"Sounds like you're having a party in here." Lindsay's doctor entered the room.
"They decided I couldn't live on hospital food." Lindsay replied.
"I see that."
"You remember Danny from earlier; this is Stella Bonasera and Sheldon Hawkes." Lindsay made introductions. "This is Dr Preston."
They exchanged brief greetings.
"I've left instructions for the nurses to give you something if your headache returns, but everything looks good, get a good nights sleep and if your blood results remain the same in the morning you can leave. Although I'd recommend against you driving for a few days."
"We've got that covered." Danny assured him.
"Good. Goodnight." Dr Preston left. "Helen." He said walking over to the nurses station.
"Yes Doctor Preston?"
"Detective Messer can stay the night if he wants. Detective Monroe is supposed to have a police guard while she's here. If he leaves there will be another officer outside her room all night."
"Is there a problem?" Helen asked.
"It was something to do with all those decapitation murders. I'm not sure of the details but she gets police protection." He replied.
"Yes doctor."
"You have the orders if she needs any pain killers but I think she'll be fine."
"Yes doctor." Helen replied.
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"We should get going." Stella said.
"I guess that means we'll see at the lab tomorrow." Hawkes said. "Get a good nights sleep. Danny do you need a ride?"
"I'm going to stick around for a while."
"Okay." Hawkes agreed.
"Night." Stella grabbed up the pizza boxes.
"Bye guys and thanks for dropping by." Lindsay added.
Lindsay waited for them to leave.
"So you're sticking around?" She asked.
"I told you you get police protection, you've had it all day since I left. There was an officer down the hall. Since you're worried about wasting resources you get me."
"What if I don't want you?" Lindsay inquired.
"I call dispatch and have some come over and sit outside." Danny replied.
"If you're going to sit on the bed take your shoes off." Lindsay told him and switched the TV on. She flicked the channels until she found a ball game.
Danny climbed back on the bed next her, they shuffled until they were both comfortable and watched the end of the game before they both fell asleep.
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A nurse coming into the room and the sound of the meal trolley woke Lindsay and Danny the next morning.
"Sorry." The nurse apologised. "But we need to take another blood sample."
"Sure." Lindsay held out her arm.
"I'm going to take a leak." Danny disentangled himself.
"Please tell me you're not squeamish, we see a lot worse at work. I mean we've the ME's draw fluid from eyeballs."
"I just have little problem with people sticking needles into living people." Danny headed for the bathroom.
"We ordered him a breakfast tray too." The nurse informed Lindsay.
"Thank you and thank you for not kicking him out."
"We were informed he was your police protection." The nurse replied.
"Something like that." Lindsay sighed.
"What did you do to need police protection?"
"My job." Lindsay replied. "The rest of is a long story that I don't actually remember."
"Drug induced amnesia can be hard to deal with." The nurse agreed. "Someone may suggest you see a counsellor."
"Hey as long as the FBI don't suggest I get hypnotised to try and remember I should be okay. Fortunately I was around people I trusted after I got dosed so nothing happened to me."
"That's fortunate. They'll bring breakfast in in a few minutes; the results will take a few hours so the doctor will be in to see you around ten then after that you should be able to go."
"Thank you." Lindsay replied.
"All part of the service."
TBC
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