Mac's Diner was a rundown burger joint in the rough part of L.A The vinyl booths that were lined against the outside wall, were torn and cracked. The tables were covered with cheap, scratched laminate. The entire diner had a permant odor of grease and sweat.

Joshau sat at one of the tables, a scowl on his face as he watched low life after low life come through the door. The neighbor hood was poor part of the city, and he did his best to dress down, but with the Mercedes parked outside, he stuck out like a sore thumb.

Outside the window, a dark blue SUV caught his eyes as it pulled into the parking stall. The man that got out was a younger, muscular man with short blond hair and a scar that extended from his right eyebrow, down across his broad nose and ended on his cheek. Joshua was pleased.

The man looked around the grease trap, then his eyes met Joshua's. He slowly made his way through the diner, his large girth trying to fight around the tables.

"You Ellington?" His tone was gruff, with a hint of a Scottish accent.

"Walsh?" Joshua asked, looking up at the giant of a man. If anyone could teach his bitch ex wife a lesson, it would be this man.

The man nodded as he sat down at the table, grabbed the upside down mug and motioned to the middle age waitress, perched by the bar, waiting for something to do. Joshua looked at her in disgust as he noticed her tits were starting to sag, creases along her mouth and eyes and her waist was thick.

The man looked at Joshua as he stirred his coffee. "So, you said you need someone followed?."

Joshua slid an envelope across the table as he looked around the diner. ""This is my wife, technically ex wife. I need dirt."

"What kind of dirt? Because, well, that's gonna cost you extra."

Joshua motioned to the brown envelope. "Everything you need is inside. I need anything that might disgrace her publicly." Joshua paused for a moment as Welsh opened the envelope and took out a plane ticket. 'She's head into Vegas tomorrow afternoon. My inside helpers helped start the rumor. I need something that will push it over the edge. I want to make that bitch pay for leaving me."

Walsh grinned at Joshua as he looked up from the smaller envelope that was crammed full of cash. "No rules?"

Joshua grinned over the mug. "Anything goes." He stood up and extended his hand out in front of him. "You have the number for the disposable phone. Call me when you have something on the bitch."

She ast in the booth and watched as Morgan and Jared danced. She couldn't help but notice the washy she danced on him, grinding her lower half into his. She took her tequila and downed it, grimacing at the burn in her throat. She wasn't sure where Jensen had gone to, he had told everyone he had to make a phone call, but that was 20 minutes ago.

"So, what's it gonna take to get you out there?"

Dani tore her gaze away from the dance floor to see that Jensen had sat next to her, she half smiled. "I don't dance."

Jensen smiled at her. "Oh come on, Shorty, everyone dances."

He took her hand and her her onto the dance floor where an upbeat song came over the speakers. He put his hand on her hips as they began to dance. He slid his hand around her upper back and pulled her tighter into her. He felt her stiffen and he raised his head to see the look on her face. "What's wrong?"

Dani shook her head and placed her head on his shoulder. 'Nothing." She flet him stop dancing and she looked up to see the look on his face.

"Dani, this is n't going to work if you don't let me in. You can't keep shutting me out."

"I don't mean too!" Dani raised her voice causing several people to look in their direction, including Morgan and Jared. "Alright, fine. Then you tell me who you were on the phone with Jensen?"

Jensen let out sigh and looked around the crowed club. "Not here. Give me a second."

Dani watched as Jensen walked over to Jared and whispered something in his ear. Jared looked over at her, nodded and then reached into his pocket and handed Jensen the valet ticket.

Jensen took her hand and wound her through the dancing crowd and walked outside where he handed the Valet Attendant the voucher. As they waited for the car, they were both in their own heads. The fate of their relationship was hanging in Jensen's head, why Dani was stressing on how to tell him about her past. Ten minutes later, the black Escalade pulled up tot he curb and Jensen opened the passenger door and helped Dani into the truck.

For the first ten minutes, Jensen drove the SUV towards the beach, an awkward silence between them. The only time he spoke up , was if she was in the mood for a fish taco and some beer.

That's where they sat, in the back of the SUV, the hatch opened and a blanket underneath them. They ate in silence as they watched the waves crash to the shore.

Jensen didn't pressure her, he let her sit there next to him, wrapped up in her own little world. When she did speak, an hour later, he tore his gaze off the water.

