Hawke was patiently waiting by the double doors when he heard the uproar from the back. Slowly, the uproar came closer to the front of the bank until everyone was turning to see the dark haired woman being led to the front of the bank by a guard.
Hawke immediately knew something was wrong. He took Kelly's other elbow and gently guided her away from the other guard. "What's going on?" He whispered through clenched teeth.
"I can't get into the safety deposit box and they," Her eyes bore holes into the younger guard. "Won't believe that I have one."
"Where's the key?" Hawke asked, still through clenched teeth. At least the onlookers had stopped looking and gone back to their business.
"I don't know. It was in my copy of Pride and Prejudice, but my book's gone." She grabbed a wad of Hawke's shirt and with glazed eyes said, "Maybe it fell out in the car. I have to open that box, Hawke."
Hawke ran his hand over her black hair which she had pinned back to make it look cleaner. "All right, calm down and we'll check the car to see if the book fell out."
He nodded at the younger guard who nodded back and they both walked out. The two cars on either side of their newly owned car were gone. Hawke opened the back door with his key and looked in. Bags were scattered around the back seat, but there was no copy of Pride and Prejudice. He leaned over the seat to unlock Kelly's side. She threw the door open and practically jumped in the back seat. Bags went flying into the front seat, loose clothing was thrown over to join it, but still no book.
"We don't have time for this," Kelly said as she pulled her body out of the car and slammed the back door.
"You're right about not having any time left," A male voice said from behind Kelly. Hawke saw the tall, black Federal Marshall assigned to Kelly walk up behind her and he closed his door.
Kelly turned around, "Agent Moore, what are you doing here?" Her voice was shaking. She glanced over at Hawke. "Hawke and I were just out for a drive."
"Sidwell died early this morning from a heart attack so you don't have to testify or pretend to be dead."
Kelly smiled. "That's wonderful," She looked over the hood of the car to Hawke. "We can be together now."
"Actually," Agent Moore corrected her as he grabbed her arm.
"She doesn't have the key," Hawke interrupted. Agent Moore dropped his hand and Hawke came around the car to stand by Kelly.
"What's going on?" Kelly asked anxiously.
"String! String!" Dominic's voice was calling from a yellow cab pulling into the parking lot. Before the cab came to a complete stop, Dominic got out and ran up to them.
"What's going on?" Hawke asked. "Dom, why are you here?"
"Kelly's been lying to you." Dominic stopped to breath. He held out the book. "There's a key to a safe deposit box inside the book and a ledger that shows Kelly was getting money from Sidwell to keep quiet about all of his shady business deals. She faked her death to save her life and to escape prosecution."
Hawke took the book and handed it over to Agent Moore. "There's the evidence you wanted."
Agent Moore took the book and grabbed Kelly's arm again. With the book hand, he waved to someone and suddenly the parking lot was filled with police cars and black suburbans.
"What's going on?" Kelly asked. Her eyes were darting from each man.
Another man in a suit took Kelly so Agent Moore could let her go. He ripped the key out of the book and opened the piece of paper Dominic had given him. He studied the paper. "You know I'm sure once we get into the safety deposit box that we can add a boatload of charges onto the charges that are already against you."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Kelly lied.
"Fine." Agent Moore snapped the book closed and his tie flew up from the force of the wind. "For starters, we'll charge you with defrauding the Federal government."
"I don't understand. What's going on?" Dominic asked as he looked from Kelly, to Hawke, to Agent Moore.
Agent Moore walked off with Kelly beside him and Hawke stepped close to Dominic. "I've known Kelly was alive for weeks, Dominic. The whole thing was a set-up from the very beginning. The only thing that wasn't planned was Mason being killed and Sidwell's heart attack. The FBI knew Kelly was holding money somewhere and that's where I came in."
Dominic took off his red hat and scratched the top of his head. "I don't understand. Why didn't you tell us?"
"I needed you and Caitlin to be completely out of the loop in case something went wrong. Speaking of Cait, where is she?"
"Well we couldn't land the helicopter just anywhere in town," Dominic said with a huff. "We brought the helicopter as close as we could to town and I took a cab here. So, the whole thing was a setup?"
"It started the moment Michael picked you up in the limo." Hawke patted Dominic on the shoulder. "I'm sorry I kept things from you, Dominic."
Before Dom could say anything, Agent Moore came over. "She'd like to speak to you before we leave," He said.
Hawke nodded and walked with Agent Moore to the suburban where Kelly was handcuffed inside. The window was partially rolled down so only her face was seen.
"Hawke, I don't know why you did what you did to us, but I need to tell you something."
"I did what I did to us because you did what you did to us." He took off his sunglasses and leaned his arm against the hood of the car so he could talk privately with Kelly. "I would have taken you to the ends of the earth to protect you, Kelly. You didn't have to scam Sidwell or fake your way into witness protection. You didn't have to do any of this. I would have protected you. Since when did money become more important to you than love?"
He put his glasses back on and turned around. Kelly stopped him. "There was someone else at the cabin that night, Hawke. Someone besides me was watching you. I was going to tell you after we left town, but. . ." Her voice trailed off. "Be careful, Hawke. There was someone else out there that night."
The window of the suburban went up and Kelly disappeared behind tinted glass. Hawke absorbed what she said and walked away.
"So, all of this was a setup?" Dominic asked as he drove the new car toward the area where they left the helicopter and Caitlin. "You knew all along that Kelly was alive?"
Hawke was playing with his hand out the window letting the cool air ride up his shirt and force his arm into the air. "I found out two weeks ago. The reaction you saw at the hangar was real. I hadn't seen her before then. Listen, Dom, I'm tired and hungry. Can we just pick up Caitlin and go home? I've got a full day with the Federal Marshalls tomorrow to recall everything. I just want you to know that I am sorry, Dom. For everything."
"It's not that you should be sorry, son."
The rest of the trip to pick up Caitlin and the helicopter was left in silence.