Chapter 7 here…

I'm almost done, but have no fear… I have some other D/L stories in mind.

The Promise- Danny goes away leaving a promise to Lindsay that he'll be back. But will he keep it? They don't have a child in this (I know, gasp right?)

The Wedding Date- Lindsay been invited to her best friends wedding to be a bridesmaid. Set back? Her ex-fiancée is the best man. So, she takes Danny as her date. Loosely based of the movie The Wedding Date

By the way, I am sorry about mistakes I make with names. Like calling Danny Eric and Greg by accident. This is what I get for doing so many stories at once. I am aware that I have spelled Alison's name with two L's a couple times... Oops. But, it is suppose to have one... lol. Thanks for bearing with me.


Danny glanced across the breakfast table. Lindsay was sitting across from him, and today she was going back to that place. He was scared to death about it. He had this sickening feeling in the pit of stomach. Something was going to go wrong. His gut was telling him that. Oh god, how much he was hoping that his gut was wrong and would just shut up.

Lindsay smiled and looked back across at him, "So, I think when we get back to New York, I should get a ring."

He smiled back, pushing his fears away at the thought of Lindsay wearing his engagement ring. He knew that this was her way telling everyone that they were now engaged. "Yeah," he got out before Natalia interrupted.

"Ring? What kind of ring?" she had a sly smile on her face that said she knew exactly what the answer was going to be.

"The kind with a pretty diamond, will take a chunk out of his paycheck, and will go right here," Lindsay responded, wriggling her left ring finger.

"Eee!" Natalia squealed, turning from her spot beside Lindsay and pulling her into a very tight hug.

Danny caught Ollie, who was sitting at the end of the table beside Natalia, pump her arm slightly and mouth yes. He couldn't help but smile.

"Congratulations, man," Eric, who was sitting by Danny, said before clapping him on the shoulder.

Allie, who was seated opposite of Ollie between Lindsay and Danny, clapped her hands together happily. Though, she really didn't have a clue what was going on, she knew everyone was happy.

"You know what this means," Lindsay's grin grew.

"I am going to be eating off the McDonald's dollar menu for a while?" Danny joked, he really would even have to pay for the ring. His mom had one for him to give to his future fiancée that had been in the family for generations.

Lindsay laughed, "No, worse, Stella now how two reasons to pull us into death hugs."

Danny chuckled, "Three for you. You're going to be returning after two years."

The rest of breakfast was spent with jokes, laughs, and reassurances that you'd be invited to the wedding. Lindsay spent the rest of the day with them. As dusk hit, it was time for her to go back to the house and it came all to fast. That sickening feeling returned to Danny's stomach.

Lindsay could tell that something was bothering him and that he really didn't like this idea. After all her other goodbyes and promises to be careful, she turned to him. She took his head between her hands and kissed him gently before assuring him that she'd be just fine.

He laid his forehead against hers and sighed, "I know." They stood like that for several minutes, forgetting about the four other occupants of the front room. He kissed her forehead and she smiled at him.

She then turned to the door and walked out, beginning her walk back to the house of girls.

Danny watched her until she was out of sight. He sighed and slumped back into a chair, putting his head in hands. He still wasn't able to get rid of that feeling, even after all the promising Lindsay had done.

"She'll be fine," he heard Eric tell him.

He nodded. He knew she would be, but he still couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't going to work out quite as hoped. Danny felt a small tug on his pants leg and look down to see Alison pulling on it. He lifted her up and put her in his lap.


Lindsay walked into the front door of the house, "Joe?"

"Mali," she heard him call back from the front room. She walked in and he was sitting in one of the chairs by the fireplace. She looked up and the mantle and took note of the missing bat that usually sat up there. "Where are Ollie and Allie?" he asked.

"They… Ollie wanted to stay. Danny wanted to keep Allie one more night, I told him it was fine," she swallowed nervously.

"I see," Joe patted his hands together. "You know there was something I wanted to talk to you about."

"Oh well, I got to take the trash out of my room. Uh, let me take it back to the dumpster and then we can talk. Eh?" she asked, backing out of the room with a smile. I'll be right back.

She ran up to her room and grabbed to trash bag, and then ran out the back door and to the dumpster. She threw the bag into the dumpster before climbing up herself. She slipped her gloves on then jumped down into the dumpster and looked around quickly. Then, she started moving a couple bags.

'Bingo!' she though as she found the object of her desire. She picked up the two pieces of the bat and noticed some blood. A smile appeared across her face, 'Gotcha!'

She jumped back out of the dumpster. As she hit the ground, one foot hit a hole and feel under the dumpster, skinning her leg in the process. She took a sharp intake of breath to keep from screaming.

She pulled her leg out and looked under the dumpster and looked under it. She stood up and pushed the dumpster to the side, which was surprisingly easy to do. She looked down and noticed it was set on a track. She looked down into the hole; she knew she should call for back up, but her curiosity led her into the hole.

'I thought this only happened in movies,' she mused as she stepped down onto the ladder that was against the side of the wall in the narrow hole.

As she hopped of the ladder and looked around, her eyes grew wide. There were more than one pools of blood on the floor, making it obvious that someone really didn't care about cleaning it up. But, more than that, there was a brunette girl tied by her arms to the wall across from her.

