Jake walked into the building tugging at his tie. He hated wearing them. "Hey." Jake acknowledged.
"Back from the funeral?" Donovan asked, "How's Andi?"
"She's taking it okay. I dropped her off at her place. OIG was ready to pounce her at the funeral."
"What happened?" Donovan asked.
"I got to them first and they agreed not to question her about Bloom until Monday." Jake replied.
"You need to tell her what happened Jake." Donovan warned.
"I know," Jake said walking back towards the door, "but how can I tell her Sonny Walker killed her father."
A couple minutes after Jake left Donovan caught some movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked up and saw Andi running out the door. He could tell by the look on her face she overheard Jake. This isn't good he thought.
Andi placed her service weapon in the lock box and walked into the room. She jumped a little when the door opened and watched him walk into the room. No legs irons and no handcuffs to restrain him. He acted like he was still a free man.
"What did I do to get a visit from a beautiful lady like yourself?" Sonny Walker asked, sitting down in the chair.
"Is it true?" Andi asked him, "Is it true you killed my father?"
"That depends," Sonny replied, "on who your father was. I killed lots of men."
"Agent Paul Bloom." Andi stated.
"Ah, my good friend, Bloom," Sonny smiled, "You don't look a thing like him. Good thing too."
"Just answer my question." Andi demanded.
"I did." Sonny smiled, "It was self defense."
"Bullshit!" Andi yelled walking towards the door, "Guard, let me out now!"
"What's the matter?" Sonny asked standing right behind her, whispering in her ear. "Don't want to hear what I have to say?"
"You're a liar and I'm leaving.' Andi said as the door started to open.
"The lady isn't ready to go just yet," Sonny leaned over and pushed the door shut, "Agent Bloom was the liar, honey. Patriaka owned him, just like he owned lots of other people. Bloom was dirty as they came. Ask Agent Donovan, he heard the whole conversation. Better yet, ask Jake. If I didn't kill Bloom, he would've killed Jake before he shot me."
"I want out now!" Andi yelled to the guard.
"What's the matter? Truth hurts?" Sonny sneered, "By the way Agent, if I would've wanted to use you to get to Jake or Bloom, I would've done the job myself, not send an errand boy."
"Let me out of here," Andi gasped, tears threatening to fall her face.
Sonny watched her leave the room and shook his head. "Call Agent Shaw and give me the phone." Sonny said lighting up a cigarette, shaking his head. "You should've told her the truth Jake."
Andi sat in her car and placed her head on the steering wheel. She needed to calm down before she drove anywhere. Andi was surprised when she heard tapping on her window. She looked up and saw Frank Donovan standing next to her car.
"Unlock the door before I break the window." Donovan ordered. "You're in no condition to drive." Andi did what he asked and moved over into the passenger side of the car. "Do you want to go home?"
"No." Andi replied watching Donovan sit behind the wheel.
"Do you want me to take you to Holy Cross?" Donovan asked.
"No, I want to go somewhere where I won't see Jake." Andi stated. Donovan nodded his head and started the car.
Twenty minutes later they pulled up to an old apartment building. Donovan helped Andi out of the car and showed her into the building. Andi sat down on the couch and watched Donovan walk into his bedroom.
"Do you want something to drink?" he asked from the kitchen. Andi was looking around the room, not realizing the question that was asked. She looked up and saw Donovan standing next to her holding a cup of tea out to her.
"No thanks." Andi sighed.
"Take it," Donovan ordered, placing his cell on the coffee table, "You've been through a lot the past couple of days. Want to talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" Andi asked, "How did you know where I was?"
"I saw you run out after Jake left. It wasn't hard to figure out you overheard us talking and then you decided to go see Sonny Walker." Donovan replied, "Are you okay?"
"Okay?" Andi exclaimed standing up, "Am I okay? I find out the man who helped raise me was on the take. The person who was out to kill me really had no clue who I was and was very happy to tell me my father was dirty and he wasn't trying to kill me. Some other person was using me to get to my father to get to Sonny Walker."
"You, my boss, who I had placed my life in your hands, kept me in the dark about what was going on. And then Jake, the one person I trusted most of, all has been lying to me. How do I feel? I feel fucking peachy keen!" Andi yelled taking a swing at him.
"I wasn't keeping you in the dark." Donovan stated grabbing Andi's arms trying to calm her down, "Jake wanted to be the one to tell you about Bloom. He was going to tell you later today."
"You both should've told me." Andi cried into his shoulder.
Donovan held her tight and rubbed her back as she cried. He helped her sit back down on the couch and let he cry out her frustrations. Thirty minutes later, Donovan covered Andi up with a blanket as she slept on his couch. He reached over and grabbed his cell.
