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Once Danny got Chin and Kono working on the car, he took Madeline into Steve's office to talk. Again, he used his hand on the small of her back to guide her and Steve, seeing this, felt the pangs of jealousy moving through his chest. Though he knew it was ridiculous it didn't diminish the feeling.

Danny led Madeline into Steve's office and offered her the chair across from the desk, which she took. Danny stood behind her and they both were facing Steve, who was sitting at his desk.

"Steven, this is Madeline Riley. Maddie, this is Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett, my boss," Danny said with a touch of humorous disdain at the end.

"I believe we've met but I thought your name was Amanda Carter?" Steve said nearly challenging her with his body language and tone. Before Madeline could answer, Danny placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her.

"Are you just going to sit there and pout for not being included or are you going to give her a reason to trust you?" Danny asked. Steve sat there for a moment staring down Danny but then he looked down at Madeline and she looked uncomfortable. Her head was down and she wasn't making eye contact with him. Danny's hand was squeezing her shoulder in a supportive way and when he saw a tear fall from her eye to make a wet spot on her pants, he immediately softened.

"Maybe this was a bad idea," Maddie said looking up at Danny.

"I'm sorry," Steve said immediately not knowing what else he could say that could make up for shoving his foot in his mouth like that. When Madeline looked at him, Steve saw the glistening of tears in her eyes and his heart just melted. He never thought that the tears of one young woman could dissolve the toughness he learned in the SEALS that had permeated nearly his whole life but it was happening.

"Are you sure we should do this Danny?" Madeline asked. She looked back up at Danny, then to Steve and then to Danny again.

"Yeah, he needs to know if he's going to help us," Danny stated and squeezed her shoulder again. She drew in one long breath and let it out slowly before squaring her shoulders and meeting Steve's eye.

Steve was startled and impressed by her sudden burst of strength. This woman was definitely not one to be messed with and one he wanted to get to know, soon.

"My real name is Madeline Riley and for the last 18 months, I've been in the witness protection program," she started and Steve nodded in acknowledgement.

"I don't want to interrupt but shouldn't the US Marshalls be handling any problems you're having?" Steve asked.

"Probably but they've had to relocate me three times since I was brought into the program because someone has been finding me at my locations. I don't know if the Marshalls have been doing any investigating because I'm no longer in a high-threat situation but I can't live like this. I'm afraid for my life and I don't want to have to leave Hawaii. I have a great job at the hospital, the people here are incredible and now I know Danny is here, it's like having a little piece of home here with me," Madeline explained. Steve squinted at the pair in front of him wonder exactly was going on between them.

"Okay. What do you want to do?" Steve asked Danny ignoring the thoughts swirling around in his head.

"I've got Chin and Kono looking into the car that Maddie has been seeing hanging around her house. I thought we could go and check out the house to see if there have been any points of entry or abnormalities. What do you think?" Danny asked. Steve nodded and thought for a moment.

"I think we need to place her in 24 hour protective custody. I think we should put our own surveillance on the house and pull her out for a few days to try to lure the person out. If they don't see her for a few days they might wonder what's up and try to enter the house," Steve stated and looked at Danny who nodded his approval.

"What do you think about that?" Danny asked Madeline. She said nothing but nodded her agreement.

"Are you sure? If you have another idea or concerns, you should tell us," Steve said. Maddie shrugged and looked around the office for a moment before reacquiring eye contact with Steve.

"No, I think it's a fine idea, my only problem is that I can't be away from work. I'm wondering how a 24 hour protection detail is going to be inconspicuous at the hospital," she said.

"Yeah, I was wondering how you knew Malia. She said you work together?" Steve asked.

"I'm one of two oncology pharmacists employed in the hospital. Dr. Waincroft and I are on the medical team that assess and treat cancer patients," she explained. Steve was impressed again. Each thing he learned about this woman was more interesting than the last. So far he'd learned that she was smart, dedicated, classy and a fighter. She made him want to know more, fast.

"I think that instead of providing a personal detail that we might be able to just beef up security at the hospital and especially in the areas you'll be working in. We can tell them it's just a precaution so no one will get suspicious," Danny said thinking out loud. Madeline nodded.

"I spend a lot of time in my office but we do round on our patients twice per shift," she said.

"That's another thing to consider. Is the oncology department isolated from the rest of the hospital?" Danny asked.

"Sort of. Oncology makes up two floors of the one wing of the hospital. My office is up there but sometimes I have to visit the central pharmacy to facilitate certain medication issues," Maddie explained.

"What's your work schedule look like?" Steve asked.

"I work Tuesday to Monday 0700 to 1700 every other week but the other pharmacist on my team has some time off this week, so I offered to pick up her extra shifts. I start my work week tomorrow, Thursday, and then just work through my regular seven," Maddie explained.

"You know military time?" Steve asked with a smirk on his face. The question was pretty out of the blue for Danny and Maddie but made complete sense to Steve.

"Well, it's more hospital time than anything else but my brother is in the Marine Corp. I picked up some lingo along the way," she said and his smile grew. Now she was speaking his language.

"Oh yeah? What's his MOS?" Steve asked, now very interested in getting deeper into her background.

"3531 and 3533. He's assigned to a Communications Division out of Okinawa, Japan. At least that's the last thing I knew. I haven't been able to talk to him in awhile," she said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Danny glanced back and forth between Steve and Maddie and shook his head so that only Steve could see.

"Well, based on your work schedule, that will make it easier to protect you. We just have to figure out what to do with you in the evenings and at night…" Danny said thinking out loud again.

"I have an idea," Steve said but Danny interrupted him.

"Actually, could I talk to you outside for a minute?" Danny asked curtly.

"I thought we were making a plan for how to proceed with this case," Steve said with mock innocence.

"We are but before you suggest what I think you're going to suggest, I want to talk to you in the hall," Danny said forcefully. Madeline looked at him with a confused look but he just patted her shoulder and followed Steve out the door.