12 chapter

At exactly 13 o'clock, Lee Stetson, arrived at the Gilmore house, came down from the Vette, with a bouquet of red roses and white lilies, passed by his trusted florist, and had chosen the bouquet of flowers for Amanda, red roses for the his feelings, white lilies for her delicacy.

He smiled and rang the bell and heard Amanda's voice, "Fred, darling can you open the door?" Lee's smile disappeared instantly, "darling" why the hell called him "darling", there was no need to call him that, it wasn't necessary what the hell! Jealousy took hold of him, making him in a bad mood, when Fred opened the door, saw a grumpy scarecrow on the door, "damn it, we start badly, what the hell happened to Lee, he seems to want to kill me," he enters as well, Amanda is in the kitchen ", Lee ignored Fred and walked into the kitchen, and saw her, she turned to him and smiled at him," bye Lee ", a warm and radiant smile, her eyes shone," she saw the flowers, "Oh Lee thank you !!! They are wonderful".

Lee had frozen in front of her, she was so cute with a housewife's apron, her eyes were shining and her warm smile confused him, God! how beautiful she was !!.

Amanda was happy, the flowers were beautiful and she knew that it had not been easy for Lee to bring her roses, surely it had cost him a lot, for this he approached and gave him a kiss on the cheek, he felt him tremble a little, he felt tenderness in his he looked at her and she seemed to see something tender in his beautiful eyes, she felt his strong arms wrap around her, and she gave herself up to the heavenly warmth she felt every time he embraced her.

Fred Fielder, he was a very confused man, these two were starting to get on his nerves, damn it! it was really embarrassing, as soon as they met, the other people disappeared, it seemed that they were isolating themselves in a world of their own, a situation that is really more and more embarrassing, and now? How could he stand between them? He was also hungry, and he couldn't wait to taste the delicacies Amanda had cooked, he had an idea, "Amanda, it seems to me he is burning something."

Immediately she freed herself from Lee's arms, for heaven's sake! had worked !!! he immediately went to check the food on the stove, but of course he was not burning anything, "Fred quiet here is all right, why don't you offer Lee an aperitif?" Amanda said a little embarrassed, reluctantly Lee went to the dining room with Fred, but as he was leaving he noticed the color of the kitchen curtains, which were a nice blue color.

A small smile crept over her lips, she remembered their first "married" case, who knows if she had wanted her in that color, but of course it was Amanda who wanted the blue curtains, she probably thought of that case too. in particular where they had, so to speak, their first quarrel, and where a brave Amanda, had discovered an international arms trafficking, to think that at that time, she didn't want to know about her and now that she understood how much he loved her, he could not have a moment with her alone, a little sweet heat rose in his stomach to his heart, he was no longer angry, in fact he even began to like Fred's company, the important thing was that Amanda was there too.

They sat down to eat, everything was really very appetizing and good, and even the wine matched perfectly with the food.

Amanda, as usual, had cooked superbly, and the biscuits and cake were really delicious, they chatted amiably, while Amanda paced back and forth from the kitchen to the various courses, finished having lunch, Lee offered to help clean the dishes while Fred would tidy the table.

Lee and Amanda were in the kitchen, the atmosphere was relaxing and they both enjoyed each other's company, "Amanda," said Lee, when this case will be resolved, I'd like to invite you to dinner, in my new apartment, "but before she could answer, the phone rang, it was Billy, Francine and her team had found important news.

About forty years ago, Ivan Kruschenko had to leave Susan Wraith, to return to Russia, even though they loved each other very much, he could not disobey, otherwise he would have been accused of treason, so he had left, promising that he would do anything to return from her, not knowing that she was pregnant with her daughter, Kate.

Ivan, however, never managed to return, only recently he had known he had a daughter, Susan unfortunately had died a few years ago, Kate had married and in turn had had a daughter, Beverly, so Ivan had a daughter, a son-in-law and a daughter. granddaughter, he probably returned to the United States for this, to try to get to know his "family".

Lee informed Amanda and Fred, they decided it was time to go and talk directly with Kruschenko, they had to inform him that they had found his family and to know if his intentions were good.

Amanda said she would go there, with the help of cook Martha, she would tell Ivan that someone wanted to talk to him about her daughter, and since she was not classified as an agent, she hoped he would trust her.

Of course Lee didn't agree, too dangerous, he certainly couldn't go alone to a den of Russian spies, and they started arguing, each explaining his reasons, but Amanda was adamant and eventually decided to talk to Billy about the plan , he would have made the right decision.

