OLD FLAME
BY QUASI9
Disclaimer: I don't own Frank Donovan or the team; the rest of the characters are mine.
Rating: R
Summary: Chris returns (sequel to Frank's Match)
Feedback: yes Quasi9@msn.com
Chris had walked back in the house with Joey following her. Frank didn't say a word when he saw his son, how could not see the resemblance. But then again, Frank would have been stubborn enough not to admit anything.
Joey broke her thoughts and said, "I'm sorry Chris, I didn't know what to do."
"Don't worry Joey, sooner or later he would have seen Frankie."
"How come you or him didn't say anything about Frankie?"
"I don't know."
"Again, I'm sorry."
Frank was waiting at the airport for Michelle when she arrived.
"Hi!" Frank said.
"What a surprise, I didn't expect you here." Michelle smiled as she kissed him on the cheek.
"I don't see you for a couple of days and all I get is a kiss on the cheek?" Frank asked.
"Oh you want something more, right here in the airport?"
He didn't say anything but took her in his arms and kissed her, trying to kiss away all his pain and hers.
Frank and Alex took the elevator up to Sal Aiello's office for their meeting. They knocked on the door and were greeted by Max. He motioned them to come in.
"Good Afternoon." Sal said.
"Hello, have you met Agent Cross?"
"No, please to meet you. Ah I thought you were coming by yourself?"
"I'm not that naive to come alone."
"Well, I would like to speak with you privately."
"Anything you want to say can be said in front of Agent Cross." Frank remarked.
"Are you willingly to take the chance of what I'm going to say?"
Frank thought for a minute, then said to Alex, "It's okay can you wait outside."
She nodded her head because she knew that it was going to be more personal than professional.
Once she left Sal immediately said, "Rumor has it that you're close to arresting the person that killed Tony."
"News travels fast." Frank replied.
"Is it true or not?" Sal asked.
"What difference does it make?"
"If it's true, that's great but I know for a fact no one is talking. And if it's not true, you could be causing unnecessary bloodshed."
"What exactly are you trying to tell me without telling me?"
"Innocent people can start getting hurt because fingers will be pointed. I don't want to see anyone close to me getting hurt."
"Whom are you referring to?"
"I believe you know the answer to your question."
"Humor me and tell me."
"Chris and your son." Sal said point blank. "What makes you think Chris and her son will be a target?"
Sal thought Chris was right; he didn't even acknowledge Frankie as being his son. This pissed he off to say, "Because she's a former Federal Agent, besides that she has a history with the man in charge."
"Then get her back to Miami."
"It's not that easy. As long as she thinks my life may be in danger and you're on the case she won't go."
Frank said, "Find a way to get her back to Miami."
"Why are you so eager to get her out of town?" Sal asked.
"What are you talking about?"
"Come on, don't play stupid with me, you know that you are the father of her child. But yet you haven't acknowledged that fact. Why?"
Frank was getting irritated with Sal, "She hasn't made an attempt to let me know he's my son. And how do I really know he's my son? Of course, there's always DNA.
Sal was beginning to understand why Chris did not want to tell him about Frankie, he is everything she said he was and more. "She would not let her son go though testing of DNA."
"Why? Because maybe it will prove I'm not the father." Frank asked.
"Deep down, do you really believe that? You know she's hardly talk to me in two years because we don't see eye to eye when it comes to you, but I'm beginning to see her view point more clearly."
"Oh, I guess I'm the asshole now."
"You hit the nail on the head. I used Tony's death as an opportunity to get her up here, thinking that it would be easier if she saw you face to face and you saw Frankie. You two could settle what should have been settled before she left. That obviously is not going to happen. So we need to strike a bargain to get her back to Miami, since that's the only thing we agree on."
"First of all, I tried to make amends with her, she kept walking and never looked back. I'm not going to go after someone who doesn't want me. I gave her enough time to tell me about my son, she chose not to. I thought when she found out she was pregnant she would tell me and she didn't. When the baby was born, I thought she would tell me and she didn't. After six months, I thought she would tell me and she didn't. Even now, when she held my son in front of me, she still didn't tell me."
"So you are the victim here?"
"No, I'm not. I chose to move on and I am in a relationship now. So what's it going to take to get her to Miami?"
"For her to feel that I am not in danger and you remove yourself from the case."
"That's not an option." He said.
"Chris said that your job and being a winner came first, no matter who gets hurt. She's walked down that path once and I'm sorry to say she may walk down it again. But why should you care, you got your life, work, and a woman. This was a mistake as was bringing Chris to Chicago; I will get her out of town but no thanks to you. Thanks for your time, I have been enlighten."
"Forty-Eight hours to get her and her son back to Miami, once I remove myself from the case. For the record, I'm not doing this for you or Chris, it's for her son." Frank said and walked out the door.
Alex saw the look on his face and knew the meeting didn't go his way. He motioned her to the elevator without speaking.
Once inside the elevator all Frank said, "I just made a deal with the devil."
