Chapter 11 - Kitchen Window
It was Sunday and Lee had gone to the agency for his debriefing on the Delano mess and to also make a statement for the police so that Hollander could be formally charged. He met up with Delano who asked how Victoria was. Lee told him that she was going to be okay and that he didn't need to worry about her anymore. He then proceeded to grill him about everything he knew about Hollander. Delano had not known anything about the plan to kill Singer nor had he had anything to do with what Hollander did to Amanda but he did sit and watch as Hollander killed Agent Dane and so Lee intended to make sure he got at least some sentence for his part in that but obviously Hollander was the more important target so Lee did agree to a lesser sentence if Delano followed through with testifying against Hollander. It was a long day as Lee finished up all those loose ends and his mind kept returning to Amanda and wondering if she was okay. The thought that he could have lost her really bothered him more than he wanted to admit. In the end, he knew he needed to see her; needed to see for himself that she was okay. So as he was leaving the agency, he found the Porsche making its way to Amanda's house. As he walked up to the back door window and could see Amanda was alone but seemed to be fine, he broke out into a relieved smile. He tapped on the window and motioned for her to come outside. He couldn't stop grinning, he was just so relieved that she was okay. As they leaned against her window talking, she suddenly began asking him about the ambulance ride. Thankfully she wasn't looking at him because he looked like a deer whose eyes just got caught in a car's headlights. Thankfully she also left the door open for him to blame the sedatives and he jumped at that excuse. Soon Amanda talked about going back inside and Lee reluctantly knew he had to head on to his lonely apartment. He had grown closer to Amanda during this assignment and he now realized that he didn't mind so much having her around. As much as Amanda would miss Victoria Greenwich in her life, Lee knew deep down that he would miss Amanda King if she suddenly went away. That meant he had to do even more to keep her safe. He was starting to realize that she was worth the effort though.
TBC
A/N - And now comes the "In Between" part of the story. :)
