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Darcy sat on the bench alone in the T-Rex exhibit as the Rex walked around relaxed in her enclosure. They had just fed her and she was enjoying the sunlight. Darcy sat there with her tablet on her lap, her coffee at her side as she absently wrote down notes as they came to her. "We can take the old hotel and make it into apartments for staff." She whispered out loud as she wrote it down. She leaned back on one of her hands against the bench, head tilted to the side. "A cafeteria so they can get food 24/7." She wrote that under it. She scribbled a few more notes in the note pad app that was shared between her Tony and Pepper. "More fencing needs to be added to Blue's new Raptor enclosure, Owen Gray to supervise."

"Do you always talk to yourself out loud, or just when you're writing down things?" A man asked her as he came to stand next to her.

She stopped and saved what she was writing, locking the tablet before she looked up. She recognized his face from his file. "Dr. Smith. Sometimes it helps to say them out loud. How can I help you?" She reached over and grabbed her coffee to take a sip of it.

"It's over a hundred degrees out here and you're drinking coffee." He looked impressed at her.

"Survival of the fittest." She replied as she took another sip. "How are you like your new co-position?" She asked him.

He sighed and looked over at the Rex. "I'm grateful for the chance, but's different."

"Maybe the Boss thinks that you would know the animals better than anyone else."

"I don't understand why Grady wasn't chosen." He told her, he turned to look at her again with a shrug. "He did save everyone, seems like a thing to do."

"I heard that he turned it down." She replied as she looked out into the enclosure.

"So word is around the Park that you're the Boss's right hand woman." He replied, nodding to the tablet. "You're the one getting us up and running before he gets here. That and the other Island."

She smiled lightly and nodded. Her secret still safe. "Tony Stark and Pepper Potts are the ones dealing with most of the construction and basically everything else for the other Island, but once it's ready. We have the vets, scientists and handlers all picked out. He thinks it should be all done soon, in the next few months." She mused as she watched him. She could see the wheels turning in his head. "Is there something that you wanted Mr. Smith?"

He sighed and nodded. "Miss…"

"Darcy is fine." She smiled up at him.

"Darcy." He sat down on the bench a few feet away from her and scratched the back of his head. "I've been working with animals my whole life. Long before I joined the Navy. I worked at the Zoo growing up, just shoveling crap for most of it but I learned some stuff. And I joined the Navy, earned my degrees, and when I got out. I spent some time studying while animals in sanctuaries around the world. Then Site B and later Jurassic World. And I'm an old guy but I can learn a thing or two again. So I went back to school and I learned all over again. Everything I could, I wanted to be here." He looked at her to see her listening to him with interest. "And I love this job, I do with all my heart and soul. But what InGen did, with the Indominus is unforgivable. And I did not want to come back here every again."

"I understand." She whispered.

"But here you are, with your money and your need to do something great." He looked at her. "Because I know who you really are Dr. Lewis-Malcolm, no one in their right mind in our field can go through school and not read one of your papers or books."

She blushed and looked down. "I just wanted." But she stopped when he interrupted her.

"I know what you wanted. You wanted to sneak in here, build up a team, a staff full of trusted people. And make sure they wouldn't betray what you're trying to build here. And I'm trying to tell you Darcy is that I believe in your cause."

She looked up at him, shocked. "You do?"

He nodded as he smiled lightly. "You want to help these animals, you believe that these dinosaurs are living beings, and you also want to bring back or help keep animals from the endangered or extinct species lists. That's something that I can stand by."

She nodded as she took in what he was saying and tilted her head to the side. "So what are you asking of me Dr. Smith?"

"I know that I haven't been acting as an animal doctor in a long time Miss, but I would like to the head vet for the E.R. project. If you'll have me." He told her.

"We'd lose you here, as a medical personal for the dinos." She stated thoughtfully.

"We still have a good staff, and I'll only be an Island away." He looked at her. "I would like to get back to what I love doing again."

She smiled and nodded. "I'll put you on the list." She told him. "Welcome aboard Dr. Smith." She reached out and shook his hand. "And please, could you keep me a secret? For just a bit longer."

"Take all the time you need Darcy." He shook her hand and stood up. "Though personally, Grady will be your best bet. Hands down." He turned and walked away.

