"Lee, I hope that you don't mind that I called and wanted to come over with such short notice…."

"Amanda, it's fine," he took hold of her hands and held them in his and walked towards the couch. "Now, let's sit down and you can tell me what's bothering you."

"I'm fine, really."

"Amanda!"

"It's just that Joe took the boys out and then we went out for coffee and he seems to want to—"

"Want to what?"

Amanda stood up then and walked across the floor of the living room. "Well, he wants to get back with me. At least that's what it sounded like, even after he asked about our relationship."

"What? Really? What exactly did you tell him?"

"Just that we were dating but that we really hadn't figured things out yet-which is the truth!"

"And he asked about getting back with you anyway?"

"Well, he wanted to know if I'd ever thought about getting back with him and if I would consider it now."

"Well, what did you say to that?"

She walked back over to Lee and touched his arm. "I told him no!"

Well, I hope the hell not! "Well, that's good to hear," Lee responded quietly.

Amanda put her arms around Lee's waist and Lee wrapped his arms around hers as he pulled her into an embrace.

"How do you feel about….well what he said about wanting to try to get back together?"

"I'm mad, sad and tired—all at the same time. What are you thinking about all this?"

"Well, all I know is that he better not cause you any trouble."

They just stood there for a few minutes. "I guess I just needed to see you for a minute. Seems strange, we just spent all that time together this weekend…."

"Doesn't seem strange at all, I feel exactly the same way."

"Well, I better go!"

"Well, let me walk you to your car."

As they walked to Amanda's car, Lee said: "I could drive you home and then pick you up in the morning and you could get your car from my place later…"

"No, it's okay, I can drive home."

"Well, at least call me when you make it home," Lee said.

"I will," Amanda replied.

Lee opened the car door for Amanda. "Amanda, I love you."

"And, I love you too!"

"Oh, Lee," Amanda said just before Lee closed her car door. "Joe said the boys' talked to him about my crazy work hours and my being gone for days."

"You don't think he will try and cause trouble for you do you? Like with custody of the boys?"

"I don't think so," Amanda said slowly.

He better not, Lee thought to himself. "Well, you know me and the Agency are here for you if it comes to that. The Agency has some of the best lawyers in DC, so if he wants to…."

Amanda reached out and touched Lee's hand. "I'm sure it won't come to that, but thanks."

Lee looked down at Amanda for a moment, then reached down and touched her lips with his fingertips.

"Goodnight Amanda!"

"Goodnight Lee!"

Lee then closed Amanda's car door and then watched as she drove off.

/

When Amanda arrived home, her mother was sitting in the kitchen waiting for her. "Amanda Jean King, where did you run off to?"

"Mother, didn't I tell you that I was running to Mr. Stetson's, I mean Lee's? I needed to talk to him about something important."

"No, you didn't and Mr. Stetson? I thought his last name was Simpson."

"Oh, did I introduce him to you as Simpson? Sometimes, we use different covers for our work; sometimes I'm Amanda Keane." Dotty gave her a look that clearly said she didn't believe her but Amanda rushed on anyway. "Mother, are the boys still up?"

"Yes, Amanda but I told them that you and I would talk and then you would come up." Her mother lowered her voice as she realized that the boys were in the house, "but you aren't going up those stairs until you tell me what happened between you and Joe."

"Okay, Mother, the short version, Joe and I had coffee and he wanted to know about my relationship with Lee and he wondered whether or I not I ever thought about getting back with him!" With that said, Amanda headed towards the stairs.

"Well, what did you say to that?"

"I said No! Now Mother, I'm going to go check on the Philip and Jamie then I'm going to bed." She walked back and kissed her mother on the cheek, then went upstairs. "Goodnight." She called behind her.

"Well, but tomorrow I want the full details."

"Goodnight, Mother!"

"Goodnight, Amanda!"