p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"Bailey McGarrett woke up in a cold sweat. She sat bolt upright, breathing heavily fresh from a nightmare. Or was it a nightmare? She wasn't sure. It was already fading. What she did remember was terrifying. Her husband and Danny had been in it with her, at least she thought they were. She could recall Danny yelling, and Mac yanking the wheel to the left. After that, the world spun but that was as far as she could recall. Was it a dream or was she recalling the crash that had cost her, her memories? The more she tried to recall the dream the farther it slipped away from her until all she could remember was that she had woken up frightened. Bailey looked at the alarm clock over on her husband's side of the bed. span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"2:00AM,/span it glared at her. Damn it, she should be asleep and here she was awake, terrified. Bailey slipped quietly out of bed, so as not to wake up her sleeping husband, put on her robe, and quietly went downstairs./p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"Bailey walked over to the sofa, clicked on the table lap, and sat down. She grabbed a photo album off the coffee table and curled up on the couch. Bailey looked down at the album she grabbed and saw it was: span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace Adventures. /em/spanShe smiled and opened the album. Bailey looked through the pictures trying to see if anything would spark a memory. She pulled out a photo of Grace and herself sitting, on what looked like, Grace's bed reading a book. Grace looked like she may have been sick in the photo. Bailey tilted her head to the side and closed her eyes, still holding the picture. The memories of that day flooded back. She just sat there for a moment, then did what Dr. Ghee suggested and let the memories flow. Thankfully, no migraines appeared. After a little time had passed Bailey got up with the picture still in hand, walked over to her work bag, and pulled out the memory book and a pen. She took the items back to the sofa and curled back up on it. Bailey put the photo down next to her and opened the memory book onto a fresh page, then began to write./p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Adventures in Babysitting. Pt.1/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I am three months on the job as a personal assistant to Five-0. You and the team are out of the office working. I am jumping between running errands for all of you, straightening up the workspaces, and entering everyone's reports onto the computer. I hear the phone ring in Detective Williams's office, generally, in the past, the answering service would answer it. But as I am now the personal assistant for the whole team, including Detective Williams, I answer the calls. I walk to his office, open the door, and answer the phone./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Hawaii Five-0 Headquarters, Detective Williams office. Bailey Morgan, Five-0 personal assistant speaking. How may I help you?" I say in greeting./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""I'm sorry to hear that, but Detective Williams is not in the office at the moment. Have you tried his cell phone?" I suggest./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""He's not picking up? Oh, dear. Have you tried Grace's mother?" I ask feeling concerned./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""No, I wasn't aware that she was out of town. Detective Williams did not inform me of that." I say./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""I can keep trying Detective Williams if you like or perhaps it might be possible for me to come to collect Grace?" I suggest not wanting to leave a sick child at school./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Yes, of course, I'll wait," I reply patiently./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Yes, I'm still here," I confirm./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""You were able to get ahold of Grace's mother? That's wonderful!" I exclaim./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Yes, she and I have met. That's correct. Of course, I'd still be willing to come to collect Grace." I confirm./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""No, I don't mind waiting for you to receive a fax authorizing my pickup of Grace from her mother," I reply./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Alright, I will be there shortly to collect Grace. Thank you so much. Buh-Bye." I say and end the call./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I look at the clock and realize Grace has only been at school for two hours. I then grab a pen and a post-it note from Detective Williams's desk. I write down the situation letting him know what is going on. Just in case I cannot reach him on his cell phone. I leave Detective Williams's office, walk over to yours, and enter it. I leave a similar note for you, leave my office, and collect the things I will need to finish my work at home./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"On my way to my car, I try to call you but have no luck. I also attempt to reach Officer Kalakaua, Sargent Kelly, and Captain Grover but am still unsuccessful. I conclude that either you all are at a spot with horrible cell service on the island or you are all in the middle of something. I send up a quick prayer that it is the former rather than the latter. I love working for all of you and don't want anything bad to happen to any of you. I get into my car, turn on the ignition, back it out of my parking spot, and drive to Grace's school./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Once I arrive at Grace's school I park, turn off the engine, and exit my car. I walk up the steps of the building, open the door and enter. It takes me a minute to find the office as I am unfamiliar with Grace's school. Thankfully I am assisted by the school's security guard and am in the office in no time./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Hi, my name is Bailey Morgan. I'm here to pick up Grace Williams." I say to the lady at the front desk./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I follow her direction and walk through the open door into the nurse's office. I spot Grace immediately on one of the little beds./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I walk over to her, gently put my hand on her shoulder, and say, "Grace, honey it's time to go."