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Dimitri sat at the coffee shop with his coffee and Rose's coffee sitting in front of him. He sighed as he checked his watch. She was 10 minutes late. He called her phone but was sent to voicemail.
"Hi, it's Dimitri. You're not here and your coffee's getting cold. Anyway I got a text from work asking for me to come in, so I'm just going to go in. Ah, call me back? I still want to know your name."
Dimitri stood before dumping Rose's coffee in the trash. The waitress gave him a sympathetic smile before he left. He walked to his grey Honda and started the engine.
Half an hour later he walked into work and sat at his desk. He checked his phone for any messages and was pleased to see one from Rose.
I'm so sorry Dimitri. I slept in. When you rang me I woke up. I was really looking forward to seeing you.
Dimitri's mood brightened and he set to work while planning how to ask Rose out again. Successfully.
"Dimitri!" Alberta called.
"What have I done now?"
She waved the sarcastic question away. "No time for that. Get the team together."
"Yes ma'am." He ignored Alberta's eye roll and went to find Christian, Eddie, Mason, Mikhail and Stan. He found them all in the staff room. "Alberta wants us."
They all turned in sync, Eddie, Mason and Christian slightly smirking while Stan and Mikhail seemed slightly embarrassed and guilty.
"Right away." Stan said. Dimitri nodded, unsure of their actions, and went back to Alberta's desk.
"Where are they?" she asked, seeing the empty space behind Dimitri.
"Stan said they'll be here 'right away'." As Dimitri set his hands down after the quotation marks, Christian, Eddie, Mason, Mikhail and Stan filed into the room.
"Okay, listen up." Alberta said rising from her desk. "There's been a change in plans. We're going in tomorrow."
"Why?" Christian asked. "Shouldn't we wait till he gets settled to strike?"
"Are you in charge here?" Alberta asked and watched as Christian reluctantly shook his head. "Right, don't question me." She took a breath. "Sorry. I shouldn't have snapped." Christian's face showed he was still angry but he nodded, accepting her apology. She sank into her seat, suddenly looking much older than her 50 odd years. "We do it tomorrow. We get rid of Dashkov's group once and for all." She waved them from her office.
They filed out of her office and Dimitri shut the door behind him. They stood in silence until Eddie and Mason stated grinning.
"Do I want to know?" Dimitri asked Mikhail.
"You really don't."
~The Job~
Rose woke to her phone ringing.
"Hello?" she answered groggily.
"Rose? I need you down here. There's been a change of plans."
Rose was suddenly awake and alert with the urgency in Abe's voice. "Yes sir." She hung up and got dressed in the first clothes she found. She snuck out of the apartment after leaving a sleeping Lissa a note about how she went for a run and had her phone on her if she needed to talk.
Getting in her Impala, Rose sped off to headquarters.
Fifteen minutes later she was there.
"What's the problem Abe?" she asked, opening the doors to his office.
He took a deep breath and started to explain. "There's someone else working on the Dashkov case and now they're going after Isaiah. I think they're going to try and do it soon. So we're going to do it tomorrow. You're going for Isaiah and Isaiah only, though of course you can get rid off anyone in your way."
Rose nodded. "Why not today?"
"We need to re-plan. Thing's will be different. Isaiah will still be on high alert. That's why I've got you to eliminate him." Abe never used the words 'kill' or 'murder'.
"Alright. I'll group the team together and - "
"I've already done it. They're in the middle of planning now. I thought I should let you sleep in." Abe smirked.
"Thanks." Her phone rang. She ignored it until it stopped.
Abe nodded to the door, silently excusing her to check it.
She stepped outside and saw she had a voicemail. Holding it up to her ear she listened to a smooth Russian voice.
"Hi, it's Dimitri. You're not here and your coffee's getting cold. Anyway I got a text from work asking for me to come in, so I'm just going to go in. Ah, call me back? I still want to know your name."
She groaned and slapped her head. I forgot. She hesitated on whether to call or text him, and decided on text.
I'm so sorry Dimitri. I slept in. When you rang me I woke up. I was really looking forward to seeing you.
She bit her lip as it sent and hoped her lie was good enough. She stepped back into Abe's office. "Anything important?" he asked.
She bit her lip again. "I don't know now."
"Everything okay?" She bowed her head as she smiled, a certain Russian making his way into the front of her mind. "Oh." He said, sounding like he understood.
"What 'oh'? I haven't said anything?" She said, lifting her head.
"It's a guy, isn't it?"
She rolled her dark brown eyes. "And why would you think that?"
"Are you kidding me? I've known you long enough to know when something's on your mind. Or rather 'someone'."
"Maybe. Yes, okay? Yes." Rose stuttered.
"So, what's he like?" Abe did his best girly impression, even batting his eyelashes. Rose laughed.
"Tall, dark and handsome."
Abe nodded. "I see."
"You don't see, do you?"
"Not at all." He said immediately.
Rose sighed as she sat in one of the chairs in front of his desk. "He's tall. Really tall. Shoulder length brown hair, dark brown eyes." She sighed, almost dreamily. "He's just," she grasped for a word. "I don't know. I feel like I've know him my whole life, yet there's so much I need to learn about him."
"I understand."
"You do?" She asked, surprised.
"Yes. I had someone like that once. Not appearance wise, but like she could completely understand me. We just had to share a look and I could tell what she was feeling." His face grew sad, lost in memories.
"What happened?" she asked softly.
"I don't know."
"Did you love her?"
He looked up into her eyes. "Yes." He shook his head, like he was shaking out memories. "Oh, Rose. You are young. You've barely lived. Everyone thinks their first love is the only one they'll ever have." He didn't seem to be talking to her, more like her was talking to himself.
"What was she like?"
"Beautiful. Strong. Smart." He laughed shortly. "We met in Cappadocia. I helped her when her dress strap broke. We became close. But it didn't work out."
"Is she the only one you've ever loved?"
"Yes." He answered strongly. "I've never told anyone this, but I think you deserve to know. We had a child."
"You're a dad?"
"Was. She left, took my daughter with her."
"Oh, Abe, I'm sorry." Rose looked at Abe with sorrowful eyes.
"You have nothing to apologize for. We were so happy. She told me she thought I shouldn't be in my daughter's life because of my work. I never thought she'd go so far as to leave me though." He muttered.
"What was her name?"
"That's a story for another time. Now go, go and enjoy the rest of your day."