Lee was really worried, Amanda surely convinced Billy, when it came to love and family, nobody stopped her, couldn't even go with you, Russian agents would certainly have recognized him, he was famous in the KGB, the scarecrow had an international reputation.

That evening Fred, told Amanda and Lee, that he had a personal commission to do, and that he would be back in about two hours.

He started in the car, towards a house he knew very well in Georgetown.

No one knew it, but Fred had a love, a great love, he rang the bell, a beautiful woman came to the door, raven hair, green eyes, tall, curvy and with a warm and nice smile, behind her a child, about ten years, very very similar to his mother, "Good evening Fred", it's been a while since we've seen each other "," Hi Jenny, how are you? ", the little girl rushed into Fred's arms, and he squeezed her tight, "Uncle Fred" you are crushing me !! " , "Sissy darling I brought you some chocolate chip cookies for you," the little girl smiled and Fred entered the apartment.

At the home of the spouses Gilmore, so to speak, a worried scarecrow and a very determined housewife, were arguing.

"Lee, you know I'm very good at type C interrogations, I won't have problems with Ivan, and then as I told you once before, in love it takes patience, as well as in Family matters, you know," Amanda, I'm just very worried, I don't want anything to happen to you, I don't want anything bad to happen to you, you're my partner! ".

Amanda opened her eyes, had she really said so? So clearly? "Am I your partner?" , Really? Seriously?"

"Yes! I already talked to Billy when I came back, and I found out that you were on a mission with Fred, I told him you had to work only with me, you saved my life many times, you covered my back and made me a backup" , in a hoarse voice he said "you helped me become an agent and a better man", Amanda I ...

"Lee, you gave me the opportunity to change my life, to do something important for my country and for my children, for me",

"I'm a different woman now, and I owe it to you."

They looked at each other, and without knowing how, they found themselves in each other's arms, looking deeply into each other's eyes, everything disappeared as if by a strange magic, between them flowed a heavy electricity of love, the mouths united in a kiss tender, shy and very sweet, then slowly the kiss became more demanding, deeper, the tongues together with their hearts touched, explored each other, a fire enveloped them, an ancient flame dormant over time, now finally the souls had recognized each other, twin souls, despite such different lives, a reckless agent and a divorced housewife, with two children and a mortgage, despite everything they loved each other, they had fallen in love slowly, because in love it takes patience.

They never knew how much time had passed, how long they had embraced to kiss and caress each other on the sofa in the living room, but at one point, Lee felt it was time to break away from her, or he wouldn't be able to stop, he felt of wanting it, of wanting it and going beyond kisses and caresses, but could not, not with his Amanda, he would have waited for his times, because this was Love, and he did not want to ruin everything, he wanted to go easy on it.

Amanda was in absolute ecstasy, she felt small electric shocks all over her body, he was kissing her with a passion she had never felt in any other man she had attended, not even with Joe and for her part she was experiencing some unknown emotions, despite his past experiences, few to tell the truth, but never had he tried this fire in all his body, and if with kisses he felt these emotions, who knows how it would have been to make love with Lee, ommiodio !!! My goodness!!! , the thought made her jump, fortunately he interrupted his kisses and held her a tender embrace, she was out of breath !!!.

"Amanda", after all this time, I wish we could see each other not only in the agency, I would like to take you out to dinner, to dance, to walk, just the two of us, in short, I would like to be part of your life, because at least for me, not there is more than just friendship ".

"Lee, even for me, is no longer just friendship" and I too would like to be with you, but you must know one thing, a rule from which I cannot go back ", if you want us to hang out, you must also accept my family , and besides we should see ourselves in an exclusive form, because I cannot divide you with any ".

"Amanda, I haven't been dating any women for several months, I have changed apartments and phone numbers, I want to be alone with you and your family".

They smiled, finally a new phase would start for both of us together.

"Ahem !!! A poor dejected Fred said alias Mr Gilmore, sorry so much, but I'm back," I can't believe he thought, they've been hugging each other all this time, even if I told him, nobody would believe it, let's hope the scarecrow don't make Amanda suffer, even if I honestly see him really changed, really in love, and she has a dreamy look, that not even Rossella away with the wind, for God's sake!

Lee and Amanda said goodbye, they would see each other at the agency the next day, Lee nodded in agreement to Fred, and went out to go to his apartment.

"Goodnight Amanda"

"Goodnight Fred, and the next time you want to give cookies, just ask",

damn it, he figured it out, a disconsolate Fred thought.