"What am I going to do Eliot" Nona asked the next evening as she drove back to Nate's. Hardison had called that morning to let them know that the building had been deemed safe by the fire department and that he'd found out some information. However between almost being blown up and a night of love making they were slow in getting back into the city. Eliot was upset because she still wouldn't let him drive, but she pointed out that it was time he let someone take care of him. Though truth be told he probably did it just because he knew that she needed something to do.

"You're going to come with me and see what Hardison found out and then contact your insurance company and your clients"

"Oh my god Eliot my clients! I hadn't even thought about that" she exclaimed

"How am I supposed to do their wedding cakes? Hell how am I supposed to even get a hold of them? All that stuff was either in the bakery or in my apartment"

"Well lucky for you, you know Alec Hardison"

"But how?" she asked confused

"Remember when I said that I had asked Hardison to look into you? Well let's just say that he's very good at what he does. He should have a list by the time we get there."

Nona narrowed her eyes as she glanced at him

"You know, I should be mad because you essentially had me investigated, but I'm just so damned grateful I don't care" she smiled

"You can thank me later" he took her hand and kissed it, eyes full of desire.

"Don't get ahead of yourself; we still haven't figured out how I'm supposed to make and deliver these cakes – some are due in the next couple of weeks. I mean I probably have some stuff in my storage unit but other than that…"

"Look I will pick you up whatever you need, hell I'll even help you make them. Plus we can use Lucille for deliveries if necessary."

"Lucille?"

"Hardison's van"

"He named his van?"

"Don't ask" he sighed

"Let's just get there and see what he found out"

"First off here's your client's info with any sketches I found, second I changed the future Mr and Mrs Kendall's cake it was just all wrong for them" Hardison said with some ponache

Nona laughed

"I know, I tried to tell them but…"

"Oh don't worry your assistant designer Paul convinced them that a more modern design would be a better choice. He said referring to himself

"Now they were a little hesitant, especially when I told them about the extra cost" he winked at her

"But they finally gave in – the difference is already in your account."

"Hardison you are too much, thank you" this earned him a hug and a kiss

"No thank you" he replied, earning an evil look from Eliot

"Can you just let us know what you found out?"

Hardison clicked the remote and some documents popped up on the screen

"These are some emails that Westerhoff sent to a Daniel Linzer-"

"Daniel Linzer, I know that name" Nona said

"He works for Hirschfield – the parent company of Westerhoff Industries. Apparently Westerhoff suffered some losses in the last year and was bought out; his name is still on there because it was one of the stipulations before he would sell, that along with the fact that he got Hirschfield to agree to keep the buyout quiet"

"Because he still needs to keep up appearances; Linzer probably knew about the problem but agreed to keep quiet so long as Westerhoff cut him in on the kickbacks" this from Nate

"Kickbacks?" Nona was confused

"Yeah you buy sub par parts to make the valves, sell them at the normal cost and pocket the difference. The only problem is we have no proof. Hardison – have you been through the financials?"

"I'm still working on Linzers"

"Well this is all fine and dandy but you do realize someone tried to blow us up last night right?" Eliot was getting frustrated; he was happy that Hardison was able to make some sort of connection, but he hated being vulnerable to whoever had set that bomb.

Hardison held his hands up

"Don't worry, I didn't forget about you" he said earning a dirty look. He clicked the remote again and images of what was left of Nona's building. She bit down on her fist to keep from crying out as she saw the burnt remnants of her hard work. She felt Eliot's hand squeeze her leg trying to comfort her.

"The bomb was detonated remotely, so whoever it was so you go in" he concluded

"No leads on who though?" Eliot asked

He shook his head

"The building doesn't have security cameras so I got the traffic cam footage and I'm running facial recognition now to see if anything pops. Which" he glanced at his monitor "it just did. Meet Salvador Montenegro and Joshua Nashfield, both have rap sheets, mostly petty theft though Montenegro does have one assault charge and a weapons charge.

"Those two look like they might be the ones who put the brick through the window; I didn't get a look at them that night, but the build is right" Eliot commented

"Hardison, look into their financials – see if there was a pay off"

"Nate these guys are professionals; any transactions they have are going to be cash." Eliot pointed out

"Exactly, and what happens when one comes into a large amount of cash?"

"They roll around naked in it?" Parker asked from her position on the couch. The room became silent as they all stared at her

"What? That's not what they do?" she was slightly embarrassed; this must be one of those moments Sophie was talking about when she told her that she couldn't just blurt things out.

"Uh no Parker they buy things" Nate pointed out

"Hardison see if you can find out if either made any large purchases recently. Hardison!"

"Huh?" Hardison was still thinking about Parker naked, rolling around on a pile of cash

"Purchases?"

