27. Situation
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"Vaughn, they have Daniel Hecht."
"What?" Vaughn almost groaned from the barrage of problems that had erupted within the last two days. "What can they possible want from him?"
Jack narrowed his eyes. "I think we need to talk."
And Michael had to admit he was intimidated. Absolutely terrified of his fiancé's father. Following him into his office, he sat on his desk as Jack closed the door. "Don't think that I don't know what's going on between you and my daughter, Agent Vaughn."
Despite himself, Vaughn felt his eyes grow a little bigger. "What? I'm not sure what you're talking about."
"Whatever else you do in your life Agent Vaughn, there is one lesson you would do well to learn. Never underestimate the intelligence of anyone who has the leverage to use it against you."
"And do you?"
"I saw what happened between you two in the interrogation room. She was at your house when Danny came and found her wasn't she?"
Vaughn hesitated but decided that this would be the time to come clean and start off on a relatively good footing with Sydney's father. "Yes."
"And, though I am sure I will regret this question, why was she there?"
Michael lifted his head. "Your daughter and I are engaged."
Jack couldn't help but be thrown off. But he knew better than anyone how to hide his inner emotions. "How long have you two been in a relationship?"
"A little more than three months formally. But I think that we have both loved each other for almost the entire two years we have been working together."
Jack narrowed his eyes. "Three months and you propose to my daughter? For a three month-relationship, you breach all protocol and put the lives of my daughter and yourself and even my own at risk? And then she spends the night at your HOUSE?"
Vaughn got up. "Jack, Agent Bristow, we have taken every precaution. I assure you that no one knew of our transgressions. You didn't even know."
He had to restrain himself from strangling the man standing in front of him. "What did I tell you before? Never underestimate the enemy. Nothing happened? No one knows? I beg you to review the facts once more. SD-6 has Daniel Hecht IN THEIR POSSESSION. He saw Sydney at your place and I assume that another reason he attempted to rape, yes rape, her is because he saw that she was engaged to someone else. And if asked and he knows that Sydney does not love him like she alleged she still did-"
Jack stopped at the frozen look of shock that suddenly came over Vaughn's face, suddenly weary. "Sloane called me in to verify Sydney's statement. His men tailed Mr. Hecht to your house. They hacked into directory and found out that you're CIA."
He paused, waiting for a reaction. "Though according to your face, you knew that already. Am I correct in assuming that you were with my daughter when I called you over here?"
Vaughn was nearly frozen with fear as realization swept over him. Danny could ruin everything. He nodded.
Jack laughed to himself though nothing was funny. "You are so naïve. You have signed your own death warrant along with Sydney's and my own."
"NO. There has to be a way. There has to be a way to stop this. And I know you know what it is. I don't know what you are looking for me to say but I will not tell you that I regret seeing your daughter. I love her and I will do anything to keep her safe."
Jack looked at Vaughn sharply, his eyes steely and hard. "Anything?"
Vaughn nodded. "Anything."
Jack nodded. "Then you have to give her up. Prove your love by giving her up."
Vaughn shook his head. "No. No, I just found her. I cannot give her up. I don't even think I can live without her. I will do anything but that, Jack, I can-"
Jack put a hand on Vaughn's shoulder and he stopped in mid-sentence. There was a different look in Jack's eyes. A… fatherly look?
"Listen to me. Despite anything I might say, I think that you are a fine handler. I think that you are intelligent, dedicated, and I can even attest to the fact that perhaps your skills have been enhanced by your feelings for my daughter. I know that I do not give out compliments easily so this is high praise. But you have to understand that I love my daughter. Do you understand that?"
Vaughn nodded, lips held tightly together.
"And you love her too."
Michael's voice was small. "With all my heart."
"Then you have to listen to me. I will be happy to have my daughter have you.
"But for this to work, you have to do exactly as I say. Do you understand me?"
He nodded again, willing to do anything.
For them.
"Yes sir."
TBC…
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