Secrets of the Past
"We got something," Stella announces as she runs into Mac's office. He looks up, exhaustion evident on his face. She slows to a halt. These current events had been weighing heavily on him, it was, after all, the family he'd never known he had that he was dealing with.
It hurt to see that defeated look in his eyes that she saw now.
"What have you got?" Mac asked, though his voice was hollower than normal.
"That substance we found on the cloth in the bathroom where David was taken had chloroform on one side but on the other we found dirt. When I put it through the mass spec it showed high levels of a substance found in one place in all of New York," she said before laying a map out in front of him then she pointed at a section full of empty old apartment buildings and warehouses.
"Great, it's a dead end. It would take forever to search all those buildings and about the time we got to them he'd have moved David to some other location." Mac sounded so defeated as he hung his head down and shook it. "You know, some mornings it really doesn't pay to get out of bed." He mumbled those words to himself but she heard.
"Okay Mac," she said walking to his side and spinning him so he had to look at her. "You listen to me. Beating yourself up won't do anyone any good. Your daughters need you, your grandson needs you. Hell, this lab needs you. We are down our best two techs and we can't risk loosing our boss. Pull yourself together."
He nodded, as if seeing her words of wisdom. Either that or he was doing it automatically while ignoring her.
"Good," she said before straightening up. Now, I best not be back here again and find you still sulking. You got that?"
He smiles and nods. "Thanks Stella," he said, there's a slight glow back in his eyes. She nodded back at him then turned away so he didn't see her smile. There was the boss she knew and loved.
With that she walked out of the lab.
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Kenzie paced the floor, it had barely been a day since David had been kidnapped and still she was growing more restless by the moment. She knew most kidnapped victims were never found after forty-eight hours and twenty-six hours had already passed since he'd disappeared.
She hadn't slept, being kept awake by coffee.
"Honey, sit for a bit, exhausting yourself won't help," Adam said and she looked at him. She'd heard what had happened earlier when the doctors had to repair five pulled stitches in his side from his stupid act.
"This coming from you, the same guy who had surgery two days ago and decided to get up and try to walk out of here as well as get in a wrestling match with Danny and Don?" she teased and he smiled a small smile, though it didn't reach his eyes.
Still, she moved to the seat next to his bed and he grabbed her hand. Then he sweetly pulled it to his lips, kissing it gently. His lips barely grazed her skin.
"I think I'm falling in love with you," she said before she could stop herself and Adam looked at her with wide eyes. She could have slapped herself. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that so soon into any form of relationship, especially not with these circumstances."
He put a finger to her lips. "I love you too," he said. "Let's just hope we still feel this way after this crisis is over."
She crinkled her nose up at him and he smiled. It wasn't wide but it was a hopeful smile and this one did reach his eyes. It caused her to smile right back at him. Just then her phone rang.
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Adam watched her pull out her phone.
"Storm," she said, a small smile on her face. Then it fell. She stood up and walked out. He didn't understand. She left him in there alone and there was obvious anger in her stride.
He watched her leave and he couldn't help but wonder what all of that was about.
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[Thank you for reading and thanks to everyone who has reviewed. Sorry about the length and ending it like that. You'll understand in the next update which will be up soon. TVGirl09]