"Oh, yeah I'm on it" he turned back to his computer

"Ok Parker see if you can get into Linzer's office" Parker was out the door

"You want me to go with her?" Eliot asked

"No, you're still injured. You stay with Nona"

"But Nate-"

"Eliot we'll probably need you when this all goes down, so for now I'd like you to take it easy"

"Come on Eliot, you can help me get my things out of storage" Nona said grabbing his hand

"Promise I'll make it worth your while" she nuzzled his neck and Nate looked at him knowingly

"Uh yeah sure come on let's go" he said and soon the two of them were headed downtown.

"I can't believe Alec got the Kendalls to change their cake" Nona commented later as they dug through her storage locker for baking supplies

"Yeah he's a real prince" Eliot answered sarcastically

"Oh come on don't be so hard on him"

"You kissed him" he narrowed his eyes at her

"Yes but I didn't…" she whispered some suggestions in his ear

"And you'd better never" he pulled her into his arms and kissed her

"Come on, we need to get through this stuff" she said when she came up for air

Eliot sighed

"Fine, which one of these has the pans?"

"I think it's that one there." She pointed to a large tub but when Eliot grabbed it, something slipped out and fell. Her stomach dropped as she realized it was her engagement picture to Steven. She had forgotten that she threw everything into storage when she left to take care of her mom. She picked it up and thought of everything she'd been through.

"We're gonna get him" Eliot said as he laid his hands on her shoulders

"How Eliot? How are we going to get him? Hardison can't find a damn thing linking him to the heart valves or the bombing. It's like I'm being tortured for fun. Like he gets some sort of pleasure from ruining my life. So explain to me Eliot, how are we going to catch him?" she was screaming by now and tears were streaming down her face. A scream ripped from her throat; it was so animal like she almost didn't recognize her own voice. With every fiber of her being she flung the picture across the unit and relished in the sound of it breaking. Eliot tried to take her in his arms but she shook him off

"Let's just get this stuff and get out of here" she said reaching for a box. Eliot nodded and went to clean up the broken glass so she wouldn't step on it

"Just leave it"

"No you could step on it and – "

"I don't care!" she kicked at the small pile

"Well I do; just let me, wait what's that?" pointing near her foot

"What's what?" she was so damn irritated right now

"That black thing by your shoe"

She picked up what appeared to be a small plastic box

"It almost looks like a flashdrive, but it's too small"

"Let me see that" he took it and on a hunch attached it to his phone; sure enough it prompted him to open some files

"That's exactly what it is." He said as he showed her his phone

"Well I don't know who the hell would – Steven" the light dawned on her and Eliot nodded

"Was this picture in your apartment when you were together?

She nodded

"After we broke up I just sort of threw this stuff in here because my mom was sick by then"

"Well he probably figured it was one place you'd never notice, and if you did he banked on the fact that you either wouldn't know what it was or if you did, you'd be too scared to do anything about it."

"That son of a bitch" Nona didn't think she could get any angrier

"It also explains what his thugs were looking for in your apartment." Eliot grabbed his comm from his pocket and placed it in his ear

"Hardison, we found a flashdrive in Nona's storage unit that's not hers – I'm sending you the information now"

"I'm on it"

Eliot turned to Nona

"Come on let's grab what we need and get out of here." She was just putting the padlock back in place when Westerhoff's goons walked up out of nowhere

"You must be Nashfield" Eliot said pointing to the shorter of the two men

"Which means you must be Montenegro"

"And your point?" he replied

"My point being I don't like being blown up" Eliot said just before the guy swung at him. He easily blocked it and returned a few punches

Nona was horrified at the fight that broke out

"Eliot, watch out!" she called as the other man pulled a knife. She was so distracted by her fear for Eliot that she didn't see the other man come up behind her

"I've got you now" he said groughly as his arms came around her. She smelled booze on his breath and oil in his clothes; the combination made her want to vomit. However her nausea only lasted briefly as she elbowed him in the gut and stomped on his instep. The minute he let her go she finished with a kick to the groin.

"Remind me never to really piss you off" she whirled on Eliot, ready to fight

"Whoa killer, it's me." He said lowering her arms

"Sorry, I didn't know – are you ok?" she asked as she looked him over for any knife wounds and saw that his opponent was in a heap on the floor

"I could have used an extra day of rest, but I'm fine." He laughed

"Come on let's get these guys secured" he pulled two sets of handcuffs from his back pocket

"Do you always run around with handcuffs?"

"Never know when you're going to need them" he winked at her

"You get back here" he grabbed Nona's assailant by the collar; he'd been trying to escape while nursing his injuries at the same time. Once they had them secure, Eliot left an anonymous tip for Detective Bonanno down at the Boston PD and he and Nona headed back to Nate's.