Chapter 3: Conversation
Luckily for Anderson and Donovan, neither of them were present when Hayden finished packing what she needed from her desk. Lestrade offered to drive her back to Baker Street but once they were outside Mycroft was already waiting for her. She and Lestrade parted ways once he'd put the box of her stuff in the trunk of Mycroft's vehicle.
"Yo," Hayden greeted once she was settled in the vehicle, "do you have the phones at SY tapped or something?"
"And if I did?" Mycroft asked, raising an eyebrow at her, "what would you do?"
"Nothing," Hayden answered after a moment, "It's likely going to save my life one day."
Mycroft hummed in agreement and the two sat in comfortable silence. Hayden pulled out her phone to cancel her plans for the evening with Molly Hooper before putting it back in its pocket on her chair and staring out the window.
"You're quiet," Mycroft noted after a few minutes.
"Am I not allowed to think?" Hayden snapped unintentionally, she paused for a moment before sighing, knowing he didn't deserve it, "sorry."
"I can get your job back for you," Mycroft offered after waving away Hayden's apology.
"I've not lost it yet," Hayden reminded," I'm not going to lose it since I've done nothing wrong."
"Then you want to go on leave?" Mycroft asked.
"If they don't get embarrassed by this now then they'll keep trying to get me out."
Mycroft hummed before looking down at his phone, "would you like to see Marion today?"
"Please," Hayden said before looking out her window."