Again, thank you Dragonhaven for being an awesome beta. Congratulations!

Person of Interest does not belong to me.

Enjoy.

~POI~

After Reese left the library, he wondered how Finch got Joshua's Number. New Rochelle wasn't far, but it wasn't within New York City's range. Curiosity getting the better of him, Reese called Finch.

"Finch, how did you get Joshua's number?" he asked as he was making a turn.

"He must have been visiting New York when his number came up. He does have some family here" Finch knew exactly what Reese meant, so he thought he might as well answer him honestly. What he didn't expect were the questions that came up after.

"Does your Machine oversee New York, or the whole country?"

"The whole country, Mr. Reese" Finch explained. They had worked together this long. No point in keeping Reese in the dark regarding the Machine.

"I see. I'm at the grandmother's house now, Finch. Is there anything you can tell me?" Reese asked. If he had to be honest, he was nervous. He was listing his options, but this would have to be played by ear. The danger could be anywhere and it could happen at any time. If only Peter wasn't so much into debt. Then again, he could be thankful for it was for the bastard that Reese was able to see Jessica's son.

"Not much. I'll tell you when I find something." Finch promised as he hung up.

The sun had risen a bit. It was almost time for the boy to wake up. Reese kept a close eye on the home and its surroundings.

~POI~

After a while, Reese noticed it was 6:55. 'They should be getting up soon' he thought and true to this he saw Jessica's mother, Sharon, in the kitchen making breakfast. He continued to watch as Sharon went to wake the boy up.

From where Reese stood he kept watch as Sharon and Joshua ate breakfast together. She then sent the boy to get ready for school as she got ready to do her errands.

They were both ready at 7:30 and left the house. He followed them until they reached the school. He memorized the school and then turned back to the house.

~POI~

Arriving back at the empty house Reese was shaking a bit. Not because there was someone else at the house. No, it was the perspective of what he could find inside. That made him nervous. What if he found something and lost all control of himself? He promised Finch he would try to keep himself together. For Finch's and Joshua's sake, he had to keep a hold of himself. Keep total control, if only until this blew over.

With a deep breath he got out of the car and went to the house. Nervous but determined to look at whatever he needed to look at.

~POI~

Going inside, he first noticed that not much had changed since the last time he was there. Some furniture was new, and the little coffee table was now out of the attic.

He turned to see a table near the wall. His eyes making a beeline to Jessica's smiling picture. He remembered that picture. He took it on one of their dates. The sunset was perfect, the wind blowing just right, and the scarf was set beautifully on her. He smiled. This picture was a secret for both of them. Sharon had not yet known about them, and it would have roused suspicion, so they went about her and a friend going out, and having to take that picture.

After checking the living room and the kitchen, Reese went up the stairs. He opened the first door; Sharon's room, so nothing there. The next room held nothing as well. It was just an empty room. He then checked the third room. It looked like it belonged to a little boy. He doubted he would find anything but it wouldn't hurt to try.

He carefully looked around, checking every nook and cranny for anything. He looked behind shelves, and cabinets, but found nothing. He looked under the bed, and again found nothing. He lifted the mattress and found a journal. Slightly tipping his head he got the journal and started going through the pages.

"Bark! Bark!" Reese turned to the source only to see a poodle coming towards him. Chuckling, Reese got down in one knee and greeted the dog, "Hello, Princess".

Princess, recognizing Reese, licked his hand and waged her tail furiously. He got up, tucked away the journal, and headed for the attic.

"Want to go to the attic with me, Princess?" he asked the poodle. Yipping, Princess followed Reese all the way up to the attic.

There were boxes on top of boxes. As Reese looked around he saw an old leather chest of drawers with a mirror on top, in the corner of the room. There were a few more boxes but those were father away and a bit dustier than the ones up front.

He opened a box and realized that these 'newer' boxes belonged to Jessica. He slowly opened each box, carefully looking at the contents within. He kept opening and closing each box, looking desperately to see if she had left anything in regards to Peter's debts. He wasn't there to save her, but he WOULD be there to save him.

He kept looking through the boxes and found a little jewelry box. He took it out and looked through each of its little drawers. After checking the top two, he took out the third one all the way. He knew from experience that people tended to hide things under the last drawer. Easy to hide from prying eyes but easy as well to access without drawing too much attention. He took out the papers that were neatly folded inside and looked through them.

He had looked through a couple of papers when he noticed an envelope addressed to him. He placed the letter aside and looked through the other papers. When found nothing, he focused his attention on the envelope.

Opening the envelope he took out the papers inside. It was a letter and a picture of Jessica and a baby.

He looked at the picture; then at the letter. Whatever Jessica had wanted to tell him would be written in this letter.

He started reading, concentrating so hard that his mind blocked any surrounding sound, even the sound of a car going up the driveway and its door opening and closing went by unnoticed. He came back to reality at the sound of the front door opening.

'Damn! Damn! Damn!' he thought, 'how did I not hear the car?' Luckily for him Princess had run out of the attic to greet her master, so he was able to close the door. But now he was stuck. He couldn't leave the attic without risking being seen by Sharon. And he couldn't jump out the window as it was too high, he might hurt himself.

"Damn it" he cursed.

~POI~

Well how about that? Reese is stuck and nowhere to run. Now I ask you, my dear reader, on what should happen on the next chapter. In my page there is a poll up. All you have to do is choose, and if you like pm me on why you think so.

As always R&R!