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Chapter1
Lindsay walked into the New York Crime Lab and smiled to herself slightly. The lab had become her home away from home since she started working there five years ago. She made plenty of friends that would last a lifetime and met Danny Messer who changed her life. Sure she could have done without going undercover and almost getting shot, holding her husbands hands while paramedics worked on him after being shot himself or more recently shooting a deranged serial killer in her daughters bedroom. But all those moments had made her stronger and now everything was back to normal. Little did she know she would be placed in the most dangerous situation of her life in just a short time….
She was at her desk talking on her cell phone when Danny walked in
"…that's great, call me when you land" Lindsay said into the phone then hung up
"Who was that?" Danny asked casually
"That was Ryan" Lindsay smiled at Danny, Ryan was her older brother but youngest of the three older brothers she had "He's coming to New York this week"
"That's good" Danny smirked "It'll be nice you can spend some time with your family"
"Yea well he's dying to see Lucy" Lindsay told him
"What's he doing in New York?" Danny questioned. He knew Lindsay's family loved Montana and never understood her reasons for coming to New York. To them New York was the scariest place. Her parents came down once after Danny had been shot to help her with Lucy and her oldest brother stopped in less then a year ago when he was on a business trip.
"His friend Billy has a big interview at an advertisement company in a couple of days but wanted to make it a little vacation and asked Ryan to come" Lindsay told him as he started typing at his computer "You remember Billy right? You met him at the trial"
"Nope can't say that I do" Danny admitted "I was focused solely on you my dear" he added with a wink
"Billy was Jill's brother" Lindsay told him and Danny turned his full attention towards Lindsay
"Right, right" Danny said remembering, he knew how close Lindsay and Jill were "I remember you introducing us"
"He was always real nice to me after she had died" Lindsay smiled at the memories "Maybe we could all go to dinner together sometime this week"
"Absolutely" Danny said seriously then smirked "You know I love spending time with any of your brothers" with that Lindsay rolled her eyes
"They don't hate you" Lindsay told him with a laugh "Well Ryan doesn't anyway"
"Ryan's always been favorite" Danny said turning back towards his computer then Jo walked in
"Danny I've got some trace from the knife" Jo said to him "I'm not interrupting am I?" she questioned with a smile
"Nope not at all" Lindsay said politely standing up "He'll be here tomorrow so dinner Thursday night" she said to him putting on her jacket "See ya" she said to Jo then left the room
"I'm looking forward to it" Danny yelled after her sarcastically then looked at Jo who looked confused "One of Lindsay's brothers is coming to town for a visit"
"That's nice" Jo said sincerely "I take it you're not a fan"
"I'm a fan" Danny said looking over the papers Jo had given him "He doesn't like me"
"Ah I see" Jo laughed "You're the street punk that stole his little sisters innocence"
"Yea something like that" Danny said with a laugh
The next day Lindsay was in her apartment on her lone day off she was folding laundry as she watched Lucy play with dolls on the floor when there was a knock at the door. She quickly ran over and opened the door to find her brother standing there
"Hey Lin" Ryan smiled pulling her into a tight hug "I've missed you kid"
"I've missed you too" Lindsay frowned not wanting to let go but eventually pulled away
"Lindsay" Billy smiled politely and Lindsay gave him a warm hug as well
"Come in" Lindsay said ushering them in
"Nice place" Ryan said looking around
"Yea well I'm still working on it" Lindsay told him, the walls were still white- her and Danny hadn't gotten around to painting it since they moved in after the Shane Casey incident
"And is this little Lucy" Ryan smiled kneeling down to Lucy
"Lucy say hi to your uncle Ryan" Lindsay smiled watching them
"hi" Lucy said giving a small wave
"She got so big" Ryan said now turning to Lindsay "How are you holding up?"
"I'm good" Lindsay said to him
"We heard about the medal" Billy chimed in and Lindsay instantly looked embarrassed "Congratulations"
"Why didn't you tell anyone in the family about it? We would have been there" Ryan told her seriously "We heard about it in the local paper"
"It was in the paper?" Lindsay questioned
"A former CSI from Bozeman receiving such a big honor made it into the paper" Billy smirked "Read the story it was very heroic"
"It really was, I'm proud of you" Ryan told her sternly "And you should be proud too" he said knowing his sister well enough to know she was probably devastated for taking another life
"Thanks" Lindsay more or less mumbled "Where are you two staying?"
"The plaza" Billy told her
"Fancy" Lindsay remarked "How'd you swing that?"
"Hey I have a great job" Ryan defended
"And so will I once I nail this interview tomorrow" Billy chimed in
"I hope you get it, it would be nice to have someone else from Bozeman here in the big city" Lindsay smirked at him
"Where's that husband of yours? Hiding in the closet?" Ryan teased
"He's working" Lindsay said to him "And be nice to him please"
"I have always been nice to David" Ryan told her and her eyes widened
"Danny" Lindsay corrected annoyed and Ryan laughed along with Billy
"That's right David was your college boyfriend" Ryan said to her and Lindsay narrowed her eyes at her brother "I'm kidding I know his name is Danny, I'm just messing with ya. I like Danny" he added sincerely "He makes you happy, he seems to be a good dad and an ok husband"
"He's a great husband and an even better father" Lindsay corrected "He's been my rock threw out this entire ordeal. I couldn't have done it with him"
"Good" Ryan said with a soft smile "We're going to head to the hotel now I just wanted to see you first"
"You didn't even check in yet?" Lindsay questioned
"No Ryan's real reason for coming with me was to check in on you" Billy teased
"Dinner tomorrow night ok?" Ryan said pulling her into a hug "Bye-bye Lucy" Ryan said waving at Lucy
"Buh-bye" Lucy said waving
"See you tomorrow Linds" Billy added and they both left
A few hours later it was already past nine and Lucy was sound asleep when Danny came in. He checked around the apartment and saw the light on in the bedroom. He walked in and found Lindsay looking at old photos
"Whatchya looking at?" Danny asked flopping on the bed next to her
"Old photo's from high school" Lindsay said with a smile "Ryan and Billy stopped by earlier"
"Oh" Danny said nodding "Bought up some old memories huh?"
"Well seeing Billy did" Lindsay told him "He introduced me to Jill. Him and Ryan were best friends. I used to tag along with Ryan and his friends when we were younger so Billy started bringing Jill around and we were inseparable ever since" Lindsay told him still looking at the photo of her, Ryan, Billy and Jill but smiling "You know I never had a sister until I met her" she said finally looking at him
"I bet she's real proud of you" Danny told her softly "You've become the person that catches people like Daniel Cadence"
"I also took a life the same way hers was taken" Lindsay added to him coolly
"You didn't have a choice, Daniel Cadence did" Danny corrected "You're an amazing cop and scientist Linds don't forget it"