Episode 8 (Hiding)
Crime Lab
Lindsay was running some tests in the lab when Stella walked in
"Hey kiddo" Stella smiled "Got anything for me?"
"Found a hair sample on the clothing you gave me, no match though" Lindsay told her
"Great" Stella remarked "How's Lucy?"
"You heard about that?" Lindsay asked
"Yea" Stella said "Danny seemed pretty upset"
"It's not his fault" Lindsay told her "I don't know what her intentions were but I'm sure they weren't bad"
"Yea" Stella said slightly "Where is Danny?"
"He took Lucy home" Lindsay told her
"How about we go grab some dinner?" Stella asked "It's been a while since we had a girls night out"
"Sure" Lindsay smiled "It's not like I'm getting anywhere here"
"Come on" Stella said nodding towards the door and Lindsay followed her out
Danny's Apartment
Lucy was on the floor playing with her dolls while Danny was looking threw paperwork, still trying to figure out who sent him that picture earlier when someone knocked at the door. Danny stood up and found Mac standing outside
"Hey Mac" Danny said stepping aside letting him in
"Hi Uncle Mac!" Lucy smiled waving from the living room
"Hey Lucy" Mac smiled "You got a minute?" he asked Danny who nodded and they walked into the kitchen "I looked into security cameras for the entrance of the lab this morning, seeing if anyone caught my eye" Mac said then handed Danny a file, he opened and saw a security picture
"Did you know she was at the lab earlier?" Mac questioned
" No" Danny said looking at a picture of Julia who was wearing dark glasses and a hat "But she used to just show up"
"While you were working" Mac pointed out
"She showed up at Lucy's school today" Danny confided in Mac
"Why?" Mac questioned
"She tried to get Lucy to leave with her during recess" Danny told him and Mac looked concerned "She wasn't alone either, she was with her brother who I never met"
"That's odd" Mac said to him "How did you handle it?"
"I talked to her, she said it was all innocent" Danny told him "I believed her but told her not to come near Lucy again. But why would she leave me this picture? I never told her about Lindsay, how could she have known?"
"That's a good question" Mac said to him "I'm not saying she did it, it's just odd she showed up that early and left before you arrived. Did she mention she stopped by the lab?"
"No" Danny told him
"I'm going to have Flack look into her" Mac told him
"It's just-" Danny started "We were together for a while I can't see her doing any of this stuff"
"Is there anything else odd going on?" Mac questioned "With you or Lindsay?"
"No, no" Danny said trying to think "I mean Lindsay's been getting these calls and hang ups but she doesn't really think that much about it"
"You said Julia had a brother" Mac started "Any idea who he is?"
"No, she's never mentioned him but in all fairness she could have and I just don't remember" Danny told him
"No idea what he looks like?" Mac asked and Danny shrugged
"Lucy saw him today" Danny told him "She doesn't remember his name but maybe she can remember what he looks like" he told him "Hey Luce" Danny yelled and she came running in
"You called?" Lucy asked smiling causing Danny to grin he picked her up and placed her on the counter "Am I in trouble again?"
"No Lucy" Danny said "Uncle Mac and I were just wondering if you could remember what Julia's brother looked like since you can't remember his name"
"Um" Lucy said thinking "He was big" she told them
"That's very good" Mac smirked "Anything else? Did he have long hair or short hair"
"No hair" Lucy told him
"He was bald?" Mac asked
"Well no" Lucy said and Danny sighed "He had some hair"
"Like a buzzed hair cut?" Danny asked and she nodded
"He also had lots of tattoo's" Lucy told him
"Where were his tattoo's?" Mac asked
"On his arms and neck" Lucy told him "I remember that because I wanted to ask if it hurt"
"Anything else?" Mac asked
"No" Lucy shrugged
"Alright thanks Luce" Mac said and Danny helped her off the counter and she ran back to the living room "I'm going to check into this"
"Alright thanks Mac" Danny said walking him out
Diner
Lindsay and Stella were at a diner eating and talking
"So how's it going with Danny?" Stella questioned
"Fine" Lindsay replied casually "He actually wants to give our marriage another try"
"That's huge" Stella noted "What did you say?"
