Chapter 13
Lindsay rode in the car with Billy for about and all the way into Brooklyn. She didn't understand how he knew the streets of New York so well to avoid all the busiest ones
"You're quiet" Billy noted keeping his eyes on the road
"What do you want me to say?" Lindsay questioned "I'm worried about my daughter"
"She's not your daughter anymore" Billy told her "Maybe Rikki Sandavol will stop by and help Danny raise her"
"What?" Lindsay questioned "How do you know about her?"
"I know all about Danny Messer" Billy informed her "He's disgusting, a lot like Jake"
"Jake?" Lindsay asked, where did that even come from she wondered "Danny's a great guy and I love him"
"Will you'll just have to figure out how to stop" Billy told her casually
"Is this what Jill would have wanted?" Lindsay asked him
"She would have loved it if we were together" Billy smiled "We used to kid around that I would marry you and she would marry Ryan and we'd be this great big family"
"You were kids" Lindsay noted "I'm not the same girl that you knew from Montana"
"Clearly" Billy snorted "You got pregnant and you let him force you into marriage"
"I didn't do anything I didn't want to" Lindsay shot at him "You're the one forcing me to leave my home, my family! And why? So you can just get caught?"
"That wont happen" Billy told her
"What you think they wont look for you here?" Lindsay questioned "And for the record Danny is a very determined detective he will not rest until he finds me"
"They will find you" Billy said to her "I'm not naïve I'm expecting it"
"So then what's the point?" Lindsay asked confused
"Will be together forever Lindsay" Billy promised
"Oh god" Lindsay mumbled "You're going to kill me aren't you?"
But Billy didn't respond he continued driving and smiled
"Do you remember Romeo and Juliet? You and Jill did the play when you were in middle school? You were all upset because Jill got the role of Juliet" Billy smiled at the memory "Tonight you'll get to be Juliet Lindsay"
"You can't do this" Lindsay said to him, she would have scratched his eyes causing him to crash but she didn't want to risk any harm to the baby
"This is the way it was supposed to be" Billy said to her "You weren't supposed to survive that shooting anymore then I was supposed to survive without Jill"
"She wouldn't want you throwing your life away" Lindsay argued trying to reason with him "This is crazy!"
"No what's crazy is that a man walked into that pizza place and killed my sister, two other girls and an innocent worker!" Billy yelled
"And you're answer to that is more killing! More violence!" Lindsay yelled "You don't have to do this I'll get you help"
"No, no!" Billy yelled putting the car into park down a dead end street "Get out" he said pointing the gun at her
Crime Lab
Danny was looking over all the evidence for what felt like the hundredth time when Flack walked in
"Billy's car was spotted going into Brooklyn" Flack informed him
"Did they see him or Lindsay inside?" Danny asked anxiously
"They said two people were in the call but it's dark they couldn't say exactly who" Flack told him
"What's in Brooklyn?" Danny asked himself "We've got to get out there"
"And do what?" Flack asked "Knock on everyone's door?"
"It's a start" Danny argued
"Look I want to get Lindsay back to but this guy is sick and we don't want to startle him, we know he has a gun" Flack said trying to reason with him
"And what's waiting here going to do?" Danny questioned
"Do what you're good at" Flack said to him "Look at the evidence"
Brooklyn
Billy walked Lindsay two blocks down to his motel room, he had the gun on her but it was hidden he walked past a group of men, one of which had a pet pit-bull
"How ya doin man?" the man with the dog asked, Billy just kept walking behind Lindsay
"Strange folk around here" another guy mumbled
"Here hold onto her for a minute" the man with the dog said as he watched Billy and Lindsay enter a motel. The man walked about three blocks and went to a pay phone. He pulled out his own cell and looked for a number and dialed it.
