Chapter 2- Discoveries
Standing outside the door to Trace Stella grabbed one of the white lab coats off of a peg on the wall as she pushed the door open. Lindsay, standing at one of the light tables laden with the victim's bikini, looked up when Stella walked into the room. Before Stella even made it to her side Lindsay automatically pulled a swivel chair with back support over next to the table. Used to seeing this done for her Stella sat down in the chair. Looking up at Lindsay Stella said, "Now I know what you went through here while you were pregnant, Lindsay. Danny probably talked to you constantly about what you should and shouldn't be doing to keep you safe." Giving a small smile Lindsay said, "Yeah and it got a little annoying after a while, but he was just worried about my health and safety. But I only had Danny to deal with; you have the whole team worrying about you and the baby. Everyone including myself just wants to make sure that you don't work too hard since you are so close to your due date." Sighing Stella replied, "I know, and I appreciate what you all are doing. I just feel like I can't do anything to help the team, and I'm going crazy just sitting at my desk all day long." Turning to the bikini on the table before Lindsay could say anything else and said, "You said on the phone Lindsay that you had something that I would want to see. So what do you got for me?" Getting back to work Lindsay lifted the bikini top from the table so that Stella could see it and said, "I swabbed the red stain on the bikini top and it tested positive for human blood. I then tested it and it does belong to our victim. I also ran the fingerprints that Danny got from the Jane Doe and I am running them through aphis. I should be getting results in a minute." Just then a load beep was heard and an image popped up on the screen of the computer on the table adjacent to theirs. As Lindsay went to see the results Stella experienced a sharp pain in her abdomen this time in her middle and lower areas. Not expecting to experience this Stella groaned from the pain. Turning quickly around with results in hand Lindsay asked, "Stella what's wrong?" Still grimacing from the pain Stella replied, "I had pain in my middle and lower abdomen, but I'm ok now, the pain is gone." Placing the results on the table Lindsay grabbed Stella's hand and asked, "Stella do you think it could have been a contraction?" With an unsure expression Stella said, "I don't know, maybe. But it was a short quick pain not a long one." Thinking of what Stella had said Lindsay said, "It sounds like it was a pre labor contraction. Do you want me to get Mac?" Rubbing her belly and shaking her head Stella said, "No, not yet. Let's wait and see what happens next. Maybe it's false labor." With raised eyebrows Lindsay retrieved the DNA results sheet from the table. Glancing at it Lindsay said, "Well thanks to the fingerprints we took from our victim we now know who she is…"Giving the results to Stella for her to read Lindsay continued, "Chelsea Harris, she's a swim suit model." Nodding to what Lindsay said Stella replied, "Ok, well that explains why she was wearing the swim suit but it still doesn't explain why she was in the parking deck." Shrugging Lindsay said, "I guess we'll have to add that question to the list of other questions we have to answer about this case." Stella began to nod at what she said and then stopped as she thought of something, looking up at Lindsay and said, "Call Sid in autopsy and let him know that we were able to ID the victim. Mac should be there with him. That way we can kill two birds with one stone, and tell both of them at the same time." With a nod Lindsay retrieved the phone from next to the computer and started to dial Sid's number. At that moment Adam came over to the table with result papers in hand and said, "I heard Lindsay talking of the stack of unanswered questions with this case, and I think I was able to answer one or two of them." After Stella gave him a quick nod to continue, Adam placed the papers on the table and said, "I ran trace on the fiber of the mysterious string, and I discovered that it is gimp string. Now that type of string is primarily used to make necklaces, bracelets, and other jewelry…" Ruffling through the papers Adam extracted one particular page and handed it to Stella, who looked at it and saw the crime scene photo of the bead that was found in the victim's wound. Pointing to the bead Adam said, "This bead is a crystal like bead. It's mainly used in certain crafts, gimp jewelry for one." With a confused expression on her face Stella asked, "…so the person who attacked Chelsea was wearing gimp jewelry?" With a slight nod Adam said, "Possibly, but our vic could have been wearing a gimp necklace, and it was cut and broken when her throat was slit. The attacker could have taken the rest of the necklace for a trophy or because it contained DNA." With a tiny smile on her face Stella nodded and said, "That's good work Adam."Right then Stella experienced another contraction, and moaned in pain as she grabbed her stomach. Dropping everything Adam and Lindsay surrounded Stella. Seeing the pain on her face Lindsay said, "It's the same pain as before isn't it Stella." Taking deep breaths to help her through the pain Stella nodded. Looking up at Adam Lindsay said, "Go get Hawkes we may need him." Not needing to be told twice Adam belted from the lab in search of Hawkes. Right then Stella felt something cool spread across her lap and down her legs. Reaching down to where she felt the coolness, Stella found that her pants were soaked. Understanding immediately what had happened Stella said, "Lindsay, have someone go get Mac, he's still talking to Sid up in Autopsy…My water just broke." That moment they heard footsteps walking down the hall, looking up Lindsay saw Danny walking next to the trace lab door. Not wasting any time Lindsay yelled, "DANNY!" Turning in the direction that he heard his name from Danny saw Lindsay trying to flag him down through the glass wall of the trace lab. From where he stood Danny could also see Stella bent over in pain while sitting in the chair next to Lindsay. Seeing the pain on Stella's face Danny wasted no time and immediately entered the trace lab. Squatting next to Stella Danny looked between the two of them while asking, "What's going on? Stella, you ok?" While waiting for someone to answer his questions Danny remembered something from when Lindsay was pregnant with Lucy…
Danny had just arrived at the hospital when Lindsay had been checked in to deliver their baby girl. Lindsay had just been assigned to a room and was just getting settled into the bed. Nervous as ever Danny kept bouncing on the balls of his feet as he stood at Lindsay's side next to the bed. Right then Danny froze in place as Lindsay yelped in pain and grabbed at her stomach. She was having a contraction, and Danny could see that it was extremely painful, and he didn't like seeing Lindsay in pain…
Not even waiting for a response from Lindsay or Stella Danny turned to Stella and said, "Stella, you're in labor, aren't you?" With an apologetic expression on her face Stella nodded. His suspicions revealed Danny grabbed Stella's free hand from the chair arm and squeezed it to give her support. Looking up at his wife Danny asked, "You yelled my name Linds, what did you need me to do?" Lindsay gave a quick look to Stella before looking at Danny and replied, "Go upstairs to autopsy. Mac's up there talking to Sid about the victim. Tell him that Stella's water broke and she's already in labor, and get him down here now." Back stepping to the door Danny asked, "Where's Doc?" Giving him a small smile Lindsay said, "Adam is getting him now. But we need Mac so go!" With Danny gone and the contraction having finished Stella looked to Lindsay and the bikini and asked, "Have you run any tests on the bathing suit bottoms, Lindsay?" Looking quickly from the bottoms to Stella Lindsay said, "Not yet but I did black light it and found semen stains. I was going to run the tests on it to see if I could find out whose semen it was." Stella nodded in response and started to rub her belly again…