The Witness
"You know I really don't like the idea of leaving Andy home alone again tomorrow," Linda admitted as she folded the last t-shirt on her bed so she and Danny
could go to bed. It had been a long day, especially for Danny and his daughter who had another lengthy conversation about the rules he was laying down
while they were gone, him doing his best to get her to understand his way of reasoning. "Neither do I," Danny agreed knowing how much Andy got bored, and
knowing how bad a bored Andy Reagan could be, and in most cases it was disastrous. "So how did your negotiations with her go," Linda was curious? "Oh she
listened with all inventiveness. But I don't think it registered," Danny shook his head. "What are we going to do," Linda asked, "it's obvious she can't be
trusted to be left alone?" "We don't have a whole lot of options," Danny stated the obvious, "we both have to work and Gramps isn't up to dealing with a
spirited kid just yet." "What about Jamie, isn't he off tomorrow," Linda was trying to figure out other options? "Whether he is or not, we can't expect him to
drop everything just to be our own personal babysitter," Danny hated to overuse his family considering Jamie had already helped them so much before Andy
started school. "I know, but maybe he can at least stop by to check on her and bring her something to eat," Linda said hopefully. "I'll ask him," Danny replied
already knowing that Jamie would say yes.
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Andy lay in bed wide awake, she wasn't exactly tired considering she didn't do anything all day other than read and watch TV. Sure she tried the usual counting
sheep, but after getting to a thousand, she finally gave up, and decided to come up with a better idea. This idea however, involved leaving her bedroom and
going downstairs without getting caught, and without waking anyone up. Her mom would flip if she caught her out of bed considering it was nearing 11:30 and
way past her bedtime, but oh well, what could a few extra minutes on the roof hurt. She probably shouldn't climb up on the roof with her parents actually at
home, but then again what would it matter as long as she didn't get caught. After taking a few steps down the stairs, Andy carefully unlocked the back door
and quietly slipped out, before making her way up the trellis. Andy was just about to reach the top when her foot slipped and she found herself fighting tooth
and nail to regain her balance in order to keep from falling off the roof and finding herself in the hospital. "Did you hear that," Linda looked over at her husband
concerned? "Like a fumbling sound on the roof," she clarified. "Yes," Danny replied grabbing his gun and shield before hurrying down the stairs. He had just
reached the yard when Andy regained proper footing and saw Danny standing there gun in hand. "Awe," Andy moaned half wishing she would have fallen and
gotten knocked unconscious causing her to lose her memory, thinking that if she forgot the accident, she couldn't exactly be punished for something she didn't
remember. "Come on down Andrea," Danny ordered. "Just do me a favor and make it easier on me and just shoot me," Andy whined. "That's not going to
happen kid so just make it easier on yourself and get down and in the house, because if you stay up there any longer than you have to and I have to climb up
there to get you, I can almost guarantee you won't enjoy the follow up," Danny shook his head. "Worth a try," Andy groaned as she proceeded to climb down.
She was on the first floor and was just about to take the first step on the trellis when her foot slipped and she started to fall the rest of the way down. She
probably would have landed directly on one of Sean's old left out ice skates had Danny not have been quick on his feet and able to catch her just in the nick of
time. They both let out a long sigh, Andy still in Danny's arms keeping a death grip on the t-shirt he was wearing. "I think I'm going to be sick," Andy groaned
her heart rate elevated due to the frightening experience. "In that case I think I'm going to put you down," Danny said not wanting to have to take another
shower because his daughter puked all over him. Andy just attempted to take a step away, hoping to take a seat on the edge of the sidewalk just in case she
really did get sick when she fell to the ground. "Aughh," Andy gripped her ankle. "Are you okay," Danny knelt down next to her? "No, my ankle hurts," Andy
whimpered. "You must have sprained it when you slipped and fell," Danny deducted. "Probably," Andy laid down on the cool cement. "Hey, hey, hey, don't lay
down here, when we have a house with a couch and a bed right next to us," Danny reasoned. "Are you still feeling nauseated," he questioned? "Not as much
as before, I've kind of gotten over the initial shock of near death," Andy looked over at him. "In that case I'm going to carry you in the house so we can check
out that ankle in the light," Danny picked her up and carried her over to the couch before going up the stairs in search of the nurse in the family. Andy sighed
she was in a lot of pain, but she was proud of herself for not crying, although she had to admit that she was close. Then again tears would probably come later
she figured when this was all over and Danny straight up killed her, or at least something very close to death. "Dad said you sprained your ankle," Linda said
minutes later when she and Danny returned to the bottom floor. "That's what he said," Andy replied, "although I'm not sure when he had time to graduate from
medical school in the midst of his busy detective years." "Haha very funny," Danny shook his head. "Oh come on, you have to admit that was a good one,"
Linda lifted the girls leg to rest her ankle in her lap. "Hmmm," Linda said aloud after feeling Andy's ankle. "Did your ankle pop when you slipped," she asked?
