A/N - This is a short chapter. I decided to split the chapter as it was getting too long. I hopefully will have another chapter completed soon.
The next morning Michael woke up, he still had his arm wrapped around Fiona, but she was no longer laying on his chest, but was still snuggled up next to him. He smiled when he saw how relaxed she looked. He knew that today was going to be tough, but he also knew that having Fiona waiting for him when he was done was all he needed to get through this meeting and debriefing with Strong. He quietly got up, trying not to disturb Fiona and went to take a shower. When he was done and came back to the bedroom, she was still asleep. All he wanted to do was crawl back in bed with her, but he knew he had to get this meeting over and done with, so he could get on with the rest of his life.
He sat down on the bed, next to Fiona and gently woke her up. "Hey" she said sleepily.
"Good morning. I am getting ready to leave. I will call you when I am done, okay?"
"Mmm okay. Good luck." Fiona said
"Thanks, I love you." Michael said and kissed her.
"I love you too."
Fiona slept a little longer, when she got up she went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. She found a single red rose on the table, glass of orange juice and a note from Michael. She smiled and thought, he is really trying, I can get used to this new Michael. She went about her day, trying not to think too much about what Michael was doing. She went over to Maddie's, played with Charlie and had lunch with them. After that she went home. She kept checking her phone, but still no call from Michael. It was getting close to 3pm and Michael had been gone for over 8 hours. She was getting antsy. She called Sam.
"Sam, have you heard anything from Michael?" she asked.
"No Fi, why?"
"Well he left before 8am for his meeting with Strong and he told me he would call me when he was done, it has been 8 hours and no word from him." She said.
"I can trying calling around and see if anyone has heard anything, but you know this could take time, they have a lot to go through, especially with this James thing. I start calling and come over, okay?"
"Okay Sam, I will let you know if I hear from him." Fiona responded.
"Ok sister, hold tight, I am sure everything is fine. I'll see you soon." And Sam ended the call and started calling people as he walked towards his car.
Fiona started pacing, she was letting her mind run wild. She was letting her paranoia get to her. She was getting angry. She thought Michael went back to the CIA and that is why he didn't call or come home. By the time Sam arrived she had already worked herself up that she had started to destroy things, including pictures of her and Michael. When Sam walked into the house he saw the broken frames and ripped pictures and she had the Welcome to Miami snow globe in her hand and was getting ready to throw it at the wall.
"Whoa sister, what are you doing?" Sam asked as he made is way over to her and grabbed the snow globe out her hand and put it up on a very high shelf.
"Sam, he went back to them! He got there and they offered everything he ever wanted and he went back! That is why he didn't call, that is why he didn't come home!" she screamed
"You don't know that!" Sam yelled back
"Well what else could it be. He did it to me again. He never really cared about me, only when he was lonely, or needed something. His heart never was really mine. The damned CIA will always be his first love. I am just his convenient mistress. I am such a fool."
"Now you just stop that! I have known Mikey for a long time, and he has changed. He is not the same person he was a year ago, and you know that too." Sam said trying to calm Fiona down.
"Sam, he is a spy, lying and deceiving is what he is trained to do, and you know he is very, very good at that. He is so good at it that he even fooled me. I let him get to me, I let myself believe it was going to be different this time. Boy how wrong could I have been." Fiona started crying and removed her engagement ring. She looked at it and just tossed it down on the table.
"Fi, I think you are wrong. Give him a little more time. They had lots of stuff to go over and they are probably trying to get him to change his mind and you know how stubborn he can be."
"Sam it has been over eight hours, how long do you really think it would take. I am going to get some stuff and leave. You can stay here and see if he ever shows up."
"Fiona, just stop! Don't go anywhere. I am sure he lost track of time and will be here any minute with a good explanation as to why it too so long." But Sam couldn't get her to listen. She went into her bedroom and started to pack a bag. She also saw more pictures and other stuff and started to throw and destroy those items too.
