Episode 8 (Faithful)
Lindsay's apartment
Lindsay awoke on her couch laying next to Danny
"Danny" Lindsay whispered
"Huh?" he asked slowly waking up
"You have to get out of here before Lucy wakes up" Lindsay said and his eyes opened
"What time is it?" Danny questioned
"6:30" Lindsay told him
"Nothing happened, who cares if she sees me?" Danny asked yawning
"She's four Danny she doesn't know the difference" Lindsay told him and he nodded and grabbed his keys "Thanks for talking to me last night"
"Anytime Montana" Danny said giving her a kiss on the head and opened the door
"Daddy?" Lucy asked walking out of her room rubbing her eyes
"Hey Luceybear" Danny smiled
"Why are you here so early?" Lucy asked
"I just wanted to have breakfast with you and your mom" Danny lied closing the door behind him
"Oh" Lucy said "I'm still sleepy"
"Well you have to get dressed so we can take you to school" Lindsay told her
"Alright" Lucy sighed "I'll go brush my teeth" Lucy said walking into the bathroom and Lindsay smiled and turned to Danny
"That was close" Lindsay laughed
"That was easy" Danny smiled proudly when Lindsay's phone went off
"Monroe?" she asked then after a few moments sighed and hung up
"Look into that" Danny told her then there was a knock at the door "Who the hell is coming here this early?" Danny asked annoyed opening the door because he was closest to it
"It's you" Jake said with a sigh
"What did I tell you last night?" Danny questioned annoyed "And what are you doing here so early?"
"I know Lindsay gets up early and she has an early shift so I bought breakfast over" Jake said with a bag in his hand
"Thanks" Danny said grabbing the bag of food and closing the door on him
"Danny" Lindsay warned as Danny walked into the kitchen Lindsay opened the door and stepped outside
"What's he doing here Lindsay?" Jake questioned
"That's not your business" Lindsay told him "And you can't just show up here, it will confuse Lucy"
"Look I'm trying to make things right here with you Lindsay we still have to work together" Jake reminded her
"I know and I'm sure we can be professional but that's it" Lindsay told him "I can't have someone like you in my life"
"What does that even me?" Jake asked her
"Someone I can't trust" Lindsay told him
"You used to trust me with everything" Jake told her softly
"That was my mistake" Lindsay told him "I have to get back inside, I'll see you later" then Lindsay walked back inside and saw Danny and Lucy eating the bagels Jake had bought over
"We saved you one mommy" Lucy smiled
"Thanks" Lindsay smirked when her phone went off again and she saw it was blocked number she sighed "Hello?" she asked
"That's different" the voice said then hung up
"What?" Danny asked
"Whoever it was finally spoke" Lindsay said taking a seat at the table
"What did they say?" Danny questioned
"That's different" Lindsay told him grabbing a bagel
"Probably some kids" Danny told her and she agreed
Crime Lab
Danny walked into the lab and into his office he found an envelope on his desk unmarked
"Hey Adam" Danny said as he saw Adam pass by "You put this here?"
"Um no" Adam said confused
"Alright never mind" Danny said then placed gloves on his hands and slowly opened the long envelope he pulled out a picture he carefully turned it over to see what the picture was and froze, it was a picture of Lindsay from the day she was abducted he stared at the picture for a few minutes, then placed it in a plastic evidence bag and walked to Mac's office
"Danny" Mac said looking up at him "You alright?"
"No" Danny said handing Mac the picture
"What's this?" Mac asked looking at the picture "Where did you get this?"
"I found it on my desk in an unmarked envelope on my desk" Danny told him "It just said Detective Danny Messer on it"
"Will dust it for prints" Mac told him "I'll handle it"
"No" Danny told him causing Mac to raise his eyebrows "You owe me this"
Mac had never said it but always felt the guilt of not letting Danny help during Lindsay's abduction. He wasn't sure if Danny would have found her in time but the question always haunted him: Would Lindsay have been saved from that nightmare if he would have let Danny help?
