Chapter 17
Lindsay was sitting in her hospital bed watching TV with Flack when Danny walked in
"Hey" Lindsay said "Is everything alright?" she asked noting the tension she can see pour out of him
"Everything is fine" Danny promised "Thanks for keeping an eye on her"
"No problem" Flack said standing up "Feel better" he said giving Lindsay a kiss on top of her head then patted Danny on the shoulder and left
"What happened?" Lindsay asked Danny now that Flack was gone
"Nothing" Danny said to her "Lucy is good by the way"
"Good" Lindsay smiled at him
"My Ma is going to watch her for another few days though" Danny said to her
"Danny-" Lindsay started
"Just precautionary" Danny cut her off "She'll be by to visit but I don't want you worrying about anything"
"I worry when she's not with me" Lindsay told him
"She's in good hands" Danny said to her taking hers and kissing it "How are you feeling?"
"Foolish" Lindsay smirked
"Nah don't feel like that" Danny told her
"I just don't like that fact that he's lying about all this" Lindsay told him "That we carried on an affair, that I would willingly leave my daughter that I was carrying his child"
"If people actually believe that crap then they deserve to be locked up with Billy" Danny told her seriously
"Why is he doing this to me Danny?" Lindsay asked as tear escaped her eye "I've always been so good to him and so has my family why is he hurting me like this?"
"Sometimes people do bad things to good people" Danny said wiping the tear from her eye gently
"I just want to go home" Lindsay said to him
"Soon" Danny said to her "I spoke to your doctor on the way in"
"Good" Lindsay sighed "And I promise I will do everything the doctor says I wont chance loosing this baby again"
"I know that" Danny smiled at her "You're one of the strongest women I know"
"I don't know about that" Lindsay said to him
"You are and that's just one of the many reasons why I love you" Danny smirked then there was a knock at the door
"Hi" Lindsay smiled at her brother Chris who walked in
"How are you two feeling?" Chris asked referring to Lindsay and the baby
"Good" Lindsay said placing a hand over her stomach "Are you here to say good-bye?"
"Oh I guess Danny didn't tell you" Chris said looking at Danny "I'm moving in with you guys"
"What?" Lindsay asked stunned
"Just until you're back on your feet" Chris said to her
"You don't have to do that, what about work?" Lindsay asked
"I can work cases from home for a while if they really need me I'll fly to where they are but most of the time I'll be with you and Lucy" Chris told her
"You really don't have to do that" Lindsay said to him
"I want to" Chris smiled at his young sister "Besides Danny has to get back to work and I'm sure he'd feel more comfortable with me around. Isn't that right Danny?"
"Yep" Danny replied forcing a smile
"Mr. Messer" a nurse said "We're ready to release your wife if you would just sign off on some paperwork"
"Sure" Danny said standing up and leaving the room
"Chris" Lindsay said once Danny was gone
"Don't worry about a thing" Chris said taking Danny's vacated seat
"I'm sorry you feel you have to give up your life to baby-sit me" Lindsay to him causing him to smile
"I don't call spending some over-due time with my sister and niece a sacrifice" Chris told her truthfully "I am sorry that parts of the interview got leaked"
"It's not your fault" Lindsay told him "It's a high profile case I'm sure it would have been leaked at some point"
"Well I'm actually meeting with Mac soon for the press conference" Chris told her and Lindsay nodded "Hopefully put all these lies to bed"
"Doubt it, people love real-life controversy" Lindsay smirked
"But don't worry I'll be home to cook dinner" Chris teased
"Chris" Lindsay started "What happened to you and Shelly?"
"She's back home in Virginia" Chris told her "We couldn't make it work" he shrugged "But she's doing well working"
"She was your high school sweet heart though" Lindsay told him
"Honestly" Chris said to her "I wouldn't trade the years we spent together for the world but it's for the best. In my line of work it's hard to keep a relationship going"
"You'd need to date someone you work with then" Lindsay pointed out
"That's against the rules Lindsay" Chris scolded with a smile
"When have you ever followed the rules?" Lindsay questioned "Where's the big brother that convinced me to skip out of school to drive to Chicago to see Kiss perform?"