Darcy sighed and turned back to look at the Rex who was looking at her. "I know."

"Dr. Smith has been move to the E.R project." Darcy stated as she walked into the control room. "Construction on the main strip has been finished, so maybe we could put another lab up?" She looked thoughtful. "Could this Island be one big lab and the other one be the enclosure part?"

Lowery looked up at her. "Hey your Raptor husband was looking for you earlier."

She stopped and stared at him. "What?"

"You know, since you two have a Raptor child. You're Mom, he's Dad." He laughed at her face.

"I have not had enough coffee for this conversation." She muttered she walked over to the coffee machine that Tony had left for a present for her and Lowery when he left.

"Isn't that like your fifth cup today and it's not even one in the afternoon." He looked back at the computer screen. "You know only after 8 oz. of coffee, the rest just filters through your body."

"You don't get to judge me." She poked a finger into his cheek. "HOS is narrowed down to Scott and Martinez." She sat down next to him. "Pull them up at the screen. Let's have a look."

"If you're Batman, am I Alfred?" He asked her as he did what he's told.

"How is the analogy keep on going?" She groaned. "One joke."

"There you are." Owen walked into the control room. "I've been looking everywhere for you."

"Told you." Lowery stated under his breath and he took the files down and went back to what he was doing before. He didn't think they were going to look at the files now.

Darcy looked down at her already half empty cup of coffee, maybe she should ask Tony to make her a bigger travel mug. Could he create a Harry Potter never empty coffee cup? "I don't have enough coffee." She groaned.

Owen stared at her amused. "I need a word about Blue's fencing."

She looked up at him and looked at her tablet. She tapped out her password quickly and looked to see if Tony wrote anything back. He didn't respond, but Pepper did. "It should be in by the end of next week, is there something you need before Pep sends off the order?" She looked up at him.

"Yeah." He replied.

Darcy just handed him her tablet and let him write it himself. He stared at her before shrugging. He wrote down what he needed and what materials were best for long term use. Raptors were smart creatures and they could figure a way out of the enclosure easily if they didn't like it or if they wanted to test it. He finished and handed it back to her. "I'm heading out to look for Blue, do you want to come?"

"Sure." She replied as she got up "Let me get another cup. I got a shit ton of paperwork to do later."

"Darcy I swear to god if you get another cup, I'm forever switching to decaf in here." Lowery threatened her. "That would be your six cup today. And have you even peed yet? When's the last time you ate?"

Darcy stopped and gave Lowery and looked that screamed in between 'excuse me? And Bye Felecia' "Wow." She stepped away from the coffee machine and turned back to Owen who was trying not to laugh. "Don't you dare." She glared at him. She pointed to the door and they walked out of the room.

"And I'll be watching the coffee kiosk!" Lowery called through her talkie.

"He's evil." She whispered to Owen.

"He's right though, you're vibrating." He told her as he looked at her up and down with amusement.

"Don't take his side." She griped as she milked the rest of her coffee. This had to last her for a while.

He smirked at her and led her to get food.

"Scott and Martinez." She told him as they drove out to his trailer to see if Blue was there first. It was a few hours later after they ate and she did use the bathroom before they headed out. Not that she's tell Lowery that, it wasn't his business. Owen also refused it when she tried to pay for her part of the meal, saying it was a thank you for everything she's done for Blue. "They're who's left for HOS."

"What about Smith?" He looked at her confused. "I thought he was in the running?"

She nodded. "He was until like an hour before you found me when he told me that he wanted to head up the E.R project as the head vet. And I like the idea. I rather have him on as a vet." She gave Owen a look. "He knew who I was."

He snorted. "They're going too eventually. You're their Boss." He turned back the road as they pushed past the tree line and could see his trailer. "Batman."

She groaned. "That joke. I swear."

"If you're Batman, what does that make me?" He asked her.

"We're not doing this." She muttered. "Nope. If I can't have coffee, we're not having this conversation."

"We can have tequila later." He smirked.

"No we can't because you give me these looks and then you take them away, look taker." She looked out the window. "You're a horrible Raptor husband." She muttered under her breath.

"What did you just call me?" He pulled to a stopped and turned to look at her.

She blushed and hurried to get out of the car. "Nope. Not enough Tequila for this conversation either." She rushed out of the car and walked quickly to the trailer, she could hear him right behind her.

