As she opened the paper she had the worst feeling in the world. She gasped in horror as she read what the note said. Not able to speak she handed it to Danny. "What is it?" Danny said taking the paper from her shaking hand. Lindsay tried to speak but all she could do what shake her head at him. Danny read the note, looked at Lindsay and read the note again. "You will never be able to hide from me. I WILL finish what I started."
Danny wanted to crumple the paper in his hand and throw it away, but he knew that it was evidence so he didn't. "Lindsay, we have to take this to Mac." Danny told her taking her hand in his.
"No Danny, we can't do that. I just started this job; I don't want to ruin it just because that asshole wants to try to scare me. And besides, if we do take it to Mac then he will want to investigate and everyone will know the truth that we've worked so hard at keeping buried. Can you honestly tell me you're ready to deal with that again?"
"Lids we have to. This is a new break in the case; if we ever hope to catch this guy then we need to try. If that means our past coming to light and dealing with it all over again then that's what we'll do. And we'll do it together." He said to her and smiled. "Lindsay, all I've thought about all day is you. And I can't help but wonder if this isn't in some strange way our second chance. I know what mistakes I made in the past, let me prove to you that I've learned from them and can help you through this. We don't have to rush into anything; we'll just take it one day at a time and see where it goes."
"I don't know Danny; this is a whole hell of a lot to take in one day. I need some time to sort it all out. But yea I think you're right. Despite what I have to reveal to the team we need to take this to Mac and have it processed. So how much do they know about your past?"
"Not a lot and nothing about this situation. So when you tell Mac the whole thing will come as a complete shock to him. But he has to know everything if he's going to have the team help us find this guy."
"Ok Danny, then let's go give this note to Mac. Better to do it now and get the ball rolling then to wait until tomorrow." She said as she stood and held out her hand to him.
Mac was finishing up a case report when out of the corner of his eye he noticed two people walking toward his office. The last two people he expected to see were Danny and Lindsay.
"I thought you guys went for drinks and sight seeing?" he said as they walked in front of his desk. He noticed the look on Lindsay's face and knew automatically that something was wrong. "What is it guys. What's happened?" he asked pointing at them to both take a seat.
'We were sitting at the bar catching up with each other when the bartender walked down and handed me this." Lindsay said handing Mac the folded piece of paper. Mac unfolded the paper and read what was written on the inside. Raising his eyebrows and leaning back in his chair he looked back at Lindsay.
"You do realize I can't do anything about this until I know what it is I'm doing and why I'm doing it right?" he said. Lindsay and Danny both shook their heads at him simultaneously. "So which one of you wants to tell me what's going on?"
"I'll do it. Women tend to tell things in more detail anyways, and after all you will need all the details you can get right?" Lindsay asked him.
"You know this job well, you're right I will. Feel free to start at the beginning." He said getting more comfortable in his chair. At least there was one thing he knew for sure, Danny was involved with this somehow and that for some reason put a smile on his face; which Lindsay interpreted as encouragement and began to tell her story.
