"Come on, at least let me buy you a coffee" Jacob pleaded "I'm not asking for a date, I'm thirsty and I'm willing to get you something" "No" Eve shot back "we have a lot of work to do here ok?" "We've been working on it forever and we hit a dead end like 4 hours ago!" Jacob said "now come on, I know you're starving, and I'm willing to buy breakfast, it's a win/win situation!" Eve sighed and closed the folder. "It's not a date, it's dinner, there will be no kiss, no caressing each others hands, and no gazing into the others eyes" Eve said as she got out of the chair "You do have beautiful eyes you know" Jacob said grinning "I know" Eve smiled as she grabbed her coat and walked out of the room. Jacob followed her out the door.

"Is Kelly's ok?" Jacob asked as they walked by "Oh shit, I completely forgot" Eve said as she hit herself in the head "What? What happened?" Jacob asked worried "I was supposed to open at five and it's already 5:30" Eve said looking at her watch. "Well they're open now, so it looks like everything's fine." He said as he pushed the door open. "Oh glad to see you finally joined us Eve" Mike said sarcastically "I'm sorry Mike, it's just that I got a little carried up with something" Eve said putting on her best puppy face. "Yeah, I saw the blood all over the floor, what happened? The police were here and asking all these questions!" "It's a long story" Eve said "can I get some coffee; I haven't slept since five in the morning yesterday." "Yeah, yeah sure just take a seat over there, and can I get anything for your, uh, date?" Eve groaned "He is not my date ok! We're just working on something and he said he would buy me coffee!" Eve said as she sat down in her chair, getting annoyed. "It was just a misunderstanding" Jacob said, trying to calm her down "he saw an attractive woman with an incredibly handsome gentleman, and you were gone the whole night, so who wouldn't assume that we were doing something?" Eve sighed "I guess you're right, I just haven't had any sleep and I get grumpy when I don't get to sleep" Mike brought their drinks and wrote up their order. The breakfast crowd started to come in and Kelly's started to get busy. "So I've heard a lot about you, Eve Benson, super-spy extraordinaire. You're a legend at the World Security Bureau" Jacob told her, trying to break the awkward silence. "Yeah, I have to admit I was pretty damn good" Eve said, smiling, she had cheered up once she finally got her coffee. "So how'd you get so close to Lorenzo Alcazar anyway?" Jacob asked "Well one thing about having Carly as a mom was being a stepdaughter to most of the men in town, Lorenzo Alcazar being one of them." "Of course he'd have to be close to the daughter of his wife, good thinking on your part" Jacob said, knocking his glass against her coffee cup. "Probably one of the only pros of having Carly as a mom" Eve said, sighing "Oh come on it couldn't have been that bad! My parents were pretty bad" Jacob said "Did your mom get married like every month? Miss pretty much every important event in your childhood because she was off worrying about her latest 'love of her life'? Put Sonny Corinthos before her own kids?" Jacob just gave her a blank stare "I, uh, sorry I didn't know." Eve sat back in her chair "It's ok, don't apologize."

Two men in black suits entered Kelly's. Eve stared at them, they were whispering to each other. She tried to read their lips but the only words she could make out were 'wait, coffee, then'. "Are you ok?" Jacob asked, getting in the way of the men, who were on their way to the counter. "You seem distracted by something" "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Now let's talk about this Alcazar case" she said as she took the file out and laid it on the table. "Yes let's" Jacob responded, eager to change the awkward topic. "So I'm thinking Lorenzo is working with someone in town" Eve started "How do you figure that?" Jacob asked. "Well he's been able to sneak around town without anyone noticing" Eve answered "He's lived in this town for awhile he probably knows all the alleyways and shady places" "Yeah, but here's the police report from John's murder" Eve took it out and slid it across the table. Jacob took it and started to read it. "It says he was mugged and then killed by the muggers afterwards" Jacob said, confused by what Eve had told him at the headquarters. "That's what the police report says, but that completely goes against what John said" "So what are you saying, that there's a dirty cop on the force?" Jacob asked "That's exactly what I'm saying; there was no evidence of a mugging so whoever wrote up the police report had to be lying!" Eve told Jacob as the men in black suits left Kelly's. "Again, nice work Agent Benson" Jacob congratulated her as put their glasses together again. Their eyes met and lingered there for some time until the men in the black suits caught Eve's attention again. Out of the corner of her eye she saw them reach into their pockets. The rest was a blur. They took out machine guns from their jackets and pointed them inside Kelly's. Bullets flew through the air hitting everything in sight. Eve threw herself on the ground, dodging the bullets as they flew by. She turned her head to see Mike get hit; he fell to the floor as he cried out in pain. People were screaming, tables were knocked over and there was blood everywhere. The men turned and ran away before the cops and ambulance could get there. Eve crawled towards Mike. "Help! Somebody help! He's been shot, he needs medical attention!" her cries for help were drowned out by all the others. She felt a piercing pain in her left shoulder and quickly put her hand over it. She had been shot and was bleeding bad. The paramedics began to rush in and take people to the ambulances. "Help! Anyone! Jacob? Someone please!" Eve began to feel dizzy as the paramedics rushed to her and Mike's side. Mike was unconscious so the put him on a stretcher and into the ambulance. Eve got up but quickly lost her balance. "Ma'am, you need to go over there" the paramedic said as he pointed to another ambulance. She barely understood what he had said and was starting to become extremely dizzy. As she walked towards where the paramedic was pointing her legs began to feel light. She lost balance completely and fell to the ground. Her head hit the pavement and everything went black.

To Be Continued…

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