Mike sat at the kitchen table, waiting to hear back from Rodgers as he sent a few agents to the house behind his after Mike saw a glimpse of a shadow walking away from the window.

Sarah gently walked in, lacing her fingers together as she slowly approached Mike "Are you hungry?" she asked him.

"No." he said softly, beginning to look through the window at the backyard, wondering what was going on, and waiting to get a call back from Rodgers.

Sarah nodded, backing away slowly before turning around to leave the kitchen when Mike turned to her "Sarah?"

She hummed, turning back to him; Mike wasn't sure what to say, he honestly didn't have anything to say he just didn't want her to leave.

Mike stood up from his chair "We should talk." He muttered to her.

Sarah sighed heavily, she didn't want to talk, and in all honesty she didn't want to be in his way as he slowly approached her "Talk about what?"

"What I said earlier, I-"

Sarah cut him off "Mike, now is not the time to talk about this." She told him.

Mike huffed "It's a perfect time to talk about it." He insisted.

Sarah shook her head at him "Michael, I don't want to talk about it, okay? Just let it go." She said, walking out of the kitchen and leaving Mike alone once again.

Mike followed Sarah as she walked through the living room to get to the other flight of stairs, he grabbed her arm and forced her to face him "Listen to me!" he hissed, looking her square in the eyes "I love you, you and Grace are all that matter to me in this shitty existence. I want to be with you and maybe, at some point, I want to marry you!" he confessed it all.

Sarah stood there, her brown eyes glaring at him as she shook her head again "Mike, we can't be together…and I'm not saying it because I don't love you, I do…it just wouldn't be right." She said, gently taking her arm back.

"Sarah!" Mike said.

Sarah shook her head again as she climbed up the stairs, getting away from Mike and rushing her way to her room; he knew he would risk waking Grace up from her nap chasing her down again.

Mike was stunted yet again, he could feel his heart break again; he never thought the same woman could ruin him twice.

As he basked in his defeat and heartache, the front door shot open and several agents walked inside "Mike," Agent Rodgers called out, approaching Mike swiftly.

"You were right, the couple who lived behind you…they've been dead for a few days now. We checked the back bedrooms' window that faces your backyard and we found a pair of binoculars and a notebook."

Mike looked at his fellow agent in shock "Whoever it is, they've been watching you!" Rodgers continued, stating the obvious.

The young agent nodded "Wanna bet it's Carroll?" Mike asked Rodgers.

Rodgers sighed "I called Donovan, he's sending an even bigger team here, that and we've got everyone scrambling trying to find Carroll cause it looks like he just left the house." He said.

Mike nodded "Do what you got to do!" he said, turning around to find Ryan leaning against the stair frame with his arms crossed.

"…and Ryan's going to be all over it…do say anything!" Mike thought as he walked past Ryan and climbed up the stairs to check on Grace.

Ryan followed closely "It's already known that Joe is here, are you really surprised that he snagged the house behind yours and started spying on you?" he asked.

"Ryan, I'm only going to say this once, because next time I'll have you arrested, let it go!" Mike said as he stopped on a stair and turned around to look down at Ryan.

Ryan looked up at Mike, it was obvious that he was trying to maintain control of the situation but it was obvious that he was about to lose any control he had over anything except the two people upstairs who meant the world to him.

"Okay, fine." Ryan said, watching Mike turn around and continue to go upstairs.

Mike quietly stomped down the hall to Graces' room and opened the door to see her out of bed and looking over her bookcase and out the window to see the agents swarming the house.

Grace turned back to both Mike and Ryan who were standing in the door way "What are you doing?" Mike asked her.

"Daddy, why are all these men running around our street?" Grace asked.

Mike didn't know how to answer as he picked her up in his arms and looked out the window to see the swarm of agents "…don't worry about it sweetie." He said, kissing her forehead "Did you have a nice nap?" Mike asked before putting her down again.

Grace nodded, looking up at her father with fear in her eyes; Mike knew that she was a smart girl, and knew that Grace knew that something was up.

"Are you hungry?" Mike asked.

Grace shook her head "Where's mommy?" she asked, looking up at Mike once again.

"I'm right here." They heard out in the hall as Sarah squeezed her way in between the door frame and Ryan.

Grace walked up to Sarah and held her leg tightly for a moment before Grace looked up at her "I'm scared." The child admitted.

Sarah let a soft smile out as she kneeled down towards Grace "There's nothing to be afraid of, I'm here, daddy's here, Uncle Ryan's here…nothing bad is going to happen sweetie, okay?" she said before pulling Grace in for a hug.

She looked up at Mike, she honestly had no idea what the hell was going on downstairs as agents began to crowd the living room but she knew that she had to keep Grace calm otherwise both she and Mike would lost it too.

Sarah pulled away from the hug "Now…why don't you and Uncle Ryan go out for ice cream like you're supposed to, and I will make your favorite for dinner." She said with a soft smile.

Grace nodded "Okay." She said as she turned around to put her shoes on that were next to her bed.

Sarah stood up and looked at Ryan "Just do us this one solid, keep her out of the neighborhood for a few hours and get her mind off of all the action going on inside and around our house, please?" she said to Ryan.

Ryan nodded "You don't have to tell me twice, if you want—I can keep her for a few days." He said.

Sarah was taken aback as she turned to Mike who shook his head "That's kind of you Ryan, but I think it would be better if she stayed here with us…" he said.

Ryan nodded "Okay." He said before rounding Grace up and walking downstairs with her.

Mike and Sarah waited a moment until Grace was gone before Sarah turned back to him "Please, Agent Weston, tell me why agents are swarming our street as well as our living room? So help me God, if one of them tips over that fucking EifelTower, I'm going to kill you." She said.

He smirked at her "…where do you want me to start?" he asked.