[b]Chapter 12 [/b]
Syd's POV
"Mom?"
There she was, just sitting there in my living room. She looks over at me and slowly stands up. Vaughn came in behind me, oblivious to who was here.
"Hey Syd, is your father's contact here yet?" He asked as he turned to close the door behind him.
"Hello Agent Vaughn." Vaughn froze exactly where he was standing. He slowly turned around with Renee in his arms and looked straight at her.
"You…"
"No time for this now Agent Vaughn, she needs help, and that's what I'm here for. Quickly set her down on the couch."
Vaughn did as told. Irina had already set up everything she thought needed.
"Mom, is there anything we can do to help?"
"No, you've done enough. You two go and relax, I'll take it from here."
Vaughn and I went into the kitchen to prepare dinner for the four of us. "Hey Vaughn, I'm going to go to the store and get some stuff for tomorrow. Do you think I can leave you here with her without killing her?"
"Ya, I can manage that."
"Good. I'll be on my way."
"Drive safe." She said as I blew a kiss to him as I closed the front door. When I got out to my car my phone rang. It was Nadia.
"Hello?"
"Hey sis."
"Hey."
"The doctor says I can go home today, you don't mind picking me up do you?"
"No. Actually, I have a little surprise for you when we get home. Is it okay if I get you now and we go to the store, 'cause that's where I was headed."
"Sure. I'll see you in a few?"
"Ya."
I hung up the phone and headed toward the hospital.
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After waiting for Nadia to sign the release forms, we made it to the car and headed to the hospital.
"We only need a few items. We just need some side dishes."
"Okay, how bout we split up, and we can go home quicker."
"Deal."
We entered the store when my phone rang again.
"Hello."
"Hey. Renee woke up."
"That's good. Um, Nadia was released just a little bit ago. We're at the store now. I'm bringing her home. So keep them both there. I'm sure Nadia will want to see her."
"Who Renee or Irina?"
"The second one."
"Okay. See you in about twenty?"
"Sure."
"Who was that?"
"It was Vaughn. You'll understand later. Come on, I want to get out of here."
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About twenty minutes later we pulled up into my driveway. We gathered the grocery bags and headed into the house.
"We're back." I hollered. Nadia followed in behind me and saw who was sitting in the living room.
"Mom?"
"Hello sweetheart."
Nadia quickly placed the bags onto the counter and ran into our mother's arms.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were on the run?"
"You're father called me and told me that Sydney and Vaughn needed some help." She said as she gestured to the couch. Nadia looked at the sitting form on the couch. [I]Why didn't I see her before? Wait, is that…"[/I]
"Syd, is that Renee Rienne?"
"Yes it is."
I spent the next few minutes explaining to Nadia about why Renee was in our house, as well as our mother. After all the explaining we decided to catch up. Vaughn excused himself to prepare dinner for us.
"Sydney, you have such a lovely home." Renee said.
"Thank you Renee. You can stay as long as you need."
"I'm afraid that I'm going to need to stay here for a while. I don't think the people who harmed me will look for me here. And I have no where else to go."
"Feel free to stay here Renee." Vaughn hollered from the kitchen.
"Thank you Michael."
"You called him Michael." I stated. It was just a little weird 'cause everyone calls him Vaughn.
"Yeah. But don't worry. He is crazy about you." I couldn't help but blush at that statement. Vaughn must have overheard because he came over and kissed me on the cheek.
"Right I am." He said as he looked down on me on the couch. I smiled at him as he smiled back.
"Gosh, you two are just the cutest!" Nadia exclaimed.
"Thank you Nadia…I think." I said.
"Well, I'd really love to stay, but I mustn't stay long due to the fact I'm #6 on the most wanted list." Irina exclaimed.
"You're #6?" Renee asked?! "You took my spot!"
"I'm sorry. It's just that when you kill twelve CIA agents, you tend to move up the list." Vaughn looked awkward when she stated that. Knowing that his father was one of the twelve she selfishly murdered. Irina noticed. "I haven't yet apologized to you yet Vaughn, for all the pain I've caused you. I'm so sorry." Vaughn just looked her in the eye, not showing any facial expressions except for hatred. "If I could, I would bring him back to you. But unfortunately, I can't. I really am sorry. And I'm usually never sorry for anything. I hope you can forgive me somewhat, but I'll completely understand if you don't. I'm not asking for anything in return."
Vaughn continued to stare at her. "Thank you for saying that, but I'm not sure I can. But I will say thank you for helping Renee, and if I don't happen to see you for a while, thank you for bringing Sydney into my life."
Irina said nothing; she just smiled and headed to the door. "Good-bye Sydney, Nadia. Tell your father I said 'hey'."
"Bye." We both hollered back.
"Well, dinners ready for anyone who wants it." Vaughn said as he got up from the armrest he was sitting on and headed to the kitchen. Everyone followed and ate their dinner with simple conversation.