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The next 24 hours passed in a blur for both Michelle and Tony. The hospital decided to keep her in overnight just to be on the safe side and between her father and his family coming in and out they barely had a moment alone together. They had both finally gotten a lot of sleep as well. Michelle was knocked for 6 by the pain medication they had her on and when the doctors saw how restless and agitated Tony was they gave him something to help him sleep.

By 9am the following morning Michelle seemed to have done a complete 360 and was feeling and looking a lot better. Michelle thought so much of that was down to all of the support she was getting from everyone, especially Tony. He had been amazing at looking after her and she loved how well he got along with her Dad. Jackson had stayed for hours and as she slept, he and Tony talked the whole time getting to know one another. Tony loved learning as much about Michelle as he could. Jackson couldn't speak more highly of how strong she had always been and how she was the one that had kept his family together when their mother walked out on them.

They had only been in the door for 5 minutes before Ryan Chappelle was knocking on it. Tony was shocked beyond belief that Ryan was clearly so desperate about this whole mission that he had decided to come and see Michelle for himself and find out if there was any way of the assignment being completed as Division wanted it to be. Tony rolled his eyes and sighed at Ryan as he let him in and had him follow him down the hall to the living room where Michelle had just gotten settled on the couch.

"Hi Michelle."

Michelle looked stunned to see Ryan standing in front of her, she was sure it would be a family member at the door. "Umm...hi Ryan."

"How are you feeling?"

She nodded her head slowly, "Better thanks."

"Tony told me how serious the incident in the bathroom was Michelle. I am sorry that you were placed into a position of not feeling comfortable to talk to us about what had happened...or that it even got out of control like that in the first place."

"It's alright really. I should have spoken up. It's done now though and I just want to put it behind me."

Ryan eased himself down onto a chair, he could feel Tony's eyes like daggers staring at the side of his head. He tried to sound sensitive but that just wasn't really who he was. "Well that's the thing Michelle, it's not really over. We have this opportunity with this lunch and..."

Tony cut him off straight away. "Not going to happen Ryan. Michelle hasn't even been home from the hospital for 10 minutes."

Ryan shifted his eyes to meet Tony's. "I understand that and I know this is terrible timing, however we have learnt a lot over the past few hours and the situation is very different to what we originally thought. I need you to hear me out."

Tony looked at Michelle, "Are you up to this Chelle?"

"Yeah, I guess."

Ryan sighed in relief. "Thank you. As I mentioned to you on the phone yesterday Tony, we have been picking up a lot of chatter about David and this so called 'lunch'. It seems David is into a lot more than we ever realized. Long story short, we have every reason to believe that there are actually 2 women that have been missing for a week now being held by David and or his people."

That got Michelle's attention straight away. "What?"

"2 waitresses were last seen with David and his associates at a bar a week ago. They left with the men and haven't been seen since. They haven't contacted anyone, used their phones, credit cards...literally just disappeared."

Tony stood up and made his way over next to Michelle. "Do you have any reason to believe that they are still alive?"

"Yes, that's why I am bringing this to you. From what we have been able to pick up there is a very high chance they are still alive. I think there is a good chance David is holding them and using them..."

Michelle felt sick for the women. She knew how David had made her feel in the few minutes she was with him, she could only imagine what it would be like to be under his control for this length of time. God knows what was happening to them. "But what makes you think David would have this 'business' lunch at his house with a pile of people if he has got 2 missing women at his home? He is a horrible person but he certainly isn't stupid."

Ryan could tell he was getting through to Michelle. As a women she couldn't stand to know something like this was going on. She was so compassionate; the hard part was going to be getting Tony to agree to let her help out. "The people coming over are just as bad as he is, probably just as involved and any way, it is a huge property, it would be very easy to keep them out of sight." He lowered his voice, "Michelle, I know you are not feeling well and are injured. I know you have been through hell lately but if there is the slightest chance we could recover these women, don't you want to help?"

Tony cut in before Michelle had a chance to respond. "That's not fair to put it on Michelle like that Ryan!"

"I'm not putting anything on Michelle. I just want her to understand the facts before she makes a decision. If this was just about a lunch and trying to extract more information I wouldn't be here asking but there is so much more to this case now."

"What exactly are you asking me to do Ryan?"

