Eloise turned slowly in the bed to find Red putting on his coat and holding his fedora. She yawned lazily and asked, "What time is it?"

Red turned and smiled at her, "Morning, my love. It's six."

She sat up, "Where are you going so early?"

He leaned to kiss her, "Post Office. Cooper called. They have information about Dembe."

She frowned, "I'll never believe Dembe betrayed us."

He put on his fedora, "Kate did it once. I never thought she could."

She sighed, "It's different. Dembe is more like your adopted son, Raymond. You saved him thirty years ago. You raised him."

He held his hands in front of his body and cocked his head, "Everything refers to him, Eloise. He made himself seem guilty by disappearing."

She shrugged, "Maybe he's afraid for himself."

Red chuckled, "Afraid for himself! This is not Dembe."

She nodded, "Yes. Neither the one you think has betrayed you."

He stared at her for a moment, then shook his head, "I'm tired of talking about this with you. You are too young to understand why people betray."

She crossed her arms, "I'm thirty, Reddington."

He laughed and turned to walk out, "I know."

She yelled after him, "Call me if you get anything."

He replied, "I will."

She smiled, and lied down again hugging his pillow and breathing his scent in deeply.

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Eli answered her phone fast, "Raymond."

She heard his serious voice, "Eloise. Listen to me carefully. There is a small flat in Georgetown. I bought it two weeks ago, and no one knows about it except me and your two security men. Take Pamela and leave with Ian and Zack, now."

She panicked and got up, "Why? What happened?"

He replied, "You were right. It wasn't Dembe. It was Kate. She survived and she's after me. You're not safe at our home. You have to leave."

She rushed to her room waving to Pamela to follow her, "And Dembe?"

He sighed, "He was in the woods where we left her. He got injured somehow. I'm on my way to him. You better start packing now, Eli. You're not safe there."

She nodded, "Okay, Raymond. We're already packing. Be careful, please. And call me once you find Dembe."

She hung up and turned to Pam, "We're leaving. Pack everything. For a month or more. I'll go tell Ian to get ready."

Pamela nodded and started packing, while Eli sighed, "I don't know when we can get back. We have an extraordinary enimy. A ghost from our past. A ghost seeking revenge. "

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Pamela knocked on the door and got in to find Eli working on her laptop, "Eloise. Mr. Reddington is back. He has Mr. Dembe with him."

Eli put her laptop down on the bed, and looked at her excited, "Dembe? Is he okay?"

Pamela moved to help her get out of the bed, "You can find out yourself."

Eli pushed her hand gently, and rushed out of the room. Red was standing out of her room watching Baz helping Dembe to get into the guest room. She noticed the air filled brace surrounding his thigh and leg, and her heart shivered. She called him, "Dembe."

They all turned to look at her. Dembe smiled at her happily, still tiredly, "Eloise. You look so pregnant."

She chuckled and rushed to hug him tightly, "Thank God. I missed you so much, my friend."

He tried to laugh, "Easy, my girl. I can barely stand."

She pulled away giggling, "I'm sorry. I'm just so happy you're back. Where have you been all this time, Dembe?"

Red held her arm, "Sweetheart, He needs rest. He lost much blood today. We were lucky we saved him in time."

She held onto his arm and nodded, "I'm sorry. I missed him so much."

Dembe patted her shoulder, "I missed you too, Eloise. I missed all of you. But they gave me a lot of sedatives at the hospital. I think I'll have some sleep, and when I get up, we will spend hours talking. You and me alone. Since we're going to be trapped here for a while."

She laughed and kissed his cheek, "Deal, big boy. Welcome home."

Dembe turned and walked with Baz into the room, while Red took her elbow and moved to her room.

Eli sat in the armchair and asked Red, "Is she really alive?"

Red sat on the chair in front of the dresser and bit inside his lip, "She is. We found a man who rescued her. I talked to her, Eloise. She's determined more than ever. She intends to destroy me."

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Dembe put down his spoon on the food tray and smiled to Eli, "Thank you, Eloise. I can't deny I missed your food all this time I was away."

She took the tray and put it on a nearby table, "Well, you didn't miss much. Pamela took care of it all the past few months. Morning sickness wasn't really only a morning symptom with me."

His smile widened, "I don't know if I should feel sorry for that. I know you must have enjoyed it despite everything."

She chuckled, "True. I enjoy every thing happens to me."

She touched her abdomen, "Even that belly."

He watched her amused, "You're in sixth month now?"

She nodded, "Yes. And it's a girl."

