Note: thanks for all the reviews. Sorry for the delay in posting, I planned to post before going to work but had to dig the car out of the snow and get the kids to school.
Chapter Six
Steve made it all the way outside the hospital before he realised he didn't have any transport. He had come in the ambulance with Danny.
"Here." Chin said catching up to his boss and handing him the keys to the Camaro. "We drove it over in case you needed it."
"Thanks man." Steve sighed taking the keys.
"No problem, brah. But Steve, drive the long way to HPD. Take the time to calm down. You marching in there full of anger is likely to send the woman into heart failure."
"That's probably a good idea." Steve admitted, right now he was boiling over with anger, at Mrs. Lomax, and himself.
"You are not to blame for this, Steve." Chin said placing a comforting hand on Steve's shoulder.
Steve gave a little laugh. Sometimes the Hawaiians ability to ready people's minds scared him. "I sent him back there Chin, I even told him to have a damn coffee."
"You can't blame yourself for her actions, brah, Danny would most likely have had the coffee anyway in an attempt to get her to open up. And if he didn't she would have found some other way to try and get rid of him. You need to go speak to her with a clear head. Drive the long way to HPD. I'll head straight to her house and get the evidence you need to confront her."
"Thanks, Chin." Steve said slapping the man on the back. "The long way it is." And he headed off to the car.
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Steve finally arrived at HPD after taking Chin's advice and taking the more scenic route, allowing himself time to calm down. As he made his way up the steps to HPD his phone rang, pulling it out he saw it was Chin.
"We got her brah," Chin immediately stated. "CSU found a ground up powder in the kitchen, and a bottle of Warfarin pills next to it. She used two spoons to crush it so she could put it in the coffee. They are gonna test it to prove its Warfarin, and they have the coffee cups to test for traces too. She didn't have a chance to clear up before Danny arrested her and Channing."
"That's great, man. Thanks. I just arrived at HPD. I'm going to speak with her now."
"Ok, I'll head back to the hospital and keep Kono company. I'll see you later."
Steve hung up the phone and headed inside. He had rung ahead on his way over and spoken with Duke, bringing him up to speed.
"She's in the interview room." Duke explained when he saw the Commander enter, "Channing has already been booked and given a full confession."
"Wise girl, let's hope her grandmother is as sensible." Steve said heading over to the room where the woman that almost killed his partner was held.
As Steve entered, followed by Duke, the woman looked up and immediately recognised the man that towered over her.
"I'd like to say it's good to see you again, Mrs. Lomax, but it really isn't. That was quite a business you had going there, very profitable I bet, until Channing started to sample too much of your product and ended up killing her friend."
"She was doing it for me, to help pay the bills, and help with my glaucoma. I told you she is a good girl. It was the drugs that made her kill Laura." Mrs. Lomax tried to explain.
"And it was the drugs that made you try to kill my partner, right?" Steve asked and Mrs. Lomax suddenly looked terrified.
"I...I...kill him? Is he dead?" She stumbled.
"Fortunately for you I said, tried. But that is thanks to luck, and the fact that he received excellent medical care. He is in the ICU right now fighting for every breath he takes because his lungs are bleeding, and he is drowning in his own blood, because you poisoned him with your heart medication."
"I...I.." Mrs. Lomax continued to stumble.
"We know you crushed your pills and slipped them in his drink, we found the evidence at your house. The question is do we charge you with attempted murder, or assault." Steve said calmly.
"I didn't try to kill him, I didn't want that. I...I..."
"You what?" Steve asked raising his voice and making the woman jump.
"I just thought it might make him unwell. Take your focus off of us so we could get rid of the drugs and give Channing a chance to get away."
"They were blood thinners, what did you expect them to do to him?" Duke asked disgusted at the woman's confession.
"I don't know. I wasn't thinking. I was just trying to protect my granddaughter."
Steve leaned over and placed his hands on the desk that separated him and the elderly woman. "Your granddaughter killed her friend in cold blood, and you almost killed my best friend. You almost left his daughter with out a father. If it was up to me I would book you with attempted murder, but I guess we will have to leave that decision up to the DA. Either way you will be going down for supplying drugs and harbouring a criminal."
"I think we can make perverting the course of justice stick too." Duke added.
"I don't think you will be seeing the light of day, again." Steve turned and left the room with Duke following him.
"Book her for whatever you can." Steve instructed the older man. "I'm going to get back to Danny."
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Steve entered Danny's room and smiled when he saw his friend now had some colour to his completion.
"How did it go?" Chin asked.
"She confessed to spiking his drink, said she only wanted to make him ill. She wanted to distract us long enough for them to clear out, and go on the run."
"Will she be charged with assault or attempted murder then?" Kono asked.
"I left it in the hands of the DA, but Duke is gonna push for attempted murder. She didn't tell anyone what she had done once she was arrested. If she had we could have got Danny treated faster, and maybe he wouldn't be this sick."
"She deserves everything she gets." Kono growled, "I get wanting to protect Ohana, but not like this." She said indicating Danny.
"At least we have them both in custody now. Duke is going to handle everything, and the Governor called me for an update as I arrive here, he said we were to focus on Danny."
"That's good of him." Kono smiled.
"Yeah, well while I'm with Danny here I can't be blowing anything up and costing the island a fortune, were his exact words."
"Now that makes more sense." Kono laughed.
"So how's he doing?" Steve asked as he sank into a chair by the bed.
"His last round of bloods showed his clotting was almost back to normal." Chin explained. "Dawn says he's doing well."
"He's doing very well, actually." Dawn said as she entered the room. "The bleeding from his IVs has stopped, and when he wakes up I'm going to try and remove the nasal packs. We think the bleeding should have stopped, and it will make him more comfortable. I have one more bag of blood to hang, and then we are done with the transfusions. He's over the worst guys."
"Thank god." Steve said dropping his head into his hands. Letting out a big sigh he looked up to the cousins, "why don't you guys head home, it's getting late. I'm gonna stay the night with him."
"You can go too Steve. I'm on all night and will take care of him. He is probably going to sleep most of the night." Dawn said.
Steve smiled at Dawn, "come on Dawn, you know I'm not going anywhere."
"Well it was worth a try." She smiled back then started to take down Danny's latest vitals.
"Alright Steve, we'll head home. But call us if there is any chance or you need anything." Chin said standing up and stretching.
Kono looked torn. She wanted to stay close to her friend. "I'm ok to stay the night too."
"Come on cuz, I'll shout you to some food. We'll come back in the morning." Chin said pulling Kono to her feet and angling her to the door.
"Thanks, guys." Steve called out after them.
"What was that all about?" Kono asked out in the hallway. "I wanted to stay, Danny is still so ill."
"I know, but he is in good hands, and slowly getting better. Steve needs some time alone with him. You know how those two are. Just give Steve some space, he feels partly responsible for all this."
"What? That's ridiculous." Kono said shocked.
"We both know that, but this is Steve we are talking about. I talked to him about it, and he'll be fine, but he needs this time alone with Danny."
"Ok fine." Kono relented. "But we come back first thing in the morning."
"Of course," Chin said pulling her in for a hug as they reached the elevator. "You heard Dawn, he's over the worst now, we just need to let him rest and recover."
TBC