"Danny you know the rules" Mac told him
"Lindsay isn't my wife anymore" Danny pointed out "And this was directed at me and I want to know why, I wont make that same mistake again Mac"
"Fine" Mac said "Keep this between us though"
"Alright" Danny said nodding then left the office, he walked back into his office and saw Lindsay there
"Hey" Lindsay said "You got a new case?" Lindsay asked referring to the evidence bag in his hand
"No" Danny told her "Just helping Hawkes out on something"
"Oh if you need any help just ask" Lindsay offered
"Sure" Danny said politely then grabbed the envelope and left the office
Lucy's School
Lucy was outside playing with her friends when she saw Julia at the fence
"Hey Julia!" Lucy yelled waving and ran over to the fence
"Hey Luce" Julia smiled kneeling down to be eyelevel with her threw the fence
"I'm sorry you and my daddy had a fight last night, you're really nice" Lucy told her
"It's ok will make it better" Julia promised "There's someone I want you to meet"
"I can't leave the playground" Lucy told Julia seriously "I'll get in trouble"
"That's ok" the man said walking next to Julia
"Who is this?" Lucy asked Julia
"This is my brother" Julia said to Lucy
"Hi there Lucy" Calvin Troy said looking down at the little girl who stepped away from the fence "What's the matter?"
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers" Lucy told her
"Well my name's Calvin" Calvin smirked "And you already know Julia" he said pointing to his sister "See were not strangers anymore"
"I guess" Lucy shrugged
"Do you want to come for pizza with us?" Julia questioned
"Um-" Lucy started
"And then ice cream?" Julia added and Lucy smiled
"I love ice-cream" Lucy smiled
"Come on" Julia said nodding for Lucy to open the gate as she was about to a teacher walked over and Calvin turned around quickly
"Lucy Messer" the teacher said walking over "You know better then to talk to strangers"
"Oh it's ok Mrs. Kendall this is my dad's friend" Lucy said trying to assure her
"Well if that's true then they should know better then to come here like this" the older teacher said eyeing Julia and Calvin "Go inside Lucy" she instructed
"Bye Julia! Bye Calvin!" Lucy waved then ran inside
"I have a good mind to call the police" the teacher told Julia
"That would be silly since I'm dating Lucy's father who is a police officer" Julia said in a casual voice "Have a great day" Julia spat then walked off with Calvin
Crime Scene
Lindsay was at a crime scene with Stella taking photos
"This is nice" Stella mumbled looking around the trashed apartment
"This is going to take all day" Lindsay mumbled at Stella who smiled
"Hey stop complaining" Flack warned both Stella and Lindsay "It could be worse"
"Aren't you Mr. Optimistic" Stella mocked
"Hey it's a good day" Flack replied cheerfully
"Someone's got a new girlfriend" Lindsay smirked taking her final picture of the body and placing her camera down
"I resent that" Flack said trying to be a serious
"It's too bad not everyone can be like Flack" Stella mocked looking at Lindsay
"What about Chavo?" Flack asked Stella who narrowed her eyes at him
"Charlie" Stella corrected and Flack shrugged "I haven't seen him in over a week"
"Fine" Flack surrendered "Jake" he said to Lindsay who also narrowed her eyes at him
"Flack" Stella scolded
"What?" Flack questioned "In case you two have forgotten I work at the police station so I don't keep up with the CSI's gossip"
"Jake and I are over" Lindsay told him casually
"That's a shame" Flack said to her
"Why didn't you like him?" Lindsay asked
"Because as Danny's senior friend I have to take his side" Flack shrugged "Sorry Linds"
"Uh-huh" Lindsay said then her phone went off "Monroe"
"Ms. Monroe this is Lucy's teacher Mrs. Kendall, I would like it if you and Lucy's father would both pick Lucy up from school today we had an incident on the playground earlier and it's important to talk about it"
"Is Lucy alright?" Lindsay asked alarmed
"She's fine, it was minor but important" Mrs. Kendall told her
"Her father is supposed to be picking her up today but I'll try to get there as well" Lindsay told her
"Thank you, see you later" Mrs. Kendall said hanging up
"Everything alright?" Stella questioned
"There was a problem with Lucy today" Lindsay said looking at her watch "She wants to see me and Danny both when we pick her up
"So go" Stella said to her
"I can't leave you with this awful scene" Lindsay told her
"It's fine I'll all Adam" Stella insisted "Go"
"Thanks" Lindsay said walking to the door
"Good luck" Stella said and Lindsay nodded
Lucy's School
Lindsay was walking into the school and saw Danny
"Hey you got that phone call too huh?" Danny questioned as he opened the school door for her
"Yea" Lindsay said to him "I wonder what happened" she said as they walked to Lucy's class room where they saw her playing and the teacher at her desk
"Mr. Messer, Ms. Monroe" Mrs. Kendall said standing shaking their hands
"Hi mommy and daddy!" Lucy waved from the back of the room
"Please take a seat" Mrs. Kendall said and they did
"What's this all about?" Lindsay asked the teacher
"Today during recess Lucy was approached at the fence" Mrs. Kendall started
"What?" Danny asked quickly "Did you call the police?"