He took a deep breath. "Keep the lunch date. We will have the place surrounded. See what you can find there..."

Tony jumped in. "But Michelle would have to go in alone Ryan. Look how bad it got with 3 other agents with her last time, now you are expecting her to go in on her own? We can't protect her well enough. And what is she supposed to do if she does find these women? You think he is going to just let her walk out the front door with them?"

"We will have every tracking and monitoring device possible on Michelle. The moment she finds either these women or anything else she will call it in and we will swarm the place."

"Why can't you just go in now anyways? Surely you have enough for a search warrant? Why do we need to do it this way?"

"You know it's not that simple Tony. And if we are able to make a bust in the middle of all this then we will have a lot more to charge him with."

Michelle asked Ryan if she could have a minute alone with Tony. He told them he would wait in the next room. As soon as he was out of ear shot Tony took her hand, "I know you Chelle, I know you can't handle the thought of those women being in trouble but you can't take it all on. I couldn't cope if something else happened to you..."

"I just don't know how I'll live with myself if I give up the one chance to try and help them because I am scared Tony. But, you are the one I trust more than anyone in the world. If you don't want me to do it then I won't. Simple."

He kissed the back of her hand. "You are amazing, you know that? I can't tell you what you can and can't do though Chelle."

"Yeah you can Tony. It's not just about me anymore, it is about us."

"You want to do this don't you baby?"

"To be honest Tony, I don't know. I just don't know how to turn my back on this though. If it was just the lunch I would say no...But what if we can help these women?"

He sighed. He didn't want Michelle to ever resent him for holding her back, nor could he ignore the feeling of wanting to help these women if they could. He felt so lost as to what the right thing to do was. If he had it his way, Michelle would never go into the field again.

When she could see he didn't know what to say she spoke again, "If I did do it, you would head it up right? I would only consider it if you were the one in charge."

"Of course I will. I will do everything I can to keep you safe. I am just warning you now though sweetheart, the second I think this is going wrong I am coming in, I don't care if it blows the cover or not. I will not lose you and I can't just stand back and watch this man hurt you. So it might make me a terrible agent but for right now, my heart will rule my head when we are out there but nothing is more important to me than you."

"I love you Tony. And I will do exactly what you tell me to do because I feel the same way."

The both looked at each other for a few more moments and then gave each other a nod. She leaned in and gave him a kiss.

Tony called Ryan back in. "Ok, this is how it is going to go. Michelle will do this, ONLY if I lead up tactical and you agree to let me run this mission. I need you to make all of our resources available to me because I am not taking any chances on this one."

Ryan looked so relieved. "It was always going to be you that headed it up Tony if you agreed anyway. Deal..."

"And when this is done, then I want Michelle and I to have a few days off. It has been weeks now and we both need a break. I don't care what other crisis comes up."

"Fair enough. So are you both in?"

They both nodded their heads.

"Thank you. You have made the right call here, both of you. You have a little bit of time but it would be good if you could be in the office in just over an hour so we have time to set this all up."

Tony agreed. As he walked Ryan to the door he told him a list of things he wanted him to start doing to prepare. Ryan agreed to everything Tony requested, which made Tony grin on the inside. He knew how much Ryan hated not feeling in control and it was nice that he was allowing Tony to call the shots on this one with no arguments.

He made his way back to Michelle and slid down on the couch next to her pulling her into his arms. "I can't believe this is happening. Do you know how much I was looking forward to just being able to hold you all day?"

She stroked his forehead. "Me too honey. Let's just get in and out so we can enjoy those few days off together you just managed to score for us."

He loved the feeling of her stroking his head and hair like that and found himself leaning into her hand. She ran her hand around to the back of his head and pulled him in for a kiss. It started off slow for a few moments but neither one of them was able to control themselves and within a moment he had opened her mouth and slid his tongue across to find hers. She tasted perfect and he wondered how the hell he had ever gone all this time without kissing her. He ran his hands desperately up and down her arms and neck. He wanted to explore her body but he also had no idea what she was up for. The last thing he wanted to do was rush her.

Michelle loved that Tony was obviously being very careful about the way he touched her. That he thought about her and respected her enough to let her set the pace only made her fall even deeper for him. She wanted his touch though, he was the only one she ever wanted to touch her again. She put her hand over his and moved it from her neck down to her breast. He moaned as he cupped her in his hand. He began to kiss and nibble on her ear as he whispered to her, "Are you sure? I don't want to rush or hurt you. I'll go at any pace you want."

