Hey guys sorry for not updating for a while. School's been hectic with end of year exams. But i'm back and i'll try and post more frequently. Here's the next chapter. Read and review please.
Chapter 4
Although the both of them were hoping to wrap the case up as soon as possible, the higher powers had other plans for them. Both Danny and Lindsay had been working the case for a week and it was starting to affect them - badly. The stress had gotten to Lindsay worse, causing her to get a horrible stomach bug, reducing her ability to work.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the only thing that went wrong - the DNA they collected got no match in CODIS and most of the fingerprints they collected had no match in AFIS. A set of prints however had gotten a perfect match in the system. However, the Gods seemed to want to torture them as their prime suspect went missing.
Despite her sickness, Lindsay was too determined to catch the killer for the family of the victim. Having experienced losing loved ones before, Lindsay knew how it felt like to not get any answers. After the third day of throwing up her stomach contents each time she ate, Danny told her to take it easy. Being the stubborn country girl that she was, though, she turned a deaf ear to everything Danny said.
Being her boyfriend of almost a year, Danny knew Lindsay well enough to know that pushing any further would just piss her off and cause her to clam up.
After days of non-stop work, they managed to close the case, causing both Danny and Lindsay to sigh with relief.
Normally after work - especially after closing a hard case - they would head to Danny's place, make dinner together or get some take out and curl up together on his couch with a movie. When Danny went to pick her up though, he got an answer that he didn't expect. Lindsay told him that she just wanted to go back to her place that night.
Trying to mask the shock on his face he didn't argue with her. instead allowing her to go on one condition - that he would drop her off at home. Piling in his car, they drove off to Lindsay's apartment complex.
Once there, Lindsay gave him the quickest peck on the lips she'd ever given him and hurried to alight from his car. His voice, however, stopped her in her tracks. " G'night babe. Sleep tight" he wished her. He waited until he saw the light of her living room window to turn off before driving of, wondering what in the world was wrong with his girlfriend.
Lindsay bounded up the stairs to her third floor apartment. She could feel the weight of the object in her purse. The object that could change her life fumbled with the keys and lock, her hands trembling slightly at the possible outcome.
After finally being able to open her front door, she felt the nausea creeping up her throat. Despite her little white lie to Danny that her nausea had subsided, she still felt it once in a while.
She dropped he purse and her keys on the floor near the front door and rushed to the bathroom. She heaved up her stomach contents in the toilet and sat there, ensuring that the sensation was gone before even thinking about getting up. She laid on the cold, and surprising soothing, floor while the nausea passed.
After an eternity, or so it seemed, she got up to get the object from her purse, knowing that it was time to just brave her fears. Taking it out of her purse, she took a deep breath and headed to the bathroom to confirm her suspicions.