Author Note: Hello wonderful people. Well the plot thickens in Moving On. The story is going to take a detour into some comedy with Graceland's best couple. How do you like it so far? I love to hear back from the readers to see what they think. So if you have any suggestions please write me a review or send me a PM. Enjoy Chapter 13.
"Hey you two are more chipper this morning" said Christy as Paige and Mike walked in. "After the night we realized that holding grudges due to silly arguments is pointless." Mike said.
"Yeah plus we had an awesome dance party in the car and that always puts people in a better mood." Paige added swaying her upper body.
"Well I'm glad things are better so you want to see what we found?"
"Fire away" Mike said
"Paige you thought that the weed that Brandi gave you was different than the one we had here right?"
"Yeah it didn't look the same to me"
"Well the next time I buy weed which will be never I'm bringing you along because you missy were right on the money."
"I told you" Paige said to Mike
"Hey I never doubted you and besides you're the weed expert"
"I'm the weed expert? Ok Mr. Pot Head" Mike rolled his eyes at Paige's last remark. "Ok moving on so yes Paige the weed was different. The stuff we had was pretty good but you can tell it had been doctored with. The stuff you got from the suspect was something we have ever seen. If Vasquez gets this on the streets she will put everyone out of business."
"But Vasquez has been in partnership with Nick and Brandi for months. Why would she put this on the street and not the other? We're sure this weed is being sold by Vasquez?" Mike asked "Yeah we bought it off the some of her low level dealers the other day" Paige said
Mike grabbed a white board,
"Ok let's talk this out, we know that there is a partnership between Vasquez and the Davis'sOk let's talk this out. We know that there is a partnership between Vasquez and Davis' -. What else?"
"Both types of weed are similar and it seems like they're from the same source" Christy
"Is there a money trail from Nick and Brandi that leads back to Vasquez?" Paige asked
"There is we just can't find it." Mike answered. "We know that both their families were having money troubles after the mothers got diagnosed but then all of a sudden a steady cash flow started coming in. We have nothing to connect one to the other"
"Have they traveled to Mexico in the past two years?" Christy asked
"No they've only been out of the country once and that was on their honeymoon three years ago. They went to Europe" Paige answered. "Do you think it's possible that Vasquez is setting them up?"
"What do you mean?" Christy asked
"Vasquez has been the key to a major investigation. The DEA has been after her for years we have gotten close but still can't touch her. We've shut down the majority of her business operations here in the states."
"So the DEA has cut her off and she needs to find another way to make money. What better way than to put it on a young married couple that would be none the wiser." Mike said
"It works in theory but how does she get a hold of the weed? And even if they did how would they be able to engineer an almost exact duplicate of this strain?" Christy asked
"That's where we come in. We need to get back in their office the connection between the three of them is there I know it" said Paige.
Christy went to her bag and handed a flash drive to Paige, "If you can get to their computer and load this into it I will be able to see everything they have on there."
"I'll give it a shot later today" Paige said while placing the drive in her bag.
"I'll be at the house giving you backup"
"Mike you have group which you can't miss. Christy will you back me up?"
"Yeah Johnny is busy closing up his case and we're not meeting up till tonight. Don't worry Mike I'll watch her back."
"Look I don't want to start another fight" Mike said
"Then don't" Paige said
"But yesterday I said I suggested doing something that I realized was reckless but after some careful thinking and one pissed off wife I decided against"
Paige crossed her arms across her chest as she gave Mike a dirty look, "And you're point being?"
Mike wanted to say something but he had seen this film before so he did what most guys don't do…he shut up. "Never mind"
"Ok you have to teach me that trick Paige." Christy said amazed how Mike knew to let it go.
"You just have to find a smart guy. Lucky for me I picked a good one"
Mike kissed Paige softly on the cheek, "And she picked Johnny." Christy gave Mike the stink eye, Paige just rolled her eyes slapping Mike on the chest, and "I didn't say he was perfect."
"I'm close to it"
Paige playfully slapped his chest again, "Keep telling yourself that"
"Hey as much as I would love to make fun of Mr. Perfect here the tracker on their car says they're heading back to the house. Do you have a plan?"
"No but I'll think of one on the way. Hey Mike do you think you can pick up the kids from school?"
"Yeah but please don't leave me alone with them too long"
Christy started to laugh, "Mike Warren bad ass FBI agent can't handle two kids"
"These kids put the fear of God in me" Mike said.
"I'll be there as soon as I can. I love you"
"Love you too and good luck"
"So Mike a lot has happened since we last met how are you?" Lauren asked
"It's been a roller coaster couple of days. As glad as I am to be back at work it's been harder than I anticipated."
"How so?"
