Danny walked towards the lab to get his latest results about the substance that was found. Seeing the two chatty lab techs instead of Adam, he groaned. He really didn't want to see their faces or hear their voices, but this could be the perfect opportunity to help set things straight.
He wasn't completely oblivious to the whispering and looks he had gotten from the lab techs and staff in the last three months. But he never realized the affect it all had on Lindsay. He thought he would just be considered an asshole for it, but he was okay with being the asshole. But people thinking Lindsay was a … God he couldn't even think the word without wanting to hit somebody, and hold his Montana and tell her he loved her. People talked, being who he was, he was used to it, ignored it. People didn't know him, and he understood that. But people thinking that about the mother of his child, the woman he was going to make his wife when she was ready, when she did nothing wrong, was NOT okay with him.
Plastering a fake smile on his face, "How you ladies doin'?"
"Hello Det. Messer," the tall one purred.
The shorter one just kind of ducked her head blushing like a school girl with a crush.
He wanted to throw up from the 'seductive' look the taller one was giving him. "Let me ask you two a totally unbiased opinion," he said setting the folder down on the table, and crossing his arms.
"Sure," the tall one said, her interest very peaked.
"What would ya think of a guy who got his girl pregnant, then dumped her?" he asked. He was throwing himself under the bus, but if it meant takin' some of the heat off of Lindsay, he would do it. He was the one who caused this mess and he was gonna be the one to clean it up.
The taller one's face dropped, she finally wiped that stupid smile off her face. The short one's face really turned red.
But Danny wasn't done; he wanted them to know that their hurtful words could affect his daughter. "Would ya think the guy was a jerk or the girl was a slut?"
Still nothin', more silence. More fidgeting and gaping.
"Do you know what undue stress can do to a pregnant woman's blood pressure? How that can affect the baby? I didn't realize until I got my act together and went to my girl and asked her to take me back. The doctor made sure I knew to help keep her blood pressure down. I'm sure you two gossip hounds know WHO MY girl is, don't you?"
"Yeah," the tall one finally managed to croak out. Her face so red from embarrassment, that she thought she might explode.
"You get what I'm sayin' then, right?"
She just nodded her head in agreement.
"I'm sure you won't forget to gossip about this, will ya?"
A shake of the head now.
"Good," he said, "Now could you ladies tell me where Adam is?"
Finally Adam walks in, "Danny. I, uh got your results right…" he stopped and noticed the tension in the room. "Okay what did I miss?"