"I'm not sure, I couldn't hear much over the angels singing, considering I was so close to death," Andy wasn't exactly kidding although it did appear that she
was beginning to get her sense of humor back. "Well it doesn't appear that anything is broken," Linda started, "but you need to rest your ankle, and try not to
walk on it much at the beginning. You should also alternate ice and heat, and elevate it as much as possible." "Considering she's grounded for life that
shouldn't be very difficult," Danny interrupted. "Very true," Linda admitted, "but that's beside the point," she looked at Andy, "your father and I are both very
glad that you are okay." "That part is true," Danny agreed, "but you are still grounded for at least a week after your initial suspension week." "Aughh," Andy
moaned leaning her head against the couch pillows, half expecting the tears she saved from the initial accident to start flowing at any moment dreading the
other grounding sentence.
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The next day, Andy again found herself staying home alone, at least for the morning considering Danny and Linda both threw the overuse of Jamie to the wind
after she got hurt and asked him to come by and spend the evening with her until Danny or Linda got home from work. "I'm so bored," Andy whined to herself
as she lay on the couch her ankle elevated on the arm of it as she waited for Jamie. Andy loved spending time with Jamie, not only could he be a lot of fun, but
he could also be so gullible when it came to playing pranks, nothing like Danny who could read a prank face days before you even planned the whole thing.
Speaking of pranks, Andy thought to herself, I should play a prank on Jamie when he gets here, a smile started to spread across her face, it wasn't like she
didn't have the time to plan anything. She could get Danny's tools and unscrew part of the door knob to the front door and make it look like someone broke in
and kidnapped her, then again that wouldn't do much for her future, considering she probably wouldn't have one after that, especially after he told Danny what
she put him through. She could pour oil all over the wood floors and make him slip down the hall, but they kind of already did that on accident with the water
flooding situation, and Jamie complained for a week about the pain he was supposedly in, and she really didn't want to listen to that all over again, so that was
off the list, considering there was no way she could get away from him when he got up since the floor was going to be covered with oil making a means of
escape almost impossible. She was just about to give up when she remembered the amount of fun a person could have with just a couple cans of shaving
cream.
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"Andy," Jamie called after unlocking the front door of his brother's home. "Upstairs Uncle Jamie," Andy hollered. After placing the pizza on the kitchen table,
Jamie made his way up the stairs. "Where you at," Jamie asked when he noticed she wasn't in her bedroom? "I'm in mom and dad's room," Andy replied from
her parent's bedroom. Jamie took a few steps down the hall, and was just walking into his brother's room, when Andy jumped out from behind the door with a
can of shaving cream in each hand and let loose on him. Jamie rubbed his shirt over his face in an attempt to keep it out of his eyes and spat several times as
he struggled with trying to get it out of his mouth. Andy froze this may have been a prank gone wrong she considered as she struggled with ideas to help him.
Seconds later, an idea popped into her head, and Andy reached for the water bottle on the nightstand and went crazy trying to spray it all over her uncle's
face. Jamie was just beginning to appear as if he could see again when Andy began to think that it probably wasn't the best time to pull a prank on him
considering she couldn't exactly run away from him because of the pain in her ankle, then again perhaps if she started running maybe her ankle pain would
automatically go away. It would have been something to consider if Jamie wouldn't have been so fast to grab her arm and propel her over down the stairs and
towards the couch so they could have a long lengthy discussion.