"Flack" he heard the voice on the other end say
"Yo Flack it Terrance" Terrance said to him
"I don't have time right now-" Flack started
"That cop on TV you all are looking for" Terrance started "I seen her"
"What where?" Flack asked
"She was with some dude he pulled her into that run down motel on 56th" Terrance informed him
"Thanks" Flack said hanging up then turned to Danny "56th avenue in Brooklyn"
In the motel room
"Look Billy" Lindsay started as Billy tied up her wrists "You don't have to do this I came with you willingly"
"Because you love me too" Billy smiled "I always knew it"
"Don't kill me or yourself" Lindsay begged
"They'll never let us be together" Billy told her "You should have heard your brother all those years ago, looking his nose down at me. If you would have been with me I would have never hurt you"
"You're hurting me now" Lindsay said as tightened the rope around her wrists causing her to wince in pain then there was knock at the door
"Say anything and I kill you and whoever is out there" then Billy opened it to find that man with the pit-bull at the door
"What?" Billy asked slightly annoyed
"Did you drop this?" Terrance asked holding up a twenty-dollar bill
"You found money and you came here because you think I dropped it?" Billy questioned
"I'm a good guy like that" Terrance shrugged "Did I interrupt you and your lady or something?" he asked trying to by time for Flack to get there
"Get lost" Billy said about to close the door but Terrance stopped the door
"So it's not your money?" he questioned, clearly annoying Billy
"Keep it!" Billy yelled then slammed the door
"I will!" Terrance yelled from the other side
"It will only hurt for a minute" Billy promised her
"So you're going to shoot me?" Lindsay questioned
"What?" Billy asked her stunned "I would never end your life in the same violent way Jill's did" he then stood up and turned on the water in the bathtub
"Oh god" Lindsay mumbled, fear evident in her eyes she stood up carefully and tried to grab the gun he left on the next bed but she knew shooting him would be difficult with her hands tied so closely together but she had to take the chance. She carefully grabbed the gun but the safety was on and she tried to get unlocked just then she heard Billy
"Bath's ready" Billy said then saw what she was doing and grabbed the gun from her
"Are you crazy!" Billy screamed he slapped her and she fell to the floor crying he grabbed her by the hair and dragged her down to the bathroom
"Please Billy no" Lindsay begged, she never was one to beg but this was her life and her unborn child's life on the line.
"Stop fighting me!" Billy yelled violently picking her up and placing her in the now full tub "Now Lindsay it's only going to be a few minutes ok? Then I'll be with you I promise"
"Don't do this please" Lindsay begged again "I'm pregnant"
"You're what?" Billy asked stunned
"I'm pregnant you wont just be killing me but a baby as well" Lindsay spat out threw tears, this was her last hope
"I'm sorry Lindsay" Billy said threw his own tears placing a kiss on her cheek "We'll all be together"
"No please" Lindsay said then Billy pushed her under the water and held her under while she fought violently to get free. Threw all the noise Billy didn't even hear the door come crashing in
"NYPD!" Flack yelled with Danny and Mac on each side of him
"No!" Billy yelled and then Danny took a shot sending Billy to the floor and Lindsay instantly popped up out of the water gasping for air
"Linds" Danny said rushing over to her while Mac checked on Billy
"Oh my god" was all Lindsay could muster
"Come on" Danny said putting his gun away and helping her out of the tub "Get me a towel!" Danny said and Flack walked over with one, he wrapped Lindsay in it and then carried her out of the bathroom
"He alive?" Flack asked Mac nodding towards Billy
"Barley" Mac told him
"You're alright" Danny promised kissing Lindsay's forehead and the side of her face "You're alright"
"Danny" Lindsay cried out, Danny looked down and saw her hands were tied together "Flack!" Danny yelled
"EMS is on the way" Flack told him
"Get me a knife or something" Danny instructed as Flack handed him a knife from the kitchen and Danny cut Lindsay's restraints as soon as she did she threw her arms around him tightly
"I was so scared" She said softly threw tears
"It's alright now" Danny assured her running his hand threw her hair "You're safe"
"Lucy?" She asked pulling away slightly