He asked, "Raymond must be so excited about having a girl."

She shrugged, "Not really. He wasn't in the mood the past couple of months, you know."

Dembe raised an eyebrow, "Because of me?"

She bit her lip, "We all thought you tried to kil him. He was very sad."

Dembe frowned, "And you thought that too?"

She shook her head, "Not a single moment. I know how much you love him and ready to die for him, Dembe. I couldn't believe you can do this to him, despite all evidences."

He sighed, "But Raymond did."

She twisted her mouth, "He was frustrated. His mind told him to believe. But I know deep inside him, he refused it."

Dembe nodded, "But he has to listen to his mind."

She shrugged, "He's the boss. He can't follow his emotions."

Dembe had a deep breath, then wondered, "But he kept you here all this time? He didn't send you away."

She shrugged, "Why would he? You already know where I would be. Besides we had faught much about you. I was convinced you would never hurt me. Raymond on the other hand was... very worried about my wellbeing and the baby's. Eventually, he accepted that I'm safer here by his side. Especially in the presence of..."

She winked at him, "My two scary bodyguards."

He laughed, "He thought Ian and Zack would have beat me?!"

"No way."

They turned to look at Red who just got in smiling and saying those words. They smiled at him, and he leaned to kiss Eli's cheek, "I just wanted my wife and unborn baby beside me, if I would die soon. This is why I kept her here."

She looked at him amazed, and he gave Dembe a gift box. Dembe asked, "What's this?"

Red had a deep breath and pulled a chair to sit next to his wife, "A goodbye gift. I want you to open it only when you decide to leave."

Dembe pushed it away, "I'm not going anywhere."

Red shook his head, "Those weeks you were away from me made me recognise what you mean to me, Dembe. All those people in my life, no matter how loyal they are, in the end of the day... they are just... business."

He shrugged, "You... are my only friend. The only one who really care about me, and have sincere feelings for me."

He turned to his astonished wife, "And of course, you, Eloise. You are my only friends, and family."

Her eyes glowed with tears, so he sighed and continued, "So, my friends, I don't want to lose this. Whenever you decide to leave. I want our relationship to end intact and flowery. I don't want this to end with grudge and..."

He swallowed, "Hate."

Dembe shook his head, "I told you, I'm not leaving you."

Red shrugged, "It could be today, tomorrow, or after ten years."

Dembe shook his head, "Not going to happen."

Eli spoke with husky voice, "And I already promised you, I'm going to be with you till death makes us apart."

Red turned his face to her, and he felt the pricking behind his eyes as she went on, "I'm leaving you only to my grave, husband. Nowhere else."

She shrugged and laughed nervously, as she rubbed her rounded belly, "And even if I left you to my grave, you would still have part of me that will belong to you forever."

He smiled and squeezed her hand tightly giving them an appreciative smile.

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Red looked at Eloise annoyed, "You don't have to go to the hospital. I can bring the doctor here."

She buttoned her blouse, "Of course you can. But I can go too. You won't confine me to this flat, Raymond. I've been trapped here for two weeks. And... I need to do my scheduled sonography."

He sighed and wiped his head with his hand in frustration, "You know why, Eloise."

She nodded and walked to embrace his waist with her arms, "I know. Because of Kate. I understand, Raymond."

He shook his head, "She's after us, Eli. All of us. Not just me. She brought up the bodies of all the people I killed. She got Joe arrested, then Marvin. I don't know who's next. And definitely, I don't want it to be you."

She frowned, "I'm clean, Raymond. The police will never find anything against me."

He cocked his head, "But you are my wife. And they would do anything to make you talk."

She swallowed, "You're trying to scare me."

He shook his head, "I'm afraid for you."

She touched his face, "She won't get me, Raymond. I'll have Ian and Zack with me. They won't leave me."

He closed his eyes desperately, "You will always be stubborn."

She hugged him, "I'll be fine. I'll keep in touch with you, until we're back."

He hugged her tightly and pressed a kiss against her temple, "Be careful, please... very careful. I don't want to lose you."

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Eloise got down of the examination bed and started to do her clothes after her examination is over. She was grateful her baby was fine and everything about her pregnancy was normal. She didn't raise her eyes, when she heard the door opening and a nurse getting in, till she heard the familiar voice, "You made it, dearie. Congratulations. "

Eli froze and felt the cold shiver running through her back. She swallowed and turned slowly to see Kate who stood there in a scrub and a blonde wig and smiled at her, "Hello, Eloise."