"Sir, we've spotted Dr. Ford and Spencer on the way back in to Boston. Should be stop them?"
"No, let them get to their destination. I have other plans for them."
"Very good sir!"
So, Mackenzie was with Spencer again, he was really going to have to make her pay for her bad deeds. He was going to make sure she felt all the pain she had caused him. He may have to put his plans on hold for a couple of weeks, he hated having to wait.
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The ride back into Boston was a quiet one, Eliot would steal glances at Mack as he was driving. He picked her hand up and kissed it, holding it drawing small circles with his thumb. Mack knew she was in trouble, she'd already fallen for him. She knew that last night was just one night stand nothing more. Eliot Spencer wasn't the type of man that was into anything more. She excepted that, what she couldn't understand was this hand holding kissing thing he was doing. She was a big girl and wasn't going to go cry to Nate about a roll in the hay.
Eliot parked Mack's Charger in front of the bar, he turned took Mack's face in his hands looking into her eyes and kissed her "Promise me, no matter what, if you run, you'll run straight to me."
"I promise."
They walked up the stairs to Nate's apartment, the door opened before they got there. Sophie walked out and hugged Mack. "You scared us to death!" Mack and Sophie walked in arm and arm.
Hardison and Parker came over and hugged her "Pizza delivery truck...nice!"
"Sorry, I saw the tracker and didn't know who it belonged to. At first I was going to drop it in the trash, but then the delivery driver was out in front of the hospital and I just left it there...sorry!"
Nate walked up and grabbed Mack in a bear hug. He shook her shoulders "I swear to God Mack if you ever do something like that again I will..."
"I'm sorry Nate, I just needed some time."
"Oh...sorry you just needed some time? While the rest of us were scared that the psycho had you?"
"Nate, back off man" Growled Eliot
"No, it's ok Eliot. Fine you want to know Nate? It's been nine months of hell for me. You call me after five damn years out of the blue, after being in Boston for a year because you thought I needed you. I come to meet you and my psycho ex boyfriend jumps me. Then this one saves me, and becomes my personal body guard. Not even 12 hrs later some guys drugs me and tries to kidnap me from the hospital. When I wake up, the hospital strongly suggests that I take a 6 month leave of absence. So excuse the hell out of me if I take off to think of how I exactly lost control of my life and how exactly I'm going to get control of it on my own."
Mack was seeing red she slammed out of the apartment. She remembered she promised Eliot she wouldn't run, great what the hell was she going to do now. She climbed the stairs to the roof, a change of view is what she needed. Damn it she hated crying, but she was just so damn pissed. She heard foot steps behind her, she turned and threw a punch. Eliot stopped the punch and pulled her into his arms.
"Let me make one thing clear, you aren't doing anything on your own any more! Do you understand me?"
Mack didn't answer him, she was hoping he'd just let it go. "Mackenzie Grace did you hear what I said?
"Yes!" He looked into her eyes for a few minutes before letting her go.
"Now let's go down stairs and find out who Hardison dug up." Eliot took Mack's hand and led her down stairs. They entered Nate's apartment everyone was sitting at the table ready for them. Hardison pushed a few buttons and the monitors on the screen came alive.
"This is Ethan Mc Quire, one of Jones men. We have several address for him. He's been in the wind since his botched attempt yesterday afternoon. I've found several alias Peter Simms, Don Matthews, Frank Kiem just to name a few. I'm sending the alias and address that I have to your phones now. With all pictures that I have."
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Eliot made lunch for the group that afternoon. Mack and Nate kept their distance from each other. Mack was in the kitchen helping Sophie and Parker clean up from lunch.
"Eliot is crazy about you!" Parker laughed.
"I'm pretty sure I make Eliot crazy"
"That too!" She giggled.
"Mack, seriously he was absolutely out of his mind crazy worried about you yesterday. When the doctor said you were going to be ok, the look in his eyes was one of a man in love. Then when you were missing, he was coming apart." Replied Sophie
"I think you're wrong...I'm just a job for him. Nothing more!"
"Are you kidding? When your friend Mark called and told him where you were, he tore out of here! How do you feel about him Eliot, I mean?" Asked Parker
Sophie smacked Parker on the arm "Parker!"
Tears started falling from Mack's eyes she smiled "Probably more then he for feels for me." Mack waked away before she said too much.
Parker looked at Sophie "She knows about the coms right? She knows they are on all the time right?"
Eliot watched Mack walk away from the kitchen and towards the windows looking out over the street. His heart skipped a couple of beats, how could she not know? She was more then just a job?