At your door
Bit more Christmas fluffines, Boxing Day to go and then we're back to the action, so to speak :) thanks to followers, favouriters (not a word I know!) and reviewer. Love to hear what you think.
Chapter 19 – Christmas Day
Adam looked up as there was a light tap on the AV lab door, he blinked a couple of times and smiled.
"Hi" he said, he kind of recognised the woman at the door, initially he thought from the uniform, officers often brought evidence in to the lab and there were a lot of them in New York city. But the feeling was off, he felt he knew her outside an official capacity, like he'd seen her somewhere else and now she was out of context. A bit like when you see the person that sells you your daily paper each morning, in a bar. Or the guy who delivers your mail in the doctors office, or...
Adam stepped out of the world his mind was occupying as she replied.
"Hi" she smiled "Workin' Christmas day sucks, huh?"
Adam shrugged "Not so much" he replied "It beats dry turkey and family arguments"
"That's true" she replied.
"What can I do for you?" Adam asked.
"Can you run these for prints? Please?" she laid some evidence bags on the desk "Some kid robbed a store this morning, forgot to wear gloves"
"Sure" Adam picked up the bags and stood "Officer...?"
"Bonnie" the woman supplied "Georgia Bonnie, but everyone calls me Georgie"
"Oh!" realisation dawned "You work with Kate right? Detective Flack's wife?"
"I do" she nodded, grinning.
"Ah" Adam looked pleased with himself, he hated unsolved anomalies and not being able to place her would have bugged him all day "Well, seeing as it's quiet, I'll get right on it, shall I call you?"
"This a roundabout way of asking for my number Adam?" she asked, slightly coy.
Adam coughed nervously "Uh, well I'll kinda need it, unless I can get you at the precinct?" he bumbled, why did women take such delight in tormenting him?!
"It's on the evidence chit" she laughed "Text, email, call, I'll leave it up to you"
Adam coloured "Right, I'll um, get on it then" he replied slowly, trying to keep his voice level, and the automatic fear out of it.
"You do that" she winked at him.
"How d'you know my name?" he asked suddenly.
"I can read upside down" she pointed to the pocket of his lab coat with a triumphant smile "See ya soon"
Adam looked down to see his ID badge had twisted itself around so it was hanging the wrong way around. He stood for a moment after righting it, and finally rubbed his hand through his hair as he watched Georgie step onto the elevator.
"I'm intelligent" he huffed to himself "Really, I am"
…...
Craig Lewes picked at his 'Christmas' Lunch. It was marginally better than what he'd received in his years down state in prison, remand seemed to offer greater menu choices.
He wasn't really hungry, he wasn't really anything. The world now was just a simple place, cause leading to effect. Women – and men – caused things with their actions, he had been the effect. He had caused justice to those people, this was the effect. Dried turkey and thin gravy.
"Eat up" a guard grinned at him through the bars "Gonna need your strength for that almighty court case they got for you buddy"
"I am not your buddy" Lewes replied in a flat tone "Never the less, A Merry Christmas to you, or should I say Happy Holidays? I forget these days, what the social protocol is"
The guard snorted with derision "Whatever it is" he laughed "It's your last"
"We'll see" Lewes replied.
"Most of New York will see" the guard retorted "When that needle goes into your arm. I hear it's not as humane as they proclaim, that it hurts like a bitch"
Lewes shrugged "I have no fear of death, if indeed that's what awaits me"
"If?!" the guard issued "There's no if about it, you're dead. Why do you think they got a date for your trial so quick? Why do you think no woman is allowed within a hundred feet of you?"
"I cannot pretend to understand the inner workings of the justice system" Lewes appeared bored "Except to say that I'm tired now, please leave me alone"
"'Ain't no inner workin's you need to concern yourself with" the guard took the tray that Lewes pushed through the bars.
"I wish to speak with my lawyer" Lewes stated "You are treating me unfairly and with prejudice"
The guard disregarded protocol and put his face up to the bars, aggression in every line of his body.
"Go fuck yourself" he hissed "You sick son-of-a-bitch"
"Good day officer" Lewes crowed as the guard walked away, furious.
If this was all that was left open to him, tormenting half wits like him, then for now it would do.
…...
Danny rocked back against his chair, rubbing his stomach, grinning at Lindsay.
"Babe, that was amazing" he commented.
"Thank you" Lindsay smiled "Stella had as much to do with it as I did, and of course Lucy"
"Stell" Danny held his hand up to her "I applaud you all"
Stella laughed, they all looked towards Lucy, engrossed in her new cell phone with ear phones in, sensing she was being watched she looked up and smiled.
"Forget it" she told her father "I helped cook, you can clear up!"
"You're your mothers daughter you are" Danny huffed as he got slowly to his feet, though his face was softened with a smile as he looked at his daughter.
"Before you do Danny" Stella stopped him "I just want to thank you, all of you for sharing today with me, and including me. I've had an amazing time, I don't think I've ever had a Christmas Day away from the office before"
"Hey you're welcome" Lindsay replied warmly "We've loved you being here"
Stella smiled her response "Are you going to Jo's tomorrow?"
"Oh yes, and you, dear wife" he grinned at Lindsay "Are driving"
"Oh good" Lindsay rolled her eyes "That means you, Don and Sheldon are going to get drunk doesn't it?"
"Uh, yeah!" Danny replied "Though not Sheldon, he's on call and so are Adam and Sid"
"Bless Adam" Stella twirled her glass reflectively "Volunteering for the Holiday shifts so that you guys with kids can have family time"
"He's a good guy" Lindsay agreed "He even managed to talk Mac into a split shift between the two of them today so they both work half a day, instead of Mac working the full one as usual"
"He is" replied Stella with a wry smile "A good guy"