Finding you in New York

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A/N: Big thank-you to Shan for the Beta. I also have some Standoff quotes in this chapter so tell me if you can find them.

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"Shit" Danny said loudly

"Danny what's going on?" Stella asked as Mac and Danny looked down.

"That's her Stel. That's her" Danny said softly as he fled the room quickly.

"Who's her?" Don asked

"Okay about six months ago Danny told me about something. It all started like this" Stella explained

"Danny and I had, had a tough case and we went for a drink or two to unwind. But Danny had too much to drink and we were talking"

"So you're telling me you have never been in love?" Stella asked

Danny took a swig of his beer.

"There was this one time" Danny explained. "It was about a year ago, Mac wanted me to go undercover to find out more about the death of Jacob and Rachel Matthews. So I was getting ready and everything was fine and dandy when Mac told me that I would be having an undercover girlfriend. She was trained and would be able to take care of herself. Her name was Lindsay Monroe. She was a country girl from Bozeman, Montana"

"Well sounds like you got your work cut out for you" Stella said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah I did. We had to do everything like a couple in love. The funny thing is I started to fall for her. She had this smile that even if you would be crying could make you feel…happy"

Stella nodded.

"We started a relationship while we were on the job. When we had been undercover for six months we left the job. They said that there wasn't going to be anymore murders. It's frowned upon to get emotionally involved with your undercover partner. We did. She said 'it would be better to stop our relationship'. That even though she loved me we couldn't make it work. She would be over in D.C doing a job and I would stay here. About a week later we got news that she had gone missing. We found out she was being held hostage. I got angry, I let it take over. So I went to talk to the hostage taker. I yelled something alomg the lines of 'I'm sleeping with my partner! I could get fired for that!' I remember when she looked at me she had a gun being held to her head. But she looked like she was angrier at me for letting out our secret. I then said 'I let my personal life get in the middle of my business life'."

Stella looked over at Danny who now was looking down into his beer.

"I distracted the hostage taker and that gave the SWAT team time to shoot him. I thought she would come over and at least say thanks. But no she gave me this look, one that said 'thanks you just ruined my job'. Then she walked away and didn't look back. That was the last time I saw her"

Stella looked Danny in the eye and saw the unshed tears which were threatening to fall.

"I had never seen him so vulnerable" Stella said.

"Then he must have been lying to me. He told me that he and Beck were doing okay and that's the longest relationship he had ever been it. They have only been going out for three months" Hawkes explained

"Well maybe he doesn't want to remember this Lindsay chick" Don said. "Anyway what's this got to do with the case and having her finger print's at the scene?"

"The way Danny had reacted meant that the Flanagan case must have something to do with the Matthews. That could be the connection to the undercover job him and Lindsay did. It may also be why Miss Monroe's finger prints were at the scene" Hawkes explained

"Okay will call Lindsay Monroe's superior and ask if she can come in" Mac said

TBC