The letter had more than dozens of water stains. Tears were more than falling down Alex's cheek, they seemed to never stop. The ink was smearing, that the letter was barely readable. She wiped her eyes trying to pull herself back together. After her sleeve removed some of the tears, she glanced over at the empty envelope. There was dust all over it except where her fingers were when she opened it.
She didn't mean to keep Sean waiting like that. While she was with her daughter, Sean was looking for her, worrying about her. She crunched up the corner of the paper at the thought that he got hurt while she was happy.
She looked at Elizabeth. The young girl seemed so terrified of her. "Hey it's okay," Alex went on her knees a few feet away, "You're safe. I promise."
Elizabeth just stayed in the corner and looked away from Alex.
Alex knew exactly what her daughter was going through. Her parents were killed in front of her eyes. The sight haunted her for years. She wouldn't trust anyone for years after. She trusted one person and he ended up dying. But he helped her create a beautiful daughter. Even today she couldn't stand the sight of fire. The fear and panic come back and the thought of it.
An idea appeared in Alex's head. She dug inside her pocket. When she removed her hand it revealed a paper. She went over to her dresser and brought out some tape. She was careful unfolding the paper, making sure there was no damage done to it. She pulled off a piece of tape and ripped it with her teeth. The paper was taped to the wall.
Alex glanced over at Elizabeth and smiled. For a split second a small smile formed on the girl's face. The drawing was the picture that her daughter drew for her. It was of her and Alex. The smile however was brief as it quickly went back to the look of fear. "You hungry?" Alex asked.
The girl didn't reply to anything.
"I'll go get something for you. What would you like?"
Still no reply.
"I guess I'll surprise you," Alex left the room a little worried if her own daughter would ever like her.
Alex was walking down the hallway on her way to Birkoff's hidden food stash. She figured his food supply would have more junk food then the Division supply. "Alex we need to talk," she heard Ryan's voice from behind her
Her heart sank. There was never a good reason for him to call her. She was scared as to what he would ask her. Before she left she brutally killed Vlad and after over a month she returns with a kid. There was no question that the meeting was not going to go well.
Alex followed him into his office. No words were exchanged for several minutes. She could tell by his look something was wrong. "Alex," he breathed in trying to keep himself from going off the rails at her, "You need to get rid of the child. We can't have her here, especially not now."
"What?" Alex felt her anger begin to boil. She tried hard not to show it.
"We can't have a kid here. With not knowing who Amanda's partner is we can't risk a kid getting involved. And if the president finds out…"
Before he could finish Alex cut in, "I'm not leaving her!" her rage began to show.
"Alex this is not a negotiation," he slammed his fist on his desk. She knew something else was going on, "You need to get rid of the kid and do it now!"
"She's not going anywhere!" Alex had a threatening look on her face.
Ryan closed his eyes and put himself back together, "You know this life is not for a child," he said calmly, "What is she gets hurt or worse? What are you going to do? We can't risk you going rogue."
Alex didn't say anything. She wanted to tell him off, but deep down she knew he was right. She could never live with herself if anything happened to Elizabeth. Alex just glared and Ryan and stormed out. There was no way she would let anything happen to her own daughter.
"You have three days," Ryan ended the argument.
Alex raided Birkoff's stash of food. She grabbed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a soda. She headed to her room to feed Elizabeth. The whole walk over Ryan's voice echoed in her head. What if she gets hurt or worse? What are you going to do?
She shook the thoughts from her head. She didn't even want to think about it. "Alex! Alex!" Birkoff came running up from behind her.
"What's wrong?" she saw his face filled with worry.
"We have a huge problem," he showed her his Ipad.
A video appeared with a white van pulling up to a warehouse somewhere in a rundown neighborhood. Figures came out of the van and opened the back. Just then Sean fell out as a man pushed him out of the back. Alex's heart stopped. She saw the man she loved tied up and blindfolded. She could make out blood rushing down his face. Suddenly a hooded man came out from the shadows. The man said something but the camera couldn't hear it. Out of nowhere one of the goons slammed their gun on the back of Sean's head knocking him out.
Her fists clenched almost breaking the can of soda. "Who's that?"
"We think it's Amanda's partner," he took the Ipad away, "This video was from a week ago. We have no clue where they are now."
Alex's eyes widened. Her father had Sean. If she almost died even though he's her father, what is he going to do to Sean?
Dun dun dun duuuun. What should happen next? Will she keep Elizabeth? Will she beable to save Sean from her own father? Thank you all so much for reading. Love to you all!