"Yes, they are." he replied, his throat tightening briefly with a mixture of horror and guilt. He'd been disturbed by the news of Sebastian's abduction, but...it hadn't hit him like this. It hadn't grabbed his heart and ripped...

He hadn't seen Charlie in that little boy.

"They're gone, and they're not coming near you ever again." he assured her, offering her his hand. He filed away the mention of the social worker in the back of his head, more focused on the nasty lump on her knee at the moment. "Alex and I, we want to get you out of here. Get you cleaned up, fix your knee..."

He bit back a smile when he caught the tiny sound of a gurgling stomach in the quiet of the room.

"...and maybe get you something to eat. Do you like hamburgers? Pizza, perhaps?"