I sigh as I make my way back to the house to find Richard holding Meredith in his arms as the blonde gently strokes her back. "Mer, this is why we feel it is important for Derek to be here. Yes you may have to change a few things but isn't it worth it for you to be here in the long run." Richard says in her ear. Meredith is shaking in his arms.
I lifted Meredith into my arms. "We should get inside the house. The person is gone, for now but that doesn't mean they won't come back." I said walking into the house.
"I thought they were kidding. But if you hadn't been here." She stopped tightening her hold on my neck, then eases back to look in my eyes. "Thank you so much." She says leaning her head on my shoulder as I set her down on a chair, refusing to let go me. She tipped her head back to look in my eyes; her eyes were full of unshed tears. "No don't go. Please stay with me, protect me, save me." I cannot look away from her, her eyes captivating me.
Before I realize what is going on her lips crash into mine. She started to deepen the kiss, but I pulled away from her. "Meredith, I can't. If you want me to stay here with you I can't do this. I can't have distractions. I can't be thinking about that while trying to protect you. It doesn't work. I have to concentrate on the job I am here to do." I say turning my head away from her to walk over by the window.
"So how do we do this?" Meredith asks looking at me as I stand across the room from her with my arms crossed protectively across my chest.
"I need to have a record of the staff and family members that live here. No exceptions. Any one that has access to the house will have to be checked for any unusual payments or withdrawals in there accounts and if they refuse to give me access to those things they will be fired immediately. I will need to have the final say in all hiring and firing of employees. They take there orders from me not you. I get final say over what you do and where you go. If you violate any of these rules I will be gone and you will be on your own." I said shaking my head that I got involved in this mess.
"I will have Izzie get you the information you need immediately." Meredith says looking at him and shaking her head in agreement.
"Who is Izzie?" I ask walking over to the chair she is sitting in.
"Izzie is my sister and my personal assistant." Meredith says looking back down at the ground. "I am sure you noticed her at the pool. Everyone notices Izzie, why should you be any different." Meredith grumbled under her breath as I rolled my eyes.
"Well I am going to need more help and I am going to have to make improvements on the property. I gave your staff 3 different names and they just lead me straight to you. No one here has any idea about security or how to provide it." I said looking out the window scanning over the brush. "I can't protect you properly here. You can bring your sister but other than that no one can come with us or know where we are. I would like to hire Christina Yang to supervise the things I want to fix around the house. She knows how to make any place secure. She knows how because she can break in anywhere. She can see weaknesses better than anyone in the business. She will know how to keep this place as secure as possible. I also would like to hire someone to help me while Christina is working to make this place safe. I will get him over here as soon as possible to help until I can move you safely. I know my words seem direct and to the point but I have no time for bullshit. If you want to live you will agree."
"Ok, what ever you need to do." Meredith says looking down. "Who were you looking to hire?"
"His name is Owen Hunt." I say as I look over at her as she looks down the light shining in from the window hit her at just the right angle. She looks so beautiful, so vulnerable with her glowing hair surrounding her face. It took all of my strength not to rush over and take her in my arms. No matter how much I wanted to I couldn't. I couldn't confuse my work with what I wanted. It was my job to protect those in need. My need to have her didn't matter. I sighed and looked away walking back over to the window.
"I need to know about any enemies or threats or letters." I said continuing looking out the window.
"I don't have any." She said walking over to the window standing next to me.
"No don't stand here." I said. Her skin was warm under my hands as I guided her way from the window. "There is a threat out there and your home offers no defenses to protect you." My hands are still on her arms, I instantly regret looking down at her, dropping my hands slowly and taking a step back.