Author's Note- Sorry I took so long to update, but I've been sick and I also had to study for a quiz/test for collage…it wasn't fun .
"Boy, Uncle Steve you're all sweaty; you need a shower." Grace giggled as she wrapped her arms around Steve's the neck.
Danny and Steve had just entered the door when they were ambushed by an excited Grace, who wanted nothing more then to welcome her Uncle Steve back.
"Yeah, I know I do," Steve replied holding Grace in his arms; he had been so worried about the little girl and Danny, but he didn't realize how much till now.
"Where's Andy?" Grace asked when she pushed herself away from Steve's chest and looked up at the man.
"He had to check on something, so we came on ahead," Danny interrupted.
Grace looked to her dad and frowned "Is he alright?" she asked as a worried expiration started to creep onto the small girls face.
"He should be all right. His side was just bothering him a little," Steve said drawing Grace's attention back to him.
Grace was about to speak, but was cut off by the front door as it opened.
"Andy!" the little girl exclaimed as she jumped out of Steve's strong arms and running to her uncle. "Are you alright Andy?" Grace asked wrapping her arms around him. "Uncle Steve said your side was hurting you. Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine," Andrew said, reassuring the girl.
Grace frowned again. "You do remember what papa said about getting enough rest…right."
Andrew smiled at his niece. "I remember, and I'll rest as soon as I can."
Nodded her head Grace then smiled. "Thanks for helping Uncle Steve, Andy."
Andrew looked to Steve who was staring at him with a blank expression then looked back to Grace. "No problem."
The cabin lapsed into an uncomfortable silence that only lasted for a few seconds when Kamekona came from somewhere in the house with a towel over his shoulder.
"Just got word Haoles, HPD is nine minutes away and we need to hide you guys."
Steve's eyes widened when he saw the large Hawaiian. He hadn't known Kamekona was here.
"Hey brah how's it going?" Kamekona asked as he walked passed Steve and picked through the window's blinds
Steve was about to say something, but Andrew cut him off.
"Mikala said there was a hidden room somewhere in here." Andrew said scanning the front room when his eyes landed on the fireplace. "Who needs a fireplace in Hawaii?" he mumbled to himself as he examined the stone statures.
"Check out the fireplace." Andrew said as Grace ran from his side and grabbed her backpack from the leather couch and started to rummage through it and pulled out two lumpy, air packed baggies.
"These are the last two shirts I have, so you and Uncle Steve go change you sweat shirts while me and Danno find the secret room, I only have one pair of pants so when the HPD leave we'll decided then who gets them." Grace said as she handed one of the shirts to Andrew and the other to Steve. "We don't want the police to smell you and find our hiding place."
"Thank you Grace." Andrew smiled as Steve took the bag with a confused look on his face.
"Our hiding place?" Steve repeated out loud as Grace nodded her head.
"Grace and I are going to keep our heads low for a few more days." Danny said.
Thinking for a moment Steve nodded his head "That a good idea." He said as he turned to Grace. "I thought we put two pairs of pants into that backpack of yours?"
Grace snickered "We did, but I thought Andy should try to blend more with the people and not look like a cop."
Both Danny and Steve looked to Andrew who was now standing by fireplace examining it to see if it was the entrance to hidden room.
"Man, you're wearing my clothes?" Steve question as he examined Andrew as the Jersey detective turned and looked at the small group
Andrew sighed and shrugged one of his shoulders "I didn't want to come in shorts and a blue palm tree shirt, people would have known I was a tourist."
Grace was giggled as she watched Steve as he was about to share his thoughts when Kamekona cut him off.
"Okay Haole, enough of the chit chat you need to hurry up and change then hide."
Steve shut his mouth and looked away as Andrew sighed.
"Were can I change?" Andrew asked changing the stupid subject.
"Down the hall on the right, you two are both men and your just changing shirts so you can share the same room, so get moving why we deal with everything else." Kamekona stated as Grace nodded her head in agreement.
Steve sorted at the statement and Andrew looked at him.
"Well I've had to change with weirder people before." Andrew said leaving the room and heading in the direction Kamekona had motioned to.
Danny snickered as Steve arched one of his eye brows "What is that suppose to mean?" Steve asked following the man "I bet you never…oh, that's classified."
"Hey don't mess with the bath tub, because when the police leave I'm going to take a nice long bath." Kamekona called to the two men who shouted back with a got it.
Grace was giggling as Danny shook his head then went back looking around the fireplace, Steve didn't really trust Andrew, but Danny was thankful Steve hadn't voiced any thoughts he had about his old partner in front of Grace and instead played it cool.
Running his finger along the side the mantle Danny sighed with relief when his finger run over the knot hole and it went in and part of the wall by the fireplace opened up to revel the hidden room he was looking for.
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"I don't know why I couldn't have just changed in the front room," Steve said as he shut the bathroom door and started to undo his jumpsuit.
Ignoring Steve for a moment, Andrew pulled out a few wash cloths from the cabinet and wet them down before turning to Steve and tossed one of the damp rags to him.
"I think it had more to do with hygiene," Andrew stated plainly as he turned back to the sink and turned on some warm water so he could clean his hands of the blood smears from his blood nose.
Steve watched Andrew for a moment then shrugged his shoulders and started to clean himself up a bit.
"Can I ask you something?" Steve asked tossing the used rag toward the laundry bin.
Turning off the water Andrew looked at Steve then nodded his head.
"Danny said you're his bother-in-law… right."
Andrew nodded his head again "Yeah, I've been a member of his family for about five years now."
Steve bit his bottom lip, but before he could asks another question Andrew raised up his hand and cut him off.
"I know you probably want to know more about what's going on, and I'm sorry I didn't explain things to you earlier, but being a detective I've gotten used to needing evidence before people will believe me so I didn't think I should tell you till we had met back up with Danny and..."
Steve's eyes widen at the word "detective," but before he could open his mouth there was a big banging noise coming from the front room.
"HPD…HPD…put your hands up now!"
Steve's and Andrew's hearts stopped as voices and the sound of stomping filled the cabin, without missing a beat Steve turned to the bathroom door and carefully pulled the door open and peek outside in to the hallway. He couldn't see much be he knew it was only a matter of seconds before he and Andrew was discovered.
Shutting the door, Steve turned to Andrew who was looking around the room for some place to hide.
Sink, shower, toilet, a whirlpool tub that was filled with hot bubbling water that Kamekona told them not to touch, and a small closet, but beside that there was no place to hide.
Their luck had run out.