"No" Lindsay told her "Just not yet"
"What's holding you back? You and Danny are clearly still in love" Stella said to her
"We are and I do love him" Lindsay told her "I just don't have closure yet I guess"
"I see" Stella said nodding "Maybe Danny can help you with that"
"I don't know" Lindsay said taking a sip of her coffee
"He would walk threw fire for you Linds" Stella told her
"Now that he knows I'm afraid he looks at me differently" Lindsay told her
"Has he?"
"No" Lindsay admitted "He's been really great supportive"
"Because he cares about you" Stella told her "The only thing that caused you to leave Danny was this secret and it's out now, there's nothing keeping you from him. I mean isn't that what you want?"
"It is, I want to be with Danny" Lindsay admitted
"So what's holding you back?" Stella questioned again
"I don't know" Lindsay told her
"Not a good enough answer" Stella smirked
Danny's apartment
Danny was in the living room looking threw the same files he was staring at for the last four hours and still nothing stuck out to him. Lucy was long a sleep in his room when he heard a light knock at the door. He looked at his watch and it was almost one in the morning and stood up and answered
"Montana" Danny smirked "You alright?"
"Yea" Lindsay said "Can I come in?"
"Yea" Danny said letting her and closing the door behind her as he turned around to face her she pulled him into a kiss for a few minutes Danny didn't pull back then finally did "What's going on?"
"I want to work on this" Lindsay told him "Us, our family. I want this to work"
"You sure?" Danny asked pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear
"Yea" Lindsay said nodding "I love you Danny" she told him "And I'm happier with you then when I'm not. We're great together"
"It's like I told you right before we got married" Danny reminded her "We make sense"
"We do" Lindsay said agreeing then Danny pulled her into another kiss it started to heat up and get more passionate
"Linds" Danny mumbled pulling away slightly "There's no going back if we don't stop"
"I don't want to go back" Lindsay replied then pulled him to a kiss they stumbled quietly into Danny's bedroom
Crime Lab
Mac was in his office well after one in the morning trying to look into Julia when Flack walked in
"Don't you go home?" Flack teased entering Mac's office
"You got something for me or are you here to mock me?" Mac questioned half serious
"I got nothing on the mail guys, they didn't see anyone mess with the mail" Flack told him taking a seat "What are you thinking?"
"Danny's girlfriend" Mac started "Her name is Julia Smithson right?"
"Right" Flack said "Why?"
"She was here that morning then at Lucy's school" Mac told him
"She's worth looking into then" Flack told him
"She doesn't exist" Mac told him "There is two Julia Smithson's that live out here and one of them is eighty-two and the other is eight years old"
"That's odd" Flack said
"Where did Danny meet her?" Mac asked him
"The gym" Flack told him "She was new in town and just started going there, you sure she's not in the system?"
"Yea I'm sure" Mac told him
"What's her connection? What is she after?" Flack asked Mac
"I don't know" Mac told him "But I will find out"
Danny's Apartment (next day)
Lindsay woke up in Danny's bed with is arms wrapped around her
"Morning" Danny said as he watched her slowly open her eyes
"Morning" Lindsay replied back with a smile
"No dreams that I left before you woke up?" Danny teased
"Nah" Lindsay smiled "Last night was-"
"great?" Danny questioned
"I was going to say unforgettable but great will work too" Lindsay said to him "Lucy still sleeping?"
