p style="text-align: left;""That must be the time after the accident," Danny commented quietly next to him, while Steve fought hard against anger and horror. When he came to a photo of Sara in dark uniform at a large funeral with military honors, worn out and unkempt with a walking stick in her hand, he could not continue. He tossed Chin the tablet, hurried into the bedroom, and knocked on the bathroom /"Sara?"br /He didn't get an answer, so he carefully pushed the doorknob. It wasn't locked. Steve opened the door and saw Sara sitting on the floor between the shower and the open toilet. Her eyes were red and she looked slightly apathetic. He closed the toilet lid and flushed it, then gently took her on his arms and carried her to the bed, where he sat down without letting go. He hugged her and gently stroked her /"I will make sure that the guy is really cracked up so that he doesn't get out before his ninetieth birthday. And that he will be taken off the island today, otherwise he won't have his next birthday anymore. What he did on behalf of your mother is absolutely insane. That's inhuman. Even if you don't have the order as long as the photos are old, but it still violates a lot of laws."br /"Please don't do anything stupid, Steve," Sara /"I promise. Can we go back to Chin and Danny to discuss how to proceed?"br /"Mhm." He wanted to lift her up, but she protested. "Please, let me down. I'm not a baby, I don't want to be carried around. As long as I can walk I'll do it. Give me your hand."br /He hesitantly followed her request. She took his hand, and even if it wasn't quick, but they walked back to the living room /The two waiting men got up when they came. The tablet was laying on the table, switched /"I'm really sorry I shocked you so much," Chin apologized. "The judge declined bail this morning. My plane to San Francisco leaves at five, I'd take Kettler with me. We can deal with the paperwork afterwards. He has violated the order in several states, making it a case for a federal court. That might take some time. But that's the fastest way getting him from the island and you can digest this here and enjoy your honeymoon."br /"Thank you, Chin," Sara replied softly. "And thank you for treating this as a classified information, the last thing I want is a leak somewhere and this ending up in the newspaper."br /"We'll know how to prevent that," Danny said. "We'll get rid of JDK and you'll lie down in the sun," he said, standing up. They said goodbye to Chin again with a hug, then their friends left the /Steve stepped to the serving cart and poured himself some of the coffee. "Would you like something to eat?"br /"Just a piece of toast. Can you order me some tea, please? "br /"Sure, come soon." He picked up the phone and followed her request, then sat down next to her on the sofa. "Don`t blame yourself. I didn't notice him either. It looks like he had a dossier on me back then. But why?"br /Sara laughed humorlessly. "Can't you think of that? My mother may have collected material about you. That was the time when you already graduated and I got into last year. So the planning for Norfolk started. And I suspect he was here to check your background. Half-orphan, son of a police officer from Hawaii ... If I think about it for some time, I might get the idea that she also had her hands on the missing letters to you."br /"You want to tell me your mother has somebody in the military mail service? That is absolutely illegal. "br /"One of various options. And it would be absolutely fit her MO, as you would say. ... I can't even think about this, it's getting me even more sick."br /Steve pulled her close. "Then forget it. It doesn't change the past. And we are in the now, we are together and have a future together in which she has no place and will have no place." He kissed her gently. "Turn your head off, yes?"br /"I try hard."br /During the course of the day, the two of them were able to calm themselves down enough to spend the rest of their honeymoon. They flew to Moloka'i for a week, where they enjoyed the tranquility of nature and were completely alone./p
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p style="text-align: left;""Great. What was it this time?"br /Steve winced and almost dropped the cool pack he had just taken out of the freezer. Pretending being cool, he closed the icebox of the refrigerator and turned to Sara, who was leaning against the door frame with a resigned expression on her face. "Drug dealer, chase on foot, at the Aloha Market. There's a lot of stuff hanging on the stands."br /"Sell that to someone else. T-shirts and stuffed animals don't cause cuts on the face or such a decorative black eye. But while you're making up a better story, you should use the ice pack to keep it from swelling. "br /"He didn't want to be arrested and he fought back quite a bit. Then one of the benches got in our way," he added to his report and pressed the cool pack onto his /"At least he didn't use a firearm. Do you have any other injuries that need to be