Chapter 7
Flack had flown out of the hospital. He jumped in his SUV hoping he would beat Lindsay home. He did just that.
He had gone up to her apartment but she wasn't there. So he waited outside on the steps to her building. About 15 minutes later she was walking up the steps to the main entrance of her apartment building.
Flack stood up to greet her. She seemed as if she was in a trance. She didn't even notice him and neither one of them noticed that she had been followed. Palmer kept a short distance. When he saw that Detective Flack had been waiting for her he thought that this would fit perfectly into his plans.
"Detective?" Flack said. She still kept walking. He gently grabbed her forearm. "Linds?" She jumped. "OH MY GOD you scared me." "Sorry honey. Are you okay?" She put her hand on his forearm. "I'm really tired. I just want to go to sleep." They began heading into the building. "That would be the vicodin kicking in. Sorry honey. No sleep tonight. In the morning. I'll even tuck you in." "Don. I am sure I will be fine." Lindsay said as the entered her apartment. "I wish Hawkes wouldn't have had that script filled for you. Is it helping with the pain?" "What pain?" She said as she went to sit down on the couch."
"Let me get you something to eat. You didn't eat very much before we left." Lindsay sighed and tried to lie down. "Nah. I don't want anything." Don went over and made her sit up. "Ut-uh. No lying down." She leaned the side of her head on the back on the couch. Don was sitting beside her. "Linds I'm worried about you. I wish I could have prevented Palmer from taking you thru that window." He said gently stroking a strand of hair that fell in her face. Then he traced the bandage on her forehead. She leaned into his touch. "Don it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself." Lindsay moved toward Don and their lips met. Lindsay smiled while they were kissing. "This will definitely keep me awake." "Good. Then I will keep kissing you until you I think it's safe for you to go to sleep." Don then gently laid her down on the couch. "As long as I'm on top of you you can't fall asleep." They both smiled and continued to kiss.
As they were kissing Charles Palmer was watching from a far. He could see in Lindsay's apartment. He couldn't see what they were doing right now but when they would stand up he could see them. At least he knew now which apartment was Lindsay's.
Don had finally decided to pull away from Lindsay because he didn't want this to go any further right now. He knew she wasn't ready mentally or physically. Mentally she was still struggling with her feelings for Danny. Trying to recover from the shattered heart he gave her; and physically after what had happened earlier today. He wasn't going to take advantage of her when she was in such a vulnerable state.
They both sat up. "Is something wrong? Why did you stop?" "Linds. You are in no shape for any physical activity; and I am not going to take advantage of you!" She stood up and walked over to the window. "Don…why don't I get to make the decision. It's my choice." He walked over to the window and joined her. She began to pull the curtain across the sliding glass door and he reached up above her and pulled it for her. He looked down at her and pulled her into his arms. "Sweetie it's not just your decision. I really care about you and I am not about to jeopardize this while you are in this state."
They both took a deep breath and just held onto each other for just a little while. Not knowing that Charles Palmer was concocting a plan.