"I'm sure. I want you Tony."

He could have lost it there and then hearing her say that. He slid his hand up her t-shirt and undid her bra. "Stop me at any time baby." His voice was so deep and husky, it drove her wild. She didn't even think about it as she turned her body a little so she could push into him. She had him pull his top off and so she could explore his chest. Things were getting very heated, very fast. His hands explored every inch of her breasts before he became inpatient. "Can I take your top off? I need to see you."

This made her hesitate a little, not because she didn't want it but because she felt self-conscious of Tony seeing the bruises and becoming turned off. "Are you sure you want to see..."

He stopped her from saying it by kissing her passionately on the mouth. He used both hands to slowly lift her top up. "I've never been more sure of anything..."

"But the bruises..."

"I don't see them honey, I only see you." He lowered his head a little so that he could kiss her breasts. At first he took it slow. Holding one breast in one hand firmly whilst he sucked and licked the other one. He could feel her body flinching to his touch and it drove him crazy. "Harder Tony, harder..."

He looked up and caught eye contact with her and growled at the same time. He had never been so turned on in his life. He gripped her harder and sucked so hard on her breasts that he started leaving hickeys. He was in heaven and figured he could do just this for hours. "You are so beautiful Chelle. Is this what you want?"

"So much. You feel amazing. Your mouth is...god Tony, I need you." She surprised herself at the way she lost all sense of control with Tony. He made her feel so comfortable and safe. When she felt him push himself into her and she could feel how turned on he was she ran he hand up his thigh and over him. She loved it when this made him grunt and push himself into her hand. She trailed her hand back down his thigh but he caught it and moved it back to his groin. He kept his hand over hers and ran them up and down and down a little so she could feel all of him and how turned on he was by her. He only let go when she let out a desperate moan herself and reached for his buckle.

"Fuck Chelle...fuck." He felt almost parallelized as he watched her hands undo his buckle and pants. She gave him the sexiest smile he had ever seen as she reached her hand inside not just his jeans but his boxer shorts as well and took him into her hands. It was almost painful he was so turned on by her. She whispered into his ear, "What do you want Tony?"

He had to keep telling himself this was real. He thought about all the times he had imagined and wondered what it would be like to be intimate with Michelle and his most intense fantasies were being blown out of the water. Hearing her speak to him in this way was unbelievable, he loved that the tone she used, the way she breathed heavier as she spoke, the way her eyes seemed to glow and he found it incredibly adorable the way she was so innocent and vulnerable and yet a cheeky, sexy side of her was coming out. He had become so lost in her that he didn't even realise that he had almost stopped everything as he just stared at her, taking in every single thing that was happening.

Michelle began to panic a little when it seemed like Tony had become hesitant. Immediately she thought that it was because he was getting turned off by the marks on her body from another man. Her heart sank and she looked down at herself, instantly all she could see was the bruises and nothing else. Her instinctive reaction was to push away, she couldn't believe that within a mere few moments she went from being so completely lost in him to irrational insecure and self-conscious.

Tony flipped when all of a sudden she pulled her hand out of his pants and basically went to push him away. "Oh my god, I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." He had no idea what was happening. He saw tears forming in her eyes and when her hands reached out to push him away on his chest he caught them and tried to pull her back into his arms. "What have I done? Have I hurt you?"

She almost yelled at him, taking him completely off guard. "Don't look at me. I know what you are thinking!"

"I don't understand sweetheart, what do you think I am thinking?"

A part of Michelle knew she was over-reacting. She had never felt like this before and had no idea how to handle it. It had been a long time since she had allowed herself to open up to a man and she had realised over the last couple days that she had never felt love like she did for Tony. To think she had disappointed him was unbearable. He looked so confused and his eyes had even become watery.

Tony didn't know whether he should be letting her move away from him and give her space or pulling her back into him. His hands moved faster than he thoughts though and even though she was struggling against him he continued to try and hold her. "Talk to me Chelle..."

"I saw you hesitate and stop, you are disgusted with me, you..."