"That was a long time ago and we had a great time" Chris said with a laugh
"Until we got home and were grounded for life" Lindsay smirked "Literally for life, they just forgot after a few months"
"You ready to go?" Danny asked wheeling in a wheelchair
"Oh no" Lindsay sighed at the sight of the chair
"Oh yes" Danny smirked "Hospital policy"
"Since when do you follow the rules?" She shot at him and he smirked
"Since it's for your best interest" Danny said to her "Come on Montana"
Outside the Crime Lab
"A lot of reporters" Chris said coming up behind Mac who was ready to give his statement
"It's New York, everything is news" Mac smirked "How's Lindsay doing?"
"She's home now" Chris said to him "She promised to take it easy"
"Good" Mac said to him "You sure you want to come out for this? There's going to be questions you're probably not going to like"
"I can control myself" Chris told him and Mac nodded taking the podium
"Everyone" Mac said into the microphone "My name is Mac Taylor and I run the New York crime lab. I'm here today to talk about Billy Myers and his actions" Mac started "Billy Myers is a deeply disturbed young individual from Bozeman Montana he abducted CSI Lindsay Messer against her will with the intention of killing her. The Behavioral Analysis Unit from the FBI opened up there own investigation into Billy Myers and found him to be unstable and have agreed with is doctors at the hospital that he is mentally unstable to stand trial. The NYPD does not take this lightly but Billy Myers will continue to receive medical attention until he is deemed well enough to take responsibilities for his actions" Mac finished then the questions started
"Detective Taylor if Billy Myers is so unstable then why did Detective Messer carry on an affair with him?" A reporter question
"There was never an affair between Billy Myers and Lindsay Messer" Mac clarified
"He claims she's carrying his child though isn't that enough for the NYPD to open up an IA investigation?" another reporter asked
"Lindsay Messer is in deed expecting a child but with her husband. The NYPD supports her fully and there will be no investigation" Mac told him then pointed to another reporter
"Lindsay Messer recently shot Shane Casey in her home while he was holding her daughter isn't plausible she suffered from shock and took to Billy Myers?" the reporter asked
"No Detective Messer underwent five months of NYPD mandated therapy for her heroic actions and was cleared" Mac told him
"Is it true this all stems from a murder that Lindsay Messer witnessed in Bozeman years ago?" a reporter asked
"Yes Lindsay Messer survived a shooting in her hometown when she was fifteen and returned back to testify against Daniel Cadence who has been locked up ever since. He received four consecutive life sentences" Mac told him "That's all the questions for now" Mac said then stepped down
"That went better then I thought it would" Chris said to Mac
"Hopefully it's enough to stop people from believing all this crap that's being spread" Mac said
"It's probably coming from Billy's parents" Chris told Mac "They weren't pleased earlier when Danny showed up"
"I wouldn't be pleased to open up my door to an angry Danny Messer either" Mac smirked then an older couple walked over that Chris recognized as Billy's parents
"Oh boy" Chris mumbled
"Detective Taylor" the man said "I am going to give you the chance to retract your statements about my son"
"Mr. and Mrs. Myers I presume" Mac replied courtly "I have nothing to retract everything I spoke about was the truth"
"No you spoke of Lindsay as a saint and my boy as the devil" Linda Myers told Mac "That's not fair"
"Either is the circus you and your attorneys caused for Lindsay" Mac said to them "I am a professional and if I felt Lindsay was in the wrong I would have addressed it"
"We can sue you for slander" David Myers told Mac
"You can sue me for whatever you want" Mac told them "But I wont stand here and argue with you while you two can victimize yourselves in front of all these reporters"
"We know all about you Detective" Linda said to him "You're no better then her crazy husband. If we were in Bozeman by Billy would have been treated more fairly"
"You don't know the affair wasn't true" David told him "Lindsay could be carrying our grandchild and we will see to it they we find out the truth"
"Lindsay is on strict bed rest" Mac told them "If you have any issues with her you can come to me with them"
"Oh we have problems Detective" Linda told him "Lots of them but Lindsay is adult enough to make her own choices so she can answer for them"
"So is Billy" Mac shot at them
"Billy is sick" David said to him "Why don't you people see that"
"I do see that" Mac said to them "That's why to believe anything he says is ludicrous. And I do sympathize with you in the lose of your daughter but Lindsay didn't cause Billy's erratic behavior"
"How would you know?" Linda asked him angrily
"Well due to what we found at his home in Bozeman and testimony from others that lived there and knew him he was always like this" Mac said to them
"Why because the Monroe family says that?" David asked "Don't you ever wonder how Lindsay survived that shooting?"
