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I've been writing a lot lately, so here's another chapter. Let me know if you still like it : )

He woke up thankful it was Saturday, they didn't have to go to work and he wouldn't mind spending the day in bed with her. But he could tell that she had other plans.

"Where are you going?" he asked as she tried to get away from his grip.

"I have a busy day" she smiled at him and got out of the bed "I'm going to have breakfast and take Frannie for a walk and then…I have to be somewhere"

She was getting dressed so he did the same and followed her to the kitchen.

"You've got a meeting?" he asked.

"Not today, want some coffee?" he shook his head and watched her make one cup. She let it cool down and opened the fridge "you can choose between one piece of cheese that's been here for a while" she smiled at him "I also have some tomatoes and some leftovers, looks like Chinese"

"It sounds too good, I just can't choose" he laughed.

"I was planning to go to the store yesterday, but I got distracted by this handsome guy" she gave him a serious look.

"I'm sorry to hear that, I hope I didn't scare him away"

Amanda took a sip of the coffee and looked at him "can we just catch a ride to your place?"

"Sure" he said, didn't she say she had somewhere to be?

"It's just closer to this thing" she said, she could see what he was thinking.

"No problem" he smiled.

They walked with Frannie for a little while and he drove them to his place. He offered her to go in and eat something but she refused. He kissed her in the car and she got out.

She walked to the motel. Once in a while she looked around but it didn't look like she was being followed. When she got there she started having second thoughts. He's probably already gone. Why would he stay if he lied to her?

She still knocked on the door and he opened.

"Amanda" he said and moved so she could come in, he could see she was surprised to see him, but he knew she had every right to doubt him.

"I had a visit from Deputy Marshal Hawkins yesterday" she informed him "you know him?"

"He's the one who told me Carl Jeffries had died"

"So you think he's the one who lied to you?" she asked but didn't give him chance to answer "because he told me that they need to question you, that you are a person of interest in an investigation"

"Can I ask what you told him?"

"Well I…" she looked down for a moment.

"I understand Mandy, I'd probably do the same…I guess I should…"

"What? I told him that the last time we've seen each other was when I was nine"

"You did?" he was surprised.

"Don't ask me why, I don't know why I did it"

"I really appreciate it"

They were silent for what seemed like a long time.

"Are you going to leave?" she finally spoke.

"I don't know" he shrugged "I don't have anywhere else to go, and I don't really know what's going on"

"There's no one who can help you?"

"Not really, I have friends who I've met when I was in WITSEC, but I can't ask them for help with this"

"Just friends?" she wondered.

"Yes" he knew what she was asking "you don't have any other brothers or sisters that I know of" he looked at her hands, no ring.

"Do I have any grandchildren?"

"Not that I know of" he smiled at her answer

"Just Frannie then?" It was Amanda's turn to smile, she looked at the dog who seemed to like the hotel bed.

"You have cash?"

"Not too much" he said.

"You know you can't use your credit card, right?"

"I still have it in case of an emergency but…"

"If you use it they will track you down" he nodded.

Looking at him now she remembered some good times. They had those too, and before he left she felt loved by him. What was she supposed to do?

"Stay here for now, I'll try to figure something out"

"Amanda…"

"It's ok" she ran her fingers through her hair "I'll give you my number, if something looks wrong just leave and call me from somewhere" she wrote her phone number on a piece of paper.

"I'll be back when I have something" she called Frannie "be careful" she said when she was right by the door.

"Thank you Amanda"

Amanda walked back to Nick's place. She didn't feel at ease. So she decided to help her father, it doesn't mean she forgives him or even that she believes him. Only that she's not sure who to believe. But she would try to figure things out.

"Come on in" Nick was happy and surprised to see her "changed your mind about breakfast?"

"Maybe" she smiled, she didn't really want to get Nick involved in this but maybe he could help her with something.

"Is a sandwich ok?" he asked.

"Sure" she answered and followed him to the kitchen.

"So, I…eh….wanted to ask you something"

"Ok" he was cutting something and glanced at her for a moment, she sounded nervous.

