"I'm here to see Andrew Brown" Danny Messer said when he walked into the prison. The guards checked his ID and nodded once as a loud buzzing noise allowed him into the next part of the prison where he was patted down and forced to hand his gun over to the guards.

"You have ten minutes" a guard told Danny as he entered the steel door. He saw the man sat in an orange jumpsuit at the other side of a steel table. He was handcuffed of course as Danny remained stood and leaning against the wall looking at him.

"Detective Messer. What a pleasure...although I had always thought it would be Detective Flack here...never mind...I imagine I will see him in court" Andrew chuckled and Danny felt himself anger slightly but he remained calm.

"You're still going to plead not guilty?" Danny checked

"Nothing has changed since the last time you visited Detective...tell me...how is Lizzie?" the man raised an amused brow at Danny

"Don't call her Lizzie. You have no right to" Danny snapped at him. This was his second visit in two weeks. He didn't know why he came back...he thought he did it to try and get the slime ball to change his mind. But he never did.

"Okay then...Miss Flack...that's what she'll be called whilst in the stand isn't it? Brave thing, don't you think Detective? To come back into court and face me...although...I didn't do anything to her...I never laid a hand on her. You shot the man who did that" Andrew said

"You're still an accomplice to this Brown. You know that" Danny said through gritted teeth

"Do I? I didn't know Jimmy was hiding her in my cellar...and the man in the mask on the footage you have could be anyone...you have no evidence...Jimmy was sly" Andrew chuckled

"And you really think you'll get away with this? You do know Flack will probably kill you if you get off?" Danny said and Andrew laughed in amusement.

"Oh really? Well...then it will be role reverse. When I get out though Messer...me and Flack...we have unfinished business, let's say...Lizzie may be part of it...or she may not" Andrew shrugged "who knows?"

"I know. You'll leave her alone...it's bad enough you're making her go through the court trial" Danny shook his head

"She didn't need to be there...but I guess she needs to prove she's not weak. To be like her father"

"She is not weak at all. What you and Jimmy did to her was cruel mental torture as well as physical torture. Not many would have managed it like Lizzie did. Now. If you do go through with this then you'll never walk the streets of New York a free man. Got it?" Danny said

"Goodbye Detective. I have no more to say" Andrew said.

...

"Lizzie...you don't have to do this" Don told his daughter as he fetched her another bottle of water from the kitchen and she sighed at her father.

"Yes I do dad...to think...he's even trying to worm his way out of this...well...it annoys me dad. It's not right and I need to show it isn't" Lizzie said definitely.

"But will you be alright?" Don asked her as she adjusted the white bandage on her side which was there to protect the bruising.

"I'll...dad...I won't be fine. I'm dreading seeing him...but he isn't getting away with this...he can't" Elizabeth said and Don nodded. She had been home for a week and the trial was starting in another week. Mac had called Don a lawyer who had talked to Elizabeth about what she should say in court. She had been warned that the cross examination part could be extremely hard on her as the opposing lawyer would try to twist the truth in a certain way.

"I'll be there baby..." Don kissed her on the forehead before he heard a knock on the door. He walked over and opened it up to see Danny stood there in his black jacket with a hand running through his hair. He shook his head at Don once and Don just nodded in understanding at what he was saying.

"How's my favourite niece?" Danny asked as he kissed Elizabeth on the cheek and fell down beside her.

"I'm alright Uncle Danny...just catching up on school work" she said and began flipping through her History text book as Don sat in the armchair and threw Danny a bottle of water.

"Thank you" Danny said as he opened it up

"So what brings you here?" Don asked his friend

"Can't an uncle check up on his favourite niece?" Danny grinned and Don chuckled and Elizabeth smiled at him before he ruffled her blonde hair.

"Mac says to take as much time as you like off...even though it's not his decision entirely he seems to get people to listen to him" Danny shrugged and Don nodded

"I'll phone him later...I need to ask him something" Don said. He didn't want to mention what but Elizabeth sighed

"The lawyer wants him to give evidence at the trial. It will look good having the head of the crime lab testify apparently" Elizabeth told her uncle who placed his bottom lip over his top and nodded in agreement.

"Makes sense" he said "really go for it"

"Yes" Don said as he looked at his daughter who was handling this surprisingly well.

"I'll be back in a minute" Don said and he walked into the kitchen.

"I'll go check on him" Danny followed and Elizabeth nodded as she went back to her book. When Danny walked in he saw Don leaned on the worktop and gripping it so his knuckles were white.

"What's up?" he slapped his friend on the back as Don sighed and finally stood up straight.

"Elizabeth's been taking this well" Don stated

"And that's a worry?" Messer asked in confusion but Don shrugged

"I don't know. She shouldn't be dealing with it this well...she...is it normal?" Don worried

"Who knows? We all deal with things in different ways Don...Elizabeth is strong...like her father" Danny assured Don who nodded once in agreement

"I know...but...she shouldn't have to go through this" Don shook his head

"No one should"