/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Yeah hun, it's me. I'm sorry it couldn't be your dad but he's in the middle of catching bad guys." I apologize./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""It's okay. Danno has a really important job." She tells me shrugging it off that her father is not here to collect her./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace gets up and I help her collect her things from the floor. The nurse noticed our movements and joins us./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""I'll make sure it gets all sorted out," I assure her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""You feel better soon Grace." She says to Grace./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace nods and mumbles a thank you. We go to the office so I can sign her out before we leave./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Alright." I reply and take the phone from her then say in greeting into the phone, "Hello?"/span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Of course, I don't mind keeping Grace with me. I am however a little worried about her. The nurse says she has a fever and to be honest she looks a little green." I say./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Alright if you insist Rachael and no I have absolutely no problem with being put on Grace's emergency contact list or school pick up. As long as you and Detective Williams are alright with it, I don't see any issue." I agree./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Right, I'll leave you to sort that out with him then. Do you have a paper and pen handy? So, I can give you, my number." I suggest./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Oh, I had forgotten Grace had her own phone. Of course, if you want my number, you are still welcome to have it! It's xxx-xxx-xxxx. Feel free to call whenever for whatever reason." I tell her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright, I'll talk to you later. Goodbye, Rachael." I say and hand the phone back to Miss Lee./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I thank her for the use of the phone and apologize for the call length. She laughs and tells me not to worry about it. She then hands me the sign-out book and I sign Grace out for the day. Grace and I say goodbye to Miss Lee, exit the office, say goodbye to the security guard, who holds the front door open for us, walk down the steps, and over to my car. I get Grace buckled in and settled into the backseat of my car and put her things on the seat next to her. I close her door, walk around the car to my own door, open it, climb in and close it. I buckle my own seatbelt quickly and look in the mirror at Grace. The poor kid looks miserable./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Do you think you can manage a quick trip to the drugstore before heading home, Grace?" I ask her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Yeah, I think so." Grace replies sound terribly unwell./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright honey, I'll make this as quick as I can," I tell her and start the car./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I am driving towards the drug store contemplating on asking Grace if she can handle some soft music when I hear a retching sound. Oh, dear. A few moments later I hear the unmistakable sound of Grace throwing up./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""I'm sorry, Bailey," Grace says in a tearful voice./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""It's okay, sweetie. My place isn't that far away. We'll just skip the drugstore, go home and get you cleaned up." I say sympathetically./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""We're not going back to Danno's?" she asks./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""No, my place is closer. Your dad can always come to get you, but for now, I think it would be better to get you cleaned up and resting." I tell her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Okay." She agrees meekly./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The poor kid feels so bad about yakking in my p.o.s. car. I get us back to my place, park my car, and turn off the engine just in time for the poor girl to retch again. This time a full-on floodgate opens, and the poor girl is crying in earnest. I unbuckle my seatbelt, grab my purse, open my door, get out, and close my door. I then go around the car and assist Grace. We make it to the front door. I get my keys out of my pocket, unlock it, and open the door. I usher Grace inside and close the door behind us. I guide Grace into the bathroom and give her everything she needs to clean up./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""I'm going to go get you some clean clothes. If you need any help just yell." I tell her./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Okay, Bailey," Grace responds./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I leave the bathroom and walk to my bedroom. I put my purse on my bed and dig out my phone. I then hit the contact button with Detective Williams's name on it./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Please answer this time, Detective," I