A/N: Granger Clan Saga
No original characters were made to do anything despicable. Hopefully, he learned that hurting his wife's feelings could lead to a really bad day at the office.

The flashback style was inspired by MHillier when she wrote FTO:Reminiscing.
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"What?" Colby looked at Hannah through the mirror, where she was laughing at him.

"That doesn't match, Colby." Hannah was amused, but a little curious. He'd never had problems before.

"Take it up with your son." Colby looked disgusted. "I lost a bet with Tyler yesterday and I have to wear this silly tie with this silly shirt today."

Hannah giggled. She couldn't help it, the outraged look on his face was priceless. "Well, that should teach you to gamble at work." Her eyes danced with amusement.

Colby heaved a theatrical sigh at her words, then asked with interest. "You're all dressed up. Got a busy day ahead?"

"Yes, actually. Would you drop this jewelry off at the safe deposit box for me? I don't want it sitting around the house but I don't have the time today."

"Does it have to be today? It's been crazy busy at the office. What do you have planned that you can't go to the bank?" his exasperation made the tone of his voice sharper than he had intended. But even as he realized it, it was too late to take the moment back.

"It... It can wait." Hannah's eyes widened at his sharp tone. She pressed her lips together but couldn't stop the trembling. Deeply hurt that he found the small errand an imposition since she rarely asked for anything, she backed away from him to distance herself. "I'm sorry to have imposed on you."

The pain in her eyes cut at him. "Oh, honey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... Look, it's okay. I'll do it at lunch." He tripped over the laundry as he grabbed for his pants, and struggled to get them on before she left.

Hannah shook her head and, turning her back on him, hurriedly shoved it into the bureau drawer. She left quickly, without another word, because she didn't want him to see her tears.

"No, wait! Hannah!" Colby sighed and looked out the window as she pulled out of the driveway. He swore at himself when he saw the tears roll down her face.

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"Looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the bed," Justin murmured to Tyler. They had been listening to Colby ream one agent after another in his office for the last hour. "Maybe you shouldn't have insisted he wear that tie and shirt."

Tyler looked worried, "I don't think it's the tie and shirt. But he's definitely in a lousy mood. The kind he gets into when he's had a fight with Mama."

"Well, jeez, tell him to send her some flowers already," Maggie was annoyed. She'd been in and out of Colby's office several times already. "He's raked us over the coals about a million times and it's only 10 am."

"You tell him, since it's your bright idea," Tyler retorted. "It'll be better to just stay out of the way till it blows over."

"We'll send Rafe in," Maggie said suddenly, eyes lit with mischief, teasing him simply because he had recently become Verity's boyfriend.

Rafe only rolled his eyes and dodged out of the way. He wasn't a fool.

"Doesn't anyone work in this place?" Colby snarled from his office, and everyone scattered back to their own work.

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Colby sighed to himself, he knew he was being unreasonable because he was unhappy over hurting Hannah that morning. He got up and pulled his jacket on, deciding to get the jewelry in the safe deposit box right away. Perhaps it would help assuage the guilt he was feeling.

"I'm going to the bank to put something away in a safe deposit box," he told Lauren, his assistant. He could tell by her suddenly suppressed expression that she was cheering because he was leaving. "If Mrs. Granger calls, let her know where I am."

Lauren gave the thumbs up to the rest of the office when the elevator doors closed. The wave of relief that went through the office was palpable.

"Well, thank God!" The exclamation came out of David Sinclair's office.

Tyler and the others choked back a laugh. Even David Sinclair had been affected by it.

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With his mind brooding on how he would make it up to Hannah, Colby didn't notice the amused glances at the bright purple and lime-green tie that clashed badly against the puce shirt with blue stripes he'd had to wear because he'd lost a bet with Tyler.

But when he was done in the safe deposit box area, he walked out into the main bank with his heart a little lighter. He had decided what he would do to make it up to Hannah. Then his eyes narrowed at the semi-automatic weapon that was pointed at him by a man in a blue ski mask. Well, this day just went to hell in a handbasket, he thought gloomily to himself. That's the last time I say no to Hannah.

"Get over there with the others, old man," he hissed at Colby.

"Alright," Colby said soothingly, as he went quietly over to where 5 bank staff and 10 customers were sitting on the floor. A quick glance around had told him there were three gunmen altogether, and the two security guards were down.

The bank manager who knew who him to be with the FBI gave a slight nod.

Good, Colby thought, the silent alarm has been tripped. And the hidden camera had come on.

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"Agent Eppes," Lauren stood at the doorway to Maggie's cubicle. Her hands were twisting a Kleenex, shredding it to bits right where she stood. She looked close to tears.

"What is it?" Maggie was surprised. Lauren was as cool-headed an assistant as they'd ever had. She had to be, to work for Colby.

"There's a robbery in progress at Security Bank and Trust. Three gunmen, sixteen hostages, two security guards down. The silent alarm was tripped, and the hidden camera is on."

"Alright. Graeme! Get a team together. Luke, get SWAT. Pierre, ambulances please." Maggie was pulling it together when she saw that Lauren was still there. "What is it, Lauren?"

Lauren finally blurted it out. "That's the bank AD Granger went to!" And broke down in sobs.

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The news flew quickly around the FBI office, and before long Don was conferring with Maggie as they headed out to the scene. She knew it wasn't because he didn't trust her. He had to be there for Colby.

David had already called Megan, and she was on her way to the scene. She would be doing the hostage negotiation on their end. He would much rather had been at the scene, rescuing Colby, but David would stay at the office and mind the store.

They knew it would be an advantage as Colby would be able to calm the gunmen and do some subtle negotiation from the inside. No one voiced their biggest fear, but it was uppermost in all their minds. What would happen if the gunmen found out that Colby was FBI?