She´d kept her past well hidden since she could not speak about her job to anyone outside yet, somehow, the Queen had managed to know more than anyone ever had.
Sometimes she missed being an Interpol technological investigator because it gave her a sense of justice while, at the same time, being secure and not directly in harm's way. There were times when she would help with some investigations since she was still in active duty but she´d made arrangements to only assist younger agents so she could enjoy other things in life like traveling.
¨Hello Luke¨ Elise said in her business voice
¨My dearest! I hadn´t realized I actually missed your sunny voice Eli¨ the now director of the Interpol, ex partner and long time friend answered. Their friendship was what had allowed her to have a few more privileges
¨Wow, sunny, that´s new. I hadn't realized I missed your ridiculous voice and comments dude¨ Elise answered with a small laugh and smiled at the laugh from her friend
¨What´s hanging Eli sweetie? Not that I don´t enjoy talking to you but it´s not common for you to call¨ Luke said softly. He was actually right given that they would update each other via text since she hated talking on the phone
¨I need help Luke¨ Elise said with a shaking voice
¨What happened?¨ Luke said in his business voice. He was getting angrier the more information he was confided.
After a few hours of speaking he simply said ¨I´ll get the fuckers, no one messes with my partner and lives to tell the tale¨ and hanged up
¨Well, that went well¨ Elise whispered to herself before grabbing the sleeping Latina's hand ¨I´ll make sure our family is safe, now get your ass recovered¨
She had looked into the younger woman´s records and past without telling Miranda; it hadn´t been out of distrust but she´d needed to know her family was safe.
After what she´d seen about the girl´s past she had been reassured as to why it was so easy to be around her, why it was so easy for the woman to understand the hidden messages on everyone´s speech and why the woman always protected everybody at her life s sake.
Sadly it gave her an advance on how to use the woman to end this
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Andrea made her way into the consulate´s library and was hugged immediately by her girlfriend and the twins while her grandmother and Charlotte were sat on one of the couches
¨Andy how is she? Can I see her?¨ Cassidy said with tears in her eyes so Andy bent down to lift her and hug her tightly
¨She´s stable sweetie but is still sleeping. Elise is staying and practically kicked me out so i´d come here. I´ll see when I could take you if your mom agrees¨ Andy said softly with tears in her eyes
¨Come on bobbsies it´s passed your bed time.¨ Miranda said before pecking her girlfriend
¨I´ll show you to your rooms Miranda¨ Charlotte said while standing up and leading them out of the room.
Andy sat down and let her tears fall but stared with a murderous look to her grandmother ¨I´ll kill whoever it was¨
¨Elise has informed me she´s helping and spoke to her old contacts. I´ve spoken with a few trusted members of the parliament who are aware of this situation and will help with the investigation¨ Clarisse said softly before adding ¨the two men in custody have talked but it´s now an FBI investigation since both were part of a trafficking group but apparently were hired to kidnap alone¨
¨I don´t know what to do grandma, I can´t have my family being targeted and hurt; Mary already got hurt protecting them. I´ve arranged to take care of her medical bills but now she won´t even be able to work on the job she just got¨ Andy said crying before adding ¨My sister almost died protecting my family grandma. My family almost got kidnapped¨
¨My love I will never be able to repay Maria but this is not your fault. We will stay here so we are safer and I have taken a couple of vacation days so Nigel will be handling my job and the twins will take a few days from school. Please, we will get through this my love¨ Miranda said while walking into the room with tears in her eyes and rushing to her girlfriend
¨Why was she there?¨ Andy asked softly. She didn´t understand her sister´s presence in the townhouse
¨She´d had forgotten her dressing case. She was quite scared at the thought of having lost it but we found it on the bedroom she´d used last week¨ Miranda answered easily
Andy leaned back and let out a breath ¨God, I've never been so glad at her stupidity¨ and let out a small laugh at the other women strange stare so she decided to inform them
¨She takes medication and has everything in her dressing case. Even if she has everything with her all the time she always forgets it if she doesn´t put it back in her backpack right after taking them¨
¨I can´t even feel bad about her forgetting it given that it got us safe¨ Miranda added before adding ¨We need to figure out who did this but let's go sleep for now. It´s quite late and we don´t have many things to do about it now¨
At the nod from the other two they retired for the night thankful that they were all safe and guarded since the Queen had arranged for two of their security to keep both Maria and Elise safe in the hospital.
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The next day Andy and Miranda left for the hospital with Joe and Mathew to protect them and found the press right out of both places trying to get any type of information about the attempt of kidnapping. They rushed inside avoiding them and went straight towards the ICU room where Mary was but found it empty and the bed freshly made which had Andrea getting crazy
¨No! no! no! Oh god please! Where is she? Oh god Miranda!¨ Andrea said crying hysterically to a crying Miranda who didn´t understand a fucking thing at that moment
¨Excuse me, is everything alright here?¨ a nurse made her way towards them making them jump
¨Where is she? Please tell me Maria is alright!¨ Miranda said with a cracking voice
¨Oh, yes, she was sent towards a regular room. I can show you to it¨ the nurse said but cowered a bit at the glare she got from both women
¨Why weren´t we informed!? Take us there right this moment!¨ Miranda said strongly. Ice Queen fully out to play
¨I..Uh… She… she was taken there a couple of hours ago, there had not been time to inform her family. Follow me please¨ The young nurse said while rushing away with both of them in tow
They were led to a private room where Elise was sleeping in a couch nearby and Mary was laying so they let of a breath of relief and hugged each other to try and calm down from the fright they´d had.
