Samantha entered the bullpen at a quarter to ten. Danny was already at his desk drinking coffee and looking over phone records of a missing woman. "Hey, Sam. You're here early."
"Just a little bit." She said as she walked toward her desk. Danny came over and stood by her, "Have you talked to Martin yet? He called me yesterday at work and said he was coming back. He wanted to know your address."
"Yeah, he came over. He met Cecilia."
Danny's voice lowered, "So he knows?"
"He knows."
"Is he okay with it?"
"I think so. He seemed surprised at first, but I couldn't really blame him. He had just met the daughter he didn't know he had. But he seems happy about."
"That's good," Danny really cared for Ceel; she was like a niece to him. "Does she know?"
"Yea, we told her last night. She seemed happy also. She really likes Martin." Samantha smiled at the picture of herself and her daughter that sat on her desk. "I'm glad he's back."
Danny nodded, "I think we all are." Danny filled Samantha in on the missing woman, "Her name is Marla Gregory. She's 48, divorced, no kids. Last seen leaving work at seven p.m. to nights ago and didn't show up for a meeting the next morning. She had several calls the between ten p.m. and 4 a.m. after she was last seen. Can you check it out?"
"Sure." Samantha started work for the day. Vivian and Jack spent most of the time out on the field, while Danny helped Samantha in the office.
Around noon, while they were all in the bullpen (except Jack, who was in his office) Danny spoke loudly, "Look who's back." Samantha and Vivian turned toward him. Martin walked into the bullpen "This place didn't change a bit." Danny smiled and walked toward his friend, "How've you been, Marty?" Martin glanced toward Sam and then back at Danny, "Pretty good. Glad to be back. You?"
"Good. I should get back to work." Danny walked back to his desk. Vivian then came up to Martin, "It's nice to have you back." They hugged friendly. "I'll go tell Jack you're here."
"Okay." Vivian walked out of the bullpen. Danny looked at Sam and Martin, "I'm gonna, um, get some coffee. Does anyone want anything?"
They both shook their heads. Danny didn't really want coffee, but he knew that Samantha and Marty wanted to be alone. Martin walked toward Samantha, "Does everybody know?"
"About us? Or about Cecilia?"
"Both."
"Yes. They know that you're Cecilia's father. And they know that you didn't know. Danny knows that you know. I think that's it."
"Okay." Martin walked toward his old desk, which was almost completely empty. "At least the computer is still here. Do you need my help with anything? On the case, I mean."
Sam smiled "No, I think we're okay right now." Martin stood up as Jack entered the bull pen. "Hey Martin. Did Denver get sick of you?" Martin smiled and walked toward Jack, "Other way around. How are doing Jack?"
"I'm fine. Glad to have back someone who knows what they're doing. How have you been?"
"Good. Glad to be back in New York."