"I don't need to wonder, she was in the bathroom" Mac told them
"Sure she was" David said to them "My Jilly was going to be a lawyer, a lawyer!"
"Again I am sorry for your loss" Mac said to them "But I make no apologizes for standing behind Lindsay"
"You will" David said "You all will" he said now looking at Chris "You should be ashamed you made a name for yourself and now look at you"
"I will always support my sister David, surely you wouldn't have expected any different" Chris said to her "And I am not going to say I regret Lindsay surviving that day"
"I regret it everyday" Linda told him passionately "You all made out ok but Jilly is gone and now she's taking Billy from us to and I wont let that happen"
"You do what you have to do" Mac told them "And will do what we have to, have a good day" he said then turned and walked away with Chris
Danny and Lindsay's apartment
Lindsay was sitting up in bed when Danny came in and crawled onto the bed next to her
"How come I can't watch TV?" Lindsay questioned Danny
"Because the press conference was today" Danny told her "No need for you to see that we both trust Mac handled it well"
"Yea" Lindsay nodded "Don't you have things to do?"
"Nope" He replied as he closed his eyes "I don't see what's so bad about this best rest" he smirked at her
"It's great the first day then after that there's nothing to do" Lindsay told him
"I'll bring you books" Danny told her "And puzzles"
"Great" Lindsay remarked with an eye roll
"I saw that" Danny said and Lindsay looked down at him
"How could you with your eyes closed?" she questioned
"I know everything you do Montana" Danny smirked looking up at her "You hungry?"
"No you just fed me an entire pizza pie almost" Lindsay told him "You must be tired though"
"Nah" Danny shrugged as he closed his eyes again
"I mean waking up so early, taking me to the hospital, checking on Lucy going to Billy's parents hotel" She said and he looked up at her
"How'd you know about that?" Danny asked her seriously
"You just told me" she smirked "You shouldn't have done that"
"You're right it was stupid" Danny said to her
"Did it make you feel better?" Lindsay asked running her hand threw his hair
"Nope" Danny said to her "Actually pissed me off more"
"His parents have a tendency to do that" Lindsay smirked "They've never really liked me"
"I don't get how that's possible because I find you very likeable" Danny smirked
"Well I guess they were just angry I lived and Jill didn't, I can't say they I blame them" Lindsay told him
"And that's why you're not good with mothers huh?" Danny questioned referring back to a case years ago where Lindsay begged Danny to talk to a victim's mother for her
"Yea" Lindsay said nodding
"Everything happens for a reason Linds" Danny told her "You lived because you were supposed to. You became an amazing CSI and helped put away countless criminals and more importantly you saved me and gave me a beautiful family"
"Thanks Danny" Lindsay said to him "I don't know how I would have gotten threw any of this without you with me"
"Well get used to it because I aint going no where" Danny smirked "Ever. You're stuck with me until my death bed Montana"
"Good" Lindsay smiled sinking down into her bed and curling up with Danny "I wouldn't have it any other way" she said as she started to close her eyes as well. That's when Danny's phone went off "Ugh" she sighed moving to the side table and handing Danny his phone
"Messer" he said into the phone "Really" he said nodding "No, no I'll be there" he said then hung up
"You have to go?" Lindsay questioned
"Yea" Danny told her "But your brother will be here any minute" he said giving her a kiss on the top of her head "Get some rest"
"Ok" Lindsay said as she started to drift back to sleep and he climbed out of the bed "Be careful" she mumbled as she curled up to his pillow
"I will" Danny said then left the bedroom, as he left the room Chris Monroe walked into the apartment "She's sleeping but keep an eye on her" Danny told him
"Where are you going?" Chris asked
"I got a call from Billy Myers doctors, he wants to see me" Danny told him