"Well there was a women and a man and Lucy claim's to have known them" Mrs. Kendall said "Your friend Julia and her brother"
"What?" Danny asked her "Are you sure?"
"That's what Lucy said" Mrs. Kendall said "But it's important that your friends know not to approach the school's fence or I will have to notify the police"
"I understand" Danny said confused, why would Julia be by Lucy's school when she lived a way from there
"You said and her brother?" Lindsay asked
"Yes and normally I'm not judgmental" Mrs. Kendall started "But he looked very unsavory"
"Do you know her brother?" Lindsay asked Danny
"I didn't even know she had a brother" Danny told her then Lucy walked over
"Am in trouble?" Lucy asked
"Luce who was at the fence today?" Danny asked his daughter
"Julia" Lucy smiled "She's very nice"
"Was that it?" Danny asked her
"Her brother too, he seemed nice but looked scare" Lucy told him
"What was his name?" Danny asked, he felt bad interrogating his daughter but it was for her own good
"I-" Lucy said trying to remember "I don't remember"
"What did Julia say to you?" Lindsay now asked
"Well I can't remember everything but I do remember she wanted to take me for pizza and ice cream with her brother" Lucy said to them
"What?" Danny said "She wanted you to leave the school?"
"Yea she asked me to open the fence so I could go with them" Lucy told them
"Lucy never do that" Lindsay told her sternly "You know the rules"
"But Julia isn't a stranger I know her" Lucy argued
"Look Luce" Danny started "You don't leave the school unless a family member is here. Me, your mom, grandma or grandpa"
"What about Uncle Flack or Uncle Mac?" Lucy asked "They've gotten me from school too"
"Yea that's fine" Danny said "But no one else- ever" Danny told her sternly
"But she's your friend I was trying to be nice" Lucy said
"I understand that Lucy but those are the rules" Danny told her
"He's right Luce" Lindsay said to her
"I'm sorry" Lucy said
"It's alright" Lindsay said giving her daughter a reassuring smile
"I'm glad we got this all cleared up" Mrs. Kendall announced
"Thank you" Lindsay said shaking her hand "For informing us"
"It's my job" Mrs. Kendall smiled "And I had a feeling you two would have wanted to know"
"Yes" Danny said shaking her hand as well "Let's go kiddo" He said to Lucy who grabbed her bag
"Danny" Lindsay said in a whisper to him as they walked out of the school
"I'll take care of it" Danny assured her "Just take Lucy back to the lab with you for a little and I'll pick her up from there"
"You sure?" Lindsay questioned
"Yea" Danny said then Lindsay and Lucy walked in one direction and Danny in another
Crime Lab
Lindsay was in her office with Lucy when Flack walked in
"Is it ok if I say hi to Uncle Flack?" Lucy asked almost mocking and Lindsay just gave her a look
"What's going on?" Flack asked walking in
"I'm in trouble" Lucy said not looking at him but her mother
"I'm over here kiddo" Flack said with a laugh
"I don't know if you're a stranger" Lucy said still looking at her mother "I'm confused" she said with a shrug
"Lucy" Lindsay warned
"How about I buy you a drink in the break room?" Flack questioned
"I don't know" Lucy said still looking at her mom
"Go" Lindsay said and Lucy huffed and jumped out of the chair and out of the office
"She gets that from Danny" Flack snorted following her out and across the way to the break room, Flack went to the vending machine and got her a grape juice
"So what happened kiddo?" Flack asked as they took seats
"Ok so I was at school right?" Lucy started and Flack nodded "And dad's friend Julia came to say and wanted to take me for pizza and ice-cream"