say out loud./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"No luck. The gods must be against me. I jam my phone in my pocket then go to my dresser and collect a shirt for Grace to use. I know it's going to be too big for her, but it will have to do. As I bring the shirt back to Grace, I wrack my brain trying to think of anybody I could call to get medicine for her. Then it hits me, Adam. Kono's fiancee is a businessman, he probably has his own PA maybe just maybe he will be willing to have them go to the drugstore for me. I walk into the bathroom and see Grace stripped down to her underthings./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Here you go, honey. It's gonna be a little big on you but it should do the job." I say handing over the shirt./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Thank you, Bailey," Grace says gratefully./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Think nothing of it, princess. Now, where would you like to be? On the couch or in a real bed?" I ask her./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Grace honey, I have two guest bedrooms and a home office. Don't worry I have more than enough space to accommodate you." I tell her with a smile./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""It's more than okay, sugar. Let's get you comfortable and set up with the remote." I reply./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright be right back," I tell her and go into the kitchen./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I get a glass out of the cupboard and the 7-Up out of the fridge. I pour Grace a glass, then pull my phone out of my pocket. I find Adam's name in my contact list and tap it. The phone rings and I silently beg him to answer. He does. I am ready to thank whatever gods are listening for this small success. We greet each other and Adam asks what I need. I give him the rundown of what's happened. He offers to go to the store himself to get the medicine for Grace. I thank him and tell him what I need. He assures me he's got this and he will see me soon before disconnecting. One battle down. I bring Grace her drink and leave the room again to try to call you, Danny, or any member of the god-dang team I can get a hold of./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I try you first. Nothing/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I am getting pretty frustrated and decide not to bother with Sargent Kelly. Maybe I will have better luck if I wait a couple of hours. I let Grace know that I am going out to the car to collect our thing and will be back shortly. She nods her head which she is resting on a throw pillow. I smile at the poor girl and go out to my car. Once there I collect her school bag and my work bag complete with the laptop. I bring the things inside and put Grace's school bag near the front door. I sit down near her on the sofa with my work things and take out my laptop, as well as the reports I need to file. I open my laptop and get to work. My laptop tells me I have been working for thirty minutes when I hear my doorbell ring. I put my work down, get up, and walk to the door. I open it to see Adam standing there with a drugstore bag in his hand./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Get in here." I chuckle./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Adam enters, walks toward Grace, looks at her, then back to me, and says, "You weren't kidding. You gotta sick kid on your hands."/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""You just rest sugar. Adam and I will be in the kitchen. I'll bring you your meds in just a minute." I tell her./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Any luck getting a hold of her dad?" Adam asks/span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""What do you mean what do I mean?! Just what I said Grace is sick. I had to collect her from school. Thankfully Rachael faxed over a piece of paper with her signature that allowed me to do so. What part of this isn't clear to you?!" I ask you as I become angry./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Please Commander, for the love of god and my sanity, put the Detective on the phone." My voice is beginning to raise considerably./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Adam touches my arm and quietly says, "Bailey, at the risk of scaring Grace, why don't you finish this call in a room with a door."/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""What the hell do you mean what am I talking about?! Is everybody at Five-0 suffering from hearing loss today?!" I grind out trying my best not to shout./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright. Grace's school called your office. Since you were not in, I took the call. Grace is sick and the school needed her to be collected. As it turns out your ex-wife is out of town. Since no one was able to reach you, they tried her. Rachael being out of town clearly could not come to get Grace. They informed her that I was willing to do so. So, they faxed a copy of the authorization form for me to do so to her. She signed it and sent it back. I collected Grace from school. On the way to the drug store, your very sweet sick little girl vomited in my car. So, I skipped the drugstore and brought her back here. Where she puked again in my car. I brought her inside and she got cleaned up. I gave her one of my shirts to wear. I have been trying to reach you or any member of Five-0 since I left the office. Since I cannot leave a clearly ill child to fend for herself while I run to the drug store, I called Adam. He arrived about twenty or so minutes ago with the medicine I asked for. The Commander called while we were in the kitchen getting the medicine together to give to Grace. Are you all caught up?" I ask explaining my day so far to Danny very