Goren had hauled the perp, marching William Lewis through a gaggle of cameras, with reporters shoving their mics in front of the man who was indicted and soon to fry in front of Barba, Goren made sure he had the cuffs on nice and tight to the point that they were cutting through his wrists, the light bulbs in the cameras as well as the shutters clicked and the boom phones were held above the grief stricken agent as he hauled in his partners killer as he did the perp walk. Goren had made sure to read the indictment aloud as well saying
"The grand jury of New York state hereby finds William Lewis guilty on one count of aggravated sexual assault, one count of assaulting an officer, and one count of rape in the first degree. Do you understand the charges upon which you have been indicted for?"
William cleared his throat and replied
"Yes."
William was being taken into his holding cell as the media reached for the best angle to capture the whole circus spectacle that was unfolding in front of them, it rivaled that of the spectacle for the Menendez killings as well as the Gacy the Clown killings and the Co Ed killings by Ed Kemper. Danny could hear the shouting and the screaming echoing down to his office and he gulped as his heart lodged its way into his throat. Danny grumbled a few Russian curses under his breath as he came on out and suddenly, everyone froze and the cameras focused on him as they peppered questions at him such as
"How do you feel about the arrest of your rapist Captain Danny?"
"What are your thoughts on the arrest of William Lewis."
"What is your reaction to the death of Special Field agent Alexandra Eames?"
"What is the next step for William Lewis's trial?"
Danny was frozen as he gulped as they shoved cameras in his face, fortunately at that moment Garrett barged in and yelled at the press to leave at that moment and that the Police Commissioner would be able to comment since Captains were not permitted to speak to the media. Captain Reagan was stone faced to the cameras, betraying nothing for the cameras, not even gazing towards his rapist as the man was being booked into custody, they were ushered outside as Danny went into his office and sobbed loudly in his father's arms, he felt like he had been humiliated and stripped naked and paraded in front of the public unprepared for this sort of press conference in his entire life, especially suddenly so impromptu. Danny was a person of action, not words and he hated cameras, he often froze up around them and he would forget his lines or give a snappy answer that was not often well received by the public. Danny was the type of person who preferred being behind the scenes sort of captain instead of the type of captain that was on camera all the time and smiling while giving sanitized answers for the people to dissect brutally in the court of public opinion.
He sobbed loudly to his father
"I tried and tried, to bury and hide and after a while, I was able to pretend it never happened at all, too bad it all comes rushing back...when Barba will interrogate and fry me on the stand."
Garrett only could hold his step son, tp try and offer him strength and comfort during these trying times that had Danny left in pieces as he tried to remain as a picture of strength and tried to ward off the pitying looks as well as the false concern that many may have tried to cast to him, to try and establish a sort of connection.
Danny quickly threw up in the closest trash can that he saw and he knew that was at least his breakfast and lunch gone as well, he retched as Garrett rubbed his back and took him home with the security detail and Garrett went to the local Wal Mart after dropping Danny off at his house and then buying soda, some anti nausea medication and some soups as well as crackers and he came home and went inside to see Danny sleeping on the couch and cuddling his blanket tightly and he sighed as he locked the door and then put the food away for later and he sighed, he was so worried for Danny during his mentally stressful time, the funeral for Eames was tomorrow and Danny was sure to take it really hard since he cared deeply for his brothers and sisters in blue.