Vaughn turned her to face him and looker at her. "Does Dixon know the truth about us?"
"No," Sydney replied. "Only Francie know the truth."
"We should probably talk about what happened?" Vaughn said.
"Not here. Later."
"Let's meet for lunch and we can talk about it," Vaughn suggested. "If anyone sees us together, will just say that you are getting acquainted with your new partner."
"Alright."
Just then Sloane and Marshall walked into the room. Sloane sat at the head of the table and push the button on his remote control.
"Jeremy Bentham, an arms merchant from London, has classified intel about a shipment of M6 weapons that will be shipped out on Tuesday. That's all we know, what we don't know is where the shipment will be leaving from. Sydney, you will be point on this mission. Vaughn you will be com. Sydney, you will attend a birthday dinner for Bentham at his house. You will be attending the party as a singer."
"A singer?"
"Yes, a friend of Bentham hired a someone to sing Happy Birthday to him like Marilyn Monroe. I guess Mr. Bentham had a thing for Marilyn Monroe. If that is all, I have Marshall give you the op-tech. Marshall?"
"Hi, how is everyone's morning going. Did you see that special about computers taking over the world? Not like it would happen anytime soon, but…"
"Marshall," Sloane warned.
"Sorry. Here you have what looks like a regular cell phone, but it is really a metal detector. Bentham's safe is hidden in the floor of his library. This metal detector will help you detect where exactly the safe is. Once you find the safe you will have to break into it without setting off the security system. Since we don't have the passcode you will use this necklace to break into the safe. Each of the jewels needs placed at each corner of the safe. Then you use your earrings to set off the jewels. Press the left one to arm the jewels and the right one to detonate. Any questions?"
"No."
"You leave tonight for London," Sloane said. Then he got up and left the room.
"Why don't we go to lunch together so that we can get to know each other before our trip?" Vaughn suggested.
"Ok."
At Lunch
"Sydney, I'm sorry about what happened 7 years ago."
"It's okay."
"It's not okay. We should talk about this. I never told you the truth about my being in the CIA. I think it's time that I do that. Eight years ago I joined the CIA. I was relocated from Washington D.C to Los Angeles. I just moved here and didn't know anyone. The day I bumped into you at the bookstore was one of happiest day of my life. I finally met a friendly face."
"Yeah, I remember that day. You were walking down the travel aisle reading a book, not paying attention to anything."
"Well, neither were you. If you haven't been doing the same thing I was doing, we would of never bumped into each other," Vaughn smiled at her.
Sydney smiled too. "Yeah, your right."
"When I met you, I finally didn't feel alone in Los Angeles anymore. I felt like I found a home."
"Then why did you leave?" Sydney asked.
TBC