OLD FLAME

BY QUASI9



Disclaimer: I don't own Frank Donovan or the team; the rest of the characters are mine.

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Chris returns (sequel to Frank's Match)

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When Chris came home from the hospital with Frankie, everyone took turns staying with her the first few weeks. This was so Chris could get use to being a new single mom. Chris had saved up all her time off for when the baby was born. She had about three months saved, and then she would retire. The weeks went by quickly and soon she was on her own with Frankie.

The more Frank opened up to the team, the more he still kept them in the dark. They thought they had made progress with Frank until he returned from his sudden trip. He was different but none of them were close enough to know what was going on. Frank became driven; all his energy was put into the cases they worked.

Monica had notice a pattern starting; his "dark" days were centered on the twenty-seven of each month. It she hadn't known better, she would have said it was PMS but he was a man.

He was at his worst about a week before his son would be six months old. Six months and Chris still hadn't told him about his son. He realized that unless his son became gravely ill she wasn't going to tell him. His son would most likely show up at his doorstep some day like his mother did. He decided to "give up the ghost" and move on with his life. At that moment, it seemed like a burden was lifted from his shoulders.

The team noticed the change in Frank; he was more lighthearted and not driven in his work as he had been the last six months. They didn't feel like they were walking on eggshells anymore around Frank.

The team had just finished up on another case, everyone was gone except Frank he had stayed to finish his paperwork. It was about seven o'clock when he left. He parked his car in the parking garage and walked towards the elevator. He had just entered the elevator when he looked up as the doors were closing and saw a gorgeous redhead coming towards him. He hit the button so the door would remain open until she could get in. She noticed the man inside the elevator as being very handsome as she approached the elevator.

"I'll wait for the next elevator." She said.

Frank flashed a smile that could melt anything and said, "I won't bite you."

Against her better judgment she enter the elevator.

"What floor?' Frank asked.

"Fifth, please." She answered as she noticed he pressed it along with the PH button.

When the elevator doors closed. Frank said, "I haven't had the pleasure of seeing you before, are you new in the building?"

The elevator stopped, the doors opened, and as she stepped out she said, "No, I'm here to see a client."

The doors closed and the elevator continued up to the penthouse with Frank in alone. He thought it was ironic that the first woman he hits up on is a call girl.