treated?" Sara stepped closer and examined him more /"A few bruises. Among other things, he now has a broken hand, I was wearing the protective vest."br /"Nice. Did you think of placing the order for the turkey? Thanksgiving will be in four weeks, "she abruptly changed the /"Done. I also called Annapolis. It took a little while to persuade them, but when your name came up, it suddenly worked. They will send out a package similar to the one you sent me last year in two weeks. "br /"I am addicted to those cookies. Usually they don't ship, but for me they have made an exception for years. Thanks. "She ran a hand over his injured forehead, then kissed him /"I'm really fine. And now even better when I can hold you in my arms. "br /"Oh Steve ... you say that every time. Can't you take care of yourself a little bit better? "br /"I'm gonna try. And how was your day?"br /"Quite alright. Apart from the fact that I once again had to rob someone of his illusions."br /"How so? Another one who thought you were me?"br /"For some people, reading is really a matter of luck. The letter said big and wide Lieutenant Commander Sara McGarrett. I really should have kept my name."br /"You just wanted to take my name to get rid of Big G's shadow."br /"And now I'm stuck with the one of Mister SEAL-Man," Sara quoted one of the nicknames Steve had received from his partner. "I don't know if that's so much better."br /"You'd think I had been in the reserve long enough for word to get around. But as long as you can still laugh about it ... "br /"It is hard. But I can handle it." It took a moment, then a cheeky grin went onto Sara's /"You..."br /He took her, threw her over his shoulder and carried her to the garden and to the shore, accompanied by her squeaking and Eddie's joyful barking, who thought it was a fun game and jumped around /"Don't you dare ...", she shrieked, but he simply proved the opposite and let her plop into the warm sea water. Then he turned himself into a gentleman, took her out of the water and gave her a towel./p
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p style="text-align: left;""Great. What was it this time?"br /Steve winced and almost dropped the cool pack he had just taken out of the freezer. Pretending being cool, he closed the icebox of the refrigerator and turned to Sara, who was leaning against the door frame with a resigned expression on her face. "Drug dealer, chase on foot, at the Aloha Market. There's a lot of stuff hanging on the stands."br /"Sell that to someone else. T-shirts and stuffed animals don't cause cuts on the face or such a decorative black eye. But while you're making up a better story, you should use the ice pack to keep it from swelling. "br /"He didn't want to be arrested and he fought back quite a bit. Then one of the benches got in our way," he added to his report and pressed the cool pack onto his /"At least he didn't use a firearm. Do you have any other injuries that need to be treated?" Sara stepped closer and examined him more /"A few bruises. Among other things, he now has a broken hand, I was wearing the protective vest."br /"Nice. Did you think of placing the order for the turkey? Thanksgiving will be in four weeks, "she abruptly changed the /"Done. I also called Annapolis. It took a little while to persuade them, but when your name came up, it suddenly worked. They will send out a package similar to the one you sent me last year in two weeks. "br /"I am addicted to those cookies. Usually they don't ship, but for me they have made an exception for years. Thanks. "She ran a hand over his injured forehead, then kissed him /"I'm really fine. And now even better when I can hold you in my arms. "br /"Oh Steve ... you say that every time. Can't you take care of yourself a little bit better? "br /"I'm gonna try. And how was your day?"br /"Quite alright. Apart from the fact that I once again had to rob someone of his illusions."br /"How so? Another one who thought you were me?"br /"For some people, reading is really a matter of luck. The letter said big and wide Lieutenant Commander Sara McGarrett. I really should have kept my name."br /"You just wanted to take my name to get rid of Big G's shadow."br /"And now I'm stuck with the one of Mister SEAL-Man," Sara quoted one of the nicknames Steve had received from his partner. "I don't know if that's so much better."br /"You'd think I had been in the reserve long enough for word to get around. But as long as you can still laugh about it ... "br /"It is hard. But I can handle it." It took a moment, then a cheeky grin went onto Sara's /"You..."br /He took her, threw her over his shoulder and carried her to the garden and to the shore, accompanied by her squeaking and Eddie's joyful barking, who thought it was a fun game and jumped around /"Don't you dare ...", she shrieked, but he simply proved the opposite and let her plop into the warm sea water. Then he turned himself into a gentleman, took her out of the water and gave her a towel./p
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