"Monica, it's me. Is Jake there?" Donovan asked.
"No, he's going around the city like a madman trying to find Andi." Monica replied, "She went and saw Sonny Walker and he told her everything."
"I know," Donovan replied, "I need you do something for me."
"Name it." she replied.
"I need you to clear out Andi's desk and locker and bring her stuff to my apartment." Donovan asked.
"Why there?" she asked.
"I'll explain later." he replied, "Don't tell anyone, especially Jake, where she is right now. She doesn't want to see him and she needs to sort things out before she does. She's also going to need to talk to you. If Jake needs to know something about Andi, just tell him that she's fine and she will talk to him on Monday morning."
"Got it." Monica said.
Monday morning.
"Is Andi here yet?" Jake asked walking into the building.
"Jake, come up to my office so we can talk." Donovan said.
"Where's Andi?" Jake asked.
"Washington." Donovan replied handing Jake a piece of paper.
"Washington? What's she doing there? What's this?" Jake asked taking the paper, "Is she serious? Andi resigned?"
"As of Saturday morning, yes." Donovan replied, "Since Bloom helped her career and that it's slowly coming out that he was dirty, all her cases are up for review to make sure Bloom had nothing to do with them."
"Andi was never dirty." Jake protested.
"We know that." Donovan stated, "I spent the weekend going over all her past case files. Her record is clean, but I couldn't talk her out of resigning. Bloom made the Agency look foolish and some people would hold that against her. She would never get promoted, her career is dead in the Agency. Her job would be made a living hell."
"What's she going to do now?" Jake asked sitting down.
"She's going to face the Review Board." Donovan answered, handing Jake an envelope, "I got her the best Union Rep."
"What's this?" Jake asked. "Ticket to Washington?"
"Andi goes in front of the Board on Wednesday. I thought you would like to go and support her." Donovan said, "Your leave has been taken care of. Your flight leaves in two hours."
"You're already packed." Monica said handing Jake his bag.
"We'll be there Wednesday morning to support her." Alex said placing a hand on Jake's arm.
"Tell Andi not to be too surprised if she gets a couple of job offers." Donovan said.
"What do you mean?" Jake asked.
"I made a few calls," Donovan smiled, "Andi is a good agent and her skills shouldn't be wasted because Bloom messed up. She's going to okay."
"Thanks." Jake replied embracing Donovan.
"Yea, enough of the emotional crap," Cody laughed, "You have a plane to catch."
"Back from the funeral?" Donovan asked, "How's Andi?"
"She's taking it okay. I dropped her off at her place. OIG was ready to pounce her at the funeral."
"What happened?" Donovan asked.
"I got to them first and they agreed not to question her about Bloom until Monday." Jake replied.
"You need to tell her what happened Jake." Donovan warned.
"I know," Jake said walking back towards the door, "but how can I tell her Sonny Walker killed her father."
A couple minutes after Jake left Donovan caught some movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked up and saw Andi running out the door. He could tell by the look on her face she overheard Jake. This isn't good he thought.
Andi placed her service weapon in the lock box and walked into the room. She jumped a little when the door opened and watched him walk into the room. No legs irons and no handcuffs to restrain him. He acted like he was still a free man.
"What did I do to get a visit from a beautiful lady like yourself?" Sonny Walker asked, sitting down in the chair.
"Is it true?" Andi asked him, "Is it true you killed my father?"
"That depends," Sonny replied, "on who your father was. I killed lots of men."
"Agent Paul Bloom." Andi stated.
"Ah, my good friend, Bloom," Sonny smiled, "You don't look a thing like him. Good thing too."
"Just answer my question." Andi demanded.
"I did." Sonny smiled, "It was self defense."
"Bullshit!" Andi yelled walking towards the door, "Guard, let me out now!"
"What's the matter?" Sonny asked standing right behind her, whispering in her ear. "Don't want to hear what I have to say?"
"You're a liar and I'm leaving.' Andi said as the door started to open.
"The lady isn't ready to go just yet," Sonny leaned over and pushed the door shut, "Agent Bloom was the liar, honey. Patriaka owned him, just like he owned lots of other people. Bloom was dirty as they came. Ask Agent Donovan, he heard the whole conversation. Better yet, ask Jake. If I didn't kill Bloom, he would've killed Jake before he shot me."
"I want out now!" Andi yelled to the guard.
"What's the matter? Truth hurts?" Sonny sneered, "By the way Agent, if I would've wanted to use you to get to Jake or Bloom, I would've done the job myself, not send an errand boy."
"Let me out of here," Andi gasped, tears threatening to fall her face.
Sonny watched her leave the room and shook his head. "Call Agent Shaw and give me the phone." Sonny said lighting up a cigarette, shaking his head. "You should've told her the truth Jake."
