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Time flew by for Wesley, he opened the door to his apartment, locked the door behind him and collapsed onto his sofa.
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The following day Wesley found himself on the verge of an argument with Cordelia over something silly.

"Excuse me?" A delivery man interrupted. "Would one of you sign for this?"

Cordelia grabbed for the pen, signed it and handed it to Wesley. "Its for you."

"Really?" Curious Wesley tore it open and began reading.

"Its from Alex." Cordelia told him peering over his shoulder. "What's wrong?"

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Alexandria stepped on to the balcony of her Scottish castle.
It was sunset, she's been blessed to see the sun rise and sun set in many places in her life, but nothing came close to the ones here. Cole was always reminding her that she should enjoy them now, because she may not always get to see them.

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"I've tried calling, e-mailing...." Wesley told Gunn.

"Have you tried smoke signals?" joked Cordelia.
A tall, white skinned gentleman with sandy blond hair appeared in the doorway. "Angel Investigations, I presume?"
"How can we help you?" Cordelia flashed a smile.

"My name is Angelo, Cole sent me." His clear green eyes had Cordelia tongue tied.

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Seth drummed his fingers on the stack of colored file folders he had been reading for the past few weeks.
"Two months," he thought, "she's managed to get back into the country after the problem in LA."
As if that wasn't enough, she's got a new Watcher, Cole Ryan. Cole had taken over the role of Watcher, and thorn in Seth's side.

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"How do we know, you are who you say you are?" asked Wesley.

Angelo put down his shoulder bag and reached for his jacket pocket. Upon opening it, he took out a small box and handed it to Wesley.

"Say we believe you, why are you here?" Wesley stared at the contents in the box.

Out of the shoulder bag Angelo placed folders and spread some pictures on the counter.
"That used to be Cole's car." Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia's eyes widened at the pictures of the car twisted around a tree.

"What happened?" Gunn asked.

"We're not totally sure. Alex is still very shaken and refuses to talk about it. Before she clamed up, she thought they were being chased by another car."

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Six days and counting, Angelo hadn't contacted her, and she was getting concerned.
Isla's commanding presence seemed to ease her mind a bit.
Cole was still in the hospital, her life seemed to be spinning out of control again.

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"Are you sure this is what you want?" Gunn asked Wesley.

"No, but, someone has to be there for her." Wesley plopped the last bag in the back of Angelo's rental.

"Are you sure this is what she wants?" Cordy asked.

"No, but I think she'll understand."

"You feel guilty." Cordelia pointed out.

"That's absurd." snapped Wesley.

"Oh yes you are. You find her a Watcher and then he gets into an accident...."

"Shut up Cordelia." Wesley snapped again.

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"Who is it Isla?" She walked towards the front hall with a tartan shawl on her arm and leather bag at her side.

"You should be resting." Angelo told her when he saw her.

"You have no right to lecture me. You who disappear for almost a week without telling me..." she began the lecture as he crossed his arms on his chest.

Wesley stepped inside and was shocked. If he didn't know better he would have sworn he was looking at Faith.
Aside from changing her hair color from red to black, she looked terrible, dark circles and bags hung around her eyes.
Her black jeans and black wool sweater seemed to fit her mood.

"Alex..." Angelo opened his mouth to explain.

"I'm late, excuse me." She pushed passed Angelo and into Wesley. "We'll talk later." And left.

"Well, that was pleasant, let's get you a room."

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