The Fallout
He drives home to his wife, goes upstairs hugs her and says; everything is going to be alright, it's almost over. We won't have to worry about our family's safety anymore". He quickly jumps into the shower before she can respond.
Amanda joins him if only to get cleaned up, have some dinner and maybe if the doctor allows, takes some leftovers with her and bring him some real food. She says, "What have you done? Or do I not want to know?"
"For now, it's best you don't know unless things escalate", Lee says.
They finish their shower and Lee quickly dries off and heads down to make dinner while Amanda gets dressed and ready to leave for the hospital. She and goes downstairs; quickly eats her food, asks Jamie if he wants to join her and they take off to see Philip, bringing along a doggie bag.
Lee unlocks his office and starts his research. He needs to be able to back up his story without implicating himself. Working late he does not hear Amanda and Jamie return.
"How is he?" Lee asks when Amanda reaches the landing.
Amanda replies, "about the same. They did allow him some solid foods, but he is still having difficulty forming words. He understands commands and tomorrow they will get him up and walking, but there could be something in the language portion of his brain that needs to be retrained".
Lee replies, "I'll go see him tomorrow, but first I need to check in with Billy. Are you still determined to give up life at The Agency? You will be missed".
"Yes", Amanda replies. "It has taken what happened to Philip to reevaluate my priorities. My family comes first and even if we bring all those to justice. There will always be another threat around the corner".
Lee replies, "I'm going to check in on Jamie and see how he is doing. I'm sure this is a lot to take in for a boy of 10, going on 11". Lee sits with Jamie and tries to tell him everything will be okay, even though he's not sure it is. "Jamie", Lee says. "I want you to know you are very important to your mother and me. If you ever need to talk or to cry, that is alright. We are here for you". He kisses him on the forehead and says, "I have to go to the office tomorrow, but I will meet you and your mother at the hospital to check in on your brother.
Lee returns upstairs and Amanda has already showered and gone to sleep. Lee returns to his office and continues to find the correlation to back up his story. He makes sure he deletes his browser history and there is a fail-safe on his computer to prevent anyone from unwarranted searches.
The following morning Lee leaves early before anyone else wakes up. Lee drives over to The Agency since he knows Billy will already be there. He asks, "has there been any developments in the case against Frank?"
"Why what had you heard? What have you done?" Billy asks.
"Nothing…Yet", Lee lies. "But if let's say hypothetically something does happen, is there any way it can be traced back to The Agency?"
"So", Billy says, "are we talking in code? Your son was shot, but it was with an unregistered gun. I pulled a lot of strings to get his DNA and fingerprints out of the system. Let's just say I have a friend in the police department who owes me a few favors. I have another friend who erased phone records inquiring about Frank and how to find him. But we are talking hypothetically right?"
"Of course,", Lee says. "I'm just concerned about the Agency".
"Scarecrow,", Billy says, "if you have done something I don't want to know. I don't want to lie for you. You have been a damn good agent for the last 15 years. Deniability, that's a good word to use".
"Speaking hypothetically of course", Lee says, "what if I did my own research to connect the dots with this Frank person. You said he had several warrants out for his arrest. Were any of them for murder?"
"Hypothetically, yes", Billy replies. "But where is this research coming from?"
"Without tracing it back to The Agency, I did my own research. I knew Kelly had it in for everyone who was at that summit. She had to have some contacts within the agency or a reason why she took revenge on everyone. Up until then, the only people she knew were Tom and Ellen. She didn't know about the rest of us other than what we looked like or the where abouts we lived. There had to be someone at the summit she was protecting. It could have been the Chief of Police since he knew why were there and how to find us. After the Japanese couple was killed and attempts were made on my life and later Amanda's, she probably couldn't risk any more assassinations or attempted ones".
Billy lets Lee drink some water while he contemplates the validity of Lee's research. "Continue", he says.
"I assume that she or someone was willing to make the Chief the fall guy. So there had to be someone higher up willing to let him be sacrificed. The Prime Minister was the target, so it had to be someone higher up than himself. That leaves a member of the Royal family. Hypothetically, I was able to trace the money to the Chief and to Jill. The Chief was a sacrificial lamb and he wasn't talking. Neither was Jill. But there had to be a connection".
"What did you find?", Billy asks.
Lee continues. "I went back more than five years. Apparently, Jill had a fiancé who made several trips to Dubai and had several meetings with the Dubai Royal family and the Chief. Jill was living in New York at the time as a low-level agent, but when her fiancé returned, Tom and Ellen arrested him. He later died in prison. Naturally, Jill wanted revenge on Tom and Ellen, but she couldn't take them outright. She wanted to do this right without it coming back to her. She arranged to be transferred to the LA office. I saw the forged paperwork and she worked her way up and requested to be Tom and Ellen's assistant. When word of the Peace Summit was scheduled to be in Dubai, she had the perfect opportunity. The Prime Minister was the perfect patsy. After what happened to the Japanese couple and us, she couldn't go through with taking him out without drawing any suspicion to her or the Chief. He got caught as did she. But the revenge didn't stop there. She found someone on the outside to take care of the Italian couple and was further financed by the family in Dubai. Here is the information I have compiled to take her down and hopefully get her sent to a super-maximum penitentiary".
"But you must have more than this", Billy says. Is Frank the person on the outside?"
Lee says, "I was able to trace money from Jill's account to an account Frank has. We do know Frank is a contract killer. How Jill found us was initially a mystery. I believe it was Frank who was the person who got away at the auction. There were too many people around us and he couldn't verify it was us. I tracked another wire transfer to someone in California. But not until after Tom and Jill were killed and you told us about the Italians, I was able to piece it together. Amanda and I were supposed to be inside that church. Only one other person knew we were there and knew our real names. That was Officer Johnson".
Billy interjects, "but why didn't you take him down then"
Lee responds, "It never occurred to me until Philip was shot. That was when I did my own investigation and discovered everything, I just laid out for you. Officer Johnson changed his name when he joined the Academy. I called the department and there was a murder of an unknown man. His body was obliterated, and they couldn't identify him, but soon after Officer Johnson provides the paperwork indicating proof of his identity. Think about it, Billy, that is too much of a coincidence".
"It's possible", Billy says. "But how does that lead to you?"
Lee says, "he was the only one who knew our real names, after more digging, he is the brother of Kelly's fiancé. Since they couldn't take us out at the church, he probably gave our information to Frank and he tracked us down through Philip and Jamie".
Billy says, "you found all this out on your own. It does sound a little far-fetched. The pieces appear to fall into place nicely, but where is your proof on this Officer Johnson? And where is Frank?"
"Maybe", Lee says, "you could get The Agency in LA to investigate Officer Johnson. He could be responsible for killing several of their own agents. I'm sure they will have a lot of motivation. As to this Frank person, you could track him down at his last known address".
"What about Francine?", Billy asks.
Lee responds, "if everything I found out is true, she and my family are safe. If Frank is found, none of us are in danger anymore and if Jill is put away for good, she can't harm us. I don't think the Royals in Dubai knew much about us and I doubt Officer Johnson knew about her as that was Frank's responsibility".
"Purely conjecture, hypothetically and deniability" Billy concludes, "I hope this works in your favor. All tied up in a pretty bow".
"That was what I was thinking", Lee says. "Scarecrow out. I have a family to see at the hospital".