Second chance at love and happiness

Chapter 1

Elizabeth pulls up outside the Post Office after driving around the block four times, she stays sitting in her car and tries to calm her breathing. She just couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched or even followed but she knew she was being paranoid, the Post Office was a safe place, she knew she was safe here. She was lost in her thoughts and didn't see her partner Donald Ressler walk up to the driver's side until he was knocking on the window this made Elizabeth almost jump out of her skin, which he notices and makes a mental note to bring it up later.

He then opens the door "are you coming inside Keen?" She nods and follows him inside the Post Office, while in the elevator he looks at her "Are you okay?" Elizabeth knew he meant about her jumping a few minutes ago but she nods again and heads towards their shared office to put her personal things away in her desk drawer.

Aram notices the way Elizabeth was acting and the lack of words between the partners. He walks over to Ressler "is Liz alright?" Donald looks at the other male "She says she is but I'm not sure, I may give Reddington the heads up and see if he can get it out of her."

Elizabeth was walking out of the office when she phone started to ring; she looks at the caller ID and declines the call, and carries on walking over to the male agents "what do we have?"

Ressler looks at his partner and definitely knows that something is up with her "nothing so far, we're waiting for Reddington to give us a new name from his blacklist."

Elizabeth nods "I have a stack of paperwork with my name on it, can't wait to get started." She walks towards the office once again but she didn't notice Dembe or Reddington walking out of Agent Coppers office, but the two men notice Elizabeth walking inside the office.

Ressler walks over to them "She's hiding something but claims to be alright, she almost jumped out of her skin a few minutes ago when I knocked on the driver's window, maybe you can find out what is bothering her." Reddington nods at the blonde agent and stands in the office doorway of Elizabeth and Donald's shared office. Elizabeth had her back to the door and was having a phone call with someone.

Elizabeth sighs "Tom I told you not to call me anymore, I have nothing to say to you. What you think you can apologize a hundred times and what I would take you back. If you know what is good for you, you will stop calling me, I don't care that you are sorry, stop calling me."

Elizabeth flops down into her chair, she doesn't notice the three men standing in the doorway until Reddington clears his throat "You have your answer Donald, it seems that Tom Keen has been harassing Lizzie and that is what is bothering her."

She mumbles under her breath then looks up at them "Do you have any boundaries Reddington, any at all?"

Reddington nods "I do but when it comes to you Lizzie and your safety then no, I do not."

Elizabeth looks at her partner "what's your excuse Ressler?"

Donald smirks at her "This is my office too, you know Keen."

Elizabeth stands up and attempts to walk out of the office but Reddington goes to put his hand on her upper arm to stop her but when she backs away from him, they all know she is hiding something much more than just annoying phone calls from Tom.

Reddington tilts his head "something you want to tell us Lizzie."

Elizabeth looks Reddington not noticing that they were all in the office now and that Dembe was guarding the door from the inside "Nope, everything's fine with me Reddington."

Ressler looks at his partner "then there shouldn't be a problem with you taking off your jacket then Keen, just to prove to us that you are in fact alright just like you keep saying you are."

Reddington knew she was hiding something big from him and he could sense that she knew that he knew that she was hiding something from him and everyone knew that Elizabeth Keen hiding something from Raymond Reddington was not a good thing to do on her behalf.

Reddington smirks "Lizzie, my dear Lizzie you can't hide things from me. I will always find out so it would be much better for everyone involved especially you; if you tell me yourself what has happened."

Ressler moves behind her and pulls her jacket down her arms; they see the deep bruises on her pale arms. The bruises were so bad you could make out the fingerprint indentation marks in the bruises where someone had held on to her very tightly.

Reddington had a hunch and took a step towards her and Elizabeth took a step back only to feel her back come into contact with Ressler's body. Reddington then lifted the bottom of her shirt up just a little to reveal the hunch that he had hoped was wrong was in fact right; her pale stomach was also covered in bruises. Someone had attacked his Lizzie and he was going to make them pay.

Reddington looks into her eyes "who did this Lizzie?"

Elizabeth refuses to meet his gaze "I'm fine Reddington."

Ressler puts her jacket back on her "I shall leave you both to talk."

Elizabeth turns around to face her partner "Ress don't, I know what you are thinking and I know what you are going to do."

Ressler shakes his head "you have no idea what I am going to do Liz and what I am going to do is for your own safety."

Elizabeth sees him nod to Reddington behind her, before she can turn around and look at Reddington; she feels a sharp pain in her neck. She places her hand on her neck and finally gets her chance to turn and face Reddington who was placing an empty needle on her desk, she notices her vision going blurry then turning to black…

Who hurt Elizabeth?

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