Author's Note: I just wanted to say that I really appreciate all the kind rivews, even if I'm not always responding (because I'm too socially awkward)
I do apologize for any mistakes or if any of the writing seems rushed.
I did rush to get this together since it's my birthday the 13th and I have decided to gift myself a week off from the stress of writing, social media and internet in general and just spend some time with my family, my friends and my beloved cat.

As always thank you so much for reading :)

CHAPTER 21

It wasn't an easy thing to decide.
On one part he really wanted to get to Scarface, that guy really needed to be caught, but on the other hand he feared that Mozzie had a bigger part in this than it sounded and by granting him immunity, he would let the man get away with too much.
Peter told Elizabeth that he needed to think it over and he needed to consult his colleagues, he wasn't the only agent involved in this case after all.
Once the coffee was done, they both sat down and drank it in silence, no one really sure what to say. There was just so much happening at the same time and Peter just wanted this all to be over so that they could relax and spend their time continuing to build their relationship.
He wasn't sure how long they sat there in silence before Neal started to wake up.
They both looked over at the kid who slowly opened his eyes and looked confused for a second as he saw that he was on the couch and not in the bed.
He looked around the room, his gaze stopping at the kitchen table and on the adults.
The kid saw his mother but he remained on the couch, something that surprised Peter, he had expected that the kid would run to his mother and throw his arms around her.
Elizabeth looked just as surprised as he felt and for a couple of seconds she just stared at her son as if he just needed time to process that she was really there.
Neal remained on the couch so Elizabeth turned to Peter, giving him a questioning look.

"I think he's mad you left."

He told her and Elizabeth nodded before she got up from the chair and walked over to the kid.
She sat down next to him before pulling him onto her lap.

"I'm sorry, baby."

She told him and kissed the top of his head.

"We don't leave each other, mommy. That's our first and most important rule, we stick together no matter what."

Neal said, repeating the words Elizabeth had told him when the boy had run away.

"I know and I'm sorry, sweetie but it was for Mozzie. Mozzie's family."

She said and her words seemed to help a little because Neal turned around and hugged her before making her promise to not leave him again, at least not without telling him first.

It was Elizabeth's words that caused him to make the decision to call and consult with the other agents.
He had known that Mozzie was important to the pair but calling him family was a big deal, so for their sake he decided to trust Mozzie.
It took a lot of time and a lot of discussing before his colleagues finally decided that they would take a chance and trust Mozzie as well.

Mozzie looked around the room nervously as he sat down on the kitchen chair.
The man had flat out refused to go to the bureau so eventually they had decided to have the interrogation in Peter's house with Jones, Diana and Elizabeth there to listen as well since Mozzie had demanded that they weren't going to record his words and that Elizabeth would be there.
Elizabeth had Neal sent upstairs but Peter could hear a low creak from the top of the stairs meaning that the boy was trying to slowly make his way down it to eavesdrop.

"How do I know that you haven't planted any bugs?"

Mozzie asked while his hands went under the table, feeling around for any potential bugs.
Peter groaned at the man's paranoia, he didn't have the energy to wait for him to search the house for bugs.

"Don't worry Moz. There's no bugs, I've checked."

Elizabeth said, with enough confidence in her voice to make the paranoid man believe her lie.

"Alright then."

Mozzie answered before nervously fidgeting in his seat.
Elizabeth had told Peter that Mozzie was not at all comfortable with being a snitch, which was one of the reasons for his nervousness, and the only reason he had decided to tell the truth was because he was afraid that Scarface would go after Elizabeth again, or even worse that he would go after Neal.
Mozzie took a deep breath before he started to speak with an uncharacteristic weak and shaky voice.

"Scarface doesn't exist, not really."

Peter gave the short man a skeptic look before looking back at Elizabeth who nodded at him, urging him to continue listening.

"Scarface is not a person, not the Scarface you know. The Scarface that you've been looking for is really a couple of different men with similar features. All of them in their 30s, around the same height, same body type, dark hair, dark eyes and a fake scar."

Peter still felt very skeptical, a part of him wondered if Mozzie was just spouting conspiracies while another part had to admit that what Mozzie was telling him wasn't entirely impossible.
Most witnesses could only describe simple features like that and it was only Elizabeth that had gotten a good enough look of the man to create a police sketch.

"There's a man in charge of all of this, he's like a puppet master controlling everyone while he sits on the sidelines, never putting himself at risk. The men working for him are either payed or are blackmailed into working with him."

Peter leaned back in his chair while he thought it over.
If Mozzie was telling the truth, it was a pretty brilliant plan, the man controlling it would get away with several heists without ever risking himself getting caught.
It was the men working for him that risked getting caught and with the, probably, large amount of money payed or the blackmailing the men wouldn't give him up if they were caught.

"What's this guy's name?"
"Matthew Keller."

Peter wrote down the name on a notepad so that they could see if they could find the guy in any police records.

"And how do you fit in, Mozzie? You do not exactly fit the Scarface profile."
"Keller has several other people working for him as well. I have only worked a handful of jobs, been a distraction at the museums or doing other things, like hiding paintings until Keller locates a fence."

That explained why Mozzie had been in possession of that painting.
Mozzie didn't have much to say after that except that he knew of a place Keller used to be, but of course the man had several places so it wasn't even sure he would be at that location.
Peter got up from his chair and went outside for a whispered discussion with Jones and Diana and eventually they all agreed that they would take a chance and believe Mozzie.
Once inside they all grabbed their coats, ready to go to the bureau and convince the other agents to first look into Keller and then check the location out.
As they walked towards the door, he could hear the stairs creek slightly as the small feet hurried to sneak up them again.

"Don't eavesdrop, Neal. It's rude."

Peter called out before the three agents left the house, hoping that this Scarface nightmare would be over soon.

Author's Note 2:
I just want to point out yet again that I have completely forgot what my original plan was so at this point I'm just improvising, but hopefully you still liked what I came up with.