9 days ago
"You were right, Ben," Alpert said blandly. "I waited for forty five minutes and he didn't show up."
Ben removed his glasses and glared at Alpert. "You told me we needed to listen to him. You said and I quote 'He wants Ford, so it's up to him to call the shots.'"
"I'll find Ford tomorrow and speak to him again."
"No, Richard, you won't." Ben said. "We have tried it his way. Now I'll get the job done my way. Ford needs to know what we are capable of."
"He said you can't…"
Ben swiftly cut off the other man, "Don't tell me what I can't do."
7 days ago
Sawyer stood on his back porch and drew on a cigarette. The day was warm enough that he didn't need to wear a shirt, he just wear blue jeans and his black workboots. He could see the teenage girl who lived in the house next door staring at him. He smiled at her, "Nice day for it, darling."
The girl's face flushed crimson and she rushed back into her house. Sawyer grinned and shrugged casually. He threw his cigarette down onto the floor and crushed it under his boot. As he turned to face the house he noticed a folded piece of lavender paper wedged in the door. Sawyer retrieved the paper and opened it.
Same place Same time Tomorrow
Listen to Claire
Alpert
There was a shout from inside the house. "James, come see this."
Sawyer slipped the paper into his pocket and followed his wife's call. As he entered the house he saw his wife perched on the edge of the couch watching the TV.
"What's up, Kate. Is it…" Sawyer started.
"Shhh!"
Saywer picked up the end of a news report on the TV. An improbably beautiful reporter was outside a fried chicken restaurant.
"The mother, a Claire Littleton screamed as apparently her baby was taken as she was in line with her friend, a man by the name of Hugo Reyes. She was heard to say according to one eye witness. "Someone needs to do something to get my baby back."
"Those bastards," Sawyer muttered under his breath. He unconsciously felt the paper in his pocket.
"Why are they doing this?" Kate asked. "I thought it was over."
"Yeah," Sawyer said, "Me too."
