When the Future Knocks
"Insufferable," Kenzie complained as she roamed the crime scene. Lindsey smirked as they moved around, collecting evidence. She knew Kenzie had to be really fuming to be discussing anything personal at a crime scene like this. She was too much like her father in that way. "I mean, I propose and what does he do…"
Lindsey stops as do a couple of the patrol cops in complete shock.
"You proposed to Adam?" Lindsey asked and Kenzie turns to look at her. Her eyes look at the young woman, searching for answers. Did she, honestly, just say that or was she hallucinating?
"Yeah, I proposed and the jack ass turned me down," she tells Lindsey who starts laughing. "What's so funny?"
"Oh my god, let me guess, you proposed at the mayors get together we were all attending," Lindsey asked and Kenzie looked at her puzzled.
"Yeah, so. What does the local have to do with him rejecting me?" Kenzie asked not putting it together.
"Wow, you really are clueless aren't you? You've been with him about two years and you don't realize Adam isn't a spontaneous person. He doesn't do something spur of the moment. When he does something he plans it out. The only person that's not true is for you… his whole relationship with you has been one spontaneous thing after another. I know that proposing is one thing he wouldn't do spur of the moment. He'd plan it out for weeks if not months in advance. He'd make it romantic, perfect for you. You up and proposing would have thrown him for a loop. Give him some time Kenzie," Lindsey told her. She watched the young woman nod before they went out to the vehicle to head back to the crime lab. It was a silent drive there.
"Your daughter is going to be the death of me," Adam stated as he walked into Mac's office without knocking. Mac looked up surprised by the younger man. This was something the man had never done before.
"What did she do?" Mac asked as the man paced back and forth in front of the desk.
"Remember how I asked you for permission to propose to Kenzie," Adam asked and Mac nodded. "Well, I was setting up the perfect romantic evening to propose to. Instead she went and messed it all up – blindsided me. She proposed and froze. Now we are both irritated at the other for pretty much the exact same reason."
Mac couldn't help but smile at the young man's frustration. His daughter… only she could take the initiative and blindside the man she loved like this. Didn't know where she got it, not that her mom had ever been any better.
"Just, relax. Talk to her and explain the situation to her. If she got anything from me it was my logical mind," Mac told the young man who gave him a slight glare.
"Talk to her… that'll go over well. She's avoiding me and every time I've tried to talk to her it's ended in a fight. How the hell am I going to talk to her?" Adam said before sitting down looking defeated.
"Adam…" Mac began. He was cut off by an explosion in one of the labs which cascaded into four more explosions. Mac was thrown sideways and hit the ground hard. He remained conscious though.
When he looked around he found Adam lying on the ground with a wood shard penetrating the young man's stomach pinning him to the floor. Mac went to move towards the man but found one of his legs was pinned beneath a collapsed beam. He couldn't feel that leg which may or may not have been a good thing.
He was trapped, and Adam was hurt… this day couldn't get worse.