IM SORRY I WASN'T THERE

CHAPTER 3

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For the rest of the day, Danny, Chin and Kono continued to work on the case. They discovered that it was in fact, her mother's boyfriend Eli Miller that killed her. After a chase through the streets of Honolulu they finally arrested him. It turns out that they had a big fight that night which resulted in her death. Danny was happy that he was finally able give the little girl some answers about what happened to her mother. He wasn't ready to tell her about her father. He also knew that it wasn't really his place to do so and that he was going to wait until Steve returned.

When it was time to go home, Danny went to get his stuff and Mae from his office. He was about to tell her about his plans for her.

"Hey Mae, how you doing, are you ready to go" he asked her

"Yeah I'm fine, where am I going" Mae asked the Detective

"You're going to come and stay with me for a few days, is that okay with you" he asked her

"Yes that fine, I would like that" said answered him

They both packed up their things and got ready to leave. They said their goodbyes to Chin and Kono and left to go home. It was a Friday night so they spent the night and weekend at Danny's house watching movies. Danny even introduced his daughter Grace to Mae and they because fast friends.

2 days later

It was the day that Danny has been dreading. He knows what he has to do but he wasn't sure how to approach it. He woke up at 6 am and got ready for the day. He got the girls up and ready. He had asked Kono to come over and pick them up and take Grace to school and take Mae to the office. Danny's first stop for the day was to Hickam Air Force base to pick up Steve. The drive there was very quiet. He had spent the entire time thinking about what he was going to say to Steve.

Danny arrived at the base. He got out of his car and waited for Steve. 20 minutes later Steve arrived and walked over to where Danny was waiting for him.

"Hey Danny" Steve said

"Hi Steve, how was training" Danny asked

"It was fine, how was everything around here, did I miss anything" Steve asked

"Well that's a long story" Danny told him

They got into the car and headed back to HQ. They made small talk until they got there. Danny had texted Kono while he was waiting for Steve to ask her to take Mae out of the office when he brought Steve back there. He wanted to make sure that he could explain everything to him before he introduced them.

They arrived at HQ to find Chin working on his computer in his office. He came out when he saw Steve and Danny walk in.

"Hey Steve, how was training" Chin asked Steve

"It was good, very busy though, glad to be back. Where's Kono" Steve said

"She's gone to get lunch" Chin said, trying not to mention anything about Mae

"How has everything been around here" Steve asked Chin because he got no answer from Danny before when he asked

"That's a long story" Chin said

"Why does everyone keep saying that, what is going on" Steve asked, a little angry

"Well come into your office, sit down and I will fill you in" Danny said

Danny and Steve walked into Steve's office and sat down at the desk

"Okay so what is going on" Steve said to Danny

"Well while you were away we had this case where a 7 year old girl found her mother dead on the living room floor" Danny informed Steve. Steve just nodded his head waiting for more information from his partner.

"After meeting her and talking to her, she didn't want to leave my side. So I brought her back to HQ and let her stay in the office until I was finished work. Chin told me that we needed to collect her DNA so I did. We gave it to Charlie and he ran it. While he was testing the sample, it showed up saying that it had a 99.99% paternal match to a sample that was already on file" Danny told him.

"Okay, so who was it" Steve said, getting a little impatient.

Danny took a deep breath and just looked at his partner, trying to figure out a way to tell him.

"It was you Steve, you're her father" Danny informed Steve. He wasn't sure how the best way to say it was so he just decided to come right out and tell him.

Steve had nothing to say. He just sat there in silence.

"Steve are you okay" Danny asked a little worried

After a few minutes, Danny had to repeat himself and finally got an answer from Steve.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little shocked" said Steve

"That understandable" Danny commented

"Is Charlie sure that this is right" Steve asked the detective, unsure how he should handle this.

"Yeah he's sure, he checked 3 times" Danny informed him

"Okay, so where is she, I want to meet my daughter" he asked Danny. He really didn't know what to say right at that point in time, all he wanted to do was meet his daughter for the first time.

"She's with Kono, I asked her to take her out of the office until I was able to talk to you" the detective told him.

"What is her name" Steve asked, still trying to comprehend what he had just been told.

"Her name is Mae Walker and she is 7. Kono is bringing her back here now" Danny replied

They waited for what felt like hours. Danny had left Steve in his office, giving him some time alone to think. Danny watched him from his office. All he could see was him pacing back and forth. He really felt bad for him, he didn't know the full story of why Steve wasn't around for the first 7 years of his daughter's life but he did know that Steve didn't deserve to find out this way.

The time had finally come for Steve to meet the daughter he never knew he had. Kono and Mae had arrived back at HQ and walked through the double glass doors towards the middle of the office area. Steve had stopped pacing for a moment and turned around to notice the girls walking in. He took a deep breath and look at the little girl, taking in the sight in front of him.

He walked out of his office to meet the girls and Danny around the computer table. Mae noticed the tall, dark hair man walking out of his office towards her. She moved closer to Danny and grabbed his hand.

"It's okay Mae, this is Steve, my partner" Danny informed her

"Hi Mae, it's really nice to meet you" Steve said to her bending down to her level

She had slowly started to let go of Danny's hand and relax a little bit. Steve was a little worried about how to tell her and how she would reacted to the news that he was her father.

He decided that he wasn't going to tell her at the office. He thought that he would get Danny to bring her over to his house after work and tell her in a more comfortable environment. This gave him more time to think through everything and figure out what he was going to say to her.