"Damn it, Sarah." Mike muttered as he hung up his phone and threw it on the kitchen counter; he looked up at the ceiling and took a deep breath, hoping to God that she would call him back.
Ryan cautiously walked into the kitchen, his hands in his pockets as he looked at Mike who finally looked over at him "What?" he asked.
"I got Grace to go down for a nap, did you get in touch with Sarah yet?" Ryan asked.
Mike shook his head "No. She just lets it go to voicemail." He muttered.
"Look, Mike, I'm really sorry about all of this." Ryan said.
"No, you were just looking out for me…" he said, crossing his arms as he stared at Ryan for a moment "But you've got to cut Sarah some slack, I know that when you look at her you see the Joe Carroll follower in the back seat of a cop car; but what I see if Graces' mom and the Sarah I fell in love with before it came out she was a follower." He explained to Ryan.
Ryan nodded "I completely understand."
"Do you, Ryan? Do you really?" Mike asked, walking towards Ryan "Are you willing to honestly give Sarah the chance she deserves?" he asked Ryan.
Ryan sighed, he knew Mike had a point; and he was willing to admit that he was a stubborn old man at that point when he slowly nodded "Fine. Okay." Ryan said.
Mike nodded "Okay then, I'm gonna try and call Sarah again." He said before turning back to his phone to pick it up and call Sarah again.
Sarah walked through the mall, the only sanctuary that she had as she started to sort her thoughts when her cell phone began to buzz in her purse again.
She grumbled, cursing to Mike silently as she growingly began to get tired of her cell phone buzzing and her ring tone coming out through her bag when she finally stopped in her place and began to dig for her phone.
It was in her hands, but she couldn't bring herself to answer the thirteenth phone call from Mike in a short thirty minute period.
Sarah turned to see the two agents a few feet away from her, she sighed as she walked up towards the agents slowly "…why does he keep calling?" she asked the both of them.
The agents turned to each before one took a step towards her "Ms. Greene, we suggest that you go home. Immediately." He told her.
Sarah nodded "Okay, I trust you guys. Lets go." She said, pushing past them and walking towards the exit of the mall.
Mike gave up on calling Sarah as he sat on the couch, drinking a beer; Ryan walked into the living room and cocked an eye brow at him.
"What the hell are you doing? It's barely noon!" Ryan remarked.
Mike shrugged "…I've given up." He said, taking a sip of his beer.
"What about the case? Finding Emma and Joe?" Ryan said, grabbing the beer out of his hands.
Mike huffed, getting up off the couch and following Ryan into the kitchen where he poured the beer down the sink and throwing the bottle away.
"Ryan, seriously!?" he asked.
Ryan nodded "Yep, because you're supposed to be working right now, but you're sitting around moping that your baby mama doesn't love you back."
Mike narrowed his eyes "…I am working! I'm just waiting to get confirmation on whether or not Joe is in a 5 mile radius of this house. Plus, I'm waiting to hear back from the two agents that followed Sarah to God knows where." He said.
Ryan was about to open his mouth when the door opened and closed, they both turned to see Sarah walk back into the house sheepishly.
"Ryan, can you give Mike and I a minute?" Sarah asked, putting her purse down.
Ryan raised an eye brow at Mike "Yeah, sure, I've got to check on Grace anymore." He said before walking out of the kitchen.
Sarah cleared her throat "Why didn't you tell me that Joe Carroll was in Virginia?" she asked.
Mike shrugged "I wasn't really thinking clearly…I was too busy trying to make sure you and Grace were safe."
Sarah nodded "Okay. So now what? You go back to Alexandria and keep doing your trying to find Emma Hill, or are you back here trying to find Joe Carroll?" she asked.
"Both, I guess." He said before his cell phone began to vibrate in his pocket.
Mike jumped, grabbing his phone to see that Donovan was calling him; Sarah smiled as she nodded at him "Take it, please." She said, walking out of the kitchen.
"This is Weston," Mike answered.
Donovan huffed "Has anybody located Carroll yet?" he asked.
Mike shook his head "No, sir, not yet. We're still looking."
"And is Ms. Greene and Ms. Weston alright?" Donovan asked.
Mike nodded to himself "Yes, they're both alright and accounted for." He said.
They were both silent before Mike cleared his throat "But we're certain that Carroll is still in town, so I will keep you updated." He said.
"Weston, you better have something for me in the next 12 hours or you are suspended without pay for 3 weeks!" Donovan remarked harshly.
Mike swallowed hard "Yes, sir." He said.
Donovan didn't say anything else before he hung up his phone, Mike took a breath as he put his phone back in his pocket and walked into the backyard.
Mike looked around the yard, watching leaves fall off the tree as the wind blew; Mike looked up at the trees when he saw someone walk away from the upstairs window in the house behind him.
The young agent pulled his phone out and called his second man, hoping he would pick up the phone "This is Rodgers," the agent answered.
"Hey, where are you guys on the door to door search?" Mike asked.
Agent Rodgers cleared his throat "We started on the outer blocks and we're working our way in, why?" he asked.
"Can you get somebody to check the house behind mine? Something just doesn't feel right." Mike suggested.
"Yeah, I'll get Petoskey right on it." Agent Rodgers said.
"Thanks, man." Mike said before hanging up the phone.
Mike sighed as he looked up at the house one more time before walking back inside his own home to check on Grace.