"You kidding me? It's Saturday she wont be up until at least 11" Danny smirked "And its only 6" Danny said rolling over Lindsay "We've got some time to kill"
"We've got sometime to make up for too" Lindsay replied as Danny leaned in kissed her, then his phone went off
"Don't answer it" Lindsay said as Danny glanced at his phone and pulled him back into the kiss, but the phone kept going off
"Sorry" he mumbled rolling off of Lindsay and reached over for his phone
"Messer" Danny said into the phone
"Danny" Mac said "Sorry to wake you but we've got some new developments I need you down at the lab asap"
"All right I'll be there" Danny said to him then hung up
"Mac?" Lindsay asked
"Yea he needs some help at the office" Danny said sighing falling back on his pillow "Sorry"
"It's ok" Lindsay shrugged
"Tonight will do something" Danny told her "Just you and me"
"That sounds great" Lindsay smiled
"Lucy can stay with my Ma" Danny told her
"Your mom will be ok with that?" Lindsay asked
"Yea as long as I tell her it's because you and I are going out, she will be thrilled" Danny laughed
"Ok" Lindsay said as Danny got out of bed and grabbed some clothes and headed into the shower
Danny came out of the shower a little later and saw Lindsay in one of his shirts pouring coffee
"I hope you don't mind" Lindsay said "I don't really have anything here"
"I don't mind" Danny said seriously as Lindsay handed him coffee and he took a few sips "Thanks but I have to go"
"Alright" Lindsay nodded and Danny leaned and kissed her goodbye "I'm glad this happened"
"Me too" Lindsay said to him as he smirked then walked out the door
Crime Lab
Danny quickly walked off the elevator and into Mac's office
"Danny take a seat" Mac instructed and he did so
"What's going on Mac?" Danny asked
"Your girlfriend doesn't exist" Mac told him
"Excuse me?" Danny asked confused
"Julia Smithson isn't that women's real name" Mac told him
"What does that mean?" Danny asked
"It means she's been playing you" Mac told him "Lying to you"
"I don't-" Danny started and Adam walked in
"Hey sorry to interrupt but this package was left on your desk Danny" Adam said handing it to Danny
"Thanks" Danny mumbled and Adam left he carefully opened the envelope only this time it wasn't a picture it was an item
"What is that?" Mac asked
"It's Lindsay's wedding ring" Danny said
"You sure?" Mac asked
"Yea I'm sure I bought them" Danny said examining it "Lindsay keeps this in her place, someone must have went in and took it"
"Is Lindsay home now?" Mac asked slightly alarmed
"No" Danny told him "She's at my place so is Lucy"
"Did she see anything last night?" Mac asked not catching on that Lindsay was there the entire night
"I don't think she went home at all last night" Danny told him quietly
"Oh" Mac said catching on "Well I guess it's a good thing her and Lucy weren't home"
"I don't like this Mac" Danny said "Julia was in Lindsay's house last night? How did she get in?"
"I'm not saying this is Julia" Mac told him "You said she didn't know about what happened to Lindsay right?"
"Yea" Danny said agreeing
"Someone could have put her up to this" Mac told him "Maybe her brother"
"Did you find anything out about him?" Danny questioned
"Nothing since I don't even know who she is" Mac told him "Flack went to her place earlier and it was empty, no sign of her"
"Julia left some things at my place, like a brush" Danny started "I'll try to get something where I can run it for testing"
"Good idea" Mac said
"I'm going to have to tell Lindsay" Danny told him putting his head in his hands "I don't want her and Lucy by themselves if someone can access her apartment so easily"
"I agree" Mac told him "Let me know what you find"
"Yea" Danny said
"I'll see if I can get anything off the ring" Mac said taking the ring from Danny
Danny's Apartment
Danny walked back into his apartment and found Lindsay in Lucy's room getting her ready
"Hey daddy" Lucy smiled
"Back already?" Lindsay asked
"Yea I have to talk to you" Danny said to her "Luce stay in here alright?"
"Ok" Lucy shrugged and Lindsay followed Danny into the living room
"This can't be good" Lindsay remarked
"It's not" Danny said to her "You should sit"
"Ok" Lindsay said taking a seat
"Yesterday I received a picture" Danny started "Of you"
"Ok" Lindsay said
"No not ok" Danny said to her "It was a picture of you from the time you were abducted"
"Oh" Lindsay said
"That's not all" Danny said to her
"I didn't think so" Lindsay said "Tell me"
"Mac thinks Julia sent it to me" Danny told her
"Why would she do that? How would she even have a picture like that?" Lindsay asked
"I don't know but we looked into her and there's nothing on her. Her name is fake and she left her apartment, Flack is trying to track her down" Danny told her "This morning I got another package it was your wedding ring"
"My wedding ring?" Lindsay questioned "That's at my place in my jewelry box there's no way she could have gotten it, are you sure its mine"
"Yea I'm sure" Danny told her "Mac thinks she's working with someone she knows to much"
"Ca-" Lindsay started
"Linds" Danny interrupted her
"Come on Danny" Lindsay sighed as Danny walked into the kitchen
"It has to be him" Lindsay told him "He had a camera that day" Lindsay told him "He probably paid this women to enter your life to get closer to you and my daughter he's not going to stop. The phone calls I was getting were probably him too"
"Lindsay" Danny started
"We need to be realistic here" Lindsay said to him
"You and Lucy are going to stay here until I figure this out" Danny told her "Until I can find out who she is-"
"It's Ca-" Lindsay started again
"Don't say his name" Danny said to her softly "Just don't go there"
"Calvin Troy is doing this Danny" Lindsay told him he just looked her "He has something against me and he's trying to get to you and my daughter"
"He's been gone for to long" Danny argued he didn't want to imagine the idea of this man coming back into their lives. He has never hated someone more, and he never talked about him. Never spoke his name and never thought about him.
