Danny stood at the Salt lake City airportscanning the departureboard again. He was in so much trouble. His flight back to JFK was delayed and there was no way he was going to make it to work on time. He rubbed his forehead with his finger tips and made the dreaded decision,he was going to have to call Mac. He picked up his cell phone and dialed the number with dread.

After the second ring a voice answered. "Detective Taylor."

"Mac, its Danny." He hesitated. "Something,ah came up, and I'm going to be lateto work today."

Mac sat back in his chair at his desk. "Family trouble?" Mac asked him.

"No." Danny said.

"Are you sick?" Mac continued and he looked up to see Peyton walk into his office and motion to her watch. He signaled back 2 minutes and she sat on the couch.

"No," Danny says as he pinched the bridge of his nose and waited for the explosion. "I'm just going to be late."

Mac looked onceagain at his computer screen, considered fora moment and then said "Ok".

"Ok?" Danny echoed in disbelief.

"Yeah, we'll see youthis afternoon when you get in."

Danny lifted his head up and cocked it to the side, surprised. "Yeah?"

"Yeah." Mac confirmed. "Now I've got to go. We'll see you when you get in." Heput the phonedown and leaned back in his chair, looking atPeyton.

"That was awfully considerate of you."she said with a grinas she roseto her feet, walked around his desk, andleaned against it in front of him.

Mac gave a small considerate shrug. "You must be rubbing off on me."

Peyton grinned and then turned to look at the screen Mac had been staring at. The Bozeman Gazette homepage was up, and the Daniel Cadence trial was front page news. Along side the picture of Cadence being taken out in chains, there was another picture that caught Peyton's eye.

"That's Lindsay," she said suddenly interested.

Mac nodded with a little smile.

"Who's that with... " She stopped mid sentence and turned to look at Mac her mouth open in shock.

Mac just smiled at her with a knowing grin and lifted his eyebrows speculatively."How about you take me to lunch now." he just said to her, as he rose from hischair and put on his jacket.

Peyton just looked once more at the photo and grinned up at him."How long have you known?" she asked nodding towards the photo of Danny and Lindsay on the front page.

Mac put his arm around her waist and started walking out of his office."Ifigured it out." he said simply, and they walked arm in arm towards the elevators.

He never lets on- not really, but I always figured that Mac knew/ found out that Danny went to Montana. I liked the idea of him finding out this way. I hope you enjoyed this one. More stories along this same path planned soon. Until then, thanks for the great number of reads and the wonderful reviews. They are always appreciated.