Everything finally clicked for Tony and he knew exactly what was going. His heart absolutely dropped thinking that she could possibly even think that he would feel that way. The moment was so incredibly heated, raw and out of control. He had to stop her feeling this way immediately because he knew how damaging it was. "NO! STOP!"

His loud, assertive tone made her freeze. He went to pick her up but stopped when he wasn't sure exactly how to without hurting her back and side. He forcefully grabbed her hand and pulled her up off the couch. "Come with me." Everything was happening so fast, he didn't even know if he was thinking things out or not, his behaviour was completely instinctive.

She had no idea what was going on. Tony had never spoken to her the way he did just now. He had a look on his face that she had never seen before and when he pulled her up and instructed her to follow him she didn't even think twice about doing as she was told. They reached the bedroom before he spoke again. He turned her body into his, cupped her chin in his hand forcing her to look directly at him. "You think I am turned off by what that animal did to you?"

"Of course you are. I am. I'm so sorry."

He felt like he could literally kill David with his bare hands for making Michelle feel this way. He felt cheated, that another man was taking something away from them and he wasn't prepared to let that happen. He had waited his entire life for Michelle, never did he think he would find someone even close to who she was. He tried to lower his voice a little but it was useless. "Don't say sorry, I never ever want to hear you apologise for what happened to you again."

He released her chin and ran his hands to her shoulders where he made her turn and look in the mirror on his wall. "What are you doing Tony?" When she saw the mirror she tried to turn away from it. "I don't want to see..."

He was so much more powerful than she was. He didn't even have to be rough to take control of the situation and force her to turn around towards the mirror. He kept his arms around her as he caught eye contact with her in the mirror. Tears were streaming down her face and he was so close to breaking down himself but he knew he had to be the strong one right now and pull her out of this before it got any worse. "Look at yourself sweetheart. You are stunning. I didn't hesitate before because of the bruises...I was just completely and utterly lost in you baby. I have never been more turned on in my life and I was so caught up in trying to take everything in..."

"And I ruined it. I couldn't bear to think that..."

He kept one hand around her shoulder and neck and then slide the other one up her stomach to her breast. His voice softened and became deep and husky again. "You didn't ruin anything sweetheart. You just have to face what has happened to you but you don't have to face it on your own."

She sounded more vulnerable than he had ever heard her before. She wasn't trying to be strong right now which he was so grateful for. "I just can't stand the fact that he touched me. I haven't been with anyone since the day I met you Tony. You are the only one I ever want to touch me but now I feel like got...like he took something away..." She didn't know how to finish what she was trying to say. She had dropped eye contact with him and was now staring at the floor.

Tony's heart was breaking and it was taking every ounce of will power he had not to completely burst into tears. He was determined to stay strong and get her and them through this. He had no idea that she hadn't been with anyone since they met, he absolutely loved that. He hadn't either, he hadn't looked sideways at another woman once since the day she had walked through the door. He kissed her neck and ear. His hand was still cupping her breast. "Did he touch you like this sweetheart?"

He didn't breathe as he waited her answer. He needed her to be able to tell him the truth and not feel like it was going to change the way he felt. He was a little surprised when he felt her nod her head, "Yeah...but not like the way you have been Tony."

"What do you mean baby?"

"He hurt me, I could see the look of hatred and disgust in his eyes as he was doing it and it made me feel like I was worthless."

Tony couldn't stop the tears from rolling down his cheeks hearing that. "I am so sorry he made you feel that way. Trust me though sweetheart, it wasn't hatred or disgust at you, it was with himself. Men like him know that the only way they could ever be close to you like that is to force themselves on you."

Michelle had never once thought about it like that. He amazed her. "Doesn't it make you disgusted knowing that another man just did that to me?"

"I hate him more than I could ever express baby for what he did to you. That he hurt you, that he made you feel the way he did. Even though we have just gotten together, I have felt like you were mine for a long time and I've never been able to picture you with another man because it would drive me insane. It might not be my right to feel like this but I can't help it...I want to be the only one that ever gets to touch you like this, see you, hold you." He saw a little tiny smile appear on her lips and it made his heart flutter. He kissed her neck again and then whispered, "Can you look at us?"

Michelle slowly raised her eyes from the ground to meet Tony's in the mirror. "It's me Chelle; I'm the one touching you right now. I want to explore and touch every inch of you, I want to replace every inch of skin he touched with my touch..."