BY QUASI9
Disclaimer: I don't own Frank Donovan or the team; the rest of the characters are mine.
Rating: R
Summary: Chris returns (sequel to Frank's Match)
Feedback: yes Quasi9@msn.com
Chris had walked back in the house with Joey following her. Frank didn't say a word when he saw his son, how could not see the resemblance. But then again, Frank would have been stubborn enough not to admit anything.
Joey broke her thoughts and said, "I'm sorry Chris, I didn't know what to do."
"Don't worry Joey, sooner or later he would have seen Frankie."
"How come you or him didn't say anything about Frankie?"
"I don't know."
"Again, I'm sorry."
Frank was waiting at the airport for Michelle when she arrived.
"Hi!" Frank said.
"What a surprise, I didn't expect you here." Michelle smiled as she kissed him on the cheek.
"I don't see you for a couple of days and all I get is a kiss on the cheek?" Frank asked.
"Oh you want something more, right here in the airport?"
He didn't say anything but took her in his arms and kissed her, trying to kiss away all his pain and hers.
Frank and Alex took the elevator up to Sal Aiello's office for their meeting. They knocked on the door and were greeted by Max. He motioned them to come in.
"Good Afternoon." Sal said.
"Hello, have you met Agent Cross?"
"No, please to meet you. Ah I thought you were coming by yourself?"
"I'm not that naive to come alone."
"Well, I would like to speak with you privately."
"Anything you want to say can be said in front of Agent Cross." Frank remarked.
"Are you willingly to take the chance of what I'm going to say?"
Frank thought for a minute, then said to Alex, "It's okay can you wait outside."
She nodded her head because she knew that it was going to be more personal than professional.
Once she left Sal immediately said, "Rumor has it that you're close to arresting the person that killed Tony."
"News travels fast." Frank replied.
"Is it true or not?" Sal asked.
"What difference does it make?"
"If it's true, that's great but I know for a fact no one is talking. And if it's not true, you could be causing unnecessary bloodshed."
"What exactly are you trying to tell me without telling me?"
"Innocent people can start getting hurt because fingers will be pointed. I don't want to see anyone close to me getting hurt."
"Whom are you referring to?"
"I believe you know the answer to your question."
"Humor me and tell me."
"Chris and your son." Sal said point blank. "What makes you think Chris and her son will be a target?"
Sal thought Chris was right; he didn't even acknowledge Frankie as being his son. This pissed he off to say, "Because she's a former Federal Agent, besides that she has a history with the man in charge."
"Then get her back to Miami."
"It's not that easy. As long as she thinks my life may be in danger and you're on the case she won't go."
Frank said, "Find a way to get her back to Miami."
"Why are you so eager to get her out of town?" Sal asked.
"What are you talking about?"
"Come on, don't play stupid with me, you know that you are the father of her child. But yet you haven't acknowledged that fact. Why?"
Frank was getting irritated with Sal, "She hasn't made an attempt to let me know he's my son. And how do I really know he's my son? Of course, there's always DNA.
Sal was beginning to understand why Chris did not want to tell him about Frankie, he is everything she said he was and more. "She would not let her son go though testing of DNA."
"Why? Because maybe it will prove I'm not the father." Frank asked.
"Deep down, do you really believe that? You know she's hardly talk to me in two years because we don't see eye to eye when it comes to you, but I'm beginning to see her view point more clearly."
"Oh, I guess I'm the asshole now."
"You hit the nail on the head. I used Tony's death as an opportunity to get her up here, thinking that it would be easier if she saw you face to face and you saw Frankie. You two could settle what should have been settled before she left. That obviously is not going to happen. So we need to strike a bargain to get her back to Miami, since that's the only thing we agree on."
"First of all, I tried to make amends with her, she kept walking and never looked back. I'm not going to go after someone who doesn't want me. I gave her enough time to tell me about my son, she chose not to. I thought when she found out she was pregnant she would tell me and she didn't. When the baby was born, I thought she would tell me and she didn't. After six months, I thought she would tell me and she didn't. Even now, when she held my son in front of me, she still didn't tell me."
"So you are the victim here?"
"No, I'm not. I chose to move on and I am in a relationship now. So what's it going to take to get her to Miami?"
"For her to feel that I am not in danger and you remove yourself from the case."
"That's not an option." He said.
"Chris said that your job and being a winner came first, no matter who gets hurt. She's walked down that path once and I'm sorry to say she may walk down it again. But why should you care, you got your life, work, and a woman. This was a mistake as was bringing Chris to Chicago; I will get her out of town but no thanks to you. Thanks for your time, I have been enlighten."
"Forty-Eight hours to get her and her son back to Miami, once I remove myself from the case. For the record, I'm not doing this for you or Chris, it's for her son." Frank said and walked out the door.
Alex saw the look on his face and knew the meeting didn't go his way. He motioned her to the elevator without speaking.
Once inside the elevator all Frank said, "I just made a deal with the devil."