"Ok" Flack said not following
"She was with her brother and they asked me to leave during recess" Lucy said to him and Flack nodded slowly
"Oh" Flack said "You should never go off with people you don't know"
"But I know Julia" Lucy sighed "She's super nice"
"You know her brother?" Flack countered
"I met him" Lucy shrugged
"When?" Flack asked
"When he came over to the fence" Lucy told him
"Look" Flack started "It's not your fault you didn't know any better"
"That's what my mom keeps saying" Lucy said to him
"Julia should have known better" Flack told her "And it's important to know that you not talk to anyone let alone leave school with anyone you don't know, even if it's Julia and her brother. If your parents thought it was ok they would have said so"
"I hope I didn't get Julia in trouble" Lucy said to him
"Don't worry about that" Flack said to her "She's the grown up"
"All these rules" Lucy sighed "I can't wait until I'm old enough to make my own rules"
"Rules are set to protect you" Flack reminded her "It's important to listen to your mom and dad"
"Yea, yea you always take there side" Lucy sighed and he laughed
"That's not true I argue with your dad plenty" Flack told her
"And mom?" Lucy questioned
"Never" Flack said in a whisper and Lucy giggled
"Daddy argued with Julia last night" Lucy said to him "And now she can't be my friend. Does this mean Jake can't be my friend either?"
"Why?" Flack questioned
"Because he was kissing another girl yesterday Uncle Flack!" Lucy told him and Flack raised an eyebrow
"Really" Flack said, he always got good gossip out of Lucy "Tell me everything" he smiled at Lucy
Julia's apartment
Julia was in her living room when she heard loud knocking, she opened the door and Danny stormed in
"Come on in" Julia mocked
"What were you thinking?" Danny asked her "I really would love to know"
"What are you talking about?" Julia asked playing stupid
"Showing up at Lucy's school" Danny reminded her looking her in the eye "With your brother, trying to get her to leave school and leave with you? What were you planning on doing?" he asked raising his voice
"I'm not a kidnapper Danny" Julia spat at him "I was taking a walk with my brother and we passed by the school and saw Lucy, I thought she was out for the day"
"So you thought taking her out without telling me was ok?" Danny questioned
"I was going to call you but her teacher who is rude by the way came over and told me to get lost" Julia told him "I didn't see any harm"
"You're not stupid" Danny told her "I didn't even know you had a brother"
"There's a lot about me you don't know" Julia told him "Because you never cared to ask" she said as he rolled his eyes slightly "I'm sorry if this upset you or Lucy"
"If you ever come near Lucy or her school again I'll have you arrested" Danny said then stormed out of her apartment, once Julia was sure he was gone she locked the door and Calvin walked out
"Wow" Calvin laughed "He was pissed"
"He's very protective of Lucy" Julia told him "I hope he doesn't start looking into me now"
"He wont, you were believable" Calvin assured her
"Really?" Julia questioned "He basically accused me of trying to abduct his kid!"
"Well isn't that what you were going to do?" Calvin asked with a laugh
"I didn't expect complications" Julia told him "If she remembers your name or tells Danny and Lindsay what you look like we're screwed"
"You worry to much" Calvin said to her "I didn't really want to take the kid anyway"
"You have standards now?" Julia mocked
"Funny" Calvin replied "And yes. Will just focus on Lindsay for now. Did you get that letter delivered?"