slowly./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"You're welcome, Detective. Grace is perfectly safe here. She has been the easiest sick person I have ever dealt with. My only problem today has been contacting the only parent she has on this gol-dang island. I work with you, so I know how stressful the job is please finish out your day and then, by all means, join us." I say trying to get my southern butt settled down and use my manners./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""I am aware she is your daughter, Danny. I am also aware that the child has vomited twice today, and another car ride may not be the best thing for her. I am not completely devoid of any sort of maternal instinct just because I do not have a child. I have more than enough space for both of you. So please why don't we just make a sleepover of it and call it good?" I request./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Wonderful. We will see you when you get off work. Do you need my address or since you /span/em/emem style="box-sizing: border-box;"u style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"are/em/u/emem style="box-sizing: border-box;" a detective can you figure it out for yourself?" I ask with some bite left in my voice./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Great, glad to hear it. And yes, dinner would be very much appreciated." I reply./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Uh-huh, see you then, bye," I say and end the call./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I walk back into the kitchen and get Grace's medicine poured. I bring it out to her and see Adam had joined her in watching tv./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Here you are, princess. Some cold medicine and some pink stuff for your stomach." I say handing her the two small medicine cups./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Thanks, Bailey. Is Danno, okay?" Grace thanks me and asks./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""He's fine sugar. He'll be here after work. The two of you will be staying the night with me. It will be so nice to have you two has company." I tell her./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Are you mad at Danno?" Grace asks me./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Not mad honey. Just stressed out that I couldn't get a hold of him when you needed him, and it came out like that." I explain./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Well, then it looks like I am in the best of company," I say with a smile./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Adam stays for a while and helps with Grace while I get some work done. He honestly goes above and beyond by helping me get the two guest rooms I have ready. Eventually, he leaves so he can greet Kono when she gets home. About an hour or so after he leaves Danny shows up with dinner for himself and me. Grace wakes up from her nap about the time Danny and I bring our plates into the living room to eat our dinner. Unfortunately, the smell of our meal sends Grace hurtling to the bathroom to vomit again. I get up and follow her. Danny follows me. Once we are in the bathroom I walk over to Grace, sit down next to her, and hold her hair while she pukes. Danny sits on the other side of his daughter and rubs her back. I look at him over the top of Grace and give him a sympathetic tired smile. Welcome to my day, Detective. Danny returns the smile. I quietly tell him where the medicine is in the kitchen and that Grace is ready for another dose. He gets up, retrieves the medicine, and brings it back. We get the medicine into Grace./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"She nods in agreement. Danny scoops up his daughter and tells me to "Lead the way." I lead them to the bedroom Adam, and I have gotten ready for Grace. I turn on the light, walk over to the bed and pull back the blankets. Danny puts his daughter onto the bed and covers her up./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Bailey, you sit here and Danno you sit there." she dictates./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Danny and I look at each other chuckle and acquiesce. I read the book til she falls asleep. Since there is a photo of me reading to her in the photo album marked: Grace Adventures, I will assume that at some point during my reading Danny took a picture with his phone./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"We walk back into the living room to each our cold dinner after Grace is asleep. About halfway through our meal Danny looks at me and says, "Thanks for today, Bails."/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"Bailey closed the memory book, grabbed a post-it pad she kept nearby, wrote on it, and stuck it to the cover of the memory book. She then put the memory book on the coffee table, grabbed the picture off the sofa, and put it back in its album. Bailey then got up off the couch, went into the kitchen, and started to make coffee./p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"Steve McGarrett woke up to find that his wife was not in bed next to him. At first, he panicked. He jumped out of bed and raced out their bedroom door. When he got to the landing he looked down and saw his wife reaching for the post-it pad. He watched as she wrote a message to him on it, took it off the pad, and stuck it to the memory book. Steve walked to the stairs, his eyes still on his wife as she put the book on the coffee table. As he walked down the staircase, he watched his wife put a photo back into one of the photo albums. He got to the bottom as she reached the kitchen and then was out of sight. Steve walked over to the sofa, picked up the memory book off the coffee table, and read the message: em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Every day since I met you has been an adventure. /emSteve opened the memory