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The hypnosis session had ended but Danny had the feeling that his worst nightmare has just begun. The information Grace had revealed took the case in a whole new direction. Danny couldn't help but feel more concerned. While waiting for Grace to walk out, Danny quickly dialed a number he knew well. While waiting for his call to be picked up, Danny tapped his fingers on the wall impatiently.

"Danny…"

"Lou, where are you?"

"In front Rachel's house, she just went in with Charlie. You were the one told me to drop them at her house."

Danny let out the breath he was holding. "Listen, Lou, I need you to pick her and Charlie up again and come to the Palace. Don't let them out of your sight and keep your eyes wide open, you might have company."

Lou's eyes began to scan the area for possible threats. "Danny, what is going on?"

"I don't know," He waved his hand in the air. "I have no idea until I talk to her, but I may have a reason to believe that Rachel might be the target all along."

"What?" Lou sighed. "Okay, I'm going to go back in and get them. Don't worry."

"Okay, thanks, buddy." Danny ended the call, and turned around to see Grace and Emma walking out of the interview room.

"Thank you very much." Danny shook Emma's hand. "I know it was a last minute call for you on your day off."

"You're welcome, Detective. I was just doing my job, especially when one of our own was involved. I hope you get these guys," She turned to Grace. "You did great, Grace."

Grace smiled, although it was not her usual smile.

"Excuse me," Emma nodded at both Danny and Grace before she walked away, leaving the father and daughter alone.

"Was any of the information I gave useful, Danno?" Grace asked, looking at Danny hopefully.

"What are you talking about? Of course, it was useful," Danny pulled Grace close to him and kissed the side of her head. "Let's go."

"Can you drop me back at the hospital?"

Danny frowned. "Grace, you were already discharged before we left just now."

"I know," Grace nodded, "but I didn't get a chance to see Uncle Steve. You have a job to do, so you can't sit with him. I will stay with him until you come back."

"Grace, I know you want nothing more than to see him, but I think it would be better if you…" Danny was struggling to explain to her, not that he didn't want her to sit with him. When Steve opened his eyes, seeing Grace first would assure him that the kids were okay but he was a bit concerned, he didn't know if Grace would be able to handle seeing Steve like that.

"Why Danno? Is something wrong?"

Grace had been through a lot since yesterday and he knew keeping things from her was only going to make things worse.

"It's just that …I'm worried about you seeing him like that. I saw how hard things were for you yesterday; I just want to spare you. It's not easy seeing him like that."

"I know," She hugged her father. "I'm sorry, I cried a lot in front of you, but Danno," she pulled away and looked straight into his eyes, "I held Uncle Steve bleeding in my arms, not knowing if he would make it or not, so I don't think anything else would scare me more.

Danny shoved his hands in his pockets. He knew she was determined, "I'll have to talk to the doctor, see if they will allow you in today."

"I already spoke to Nora. She said I can go in."

Danny raised his eyebrows. "When did that happen?"

"This morning when you stepped out for coffee with Uncle Chin. Let's go."

Danny watched as Grace walked to the front door. Something about her had changed and he hoped it was good.

-H50-H50-H50-

Danny accompanied Grace up to Steve's private room and stopped in front of the door. "You're sure you will be alright?"

"I will be once you've caught the guys who did this." Grace gave Danny a hug before she walked in, leaving Danny alone with the HPD officers.

Danny looked at the two HPD officers guarding the room. "Listen up, that's my daughter, Grace and she will stay with the Commander until further notice. Although we have a new direction in the case, do not stand down until you receive a direct order from me. Understand?"

"Loud and clear, Sir." The first HPD officer replied. "Any leads on finding these guys?"

"We may have one, therefore, I have to leave," Danny looked back and forth. "Take care, alright?"

"We will, Sir." The second HPD officer gave his word.

Danny nodded as he patted the HPD officer's arm and walked away, pulling out his phone. "Chin, where are we on the van's status?"

"I ran the license plate and came up with an address. Live satellite image showed the van parked on the property. I'm heading there now with HPD backup."

Danny thrust his fists in the air. "Good, but I want them alive, you hear me?"

"Copy that and Kono is on the way to Rachel's office as we speak. She will get the CCTV footage and try to run facial recognition."

