Chapter 37

When Mac arrived at the lab, he ran downstairs. Opening the door, he seen Danny on the ground with Lindsay's naked body in his arms.

"Everyone out... NOW!!" yelled Mac.

Once everyone was out, Mac neared Danny's side.

"Danny... Danny... I need you to listen to me. You need to give me Lindsay, Danny. You need to put her back on the table. Danny... focus... I know you can hear me. You need to think about, Lucy. Lindsay wouldn't want to see you like this." Grabbing Danny in his arms, he shook him. "Snap out of it, Danny."

Looking up at Mac, he broke.

"This can't be happening, Mac. Please... this can't be. She was fine when I left. It doesn't make sense. She didn't have a heart attack, she was healthy. Always healthy, Mac, why did she leave us? Why did she leave Lucy, and I behind?"

Releasing Lindsay, Sid lifted her back onto the table, while Mac continued to rock Danny.

"Sid... check Danny's hand please. If he needs it stitched, do it. There's no way, I'll get him to a Hospital right now."

As Sid looked at Danny's hand, he gave him six stiches before wrapping it.

"What did you find on Lindsay, Sid? Anything unusual?"

"Nothing Mac. It's natural causes. I even had Adam run a tox screen, nothing showed."

Nodding that he understood. Mac helped Danny to his feet. "Danny... we need to go see Lucy, okay? She's been crying since this morning. You are the only one that can calm her down. You need to think about Lucy, it's no longer about you, Danny. You have to think of your daughter."

"It's not fair Mac. It's not fair, that she was taken from our lives."

"I know Danny. Come on, let's go get Lucy, okay?" said Mac.

Walking him out, Don was waiting with Lucy in his arms, crying. Looking up at his daughter, he took her into his arms, and held her close. Yawning between her now quiet sighs, she fell asleep in her daddy's arms.

"Don... I want you take Danny home. Stay with him for the night. Once you're done, Adam will take a turn, followed by Sheldon, then myself. He's not to be left alone for the next few days, understand. We all need to help him get through this," said Mac.

"Sure, congrats on your son by the way, Mac. Cayden is a great name," said Don.

"Thanks. Don, I'll call you later, okay Danny. You take Lucy home, and get her fed and changed. Then you let her know, how much you love her. You let her know, that the two of you together, can survive this."

Blinded by his tears, Danny walked out with Lucy in his arms, and Don at his side.

Watching as they left, Sheldon asked... "what do you think, Mac?"

"I think something isn't settling right. Lindsay had a clean bill of health from her doctor yesterday. There is no way in hell, she died of heart failure. None of this, makes any sense. Anyway... I need to get back to Stella, and Cayden. Call me if you find anything. Sid... I want you to run through Lindsay's body again. Put her under the scoop. Check everything, I don't want one inch of her body, left unturned. You search top to bottom, understand. Sheldon... if you wouldn't mind helping him?"

"Of course not Mac. You go back to the Hospital. We'll call you if we find anything," said Sheldon.

Leaving the lab, Mac still couldn't rest easy. Something about this whole case, just didn't sit right.

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Back at Danny's, Don helped him in with Lucy.

"You get Lucy changed, and fed Danno. I'll make us something to eat. Okay?"

"I'm not hungry man, he cried. just want to sleep."

"You'll eat Danno. I'm not having Mac on my back, if you collapse during my shift, understand?"

Once Danny had Lucy changed, he heated her bottle, sat down on the couch and fed her. Watching as she suckled, she gripped her daddy's fingers not letting go. Kissing her little fingers, Danny cried again. He just couldn't understand, how Lindsay could have died.

"I know what you're thinking Danno. Try not to think about it, okay? I'm here with you, you're not alone."

"I just don't get it, it doesn't make sense. She was at the doctor yesterday, with Lucy. She was given, an excellent bill of health. She even had the okay, to work out of the lab. Someone who is declaired healthy, doesn't die eight hours later, man."

Getting up with Lucy, Danny placed the bottle into the sink, when he seen Lindsay's keys hanging up. Walking over with Lucy, he picked them up. Looking at the color coding, he noticed the house key was out of sync.

"What are you looking at, Danno?"

"Lindsay's keys. Something isn't right, they are out of order. Lindsay's keys are never out of order."

"Hm... maybe she took it off the ring for some reason."

"No... she would have put it back beside the white. See... each key is color coded. She always did her colors, in primary order. That's why she had these little key covers placed on the keys. so she would know, what key was what. Do you understand, Donnie? They are out of order."

Placing down the keys, he passed Lucy to Don, and grabbed his kit.

tbc...