Bull pen – FBI, New York

Elena, Sam and Viv sat around the conference table; Elena had just finished updating them on what she had discovered about Rita Taylor; precisely nothing; no credit cards, bank accounts, drivers licence or an address. They didn't even have a sketch; the courier company that she had used earlier in the day to deliver the photo of Danny to the news station had no recollection of her and security footage had only shown a figure of between 5'5'' and 5'8'' with a baseball cap and dark glasses. They hadn't been able to get a usable print.

'Alright, we need to take a step back and try to see what the information we have gathered so far is telling us' Viv sounded as frustrated as Elena and Sam were feeling. She looked up

'Should we wait for Jack, Martin and Danny?'

Elena shook her head. 'Jack is upstairs speaking to Caitlin to see if she knows Rita Taylor and he has put Danny and Martin in his office and I think he would rather Danny stay there for the moment'

Viv looked concerned 'How's he coping with all of this?'

Elena shrugged 'How can you tell with Danny? I mean he's obviously upset but I think he's still trying to take it all in'

The three women looked at each other for a moment; 'Well, best way we can help is to try and sort out what we know about Rachel Henderson, Rose Henry and Rita Taylor and try and establish if one, two or all of them were responsible for kidnapping Molly'

Sam sounded determined and she stood up and pulled a clean whiteboard toward her. She divided the board into three columns; at the top of the first column she placed the photo of Rachel, at the top of the second she placed the sketch of Rose and at the top of the third she wrote 'Rita Taylor'.

'OK, let's start writing down anything and everything we know about these women, however trivial or apparently unimportant and see if we can find a connection'

Sam turned to face Viv and Elena as she spoke but her eye was caught by movement in Jack's office; she stared as Danny and Martin hurried out of the door and headed toward the elevator………

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Van Doren's Office

As they approached Van Doren's office Danny's steps faltered and stopped, a worried look on his face. He looked at Martin and opened his mouth to speak but no words would come out. Martin paused beside him, guessing at some of the thoughts that had been running through his head over the last two minutes since they had received the call from Jack…..

'Martin, its Jack. Tell Danny to come up to Van Doren's office, Caitlin wants to see him…'

The first expression to cross his face had been a combination of happiness and relief but that had quickly changed to apprehension and now that was supplanted with worry. Martin briefly clapped his hand on Danny shoulder

'Come on, she wouldn't have said she wants to see you if all she was going to do was hurl accusations'

Danny took a deep breath and nodded and then walked through the door…..

The first thing he noticed was that there were a lot of people in the room; there was Jack of course; next to him was a blonde woman that Danny recognised as Lisa Randall, his eyes met hers briefly; her expression was cool, watchful. His gaze continued to travel the room and he saw a tall man in his mid 30's with dark blonde hair, hand in hand with an attractive auburn haired woman. The woman regarded him cautiously, however the expression on the man's face was hostile; Danny hadn't got a good look at Nick Hollander the night he had come to the ER but he was certain that he was face to face with him now and he was damn sure that Nick Hollander hated his guts……..

However, he wasn't interested in what Nick Hollander thought about anything at the moment, all he was interested in was seeing Caitlin but she didn't appear to be in the room. His gaze swept back to Jack and he opened his mouth to ask where she was

'Hello'

He jumped slightly and swung around; she was standing behind him……….

For a long moment he stared at her hardly able to believe she was within touching distance. Her green eyes, reddened from the crying were looking at him steadily, their expression calm and the hostility he had been steeling himself to expect was absent. For a long moment they stared at each other, searching each other's eyes until Danny felt as if everyone else had faded away and it was just the two of them. He saw the expression in her eyes change; soften, as if she was feeling it too…..

The DVD box in Nick's hand hit the desk with a thud that sounded like a cannon shot in the silence of the room. Everyone jumped and looked around at him and Danny noticed that he didn't apologise and he hadn't stopped glaring at him.

Danny turned back to Caitlin 'You wanted to talk?' he tried to keep his voice steady, calm, but he was certain she had picked up on the pleading note it contained.

'Have you got your car here?'

He gaped at her for a moment and was aware that everyone else in the room was as surprised as he was by the question. He saw a slightly impatient look creep into her eyes and hurried to answer;

'No, it's in the shop' impatience changed to frustration and he turned to Martin, 'can I borrow your's?'

He saw Martin hesitate for a heartbeat, shrug his shoulders then reach into his pocket and produce his car keys 'Sure'

Danny turned back to look at Caitlin, wondering what it was all about. She had picked up her bag and slung across her body. She turned back to face him 'Come on then'

'Er, where are the two of you going?' Jack was confused.

