Lindsay sat in the break room waiting for Danny to get back.

Their case had stalled, Gears was trying to track down some of Maya's friends. The people who she talked to were female so no luck with a boyfriend there and her computer didn't have internet access or anything interesting to reveal.

Maya didn't have a cell phone registered in her name, which wasn't to say she didn't have one in someone else's name or a prepaid cell phone which had probably been taken with her purse.

Since everything else could wait until the following day Lindsay and Hawkes had decided to finish on time and pick it up in the morning with fresh eyes.

So Lindsay sat drinking her coffee.

"Hey, I thought you left already." Stella said coming to get herself some coffee.

"I'm waiting for Danny to get back." Lindsay replied. "He's taking me to see a movie; he called to say that he'd be back in forty minutes about an hour ago."

"Traffic is a nightmare this time of the day. Where is he anyway?"

"Long Island." Lindsay replied.

"Long Island?"

"Don't ask why because I have no idea."

"Okay. So what did you think of the new homicide detective?"

"He seems okay." Lindsay replied. "I think it's going to take him a few days to adjust from being in Homeland Security."

"Everything is an adjustment; most people don't end up in a tigers den on their first day." Stella pointed out.

"True. Have you spoken to Agent Howard today?"

"No. There wasn't much else we could tell him other than that we had a fingerprint that didn't match anything we had. We checked it against everyone whose prints we've taken in any case you've been involved since you arrived with no luck."

"It was a long shot. Besides everyone we arrested is in jail or at least everyone who should have a serious grudge."

"Since we've actually confirmed through the post mark it came from Mississippi it casts a wider net."

"Danny suggested we have the bomb sniffer dog check out the apartment." Lindsay told her.

"He's only suggesting things like that because he's worried."

"I'm worried too, but I'm not going to let it control my life."

"Did Mac offer you police protection?"

"Not this time. I don't think I need it, I just won't open anymore parcels until I've had them x-rayed."

"That's a start." Stella agreed. "If you need to talk…" She offered.

"Thanks." Lindsay told her.

"Well have fun at the movie; I have to get back to work."

"Good luck with that."

Lindsay sat there and continued to drink her coffee; she was just about to leave when Danny rushed in.

"Hey sorry. Traffic was backed up for miles." He apologised. "And my cell battery died."

"Why were you out on Long Island anyway?"

"DNA had a hit on our suspect who is in a hospital in Long Island after he tried to walk into the ocean."

"Walk into the ocean?" Lindsay questioned.

"He started walking from the beach and walked out until the water covered his head. Then he got stung by a jellyfish."

"He tried to drown himself and got stung by a jellyfish."

"He also cut his foot on a broken glass bottle and got septicaemia."

"It really wasn't his day." Lindsay said.

"No. The Doctor's think he's going to be okay."

"Good."

"He also confessed."

"And now you have to wait until he's out of hospital and not under the influence of drugs to get a written confession."

"Something like that." Danny replied. "Are you ready to go?"

"Yes."

"So what are we going to see?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out later. The movie doesn't start for ninety minutes, let's go and grab something to eat first."

"Sounds good I'm starving."

TBC