Baltimore, MD - Saturday Afternoon

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The case in Baltimore hit a sort of dead end until Parrish's daughter was back in town, having had the amazing luck to have been gone before her father's escape and only just back to the news of it. Which allowed Danny and Steve to speak with her about things and dig into the story he'd given them about being framed.

Which seemed, despite all the odds, to be the case.

"It just seems like a lot of work to get away with murder," Danny said as they walked away from Lauren Parrish's home.

[For the partner on slow play. NFB, of course.]

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"Fully allowed and expected," Danny agreed.

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"And if he did murder this guy, I'm not going to feel the least bit bad that when we find him, he goes to prison for the rest of his life," Steve said.

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"And if he didn't, he's still going to jail for kidnapping," Danny said firmly.

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"Damn right he is," Steve muttered. "I'll ask the FBI where they are on finding him, since they lost him to start with."

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"I'd love to hear how that even happened," Danny said drly.

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"I'm sure through no fault of the clearly qualified FBI agents," Steve said just as dryly.

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Danny snorted at that because at least they were on the same page in their disdain. "Oh yeah, ba5ng up job."

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"If they did screw it up, they'll never admit to it," Steve said.

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"Yeah, but we get to listen to them try to squirm their way out of it and know whose fault it is." And Danny enjoyed that.

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Danny smirked. "The fun part."

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"We can take bets," Danny suggested.

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"I'd take that bet," Steve said, pulling the truck over at the pit beef place.

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"Okay, this place better blow me away."

He'd grudgingly accept it.

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"Should I announce to the room that you're from Jersey and see how that goes for you?" Steve teased.

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Danny smacked him on the arm for that. "I'm sure that'll go well."

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"Then shut up and enjoy the sandwich," Steve told him.

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"Fine, fine, fine," Danny grumbled, getting out of the truck to follow him in.

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"Maybe you'll stop being such a pain in the ass when your blood sugar isn't crashing," Steve said helpfully.

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"I am not a pain in the ass!" He kind of was. "You're a putz, you know that?"

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"You love it," Steve said with a dismissive wave of his hand.

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"I tolerate it," Danny countered.

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"You don't tolerate much, so I'll take the compliment," Steve said, laughing.

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Danny snorted and couldn't find any fault in that line of logic. "So, did you also get this when you were a tiny, adorable sailor?"

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Steve grinned and nodded. "Back then I could eat, like, three of these sandwiches and still be hungry."

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"Awww," Danny had to tease.