"I met Joshua in college. He was a senior and I was a freshman. We met out a party and he seemed so sweet and funny. We dated on and off for a few years. We broke up for a while and then met again through mutla friends. Six months later, I was pregnant with Sophia." She paused and took al ong swallow of her beer. She felt Jensen's free hand take hers, his thumb caressing her knuckles. "He wasn't thrilled aobut the idea of having a kid, so, we broked up. He wanted med to have an abortion, I wanted to keep the baby."

"Must have been a hard choice," He raised her hand and kissed the back of her hand.

"IT was, but the moment I heard her heartbeat for the first time, I fell in lvoe with her. I graduated with my business degree and I helped my Nana with her bakery. Sophia was about a year old, when Joshua came back into our lives. He wanted to be a father to her, so I let him. Before I knew it, we were married a few months later."

"Is that something you gregret?"

Dani bit her lower lip as she blinked back the tears. "I wanted to be in love with him. He was so good to Sophia."

"What changed?"

Dani let out a breath as she pushed a lock of hair behind her ear and looked down at Jensen's hand holding hers. "His father died. They were pretty closed and it changed him. He was the inheritor of his dad's estate and he got everything, but it wasn't enough. He got into drugs. And...and..that's when..." She sighed as she paused, not wanting to continue."

"Dani," Jared leaned over and, put his finger on her chin and turned her head towards his. He leaned in and gently placed his lips on hers. "It's OK."

Dani stared into his eyes, knowing she could be safe with him. "He started to abuse me. IT had always been verbal, pointing out my flaws after I had Sophia. Then, when he got into drugs, it became physical. Each time, he apo9logized. Buying me jewelry, taking me on lavish trips. Each time, I was stupid enough to forgive him."

"Hey, look at me Baby Doll, you are not stupid," He smiled and brushed her hair back from her face and kissed her. "You are the strongest woman I know. You're raising two girls and you have your own business."

Dani raised the hem of her skirt and ran her finger along the puckered flesh of her thigh. Jensen reached over and slid his hand over the tops of hers, following the lines of the scar. "This wast he night, I told him I was leaving. I had just found out I was pregnant with Gracie. I had been so careful on not getting pregnant, but, I found out that he had switched my birth control. He did it to trap me. So, when I told him I was leaving him, he hit me. I was standing near the stairs and when the slap came, I must have stepped backwards. I must have misjudged the step." She let out a breath as she closed her eyes on the memory. "I remember, lying at the bottom of the steps, my leg broken and he was laughing at me."

"Why isnt he in jail?"

Dani sighed. "That's because of who he is. Joshua Ellington, son of Mark Ellington, a well known producer. When Joshua inherited the business, he also inherited the power. His lawyer convinced the jury, that I was the one that started the fight. He was leaving me for another woman and I snapped. He had just been defending himself."

Jensen let out a sigh as he pulled her in closed to him, cradling her head into his chest. Dani let out a sigh as his smell wrapped around her, the steady lull of his heartbeat, calmed her. " I will never let that happen to you, ever again." Dani closed her eyes as his voice vibrated her body. "IF you want me."

She elt out a sigh as she moved her body so she could straddled him. She bit her lower lip as she wound her hands around his dark blue tie and pulled him into a deep kiss. She pulled back, her grey eyes dark with her lust, her lips swollen and wet from their kiss. "I want you Jensen." She smiled as she rolled her hips, making him groan. "All of you."

Jensen growled as he grabbed her hips, placing his lips on her neck. She purred as he lightly nipped her skin. "That can be arranged."

Welsh sighed as he tightened his hoodie and trudged through the sand, a pair of binoculars bouncing on his massive chest as he made his way to a table.

As he sat down n the table, he noticed a flash of headlights in the parking lot. He turned his head and smiled as he saw the black SUV pull into one of hte stalls that faced the ocean. He took the binoculars to his eyes and smiled. They were no ordinary binoculars, they had cost him a fortune. They were fitted with night vision and picture abilities. Oh, his boss was going to be very pleased on what he had found out, and this as th big fat icing on the cake.

As he watched the occupants engage in a heavy make out session, Walsh smiled. Frame after frame showed Dan and Jensen as they made love in the SUV. This, Walsh agreed, was going to be a little extra.