¨Hello, I´m doctor Swertsh. Are you family?¨ the doctor asked while entering but stopped at the glared he received from them
¨Why weren´t we informed she´d been changed to another room!? Do you think we would want to enter a room to not find her!?¨ Andy said screaming and startling Elise who jumped from slumber
¨And you!? Why wouldn´t you tell us!?¨ Miranda asked her friend who looked unsure at the sight of both women screaming but answered quickly
¨Have you checked your phones?¨ Elise asked trying to wake fully but at the look on both of their faces she added ¨I guess not¨
¨I apologize for the misunderstanding madams. There was no intention on frightening you¨ Dr Swertsh said before adding ¨She has been advancing a lot faster than we´d expected so she was moved here an hour ago. Somehow her broken ribs have already gotten sealed by a cartilage tissue that will keep it in place until it heals completely and her shoulder´s wounds have narrowed enough for her to be moved from ICU¨ he finished making Andy chuckle
¨Figures the hardheaded would make her body heal faster than normal¨
Both Miranda and Andrea sent Elise home after an apology since they had checked their phones and had texts informing them.
¨I need to talk to the Queen before anything else. I have information that Deveruox´s bank account is linked to some nasty things¨ Elise said while gathering her things
¨What´d you mean?¨ Andy asked softly. She´d calmed down a lot at the sight of her sister and the good prognostic she had
¨I´m handing his ass on a silver platter to the police for messing with my family. That´s what I mean¨ Elise said with a murderous face but a yawn betrayed her and left straight away without another word
After a couple of minutes in silence they sat down simply talking about the future for the next couple of hours
¨Are you sure my love?¨ Andy asked softly. They´d been speaking and making plans but Andy needed to be reassured that she was not stopping the woman from her own desires
¨Nigel is more than capable of staying and, for once in my life as I've said to you darling sister, i´m happy. I intend on keeping my family together¨ Miranda said softly earning a peck to her lips
They would´ve kept talking but Andy´s phone started ringing and interrupted them
¨I´m sorry Mira, I have to take this¨ Andy said while making her way out of the room leaving her alone.
They´d been there for a couple of hours now and she was in need of a coffee so she sent Emily a text. She may´ve gotten Nigel to replace her but she still needed her assistant
Miranda was brought out of her texting by a groan coming from the bed and looked up to see Mary waking up
¨Fuck, it really hurts!
¨Mierda, como duele¨ Miranda heard and went as fast as she could towards the bed
¨Oh, hey¨ Mary said softly and trying to get used to the light. The sight of the younger woman awake made Miranda´s eyes get full of tears ¨What´s wrong? Are you ok? Are the girls ok?¨ Mary said fast and tried to get up
Miranda got scared for the woman so she stopped her from getting up with a hand to her chest and answered fast
¨Lay back down you fucking reckless woman!¨ Miranda started while crying and kept going shocking the Latina ¨We´re all ok, you made sure of that! Are you crazy!? Why would you do that? What were we supposed to do if you died!?¨
She didn´t know why she was scolding the woman who had saved them from a really dangerous situation but found herself being hugged by said woman and cried until she calmed down
¨And here I thought I was going to be thanked¨ Mary said trying to chuckle but hissed from the pain it brought
¨I will never be able to thank you enough Maria. You saved my daughter; you saved my family!¨ Miranda said while getting out of the hug and drying her tears before standing up and adding ¨I´m sorry I went off on you like that. You just woke up and we didn´t know you´d been changed to another room and...¨
¨2 things dragon lady¨ Mary said with a raspy voice interrupting her with a slight smile. She had no idea that it was something you simply did not do to the Dragon
¨Yes?¨
¨I need water and I need to let my employer know that I can´t work¨ Mary said while laying back down and frowning and adding ¨fuck, my sisters will kill me¨
¨Yes we are!, I can´t even be mad at your reckless ass¨ Andy said while entering and started crying at the sight of her best friend awake. Rushing towards Mary to hug her and tried to let go at the hiss it got her but was kept in the hug
¨Sorry for hurting you but I'm so glad you´re ok! You saved part of my family! I need you to be ok, you´re my sissy you idiot! I love you and I need you to be healthy! I need you in my life you fucking idiot¨ Andy said while crying into her sister´s shoulder
¨I would never let anyone hurt them or you sweetie, I'm just glad I was there to help¨ Mary said after her sister calmed down before continuing
¨I need to talk to my family back in my country and with my employer; I can´t work like this. Why am I in a private room? I can´t afford it¨ Mary said after sipping the water Miranda had brought her
¨Why would you think about paying!? I will take care of everything! You´re my family for Christ's sake! I´ve already talked to your sisters in Argentina and made sure they knew you were taken care of. They asked me to tell you and I quote ¨Deja de asustarnos asi pendeja¨ and that they love you and will try to come see you¨ Andy said drying her tears and giving the Latina a fake glare. She knew it had always been hard for the other woman to let herself be taken care of.
¨Stop scaring us like that you fucking ass!¨
¨I´ve already called your employer and he said you didn´t have to worry and, I quote ¨I know a client who will be sad to not see you¨ ¨Miranda said. They had not expected at all to have the injured woman blush enough to put a tomato to shame
¨Am I missing something here sissy?¨ Andy asked chuckling with relief and confusion. This was a completely new reaction her sister had ever had about a person
¨What!? No! I…¨ Mary said stuttering ¨What about my family back home?¨
¨I just spoke with them. They wanted to get on the plane to get here but I assured them you were being taken care of. ¨ Andy said reassuring her sissy and letting the woman out of the subject. Relationships had always been a hard subject for her sister even if she was so open about everything else. Andy had always wished her sissy would get a partner worthy of her fierce soul.
¨Good…¨ Mary said while relaxing a bit before asking ¨Did they catch them?¨
¨They caught both men but we´re all trying to figure out who sent them ¨ Andrea answered
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Long one!
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Please keep safe and i hope you´re all well
