Cammie POV

I woke up in a bedroom. The sunset rays were streaming through the little window. There was a bed, a chest of drawers and a desk. It looked like no one had slept in here...ever. I walked over to the door, it opened. I heard someone humming along to the radio. I grabbed a vase from a nearby table stand. It was the first thing I found, don't judge me. I walked hesitantly along the corridor thinking about possible exits. There weren't any. I peered around the corner and saw the person from the diner with his back to me washing dishes. I crept forward slightly, the floorboard under me creaked slightly. I froze. He stopped humming but continued to do the dishes.

'It's good to see you up and about Cameron. Could you put the vase down?' He says not looking at me, I placed the vase on the table.

'Where am I?' I asked

'My home. Where is home to you Cameron?' He continued to do the dishes. I remained silent. Gallagher was home, Nebraska was home, Rome was home for a while, Joe's cabin was home for a while, my apartment with Zach was home. But none were permanent. It's as if no one wanted me to be safe, no one wanted me to be happy. I thought I'd answer the best way possible

'The concept of home died with my father' I retorted, he spun round and looked at me, studying me.

'You have your father's fiery spirit, that's for sure' He dried his hands on a towel.

'Were you part of the Limoncello mission?' I asked. He stopped drying his hands momentarily but continued.

'I was part of many missions Cameron' He avoided my question, he made an error. I saw a weakness.

'Tell me about the Limoncello mission. You gave me your word that I'd have answers'

'Indeed I did. The Limoncello mission was the mission that Catherine and I realised that the CIA were hiding things from us, and that the circle opened door for her, I found a...different path'

'What path?'

'Becoming a private assassin' He stared into my eyes. 'Like your friend Leo' He then smiled.

'You hired Catherine. Did you hire Leo as well?'

'I suggested that he gets you to fall in love with him, you were stubborn and didn't take the bait. Then he said that he actually cared about you as a friend and couldn't hurt you. So I suggested that Catherine killed him.'

'Leo's dead because of you' I whispered. I could hear my heartbeat in my ears.

'Take that as a warning. If you don't co-operate, you'll end up like Leo and your father' I started to back away from him.

'Who are you?' I whispered. He stood at the sink, crossed his arms and stared at me.

'Le fantôme'

'You're the Ghost?' I asked, he chuckled

'So you've heard about me'

'You're the world's most wanted assassin, you've helped take down the good guys as well as the bad guys. You're meant to be the best at everything. You're supposed to be a myth.'

'And here I am' He held his arms wide as if he was proud.

'You are not Le fantôme' I said defiant. His jaw set. His eyes had a sparkle of fear in them

'What makes you say that?'

'Le fantôme is the best at everything. He is the best shooter it the world. You hire other people to do your work for you. Le fantôme is the best pavement artist in the world. And you aren't a pavement artist.'

'I'm impressed by your theory' He crossed his arms. 'But you're wrong'

'Why hire Catherine?' I asked

'When she sets her sight on a target, she does everything and anything to get it. She is also very weak, she believed the disk would give her closure, so she wanted it. You knew where it was, so she needed you. Her past encounters with you were just an added bonus.'

'It doesn't explain why you allowed her to torture me'

'Catherine can get carried away. I did try and stop her.'

'But you didn't try hard enough.' I thought for a moment 'What was that phone call at the diner?'

'I was playing a game with you. I was on the phone to someone else, Catherine had no idea'

'Male or female?' I asked. I assumed because he said Catherine at the diner, that she was responding, what if she wasn't?

'Male' He said smiling as if we were playing a game

'Hasker?' I asked. The smile on his face dropped and was replaced with a thin blank expression.

'Why would you say that?'

'I don't trust the CIA. I never trusted him, and when you told me to run, you must have known the SWAT team were close by. The person that ordered that mission was Hasker.' I shrugged my shoulders 'I connected the dots.' Now I was smiling at his blank expression 'I guess that he was another member on the Limoncello mission?'

'Well done miss Morgan. Now what do you plan to do now?' He asked. I dropped my smile, he was right. I was in his house, God knows where and alone.

'Why am I here?' I ask

'For answers. Nothing more, nothing less. So sit.' He gestured to the high seat at the end of the breakfast bar. I did what I was told. 'What do you want to know?' He asked leaning against the sink.

'What was the Limoncello mission?'

'We were a group of operatives tasked to take down a new mafia group that was causing trouble in Rome. The information the CIA gave us was wrong, we were ambushed. I'm grateful that Matthew thought fast and saved our skins. When we were clear, Catherine was balistic, she thought the CIA had issued this attack. Hasker defended the agency. As you can imagine, the team was divided. One night, about 7 months into the mission, Catherine had got inside the group and gained their trust. There she learnt more about the circle. And she changed. When she came out again, she tried to kill us. She believed that the CIA hired us to kill her. Matthew tried to be the voice of reason, but it caused more problems. Me and Matt came back from a routine perimeter check, Hasker and Catherine had guns pointed at each other. Once we disarmed the situation, Catherine ran and I followed. We talked. She...convinced me about the CIA and the circle.' He turned his back on me and started out the window. 'Me and Catherine decided to run and leave the team. But Matthew was stupid to follow us. He wanted to help me in my situation, but I knew that it would cause trouble. I managed to get to Spain without a tail. When I contacted Catherine, she had captured Matthew, I guess she killed him'

'What happened to the rest of the mission?'

'We never found the head of the mafia. According to Hasker, Matthew found their name and hid it in the disk. Catherine was obsessed with it. She wanted to thank whoever ran the mafia for clearing her mind. Matthew died protecting the name.'

'Why do you want the disk?' He tensed up. 'Or should I say who are you trying to find?' He spun round with a shocked expression.

'What makes yo-'

'Catherine said to me she needed to find someone. I worked out, she meant her employer needed to find someone. You said you needed it for a different reason. I connected the dots. Who is she?'

'My daughter' His expression softened

'She was a gallagher girl?' I whispered

'If she is mine, she should be around your age.'

'So you think that I might know her? You want my help to find her?' His eyes widened

'Would you?' He asked. I took a deep breath and looked out the window.

'I need to contact my family first'

'Cameron, it's dangerous' He said

'You're going to be a dead man walking if you don't let me contact them' I pleaded.

'Use a burner phone and make it quick' He went to a cupboard and tossed a phone to me. I caught it and dialled the only person I could think of.

Hello

Hey mom

Cammie! Sweetheart where are you?

I'm safe. That's all you need to know.

Are you hurt?

A little ear ache, but I'm good.

Cammie, don't do anything stupid

I think that's a couple of years too late mom. I put the phone down. I knew if I didn't, this person in front of me would. I looked him in the eye.

'What's your name?'

'Eric' He said

'Okay Eric, if I'm going to help you, you need to let me do it my way.'

'So you will help me?' He smiled

'I can't promise that if we find somebody, that they will be your daughter. But you have my word that I'll try my best' I said.

'Thank you Cameron' I nodded and looked out the window again. Was I crazy? Yes. Will everyone hate me? Most likely. Am I doing this to survive? Yes. Am I going to hurt the people I care about most in the world, and the sisterhood that's gone back generations? I hope not.

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