Here's the next chapter, just 2 more left after this one.
The next day Lindsay was sat on the children's ward next to Lucy's bed reading her a copy of 'We're going on a bear hunt' that she'd found in the children's small library that morning. "We can't go over it, we can't go under it, we've got to go...'
"Through it!" Lucy giggled.
"Good girl" Lindsay smiled as she turned the page.
"It's got to be hard to go through all that snow" Lucy commented pointing to the snowy floor in the picture.
"A bit like last year when you and Daddy had to walk through all that snow to get home from the lab, do you remember?" Lindsay asked.
Lucy thought for a minute before nodding "I wore my wellie boots"
"You did" Lindsay smiled as she stroked one of Lucy's blonde curls behind her ear "With you pink coat, pink hat and pink gloves. You were basically just one great big pink blob"
"Hey, I'm not a blob, I'm a Lucy"
"And a very pretty Lucy at that" Lindsay smiled.
Lucy grinned before looking up at the person who was approaching her bed "Uncle Flack!"
"Hey Luce, how you feeling?" Flack asked as he stood at the end of Lucy's bed.
"I'm okay" Lucy replied. "I don't like this bed though, it's too hard"
"You sound like Goldilocks" Lindsay told her.
"Well, Goldilocks, I'm sure this might make that bed a little better" Flack said as he pulled a pink stuffed bear that had a shiny pink ribbon tied in a bow around its neck out of his bag.
"Ooh, he's cute!"
"I thought you might like him" Flack smiled as he passed the pink bear over.
"I do" Lucy replied as she pulled Flopsy from the covers and showed him to her new bear.
"What do you say, Luce?" Lindsay asked.
"Thank you, Uncle Flack" She said before going back to the conversation between her two stuffed animals.
"How's Danny?" Flack asked as he sat on the chair next to Lindsay "I went to see him but they told me he was sleeping"
"Yeah, he's been asleep since just after he arrived here yesterday. He was exhausted and dehydrated but apart from that and the few stitches he's had to have in his arm, he should be okay."
"What about his nose? That looked pretty sore"
"Yeah, well they said there isn't much they can do about that, we just have to let it heal on its own"
Flack nodded "And Lucy?"
"She was also suffering from exhaustion and dehydration, but they said she can go home today, we were just waiting for the doctor to do their rounds and sigh her discharge papers"
"I can wait and give you both a lift back if you like?"
"Yeah that would be great, although I've promised Lucy we can pop down to see Danny before we leave."
"Is he not coming home today?"
"They want him to have as much rest as possible and they don't think he will at home with a three year old, so I think they want to keep him another night" Lindsay explained.
"He's not going to like that"
"No, I know and I don't like it either, I want us to be all together again in our own home but I know that he needs his rest"
"Lucy Messer?" Doctor Small asked as he approached Lucy's bed.
Lucy sunk down in to her bed and pulled the covers up over her face.
"It's alright, Luce" Lindsay soothed as she gently pulled down the sheets "It's just your doctor"
"But I don't know him" Lucy replied grabbing hold of Lindsay's arm "What if he takes me?"
"He won't take you, sweetheart" Lindsay reassured her. Picking Lucy up she sat back in the chair, with Lucy on her lap before turning to the doctor "I'm sorry about that"
"It's fine" Doctor Small smiled "I understand Lucy has been through a very traumatic experience, so this is only expected"
Lindsay nodded "Is she okay to go home?"
"Yes, I've come here to deliver your discharge forms" he passed the forms and a couple of leaflets over to Lindsay "Obviously Lucy will need a lot of rest and fluids the next few days. I've also given you a few leaflets there on child counselling which could be some help to Lucy"
"Yeah, I'll definitely have a look through them" she smiled placing all the paper work in her bag. "Thank you for everything"
"It's no problem, I hope you feel better soon, Lucy" Doctor Small smiled.
"Thank you" Lucy whispered from where she was snuggled up on Lindsay's lap.
Half an hour later, Lindsay, Flack and Lucy were sat with Danny who'd woken up just before they'd arrived. "Mummy, I got to go wee wee" Lucy said as she slipped of Lindsay's lap.
"Okay, sweetie, let's go find a toilet" she said as she picked Lucy up "We'll be back in a minute"
"Okay, don't be too long" Danny replied as he watched them leave. "How's she been?"
"Who? Lindsay?" Flack asked.
Danny nodded "While me and Lucy were... well you know"
"She struggled obviously, but I was there for her, Danny"
"There for her?"
"Yeah, I took time off work and stayed with her 24/7, I couldn't have her being on her own at a time like this"
"You did?" Danny asked surprised.
"Of course, she's your girl Danno and when you can't be there for her, as your best friend it's up to me to be"
Danny smiled "Flack that means a lot to me, I don't know how to thank you"
"There's no need to thank me, you'd of done the same for me"
"Yeah course I would, but I still... well thank you"
"Any time" Flack smiled "And of course I'll be here for the both of you now"
"I couldn't ask for a better buddy than you, Flack"
"Same here, Danny. I was worried I wouldn't see you again but I knew what ever happened I'd be there for Lindsay"
"Look who we found" Lucy grinned, interrupting the conversation between Flack and Danny as Lindsay carried her back into the room with Jo and Mac following behind.
"Hey Mac, Jo" Danny smiled.
"Hey, it's good to see you up and awake" Mac said sitting in the chair next to Danny's bed.
"Yeah, I guess I've slept alot" Danny laughed. "I was exhausted"
"I'm not surprised" Jo replied "You went through a lot"
"Did you catch him though?"
Jo nodded "He admitted everything"
"Good" Danny replied
"I truly think he believed everything he was telling you, Danny" Mac explained.
"I don't understand why he targeted us though" Lindsay sighed as she held Lucy close to her.
"Something obviously triggered his memory of you, Lindsay and he became obsessed until things escalated into what they did"
Lindsay nodded. "I'm just glad it's over and I can't thank the three of you and Hawkes and Adam enough for what you did, you brought my family back to me"
"It's nothing" Jo smiled
"It's everything, Jo" Lindsay told her as she perched on the edge of the bed next to Danny and placed Lucy in between them.