Andi sat in her car and placed her head on the steering wheel. She needed to calm down before she drove anywhere. Andi was surprised when she heard tapping on her window. She looked up and saw Frank Donovan standing next to her car.
"Unlock the door before I break the window." Donovan ordered. "You're in no condition to drive." Andi did what he asked and moved over into the passenger side of the car. "Do you want to go home?"
"No." Andi replied watching Donovan sit behind the wheel.
"Do you want me to take you to Holy Cross?" Donovan asked.
"No, I want to go somewhere where I won't see Jake." Andi stated. Donovan nodded his head and started the car.
Twenty minutes later they pulled up to an old apartment building. Donovan helped Andi out of the car and showed her into the building. Andi sat down on the couch and watched Donovan walk into his bedroom.
"Do you want something to drink?" he asked from the kitchen. Andi was looking around the room, not realizing the question that was asked. She looked up and saw Donovan standing next to her holding a cup of tea out to her.
"No thanks." Andi sighed.
"Take it," Donovan ordered, placing his cell on the coffee table, "You've been through a lot the past couple of days. Want to talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" Andi asked, "How did you know where I was?"
"I saw you run out after Jake left. It wasn't hard to figure out you overheard us talking and then you decided to go see Sonny Walker." Donovan replied, "Are you okay?"
"Okay?" Andi exclaimed standing up, "Am I okay? I find out the man who helped raise me was on the take. The person who was out to kill me really had no clue who I was and was very happy to tell me my father was dirty and he wasn't trying to kill me. Some other person was using me to get to my father to get to Sonny Walker."
"You, my boss, who I had placed my life in your hands, kept me in the dark about what was going on. And then Jake, the one person I trusted most of, all has been lying to me. How do I feel? I feel fucking peachy keen!" Andi yelled taking a swing at him.
"I wasn't keeping you in the dark." Donovan stated grabbing Andi's arms trying to calm her down, "Jake wanted to be the one to tell you about Bloom. He was going to tell you later today."
"You both should've told me." Andi cried into his shoulder.
Donovan held her tight and rubbed her back as she cried. He helped her sit back down on the couch and let he cry out her frustrations. Thirty minutes later, Donovan covered Andi up with a blanket as she slept on his couch. He reached over and grabbed his cell.
"Monica, it's me. Is Jake there?" Donovan asked.
"No, he's going around the city like a madman trying to find Andi." Monica replied, "She went and saw Sonny Walker and he told her everything."
"I know," Donovan replied, "I need you do something for me."
"Name it." she replied.
"I need you to clear out Andi's desk and locker and bring her stuff to my apartment." Donovan asked.
"Why there?" she asked.
"I'll explain later." he replied, "Don't tell anyone, especially Jake, where she is right now. She doesn't want to see him and she needs to sort things out before she does. She's also going to need to talk to you. If Jake needs to know something about Andi, just tell him that she's fine and she will talk to him on Monday morning."
"Got it." Monica said.
Monday morning.
"Is Andi here yet?" Jake asked walking into the building.
"Jake, come up to my office so we can talk." Donovan said.
"Where's Andi?" Jake asked.
"Washington." Donovan replied handing Jake a piece of paper.
"Washington? What's she doing there? What's this?" Jake asked taking the paper, "Is she serious? Andi resigned?"
"As of Saturday morning, yes." Donovan replied, "Since Bloom helped her career and that it's slowly coming out that he was dirty, all her cases are up for review to make sure Bloom had nothing to do with them."
"Andi was never dirty." Jake protested.
"We know that." Donovan stated, "I spent the weekend going over all her past case files. Her record is clean, but I couldn't talk her out of resigning. Bloom made the Agency look foolish and some people would hold that against her. She would never get promoted, her career is dead in the Agency. Her job would be made a living hell."
"What's she going to do now?" Jake asked sitting down.
"She's going to face the Review Board." Donovan answered, handing Jake an envelope, "I got her the best Union Rep."
"What's this?" Jake asked. "Ticket to Washington?"
"Andi goes in front of the Board on Wednesday. I thought you would like to go and support her." Donovan said, "Your leave has been taken care of. Your flight leaves in two hours."
"You're already packed." Monica said handing Jake his bag.
"We'll be there Wednesday morning to support her." Alex said placing a hand on Jake's arm.
"Tell Andi not to be too surprised if she gets a couple of job offers." Donovan said.
"What do you mean?" Jake asked.
"I made a few calls," Donovan smiled, "Andi is a good agent and her skills shouldn't be wasted because Bloom messed up. She's going to okay."
"Thanks." Jake replied embracing Donovan.
"Yea, enough of the emotional crap," Cody laughed, "You have a plane to catch."
