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Chapter Four

Chin arrived with Leilani in tow, just as Danny was wheeled out of the house. Ani had now taken over his airway from Steve, and pulled the gurney along. Jonah pushing, his eyes glued to the monitor. Steve ran alongside squeezing the bag of fluids.

Leilani took hold of Chin's hand as he stared at his friend's lifeless body rushing past him.

"Chin." Steve yelled, snapping the older detective from his trance. "Kono is with the girls in Grace's room. I need you both to lock down the scene, and take care of the girls. I need to be with Danny."

"Of course," Chin replied moving alongside the medical team, his eyes focused on the pink straw protruding from Danny's chest. "What the hell happened?"

"He was stabbed. Looks like it was by Grace's, friends, nanny, but he could also have got caught up in something and taken. I need you to check it out."

"He was stabbed with a straw?" Chin asked confused.

"No, I did that. He was stabbed in the back. No sign of the knife." Steve replied as he climbed in the back of the ambulance, leaving Chin more confused than ever, and wondering why Steve had put a straw in his best friend's chest.

The doors were shut, and the ambulance peeled away, sirens blazing, leaving the neighbours stood, trying to work out what had happened. Chin turned to Leilani, "you should wait here."

"I'd like to help with the girls, if I can?" She replied sweetly, to which Chin nodded and led the way to Grace's room. Chin took a deep breath before entering. He opened the door, and was greeted with three tear stained faces.

"Steve's gone with Danny to the hospital." Chin informed Kono, to which he received a nod.

"What happened to him, Uncle Chin? How was he hurt? Why did Ian run off like that and leave him hurt?" Grace asked, her sobs now more under control.

"Grace, did you see Ian leave?" Chin asked. If the girls had seen him leave then they could rule out any other suspects straight away.

Grace shook her head. "We didn't see him, but we heard his horn and the car leave." Marley explained. "Did he hurt Mr. Williams?"

"We don't know yet." Chin replied

"Didn't Danno tell you what happened?" Grace asked innocently.

"Grace, your dad couldn't tell us what happened, he was...asleep when we got here." Kono explained. Not wanting to tell Grace that her father was unconscious, and dying.

"Oh, did he hit his head?" Grace asked, trying to piece everything together.

"No Gracie, your dad has been stabbed. He is hurt pretty bad, but he is in good hands, and Steve has gone with him." Chin answered truthfully, knowing that Danny didn't like to lie to Grace, but not wanting to tell her just how touch and go it was for Danny.

Grace immediately started to cry again and turned back into Kono who kissed the top of her head.

"I'm gonna call in CSU." Chin said. "Marley, do you know what car Ian drives?"

"No, it's black, but I don't know what it is. My dad would know." She sniffed. "Why would Ian hurt Mr. Williams?"

"We don't know if he did, yet. But has Ian ever acted strangely before, shouted at you?" Chin questioned, he was keen to know more about this Ian.

"He has shouted at me a few times, if I haven't done what I was asked to do. But I thought it was my fault for making him mad. But I never thought he would hurt someone. Please, I want to go home now, I want my mom."

"We'll take you home soon, ok. We need to speak to your parents about Ian."

"I want to go to the hospital." Grace announced. "Danno needs me."

"How about we take Marley home, speak to her parents, and then we will all go." Kono suggested.

"No, he needs me now. I want to go now." Grace said jumping off the bed and startling them all.

"How about I take her?" Leilani suggested. "Grace, would that be ok? If I drove you to the hospital? We can find Steve, and find out how your dad is."

Grace nodded eagerly and ran over to hug Leilani.

"Thank you." Chin mouthed to his girlfriend. Then stood and pulled out his phone to call Charlie, and the rest of his team.

"How about we wait outside?" Kono suggested then, steered the girls out of the house being careful to block their view of the kitchen, and trying her best to avoid the blood trail across the living area.

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Thirty minutes later CSU were swarming over Danny's kitchen. Leilani was on her way to the hospital with a now very quiet Grace. Chin and Kono had just returned a shaken Marley to her parents.

"You really think Ian did this?" Mr. Parker asked concerned.

"At the moment we are unsure what happened, but he is our number one suspect. How did you come to employ Ian Richards?"

"We placed an ad. He was the best candidate. I thought it was a little strange, having a male nanny, but his references were fantastic." Mr. Parker explained.

"Did you clarify his references with the people that wrote them?" Kono asked.

"No, no we didn't." Mrs. Parker replied, realising that they were probably fake, and her eyes filled with horror.

"I still have them." Mr. Parker said standing and leaving the room.

"Is Grace's father going to be ok?" Mrs. Parker asked tears visible in her eyes.

"We are waiting to hear, but he was in serious condition." Chin replied.

"Oh god, and we let this man live in our home for the past three weeks. He looked after our daughter. If anything had happened to her..." Mrs. Parker said breaking down and sobbing as she pulled Marley in closer.

"He's been here." Mr. Parker said running back into the room. "I fetched the references from my office and my wallet and Rolex is missing. I went to check his room, and his clothes are gone. He came back, got his things, and stole from us. He did do it, didn't he?"

"It certainly looks like it now." Chin said reaching for his phone and putting out an APB for Ian Richards, and his car.

"Thank you for the references, Mr. Parker." Kono said standing and taking the pieces of paper he held in his hand. "We will follow these up. Right now we need to get to the hospital. We will send an HPD officer over to take your statement about the stolen things."

"Yes, of course. I don't mind about the money, he needs catching before he hurts anyone else. He seemed nice, we trusted him with the most precious thing in our lives."

"Don't worry Mr. Parker, we will find him, and you have quite an amazing daughter there. She did a great job giving us information and taking care of Grace. Grace is lucky to have such a good friend." Kono said smiling at Marley.

"Thank you and I hope Detective Williams pulls through. If there is anything we can do. We will gladly have Grace come stay with us, if needed. I know he's a single father, now her mother moved to the mainland." Mrs. Parker replied.

"Thank you, that's very kind of you, but we can take care of Grace. She's our Ohana." Chin said shaking both their hands and leaving the house, heading to the hospital.

TBC