September 1998
The last months have gone by without any major problems and Stella is snow five months pregnant with their first baby. Danny has stopped harassing Lindsey and Stella has just started to work again. She only works with Lindsey or with Lindsey and Mac. In a month she will be put on desk duty and when she is 8 ½ months pregnant she will be on maternity leave. But for now she is happy that she can continue to work. Lindsey is better and is working again too. She is getting better with her trust issues but only when Mac and Stella are with her because she then has someone she trusts with her life next to her.
One evening after work they want to go to a birthday party of a friend and Lindsey wants to come to. After being at the party for only about ½ hour Lindsey´s breath starts to exhilerate and Stella and Mac who are next to her notice it right away and bring her outside. They bring her outside so she can calm down again. After she has calmed down they decide to go home. When they arrive at home they lay Lindsey down on the couch. "I am sorry that I ruined you evening." "It is OK Lindsey. Stella and I are proud of you." "Why are proud of me?" "Because you could stay in a crouded place for a little while. You were able to stay for ½ hour. That is wonderful." "We really are proud of you Lindsey" "Thank you. But I still fell like I ruined it." "You absolutly did not." Lindsey does not hear the last part because she is already asleep in Stella´s lap. Mac covers Lindsey with a blanket and Stella carefully gets up and places her head on a pillow. She and Mac then go to sleep on the other sofa. Mac is happy that Lindsey is getting better because that means that Stella does not have so much to worry about anymore. He just hopes that she will stay this stable and that Danny will leave her alone for ever. He is porud of Lindsey who has made progress and just hopes that it will stay that way.