CHAPTER TWO-The Thin Line Between Us

He watched as she squirmed a bit and then looked over at him. "But, I'm supposed to be on call to testify against Elijah again." She reminded Stefan quickly.

He locked his eyes on hers and smiled before he opened his mouth to speak. "Well, the solution to that would be a 6-8 month operation that is in a secret location and we could find someone else to testify. Plus, you've already said all that's to be said against him and they have recorded videos and tapes on him as well." He countered as he watched her adjust herself in the seat she sat in.

"Who would take care of all my stuff while I was gone for that long?" She questioned.

Stefan nodded. "Aha, so what your worried about more is your new life here..Elena, this job would give you a chance to redeem yourself and we would assign someone to look after your things. Look, I'm not trying to pressure you into it because I know from experience how hard the decision to leave your life behind and go live someone else's is. So, all I'm saying is I want you to think about it. Take the night and call me in the morning." He told her as he handed her a card with his name on it.

Elena paused for a second and then she let out a nervous laugh as she locked her eyes on his hands, pushing over the card. " I don't need your number. Stefan. Your right...I have nothing for me here and I have nothing to lose except for passing up an offer to spend some time with the guy who saved my life when I needed it the most. So, I don't need to take the night to think this over. I'm in. I'll do it. When do we leave?" She asked him as he furrowed his brows and smiled at her widely.

"Are you sure about this?" He asked her, clearing his throat as he watched her jump a bit at the sound of his voice.

Elena nodded at him confidently. "I have nothing keeping me here. So, like I said a minute ago. When do we leave?" She asked him with a smile on her face as she watched Stefan get up from behind the desk and nod his head in the direction towards the interrogation rooms.

"We need to fill you in first and...prep you for your roll. Let's go." He told her, as he got up and walked past a few of his colleagues who were eyeing him up and down as they watched them both disappear into an empty room.

Stefan closed the door behind him as he watched Elena sit down on one side of the stainless steel table in front of them and he pulled up a chair that was next to her, pulling a tan colored folder from under his arm as he smiled at her and flicked it up open with his wrist.

"In the next few hours, you're going to need to make sure that you have everything in order. We're leaving tomorrow morning. So, make sure you have everything situated before you leave and make sure that everything that says "Elena Gilbert on it...is left behind. Because once you get into my SUV in the morning you'll be known as Elena Flemming, my girlfriend of six years. You and I have a hot and heavy history together, but we stick together no matter what and in the past I have been an ass to you, but..we're madly in love with each other." He told her as he watched Elena nod her head in understanding.

"So, who are you going to be..not a low end drug dealer this time?" She asked again with a chuckle and Stefan shook his head, no.

"No. I'm playing a guy by the name of Stefan Murphy. I've been a high end drug lord for the last five years and I once again have a lot of connects throughout the states. And, I live in a fairly large house on the outside of the busy streets of Stockton, California. We're a very wealthy couple who also deal drugs. But, Damon is living in Oakland...wedging his way into the Italian mob and he's gathering as much information as he can for the guy that we're trying to take down." Stefan explained as he watched Elena nod once more before she asked him another burning question.

"So, Who's the guy we're trying to take down and what's the plan..another night club?" Elena asked curiously.

Stefan nodded as he flipped through the papers and then turned a piece of paper with a man's picture on it towards her. "His name is Alaric Saltzman and we think that Jeremy has been running with him and his gang. There one of the most sought out drug dealers in California and the drugs that they sell are killing all the young teenagers around town...We don't know exactly what they're selling yet. But, that's we're you come in..." Stefan's voice trailed off as Elena's eyes widened at him.

"What does this have to do with me? What's my job going to be?" Elena asked him curiously as he watched her eyes lock on his as he paused and then exhaled deeply.

"Well, Miss Gilbert. You're going to be running the club "Absinthe". He told her truthfully.

"You want me to run a club?" She asked as Stefan nodded and then handed her another piece of paper with the front entrance of the club on it.

"It's going to be our bait for all the drug dealers. Consider it there hangout and plus, since I'm one of the drug lords. I'm going to be needed to keep appearances up with my beautiful girlfriend. So, why not have her open up a club that attracts all of them in one place? Plus, your background of catering is going to help you out a lot and your good at this type of thing. I saw you at Elijah's club..it was like you owned that place. I have faith in you." Stefan told her with a smile as she shook her head in disbelief.

"You really think that I can do this? What if I screw up and ruin the whole operation?" Elena asked him a worried tone.

"That's why, I'll be there. To make sure that you don't. Plus, the quicker we pull this off..the faster we find out where your brother is." Stefan told her in a reassuring tone as he leaned over the table and grabbed her hand into his, comforting her nervous nerves as he glided his thumb across her soft skin and smiled at her with confidence in his eyes.

"So, I'll explain more on the way there in the morning. We have a long flight ahead of us and a long day tomorrow. Just, make sure that you leave your old life behind." He reminded her as he closed the folder and tapped his hand against the table that they sat at, silently hoping that they would both come out of this operation, together and most of all, alive.

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