "bro" he was with could only be Rudi, those two bastards were never too far from each other. If they found Audrey, she would be as good as dead.

"Kris, what are doing?" Flint asked as his brother practically rushed out the door without a second thought. "I can't explain right now," Kris explained as he hopped into his truck. "Tell Ma and Pa I'll make it up to them." Flint groaned, "This isn't about work is it?" Kristoff didn't have time to give an answer of "yes and no" and simply pulled out of the driveway and quickly made his to the station. After all, time was a factor that wasn't on his side.

Finally, chapter seven is in. Real sorry you guys had to wait eight months for this one. I was struggling on how to finish this chapter, dealing with work and school as well as putting some work into my other story, The Sleeping Kingdom, and other works I'm trying to get off the ground. I hope this was worth the wait. Leaving a review, favoriting and or following the story would be greatly appreciated.