When Danny woke up Lindsay had rolled over. Her head was resting against his chest, her arm flung over his waist.
'It's not a bad way to wake up Messer'. Danny thought to himself. He carefully extricated himself from the bed and went and took a very cold shower.
Danny was in the process of making coffee when Lindsay's coat started ringing. She'd obviously had left it in the pocket. Since Lindsay was still sleeping in his bed, he fished it out. The caller ID said it was Mac.
"Hey Mac." He answered.
"Danny why are you answering Lindsay's cell phone at 7 in the morning?" Mac inquired.
"The last case got to her so she came by to talk and fell asleep." It wasn't a lie, Mac didn't need to know she came over at 3 am or the fact that she slept in Danny's bed. "I answered since it was you and she's still asleep."
"Can you wake her up? I need you both to meet me at the Statue of Liberty?"
"Who has Lady Liberty been killing off?"
"The guards were checking the area and found two dead women." Mac added where to meet him.
"We'll meet there as soon as we can." Danny told him and they finished the call. Danny dropped Lindsay's cell phone back in her coat pocket.
Danny walked into the bedroom; Lindsay had sprawled out over the entire bed.
"Yo Montana up at 'em." Danny said hopping to wake up her up. "Shake a leg." He grabbed her foot. "Or do I need to find a rooster."
"I shot the last rooster my parents had." Lindsay muttered.
"I thought country girls were good first thing in the morning."
"We have to have coffee first." Lindsay replied.
"You look good all rumpled." Danny commented.
"Thanks."
"So have you ever been to the Statue of Liberty?" Danny asked.
"I went past it on the Staten Island ferry." Lindsay replied.
"You need to get up and dressed Mac needs us to meet him. Two DB's at her feet."
"Mac called?" Lindsay was a little confused.
"Your cell." Danny nodded.
"You answered my cell phone?" Lindsay asked. "To Mac."
"I told him you came and threw yourself at me." He joked.
"Danny!" Lindsay chastised.
"I told him you came by to talk and fell asleep. He doesn't need to know any more details than that."
"Thanks Danny."
"Help yourself to the shower. You like scrambled eggs?"
"I like scrambled eggs." Lindsay confirmed. "I'll be as quick as I can."
"A woman who can get ready in ten minutes that has to be a record." Danny said when Lindsay came into the kitchen dressed and he handed her a mug of coffee.
"You ain't seen nothing yet." Lindsay stated. "That smells good."
Danny piled scrambled eggs onto a plate along with bacon and some toast.
"Breakfast. Eat fast we need to leave."
"Do you have any ketchup?" Lindsay inquired.
Danny grabbed the bottle and handed it to her.
"Thanks." Lindsay poured some ketchup on one of the slices of toast, then piled the scrambled eggs and bacon on top and added some more ketchup before adding the other slice of toast and squashing it all down before picking it up and taking a bite. "Not bad. Definitely better than an Egg McMuffin."
"You're full of surprises Montana."
"I'll just grab my purse and coat." Lindsay said as she wrapped her breakfast in a napkin. "What's happening about our kits?" She inquired.
"Mac's bringing you a spare." Danny replied. "I have mine here."
"Can you cook anything else?" Lindsay asked as Danny hailed a cab.
"A few things." Danny replied.
"If we have time one day, I'll cook you all breakfast Montana style."
"Now that sounds like an offer I can't refuse. After you Ms Monroe." Danny said holding the cab door open.
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"So what do you think Montana?" Danny asked as they stood at the foot of the Statue of Liberty. Lindsay looked up.
"It looks taller on TV."
"It looks taller on TV?" Danny repeated.
"For a gift it's not bad, but I still prefer my bunch of wild flowers."
"Wild flowers?" Danny questioned.
"I was eight and he picked them himself."
"That's better than tugging on your pigtails." Stella remarked from behind her. "Some guys never grow out of that."
"Billy-Ray made me heart shape crop circles for my birthday when were fifteen. Daddy wasn't too impressed since it was his wheat field and made him work it off."
"Billy-Ray?" Danny questioned.
"He's a doctor now." Lindsay countered.
"Making crop circles takes more effort and thought than flowers and chocolates." Stella stated.
"Not that we have anything against flowers and chocolates." Lindsay added. "Hey Mac." She said when she saw her boss walking over.
"Morning. Why don't you and Stella make a start on the bodies and then go back with them when you're done. Danny and I will take a look around and figure out how they ended up here."
"Okay." Stella agreed.
She and Lindsay headed to the bodies. Lindsay grabbed the camera and started taking pictures.
"So you spent last night at Danny's." Stella said.
"I see the gossip here is almost as fast as back home." Lindsay stated.
"NYPD is as good as any small town." Stella agreed.
"I went to talk to him because the last case got to me; he wouldn't let me go home that late by myself so I just stayed. It was perfectly innocent."
"Right." Stella nodded.
"It was." Lindsay protested.
"I believe you." Stella said, but Lindsay could tell she didn't.
"Why do I even bother when no-one believes the truth?"
"The truth is subjective." Stella reminded her.
"This one isn't open to interpretation."
TBC
