The moment Sara saw her father, she rushed into his arms crying. "Dramatic isn't she?" Devon asked Jesse, as the other agents came towards them. "And now I take my leave."
"No, Dev, you don't," Jesse said, as she grabbed his arm and turned to face Jack. "Hello, Jack, Danny, Vivian. Guys this is my friend, Devon. Devon, these are the rest of the agents who work with Martin and Samantha."
"Well Ms. Shepherd, you've seen to have gotten shot again," Danny teased, as the sound of heated voices caused them all to look over to see Sara and her father arguing. "That can't be good."
"It's okay. Sara's probably telling her father the truth about me and he doesn't know how to handle it." Her father looked over at her and then back to his daughter. "Yep, that's it all right. This should be an interesting conversation."
"So Mr. Devon," Jack began, brining their attention back to them. "How do you know Ms. Shepherd?"
"Jesse and I've known each other since we were kids," Devon started, as he tensed when Jack gave him a hard look. "Yes, I was once a bad kid, but now I'm not so much a bad kid. I work on locks all day for people who get locked out of their homes, cars, banks, and the such."
"I feel better knowing that," Sara said, as she and her father came over to their sides. "Knowing that an ex-con is opening the lock that are supposed to keep him out. I feel much safer."
"Sara, stop it," Jesse snapped, causing her to jump. "I know that you're upset that I didn't tell you the entire truth about my past, and I'm okay with that. But leave Devon out of this. It's not his fault that you're an idiot." Sara's face turned bright red and her father grabbed Jesse's arm. "Can I help you?"
"You're fired," Jeffery Amster yelled, hoping that his tone would cause her to jump, but it didn't. "You lied to us, to me, about your past. That doesn't fly with us. You can get your things in the morning. We're finished with you."
"Fine by me." Jesse put her hands into the pockets of her duster. "Hope you like working with idiotic people. You have very few people working for you that understand the exact need of those you're trying to help."
"You have until noon to gather up your things. If you don't show up. They'll be thrown out." He then took up his daughter's arm. "Mr. Malone, you'll here from me. I'm taking my daughter home." They then took off for the elevator doors. "Away from that horrible creature." Jesse shot him a smile and waved as they got into the elevator.
"So are you guys going to arrest Bubba or what?" Jesse asked them, as soon as the elevator doors shut. "As useless as Bubba is, he can get into some serious trouble."
"We can't locate him," Danny said, as they others looked around. "He seems to have fallen off the grid."
"Bubba's not that smart." Jesse took out her cell phone. "Let me make a few calls and I might be able to bring him back on that grid."
"Mr. Amster wasn't all that happy about learning Jesse's past," Danny said, as they watched her walk off. "But I don't think he should have acted that way."
"Don't worry, she's strong hided, she'll make it," Devon said, causing them to turn to look at him. "Trust me. I know her. Nothing you can really say hurts her pride or self esteem."
"Found him," Jesse called out, as she came back to their sides. "He's drinking his troubles away. Shall we go drive him home?"
"Yes, let's," Jack started as he looked around. "Jesse, you, Danny, Martin, and Sam can go. Vivian, Devon, and I will stay behind. Mr. Cooper and I need to have a talk." A scared look crossed Devon's face.
"Okay." Jesse moved close to Devon's side. "It'll be okay. He's really a nice guy once you get to know him." She quickly kissed his cheek before joining the others at the elevators. "See ya guys later."
The four of them entered the bar to find it kinda packed and full of heavy drinkers. "My kind of place," Danny said, as they walked over to the end of the bar. "Anybody see him."
"He's at the other end," Jesse said, as she shot the bartender a smile. "I'll go talk to him and get him outside. Then you guys came jump him." She then left their sides and made her way through the crowd over to Bubba's side.
"That didn't sound right," Danny said, as they turned to watch her work.
Bubba was on his fourth beer when Jesse slid up beside him. "Hello, Bubba," she said, as he looked over at him. "How are you doing?"
"I shot you," Bubba stuttered, as he put down his beer as the man on his other side got up and moved away. "I remember that I shot you."
"Yes, Bubba, you did shoot be, but I'm still alive." She made a motion to the bartender and he came over to them. "He needs another beer. He's had a hard day."
"I bet he has," the bartender said, as he went to refill Bubba's beer.
"Jessica, why are you here?"
"I'm here to be with you, Bubba," she replied, as she looked around the smokey bar. "I never saw you much as a drinking man though."
"Are you even old enough to be in here?" The bartender shot her a smile as he set Bubba's beer in front of him and passed Jesse a napkin. "Who's that from?"
"The gentlemen at the end of the bar," the bartender said, as he made a motion towards the end of the bar. Jesse shot a glance down to see both Danny and Martin sitting there talking to Sam. "Thinks you're cute."
"Thanks," Jesse said, as she looked at the napkin to see a note written on it. 'Fake a phone call.' "So Bubba, how are you?" Just then her phone rang and she picked it up. "Hang on." She quickly answered it. "Yeah."
"Hello, cutie," Danny's voice came through her phone. "Getting him to talk?"
"Hey, honey. How's work?"
"Oh, it has it's up and downs. I guess."
"Oh, good. Here's a tip, let me work." She then hung up the phone and shot Bubba a smile. "You look like you're sick."
"I think I'm going to go home, love."
"I'll talk you home."
"I would love that." Jesse went to help him up, knowing that the agents were watching her actions. Jesse froze when she felt a knife at her side. "Be good and you won't get hurt. Let's go home and we can talk."
"Okay, let's go home."
"F.B.I. Freeze," a voice demanded once they were outside the bar and Jesse was yanked for the knife holding Bubba by Danny.
"You okay?" he asked her, as they watched some other agents take Bubba into custody.
"I'm fine, Danny," Jesse said, as she shook her head. "Thanks for the save though."
"Always like to help those who need a quick save."
"Nice move, Danny," Martin said, as he came up next to him with Sam. "You okay, Shep?"
"I'm fine." She ran her hands along her arms. "He didn't get me with the knife, so we're okay."
Jesse then shot a glance over at Bubba. "Bubba there's a lot of nice people who would like to talk to you." He rolled his eyes as he was helped into a police car. "We better get back and rescue Devon from Jack's interrogation. I don't know if he could make it for very long."
"Sounds like a plan." They then headed back for Headquarters.
TBC
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