Whatever Happened To Eliot Spencer

Chapter Two

"You look concerned." Nate sat on the bench in front of the hippo enclosure with Eliot. The girls and Hardison had taken the kids to see Henrietta, close up and personal.

"We've always had to watch our backs Nate, I've learned to live with that but Quinn coming her just made it more real than it has been in awhile. I just got Kenna and Chance back and my head back on straight and I don't need Quinn messing with it."

"Hiding Quinn's body is the only problem Kenna would have." Eliot smiled.

"Knowing her, she would chop him up in a million little pieces and feed him to the Lenny the lion." Nate nodded.

"Eliot if this is the favor Quinn wants then we need to give it to him."

"I know." Eliot had liked Tobias Quinn at one point in their lives but after ten years and lots of water under the bridge, Eliot could no longer consider the younger man a friend.

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Kenna couldn't shake the feeling she had deep in her stomach that something wasn't right. Quinn coming into their lives now was not a good thing, Eliot still needed a few more weeks of recovery time and the stress of having another hitter under their roof wasn't going to help that.

"You okay?" Sophie sat next to her, watching Parker, Hardison and Faith pet the huge hippo.

"Quinn could be trouble."

"Quinn is always trouble Kenna. The man was born under a bad sign." The older woman looked at the hitter's wife. "Eliot won't let anything happen to you or the children."

"I know. I just think with him coming here, more trouble is on the way."

"You need to concentrate on getting Eliot better and then we can worry about the repercussions Quinn's visit is enticing." Kenna always could count on Sophie to make her see the clear picture of things.

"I know." Sophie took her hand.

"You know we will always be here for you Kenna. I know the road with Eliot and us for that matter hasn't always been smooth." Kenna knew that. She knew that Nate and Sophie would do anything for her and her family. "I know you have issues with Hunter signing on to help, but maybe for a few months he can make Eliot see that rest is good." Their nanny's boyfriend had been a Navy Seal for many years and she had even worked with him a time or two. He had helped get Nate and Sophie home after someone had got them to the Ukraine with hopes of adopting a child.

"How's Nate doing?" Since coming home and Eliot's surgery she hadn't talked much to either Nate or Sophie. Sophie looked at her husband sitting next to Kenna's.

"He's not as sad as I thought he would be. I know he wants a child but I think he's content with loving on yours for now." Nate and Sophie loved Faith and Chance like they were blood. Hell they loved all of them like they were family.

"It'll all work out." Kenna said as she took a deep breath and motioned toward their husbands. "Those two wouldn't have it any other way." Sophie smiled.

"From your lips to God's ears."

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Eliot unlocked the door to the gym and found Quinn lying on the cot in the corner. The man looked nearly helpless but Eliot knew better. He had fought some good fights against the mighty Mr. Quinn, losing one or two even.

"I'm sorry I dissed your woman." The younger man said as he sat up.

"She'll get over it." Eliot set a plate of food on the table next to him.

"But, will you?" Quinn looked at the man in front of him.

"Does it matter?"

"Women make you weak Spencer, you should know that by now." Eliot knew Quinn was itching to start another fight.

"Eat, if you feel dizzy or you think your getting worse just hit the intercom button by the door." Eliot turned and started walking away.

"She'll suck the life out of you my friend." Eliot turned around and looked at the younger man.

"Do you know the last time I got my ass kicked as bad as you just did?" He glared at Quinn. "Do you?" Quinn didn't answer. "I can't even tell you because I don't let anyone or anything get the upper hand with me. I have something to fight for and someone who's got my back. Not only Kenna but a team, Quinn, a team who won't let me get my ass kicked."

"Depending on people make you soft." Eliot shook his head.

"You don't get it. You never will. There's a change of clothes and clean towels in the bathroom." Eliot left Quinn to enjoy his own company.

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"I wanna sleep in my own room mama." Faith looked at her mother with those intense blue eyes that were all Eliot.

"I know baby but daddy has some…bugs he needs to get rid of."

"We got bugs in our house?"

"Just in the gym." Kenna kissed the little girl on the forehead. "Good night, princess."

"Is daddy coming to say goodnight?"

"I'm sure he'll be here soon. I will make sure he kisses you and tucks you in." Kenna kissed her daughter and stood up. "Sleep tight."

"Not in here I'm not." Kenna choose to ignore the child's Parker like sarcasm and tucked Chance in, turn down the lights and leave the room. Eliot came in the front door as she closed the bedroom door.

"Is she asleep?" He looked hopefully at wife.

"Nice try cowboy. Go tuck her in and I'll grab us a couple of beers." Kenna went to the fridge and got two beers and sat at the breakfast bar. Five minutes later Eliot came back with a smile on his face.

"She asked about the bugs in the gym." He took his beer from the counter. "Would you know anything about that now would you?"

"No." She smiled. "How is our infestation?"

"Standing up right at least." Talia came from walking the apartment's parameter and lay down in front of the bedroom door. "Good girl Talia." He said in German, the dogs tail thumped and she settled in. "I'm sorry the past has come back to haunt me yet again."

"Life throws us a curve now and then…don't sweat it."

"Who are you and what have you done with my paranoid wife?" She smiled.

"I almost lost you Eliot. A few more hits to your head and that brain bleed might have killed you. I don't care about the past; all I care about is the future…our future. My ex, your ex, my stalker, Moreau, Dubenich, Latimer…all in the past."

"You think it will just stay that way?"

"In Kenna Shane's world baby it will all stay where it belongs." He chuckled. Kenna leaned over and kissed him. "I love you more than anything Eliot Spencer and if I have to take you and our little extended family to the ends of the earth to hide from our past, I will."

"So fighting for what we've made isn't an option anymore, you would rather hide then face it head on?" There was a fight brewing in his eyes, she could tell. She had been so careful the last few weeks not to push his buttons.

"That's not what I'm saying Eliot." He stood.

"Then what are you saying McKenna?" She knew the line was drawn. The challenge had been made. Defend her words or walk away and risk his anger building and the fight escalating to epic proportions.

"I don't want to fight with you Eliot."

"Since when has fighting not been an option Kenna?" He looked at her, angrier than he had been in a long time. "I have fought for you since the day you walked into my life and there isn't a day that goes by that I wouldn't lay my life down to protect what we've made."

"And you think I wouldn't?" He didn't really think that she wouldn't fight to save her family. Not after the seven months Moreau kept them apart.

"You just said you would rather hide away than face anything from out past that might tear us apart." Kenna closed her eyes. She didn't want to fight with him. Not now, not here.

"I said I would go to the ends of the earth to protect us from our pasts."

"You used the word hide Kenna." He slammed the bottle on the counter. Kenna jumped and the dog stood at attention. Eliot knew right then that this was going to end badly.

"I lost my family for almost a year because of a man who couldn't let the past go. He was so pissed off at the world he thought taking me to get his possessions back would punish us both. I can't go through that again. Anymore than you can. If something had happened to us…where would that leave you Eliot?" Walking away was his only option, because if he said what he wanted to her it would mess things up way more than he was willing to at this point. Turning around he headed out the door. As it slammed behind him his gut clenched. The day was almost over. In all the commotion he hadn't told Kenna the one thing that would never change. No matter what, he loved her. He turned to go back but the sound of the deadbolt being put into place and the alarm being set he knew it was too late. Maybe instead of kicking the shit out of his bag, he would kick the shit out of Quinn for stirring things up the way he did.