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"You do know I could arrest you for unlawful endangerment to a police officer," Jamie sounded mad despite the fact she couldn't exactly see his face since he
was still rubbing a damp towel down his face. "Oh come on Uncle Jamie, I know my own uncle wouldn't arrest me, besides I'm a minor, what is it that you could
possibly do to me?" Andy thought she had every angle covered. "I could take you down to the station, and hold you until your father comes and you get
released into his custody, and let him deal with you anyway he sees fit," Jamie had one up on her. Andy's mouth dropped, she may have forgotten one small
detail, the Danny Reagan detail, and that was one thing worth remembering. "Jamie, you can't," Andy found herself pleading, "Danny would kill me, or make my
life not even worth living which is basically the same when you live with him and are in trouble." "Tell me this, is there a reason you like to cause me
displeasure," Jamie finally asked after several moments of silence, thinking of both water incidents in the past couple of months? "Not really," Andy shrugged,
"you are just fun to mess with and cause trouble for." "You know you are all up on causing trouble and having fun, but you aren't thinking of the consequences
at the end, and I think you really need to start doing that," Jamie wasn't kidding. "Yeah I don't think that's going to happen," Andy laughed out loud. "You know
you are going to have to be punished, for your actions," Jamie turned serious. "Never entered my mind," Andy laughed. "Well Danny's already told me that
you're grounded for the next week and a half, so I can't exactly ground you," Jamie explained, "so perhaps a little uncomfortable sitting would make you think a
little bit more." "Oh come on Jamie, you can't spank me because of a prank," Andy tried. "This was more than a prank Andy," Jamie explained, "you could have
blinded me." Andy wanted to ask if shaving cream could actually make someone go blind, but decided to let the question pass and keep her mouth shut for
once. "I didn't mean for it to be that serious, I just thought it would be funny," Andy tried the innocent way of getting herself out of trouble. "I know you didn't
mean to Andy, but that's beside the point, you have to learn to think before you do things," Jamie didn't sound like he was falling for it. "Alright you win, I
messed up," Andy gave in, "I know I have been picking on you a lot, and haven't taken what you have been saying serious, but you're totally right, I shouldn't
be disrespecting you like that, Linda would literally flip out if she knew about this." Jamie sighed, he couldn't believe it, but Andy was actually appearing
contrite. He didn't exactly want to punish her, but what she did was wrong, and she needed some serious thinking time. He considered making her wait on him
hand and foot and bringing him chips and drinks, but considering her ankle was hurt that was just cruel and unusual punishment. He could make her binge
watch action movies, but knowing Andy she would probably love them, and then it wouldn't be much of a punishment. He could make her do some school work
for the next couple of hours, but he never wanted Andy to feel like learning was a punishment. He had considered spanking her at first, but he had to admit
that he preferred to leave that form of punishment to either Danny or his father for that matter. Yet after a long time of consideration, Jamie came up with the
perfect punishment. "I am going to go sit outside and enjoy the nice weather," Jamie informed her, "while you sit there in that one chair for 15 minutes straight
and think about how you are going to start thinking more before you do things." "Come on Uncle Jamie, you know how hard it is for me to sit somewhere
longer than 10 seconds," Andy complained. "I tell you what," Jamie considered a compromise, not to mention a way to make her take things serious. "You sit
here, and I won't tell your Dad." "Awe," Andy moaned, "not an ultimatum Uncle Jamie." "It's your choice," Jamie stood in front of her. "You know I've always
liked this chair," Andy decided she might as well make herself comfortable. Sure she figured that making her stay inside was beyond wrong, but when she
considered the alternative of Danny finding out and she quietly settled down into the chair. Once Jamie was outside, Andy sighed, two against one so wasn't
fair.