"Sarah," Lindsay whispered and crossed the room quickly. Sarah was one of the sweet girls who stayed there that mostly kept to herself. She had a couple friends and she and Lindsay had conversations a couple times, but not much.

Lindsay laid the broken bat down and checked for a pulse and was relieved when she found one. She was even more relieved when Sarah suddenly jerked awake, showing her hazel eyes. She pulled the gag off her mouth and asked, "Are you okay?"

Sarah nodded, "Ye-yeah. I think so. Mali, they killed Katie."

"I know," Lindsay started to undo the binding on Sarah's arms.

Once released, Sarah stood up and rubbed her wrists, "How'd you know?"

"I'll explain later. Come on," she picked up the bat and spun around. She went back over to the ladder, "I'll go up first in case someone's out that, okay?"

Sarah nodded her eyes still wide from fright. Lindsay nodded back and started up the ladder. Once up, she looked around and yelled back down the hole, "Okay, come on."

A minute later, Sarah was out of the hole and Lindsay rolled the trash can back into place. She spun around to see Joe holding Sarah with his hand covering her mouth.

"Shame," Joe shook his head, pushing Sarah to the ground in front of him. She whimpered as she hit but didn't dare to move. Joe looked straight at Lindsay, "I really did like you, Lindsay."

Lindsay's eyes grew wide and Joe laughed, "Yes, yes, I know. I came across that birth certificate a couple days ago. Lindsay Monroe is the mother's name, not Mali Messer. Oh, but Messer is the father's name. Danny Messer. I guessed he was the one that was in every single one of those pictures under your bed. It was proven a yes when I met Danny yesterday."

"Why did you kill Shelley and Katie?" Lindsay demanded.

"To hurt you, of course. You hurt me. I trusted you, and here you were, going to bring down everything," he answered, and also anticipated her next question. "All those other girls, they were bad. Just. Like. You."

Lindsay took a step back, only to be greeted by the brick wall behind the dumpster, as Joe stepped over Sara and moved towards her.


Danny just couldn't get over it. Something was going to go wrong. Something was not right with this. Joe knew something.

That's it, he couldn't take it anymore. He stood up from his spot he was still sitting at in Eric's chair, "We've got to go and make sure everything is okay."

"Danny, it's fine," Natalia tried to calm him.

"Nope, something's wrong. I know it," Danny shook his head, adamant on going and checking on her.

"Just trust her," Ollie jumped in.

"I do trust her, it's that place I don't trust," he folded his arms stubbornly over his chest.

"Greg, if I drive you there and let you have a look around the property will it make you feel better," Eric rolled his eyes.

"Isn't that trespassing?" Ollie asked.

"Not if he doesn't know about it," Danny insisted.

"Fine," Natalia rolled her eyes. "You two go, but if she catches you, you're so in trouble."


Lindsay looked behind Joe at Sarah, who had stood up quietly. Sarah closed her eyes and kicked her leg out, successfully hitting Joe square in the back, sending him to the ground.

Lindsay jumped over Joe and grabbed Sarah's arm, running across the property. Unfortunately, Joe wasn't down for long and he was quickly close behind them. Lindsay looked at the bat in her hands. 'Forget contaminating evidence,' she thought as she threw one half behind, successfully hitting Joe in the stomach.

But, that didn't stop him; it really didn't even slow him down. He got a hold of Lindsay but tripped, sending them both to the ground. Lindsay struggled to get back up, but Joe grabbed a hold of her leg.

Joe dragged Lindsay back to him, and flipped her onto her back. He laid over her and put his hand around her neck. Sarah stood a little away, watching helplessly, and knowing there was nothing she could do.

Lindsay lifted the other half of the bat she had and lifted it, hitting him in the back. His grip loosened and he rolled off. But, as he sat up, Lindsay noticed he seemed to have found a better way to hand this. Lindsay continued to lie there, trying to get up but not having enough strength.

Joe shuffled over to a tree right beside him, pulling something from the trunk. Lindsay looked over at Sarah and gave her the notion with her head to run. Sarah's eyes widen and she noticed what Joe had grabbed.

Common knowledge it was that Joe's sons would throw knifes at the trees. Knifes were something that the boys had no shortage of. So often times, they wouldn't worry about getting the knives back out of the tree trunks.

Joe started to make his way back towards Lindsay. She closed her eyes. There was really nothing that she could do. She still couldn't move. She knew what was about to come. Or at least, she though she did. The familiar sound of a gun firing was what came.

Lindsay opened her eyes. Joe was lying on the ground and holding his arm. Lindsay turned the other way and saw exactly who she wanted.

"Hey, you okay?" Danny kneeled down beside her and brushed a hand over her hair.

She smiled weakly back, "Yeah, I think I'll be fine. I think I'm just ready to go home."

Danny smiled down at her and kissed her forehead, "I'm ready for you to come home."

They looked over at Eric, who was talking on his cell phone, beside him stood Sarah, who looked incredibly relived. She smiled at Lindsay and walked over to them.

"I think I'm going to get that job at McDonald's," Sarah nodded with a smile.

Lindsay smiled and, with some help from Danny, sat up, "Good luck." She turned to Danny and nuzzled her face into his neck, "Let's go home."


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