"I love you so much Tony. You have no idea how much I want you. I'm sorry I freaked out, I was so lost in you and then I thought that I had ruined..."

"Hey hey...couldn't you feel how turned on I was baby?"

She caught eye contact again with him in the mirror and when she saw the cheeky grin starting to appear across his face she began to smile. "Oh my god Tony...you were so...you were..."

He wanted to hear her say it. "Say it Chelle...say it..."

"You were so big and hard. I loved that you took my hand and had me hold you."

Tony pushed himself into her so she could feel how turned on he still was. She looked shocked for a brief moment and then a little sigh slipped from her mouth. She looked at them. His hair was all over the place, like hers. They both had huge black eyes. His pants were still open and she could see his boxers ruffled at the top. His chest was so toned and tanned and his hand was circling her nipple whilst the other was wrapped around her shoulder and neck keeping her close. Seeing herself like that with Tony Almeida was something she had dreamed about daily for so long. "I've wanted to do that forever..." Her voice trailed off as she became a little shy.

Tony couldn't have had his ego stroked any better. It left him desperate for more. He loved that she had made herself blush and it fuelled him to push her and hear her say more. "You have? Tell me what you have thought about."

She started to breathe deeper and deeper. "Tony..."

"I love hearing you speak to me like this baby..."

"You first, have you had any thoughts?"

He actually laughed. God if she only knew just how many thoughts he had about them and the things he thought about doing to her. She would probably die if she ever had a glimpse into some of the things that ran through his head sometimes. "Let's see...one of my favourites is when you are in my office, I close the blinds and then pick you up and put you down on my desk. I lean down on you so that you are stretched out in front of me and then I begin to..." He stopped, unsure of which scenario he should be revealing to her.

"And..."

Tony couldn't believe it, as he watched the look on her face of anticipation of what he was going to say he felt speechless. It was one thing to think these things but it was another to tell them to her.

"Have you actually gone shy Almeida?"

He laughed a little. "Not shy...just trying to decide which one of the million thoughts I have had I should be telling you..."

"The best one of course!" She swayed her hips so that she rubbed up against him. He swore under his breath and pushed himself back into her.

"I'm trying to be a gentleman here Chelle..."

Michelle reached her hand behind her back and began to stroke him over his jeans. "I have no interest in you sounding like a gentleman right now baby."

"Fuck Chelle." His knees went a little weak on him. Did she have any idea of what she was doing to him right now? She used her other hand to cover his that was still holding her breast and firmly moved their hands so he was holding all over and then at the same time she ran her other hand down into his pants and took hold of him. "Oh Shit..." He could feel himself flinching at her every touch and it made him push into her hand as hard as he could repeatedly.

"I warned you..." he whispered into her ear before turning her around in his arms so that they were facing one another. He wasted no time in taking her hand and putting it back where it was and then pulled her so close that they were almost hugging and he could speak into her ear. "You are looking at me shocked because nothing has ever happened before and we are at work. Even though I've locked my door and closed the blinds we both know that we can't be loud because everyone is around. You are wearing a skirt and I lean forward so our lips are just an inch from each other. We keep going to kiss but before we do...I slide my hand right up your thigh and into your panties. You sigh my name and then as I push my fingers inside you harder and harder I have to kiss you to stop you from saying anything too loud..."

Tony pulled his head back to check her reaction to what he was saying. Her eyes were closed and her mouth was open a little. When she realized he had stopped talking she opened her eyes and looked at him. He raised his eyebrows in question and bit his lip nervously. Michelle was speechless in the best way possible. Neither one of them could believe they were actually in this position with each other. He couldn't help himself, he had to know what he was saying was ok. "Say something..."

She took a huge deep breath. She was so aware how much Tony was going out on a limb here and she wanted him to know how much she loved it. "As long as this story involves me taking you in my mouth..."

He stopped in shock and his jaw dropped open. It slipped out of his mouth before he had a chance to stop it, "You would want to do that to me?"

Michelle could see by the look in his eyes that his question wasn't playing along with this 'fantasy' they were talking about, he was actually questioning if she would want to be with him in that way. She ran her hand down the side of his face gently. "Tony..."

