Danny walked along the side walk slowly, thinking, he didn't know where to go or what to do. Why did Lindsay have to be like this? One day she would laugh and joke with him and look at him and he would see love in her eyes, he was sure of it, but then she would go cold as if she was just getting over the fact he had left her for another woman, maybe it was the same he was taken, right? and maybe she felt she couldn't have him that or she didn't want to. He wanted to go home and ignore the world but he couldn't because Rikki would be there and he couldn't face her or any of her moods maybe it was time for the first time in the last he didn't know how long to go it alone no woman in his life just him and him alone.
Crissy had cried herself to sleep in Rikki's newly brought buggy. Rikki was pleased for the silence, she knew by having Crissy she would have made her forget Lindsay and make her love her but this was harder than seemed. She was a toddler but she could make a persons life a living hell, Rikki thought to herself as she wondered around the shops looking at all the dresses and shoes for little girls.
Lindsay had fallen asleep which was the best thing at the moment but the others remained in the room talking about action plans
"There is no way Crissy got up and left that apartment Flack you know that" Mac snarled angrily as he got up to go get a coffee
"What's up Don?" Stella asked quietly
"I know it sounds stupid but if there was anyway Crissy did walk out of that apartment then maybe she wouldn't be in the hands of a creep who wanted to kill Lindsay" he sighed
"But we can't do that, you heard what the doctor said she fought back or tried to stand up she would do anything to protect that little girl even if it ment killing herself in the process"
"I should have helped her-"
"Flack you had no idea" both Stella and Flack turned to see Lindsay looking straight at them
"Yeah but-" Flack started but Stella cut him off
"You saved her, Lindsay wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you"
Flack gave a weak smile but both girls could see he did not agree
"None of that matters now the only thing that matters is Crissy" Flack said taking control. "Linds I think you need to tell Danny about her"
"NO"
"Linds, please, you really need to-"
"Think about this, you don't think I have been over this so many times but I'm not doing it " Stella and Flack could see that this was slowly killing Lindsay inside but no matter how much it hurt, the end justifies the means
"Linds what if he knows somebody who has seen you two at work and wants to get back at him using you, but Crissy wasn't meant to be there she just got in the way." Flack tried to reason with Lindsay
"They would have gone for…"Lindsay trailed off "Oh my god, she has her that bitch" she tried to stand up but Flack stopped her
"Who has her" he asked
"Rikki"
Danny had given up he decided to go into work to see if anything had come up
"Hey boss, you got anything?" he asked
"Oh hi Danny, and no whoever did this got in and out and didn't touch anything apart from what they wanted"
Bring Bring Bring
Mac answered his phone that was buzzing in his pocket
"Taylor"
"Hey Mac, its don"
"Oh hi"
"We got a lead on Lindsay's case"
"What?"
"Is Danny There?"
"Yeah he's standing in front of me"
"Put him on"
"Ok hang on" Mac passed the phone over to Danny
"Messer"
"Danny, where's Rikki?"
"I don't know why?"
"Becasuse we think she shot Lindsay"
"What why"
"Because Lindsay remembers her talking to her and she says she said something about loving you"
"you have no proof"
"You think Linds would lie"
"Yeah"
"Why Dan? Why?"
" I don't know I know care, but I'm not going to stand here and let you do this to her"
"Well that's too bad Danny because we are on our way to your place now"
"No" Danny droped the phone and ran toward the entrance of the lab he knew he could get back to his place before the could and that was he was going to do
Rikki who had not idea anybody was coming played happily with Crissy who had calmed down a little after her sleep.
they were both peaceful until Danny stormed through the door he nearly fell over when he saw he toddler in Rikki's arms
"Isnt she the cutest thing, the foster home said we could keep her for a while and if things are good we can keep her" She smiled
"Wow" was all Danny could say this toddler was beautiful she had chesnut eyes, and blondish-brown curls she looked so familiar but he couldn't place where he had seen her
"Isnt it great, we can finally have the family we wanted" Rikki smiled bring Danny out of his thoughts
"Yeah, so does the mean you were at the home and then shopping today"
"Yeah, she needed some new things"
"Were you near the Holly-brown appartment block" Rikki gave Danny a puzzled look she knew exactly what he was asking but she didn't know why
"No, Why did you have a case there, we could have met up for lunch"
"No its ju-" but he was cut off as Flack and eight other police officers stormed through the door shouting
"NYPD"
"Flack, what the hell you are doing" Danny asked
"Rikki, who is that little girl" he asked
"She's our daughter mine and Rikki's" Danny cut in
"No she's not, your right Danny she's yours but she's not Rikki's"
"Shut up, just shut up" Rikki snarled
"Who is that little girl" Flack repeated
"She's mine, my little Crissy"
It sent a shiver down Flacks spine to know she knew Crissy's name
"Don leave now" Danny snarled
"No"
"Why? You have no warrant no nothing"
"I have something"
"Come on then what"
"I held that little girl yesterday, on her lower back she has a birth mark in the shape of a butterfly" Flacks eyes were beginning to fill with tears "I was there on the day she was born, I have watched her grow and I love her"
Flack watched as Danny walked over to where Rikki
"I'm sorry but I have to do what's best" he said looking a Flack, as he did this he took Crissy from Rikki and stood back "I'm sorry Rikki, I'm so sorry, just do it boys"
One of the police officers came up and handcuffed Rikki and led her away she started to scream
"No you can't do this she is my daughter she needs me she wants me she loves me no" she sobbed
Danny just looked down at the toddler who had cuddled into his arms and when he saw her look up at him he knew it
"She's Lindsay's daughter" he sighed
"And yours" Flack smiled looking at Crissy.