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Rikki paced her eyes glued to Lindsay. Lindsay couldn't look at her so she kept her eyes on her stomach, after some time Rikki spoke.
"I think it's time I filled you in on what is going to happen." She paused as if to give Lindsay a chance to answer, when she didn't Rikki continued, "I have a friend on his way, he is going to give you some drugs, and get that baby out of you."
"What?" Lindsay cried.
"Yes, you see Lindsay that baby inside you, is my new child. Then I'm going to the hair dresser to make my hair just like yours and new contacts, brown ones, so I look just like you, but a little different."
"And then you're going to make Danny fall in love with you, but it won't be you, you'll look like me the person he loves. And what? Are you going to tell him you were left alone with a baby."
"Very good. Danny is going to meet me and feel sorry for this poor woman stranded with a baby"
"Where are you going to say the baby's father is?"
"Chris was killed in a car accident, rushing toward the hospital where my baby boy was dying" Rikki smiled
"You cannot do that, it'll remind him of Marie and Ruben, you can't put him through that again"
"But he'll be able to relate and help me through the hard time in my life"
"But he doesn't love you"
"He doesn't love you either" Rikki stood looking at Lindsay
Suddenly there is a knock at the door, Rikki's head turned sharply as her and Lindsay stared at the door, a spine hilling silence fell across the room. A tear fell from the corner of Lindsay's eye. Rikki turned slowly to face Lindsay with a sinister smile
''It'll be easier if you don't fight and let me have what I want and we can both come out of this ok, I get my baby and I wont hurt your little children when Danny asks me to move in. I wonder if Crissy remembers me."
"You dare touch her, you've already destroyed her life once you can't do it again"
"Don't worry .I'll be so wrapped up in the little one I wont even have time to bother with your spoilt little Crissy." Rikki sneered, walking toward the door that remained unanswered.
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Danny sat at the table all him the kids looked at him, expectantly. He could read the twins like a book they were confused, sad, hurt not really understanding the whole situation. Crissy had been through so much in her life. It seemed to Danny she had learned to hide her emotions, like his father used to. A six year old who's father couldn't tell what his daughter was thinking. She sat simply looking out of the window. By this time the waitress had brought all of their food over. Crissy simply looked down at the plate of pasta sitting in front of her
"Are you going to eat hunny?" He asked trying to sound positive
"No, thank you I'm not hungry" she replied quickly and quietly
"You have to eat"
"No, I don't want to eat I want my Mommy!" Crissy shouted, standing up.
"Sit down now" Danny instructed
"You made her leave, it's all your fault, and I hate you. Your horrible and mean and only care about you"
People in the diner were watching Crissy's out burst. Danny stood up picked the twins up played the bill and walked out of the diner. After a moment Crissy followed. Danny strapped he twins into the car and Crissy got in the front and strapped herself in. Nobody said a word, Crissy was still upset and angry with her father and Danny simply didn't know what to say to her. She was upset and wanted her mom, Crissy was seriously attached to Lindsay she always had been. He knew it was because he hadn't been there when she was younger and she was completely used to Lindsay and then he was there and she had to adjust. Knowing these things didn't make this any easier, Danny had no idea how he was going to get through to Crissy all he knew was he would have to take it one step at a time. Danny turned the key in the ignition and drove toward home.
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Mac sat at his desk, he was looking at a picture of the Messer family, they had taken it at the previous Christmas party. They all looked so happy, Danny had this look in his eye, he was over the moon, it was Christmas and he had his family his life was perfect. Why was this happening now. It was like when Danny decided to apply for cusdody of Crissy. Why couldn't things simply go right? Danny and Lindsay and the kids were happy everything was going well, Flack and Angell had the boys and had another little one on the way the fought sometimes but they always made up. That was the rule, argue and fight all they please but they made up before they went to bed because they never knew what tomorrow would bring, especially in their line of work. Sometimes is would be awkward, but then they knew if they ever did, if anthing happened that they would dies knowing they loved eachother no regrets. But why would Lindsay just leave? Nobody could wrap they're heads around it. Where was she? Why now? And what also confused Mac was that Lindsy said she would have taken the children and would have done it differently. If she hadden't wanted this why did she do it? These were questions Mac feared could never be answered, and the girl he thought of as a daughter for the past years was gone and he may never see her again.