Chapter 20

So sorry for the delay again. These past couple weekends have been busy and by the time I'm home it's late lol. I'm so happy to hear I have some new fans and I hope you all continue to enjoy.

Lisa was standing in Reiss' office looking around. Even though agents and soldiers had combed through trying to find anything and everything she needed to take a look for herself. She needed to see if there was anything she could use for her questioning with Reiss. She still didn't understand why Mandy chose her. Sure, Mandy said she forgave Lisa for not siding with her but now that Reiss had tried to kill Mandy and betrayed them all, the guilt just wouldn't go away.

"Everything okay?" Sonny asked standing in the doorway causing Lisa to jump and turn around.

"Jesus Sonny, don't scare me like that," Lisa said taking a deep breath and then continued on looking around the office. "Mandy should be the one doing the interrogation. I don't know why she chose me."

"Because she knows you're good at what you do," Sonny replied. "Just like she knows that this isn't your fault."

"For weeks I worked with him and never saw it coming. I thought he believed in me and what I was doing. I thought I was proving myself and instead I just came out the fool," Lisa said. "If I don't get this interrogation right, then I'm done for."

"Hey, we believe you in you. I believe in you. You saying I'm a fool along with the rest of the team for not seeing Vic's betrayal?" Sonny said.

"What! No," Lisa replied quickly.

"There you go then," Sonny smugly said. "Mandy chose you because she believes in you. She's also probably in no condition physically or mentally to be in an interrogation and needs you, her right hand man, to get the job done. This Roman guy sounds dangerous and seems like he and Mandy have been playing cat and mouse for a while. You heard them threaten to kill each other and now it's up to us to make sure that if anyone is dying it's going to be him. You got this. You walk into that room and show Reiss you're a force to be reckoned with."

Lisa stood in the middle of the office looking at Sonny, "How do you always know what to say?"

"It's not hard when it comes to you Lisa," Sonny said softly.

"I'm sorry," Lisa said knowing how loaded that statement was.

"Me too, but right now we got a job to do. The rest will work itself out," Sonny replied.

"Oh thank god!" Naima exclaimed seeing Ray appear on her computer screen.

"Hey," Ray said softly looking at his beautiful wife. "I'm okay, just breath."

"The news has been reporting the last couple days about an attack on base and I couldn't get a hold of you…" Naima trailed off. "Everyone's okay?"

"The guys are all okay," Ray said before taking a deep breath.

Naima took a moment to look at her husband and thank whatever higher forces that be that Ray was okay. "Emma called. She said she couldn't get a hold of Jason, or Mandy for that matter. I'm glad everyone is okay."

"Jason is okay. I'll need to remind him to call back home," Ray said. "It's just been a rough few days."

"Do they know who was behind the attack?" Naima asked. "I'm just glad everyone is okay."

"Yes, we know who was behind the attack," Ray began. "Listen, I need to tell you something. Mandy was one of the ones hurt during the attack."

"What! How bad?" Naima gasped.

"She has a stab wound and concussion. Lisa ended up with a concussion as well. Both are doing okay. Jason hasn't left Mandy's side since," Ray replied.

Naima took a moment to absorb Ray's words. She was glad everyone made it out okay. "So those two finally took the plunge?" Naima asked.

Ray laughed, "Yeah, in a war zone of all places. She's recovering fine but when we found her it looked pretty bad."

"Only they would find love in a war zone. I'm glad she's okay. Those two deserve some happiness in their lives," Naima replied. "They've always looked out for each other and seem like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders."

"Mandy's also one of the few in existence that can put up and call out Jason," Ray smiled while Naima chuckled. "How's Jameelah? She see the news?"

Naima sighed, "I don't think she's seen it. She hasn't said anything and I've been avoiding the news when she's in the room. I wanted to touch base with you first. It's easier knowing you're okay."

"Next time we can schedule a call with the kids," Ray said as they both continued to talk.

Mandy and Jason had entered the observation room waiting for Reiss to be brought in for interrogation.

"You should really take it easy and let everyone else do the leg work around here," Jason said watching Mandy softly touch her side and lean against the wall to catch her breath.

"Would you sit back if you were me," Mandy asked as Jason stood in front of her putting one hand on her hip and the other to her neck.

"When we walked into that room and saw you bleeding on the ground, I didn't know what to think. It looked pretty bad," Jason said with a shudder.

Mandy brought her hands up cup Jason's face, "I'm right here, Jason. Gonna take a hell of lot to get rid of me that easily."

It felt crazy to think they felt such intense feelings for each other. They'd been bordering the line for a while and after Alana passed they'd fully crossed that border. Things had been rocky after crossing the line and neither was really ready to commit but now it seemed they both were finally in a place to give it a shot.

Jason leaned in to kiss her, "Don't ever scare me like that again."

"Same goes for you but I think we're both going to have to try not to scare the crap out of each other," Mandy replied as they pulled back to look into each other's eyes.

"Always the negotiator," Jason chuckled. "I'm never gonna win, am I?"

"You can try. I'll give you an 'A' for effort," Mandy laughed but then winced as her stiches pulled.

"No more laughing," Jason said watching her in concern.

Before they could say anything else, the interrogation door opened and Reiss was brought in. He was cuff to the chair and looked over towards the mirror knowing someone was probably watching. Mandy and Jason moved in front of the window to look in.

"Give me five minutes with that guy and I'll-" Jason said clenching his fists while looking at Reiss.

"He'll get what's coming to him," Mandy said grabbing one of the fists and weaving her fingers through his to get him to calm down.

The observation room door opened and the rest of Bravo walked in ready to watch the interrogation. Everyone wanted to be there to see what Reiss had to say for his betrayal.

Sonny leaned against one end of the window and stared into the interrogation room with a look of hate. "You sure it's a good idea to send Lisa in there?"

"She's got this. Like I said, he's expecting me and we have to throw him off his game. She needs this too," Mandy replied. "She's lucky."

"Lucky?" Clay asked.

"Let's just say rarely does betrayal end with someone being alive. I've been in her shoes. By the time you get a chance to ask questions, it's too late and you're just left to wonder. At least she'll get a chance for some closure," Mandy said.

"What about Roman? You'll get your shot at closure with him," Ray said.

Mandy turned around to look at the room and replied with a bittersweet smile, "I doubt it. Roman and I have been playing this game for years and it's going to end one of two ways."

"And what are those options?" Trent asked.

"Either I put him in the ground or we both go down," Mandy said coolly.

"Or we put him in the ground for you," Jason said intensely. "No chance in hell I'm, or we're, letting him take you down. We're in this together until he's either captured or dead. You're not fighting this alone," Jason said squeezing her hand as the rest of the team nodded in agreement.

The observation room door opened again with Blackburn and Thomson coming in.

"Lisa is about to start," Blackburn said looking around the room.

The door to the interrogation room opened and Lisa walked in.