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Fifteen minutes later and Jamie rejoined Andy in the living room. "So are you still mad at me, or do you want to do something," Andy was hoping for the latter,
then again she really didn't blame him if he just sent her to her room the rest of the afternoon, considering what she did to him. Andy and Jamie always
seemed to get along, and Jamie had accepted her as his niece from the beginning, but she couldn't help but feel that he may be regretting it, after all she put
him through. Sure it hadn't been anything compared to what she put Danny through, but that was different, Danny knew how she was before the adoption
and he still chose her, Jamie on the other hand just got saddled with her just about every day he had a day off. "I'm not mad at you Andy, I was just a little
upset, but if it's all the same to you, we can just forget about it, and put it in the past and enjoy the rest of the day together, like we always do when you and I
hang out," Jamie didn't seem bothered by anything that just happened and treated her the same way he always did. "Really," Andy sounded confused? "Sure
why not," Jamie handed her a plate with a couple of slices of pizza on it? "Well I mean I knew you were Danny's brother, but I guess I just didn't expect you to
be just like him after I get punished," Andy explained. "What do you mean," this time it was Jamie's turn to look confused? "Well any time after he punishes me,
he forgets about it, and isn't mad anymore, and that's just what you did," Andy clarified. Jamie smiled, "we learned from the best, your Grandpa was like that
with us when we were growing up." Andy smiled, "so it runs in the family, I guess?" "Certainly appears that way," Jamie answered, "now are you through with
all these silly questions?" "Can I ask one more," Andy really wasn't sure how to proceed with the next question, but decided to push on anyway? "Do you ever
wish you weren't saddled with me all the time, considering I'm sure you never thought you would have to babysit me so much on your days off," Andy's voice
trailed off almost afraid of the answer? "What!" Jamie exclaimed trying to keep from choking on the pizza he had in his mouth. "You have lived with the
Reagan's for months now, and did I ever once treat you as if I didn't want you around?" "Well no," Andy admitted, "but I have just now started giving you a
hard time, and I just wanted to make sure that you were getting tired of me, thinking that I was just some kid your brother wanted, but you got stuck with
babysitting duty?" " Alright slow down," Jamie held a hand up, "have I ever once treated you different than I do Nicki, Jack, or Sean?" "No," Andy shook her
head. "In that case," Jamie placed an arm around her shoulder, "in my opinion, it's like you have always been here."
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Andy and Jamie spent the majority of the afternoon binge watching movies on Netflix. Jamie making sure Andy took all the precautions and cared for her ankle
the way Linda requested. Jamie really never minded if Danny was mad at him, but when Linda was mad at him, that was almost unbearable. She had been
dating Danny since Jamie was in high school, needless to say she became quite the big sister and a huge part of their family. "I sure wish we could do
something outside," Andy stretched pulling Jamie from his thoughts. "Maybe this weekend when your ankle is better," Jamie looked at her. "It's really not that
bad," Andy admitted, "and it only starts hurting if I walk on it too much." "In that case rest it the next several days and try not to overdue, and by the
weekend, it would probably be good for you to get a little exercise, maybe we can all play another basketball game Sunday after family dinner," Jamie
suggested. "That would be awesome, maybe dad will play with us, and you and him can be team captains again," Andy sounded as if she was ready to jump
up and play right then. "I'm sure he would, he likes playing as much as we do, and we know Jack and Sean are always willing," Jamie reminded her. "I don't
know how I'm ever going to survive till then," Andy sighed, "this week has gotten me nothing but trouble." "Would chocolate cake make it any better," Jamie
sympathized with her? Andy smiled, "chocolate cake makes everything better." "In that case sit tight and I'll go get us a couple of slices before we start the
next movie," Jamie hurried into the kitchen. "What movie do you want to watch," Andy hollered to her uncle? "How about the first movie we watched together,"
Jamie suggested. "Apollo 13," Andy couldn't help but smile, even though the only reason she watched it was because Jamie was helping her get caught up with
school. "Sounds like a plan," Andy searched the movie shelf.
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Later that afternoon complete boredom had overtaken her once again, although not as bad as the day before considering she had discovered the qualities the
roof had to offer, and she did have Jamie to keep her company the majority of the day, although she had to admit that her day would have been much better if
she wouldn't have gotten into trouble with Jamie, and he didn't make her sit in one place for such a long period of time. Someone really needed to explain to
him how much trouble she had staying in one place for more than 10 seconds, sometimes not being able to sit still was a bad thing she admitted, on second
thought, it was a bad thing the majority of the time, aside from when she played basketball she admitted, in that case it was a great thing. By now of course
Jamie had been gone for at least an hour, and Linda was home and working on dinner while the boys worked on their homework. At first, Andy was content to
sit in the kitchen with her mother and talk all about her day with her Uncle Jamie, that is all aside from the prank gone wrong, that part she left out, but after a
while, it seemed like all she could do was walk around and get in Linda's way. "If I let you go outside, would you promise to sit on a lawn chair and rest your
ankle," Linda was almost pleading. Another ultimatum, Andy couldn't believe it, what was it with this family and ultimatums, then again why question a good
thing, when this was definitely an ultimatum she could live with. Andy did what her mom had asked and relaxed on a lawn chair for a whole hour giving her
ankle plenty of resting time while she talked on her cell phone with Nicki about her week long suspension, and all the interesting things she had experienced.
