"Lindsay?" She tightened her grip on Danny's hand
"Hey Andy. Andy Coles meet Danny Messer. Danny Messer meet Andy Coles."
"Hey." Danny replied. Andy was silent.
"Hey Lindsay can we talk please?" He asked just then Danny's phone rang.
"I'll be right back, Linds." He said then walked to the corner. Lindsay looked at Andy.
"What, Andy?" She said in a slightly irritated voice.
"Are you staying in Bozeman?" He asked
"No. I'm going back to New York."
"Why? What does New York have that we don't?"
"New York has my friends. I feel like they're my family. New York has my shared office and most of all New York has him." She said pointing to Danny.
"That your new boyfriend? What about us?"
"Yes he's my boyfriend and there is no us. Andy we broke up almost three and a half years ago." She said. Meanwhile Danny was on the phone.
"Messer."
"Danny its Mac. Where are you?"
"I'm in Bozeman."
"Bozeman? You mean Bozeman, Montana, where Lindsay is?" Mac asked smiling on the other end.
"Yes, sir. I was wondering if could have a few days off?"
"You can have the days. You've earned them. How's Lindsay doing? Is the trial over yet?"
"Thanks Mac. She's doin' pretty good. The trial ended a couple of hours ago."
"What was the verdict?"
"Guilty. Everyone in the courtroom cheered."
"So what have you two been up to?" Mac asked trying to get some information. Danny was blushing. He wasn't sure if Lindsay wanted anyone to know.
"She's been showin' me 'round town."
"Danny you big liar!" Someone shouted from the back.
"Who the hell is that?" He asked
"It's Stella. Hold on here she is." Mac handed the phone off to Stella. Mac and Stella were at his place. Stella was sitting on Mac's lap.
"You are a liar!" She repeated.
"What are you talkin' 'bout Stella?"
"You said you would never fall in love. Now look at you, flying across the country for a girl."
"For your information I'm here to support my colleague."
"Right. So if that were Sid, Adam, or Hawkes you would fly over there?"
"Uh yeah. Hold up, if Mac were in trouble in lets say in Montana you wouldn't fly up?"
"Of course I would. Mac and I have been friends for a long time. Without me he would crash and burn." She stated. Mac looked up at her.
"I heard that." Mac shouted.
"Let me talk to Lindsay, please."
"Sure hold up."
"Oh and Danny."
"Yeah Stella?"
"Good luck." She said. Danny walked over to Lindsay.
"Hey Montana, Stella wants to talk to you." He handed her the phone. She walked to the corner. Andy turned to Danny who was watching Lindsay walk away.
"I want you to stay away from Lindsay." He said. Danny turned to face him.
"Look I don't want no trouble."
"Then go back to New York and leave her alone."
"You seem to forget that Linds lives in New York."
"I'll convince her to stay." He said with a smile.
"If you touch her I swear on my life I will kill you!"
"Aren't you a little possessive?" He stated as his smile grew bigger. Meanwhile Lindsay was still on the phone.
"Yeah, Stella I'm fine."
"Danny behaving okay?"
"I love him, Stel."
"I know, Sweetie."
"You know? I can't believe Danny told you!"
"Danny told me nothing." she said. Stella's smile almost tore her face apart.
"Than how do you know?"
"Come on Lindsay. Ever since the Holly Golightly case I saw something. Is there something Danny could have told me?" She said with a giggle.
"We kissed." She said with a dreamy look on her face.
"What?!" He yelled, falling off of Mac's lap and onto the floor. "Shit!"
"What happened?"
"I fell off my chair." She said looking up at Mac. He just shook his head.
"Oh my god! Stella it was amazing. I mean it was just incredible. You know what I mean?" Lindsay said. Stella sat back on Mac's lap and held his hand.
"Yeah Linds, I do. I want details of what happened."
"We were at the ranch and I was walking towards the kitchen and he stopped me. He apologized for just showing up and I told that I'm glad he did. I started to explain everything. Why I left, why I told we couldn't be together. I was crying and he just kissed me. I can't believe he flew all the way up here."
"Aw! Lindsay if you were in London he would've followed you. Missing you mixed with lack of sleep he was becoming cranky." Both women laughed. Lindsay looked back and saw Danny looking pissed. He had both fists clenched. Andy had this big, smug look on and was getting closer to Danny.
"I don't know why she would choose a bastard like you."
"I treat her with respect. I listen to her. I love her." He said. This made Andy mad. Lindsay was walking toward them when two women started to scream at her. Danny ran over to her.
"You bitch! He didn't kill those whores!" One of them screamed. There were tears rolling down Lindsay's cheeks. Danny came up behind her.
"Is there a problem Detective Monroe?"
"She sent my brother to jail! Why don't you take your ass back to New York with the rest of the trash."
"Excuse me. Detective Monroe just went through a traumatic experience. She has the right to try and relax before she has to go back and deal with more horrible things. It is not her fault that your brother killed her friends and an employee and coulda killed her. I'm gonna escort her home and if anyone of you ladies," Danny turned around and pointed to Andy. "Or you come near her again I will have you arrested for harassment." He grabbed Lindsay's hand and walked her to the truck. Andy came after them. Danny got in his face.
"I want to talk to my Lindsay." Andy said his face turned redder.
"Let's get it right. She is no longer your Lindsay. She will never be your Lindsay again. She is my Montana. Don't think that anything you say to her will make her think that I don't love her." Danny said. He climbed into the passenger seat.