"She's fine she's with your brother and Jo" Danny said causing her to sigh with relief then the paramedics came in "Her first!" Danny yelled at the EMT's who stopped walking to the bathroom and turned to Lindsay "She's pregnant and was held under water" he said just as other paramedics arrived and rushed into the bathroom
"Alright sir let us take a look at her" the EMT said as Danny moved away
"Danny don't" Lindsay choked threw tears
"I'm right here and I'm not leaving your side" Danny assured her watching the EMT's work on her
"We're going to take her to the hospital" The EMT said
"Is it the baby?" Danny questioned
"We wont know for sure but her blood pressure is very high" the EMT told him
"I'm riding with you" Danny said leaving the room with EMT's and Lindsay
Flack walked outside and saw Terrance, he didn't want to approach him because that sort of thing would get Terrance killed he just gave him a respected head nod then Mac walked over
"Terrance may have just saved Lindsay's life" Mac said to Flack
"Yea he's got a knack for that sort of thing" Flack mumbled as they watched the EMT's rush Billy on a stretcher onto the back of an ambulance "He almost had her Mac two minutes later this would have ended a lot differently"
"Can't think about that" Mac told him "We got Lindsay back she's safe, we've got Billy and even if he lives he'll be in jail for a long time to come"
"You want a ride to the hospital?" Flack asked Mac
"Yea" Mac nodded and they left the scene
Hospital
Lindsay was in a cubical holding Danny's hand
"There was no bleeding or anything" Lindsay said to Danny "So that's a good sign"
"Yea, yea it is" Danny agreed
"Mrs. Messer?" The doctor asked walking in
"Yes" she said anxiously
"We're going to do a sonogram and check on the baby" the older doctor informed and Lindsay laid back as they placed the gel on her stomach and moved the camera around. After a moment Lindsay started to get nervous
"Where is she?" Lindsay asked the doctor holding Danny's hand tighter
"Right there" the doctor smiled pointing at the screen "That little peanut is your healthy baby"
"Really?" Lindsay asked full of relief
"Really" the doctor smiled back at them "But please bed rest for the next couple of days. You went threw something very traumatic causing your pressure to sky rocket, it's important you get that back down"
"Anything" Lindsay told her
"There are some people outside who want to see you" The doctor told her
"Ok" Lindsay smiled then turned to Danny "You alright?"
"I'm great" Danny assured her kissing her cheek "I just came so close to loosing you both tonight"
"But you didn't" Lindsay smiled "We're ok"
"Hey" Flack walked in followed by Mac "We heard the good news"
"Yea" Lindsay couldn't but smile
"Bed rest for a week Lindsay" Mac told her sternly
"She said a few days" Lindsay argued
"A week, seven full days" Mac told her again "And if everything is alright after then will discuss the idea of you coming back full time"
"Mac" Lindsay wined
"He's right babe" Danny said to her "We need to get you relaxed"
"The lab does relax me" Lindsay frowned
"Only you would find crime scenes and tedious lab work relaxing" Flack snorted
"She did eat bugs" Danny threw in
"Fine, fine mock all you want" Lindsay said then looked at Mac
"How's Billy?" she asked him
"He's in surgery right now" Mac told her and Lindsay looked down "I need to make some calls" he said "Lindsay feel better, Danny I'll see you in a few days. Take care of your girls"
"Will do" Danny assured him
"What's going on Linds?" Flack asked and Danny waited for her to respond
"I wish he would have died" she told them catching them both by surprise "And I feel terrible saying that but he was going to kill me, knowing I was pregnant" she said when a tear fell from her eye "I had never been more scared in my life. I'd take Shane Casey any day of the week over him"
"It's natural to feel that way" Danny assured her squeezing her hand "Doesn't make you a bad person"
"Makes you human" Flack added
"That guy at the door was your CI Terrance wasn't it?" Lindsay questioned
"He came to the door?" Flack asked surprised
"Yea he was chatting up Billy I guess trying to distract him or something" Lindsay told him "I'm also assuming he's the one that called you"
"He was" Flack nodded
"Well you can tell him he saved my life and I'm thankful" Lindsay said with a smile
"I will" Flack said and leaned in and gave Lindsay a kiss on the forehead "Feel better"
