"C'mon." Lindsay muttered under her breath as she waited for the phone to be answered.
"Flack." Flack answered.
"Don, its Lindsay."
"Hey are you on your way back?"
"No recess before the defence gets to cross-examine me. I just want to check everything was okay."
"Everything is fine. Danny checked her over, she's still in one piece."
"Danny's back?" Lindsay questioned.
"He's wading through the evidence but he keeps checking in. But I think I'll take her for a walk and see if I can pick up any women."
"One, I've told you before you're not using my daughter to pick up women and two, the kind of women you'd pick up are the kind of women who want babies."
"Good tip."
"Lindsay." The ADA came up to her. Lindsay held up a finger to tell her to wait a second.
"Don I'll be back as soon as I can. Page me if there is a problem."
"We'll be fine. Good luck."
They finished the call.
"Everything okay?" The ADA asked.
"I was just checking in on Olivia."
"Didn't you say you left her with her godfather?"
"He's never watched her by himself before. It's not that I don't trust him but..."
"You don't trust him." The ADA supplied.
"I trust him with my life, my daughter maybe."
"It's time to go back in."
"Detective Monroe, may I remind you you're still under oath." The Judge said. "Mr Slattery."
"Detective Monroe you processed this scene alone is that correct?" The defence attorney asked as he rose.
"Yes. That's correct."
"Generally at least two members of your department process a scene isn't that correct?"
"Depending on what type of crime scene, how big it is and how many people are available it depends how many people were assigned."
"Why were you the only CSI assigned to this case?"
"There was a triple homicide in Hell's Kitchen and the girlfriend of city councilman was found dead on the street outside his apartment after being hit with a car. We were tapped out and I was the only available when the call came in."
"This was the last crime scene you investigated out in the field be being restricted to lab duty isn't that correct?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to tell us why you were restricted to the lab?"
"I had reached the deadline that NYPD has for sending pregnant officers out into the field." Lindsay replied.
"You were 6 months pregnant." He supplied.
"Yes." Lindsay confirmed.
"I have the weather report from the Weather Service which says the temperature hit 100 that day."
"It was around 100 degrees for most of the month, it was a heat wave." Lindsay supplied.
"So you were 6 months pregnant in 100 degree temperatures and processing a scene alone? Don't you think you could have made a mistake?"
"I've very through Mr Slattery. Everything was process correctly and within department protocols."
"Are you sure being pregnant didn't affect you?" He asked.
"Objection." The ADA jumped up. "She already answered that question and the fact that Detective Monroe was pregnant at the time has no more bearing on this case than whether for example Mr Slattery has children or not."
"Your Honour I think it does."
"I'm going to sustain the objection. Mr Slattery please restrain your questions to the evidence at hand not Detective Monroe's personal life."
"Yes your Honour." He paused. "Detective would you mind telling us how you got the warrant for my clients DNA?"
"As I have already said we collect some saliva from the Amanda Eyre's body as well as other evidence that pointed to the defendant. The judge wouldn't give us a warrant for his DNA but he didn't grant us a search warrant for his home. He lives with his mother she offered us a sample of her DNA. There was a mitochondrial match, so the judge gave us a warrant for the defendants DNA and it was match."
"Your Honour I have a statement here from my client mother advising that she has withdrawn the use of her DNA. Therefore voiding the warrant for my clients DNA."
"Your Honour I have a signed statement from the defendant's mother confirming that she provided her DNA sample by her own free will and without coercion. If the defence wanted to challenge the DNA test results they should have brought it up in a pre-trial motion." The ADA stated.
"I'm happy Mrs Grier provided her DNA sample freely and therefore she has cannot withdraw her consent now, all the DNA test results stand. Mr Slattery no more stunts. Do you have any more questions for the witness?"
TBC