Chapter Four
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Chapter Four
"Hey partner!" Jackie greeted as she saw Danny's eyes gently flicker open. Danny managed a weak smile in greeting.
"Hi Jack" he whispered, his voice coarse from the medication and lack of use.
"How ya doing there Reagan?" she asked with a faint grin, unused to seeing her partner looking so young and vulnerable.
"I'm okay, has Dad heard from Linda?" he asked softly.
"Ok huh? I gotta say Danny, I have seen you looking better" she replied, not at all surprised by his assurances that he was okay. "I haven't seen your Dad, Erin was with you when I got here" she informed him, and he looked at her in surprise.
"How long you been here?" he asked her, his voice strengthening as he came round.
"Bout two hours" she replied "watching you sleep was getting pretty boring" she told him smiling.
"Jackie I need you to call my Dad and check on Linda, please?" he asked her, his tone very serious and his eyes locking onto hers with depths of worry she had not seen for some time.
"Hey take it easy Danny, I'll call your Dad" she assured him, and made her way out of the room to make the call.
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"I don't understand it Dad, there's no reply at Danny's house at all and Linda isn't answering her cell" Jamie told his father over the phone. He had been sat outside of his brother's house for forty minutes and he was starting to have a bad feeling.
"Is the car on the drive?" Frank asked softly.
"Yeah, no signs of any struggle or break in at the house though Dad. I have spoken to the neighbours and they said that she came home with the boys as usual and they haven't heard anything unusual since" Jamie continued.
"Okay Jamie, get into the house if you can- see what you can find" Frank told his youngest son, his worry for his daughter in law building- not to mention how he was going to tell his eldest son the latest news.
"Ok Dad- are you going to tell Danny?" Jamie replied softly, concerned for his older brother's state of mind, when he was still recovery from such serious injuries.
"Not until we have something to tell him son" the commissioner replied, his tone grave. Both members of the Reagan clan disconnected the call- and Jamie made his way to his brother's front door, just as an almighty explosion sounded and a flash of blinding light filled the street.
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"Danny I can't reach your Dad, his number is busy" Jackie told her partner softly, just as the doctor came back into his room.
"Hi there detective, I need to do a few more tests to see how that head of yours is doing" he told his patient chirpily.
"Fine" Danny commented abruptly, eager to get the poking and prodding over and done with so he would be able to check on his wife. He hissed as the doctor pressed against the side of his head, causing the pressure within to increase to a pounding.
"Well detective the scans show that the swelling has gone down nicely- the fracture will take time to heal, and unfortunately that is all that we can do with a skull fracture" the doctor told his impatient patient.
"Does that mean that I can get out of here?" Danny asked. Jackie snorted beside him, but refrained from commenting.
"When you can stand up by yourself, when you can manage to eat solids without feeling nauseous, and when you can stay awake for an hour at a time I will consider discharging you" the doctor told him in a tone that left no room for argument. Danny sighed in frustration whilst his partner bit back on the laugh that threatened to escape her.
"Can stay awake" Danny mumbled under his breath sulkily. The doctor chose not to hear the detective's comments, as he continued noting down on the chart he held.
"About a week detective" he commented before leaving the two detectives alone in the room. Danny sighed, fed up with being stuck in the hospital already, frustrated that he couldn't help in the investigation and worried sick about his wife and sons.
"Come on man, you need to heal" Jackie tried to sooth her partner.
"I just need to know Linda is all right Jackie" Danny told her, his eyes filled with tears as he contemplated what could have happened to her.
"I'll try your Dad again" she offered and got to her feet again. She only made it a few steps out of the room before she bumped into the police commissioner himself, one look at his face told her that it was not good news.
"Sir?" she questioned softly.
"Hi Jackie, hows he doing?" Frank asked her quietly.
"Better. Impatient to go home though sir" she told him with a small smile.
"No surprise there"
"Is Linda okay sir?" she asked, unable to bear the suspense.
End Chapter Four
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