I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Olivia's Birthday!
Leslie's Point of View-
I stood outside my daughters school keeping an eye open for anyone that was suspicious. All day today I have been always looking over my shoulder afraid that any minute I will get caught by the FBI, it's only matter of time for Peter to put two and two together. I was afraid that they will get me before I was able to get out of the city. I haven't begun to think about Neal, I didn't know how to tell him that I know he is an FBI agent. He will probably ask how I know that him and Peter are with the FBI. If he is with the FBI, why hasn't he turned me in yet for my criminal activities? I was thinking to myself while keeping an eye open for people that were out of the ordinary until I saw my daughter running down the stairs up to me smiling wearing the tiara still.
"How was your birthday?" I asked.
"We made a cake in class and they sung me happy birthday..." Olivia said as I picked her up carrying her as she told me about her day as we walked to my work. I set her down in a seat at the bar before I walked around pulling on the pink apron to do my last shift at this restaurant.
"Well, if it isn't the birthday girl." Melanie said walking up carrying a cupcake with a candle in it.
"You made that for me?" Olivia asked excitedly
"The cook and I made it for the birthday girl, make a wish..." Melanie said lighting the candle that was in the cupcake, Olivia thought for a moment before she blew the candle out.
"What'd you wish for?" I asked.
"If I tell you, then it won't come true." Olivia said.
"Your very wise." Melanie said. I went to work trying to put this whole situation in the back of my mind but everytime the door opened I got scared that it was a cop or an agent coming to arrest me. The door opened, I looked up from the reciept I was just putting up seeing Neal walking in with a big smile. I stiffened up not knowing what to say nor do, and wasn't sure if I wanted to talk to him because I know he must have been lying to me this whole time.
"Hey sweetie." Neal said walking over to the counter, he went to lean over to kiss me.
"Not at work, I got customers." I said walking away to take care of a table, Neal sat beside Olivia, I was trying not to show that I was worried or give off any vibes that something was wrong. I tried to not let my emotions show so I tried to ignore Neal as much as I could until my shift ended.
"Are you okay? It felt as if you have been ignoring me all night..." Neal said as he held Olivia in his grip and holding my hand.
"Yeah...fine." I lied pushing a strand of hair behind my ear as he walked me home, we talked about Olivia's birthday and other things, for once I didn't think about the FBI or having to leave tomorrow after Olivia got out of school. Neal laid Olivia down in the bed before we went out into the hallway to not wake her.
"Good night Leslie, you up for a date tomorrow? I was thinking, me and you alone..." He said as his hand ran through my hair.
"We'll see...what about Olivia?" I asked.
"I'm sure June won't mind watching her for one night." Neal said.
"We'll see." I said as he smiled, we met in the middle for a kiss that was the most passionate of yet, I knew that I would miss those kisses. I watched Neal walking to the stairs for the last time, I went back into the room finding my way around the dark room pulling out the bus map and times trying to find where we could go not finding the perfect place to go. I put the map up before I laid down cuddling with my daughter for the last time in this apartment. The next morning, I woke up earlier making pancakes for the first time ever at this apartment before I woke Olivia up.
"You made pancakes? You never make pancakes." Olivia said.
"Well, I have something I need to tell you." I said as I set the plate with a pancake down on the table in front of Olivia.
"Are we moving again?" Olivia asked sadden.
"Yes, how'd you know?" I asked.
"Everytime we have to move, you always make me pancakes...why do we have to move mom? I am almost done with kindergarten, you and Neal like each other, you work, what is wrong here?" Olivia asked.
"This isn't where we are supposed to be...we need to leave before something bad happens." I said.
"Like what mommy?" Olivia asked.
"I'm too afraid to even think about it Olivia, just eat your pancakes and I promise this is the last time until you graduate." I said hoping that I could keep that promise for good this time. Olivia ate her pancakes in a sad manner, she didn't even eat all the pancake before she slowly got dressed and didn't want to go to school. I walked with her to school, I went with her into the school and I went to the office telling them that Olivia and I were to be moving, they gave me her kindergarten certificate saying that she had finished and graduated since she only had three months left and won't miss much. I walked out of the school holding that in my hand proudly, I was a proud parent that my daughter just pretty much graduated kindergarten, one step closer to her official graduation day. I walked home going up to my apartment packing up as much as I could and all the most important things including my dad's case file before I did trips to the dumpster throwing away the things I couldn't carry with me on our move which took me long enough to where it was time to go get Olivia. I put the two duffel bags over my shoulder going down the four flights of stairs going to the front desk turning in my keys and signing all the paperwork I needed to before I left the building for the last time. I walked to my daughters school where Olivia slowly walked down the stairs and up to me.
"May we go say good-bye to Neal mom?" Olivia asked, I looked down at her seeing that she has been crying today, I knew that she had her attachment issues and I also feel that Neal would need a good-bye rather than hearing from the apartment manager that I moved or worry about me from just getting up and leaving without telling anyone, especially since I haven't told anyone.
"Yes, we can go say good-bye to Neal." I said knowing this was going to be rough, we walked to Neal's house being let in by June.
"Hey guys, Neal's not home yet but your welcome to come in and wait for him, I'll go make us some tea." June said as she shut the door behind us.
"I have to use the bathroom." Olivia said.
"Alright..." I said as I led her upstairs to Neal's loft where Olivia took her backpack off going into the bathroom, I pulled off the two duffel bags looking around Neal's apartment seeing the filmstrip of us three from one of our dates. I heard a knock at the door, I turned around expecting to see June only to see Peter standing in the doorway.
"Peter..." I said shocked backing up some knowing that this was the moment.
Peter's Point of View-
After Neal left with Leslie and her daughter, I took another swig of my beer trying to think where I have seen her before.
