Chapter 20 "Not Enough Hours"
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A/N: (26 Sept 2016) You never know when Fate is going to swing her lead pipe and konk you on the noggin. The day after I put up Ch. 19, she swung hard. I'm recuperating from a bunch of stuff, a nasty infection, and a BAD allergy to an antibiotic which has kindof messed up my eyes. The hiatus was entirely involuntary. It's good to be back.
This chapter is very short, just to get me back into it and let everyone know I didn't fall off the planet.
Thank you for the reviews, the patience.
Disclaimer: CBS owns Hawaii Five-0.
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Chapter 20 "Not Enough Hours"
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(23 December 2016, Wednesday, 2am)
It was a flurry of activity that followed the arrests of Stan and Rachel Edwards. Child protective services gave Steve temporary custody of Grace and Charlie Williams. Steve in turn called Dr. Cornett to explain his tardiness, and need to reschedule the tests, and after everything was explained, the doctor offered his home to the two sleepy children until everything was arranged for them at Steve's. His wife was all for the idea; his daughter Becca was Grace's nurse, and Charlie's needs would be looked after medically as well since they would make sure he took his anti-rejection meds on time. In the background, Steve heard a very kind feminine voice offer to stay with the children, since at least Grace knew her, and it would give her a feeling of security.
"That's Becca," said Dr. Cornett.
Steve instantly liked her, just from her manner with her father. No wonder Grace had become fond of her and said Danny had too, even if he didn't know it yet.
Steve covered the phone with his hand and asked Grace if she would be okay with staying at the Cornetts' house temporarily, and she was quite happy with it. She had long since lost her energy from the fear and then anger of learning that her mother and step-father had been involved in kidnapping her dad. She was falling asleep on her feet, but behind that she was worried for her dad. Charlie was asleep in Officer Kai's arms, wrapped in an HPD blanket.
Steve insisted on riding with Officer Kai to drop the kids off, and see where they would be staying. Chin and Kono had gone ahead to start investigating Lou's house, after that search warrant had been cleared. Everyone was way too busy. CSI was processing the Edwards house, and Abby was back at her scrutiny of camera footage, starting with everything the photos of Danny showed, to be followed by facial rec of the "Stan" Rachel had picked up at the airport. Steve had mentioned to Grace that they had been fooled by his clothes, luggage, Rolex, and Rachel's behavior towards him as a loving wife, when Grace had looked startled. "He never wears the Rolex on business trips. He has this huge three-timezone thing he wears, about the size of –and she made a shape about three inches in diameter—and he was wearing it when he came home.
When Steve got through questioning Renee Grover, he would get to Rachel, who was still going through the booking process, because everyone could sense she would crack long before Stan would. They needed to know who the guy was who had stood in for Stan, and if she knew where Danny was.
It turned out they got a lot of information all at once. Linseed oil cans, properly stored, were found in Lou's garage, disguises for both Step-Stan and Rachel were found behind a false-backing in the wall safe in the couple's bedroom, and a bag of frozen blood was found in the downstairs freezer at the Edwards house.
The next few hours were going to be very busy, indeed, thought Steve as Officer Kai pulled up in front of Dr. Cornett's house.
A/N: I'm sorry this is a partial, but I will write more very very soon. I hope this sets the next part up okay.