Chapter 2
Chapter 2
6 am a new day; Flack woke up with a smile on his face. He couldn't believe he had actually kissed Miss Lindsay Monroe. He always liked Lindsay but she had been off limits so he never really gave her a romantic thought. He still couldn't believe it. Looking at the clock on his night stand he realized he better get ready or he was gonna be late. He took a quick shower got dressed, grabbed his coat and flew out the door. As he was rushing out the door he remembered he told Lindsay he would call her in the morning so he had to call her on the fly.
Lindsay was still sound asleep when she heard her phone ringing. She figured it was Mac. She grabbed it and very groggily answered.
"Monroe"
"Hey Sweetie! How you feeling?" Don asked.
"MMMMM Don?"
"Yeah. Linds you okay?"
"Um yeah. My head is just pounding is all. What time is it?" She asked tiredly.
"6:45 I'm on my way to work. I'm on 2nd shift today. What time are you on?"
Lindsay started to sit up. "I don't need to be there until 11."
"I'm sorry I woke you. I didn't realize. I just couldn't stop thinking about you!" He said with a great big smile on his face.
Lindsay had to smile too. "I know me too! I couldn't stop thinking about our kiss. I must admit though I fell asleep pretty fast. I didn't have a restless sleep for the first time in weeks."
"Good I'm glad." Don said. "Doe that mean you might want to meet me for coffee around 10 at the corner in front of the lab?"
"Yeah. That sounds good; but instead of the corner let's meet at Starbucks on 87th."
They both smiled. "Sounds good see you then." Don said.
Lindsay laid in bed for a little while longer just thinking about things and her phone rang again.
"Monroe."
"Hey Linds."
"Danny what's up?"
"Uh sorry to wake you. I know your not on till 11 but we got a lead on the missing girls. I wanted to see if you wanted to follow up with me."
"Yeah. Of course. I need to get dressed. Catch the L I can be there in an hour."
"Don't rush. I can pick you up. It's on the way. I can be there in ½ hour."
"Okay. I'll be ready." She said a little neverously.
Lindsay took a quick shower. Blew her hair dry and got dressed in record time. Danny was there exactly on time. He knocked on the door.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey" She said.
"Feeling any better?" He asked.
"Um actually I still have a headache. I'm just gonna go grab some Excedrin." Lindsay went into the kitchen and Danny followed. She pulled out some orange juice and grabbed the Excedrin bottle. She couldn't get it opened. Danny gently took it out of her hands and opened it for her."
"How many? 2?"
"No. 3." She said.
"3? Aren't you a little small for 3 Linds?"
"Danny just give me the bottle. When I have a bad headache I always take 3!" She said.
"How long have you been having these headaches? I noticed yesterday you had some migraine medicine on your desk?"
Lindsay took the pills and popped them in her mouth took a drink of her orange juice and started to walk out of the kitchen. Danny gently grabbed her by her elbow and turned her toward him.
"Lindsay I asked you a question?"
"Let go of me!"
Lindsay pulled away from Danny and began putting her coat on.
"Lindsay I asked you a question?" He said again.
She looked up at with sad eyes. "Ever since we broke up okay."
Danny sighed. "Linds."
"Danny stop. Everyday I have to deal with you. Some days it is a little harder than others. When I feel stress I get these headaches and you have caused me a lot of stress these past few weeks. Okay." "Look lets just do our jobs. Let's go follow up on this lead of yours. Okay?"
"Okay." Danny said.
While on their way to their destination Danny had explained that they had gotten a lead on a Charlie Palmer. While on the way Danny had also called Flack to explain what was going on and that he wanted Flack to meet them at their destination to arrest Palmer and take him in for questioning.
Flack and Danny arrived at the same time. Flack and Lindsay smiled at each other.
"Monroe. Thought you weren't on until 11?" He said.
"Change of plans." Lindsay said rubbing her forehead.
"You okay Monroe?" Still got that headache? Flack asked.
She just smiled at him. "I'm fine."
Danny noticed their exchange as he got their kits out of the back of the truck. He didn't say anything. He just pushed it aside.
Flack pulled his gun. "You two ready?" He asked.
They both nodded in agreement. Flack knocked on the door.
"CHARLES PALMER! NYPD! OPEN UP!" He knocked one more time. "CHARLES PALMER! NYPD!"
Just as Flack was about to kick in the door Charlie opened up. "Yeah!" He said rubbing his eyes. Flack showed him his badge.
"Mr. Palmer you are a suspect in the disappearance of Chelsea Lane and Paige Landis."
"We have a warrant to search the premises." Danny said.
"Go ahead. I ain't got nothin to hide." Palmer said as he looked Lindsay up and down.
"How bout you baby? You got anything to hide?"
"Palmer. You keep your mouth off her. You got it!!" Flack said. Danny noticed the aggravation in Flack's voice.
Palmer just laughed and looked Lindsay up and down one more time. "MMMMMMM! She's hot!"
Danny got up in his face. "Flack take this scum bag down to the station."
Lindsay just moved away from him and began to process the apartment. Lindsay was processing the bedroom. She noticed a brush that had some long hairs in it. She placed the brush in an evidence bag. Danny went thru his closet. He didn't notice anything unusual there. They had finished up processing and didn't find anything else.
Danny walked back into the bedroom where Lindsay was finishing up.
"Anything?"
"Maybe." She said rubbing her head.
"Nothing on the bed; but I did find a hair brush with long hairs in it. I'll process it as soon as we get back."
"You feelin okay?"
"Yeah. Yeah. I'm fine." She said with a small smile. "Lets get back to the lab so we can analyze the hairs on the brush and interrogate Mr. Palmer. Shall we.?"