"Sounds like a good idea. As long as you don't miss dinner with your Dad, that is," Jack says with a small attempt at a smile.

Maybe it's because he's been thinking about Kim so much, but the thought of Beckett not seeing her father much on Christmas isn't a comfortable one. Though he knows too, that there's a number of good reasons she could have for it; he can't blame Kim when it comes to her reasons for not wanting to see him.

"I'll probably be in here for a while anyway; at least much as I can without stopping time from passing out there or getting fired for not doing my job."