"I don't think that's a good idea" Chris told him
"I don't care what you think, I'm just telling you where I'm going so you know where to find me if something happens with Lindsay" Danny told him casually then walked out of the apartment
Hospital
Danny walked into the waiting room and two uniformed cops stopped him
"Sorry Danny we're not supposed to let you threw" one of the cops told him
"I was asked to be here" Danny told them coolly as a doctor walked over
"It's alright" the doctor said waving for Danny to walk over, which he did
"So why am I here?" Danny questioned
"Billy wanted to see you and I think it's a great idea" the doctor told him "It could help his recovery"
"I'm glad I can be of service for him" Danny remarked sarcastically
"You'll be face to face but there will be a glass patrician keeping you both separate" the doctor informed him and Danny snorted
"Like prison?" Danny questioned
"Um I prefer to say it's for your own safety" the doctor said to him "or in this case his"
"So why does he want to see me not that I'm leaving without seeing him since I've come this far, just curious" Danny told the doctor as they walked down the hall
"Billy feels telling the truth will set him free of this madness and I and his doctors agree" The doctor told him as he punched in a code and led him into a room "I am going to have to ask you to keep your temper in check"
"Who me?" Danny asked innocently "I'm Mister. Calm cool and collected"
"Great" The doctor smiled as Danny rolled his eyes "Take a seat, he'll be out shortly" he said as Danny took a seat, it reminded him a lot of going to visit someone in prison. After about five minutes Billy appeared and took a seat across from Danny, the glass still blocking them from any contact other then verbal
"Thanks for coming Danny" Billy said to him "It's nice to see a familiar face"
"You think my face is a friendly familiar face to you?" Danny questioned and Billy smiled
"How's our girl doing?" Billy asked him still smiling
"My wife is not your concern" Danny told him
"Is she taking her vitamins for the baby?" Billy asked and Danny snorted
"What do you want?" Danny asked him starting to get frustrated
"You have a right to know" Billy said to him
"To know what?" Danny asked
"About Lindsay and I" Billy told him "About our affair"
"There was no affair Billy" Danny told him "You know that"
"She loves me" Billy argued
"I'm not hear to listen to your psychobabble" Danny retorted
"I never wanted to hurt Lindsay" Billy said to him
"Nah you just meant to kill her right?" Danny questioned "Make her suffer"
"Why would I want that?" Billy questioned
"Well that's what you're doing" Danny told him "All these accusations about an affair and fathering my child- it's sick man it's really sick"
"It's all truth's" Billy told him "It happened in Montana"
"Oh ok" Danny said nodding "When you kissed Lindsay she told me right away you expect me to believe that she carried on an affair with you? If you think Lindsay's the type of women to cheat and lie then you don't know her as well as you think you do"
"I do!" Billy yelled then tried to calm down "I know her better then you"
"I doubt that Billy" Danny said to him "Why don't you do yourself a favor and give up this crazy charade because no one is buying it. No one believe you didn't know what you were doing"
"I don't know what you're talking about" Billy said to him
"Oh I think you do" Danny smirked leaning closer to the glass "I'm a cop I know when I'm being lied to"
"You listen to me Danny" Billy said then looked over his shoulder and saw the guards weren't in ear shot "I am going to get out of this hospital and finish what I started. I'm going to kill that bitch if it's the last thing I do and if I happen to take your kid with her then so be it" he said in a low whisper
"I knew you weren't crazy you son of a bitch" Danny said "Hey!" He yelled at the doctor "You hear what he's saying!" the doctor just shrugged
"I'll see you soon Danny but I'll see Lindsay much sooner" Billy smirked then stood up and walked away leaving in Danny in shock
A/N: Thanks for all the amazing reviews :)