He looked confused and vulnerable and she knew there was something to the way he was looking at her. He tried to quickly brush it off and leaned in to kiss her but she stopped him, "Is that something you would ever want from me?"

He looked really embarrassed and his eyes started darting all over the place. "Of course, I just didn't think that..."

Everything had come to a bit of a stop. He looked uncomfortable but yet completely intrigued and excited at the same time. "I thought women didn't really ever like...or ever really want to..."

Michelle stopped him from fumbling over his words, wanting to put him out of his misery as quickly as possible. "Tony has anyone ever done that for you?"

He knew she would never believe him now if lied anyways. He had been completely caught off guard by this and wasn't even sure how he was meant to feel about it. He slowly shook his head. "No...I mean hands yes, but mouth..." he shook his head again.

Michelle couldn't believe it. How was that even possible? She figured women would have been throwing themselves at Tony his entire life. "How is that possible...is that something that..."

He became even more frustrated and embarrassed. He pulled back from her and cut her off. "Look, I've only had a few 'serious' girlfriends and now after I know how I feel about you I realize none of them were ever that serious. I've never had a one night stand. I was always given the impression that most women didn't really like doing that and I would never make someone do something they didn't want to do."

She hated seeing him uncomfortable and she wanted to put him at ease as quickly as she could. "I've never had a one night stand either Tony and I have also only had a couple long relationships..."

He just blurted it out, "Nina could never have cared less about spending time...on me...like that. That it was selfish of guys to think a woman would want to do that. I just never pushed it ok?"

He sounded very defensive. She pulled him back into her arms. "It's ok Tony. You are a good guy, there are not many men in the world like you. Just so you know though, yes a lot of women don't like it and a lot do but..."

"Do you?"

She smiled at him. "With you...I couldn't think of anything better than making you feel special and as good as possible."

He bit his lip and tried not to have the biggest grin across his face. The thought of Michelle doing that to him drove him insane. "You know, I would do anything to make you feel good and special. I want to be as close to you as possible but I would never ever expect you do something you didn't really want to do."

"I know baby, you are the most sensitive, respectful man I have ever known. And I would never want you to do anything you are not comfortable with...this all has to go both ways, right?"

He kissed her on the lips quickly, "You are so amazing. I can't believe I just told you all that...you have a way of making me feel like I can tell you anything. That I am safe with you and you're not going to think less of me. As you know I have had some pretty shitty relationships and I've never felt like I am that important to the other person. Yet with you...I don't know, it's just so different and we have only just gotten together. We haven't even made love yet and I feel like I am closer to you intimately than I ever have been with anyone."

"I hate the way you have been treated before Tony. How anyone could have you and not feel like the luckiest woman in the world, I'll never know. I've opened up to you more in the last few days than I have with anyone in my life. I still can't believe what we have been through but in a way I'm glad we are opening up to each other. It makes me feel like we can get through anything together. I love you."

"I love you sweetheart. Come here..." He kissed her passionately on the mouth and held her as close as possible. As he went to pull her down onto the bed with him he caught the time on his bedside clock. They were meant to be leaving for the office in 5 minutes. "FUCK! The time!"

Michelle pulled back and looked at her watch. Her stomach dropped.

Tony saw the look of panic spread across her face, he pulled her back in and held her by both cheeks. "Baby, it's not too late to say no to this. I just can't imagine you being anywhere near this guy again."

"I just know that we will regret not trying to help those women honey. But, I'm not letting David near me again like that. The second things start to get out of control I need you to come in."

"Trust me Chelle, I will not let this get out of control. I'll do everything to keep you safe and I just need you to know that you can say no and I'll support you either way."

"Thanks baby, I wouldn't be going in if I didn't have you behind me."

Before they started to grab their things to leave Tony pulled her in and hugged her as tightly as he could, he never wanted to let go. "Tell me you are coming back and staying here with me tonight..."

"Try keeping me away..."

"And the next night and the next night and the next night..."

They both laughed as they kissed again and held each other close. Tony was so torn, on one hand he felt like the happiest, luckiest guy on the planet right now but on the other thinking about the mission made him feel like he was on the verge of losing it. He couldn't handle the thought of finally getting so close to Michelle and anything happening. He promised himself no matter what he had to do, how pissed off CTU got at him, he would do whatever he had to do to make sure she came home safely with him tonight.

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