"So Hurricane Matthew has just touched down in Hawaii and already the effects have been felt, so I thought I'd call and give you a heads up so he doesn't catch you off guard." Danny said on the phone to Emma as he sat in the front passenger seat of his car as Steve drove them to their next destination.
"Oh I know he's here, Matty called me earlier this morning to let me know of his arrival and to make sure I left work at a reasonable hour so we could all have dinner together." Emma replied with a small laugh. "So what can I expect from dear old Matthew when I finally see him."
"You? Nothing but Oz on the hand has loads coming his way, Matt had this huge stack of gifts waiting for Grace when we got to his hotel room and then was another pile waiting for Oz. You tell him not to spoilt them but he can't help himself… " Danny noted.
"Of course he can't, look Danny we know despite mom's constant pestering at him to settle down and have kids it's highly likely that it's not going to happen. Matt's a Wall Street playboy who lacks the maturity to be a parent and the closet thing he's ever going to get to having kids is Harry and Grace so if he wants to spoil them let him. The love him and he loves them, really that's all that matters." Emma replied as looked over some papers. "So what are the three of you up to? Matt says he has a tone of things planned and if I didn't have court tomorrow I would have taken the day off to join you all."
"Hmm… he was going on about feeding sharks, I'm pretty certain that he has finally lost his damn mind because in case he's forgotten we're from New Jersey. We don't go anywhere near sharks, the closest we ever come to sharks is when Jaws is on tv." Danny said with a shake of head whilst Steve laughed in the background.
"You have no sense of adventure you know what Danny? We're in Hawaii, one would think you'd loosen up but you're just as stiff as ever." Emma teased. You seriously needed to lighten up a bit and have some."
"That is the exact same thing that Matt said to me this morning, are you sure that the two of you aren't twins? You don't share ESP or some other weird psychic bond?" Danny questioned skeptically but it was probably due to the fact that the two of them were as thick as thieves and Emma had most likely been living with him for far too long before she moved to Hawaii.
"Not as far as I know but if Matty's telling you that you need to lighten then you know it's bad if your getting advice from the goof meister himself." Emma replied with a small chuckle, she could tell that this combined with their brother's arrival was already pushing Danny's buttons.
"Enough about me, what about you? How comes your not with Matt and having fun." Danny says attempting to move the conversation away form himself.
"I'm at work I told you I'm due in court tomorrow and I have to prep for that so I've been stuck behind my desk for most of the day but I think I'm going to head out soon, most of this can be done at home and the walls are all starting to blur because I've been in here for far to long…" Emma wistfully said. "But wait, I thought you and Grace were with Matt?"
"I'm not with him, I got called into work a few hours ago so Grace has been with Matt for most of the day, which reminds me you know Judge Kamalei?" Danny admitted as it wasn't like Emma could have a go about it considering she was at work herself.
"Yeah he's presided over a couple of my cases of mine, we all heard about his daughter's death and it's devastating… are you investigating it?" Emma replied.
"Yeah we are and we've been trying to get through to one of your colleagues a James Chen all day but we haven't been able to reach him. Apparently he's been in court all day, is that true or just one of your lawyer time delaying tactics" Danny questioned.
"I believe that is true, I saw Chen briefly this morning but like I said I've been cooped up in my office for most of the day Daniel. But I'll ask around and see if I can get him to get back to you but I can't promise anything, Chen's been working on some big case recently."
"I need a favor."
"Depends on what it is you want and whether I'll get in trouble over it but I'm all ears so go on." Emma replied with a small chuckle.
"We think whoever killed judge Kamalei's daughter has a grudge against him and we know that your office has a team of investigators who keep tabs of threats made against anyone of the bench and we think that maybe the culprit may have threatened the judge before." Danny explained and then the phone suddenly went quiet and Danny wasn't sure whether or not his sister was still there. "Em? You still there?"
Emma let out a heartfelt sigh. "You want his threat file? I'm not sure if I can get my hands on that right this second but I'll see what I can do and I'll take to my bosses but I'm not promising anything and if I can get it the earliest you'll be able to see it is tomorrow."
"Thanks Em, I really appreciate it. I owe you big time."
"Of course you do and I'll be expecting payments in the form of your babysitting services, whenever I need them. So I'll see you later Daniel." Emma quipped before hanging up the phone.
Damn her. Never one to do anything for free Danny thought to himself.