"Are you still in contact with someone from narcotics? Someone who does undercover work?"

He stopped what he was doing and turned around "I may know some people" this did not make him less worried about whatever she didn't tell him, and what she said next didn't help at all.

"They probably have like a safe house or something where someone can stay for a while, right?"

She was biting her lip now.

He looked like he was about to say something, but he just turned around and continued working on that sandwich.

She waited for him to speak. But he didn't say a word until he was done. He gave her the plate and she smiled at him. He looked at her for a while so she took a bite to please him.

"Amanda" he said while she was chewing "I can ask but, I need to know what's going on" she swallowed and looked at him.

"It's a messed up situation" she replied.

"Well, if I get dragged in to a messy situation I want to know what it is"

"I'm not dragging you into anything" she said.

"Maybe a little" she looked back at the plate when he said these words.

"You're right, you deserve to know. But do you have someone you can call? Someone you can trust?" Nick nodded, he did know someone.

"The man who was in the precinct that day, that's my dad" she took another bite of the sandwich while Nick's eyes widened.

"Your dad?" he asked and she nodded. He watched her swallowing the last bite and waited for an explanation.

"To make a long story short, turns out he left for witness protection when I was a kid, and they told him the man he testified against had died. But he found out he's not dead and now he's on the run"

"And the guy in the suite?"

"That's the Marshal who told him the other guy is dead. The sandwich was good, thanks" she smiled at him.

There were many questions he wanted to ask her, but he couldn't speak.

"I was hoping you could make that call now" she said.

"I'll see what I can do"

Nick walked into his bedroom and dialed a number. It was an old friend from narcotics. He knew he could trust him. But he wondered whether Amanda should trust her father. This was a messed up situation, like she told him, but he wasn't going to let her deal with it alone.

After talking to his friend he came back to the kitchen, Amanda was still sitting there, she was staring at the empty plate and the way she looked made him smile.

"Want another one?" he asked as he took the plate and placed it in the sink. She shook her head "he's on his way" he said and walked back to her and gave her a light kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you" she looked into his eyes, she could see he was worried.

"Amanda" his voice matched the look on his face. He took her hand and lightly squeezed it.

"I know" she knew what he was about to say "I'll be careful, I just need some time to find out what's going on"

"Well I'm here, ok?"

She smiled at him and stood up so she could kiss him. The made out for a while until a knock on the door forced them apart.

"Nicholas Amaro" the man at the door had a huge smile, he gave Nick a friendly hug and entered the house.

"Tom, thanks for coming"

"Sure thing man, glad you still think I'm useful for something"

"Oh, come on"

"Just kidding, I'm happy to help, where's your friend?' he asked.

Amanda joined them in the living room.

"Tom, this is detective Amanda Rollins, we work together" he said, trying to make it look like that's the only thing they were doing together. From the look in Tom's eyes he could see he guessed that's not true, but he wasn't really upset about it.

"Very nice to meet you" Tom shook Amanda's hand "so you guys need a safe house" he said.

"Just for a few days" Amanda nodded.

"Listen, I don't mind helping you out" he looked at Nick, they've been through a lot together and they trusted each other "I'm not going to ask what's going on, just keep it clean" he smiled and took out a key and a paper with the address. He handed it to Amanda "you've got a week, then I need it back"

"No problem" Nick said "maybe we should go catch a game sometime?"

"Sure, I'll give you a call" Tom said and made his way to the door, Nick walked after him.

"Thanks again Tom"

"No problem, it's really romantic, that you're helping her out" Nick chuckled and closed the door behind him.

When he turned around he saw that Amanda was ready to leave "want me go to with you?" he asked, he wanted her to say yes but knew better.

"It's okay, can I leave Frannie here for a while?"

"Sure" he smiled "want to borrow my car?" she nodded.

He gave her the keys and kissed her for a long time, he didn't want to let her go. She pulled away first and smiled at him "I'll be back soon" she gave him another kiss and walked out.

Nick looked at Frannie who was lying on the floor. He sat down next to her "Frannie, what are we going to do to keep your mom safe?" he asked her. She just stared back at him.