Lindsay studied it from all angles wondering about its sudden appearance. She looked it up and down.
"Lindsay are you okay?" Stella came up and stood next to Lindsay in the doorway. "Nice flowers."
"Thanks."
"From Danny?"
"Yes." Lindsay confirmed.
"Does he give you flowers often?" Stella asked.
"No. I got flowers on one of our first dates, I got one flower when he brought my Mom flowers when she invited him over for dinner and I got flowers when I was in hospital." Lindsay replied.
"That's got to be at least a hundred bucks in flowers."
"I know." Lindsay replied. "That's Bitterroot." Lindsay pointed out one of the flowers.
"You know roses are the state flower of New York." Stella told her. "So what did he do?"
"I don't know." Lindsay stated.
"He's in court all day so you can't ask him." Stella remembered.
"Exactly."
"What does the card say?"
"Love Danny." Lindsay handed it to her.
"You know that's an odd place to write it." The only writing on the card was in the bottom right hand corner. "He had all that space."
"Uh huh." Lindsay tilted her head as Stella studied the card.
"You got a UV light?" Stella asked.
"Um yeah." Lindsay's kit was sat on the floor. She opened it up and pulled the light out and handed it to Stella with a pair of orange goggles.
Stella flipped off the overhead lights and turned on the UV light.
A message glowed on the card.
"UV pens." She handed it to Lindsay.
It turns out they have Bitterroot in New York.
Who knew?
"Well that was informative." Lindsay replied as she switched off the light and Stella put the main lights back on.
"And it still doesn't tell you what he did."
"And it's going to drive me crazy all day." Lindsay sighed.
"There you are." Hawkes came up behind them.
"Which one of us were you looking for?" Stella asked.
"Lindsay. I have a strange message from Danny. He's said to use a UV light and that you'd figure out what he meant."
"We already figure it out but thanks." Lindsay replied.
"Nice flowers." Hawkes commented.
"Thanks."
"What did Danny do?"
"Uh." Lindsay banged her head against the glass wall.
"Be careful you'll break the glass." Hawkes jokingly her.
"We were just trying to figure that out." Stella informed him. "And Danny's note that he just found out they had Bitterroot in New York wasn't too helpful."
"Which one is the Bitterroot?" Hawkes asked.
"The big purply-pink ones." Lindsay replied.
"Roses too. Those had to cost a few bucks."
"Are we having some sort of party I wasn't invited to?" Flack walked up to the group. "Nice flowers."
"Thanks."
"So?"
"We're just trying to figure out why Danny sent Lindsay flowers." Stella informed him.
"Maybe he's being romantic." Flack offered.
"Guys don't sending someone a hundred bucks worth of flowers for no reason." Stella stated. "Especially if they're not in the habit of doing it."
"You learn something new around here everyday." Flack smiled.
Lindsay's pager went off.
"My DNA results are in." She stated. "Excuse me." She left.
"What's the big deal with flowers?" Flack asked.
"If someone does something out of character you wonder why."
"Danny's sent women flowers before." Flack pointed out.
"He gave her flowers on one of their first date, a flower when he bought her mother flowers and when she was in hospital. That really doesn't set up a pattern of behaviour."
TBC