"Great," Danny mentally thanked God and couldn't help but feel proud of his daughter for the information she had given. "I'm heading back to the office. I'm going to talk to Rachel. Lou is bringing her over. Call me back with some good news."

"I will," Chin said before he ended the call.

-H50-H50-H50-

Tears welled up as she held her hand over her mouth but she forced herself not to break down. No, she would not break down. Grace slowly walked in and saw Nora checking on some machines before she picked up a bowl and gently applied a small ice cube to Steve's dry lips.

"Can I do that?" Grace asked softly.

"Oh," Nora jumped a little before she turned around. "Didn't realize that you were back, sweetie."

"Sorry, I tried not to make any noise." Grace placed her sling bag on the chair.

"Sure, here." Nora handed the small bowl of ice cubes to Grace. "I will be right outside, at the nurses' station. Press the call button if you need anything." Nora smiled sadly before she started to walk outside.

"Has he woken up yet?" Grace's question stopped Nora at the door.

"Not yet, and it might take some time but hopefully by the end of the day or tomorrow."

Grace nodded, "Is there anything else I can do to help him?"

"Just be there for him, let him know that he is not alone." With that, Nora walked out quietly closing the door after sharing an encouraging smile.

Grace turned back to the bed and walked to his right side before she sat on the edge of the bed. Carefully, she took one ice cube and wiped it against Steve's dry lips. She repeated the act a few times before she placed the bowl back on the table. She blinked, causing the tears threatening the corners of her eyes to flow down, but she quickly wiped them away. She continued to stare at his unconscious face before she carefully bent down and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you for saving me and Charlie, Uncle Steve." Grace whispered "You did great."

She moved and sat on the chair before she took his uninjured right hand into hers. She continued to hold his hand, she held it up and brought the back of his hand to her cheek. "We are all in this together with you. You are not alone. I love you, Uncle Steve."

-H50-H50-H50-

Rachel sat down on the chair afraid her weak legs may give way. She looked up at Danny, shocked.

"Rachel, how come you didn't tell me anything about a man walking into your office, threatening you?"

"Danny, I have a lot of things going on with Stan leaving, and honestly, I didn't expect things to go this far."

"Rachel, you need to tell me everything. Who's the guy who threatened you on Thursday?"

"I didn't know him personally but he said he was the attorney of Brandon. Brandon Udell." Rachel clarified.

"Who the hell is he?"

"He's a real estate developer. I found out that he was undervaluing property, it's real estate fraud." Rachel explained.

"So, what did you do?"

"I filed a report with the planning department, supposed to hand in my evidence on Saturday morning after my divorce paperwork."

"Is that the matter the lawyer tried to speak to you about before we came to the hospital?"

Rachel nodded.

"So, you filed a report against him and if you manage to hand over evidence, that's the end of his career?"

Rachel nodded again. "The deparment said if my evidence against him is solid, they will file a police report."

"Sounds like a good motive to me."

Rachel closed her eyes, shook her head as she rubbed her temple. "It's all my fault."

"Hey," He knelt in front of her. "It's not your fault, you did the right thing."

"Oh, yeah?" she nibbled on her bottom lip, feeling frustrated. "Look where it has landed all of us, especially Steve. What happened to him is my fault. How can I ever look past that?" Rachel turned away. "Grace and Charlie were just inches away from being killed."

Danny sighed. He knew nothing that could be said to comfort her, no words could ease the pain.

Kono watched all that was happening from the smart table. She didn't want to interrupt but she found some information that Danny would want to hear.

She knocked on the glass door and gave the door a little push. "Danny, I ran facial recognition from Rachael's office, CCTV footage, and got a hit and he is not Brandon's attorney." She showed them the image via her iPad. "Meet Ray Falcon, he has several priors including aggravated assault."

"You got the address? Can we go and say hi?"

"I can't get a current address,but I'm working on it. In the meantime, Chin called, they got the van and two guys, Aaron Fisher and Jackie Taylor. He's bringing them in."

"That's fantastic news. So, we got two guys from the van, another guy that poses as an attorney, and one real estate developer, Brandon. Can't wait to tear them apart."

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