Unfinished business
Chapter one
Dani watched through the window in the V3 lounge as Connor walked towards the plane he thought he was going to fly off on. He seemed completely unaware of all the FBI agents present at the airport and even on the plane. Their confrontation had gone better than she had expected, with Connor admitting to slipping performance enhancement drugs to V3 athletes and convincing Kansas City to give Hutch another shot at a pro baseball career. Dani sighed, took her voice recorder out of her pocket and clutched it in her hand. After the week she'd had, this victory was a welcome one. The vacation she had planned, however, was even more welcome. She just didn't want to think about V3, and anything or anyone associated with the agency anymore. A fresh start was what she wanted – no, what she needed – and Jeannette would help her figure out where and how she could make that. Only a few more hours and she would be on a commercial flight to Barcelona. But before she could go home and pack, there was one more confrontation witing. And if she wasn't mistaken, it was about to take place.
The door behind her opened and footsteps approached. He was here. She didn't need to turn around or to even hear his voice. Her body and mind were now so attuned to him, that she would always know when he was near. That used to be different in the past. He used to scare her back then, just popping up out of the blue everywhere, even in her own car…
"Dani? You allright there?" A hand touched her shoulder, and she flinched away from it.
"I'm fine, Nico." She turned around to face him. His eyes revealed nothing.
"You don't look fine."
"Ha. Wonder why that is?"
"Dani…"
"No. I don't wanna hear it. I was just waiting to give you this," she held out the hand with the recorder in it, "And then I'm going home to pack my suitcase."
"You're – leaving? Where?"
"None of your business. But I'll tell you this: it won't be Dallas." She pushed the recorder at his chest and turned to the door, trying not to feel the electricity that had sparked the moment she had touched him.
Behind her, she heard his voice: "I meant what I said the other night, Dani. You know what kind of man I am. And you're still the only one alive who really knows me. Not even Alex knows me like you do."
"And I meant what I said to you, months ago: a lie by omission is still a lie. Goodbye, Nico." Dani was proud of her steady voice as she walked through the door, into the too bright sunlight.
Nico fisted his hands and forced himself to look the other way, to stop himself from following her. She clearly didn't want him to. Besides, he had other business to attend to. He couldn't help smiling a little as he looked at the voice recorder in his hand. She had handled Connor very well, getting a confession out of him and guilting him into doing right by Hutch to boot. But Nico wasn't really suprised. After all, that's what she did, getting people to open up. Although she didn't believe it, she had done it to him too, since day one. She had managed to get inside his head and his heart like no one but Marshall ever had. Not even Gabrielle. Or Alex, for that matter. Why the hell hadn't he told her about Alex before, when he still had the chance? He shook his head. No use in going there now. He had to find agent Bennett, so they could wrap things up. The sooner Connor was in custody, the better for everyone involved. And when that was done? What would he do? Where would he go? He shrugged. Remained to be seen… But it wouldn't be Dallas.
A/N: This is my first fanfic. It's also my first ever story to be written in English (I'm Dutch, but I read a lot of English books). Please let me know what you think, and if I should continue.