"It's the perfect time everyone's guard is down" Lindsay told him "You need to get out of here"
"I do?" Danny questioned "You do and Lucy"
"Danny he's trying to punish me- I don't know why" Lindsay said to him
"I'm not running Linds" Danny told her bluntly "If it happens to be-" He started but couldn't say his name "If it happens to be this guy then I'll deal with him"
"Oh my god Danny" Lindsay sighed "Julia's brother she bought to the school it was him" she said and realization hit both of them. Lucy gave a description of the man that was with Julia and it wasn't much but it did sound like it could be Calvin "He was near our daughter, he tried to take my daughter" she said with tears
"He didn't" Danny told her "And he wont, you and Lucy are going to be safe I promise you I will protect you with everything I have" he said putting his hands on her shoulders
"Why is he coming back? He got what he wanted" Lindsay said "He completely ruined me and broke me. Did he sense I was starting to piece my life back together?"
"He can't take anything away from you anymore" Danny told her "I'll make sure of it"
Then Lucy walked out of her room
"Sorry but I need the bathroom" Lucy smiled
"Lucy" Lindsay said and Lucy walked over
"You're crying" Lucy frowned
"It's ok" Lindsay assured her putting on a smile "You said you couldn't remember the name of the man with Julia right?"
"Right" Lucy said nodding
"Was his name Charlie?" Lindsay started and she shook her head no "Was it David?" again shook her head no "What about Calvin" then Lucy smiled
"That was it!" Lucy said "Calvin"
"Are you sure Lucy?" Danny asked seriously
"A hundred percent" Lucy said to them "It was driving me crazy not remembering! Thanks mommy" she said giving her mom a kiss then ran into the bathroom
"He's known everything that was going on" Lindsay said to Danny who didn't say anything "You couldn't have known" she said to him
"I should have" Danny said to her then walked over to a drawer and pulled out a hairbrush that was Julia's he placed it in a bag
"I'm going to take this to the lab" Danny told her "But I'm going to call Flack and have him send some cops over"
"Danny-" Lindsay started
"Don't argue with me Lindsay" Danny told her sternly
"Ok" Lindsay said
Crime Lab
Danny was waiting on the results of Julia's hair sample when Flack walked in
"Hey I've got two uniformed cops in your building and two outside of it" Flack told him
"Thanks" Danny mumbled looking at the screen
"Talk to me here Danny" Flack encouraged "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking" Danny started "That I let a dangerous women into my life, into my daughter's life. She may or may not be related to a man that abducted my wife, I should have arrested her when she tried to take Lucy from school, I should have caught on to the fact that she never told me anything about her past, I shouldn't have let Lindsay leave me last year, I should have helped in her search and mostly I'm thinking what I'm going to do when I find this guy"
"Killing him wont change what happened" Flack told him
"But it would make me feel so much better" Danny told him seriously then results came off the screen "Jessica Troy" Danny mumbled then punched the table "Sister to-" he started then stopped "She tried to take my kid Flack" He told him "She was going to leave my daughter with the man that raped my wife!" Danny yelled
"We're looking for her Dan" Flack told him
"It's not good enough!" Danny yelled "They can be anywhere"
"You need to talk a few minutes" Flack warned him "And think"
"I spoke to my mom" Danny told him "They're going to take Lucy to Florida to see my aunt"
"That's good" Flack said "I'll make sure they have police protection there as well"
"Lindsay wont go" Danny told him taking a seat "She wont run she said"
"We can watch out for her" Flack said
"Because that worked out so well last time" Danny shot at him then sighed "I didn't mean it like that" Danny said knowing the amount of guilt Flack and Mac both carried around about Lindsay's abduction
"It's alright" Flack said "You're right. But I wont make the same mistakes twice"
"Me either" Danny said
"Will get this guy" Flack assured him
"He's been in Lindsay's apartment" Danny said to him "He took her ring, he went threw her things" he said in a dangerously low voice "He's still toying with her, I just don't get why. What is it about Lindsay that is making him come back? It's odd"
"There's got to be more to the story" Flack said to him
Somewhere in New York
Julia entered a dirty apartment building and entered her brother's place
"The police were at my place" Julia told her brother "They're on to us"
"So?" Calvin questioned
"So? So?" Julia mocked "This has to stop Calvin! It's just not worth it! All the years hating Danny isn't worth you dying"
"Who says I'm going to die?" Calvin questioned
"Danny knows you were going to take his daughter, he knows what you did to Lindsay" Julia said in a low voice "I didn't sign up for this"
"You can't back out now" Calvin warned her "We're almost done"
"What are you thinking?" Julia asked
"I was going threw Lindsay's date book" Calvin said holding it up "Who is Jake?"