"I know her...I don't know how, but I know her." I said.
"Peter, you see a lot of people everyday with your job, you have probably seen her while doing one of your cases...she does work at a restaurant, maybe you went by her restaurant..." Elizabeth said putting a cover over the cake before putting it in the fridge.
"I don't go to restaurants while on shift and none of my cases have involved a restaurant..." I said.
"It'll come to you, don't think about it too hard..." Elizabeth said kissing my cheek before she walked out of the kitchen and upstairs. Rest of the night, I kept trying to put my finger on where I have seen her but I think Elizabeth was onto something, maybe I have seen her during one of my cases, but which case? When I got to work the next morning, I pulled up all my cases on my computer going through each one individually and none of them had anyone named Leslie in it nor did any of the people look like her.
"Hey boss, here are rest of the files you have asked for." Diana said carrying in a box filled with files setting it on my desk.
"Thanks Diana." I said as I begun to shuffle through them.
"Do you need any help boss?" Diana asked.
"No thanks, I got it." I said as she nodded walking out of the room, I lost track of time because by the time I got half way through the box I leant back in my chair and out of the corner of my eye I noticed how dark it already was outside. "What time is it?" I asked checking my watch seeing that I had missed dinner. "Crap..." I said calling Elizabeth.
"Your late." Elizabeth said.
"I know, and I'm sorry." I said.
"Are you on the way home?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah, I'm packing up right now..." I said as I begun tossing the files into the box putting the top on it before shutting the light off walking out of the office with it.
"Alright, I'll re-heat dinner." Elizabeth said.
"Okay, love you." I said.
"Love you too." Elizabeth said as I hung up my phone leaving the office heading home, when I got there I carried the box of files into the house. "You look overloaded with work." Elizabeth said setting the plates down on the table. I set the box onto the coffee table for me to look over after we ate.
"Sort of, when you said that I may have seen Leslie while working one of my cases so I am going over each one of my cases to see if anything jogs my memory." I said as I sat down across from my wife.
"Anything yet?" Elizabeth asked.
"Not yet...you know how many cases I worked?"
"Too many." Elizabeth said smiling, "Would you like some help?" Elizabeth asked.
"Nah, thanks though..." I said as we ate dinner discussing our work days until we finished dinner, I got up going to the couch pulling out the files I already looked through than begun looking over the files when I reached to the last two files in the box and my 3rd beer.
"Sweetie, are you coming to bed?" Elizabeth asked from the stairs, I looked over seeing her half asleep and I checked my watch seeng it was midnight.
"Yeah, these last two can wait until morning..." I said standing up and joining my wife in bed sleeping 6 hours until we got up to start our day over again. I sat at the dining room table eating my bowl of cereal and drinking my coffee as I looked over the last two case files, the last one was still an open case.
"What case is that?" Elizabeth asked sipping at her coffee.
"Keller's..." I said.
"I thought you were still working on that one." Elizabeth said.
"It's still an open case...did you know he has a daughter?" I asked now reading the amount of dependents he had and who it was.
"He does? How old?" Elizabeth asked as intrigued as I am.
"I don't know, but its a she named Sarah Keller..." I said.
"Does that name sound familiar?" Elizabeth asked.
"I don't know, I think I will have to do further investigating on her." I said.
"It's a lead...what about all the other cases?" Elizabeth asked looking over to the box.
"All the other cases are too recent, and all their children are too young to be Leslie." I said looking over to the box of cases as well.
"Well, have fun at work sweetie, I have an early appointment today." Elizabeth said standing up leaning over kissing me on the lips before she headed out of the house and I wasn't that far behind her heading back to the headquarters. I headed up to my office typing the name Sarah Keller into our database, it didn't take long for the profile to pop up and she had a history herself of crimes she had commited along with crimes that she is supposed to be charged with but hasn't been found yet. I went to her mug shot instantly seeing Leslie's face staring back at me.
"I knew I knew her..." I said snapping my fingers, I looked out not seeing Neal and I smiled as I got up heading out of the office heading to the apartment building that I assumed she was to be living at being let in by the apartment manager. "Have you seen her?" I asked holding up her mug shot.
"She just left like an half hour ago...she had her belongings with her." He stated.
"Did she say where she was going?" I asked.
"No sir." He said as I nodded heading back out knowing she must be heading to the school then possibly Neals so I just went straight to Neal's place. I knocked on the front door, June opened the door.
"Hey Peter, Neal's not here..." June said.
"Is Leslie here?" I asked.
"Yeah, she's upstairs, I was just making us tea." June said.
"Okay, thanks..." I said stepping into her house and up the stairs going to Neal's loft seeing Leslie standing there looking at a filmstrip of photos on the fridge. I lightly knocked on the door, she turned around to see me and she backed up a step shocked.
"Peter..." She said.
"Hi Sarah..." I said smiling.
"You figured it out..." She said.
"I'm smart, I was smart enough to catch Neal, I can catch anyone."
"Catch Neal?" Sarah asked even more shocked.
"You didn't know that he was a criminal only working with me with a tracking anklet?" I said.
"No..." She said as I could tell she was upset and shocked.
"Sarah, I hate doing this but your under the arrest for embezzling $1 billion out of the United States." I said walking up to her, she turned around willingly letting me handcuff her, I begun to recite her Maranda Rights. "Whatever you will say can and will be held against you, do you have anything you would like to say?" I asked.
"Moo!" She said loudly.
"Moo?" I asked confused.
"Moo!" She said as I dragged her out of Neal's loft and out of June's house passing June.
"Peter, what are you doing? Where are you taking her?" June asked.
"June, it's fine. Tell Neal moo." Sarah said walking passed her.
"Peter, wait until Neal finds out." June said mad and upset.