"Yea" Julia said "Was it a letter?"
"No but you know what they say, a picture says a thousands words" Calvin smirked
Crime Lab
Danny walked into the lab and saw Lucy in the break room talking to Flack, he smiled slightly as he watched threw the glass as Lucy was clearly telling Flack some story and her arms were waving and she was jumping around
"Danno" Flack said as Danny walked in "Your daughter is a talker, like you"
"Wiseass" Danny mumbled "Get lost so I can talk to my kid, I don't need you influencing her anymore" he joked
"Fine, fine" Flack said standing up
"See you around kiddo" Flack said ruffling her hair
"Bye Uncle Flack!" Lucy yelled then turned to her father "I'm sorry Daddy I was wrong"
"It wasn't your fault" Danny told her "But you have to understand that your mom and I love you very much and if anything were to happen to you it would make us feel terrible that's why you have rules"
"I know that" Lucy said nodding
"If you ever see Julia again, if she tries to talk to you or shows up at your school go right to your teacher ok?" Danny asked
"Is Julia bad?" Lucy asked "Because I thought she was your friend"
"She was my friend but we had an argument and she isn't anymore" Danny informed his young daughter
"So she can't be my friend?" Lucy asked
"No kiddo she can't" Danny told her "I'm sorry"
"It's ok" Lucy shrugged "I'll make new friends"
"Now that is a Messer trait, bouncing right back" Danny told her proudly
Lindsay/Danny office
"Hey" Flack said walking in "Lucy's with Danny"
"Oh good" Lindsay said to him "Sorry I had to leave earlier"
"Hey I heard all about it" Flack said to her "Lucy filled me in on Julia"
"What was she thinking?" Lindsay asked Flack
"I don't know Linds" Flack told her "But I'm sure Danny took care of it"
"You don't think she would have hurt Lucy do you?" Lindsay asked
"No I don't" Flack told her honestly "But her behavior was suspicious"
"I don't get it" Lindsay sighed
"I heard about Jake and the other women" Flack told her
"From who?" Lindsay asked surprised
"Your daughter is the gossip queen" Flack smirked "Sorry about him"
"It's ok, better to find out now then later" Lindsay told him "He showed up at my place this morning"
"Really? That's gutsy" Flack noted
"I don't know I feel bad" Lindsay told him "Danny and I introduced Lucy to Jake and Julia and look how that turned out. This was what I was afraid of"
"Lucy is a tough kid" Flack assured her "She'll bounce back"
"She shouldn't have to" Lindsay told him
"You know I think it's great even though you and Danny are divorced you two get along so well, you're still friends and Lucy isn't around tension and has both her parents as a constant in her life" Flack told her "You should be real proud of that"
"Thanks" Lindsay smiled "You always make me feel better"
"It's why I'm here" Flack said
"Flack can I talk to you about Hawkes' case?" Danny asked and Flack nodded and followed Danny out into the AV room
"You're not on that case" Flack said to him "And either am I"
"Yea well it's not about the case" Danny told him handing him the picture
"What's this?" Flack asked looking at the image "Where did you get this?" he said seriously then looked up at Danny
"It arrived for me this morning, it was already on my desk" Danny told him "Mac wanted to keep this between us but I need you to look into mail men that deliver here that's the only way this could have came threw"
"Yea I'm on it" Flack said handing him back the picture "What do you think it means?"
"I means someone is trying to get to me" Danny told him
Lindsay's Apartment
Calvin Troy walked around Lindsay's apartment, he knew he had some time before Lindsay and Lucy arrived home. He picked up a picture that in a frame of Lindsay and Lucy then put it back down. He then walked into Lindsay's room and opened up her jewelry box he saw her wedding ring and picked it up then put it in his pocket, he carefully closed the jewelry box and left it where he found it. He then picked up a date book that was on Lindsay's nightstand and took that as well.
"Miss. Monroe" Calvin sighed taking a seat on the bed "It's been a long time" he said to himself then after a moment stood up and left the apartment