part 8...
"Lindsay! Lindsay!",Danny screamed, "Wake up! Wake up!"
The Doctor was in the hallway we heard the screaming and rushed in with a nurse.
"Det. Messer, calm down," the doctor said firmly. "Let me check her out and see what happened."
Danny impatiently waited while the doctor checked on Lindsay's vitals.
"It appears that Miss Monroe has just passed out. She'll be alright."
"I'm going to be by her side until she wakes up again." Danny said, flushed.
The doctor expressed a firm smile and extended his hand to Danny's shoulder.
"I think she has been through enough today. Go get some rest and we'll call when she is ready to talk again."
Danny was not particually happy with the doctor's words. "I'll leave but I'm not going home." He aruptly turned and walked away from the hospital wing.
He was exiting the hospital when he walked right into Stella and Mac. Stella grabbed Danny's shoulder to steady herself and being the caring woman she was, grabbed Danny in a hug.
"How are you doing, sweetie?"
Danny tried hard to not show his emotions but he couldn't help that his voice cracked.
"Not too good," Danny said, softly. "Linds was hurt pretty bad, Stel."
Mac came over and gave Danny a quick hug.
"Danny go take a walk and grab you a bite to eat. Keep up your energy." Mac said.
Mac and Stella entered the hospital, just as Danny walked down the sidewalk going in different directions but reaching the same point, anger.
Mac stopped by the information desk while Stella went up to the floor where Lindsay was held. She saw Lindsay's reflection through the glass viewing window and almost cried out. Lindsay was beaten and broken beyond belief. Angry tears were breaking the surface of her eyes and the SOB would pay. You don't hurt one of your own. Never.
Danny was walking by a construction site and just stopped. He almost collapsed on the ground, overtaken by grief and dispair. He stood straight up and the more he thought of the man who did this to her, the more upset he got.
"Damn!", he screamed and punched through the wood partition that surrounding the construction site.
to be continued...