Disclaimer: White Collar belongs to Jeff Eastin

Prologue

There was no coming back from this now. Neal had been in his fair share of sticky situations but now Peter knew the truth - all this time he had gone behind Peter's back and lied about the treasure, and now it had blown up in his face. El had been kidnapped by Keller.

"Peter... I'm sorry. I never meant for El to get involved!" Neal pleaded to Peter.

"You got her involved when you took the treasure! When you lied to me! When you put the hit on Keller!" shouted Peter angrily at his consultant.

"I never did that! Mozzie stole the treasure! I - "

"I don't care! It's all the same. Now you're going to help me and I'll decide what to do with you after."

Neal went along with the plan - he owed a great debt to Peter and El seeing as he was responsible for this whole fiasco. But in the back of his mind, he secretly hoped that if he rescued El, things would return to normal and everything would just blow over.

The operation was straightforward enough, Neal acting as bait, Peter hiding in the bushes and the rest of the team working on tracking down El's whereabouts. In the end, Keller got away with the treasure, El was rescued. Everyone was happy.

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"We did good out there, didn't we, Peter?"

"Yeah. It was always good working with you" said Peter emotionlessly.

Neal was shocked. "Was?"

"Yeah. I've given you too many chances and you keep throwing them back in my face like it's nothing. I've gone always out on a limb for you and how do you repay me?" Peter's face had now livened.

"But think of our closure rate! I told you, I chose to stay! Doesn't that mean anything? I've changed. I truly have. I've never trusted anyone before I met you."

"Well trust is a two way road. You're just a con. Goodbye Neal." Peter turned away, moving back to his office.

His words resonated in Neal's ears and silenced his complaints. Neal was always good at running but this time, he couldn't run from the truth.

Metal bars slammed home the truth. He was back in

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