Caitlin sighed 'Look everyone is being wonderful but I am going to go out of my head if I have to sit on a couch drinking coffee a minute frigging longer. I need to do something and as I can't find Molly…' her voice broke and she took a deep breath before continuing;

'Danny and I have a lot to sort out so rather than sit and think ……….' She stopped again, swallowed hard and looked at Danny, an unreadable look in her eyes; '….. we need to find out what happened to that letter; he needs to believe that I sent it and I need to know he was never able to read it. I think I know what happened but we can't prove it sat here'

She looked at Jack for a moment, 'I can't do anything to help you find Molly and it's killing me, I have to do something and this seems like a better 'something' than drinking endless cups of coffee'

'What do you think happened to the letter?' Martin couldn't keep the coolness out of his voice; the expression she shot him showed she'd heard it, the expression Danny shot him told him he'd heard it too……..

Caitlin turned back to Danny 'You remember the night you suggested we get a place together?'

Flashback

Danny lay naked on his couch, his clothes scattered around the living room with a naked Caitlin lying half on top of him, green eyes watching him, a satisfied smile hovering on her lips.

He roused himself sufficiently to smile at her 'That was quite a welcome home' her smile broadened slightly and she continued to watch him as she dropped her head and flicked his left nipple with her tongue. Danny felt a shiver run through him and he sent her a mock angry look; 'none of that, you've had all you're getting until I've eaten,' at the raising of her eyebrow and the smirk on her face he frowned, 'food you hussy, food!'

She moved slightly so that he could pull on his recently discarded boxer shorts and then watched as he wandered to the kitchen to investigate the smell of food that was assailing his senses.

'Chilli?' He turned and grinned at her, 'you made chilli?'

She stood up, pulled his dress shirt on and leaving it unbuttoned except for one button half way down walked over to him with a deliberate hip swinging motion. Danny felt himself staring at her, Christ it turned him on when she did that; she stood so that their bodies were just touching, a seductive smile on her face, but Danny was wise to her now. He caught her hands before they could move and said in what he hoped was a firm tone 'Chilli first'

She grinned and stepped back slightly 'You must be hungry'

'I haven't eaten since breakfast,' then he shook his head as he continued happily, 'I can't believe you made Chilli'

'Why are you so surprised?' she was laughing as she piled a plate with the chilli and handed it to him

'You always saying that you don't have the things you need to cook with when we are here;'

She shrugged, 'well both kitchens are pretty awful but one day I'll have a decent kitchen and then see what I cook you!' she threw him a seductive smile over her shoulder as she cleared away some items on the kitchen counter.

Danny watched her as he ate; that thought had just pushed it's way to the front of his mind again, the same one that had been getting louder and louder over the last month or so, he put the empty plate down….'Well, if we combined our money we could probably afford somewhere with a half decent kitchen'

He could feel a cold sensation in the pit of his stomach as he said the words; she was going to laugh, she was going to say no……..

She turned to look at him for a moment a thoughtful expression on her face; 'Well it makes sense but I'm afraid that there would have to be a condition' she looked seriously at him and Danny stared at her…………..

She glanced around the room, 'I can't live with anyone who makes a mess like that……' a smile had broken across her face before she finished and Danny grabbed her before she could dodge out of the way. She wriggled in his grasp and freed her arms so that she could place them around his neck, smiling at him 'You serious, you really want to get a place together?

All of a sudden all the doubts had vanished; Danny grinned back 'I really want to get a place together' he repeated as he lowered his lips to hers feeling the heat between them….

She broke the kiss, gave him a wicked grin and then 'Well before we 'celebrate' I think you had better put your gun away'

Danny grinned, kissed her again and then grabbed his gun and handcuffs and headed for the lock box next to the door……….'Ouch'

He looked around at Caitlin, a little boy look on his face, wanting sympathy…..but she was grinning 'Would that be your toe meeting the hole created by the loose floor board, honey?

He scowled, 'Remind me, first thing tomorrow I'm speaking to the landlord about that damn floor board'

She smiled and walked over to where he had just locked his gun away, 'Do you need me to kiss it better' the heat in her eyes had Danny's stomach in knots and she started trailing kisses down his chest, over his stomach………..

Danny groaned, it might not be his toe she was kissing but he was definitely feeling better…….

End of flashback

Danny stared at her, 'The floorboard in front of the door was broken,' he paused staring at her and then slowly nodded his head 'you think that when you pushed the letter under the door it slipped down the gap'

'I can't think of another explanation'

Danny nodded 'OK, let's go'

The sound of Jack's cell phone stopped them before they reached the door; 'Malone'. He listened for a moment aware of all eyes being turned toward him, then 'OK, we'll be down in a minute' he put the phone down and turned to Danny and Caitlin

'NYPD have tracked down the dealer that we think Rachel was supplying with the medications she was stealing from the ER,' he paused, 'he matches the description of the skateboarder at the park this morning. They are bringing him in' he looked at Martin 'You up for this'

'Oh yeh' Martin felt more than ready

Jack turned back to look at Danny and Caitlin 'Look it will be at least 20 - 30 minutes before he is here, you head over to Danny's apartment and try and get this letter sorted, by the time you get back we should hopefully know a bit more'