A/N: This has got to be my favorite chapter so far in this story--because, well you'll see. Robin--the PC reference, you pretty much got it. It was actually the line 'tai chi' that Roxy said. Eve said it to Fr. Michael in the woods when he said there are wild animals out here. Everyone enjoy! Until next time--PCGirl.
"Ready?" smiled John as they stood outside of Vicki's office at the University. They had been planning on being there earlier, but Sonia had sidetracked them at the Station for a bit longer, so they weren't going to get to see Michael.
"Of course," she said as she gave a soft knock and then opened it, "Hi Mom."
"Oh sweetheart," said Vicki and she got up and gave her a big hug. "And John," she said giving him the same warm greeting. "I'm glad I'm getting to see you before you head up to the cabin."
"We are too," said Natalie as she looked over to John and he gave her a grin, "Mom—we wanted to tell you something, and we're hoping you this is good news for you. We know how much last November hurt when the truth was revealed about Ace not being Kelly or Kevin's, and he was sent back to his real mother. Well, I guess what we're trying to say is that you're going to be a Grandmother again soon," she smiled as she looked at John.
"Oh baby," said Vicki and she hugged them both tightly. "I'm so happy for you—this is wonderful news. When did you find out?"
"Last Saturday," answered John. "We called my mom first, since she's still on the Cruise boat, but we waited until we came up here to tell you."
"Well, I'm glad you did. How far along are you?"
"About seven weeks," answered Natalie.
"Oh, you two just have made my day with this," said Vicki as she hugged Natalie again. "Now, I want you to be extremely careful—the fact that Haver is around scares me even more knowing you are pregnant. Please take care of her, John."
"I'm not letting my family out of my sight," smiled John.
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She walked off the elevator and took a look around and gave a slight smile as she saw a tall brunette male in a white coat talking to a shorter red haired girl. She put on a big smile as she walked towards them, "Hi—you must be Michael, John's brother."
"Uhm, yes I am--," said Michael, unsure of who the woman in front of him was—though she seemed vaguely familiar.
"My name is Cairyn—I work with Natalie. Do you know where I can find her?"
"Well, they were staying at Antonio's, but I believe they already left."
"Left?"
"Yes—can I ask what this is about?"
Cairyn gave a slight chuckle, "Natalie was supposed to sign some papers before they went on their trip, and she left a day early—well, Adrienne just had to get her to sign these."
Something sounded fishy to Michael and when he looked at Marcie she had the same look on her face. What was so important they had someone drive all the way from Philadelphia for some simple signatures? "Well, if you give me the papers, I'll get them to her as soon as possible—it's just that where they are is kind of hard to get to at the moment."
"Oh—well, I suppose so. Let me just call Adrienne and make sure that it's ok," she said as she walked towards the terrace waiting area.
Michael went to the station and dialed Natalie's number, "Nat—hi."
"Hey Michael."
"Listen—do you have a co-worker named Cairyn?"
"Yeah, she's new—why?"
"She's here at the hospital looking for you—says you were supposed to sign some papers before vacation and you forgot. I'm uneasy though about giving her directions to the cabin."
Natalie laughed, "Just like a McBain—give her the directions, she's harmless."
"Ok then," he said hanging up the phone and seeing Marcie was still watching her. Suddenly Marcie came running over to tell him something, but before she had a chance Cairyn returned, "Natalie said it was ok to give you directions," he said as he wrote them down on a piece of paper and handed it to her. "Hope you can read doctor's handwriting—I tried to make it legible"
"Oh it's fine," she smiled and turned to leave.
"What did you want to tell me, Marcie?"
"Michael—how did she know you were John's brother?"
"She saw my name tag," he shrugged.
"She walked up to your right side, your nametag is on your left."
"Oh—oh—eww," he said as he saw the elevator had already gone down. He grabbed the phone and this time called John.
"McBain."
"Johnny—hey, tell me something--."
"Make it quick, Michael."
"In Natalie's office does she have a picture of me in the office?"
"No—why?"
"Well--,"
"Quit the stuttering and tell me, Mike."
"I may have just sent someone that is working with Haver . She said she worked with Natalie, and she does—but she knew who I was before she saw my nametag."
"Ok, don't worry about it—I'll take care of her and Haver if they show up," he said as he began to hang up the phone.
"Johnny--."
"Hmmm?"
"Be careful."
John gave a half laugh, "I will."
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Sonia gave up on the paperwork—at least for now. It was just past lunchtime and she had been sitting in the chair of Antonio's office since John left earlier—after complaining to him how hard the beds were at the Hotel last night. He reminded her that he'd slept on one of those beds for ten months, "I don't see how you did it," she laughed as she walked in to see the place was empty—between having half the police force out trying to find Stephen Haver, the other half must still be at lunch, "Well, better late than never," she said as she went to tell Bo she was heading out for a bit. She knocked on the door and looked in--, "Gone too."
She gave a sigh and wrote a quick note on his desk, and another to leave on the Secretary's desk. Suddenly a shadow ahead of her caught her attention, "Hello? Who is there?" She followed the direction of whoever it was—telling them to stop, but they kept leading her through the station. She finally caught sight of his back and he went out the emergency exit that entered onto the parking lot, "Freeze Haver!"
Stephen took a look back at her, a sneering grin on his face as he pushed open the door and ran. Sonia ran just as fast as him and saw him jump into a close car and begin to speed off. She ran to her car—hoping she wasn't going to loose him in the lead that he had on her, though she had a pretty good idea as to where he was heading.
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John got up to check the kitchen door, there were two entrances to the cabin—a front door, and a back door. Knowing Haver though, he wasn't sure which one he might use. It might not be Haver though that showed up first—it could be this Cairyn girl for all he knew.
Once he had Antonio take the girls down to pick up food he called Adrienne at home, asked her who this girl was exactly, but Adrienne couldn't give him much information—except to say that both her and Natalie had decided nothing more of the fact that she gave no work history on her resume after the past six years—Adrienne called her last employer and he had given big reviews of her. Now he figured the person Adrienne had talked to had been Stephen Haver.
There was a knock on the door, and John realized it was the moment of truth. He also knew that Haver wouldn't knock so he answered the door expecting a female blonde female, like Adrienne had described her as, "Hello Cai-tlyn."