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Chapter 2 A new boss
Will, must have noticed the look on my face. He came over and I shooed him away. The last thing I needed now was Will's journalistic instincts taking over. I heard Vaughn calling my name.
"I'm here." I said.
"Listen, Syd, I doubt with all the activity this line is being tapped, but to say what I need to say we need to meet."
I avoided Will and Francie's looks as I hung up the phone. I had already made up another lie. But, before I could tell them Francie filled it in for me. "Let me guess. Your trip to London, or Chicago, or where-ever, got moved up." I only nodded. Francie threw her hands up and walked away. Will just followed me to my room. "Why must he always follow me?" I wondered.
"Sydney, listen to me I've known your secret for almost three years now. And I've known you for. who knows how long. That call was not about your trip getting moved up." I sighed. He was annoying and observant. Of course my face was probably anything but calm when I was talking on the phone.
"Will, this is one of the many things you're just going to have to accept. This is something that I'm not even sure what happened. Please, don't ask me about it."
I picked up my suitcase and grabbed my purse. I was out the door before Will could respond. As I turned the corner I almost tripped over Francie.
"Francie, are you ok?" I asked. "What are you doing down there?"
"N-Nothing, Syd." She replied. She got up and hurried to her room. "Have a good trip." She called over her shoulder.
I didn't think much of it. I had to get to the meeting with Vaughn.
~*~
Francie sat on her bed. Any guilt she had had about eavesdropping had disappeared. What secret had Will been talking about? Why couldn't Sydney tell him what had happened? And how had her best friends been able to keep this from her for two years? Francie, then made a life-altering decision. One she would regret forever. She would discover what this secret was, or die trying.
~*~
I raced to meet with Vaughn. What could he have wanted to tell me that he couldn't say it over the phone? I thought for a second. There were too many possibilities, almost everything that we say to each other could kill us.
I was pulling into the warehouse lot when I smelled it. Smoke. I didn't have to look far to see where it was coming from. Flames were sliding out from under the door. I ran to the back exit of the warehouse. It didn't take long for me to take a deep breath and rush in.
I called Vaughn's name and frantically searched through the smoke. I was beginning to think that he wasn't there when I saw him. He was tied up in a corner and the fire was inching closer to him. When I took a step towards him someone put a hand on my arm.
"Not this time, Ms. Bristow." The English accent said. "This time you can't save each other."
One more voice reached my ears. This voice was even more familiar. And very out of place. "Hello Sydney, I'm Agent Kendell, your new boss.
Chapter 2 A new boss
Will, must have noticed the look on my face. He came over and I shooed him away. The last thing I needed now was Will's journalistic instincts taking over. I heard Vaughn calling my name.
"I'm here." I said.
"Listen, Syd, I doubt with all the activity this line is being tapped, but to say what I need to say we need to meet."
I avoided Will and Francie's looks as I hung up the phone. I had already made up another lie. But, before I could tell them Francie filled it in for me. "Let me guess. Your trip to London, or Chicago, or where-ever, got moved up." I only nodded. Francie threw her hands up and walked away. Will just followed me to my room. "Why must he always follow me?" I wondered.
"Sydney, listen to me I've known your secret for almost three years now. And I've known you for. who knows how long. That call was not about your trip getting moved up." I sighed. He was annoying and observant. Of course my face was probably anything but calm when I was talking on the phone.
"Will, this is one of the many things you're just going to have to accept. This is something that I'm not even sure what happened. Please, don't ask me about it."
I picked up my suitcase and grabbed my purse. I was out the door before Will could respond. As I turned the corner I almost tripped over Francie.
"Francie, are you ok?" I asked. "What are you doing down there?"
"N-Nothing, Syd." She replied. She got up and hurried to her room. "Have a good trip." She called over her shoulder.
I didn't think much of it. I had to get to the meeting with Vaughn.
~*~
Francie sat on her bed. Any guilt she had had about eavesdropping had disappeared. What secret had Will been talking about? Why couldn't Sydney tell him what had happened? And how had her best friends been able to keep this from her for two years? Francie, then made a life-altering decision. One she would regret forever. She would discover what this secret was, or die trying.
~*~
I raced to meet with Vaughn. What could he have wanted to tell me that he couldn't say it over the phone? I thought for a second. There were too many possibilities, almost everything that we say to each other could kill us.
I was pulling into the warehouse lot when I smelled it. Smoke. I didn't have to look far to see where it was coming from. Flames were sliding out from under the door. I ran to the back exit of the warehouse. It didn't take long for me to take a deep breath and rush in.
I called Vaughn's name and frantically searched through the smoke. I was beginning to think that he wasn't there when I saw him. He was tied up in a corner and the fire was inching closer to him. When I took a step towards him someone put a hand on my arm.
"Not this time, Ms. Bristow." The English accent said. "This time you can't save each other."
One more voice reached my ears. This voice was even more familiar. And very out of place. "Hello Sydney, I'm Agent Kendell, your new boss.