"Um" Julia said thinking "Some cop she was dating but they ended things"
"Uh-huh" Calvin said nodding
"Look I'm scared here, I don't want to go to jail" Julia pleaded with him
"I'll protect you" Calvin said to her
"What are you going to do?" Julia asked
"You know when I took Lindsay the first time I was expecting to see Messer" Calvin admitted "I had no idea he would chicken out, I thought he would have jumped threw hops of fire for her but he never showed up"
"He was recovering from a gun shot wound he could barley walk" Julia told him
"Yea so I hear" Calvin smirked "But that wouldn't have stopped me"
"He had orders" Julia told him
"Is Messer in good health now?" Calvin questioned
"Yea" Julia said to him
"See at first I thought I could grab the kid maybe that would be enough motivation for him to come after me" Calvin said to his sister
"It would have been" Julia told him
"But Lindsay" Calvin said with a smile "She is so much more fun"
"He's crazy about her" Julia told him "It's like ever since she's left him he loves her even more- it's weird"
"Yea well I was watching Messer's apartment last night" Calvin told her "Lindsay was there"
"Not surprised" Julia remarked bitterly
"You're not jealous now are you?" Calvin asked with a smile "You seeing Messer was just to get me information"
"I'm not jealous" Julia spat "I'm just annoyed that's what he's been hoping for. His little family to be put back together"
"When I saw Lindsay there I knew she was still Danny's weak spot" Calvin informed her "She looked good too" he added with a wink
"Yea she's perfect" Julia remarked sarcastically "Everyone just falls all over themselves for her. She's a great CSI, a great mom, a great detective, a great person- I'm sick of all of it"
"I'll take care of Lindsay" Calvin told her
"Like you did last time?" Julia asked
"Possibly" Calvin said to her
Airport
Danny walked threw the airport and saw Lindsay with Danny's parents
"Daniel" Maria sighed giving Danny a hug "Don't you worry will take good care of your little girl"
"I know you will Ma" Danny said to her "Thank you for doing this"
"That's what family is for" Maria assured her son "You take care of yourself"
"I will" Danny promised
"Why do I have to go?" Lucy asked Lindsay and Danny walked over to them
"Because your Aunt Nina misses you" Lindsay told her
"Luce you need to be a good girl on this trip ok?" Danny asked "Whatever Grandma or Grandpa says goes ok?"
"I know" Lucy sighed "Why can't you two come also?"
"We have to work" Lindsay told her
"Ok" Lucy frowned
"But I will call you everyday" Lindsay promised
"We have to go now, they're boarding" Maria told them and Danny nodded
"Bye Lucy" Lindsay said giving her a hug goodbye "I love you"
"I love you more" Lucy said back
"That's not possible" Lindsay said forcing a smile
"Bye daddy" Lucy said giving him a hug as well then whispered "Take care of mommy"
"Of course" Danny smiled "I love you kiddo"
"I love you more" Lucy replied back then waved goodbye as she took her grandmother's hand walked on the plane
"She'll be ok" Danny said putting his hands on Lindsay's shoulders as they watched Lucy leave
"Yea" Lindsay agreed "It's for the best"
"Come on" Danny said grabbing her hand and they turned and left the airport together