Riza walked directly to her apartment, wanting nothing more than sleep through the day and forget about her discussion with Roy. She was feeling a mix of different emotions, from anger to sadness. However, she couldn't go to sleep right away, because someone was waiting for her in front of her door. It was a tall middle aged man with dark hair and a eye patch. Riza slowed down when she saw him, reluctant about talking to him. She =knew if he came to see her in person it was a serious matter.

"Good morning, Riza" he greeted her with his hoarse voice.

She nodded and mumbled a greeting. She opened the door and looked around the hall before letting the man in. She threw her coat on her kitchen chair and took her shoes off, letting them lying around on the floor. She turned to the man who hadn't moved from the door, a small smile playing on his lips

"Is the matter serious enough that you'd need to come all this way yourself, Bradley?" she asked.

"You know very well why I'm here" he eluded.

Riza opened her mouth, but was cut off by the man.

"How are things going with Mustang?" he wondered.

She didn't answer, knowing that she couldn't give him an answer that would please him. Bradley stopped smiling. He walked up to Riza and looked that at her. She felt intimidated by his stature and took a step back without realizing it.

"If your emotions are getting in the way of our plan, I'll take care of it. There's no need to postpone this any longer" he stated.

"My emotions are not getting in the way, we had some troubles but I'm perfectly capable of accomplishing my task" Riza replied firmly.

Bradley stared at her as to test her. Riza looked confident on the outside, but her legs were actually shaking.

"Really? Then can you explain the cabaret incident? And what happened in the abandoned apartment complex?" Bradley taunted.

Once again, she didn't answer. Bradley looked at her a moment longer with a frown and taunting eyes. He then smiled and took a step back.

"You have until the next meeting. If it's not done by then, I'll take care of it myself" he added before getting out of the apartment.

Riza stood still for a few minutes, shaken by the meeting. Her feelings are even more mixed up than before and although she knows she have to act according to Bradley's will, she would rather just give up everything. She shook her head and tried to stop thinking about Bradley's words for the rest of the day and went back to sleep.

Roy was slouching in his chair in front of his desk, not really working on his case. He couldn't get his mind off Riza. He wanted more than anything to call her, but he knew he had to keep a distance between them. She didn't agree, but Roy thought it was better for both of them to finish the case as soon as possible and stop seeing each other.

Roy was still deep in his thought when a soft knock was heard on the door. Roy was surprise to see Riza opening the door. He smiled warmly at her and stood up to greet her, but she didn't smile back or look at him and just sit in front of the desk. She looked up at him while he looked at her confused. He sat back down and waited for Riza to say something.

"So, have you found anything more?" Riza asked coldly.

Roy was taken aback by her tone of voice and distant attitude, so he didn't really get what she was asking him. Riza noticed his confused look and frowned.

"The case. You did say you would still work on it" she added.

"Ah! Yes, the case, of course" Roy snapped out.

He went through the papers on his desk and collected a few of them that he handed to Riza.

"It doesn't look like much, but I found some stuff on the guys that killed Hughes back in the police files and I thought it would help us getting to their organization, or whatever it is" he explained.

Riza remained silent and read through the files. Roy waited for her to react or to say something, but she kept her distant attitude and never bothered to look at Roy. She put down the papers and stood up.

"I need to check some things on my own, if you don't mind. I'll be back tonight probably" she informed him before walking to the door.

Roy also got up and slammed his hand on the door, preventing Riza from opening it. She looked at him for the first time, shock visible on her face. He looked upset, but Riza couldn't figure out why.

"Why are you acting like this?" he asked.

"What are you talking about" she replied.

"You're acting so distant, you're not even looking at me. Why?" he accused.

Riza frowned and turned to face him, getting upset by his accusation.

"Look, you were the one to say we should keep our distance, I'm just doing what you wanted" Riza answered firmly.

"I didn't mean that we needed to act as strangers, just that we shouldn't get involved with each other any more than we already did" Roy clarified.

Riza couldn't take it anymore and she pushed Roy hard against the wall and stared straight into his eyes, her face inches from him.

"I already told you but I'll repeat myself, you are doing a big mistake. You think you have all the good reasons to push me away, but all you really do is repeating the same mistake. You are going to lose me even though I'm right here in front of you. If you thought I'd agree with you and act all friendly like nothing had happened, you're dead wrong" she spurted out.

Roy opened his mouth to reply, but was stopped by Riza kissing him roughly. The kiss didn't last long and when Riza backed away, she adverted her eyes from him.

"If you can't do that, it's better that we don't see each other ever again. I'm sorry Roy" Riza whispered before leaving, never looking back at Roy.

Roy stayed in the doorframe, cursing himself for what happened between her and Riza. If he hadn't drink that night, he would never have seduced Riza and none of this would've happen. However, he was set on closing up this case, so he decided to investigate even without Riza. He made her a promise and he was determined to carry it out.