"Andy time to eat," Linda stuck her head out the back door. "But Dads not home yet," Andy mentioned after asking Nicki to hang on for a second. "He's working
late on trying finish up on a case, and I don't know when he will be home, so you and your brothers need to go ahead and eat before it gets any later," Linda
explained. "Can't I just wait for him," Andy tried, wishing she would get the chance to talk to him. "Not tonight Andy, it's already 8, and you need to eat and
take a shower." "Please mom," Andy tried again, obviously missing Linda's totally drained and tired expression. "Just do as I say Andrea now," Linda's tone
closed all further discussion. "Hey I've got to go," Andy said back into the receiver once Linda closed the door, "I'm about to get into trouble if I don't get
inside." "Yeah Aunt Linda did sound pretty tired," Nicki agreed. "Wait a minute, you couldn't even see her, how do you know she's tired," Andy was confused? "I
told you I could hear it in her voice," Nicki clarified. "You know you people drive me crazy the way you can read one another without even being with them,"
Andy shook her head annoyed.
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Andy, Jack, and Sean, had just finished eating dinner when Linda sent Sean upstairs to start getting ready for bed, since the boys both had school the next
day, it wasn't hard to figure out who was going to get the shower first, and Andy found herself asking if she could go back outside while she waited her turn. "I
don't know Andy, it's already dark," Linda answered the question truthfully. "I know, but I won't leave the backyard I promise," Andy said honestly. "Alright fine,
but only for a few minutes," Linda couldn't believe she was giving in, but at that particular moment, she didn't know of any other way to keep the poor kid
occupied considering she was grounded. "Freedom," Andy sighed, once she reached the backyard, sure she didn't mind being in the house, but with her mom
tired, her brothers getting ready for bed, and her father busy saving the world, what else could she do? At first Andy was more than content to relax in the
lawn chair that she was seriously beginning to consider writing her name on considering she spent so much time on it. Everything was going great for her at
that particular moment, all until it was almost like the roof was calling her name, then again climbing up there with her hurt ankle, wouldn't be the easiest thing
in the world to do. Sure Danny hadn't been thrilled when he caught her up there that first time or second time for that matter, then again the first time he didn't
exactly punish her for climbing on the roof, rather it was for disobeying him and going outside. Luckily for her, the following day, she was able to convince Danny
to allow her to spend some time outside as long as she remained in the backyard and rested her ankle. She didn't know what it was or even how to explain
about the roof, she didn't think it was the solace, considering she had that in the house all day. What she did have on the roof however was a surprisingly cool
breeze and the ability to see for miles and just relax. She enjoyed this type leisure, yet after her accident, she would have been more than willing to give up
her roof days and move on to another form of excitement, all until she noticed she forgot all about her magazines she had left up there the day before, after
Danny straight up ordered her to get down sooner than later. Andy sighed she didn't exactly want to climb back up there knowing that if she got caught,
sudden and instant death would be soon to follow. She probably could have asked Danny to climb up there and get it for her, then again he was working late
and considering the mood Linda was in, there was no way she would be able to convince her to let her stay up and talk to him about it when he got home, not
to mention he probably wouldn't feel like doing it right that second anyways and would probably want to wait until the next day. At first Andy was fine with
that, but the more she thought about it, the more she worried about the weather getting bad and ruining them. There was nothing else to do, Andy looked
over at the trellis, she had to get them herself. She knew she was going to have to try and hurry, then again with her injury that was easier said than done. Oh
well, Andy slipped her phone into her pocket, "here goes nothing," she mumbled to herself as she climbed the trellis.
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Andy was just reaching the second floor of the roof when she noticed her neighbors from two streets down arguing loudly in their backyard. She wasn't sure of
their names, but she knew they were a husband and wife since Linda had introduced her to them just a couple of weeks back when they went for a walk
around the neighborhood. Normally she would have ignored them considering seeing a couple of people arguing wasn't that big of a deal when you sat at the
Reagan dinner table considering arguing was normally always on the menu. But this time, this time she couldn't help but stop and pay attention when she
heard the husband say he was going to kill his wife. She knew that people said things they didn't mean all the time, but when you lived with the Reagan's, she
had been taught since day one that you had to be aware of your surroundings and never leave anything to chance. With these words and hundreds of others
that Frank, Danny, Henry and Jamie had told her echoing in her mind, Andy pulled out her cell phone to begin recording the already overheating altercation.