"How's Lucy?" Lindsay asked Danny
"She's fine" Danny assured her
"Did she call you?" Lindsay asked him
"No" Danny said with a laugh "She called Stella"
"Stella?" Lindsay questioned "That must have been one confusing phone call"
"No Stella caught on real quick and contacted Mac and we were there in five minutes" Danny said to her "Our daughter is smart"
"That she is" Lindsay said to him "I felt so bad leaving her but I had to leave with him he would have killed Lucy and Ryan"
"You did what you had to do" Danny said to her "I would have done the same thing"
"I really thought that was it" Lindsay confessed "It was like that night at diner" she told him "And with the water running it was just too much"
"You made it babe" Danny said forcing a smile "You survived"
"He was so cold and calculating" Lindsay said with a tear "I tried being nice, being mean, being compassionate- nothing was getting threw to him"
"I'm sorry you had to got threw that" Danny told her sincerely "I never want you feel like that and I am going to spend the rest of the days were married to each other making it up to you"
"You have nothing to make up for" Lindsay told him "The most comforting part in thinking I was going to die was knowing Lucy had you-" but Danny caught her off immediately
"Don't talk that Linds" Danny warned her in a low voice "I don't want to think about that"
"It's true though Danny" Lindsay smiling at him "I'm so lucky to have you and so is Lucy and so is this new baby"
"You hear that kid" Danny said talking to Lindsay's still flat stomach "You've got two great parents here" he said then kissed her stomach "I love you" he said to her simply
"I love you too" she said leaning down and giving him a kiss
After about an hour Lindsay was asleep and the hospital was keeping her over night. Danny decided to get some coffee when he heard two doctors talking
"It's a miracle he survived that gun shot" the doctor said to the other
"Did you hear what he did? Tried to drown a pregnant women in the tub" the other doctor said "Sickens me sometimes"
"Yea well the good news is he'll be well enough to stand trial" the doctor said and they walked away. Danny put his coffee cop down and headed towards Billy's room were the all to familiar Officer Washington was posted outside
"Detective Messer I can't let you in there" Officer Washington told him apologetically "Strict orders from Detective Taylor"
"I aint going to hurt the guy" Danny defended "I just need to ask him a few questions"
"I told-" he started but Danny caught him off
"I'll stand by the door way you can stand behind me and watch and listen the entire time" Danny said to him and Officer Washington reluctantly nodded his head and let Danny in the room
"Lindsay?" Billy asked weakly when he heard the door opened
"No not Lindsay" Danny said walking a little closer to Billy
"It's you" Billy said with venom "Is she dead? Did I kill her first?"
"You would have liked that you sick son of a bitch wouldn't ya?" Danny questioned in a low voice "Sorry to burst your bubble but Lindsay is alive and well"
"That's fine" Billy said with a sigh closing his eyes "There's always another day"
"No that's where your wrong pal" Danny said shaking Billy's cuffed wrist "You're not going anywhere for a long time and if by some miracle you end up out of those cuffs I will shoot to kill next time"
"You didn't shoot to kill the first time?" Billy questioned
"I did but you happened to luck out" Danny smirked
"I thought tonight would have been the night" Billy told Danny as if he was talking to an old friend "We would have been together forever, when I was holding her under that water I could feel her life and that babies-" he started but Danny caught him off by roughly grabbing his face
"Danny" Officer Washington scolded
"I don't want to hear what you have to say, I'm done listening to you" he said in a dangerously low voice even frightening Officer Washington "You're going to forget my wife because you will never see her again. She doesn't love you she never has and she never ever will. If there weren't a police officer in this room I'd rip your head right off your shoulders. I don't want to hear from you or see you. If you try to contact my wife ever again I am going to rip your heart out and feed it to you, am I making myself clear?" He said still holding a tight grip on Billy's face and head all he could do was nod slightly and Danny forcefully let go and walked out of the room