book, found his page, and began to read./p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"In the kitchen, once the coffee pot was finished doing its job, Bailey poured two cups of coffee. The first cup contained sugar and butter. For the second she went to the fridge and got out a bottle of creamer. She added the creamer to the second cup and then put the creamer back in the fridge. She walked back over to the two cups, stirred them both, picked them both up, and exited the kitchen. Bailey walked over to the sofa and nudged her husband's foot with her own. Steve looked up from his reading to see his wife offering him a cup of coffee./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"Bailey walked around the coffee table, sat down next to her husband, rested her head on his shoulder, and sipped her coffee./p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"Bailey walked over to the sofa, clicked on the table lap, and sat down. She grabbed a photo album off the coffee table and curled up on the couch. Bailey looked down at the album she grabbed and saw it was: span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace Adventures. /em/spanShe smiled and opened the album. Bailey looked through the pictures trying to see if anything would spark a memory. She pulled out a photo of Grace and herself sitting, on what looked like, Grace's bed reading a book. Grace looked like she may have been sick in the photo. Bailey tilted her head to the side and closed her eyes, still holding the picture. The memories of that day flooded back. She just sat there for a moment, then did what Dr. Ghee suggested and let the memories flow. Thankfully, no migraines appeared. After a little time had passed Bailey got up with the picture still in hand, walked over to her work bag, and pulled out the memory book and a pen. She took the items back to the sofa and curled back up on it. Bailey put the photo down next to her and opened the memory book onto a fresh page, then began to write./p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Adventures in Babysitting. Pt.1/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I am three months on the job as a personal assistant to Five-0. You and the team are out of the office working. I am jumping between running errands for all of you, straightening up the workspaces, and entering everyone's reports onto the computer. I hear the phone ring in Detective Williams's office, generally, in the past, the answering service would answer it. But as I am now the personal assistant for the whole team, including Detective Williams, I answer the calls. I walk to his office, open the door, and answer the phone./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Hawaii Five-0 Headquarters, Detective Williams office. Bailey Morgan, Five-0 personal assistant speaking. How may I help you?" I say in greeting./span/em/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""I'm sorry to hear that, but Detective Williams is not in the office at the moment. Have you tried his cell phone?" I suggest./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""He's not picking up? Oh, dear. Have you tried Grace's mother?" I ask feeling concerned./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""No, I wasn't aware that she was out of town. Detective Williams did not inform me of that." I say./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""I can keep trying Detective Williams if you like or perhaps it might be possible for me to come to collect Grace?" I suggest not wanting to leave a sick child at school./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Yes, of course, I'll wait," I reply patiently./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Yes, I'm still here," I confirm./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""You were able to get ahold of Grace's mother? That's wonderful!" I exclaim./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Yes, she and I have met. That's correct. Of course, I'd still be willing to come to collect Grace." I confirm./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""No, I don't mind waiting for you to receive a fax authorizing my pickup of Grace from her mother," I reply./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Alright, I will be there shortly to collect Grace. Thank you so much. Buh-Bye." I say and end the call./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I look at the clock and realize Grace has only been at school for two hours. I then grab a pen and a post-it note from Detective Williams's desk. I write down the situation letting him know what is going on. Just in case I cannot reach him on his cell phone. I leave Detective Williams's office, walk over to yours, and enter it. I leave a similar note for you, leave my office, and collect the things I will need to finish my work at home./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"On my way to my car, I try to call you but have no luck. I also attempt to reach Officer Kalakaua, Sargent Kelly, and Captain Grover but am still unsuccessful. I conclude that either you all are at a spot with horrible cell service on the island or you are all in the middle of something. I send up a quick prayer that it is the former rather than the latter. I love working for all of you and don't want anything bad to happen to any of you. I get into my car, turn on the ignition, back it out of my parking spot, and drive to Grace's school./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Once I arrive at Grace's school I park, turn off the engine, and exit my car. I walk up the steps of the building, open the door and enter. It takes me a minute to find the office as I am unfamiliar with Grace's school. Thankfully I am assisted by the school's security guard and am in the office in no time./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Hi, my name is Bailey Morgan. I'm here to pick up Grace Williams." I say to the lady at the front desk./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Yes, hello Miss Morgan we spoke on the phone I'm Miss Lee. Grace is in the nurse's office right through that door." Miss Lee introduces herself and directs me./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I follow her direction and walk through the open door into the nurse's office. I spot Grace immediately on one of the little beds./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I walk over to her, gently put my hand on her shoulder, and say, "Grace, honey it's time to go."