What Andy saw next, she was totally unprepared for, the husband just picked up a golf club, and bashed his wife over the head with it. The woman fell to the
ground unmoving, and Andy had to cover her mouth with her hands in order to keep her from screaming aloud and let out her place of hiding. As soon as the
husband ran away, Andy uncovered her mouth and just laid there on the roof for several minutes, trying to remember how to breathe normally. Once she
gained her composure, and felt that she was capable of climbing down without falling down, Andy hurried into the house, hoping that Danny would be home
sooner than later.
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When Andy walked through the door, she was torn between feeling overjoyed at seeing Danny standing in the kitchen or fighting the urge to keep from losing
the dinner she ate at the thought of just seeing someone murdered. "Hey Andy, how's the ankle," Danny asked in between bites of his dinner? "It's still there,"
Andy mumbled. "That's good, did you have a good day with your Uncle Jamie," Danny who usually wasn't full of questions couldn't stop, Andy noticed? "It was
fine," Andy said barely over a whisper. Danny didn't say anything, rather he just nodded when he noticed the behavior change in his normally teasing and
mischievous daughter always trying to out think him, something the two usually did every night, Andy would come up with a scenario, and Danny would have to
guess how she would handle it, or vise versa. Not much of a kid game Danny admitted, but he had to admit that Andy was very smart when she applied
herself. "Andy," Danny said seriously wanting to get her attention. "What's the matter, are you in some kind of trouble?" "Depends how you look at it," Andy
said carefully. Danny exhaled a long breath, it had been at least a month since her big adventure of running off, about time for her to cause another fiasco, he
figured. "Start talking," Danny ordered. "I think I just saw a murder," Andy looked at him square in the eyes. "What! When!" Danny's tone of voice and face
expression said it all. "Just now," Andy nodded. "Are you sure," Danny wanted details? "Well it was dark but I'm positive, they had a light on in their backyard,
not to mention I recorded it with my phone," Andy answered. "Alright give me your phone," Danny held his hand out. "Do you have a warrant," Andy was
getting over her initial shock and returning to her old self. "I don't need a warrant for my own kid, I paid for that phone, besides let me tell you how this
parent/child thing works. I tell you what to do, and you do it, no questions asked," he pointed at her. "Hey I know my rights," Andy tried, "and you telling me
different, and not letting me experience those rights is illegal detective." Danny ran a hand through his hair frustrated, "you know I miss the old days, when I
was a kid, I never would have dreamed of telling my father that I have rights and that he was abusing those rights. Saying that, would have only gotten me
killed. And speaking of rights, I know my rights too," Danny enlightened her, "and my rights as your father involves disciplining you for disobedience." "Fine,"
Andy was beginning to give in, "but I want immunity." "Immunity," Danny was shocked, "immunity for what?" "I'm not saying a word, until you guarantee there
will be no punishment when I tell you the reason I saw what I did," Andy thought she held the upper hand. Danny placed his hands on his hips, "were you on
the roof again," Danny's detective skills were beginning to show? "Hey you said it," Andy wasn't volunteering any more information than she had to. "You have
5 seconds to give me a yes or no answer," was all Danny said despite the fact he wanted to say a lot more. "Yes," Andy mumbled. "Andrea," Danny started.
Here we go with the full name thing again, Andy thought to herself. Most kids had a tendency to weaken when a person parent started with their full name, but
that didn't scare Andy very often, at least not when the parent actually seemed a little pleased at that child's knowledge of the law. "Daniel," Andy replied.
Danny didn't exactly appear very thrilled at her comment, but was trying to refrain from words considering if they came, he would probably yell and wake up the
boys. "Hey two can play at this game," Andy added. "Andrea," Danny repeated. "You are this close," Danny gestured with his fingers, to show how close she
was to getting more than she wanted. Danny breathed in and held it as he counted to ten slowly in his head. "Your supposed to exhale now," Andy picked up
when she noticed he never let it out. Danny turned away and quickly decided that ten wasn't a big enough number, and at the rate that Andy was going, he
figured he was going to have to go to at least a hundred. "First of all tell me why you were on the roof, and we can move on from there," Danny knew they
were never going to get anywhere at this rate. "Well I didn't exactly want to climb up there," Andy explained, "but I left my magazine up there and I didn't
want it to get ruined in the weather, and I didn't know when you were going to get home." "In that case you're granted immunity, now give me your phone,"
Danny concluded. "Yes Sir," Andy smiled happily handing her phone over to him. Danny shook his head, if only he would have asked her that a long time ago,
that whole line of questioning could have been avoided. She was definitely going to give him gray hair before she even turned 13, and he still had all the
teenage years to live through with all three of his children. Yeah he definitely wasn't looking forward to that.