"It's just the stress of my job"
"I thought you were taking it easy" Kyle asked
"I am or I thought I was….I had an incident the other day"
"What kind of incident" Lauren asked
"It was a panic attack" All had a general concern on their face except for Sylvia who threw her head back and laughed a little. "Well it's about time Warren. I was worried for a moment…..okay you suckers pay up"
Mike watched as the others groaned as they handed Sylvia money. "Excuse me? What the hell is going on?"
"Warren we all deal with Panic attacks….Especially after all the shit we have dealt with. It was only a matter of time before you popped your cherry."
"And you all bet on when I would?"
"Honestly you lasted longer than we thought" Kyle said, "I had you after the first week of coming to meetings"
"And you're ok with this?" Mike asked Lauren
"I'm not ok with is but I can't control everything the group does…..and Mike let's stay on topic why did you have the panic attack? Where were you?"
"I was on the beach with Paige we were talking about work when I started to think about the attack. Then my vision got blurry, I had trouble breathing and I couldn't stop shaking." Just thinking about it Mike began to feel another one coming. Mike gripped his seat his eyes closed as he tied to get his breathing under control. The harder he tried the worse it got, his shaking was starting to get out of hand. Mike then felt a hand on his back rubbing it softly. And his head against a woman's chest.
"Deep breathes Warren that's it. Feel my chest as I breathe in and out slowly" Sylvia said as she calmed him down. The rest of the group gathers around as Mike's shaking begins to stop. As he finally gets his breathing in order Mike opens his eyes to see the entire group around him.
"I think we should stop with the betting for a while" Kyle said
"That's a really good idea Kyle. Mike talk to us. What are you thinking about?" Lauren asked
"I don't understand what happened" Mike says as he stands up to walk around the room. "I was just talking about it and boom it hit me like a freight train. What the hell is going on?"
"Mike like all of us you're still dealing with a lot and sadly the panic attacks will happen." Sylvia explained. "They can pop up anytime you feel stressed but luckily for you we have all been where you are and we will help you." Mike stood there his mouth slightly open shocked by what she was saying. Lauren walked over to Mike rubbing his back, "Mike everything Sylvia said is true."
"I know that"
"Then why do you look so surprised?" Kyle asked
"I' m trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Sylvia is being nice to me for once. Plus Plus she called me Mike instead of Warren. If I didn't know any better I would have thought that she actually cared about me"
"Oh shove it Warren….You see Lauren? This is why I'm mean to people." Mike walked over wrapping his arms around her, "What are you doing?" Sylvia asked. "I'm just saying thank you for helping me. You may not feel this way about me but I see you as a friend and I appreciate you helping me." Sylvia flashed a small smile which the whole group saw. Sylvia now embarrassed pushed Mike away, "Okay we had our moment now what else is causing you stress Warren"
"Yeah how's the new place? Still waiting to be invited over" Lily says
"Wow Lily I'm surprised you've kept quiet this entire time"
"Haha now why haven't we been invited over?"
"I've only lived there for four days and a lot has been going on"
"Like what?"
"For one Paige and I are taking care of my friends kids and they are a handful and that's being nice"
"How old are they?"
"4 and 2" Sylvia started to laugh, "I'm sorry Warren I'm not laughing at you it's just I remember when my kids were that age…it sucked"
"Any advice for me?"
"Yeah don't let them kill you"
"That's real good advice Sylvia" Kyle said sarcastically
"Actually Kyle it's great advice thanks Sylvia"
"So where are the kids now? You didn't leave Paige alone with them did you?"
"No the kids are at school….Paige is working"
"Christy how long will it take before the program is uploaded" Paige asked holding onto the flash drive
"5 minutes at the most"
"That's too long Brandi might be suspicious. We need a distraction."
"Well that's why you have me"
"No Christy you're staying here. You're our liaison you're not signed off to do undercover work"
"You didn't say anything about this the other night? Plus this is hardly undercover work" Christy said defensively
"That was different and you know that. If things go bad…."
"It won't Paige besides if the program takes 5 minutes you need someone to keep Brandi occupied. Face it you need me." Paige sighed deeply knowing that Christy was right. "Ok but Mike and Johnny are to never find out."
"Find out about what?" Christy asked with a smile
"You might have what it takes to be an undercover agent"
"Only one way to find out."
The ladies made their way to Brandi's as they approached the front door Paige closed her eyes taking deep breaths. "What are you…." Christy asked but Paige put her hand up then knocked on the door. Christy looked at Paige who now had the look of a woman in distress.
Brandi opened the door all smiles which quickly faded when she saw Paige, "Well hey you two….Oh my God Paige what's wrong?"
Paige lips began to quiver her eyes starting to tear up, "I need your help"