"You two look a little blue." Sid commented when they made it to the morgue.
"You try standing outside in weather that with wind chill is below freezing and you'd look a little blue too." Lindsay told him.
"She doesn't do well in cold weather without a thick coat, hat and gloves." Stella pointed out.
"It's only practical." Lindsay shrugged. "And it usually a lot colder in Montana. It's standing beside that much water with the threat of a giant walrus coming after me."
"So what can I tell us about our vic?" Stella inquired.
"Normally I would have a problem declaring him dead because…."
"You have to be warm and dead." Lindsay finished for him.
"Exactly, but in this case you're in luck he was dead before he went in the water."
"Please tell me that the walruses didn't have anything to do with it, I'm really not in the mood to go and take tusk impressions." Lindsay shivered.
"Not unless they learnt how to use a small calibre gun since the last time I saw one."
"He was shot?" Stella questioned.
"Three times to the chest."
"That grouping is the way law enforcement are taught to shoot." Lindsay commented.
"Have you extracted the bullets yet?" Stella inquired.
"I've just x-rayed him. I thought you might want to process the body first."
"Thanks Sid."
"It will give him a chance to warm up and then I'll take fingerprints for you."
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"I see you weren't eaten by a walrus then." Hawkes remarked when he saw Lindsay later.
"Obviously not."
"No pneumonia or frostbite?" Hawkes inquired.
"I don't think so. Why?"
"Danny seemed highly concerned that you and Stella would catch pneumonia."
"I'm fine, a little cold and wishing someone could invent practical insulated latex gloves."
"That actually sounds like a good idea." Hawkes said.
"If you get around to inventing them, I want a cut of the profits."
"Deal."
"I've got to go and run our John Doe's prints through the system, I'll see you later."
"Okay." Hawkes replied.
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Lindsay pulled on her hat, wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck and pulled her gloves on. It had started snowing heavily during the day.
"You look nice and snug." Stella commented.
"I'm going to go home and curl up with a hot water bottle."
"You know human hot water bottles work better, skin to skin contact."
"I have no idea where Danny is."
"Doesn't it snow in Montana?"
"There are ski slopes; I grew up bundling up against the cold. But New York is a giant wind tunnel."
"True." Stella agreed. "Well keep warm."
Lindsay sneezed.
"And don't catch a cold." Stella added.
"I'll see you in the morning."
"Have a nice evening."
"You too."
Lindsay left the building and after a few minutes managed to hail a cab.
When she got home she took a hot bath and changed into her warm pyjamas and a thick pair of Danny's socks.
She curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, a hot water bottle and a blanket and watched some made for TV movie that was on.
TBC