I still don't own CSI NY.
"Mom!" Lindsay exclaimed.
"Hey, how are you? I talked to a Detective Mac Taylor and he wanted to know if you were ok."
"He is my boss and a good friend of mine."
"Oh, so the answer is?"
"Yes, I guess I am ok. What else can I be? I haven't seen him for two months."
"But that's what the problem is."
"Yeah, and the fact that I am pregnant."
"Really? And you didn't call to tell me?"
"I didn't because I was trying to find the father."
"Danny I guess?"
"Yes, of course. I've loved Danny since third grade. He was such a doll and he waited for me while I dated everyone in the school and I went to Montana. He is the greatest man I have ever known other then dad and grandpa."
"I miss your dad and grandpa."
"I miss them too. I wish they could be here now."
"I wish they could too."
Lindsay took two weeks off and then went back to New York.
The NYPD Building was swarming with people. While Lindsay was on vacation, Mac and Stella had found some evidence that would prove that Danny was still alive; he had been to his apartment. He had left his keys there, which they had not found when they first searched the apartment. Also there was a note on the chalk board.
Mac, Don't look for me anymore. There is no point for my life. Lindsay doesn't want me, she left to Montana to be away. That was all the point in my life. Danny
"Lindsay, what a surprise, you're home early." Mac hugged her.
"I never said I would be home at any certain time. I am not really early or late. I'm on time."
"I guess. We found some evidence that Danny is alive and that he can find you. He wrote a letter saying that you leaving was the end of the world for him. We tracked his credit cards and his bank accounts and found that he has taken out lots of money from his accounts. He also bought two train tickets to Boston for two days ago. We found this out this morning. After that, his trail ends."
"Oh, well at least he is alive."
"Yes, that is the good news. But the bad news was is that he doesn't want us to find him and we found blood that doesn't match Danny's. It belongs to a young boy, Ruben Sandoval. Son of a woman named Nikki Sandoval. His father was a bad man and the boy was found dead in an alley. Nikki and Ruben were Danny's neighbors until they moved not to long ago."
"Oh, I remember him talking about Ruben. He said that it was his fault the kid was dead. He said that he would do anything to make it right. Then he disappeared."
"This case is the reason he is missing? Maybe he isn't missing, just trying to stay away from us."
"Maybe." Stella came into the conversation.
"What?" Mac asked.
"Danny's finger print was lifted on one of the elevator buttons by the guy we are training to replace Danny. He wanted to test his skills and he found Danny's print. After Danny's disappearance, the whole building was searched and cleaned, right?"
"Yes, we had to, to see if he was just somewhere in the building."
"It was just left too. There is no chance that only Danny's print is there. Either he was here just a little bit ago or he is here now."
"Lindsay, go on the intercom. See if we can lure him out if he is still here."
"Ok!" Lindsay went into Mac's office and found Mac's chair turned around. Mac only did that when he was sitting in it and wanted to be left alone to look out the window.
"Mac?" a soft, accented voice asked.
"No, but Danny?"
"Lindsay?" The chair spun around. Danny sat in the chair. His body seemed very thin, he looked very sick. It was obvious he hadn't eaten real food in along time.
"Danny! What happened to you?"
"I had to do some things for a friend. I am sorry that I couldn't be around."
"Danny, all you had to do was tell me you were ok. I just wanted to know that you were ok."
"Have you gained weight?"
"No! I am pregnant! Five months pregnant."
"Really? I am so sorry! Rikki needed me to take care of some things for her and my mom came down to see me. I had to send her home and Rikki decided to move to Boston. I sent her and my mom there. I figured Mac had traced my money and found the tickets. I hadn't left yet but I don't think I will now."
"How did you get Ruben's blood on your shirt?"
"That was the shirt I wore the day that Ruben died. I was the first on scene because it happened right outside my window in the alley right there. I went to try to save him. I couldn't. I had left the shirt with my mom but she couldn't get the blood out. So she brought it back for me. I told her to toss it but she doesn't throw out clothes even if they are ruined."
"Danny, all I care is that you are ok."
"Lindsay, I kept in touch in ways you didn't even know."
"How?"
"I left you things. Like the sugar when you ran out, chocolate when you needed it, a letter from an old friend, things that might happen but never really happen to you."
"You were the old friend, the sugar girl, and the person that left me chocolate?"
"Yes, and the guy in the bar that sent you a drink. I just did my make-up and wore different clothes."
"Did you do it on more then one occasion?"
"Yes, your birthday, my birthday, and our second anniversary. You always go to that bar."
"Danny, thank you. I don't think I could have survived that miserable time with out you."
"That is a very funny thing to say."
"I know, but I like it!" Lindsay went to him and hugged him. Then she grabbed Mac's phone and used the intercom.
"Mac, Stella, everyone, please come to Mac Taylor's office. There is a surprise here for you."
"Danny?" Mac and Stella asked.
"Hey guys!"
"You are really here? You are real?"
"Yes, Stella, I am real. I am alive and I am here. And now I am going to take Lindsay home because I am really tired and I want to talk to her for awhile."
"Of course, that is expected."
