Dealing

"Listen Luc, I'm going back to work today so Grandma is going to come by and take care of you while I'm gone," Danny said.

"Yeah, Grandma's coming," Luc said excitedly.

"You need to be on your best behavior, ok?" Danny said.

"I will I promise."

Lindsay's mom knocked on the door about half an hour later.

"How are you doing, Danny?" Lindsay's mom asked.

"I'm fine," Danny said quickly, "Thank you for still taking care of Lucy even though Lindsay isn't here anymore," He winced a little.

"No problem, she's still my granddaughter, have fun at work. Wait, Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yea, I'm fine," Danny said quickly.

"You don't look fine," Lindsay's mom said.

"Just drop it ok, I'm going to work. Love you Luc."

"Love you too, daddy," Lucy yelled back at him.

Danny rode his motorcycle to work, on the way he started thinking about Lindsay. He started crying silently to himself, missing Lindsay being with him all the time.

Danny remembered the day she died like it was yesterday.

(Flashback to the day Lindsay died)

After Danny left the hospital, he was completely exhausted. He could barely keep his red rimmed eyes open. His tear streaked face was proof that he had been crying all afternoon. He remembered that he had to go pick Lucy up from Lindsay's mom house. He took out his phone and dialed her number.

"Listen, there's been a change of plans, is it ok if you bring Lucy to the house. I have to tell you something really important."

"Ok, are you ok?" Lindsay's mom asked.

"Yeah I just really need to tell you something."

"Ok, I'll be right over."

Half an hour later she knocked on the apartment door .Danny answered the door.

"Lucy, can you stay in here while I talk to grandma in the hall?"

"Ok Daddy."

Danny closes the door.

"Is everything ok?" Lindsay's mom asks.

"I have to tell you something," Danny said, barely holding himself together, "I don't know how to put this. Lindsay…"

"Oh my god, Lindsay's hurt isn't she?"

"Yes"

"What hospital is she at?" her mom asks.

"Lindsay… she's…dead." Danny broke down crying all over again. "I'm so sorry, we were chasing a guy and he shot her. We got her to the hospital as fast as we could, but it was too late. I'm so sorry."

"She's dead? How can she be dead?" Lindsay's mom slid down the wall and started crying. Danny did the same, but on the other side of the hallway. After Lindsay's mom calmed down a little, she asked Danny

"How are you going to tell Lucy?"

"I don't know, I haven't figured that out yet, I just found out she was dead, then I had to figure out how to tell you. This is going to be nothing compared to telling Lucy. I know it will just break her heart. I hope she is still a little too young to really comprehend the information. I'm so stupid I should have let her chase such a dangerous person, it's my entire fault. If it wasn't for me she would still be alive." Danny says, weeping uncontrollably.

"Don't go there Danny, It's not your fault and don't even think that. It was a complete accident. She knew her job was dangerous always chasing criminals anyway, I told her not to become a CSI but she insisted. She told me she couldn't give it up for anything because she loved it so much," Lindsay's mom said.

"Well, she was really good at what she did. If it wasn't for her becoming a CS, Aiden getting fired, and her moving from Montana from here, I would have never met her and fell in love with her," Danny said, calming down.

"Ok, well let's go tell Lucy together," Lindsay's mom says.

"Ok"

(Flashback ends)

"HOOOONK!"

Danny swerves his motorcycle to barely avoid hitting a truck. He was too busy remembering the day Lindsay died that he wasn't paying attention to the road. He got to the lab's parking garage and parked his motorcycle in a spot. He got on the elevator and hit the 35th floor button; while he was going up he had to dry his tears and try to clear his red rimmed eyes, so it wouldn't be obvious he was just crying. He stepped off the elevator. When he got off the elevator and walked into the lab for the first time in two months, he was flooded with emotions. He's excited and happy to be back in the lab and see his friends again, but on the other hand he is really sad because he knows he won't see Lindsay in here anymore. He went straight to Mac's Office. He knocked on the door and Mac said,

"Come in, Danny."

"How do you feel on your first day back?" Mac asked.

"Good," Danny said as best as he could through the big lump in his throat.

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