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Chapter Seven: Curious Danny

Danny and I reached the archive a few minutes later. It was an old building near the precinct and it was the NYPD Archive for more that 25 years now. The officer at the reception desk looked up and seemed to be surprised to see somebody coming in. It was Officer Haward. I had worked a few times with him till he quitted his job, after he nearly lost his life during an investigation. He then decided to do that job in the archive. He smiled in a friendly way as he recognized me.

"Detective Bonasera, to what do I owe the honor?" he asked still smiling.

"Mr. Haward… or still officer Haward?" I greeted him.

"No, Mr. Haward is okay. What can I help you with?"

"Well, we're looking for a case file. Two years ago there was a case I was a witness in and I investigated in… Melissa Coleman. Got the case number 2008-MC-596." I said.

"Right. I'll have a look into that computer and tell you more in a few seconds." Mr. Haward said and typed something in. A few seconds later he turned around.

"I'll get the file for you. The whole box or only the case file?"

"Case file is enough. Thank you."

"See, this is going to take a while, so… be patient, okay, I'm an old man."

"Take your time. And you're not old Haward!" I called after him.

"You know that man?" Danny asked me as we waited for Mr. Haward to return.

"Yeah, I know him. Worked a few cases with him before he quitted." I said and Danny nodded his head.

"So you're stayin' with Mac for a while hu?"

"Till we caught that guy. I'll go back to my apartment when this case is closed."

"Thought that… can't imagine you want to live at his place forever…" Danny said with a huge grin. I know he was joking.

"Who knows…?" I whisper more to myself than to him but he heard it and of course he got curious.

"What? Stella, what ya sayin'? Wanna live with him? I mean we all like him but… Well, guess I'm male I do not wanna live with him…" Danny said.

"Danny I know him quite long now and trust me, he's not that bad as you might think he is. But I never said I would like to live with him forever. I just… ah never mind." Damn it! I thought.

"Got ya, Stell. Never said he's bad. I like Mac, really. Just thought of what Linds tells me sometimes she sees you two."

"I know that gossipin' of hers. Just don't think she's so wrong with what she sees in people sometimes."

"But she's wrong with you and Mac?"

Oh damn it! Stella, what ya done? Wanna confess to Danny that you can't stop thinking about Mac? My brain told me. Couldn't I stop thinking about him? Am I really in love with my boss and best friend? Did I really think I love him? I didn't know what I've done to myself, because now I had a very curious Danny who won't give in until I tell him what that meant. Luckily Mr. Haward came back with the file I requested.

"So you have to sign that paper." He said and I signed it. He took it back and handed me the file. I thanked him and took my leave with Danny.

I let Danny drive back to the lab while I looked through the file.

"The file says Judge Lawson worked that case." I told him. "Says also Patos was send to Rikers Island."

"Know now where Flack and I am going as soon as I dropped you wherever Mac is." Danny told me. I gave up fighting with anybody about letting me go with them or not. I'd probably help Lindsay then.

"You haven't answered my question, Stell?" Danny asked me just before the doors of the elevator opened. Mac was standing near the elevator talking to Sheldon and only seeing him made my lips curl upward. You are in love with him My brain once again told me.

"Aww look at you Stell. She's not wrong about you two isn't she?" Danny said as he saw me smiling lightly. Damn it.

"Uh… I… I don't know…" I stumbled and made my way over to Mac and Sheldon. As Sheldon saw me he smiled and gave me a greeting nod.

"Hey men." I said as I reached them. Mac turned around and I saw a smile playing around his lips.
"New it." Danny noted and quickly took his leave before I could say another word.

"What does he know?" Mac asked me.

"I don't know…"

"Stella?" he looked at me in disbelief.

Damn you Danny… you're too curious sometimes… now I am in trouble… I thought to myself.

"Um… Patos was send to Rikers. Judge Lawson worked the case." I changed the topic. "Danny said he would take Flack and pay him a visit."

"Good."

"What did you find out Sheldon?" I asked him.

"Well, Mr. Worthfield was a nice citizen. No criminal record, nobody didn't like him as far as I found out." He said.
"Think I should find something more about that car accident his wife died of." I said.

"I can do that if you want. I have nothing else on my schedule right now." Sheldon suggested.

"Okay… But I'll join you."

"After Lunch." Sheldon said and took his leave. I just watched him leave with a confused expression.

"So… you're hungry?" Mac asked me.

"Think I could eat something, yeah."

"Mind me inviting you?"

"You just didn't ask that? Course not." I said and so we left the building to get something to eat.

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