"Where do you need me boss?" Danny asked.

"Danny, are you sure you're ready to go out in the field so quickly,"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure? I wasn't so sure if you should have come back to the lab so soon after…" Mac trails off.

"…Lindsay died" finishing Mac's sentence, squirming a little.

"Well, if you want you can go help Stella process a scene. There's a DB on 22nd Street,"

"OK, let me go get my kit and I'll be on my way."

Danny left Mac's office to go to get his kit, then leave. Meanwhile, Mac called Stella.

"Detective Bonasera" Stella answers

"Listen, it's Mac, Danny is coming to help you," Mac said.

"Ok, I didn't realize he was coming back yet," Stella says a little confused.

"He called me up about a week ago and told me he wanted to come back to work. I tried to convince him to stay home a little longer, but he didn't want to listen."

"Stubborn as usual," Stella said.

"I don't think he's ready to come back, I just think he can't sit in his apartment all day thinking of Lindsay and seeing the department therapist. I think he just needs to work to keep him busy,"

"Yea, that's probably it. So, I shouldn't say anything about Lindsay, right?" Stella asked.

"Right, I talked about her some, but he squirmed a lot every time I said her name. He doesn't really seem like the same happy, loveable, joking Danny he used to be before Lindsay died."

"I think that's because Lindsay made him happier. I noticed that after they got married he was really happy, but I guess that just shows how much he loved her," Stella says.

"I noticed that too," Mac agrees.

"I need to let you go, Danny is pulling up right now, bye," Stella says.

When she hangs up, Danny is walking over to her.

"Hey Danny, Mac just called and told me you were coming. "

"Yeah, I'm finally back at work," Danny said.

"You know Danny, I was thinking, and I think it would be a good idea if you brought Lucy to the lab sometime. Mac already said it would be ok," Stella said.

"Sure, that would be a great idea, I'll bring her tomorrow," Danny says a little excited.

Danny slowly finished the work day on Auto Pilot. He got home, sent Lindsay's mom home, and told Lucy she was going to the lab tomorrow.

"Awesome, I love going to the lab,"

"Get some sleep," Danny told Lucy.

"Ok, good night daddy, love you," Lucy said.

"Love you too," Danny said.

Lucy woke up extra early to make sure she was ready when Danny was. Danny got to the lab with Lucy and told her "Go say hi to Aunt Stella, while I go and put some stuff up, ok,"

"OK," Lucy said excitedly.

"Hey, Luc, I haven't seen you in so long, you've grown so much since the last time I saw you," Stella said.

"Hi, Aunt Stella," Lucy said barely containing her excitement.

"Let's go in my office," Stella said.

"Ok," Lucy said.

"How is your dad doing?" Stella asks Lucy.

"He tells me he's doing fine, but…" Lucy trails off.

"But what?" Stella asks.

"If I tell you, you won't tell daddy right?" Lucy asks.

"I won't tell him,"

"Pinky promise"

"Pinky Promise," Stella agreed.

"Well, he tells me he's doing fine, but I know he isn't. I notice things and he doesn't realize I know,"

"What do you mean?" Stella asks.

"I see him at night, he hardly ever sleeps and when he does, I hear him from my room. He yells mom's name and I go and see what's wrong. I see him in his bed covered in sweat and tossing and turning. Also, I noticed that sometimes he leaves after I go to bed and doesn't come home until early in the morning stumbling around and smells like alcohol. I've noticed he started drinking more after mom died. Sometimes in the middle of the night I tiptoe to his room to make sure he's ok and sometimes I see him sitting on the floor and crying uncontrollably, but he never notices I'm there," Lucy tells Stella in confidence.

"Wait, he started drinking?" Stella asks Lucy.

"Yes,"

"It was right after-

"Hey Luc, I put the stuff up, let's go visit some people," Danny interrupts Stella.

"Ok, bye Aunt Stella," Lucy says.

"Bye Luc," Stella says.

"Well, I need to talk to Mac anyway," Stella says almost to herself.

Stella knocks on Mac's office door.

"Come in," Mac says.

"Mac, I really need to talk to you," Stella says kind of urgently.