/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace turns looks at me and asks, "Bailey?"/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Yeah hun, it's me. I'm sorry it couldn't be your dad but he's in the middle of catching bad guys." I apologize./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""It's okay. Danno has a really important job." She tells me shrugging it off that her father is not here to collect her./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace gets up and I help her collect her things from the floor. The nurse noticed our movements and joins us./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Are you here to collect Grace?" She asks me./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Yes, how is she doing?" I ask./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""She has a temperature and should go straight to bed. I'm honestly surprised Mr. Williams let her go to school today. He usually never misses something like Grace being ill." the nurse informs me./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""I'll make sure it gets all sorted out," I assure her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""You feel better soon Grace." She says to Grace./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Grace nods and mumbles a thank you. We go to the office so I can sign her out before we leave./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Mrs. Edwards is on the phone and is requesting to speak with you." Miss Lee tells me./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Alright." I reply and take the phone from her then say in greeting into the phone, "Hello?"/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…../span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""No, I'm sorry Mrs. Edwards. I haven't been able to reach him or any of the team yet." I tell her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Of course, I don't mind keeping Grace with me. I am however a little worried about her. The nurse says she has a fever and to be honest she looks a little green." I say./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Alright if you insist Rachael and no I have absolutely no problem with being put on Grace's emergency contact list or school pick up. As long as you and Detective Williams are alright with it, I don't see any issue." I agree./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Right, I'll leave you to sort that out with him then. Do you have a paper and pen handy? So, I can give you, my number." I suggest./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Oh, I had forgotten Grace had her own phone. Of course, if you want my number, you are still welcome to have it! It's xxx-xxx-xxxx. Feel free to call whenever for whatever reason." I tell her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;"….…/span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright, I'll talk to you later. Goodbye, Rachael." I say and hand the phone back to Miss Lee./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I thank her for the use of the phone and apologize for the call length. She laughs and tells me not to worry about it. She then hands me the sign-out book and I sign Grace out for the day. Grace and I say goodbye to Miss Lee, exit the office, say goodbye to the security guard, who holds the front door open for us, walk down the steps, and over to my car. I get Grace buckled in and settled into the backseat of my car and put her things on the seat next to her. I close her door, walk around the car to my own door, open it, climb in and close it. I buckle my own seatbelt quickly and look in the mirror at Grace. The poor kid looks miserable./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Do you think you can manage a quick trip to the drugstore before heading home, Grace?" I ask her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Yeah, I think so." Grace replies sound terribly unwell./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright honey, I'll make this as quick as I can," I tell her and start the car./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""I'm sorry, Bailey," Grace says in a tearful voice./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""It's okay, sweetie. My place isn't that far away. We'll just skip the drugstore, go home and get you cleaned up." I say sympathetically./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""We're not going back to Danno's?" she asks./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""No, my place is closer. Your dad can always come to get you, but for now, I think it would be better to get you cleaned up and resting." I tell her./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""Okay." She agrees meekly./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"The poor kid feels so bad about yakking in my p.o.s. car. I get us back to my place, park my car, and turn off the engine just in time for the poor girl to retch again. This time a full-on floodgate opens, and the poor girl is crying in earnest. I unbuckle my seatbelt, grab my purse, open my door, get out, and close my door. I then go around the car and assist Grace. We make it to the front door. I get my keys out of my pocket, unlock it, and