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CH. 21
Restless.
Alex hid it better than Olivia.
Alex was also allowed to leave the apartment with a guard, Olivia wasn't.
"I don't have to go out," Alex said, her brow furrowed as she looked at Olivia.
"The sun is shining, you should get some fresh air. Besides I'll make Martin here make up interesting lies to entertain me while you're gone." Olivia said shooting a grin to Martin.
"You're sure?"
"Go." Olivia urged knowing Alex needed and wanted to be outside as much as she did.
"I'll bring you back a surprise." Alex said leaning in to give Olivia a quick kiss, her blue eyes gleaming. "And Martin maybe I'll bring you a surprise too." Alex laughed, amused with herself.
"What no kiss?" Martin asked as seriously as he could as Alex passed him by.
"Not a chance." Alex said laughing as she made her way to the door.
"Caroline," Martin called out. "John is not to leave your side!"
"I know!" She called out like a teenage girl being reminded by her father.
The door shut and Olivia was already at the window peering behind the curtain trying to get a glimpse of Alex out on the street below.
She was jealous Alex could go, but of course understood why she couldn't.
"We'll catch him soon." Martin said observing her.
"Will you?" Olivia snipped turning back to Martin.
"I know you're tired…"
"Martin… I'm sorry I didn't mean to…"
"You're allowed."
"No I'm not. You all are doing everything you can to keep us safe…"
"But you're allowed to be frustrated and tired. This isn't easy."
"Do you have any idea where he is?"
"Samantha."
Olivia closed her eyes.
The name Samantha.
"We know he's still looking for you, and we know his men have searched Ireland over and are now looking for you in the surrounding countries."
"So it's a possibility he will look for me here in London?"
"It's just a matter of time." Martin said honestly.
"Do you think he can find us?"
"We won't let him near you."
"He was close before."
"We should have never had you in a Dublin hospital, but I was scared to move you. It was my fault."
"Martin." Olivia said stopping him as she sat down on the couch. "Please don't say anything was your fault. You were doing what you thought was best for me."
Martin looked at her for a moment, then shaking his head agreeing.
"How's your shoulder?"
"Sore… better."
"Your head?"
"Room stopped spinning."
"Were you always this stubborn?"
"So they tell me."
Olivia and Martin both cracked a smile.
"You and Caroline seem to be doing well."
"I'm not sure I could get through this without her."
"I'm glad she's here for you."
"I hate she has to be here though, to go through this with me."
"It was her choice to be with you."
"She reminds me of that daily."
"She cares about you. That's a lot. You feel the same way, so just be grateful she's here."
"Didn't take you for a softy."
"Sucker for love." Martin teased.
Olivia laughed.
Martin's phone rang, interrupting them.
"Yes?
"Where?"
"Just Liam? No sign of Lucas?"
"Yes."
"Caroline is out with John, I will have them both at the apartment."
"No Kate is in the apartment with me."
"Let me know."
Olivia looked at Martin as he cleared his phone and pressed his speed dial.
"Martin?" Olivia said her eyes wide, panic in her throat.
Martin stood, walking to the window, his phone back to his ear; he turned and looked at Olivia, holding her stare as he began to speak in the phone again.
"John."
"Liam was spotted at Heathrow. We have eyes on him."
"Get Caroline off the street and back to the apartment now."
He shoved his phone quickly in to his pocket.
"Martin you're scaring me, tell me what's happening. Who's Liam?"
Martin sat down on the edge of the chair across from Olivia.
"Liam Quinn…" Martin said as he watched Olivia's eyes widened, her fist clinch together. "He's Lucas' brother."
"His brother? And he's here in London?"
"He was spotted at the Heathrow airport. We're on him. He won't get near you and Caroline."
"So he works with Lucas? He's looking for me?"
"As far as we know they've always done business together, but he didn't have anything to do with your kidnapping. It seems after we arrested the main men in Lucas' operation, Liam began to work with his brother to look for you."
"Does that mean Lucas knows where we are?"
"No, as I told you he's just looking for you. But having eyes on Liam is good, it's the closest thing we have to catching Lucas right now."
Olivia stood, she began to pace, her arm folded over her casted wrist.
"Caroline? Should you check on them?" Olivia asked, worried.
"John will get her back here any minute now."
She was biting her nails.
This wasn't the cool, calm Samantha Martin knew.
"Why does Lucas want to find me? Isn't that risking too much?"
"Samantha you know as well as I do why he wants to find you."
She did.
"To kill me."
Martin didn't deny it.
"Why didn't he just kill me when he had the chance?"