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After watching the video, Danny pulled out his phone and called his partner. "Hey Jackie," he started. "Yes I know it's late and your off, but my daughter just
witnessed a murder from my backyard," he explained. "Are you sure," Jackie sounded surprised? "She wouldn't lie to me," Danny clarified, "besides she
recorded it and I saw the video, it certainly seems legit." "Reagan can't your family ever let go of the job if even for a few hours," Jackie was surprised when
she heard Danny say that his daughter saw it. "At this point, I'm not even sure," Danny replied, "but I think I'm going to go by the neighbors and check it out."
"Danny just wait for me to get there, I'm on my way now," Jackie tried, although she really wasn't sure why, it's not like he ever listened to her anyway about
waiting for backup. Danny sighed, "okay, but just come to my house." "Okay," Jackie said shocked, "did you actually say you were going to wait for me, or do
we have a bad connection?" "You heard me right Jackie, besides I want to talk to my daughter a bit more," Danny clarified. "Okay, I'll be there in a few
minutes," Jackie hung up the phone. Danny didn't like waiting, especially considering Craig Hampton could be trying to get away, Danny recognized him from
the video but he had to consider that Andy might be upset, witnessing a murder could make be a big impact on a child. "Hey Andy," Danny said walking into the
girls room. Andy looked up but didn't say anything. "I can imagine you are pretty upset about witnessing that murder tonight," Danny was trying to get a feel
for she was handling things. "Well I was upset at first or mostly shocked," Andy admitted, "but I don't know, I guess I just got used to the idea." "Seeing
someone lose their life is supposed to make an effect on a person," Danny said gently, "if it didn't, I would be worried." "It just all happened so fast, one
minute they were arguing and he said he was going to kill her, but I didn't expect him to really do it, and then the next thing I know he picked up a golf club
and hit her with it as hard as he could," Andy was beginning to weaken. "Shh, it's okay baby," Danny wrapped his arms around her. "It's going to be okay, I'm
going to find Mr. Hampton," he reassured her. "But what if he hurts you," Andy was worried. Danny smiled, "don't worry sweetheart, if anyone can handle Mr.
Hampton I can." "Are you sure, I don't want anything to happen to you," Andy couldn't help but show a little worry? "I'm positive Andy, I was raised with two
brothers and your Aunt Erin, who may have been tougher than both of them, and with me being the oldest, I had to be tougher than all of them in order to
wrangle them all together," Danny didn't like his children to worry about him but then again at least they had bonded together a relationship, then again it was
almost like they had a relationship from the very beginning. Andy laughed, "I can see where that was necessary." Danny didn't want to leave Andy at that
particular moment since she was upset, but he was hoping he may have helped get her mind off of it, if only for a little while. He had just gotten a text from his
partner, saying she was waiting outside his house, and he knew he needed to get going, yet again family always came before the job. Luckily for him though,
he didn't have to choose between the two when Linda came into the room to stay with her. "Well I think I'm going to leave you two ladies to visit, while I go
talk with Jackie," Danny excused himself whispering to Linda to stay with her until she fell asleep.
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After refastening his gun and shield to his belt, Danny stepped out the door and into the night. He was tired after a full day out on the job, but he seemed to
get a new burst of energy when it came to his daughter and the grief Hampton caused her. With this in mind, Danny locked his family safely into their home, to
find the man responsible for all the trouble he not only caused for his own family, but also for murdering his wife. Danny nodded at his partner and thanked her
from coming out so late, but other than that he remained quiet, aside from answering the questions Jackie asked. Jackie didn't seem bothered by her partner's
attitude however, she knew that when Danny Reagan was on a case, he had a one track mind, until he brought the perp to justice, and this case was
personnel, this perp worried his kid.
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