open the door. I usher Grace inside and close the door behind us. I guide Grace into the bathroom and give her everything she needs to clean up./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times New Roman;""I'm going to go get you some clean clothes. If you need any help just yell." I tell her./span/em/em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Okay, Bailey," Grace responds./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I leave the bathroom and walk to my bedroom. I put my purse on my bed and dig out my phone. I then hit the contact button with Detective Williams's name on it./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Please answer this time, Detective," I say out loud./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"No luck. The gods must be against me. I jam my phone in my pocket then go to my dresser and collect a shirt for Grace to use. I know it's going to be too big for her, but it will have to do. As I bring the shirt back to Grace, I wrack my brain trying to think of anybody I could call to get medicine for her. Then it hits me, Adam. Kono's fiancee is a businessman, he probably has his own PA maybe just maybe he will be willing to have them go to the drugstore for me. I walk into the bathroom and see Grace stripped down to her underthings./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Here you go, honey. It's gonna be a little big on you but it should do the job." I say handing over the shirt./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Thank you, Bailey," Grace says gratefully./em/p
p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Think nothing of it, princess. Now, where would you like to be? On the couch or in a real bed?" I ask her./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Grace honey, I have two guest bedrooms and a home office. Don't worry I have more than enough space to accommodate you." I tell her with a smile./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I get a glass out of the cupboard and the 7-Up out of the fridge. I pour Grace a glass, then pull my phone out of my pocket. I find Adam's name in my contact list and tap it. The phone rings and I silently beg him to answer. He does. I am ready to thank whatever gods are listening for this small success. We greet each other and Adam asks what I need. I give him the rundown of what's happened. He offers to go to the store himself to get the medicine for Grace. I thank him and tell him what I need. He assures me he's got this and he will see me soon before disconnecting. One battle down. I bring Grace her drink and leave the room again to try to call you, Danny, or any member of the god-dang team I can get a hold of./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I am getting pretty frustrated and decide not to bother with Sargent Kelly. Maybe I will have better luck if I wait a couple of hours. I let Grace know that I am going out to the car to collect our thing and will be back shortly. She nods her head which she is resting on a throw pillow. I smile at the poor girl and go out to my car. Once there I collect her school bag and my work bag complete with the laptop. I bring the things inside and put Grace's school bag near the front door. I sit down near her on the sofa with my work things and take out my laptop, as well as the reports I need to file. I open my laptop and get to work. My laptop tells me I have been working for thirty minutes when I hear my doorbell ring. I put my work down, get up, and walk to the door. I open it to see Adam standing there with a drugstore bag in his hand./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Adam touches my arm and quietly says, "Bailey, at the risk of scaring Grace, why don't you finish this call in a room with a door."/em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Alright. Grace's school called your office. Since you were not in, I took the call. Grace is sick and the school needed her to be collected. As it turns out your ex-wife is out of town. Since no one was able to reach you, they tried her. Rachael being out of town clearly could not come to get Grace. They informed her that I was willing to do so. So, they faxed a copy of the authorization form for me to do so to her. She signed it and sent it back. I collected Grace from school. On the way to the drug store, your very sweet sick little girl vomited in my car. So, I skipped the drugstore and brought her back here. Where she puked again in my car. I brought her inside and she got cleaned up. I gave her one of my shirts to wear. I have been trying to reach you or any member of Five-0 since I left the office. Since I cannot leave a clearly ill child to fend for herself while I run to the drug store, I called Adam. He arrived about twenty or so minutes ago with the medicine I asked for. The Commander called while we were in the kitchen getting the medicine together to give to Grace. Are you all caught up?" I ask explaining my day so far to Danny very slowly./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"You're welcome, Detective. Grace is perfectly safe here. She has been the easiest sick person I have ever dealt with. My only problem today has been contacting the only parent she has on this gol-dang island. I work with you, so I know how stressful the job is please finish out your day and then, by all means, join us." I say trying to get my southern butt settled down and use my manners./em/p
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p class="MsoBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Danny and I look at each other chuckle and acquiesce. I read the book til she falls asleep. Since there is a photo of me reading to her in the photo album marked: Grace Adventures, I will assume that at some point during my reading Danny took a picture with his phone./em/p
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