"The torture had greater results. Don't you agree?"
Olivia loved and hated that Martin would shoot straight with her.
"Why is he obsessed with wanting to kill me? Gareth's dead. He killed Gareth… What would he prove now by killing me?"
"I think at this point he's pissed he didn't finish the job. He was torturing you, and I assume planning to kill you in retaliation for Gareth killing his wife. But we found you obviously before he could kill you."
The door to the apartment opened and Alex appeared as John followed her in.
"Who is he?" Alex asked, guns blazing. "Who's Liam?
Alex had already had her own troubles with a Liam once in her life, she didn't need another one.
"He's Lucas' brother." Olivia said as she stood, now in front of Alex.
"His brother?" Alex asked confused. "Is he working with Lucas?"
Martin nodded yes.
"Is Lucas here in London?"
Olivia noted Alex's "attorney mode", though neither Martin, nor John had any idea "Caroline" was an ADA in New York City.
"Only Liam was spotted. We're tailing him."
Alex looked at Olivia and then back to Martin.
"So now what? What do we do?
"You stay here."
"We just wait it out? What if he comes here? What if they find us?" Alex questioned.
"Honey, they're not going to find us and if they do they can't get near us."
"He took you in broad daylight, he kidnapped you on a busy street!" Alex argued.
Olivia took Alex's hand.
"Baby it's different, we're being protected. I wasn't… I was alone, I didn't have protection, a guard standing at my door."
Alex looked at Olivia, not saying another word only letting her deep blue eyes beg Olivia for the answers, the security she wanted.
"Ladies, I have to go and get updated on the situation. This place is secure. John and Max will both be outside your door. I'll let you know as soon as I know anything more. Please just stay calm and trust me ok?"
Olivia nodded to Martin, though Alex didn't look to him. She only held Olivia's hand tightly.
"We'll be ok." Olivia assured Martin.
Martin left them alone.
"Aren't you scared?" Alex asked Olivia as she finally let go of her hand.
"Alex… of course I'm scared, but I have to trust that Martin and the CIA and the MI6 are doing what they can to protect us."
Alex sat down, running her hands through her hair, clearly stressed.
"Honey it's ok to worry, to be scared, its ok."
"I'm not as brave as you. I'm not used to taking risks on my life the way you do! Yes I'm unsettled that in four minutes flat I was swept off the street and hidden because someone is trying to kill you. Kill you! Yes Olivia I know, I get why Lucas wants to find you."
"I can't, I can't change what's happening. I can't make it all go away. Yes… Lucas is looking for me because he wants to finish the job, he wants to kill me. But Martin will do everything in his power to see that I'm safe, that we're safe."
"What if he can't?"
Olivia sat beside Alex, and then pulled her in to her arms.
"He will."
"I thought I could do this and here I am panicking."
"I panicked too. When Martin got the call, I panicked cause all I could think was you were out there, you weren't here with me."
"Liv someone is trying to kill you and you're thinking about me not being here, ME being on the street?"
"Yeah, yes… that's what I was thinking about."
Alex pressed her forehead against Olivia's cheek.
"I'm sorry I freaked out."
Olivia kissed the top of Alex's head.
"It actually makes me feel better that you did, you've been too perfect."
"Too perfect?"
"Telling me everything will be ok, being at my side every second possible, never tiring, never waning…"
Alex looked at Olivia. "Because I love you."
Olivia gave her a shy smile.
"I know. I'm really starting to understand that you do love me, that you are doing this because you love me."
"As scared as I was out there today, I know it wouldn't compare with how I would feel if I was back in New York and I didn't know where you were or what was happening."
Olivia leaned in and began to kiss Alex.
"I love you." Olivia said as she tangled her fingers in Alex's long blonde hair and kissed her again. "I love you… and I love kissing you."
"I love kissing you too, but shouldn't we be freaking out or hiding under the bed or something?" Alex said between another kiss and another.
"Martin told us to stay here. So we'll make the best of staying here." Olivia said giving a naughty grin.
Olivia's hand moved from Alex's hair to her side just above her hip, just below the hemline of her shirt.
"Dangerous territory," Alex said licking her lips, tasting Olivia.
"Didn't you say? I like taking risks." Olivia said, her brow raised as she teased Alex's bare skin.
Alex grinned as she stood slowly.
She then offered her hand to help Olivia up from the couch.
Olivia took her hand, now standing almost eye-to-eye with Alex.
Their bodies were searing against the others.
Alex ran her finger across Olivia's lips, slowly down her neck.
"I think you should come lie down with me… we have some exploring to do."