"Men are idiots." Peyton handed Lindsay a cup of coffee from the vender down the block from the crime lab.

"What did Mac do?" Lindsay asked.

"I thought we were talking about Danny."

"It sounded like you had a complaint too."

"I'm a medical examiner, but having someone run out on you to a crime scene repeatedly gets annoying after a while." Peyton admitted. "But we were talking about Danny, not Mac Taylor."

"Men are idiots who think we can't take care of ourselves."

"They have a white knight complex." Peyton agreed. "The badge doesn't help."

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Hawkes was examining what Sid was showing him when Mac walked in.

"Where's Lindsay? I thought she was down here."

"Peyton took her to get coffee." Sid replied.

"Peyton did?" Mac questioned.

"She seemed somewhat irked."

"That's the polite way of putting it." Hawkes smirked. "I think Danny will be sleeping on the couch for a few days."

"Then perhaps it's best that she went for coffee." Mac said. "When she gets back can you tell her the jury went out in her case?"

"Sure." Hawkes replied. "You know he should have told her before it got this far."

"I think everyone including Danny knows that now." Mac stated.

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"Okay can you let me know if you hear from her?" Danny said as he pacing the living room of the apartment. "Okay thanks."

Lindsay had left the lab just before six while Danny had to stay and work on. He had gotten home to not find her there, or any sign of her even being there. He had tried to call her on her cell phone only for it to go straight to voice mail.

He had started calling everyone they knew in the city.

Flack had found out that Jenna had been in a bar all afternoon and was still there so she didn't have anything to do with Lindsay's disappearance.

The phone rang.

"Hello." Danny snatched it up.

"Danny, it's Stella. Have you found her yet?"

"No." Danny admitted.

"Do you want me to come over?"

"No." He replied. "But thanks for the offer."

"She probably just went somewhere to cool off." Stella offered helpfully.

"She couldn't call and tell me she's okay?" Danny asked.

"You hid something important from her, we all told you to tell her. She'll calm down in a few days, but for now you just have to be a patient."

"How can I be patient if she's disappeared? Do you know what kind of people are out there?" Danny asked.

"Yes." Stella replied.

"What if some psycho grabbed her?"

"Danny be rational."

"We see it all the time." Danny reminded her.

"Danny, I tried calling her cell phone and I got the voicemail too which means its probably off."

"Great." Danny muttered.

"I'm still at the lab would you like me to remotely turn it on and get a GPS fix?"

"Please." Danny requested.

"You're taking the heat for this if she gets annoyed."

"Fine." Danny agreed. "Call me back when you know where she is."

"I will."

"Thanks Stella."

TBC