"Did you just call me Raptor husband?" He whispered in the back of her neck.

"Can you not breathe on my neck?" she asked him, she glanced back at him to see that he was really close to her. She felt like her personal bubble was so very close to being popped. "Owen. Are you having trouble with being patient there?" She asked him with a smirk.

He stared down at her darkly, his eyes intense as his breath tickled her face and neck. "No dear, are you having a problem?"

"Not at all." She turned away from him and she felt his hand on her hip as she slowly entered the trailer to look around. "Well, if we didn't know a Raptor was nesting here, I would say that you might have been a bachelor." She looked around at the mess. She walked slowing to the bedroom to look around to see nothing. "She isn't here." She looked back to see him standing there in his old home, dazed, eyes glazed over. "Owen?" She walked back over to him, she looked up at him to see him staring off into space. She reached up slowly and placed a hand on his shoulder and he shook out of his stupor and stared down at her.

"I miss them." He whispered.

"I'm sorry." Darcy whispered back.

"Do you really think the docs can make Blue some sisters?"

"Tyler is trying, he really is." She sounded hopeful. She smiled softly up at him. "Maybe you should ride your bike. I read in the file." She thought back to it as Owen watched her. "Blue and her sisters did the scent drill with it once." With the Indominus went unsaid.

"You want me to run drills with Blue?" He sounded shock.

"Blue needs to feel a connection and this cat and mouse game isn't working." She looked at him with a serious stare. "I don't even know what she's eating out here, maybe some smaller dinosaurs? But she wants to be with you again, look around Owen. She came back home." Darcy looked around his trailer. "So maybe start training her in a way she might not think is actually training but play?"

He took a deep breath and just stared at her. He leaned his head down and placed his lips against hers and kissed her. Darcy was shocked for almost half a second before she responded. She grabbed a hold of his shirt with one hand and her other hand ran her fingers through his short hair. He had one hand tangled in her hand and the other around her waist as he deepened the kiss. They walked backwards as she bumped into the kitchen counter but they didn't notice. They broke a part for air and Darcy smirked. "I thought you were going to be patient?"

"Stop being so bossy." He ordered and kissed her again. They continued to kiss for the next few minutes until Darcy's talkie went off.

"Darcy." Lowery's voice sounded through. "We have a problem."

She groaned and pulled away to catch her breath. "On a scale to one to ten of how big? Don't we have HOS that can handle it?" She tried really hard to pay attention to Lowery as Owen's hand drew circles on her waist.

"There are news reporters on their way here, wanting to talk to a Dr. Lewis-Malcolm." Lowery replied.

"Son of a bitch." She muttered and stared up at Owen. "Contact Tony." She told Lowery.

"Already on it, he's flying in, ETA one hour."

"Okay." She whispered as she pulled away from Owen and paced in the living room of the trailer. "Someone leaked the info." She muttered to herself before she took a deep breath. She pushed the talk button. "I want all phones calls, texts, emails, and letters, however they got the information off this island. I want to know about it." She let off the button.

"Uh, okay, how do I do that? That seems pretty invasive." Lowery stated.

"Part of everyone's contract, which they signed when they were hired on and it was explained to them by a lawyer was they couldn't give away or sell secrets and this is a secret. It's in the contract that until the Facility is up and running that the new Owner wasn't going public and someone leaked the info." She explained. "And we're going to smoke them out."

"How?" Owen asked her.

She gave him a smile. "With F.R.I.D.A.Y. Lowery, she's constantly monitoring everything, just openly activate her and we'll be there soon. Have the Lawyers ready to give the firing papers when you find the SOB and the security escort them and the reporters when I'm done with them off my Island."

"Yes Ma'am." Lowery signed off.

Darcy looked at Owen and sighed. "This, this was fun." She waved a finger between the two of them.

He smirked. "You can call it that."

She blushed and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "We should get back. I have to put on my Boss suit." She looked upset.

"Sure thing Batman."

"Shut the fuck up." She glared at him.

"Bossy." He sighed playfully.

Owen and Darcy raced back to the control center and Darcy raced up to her office to change. She always kept a spare set of clothes in case of emergencies. Several sets, ones for if her regular clothes get dirty and ones for 'crap, I have to be a grown up and do business' and this was one of those times. "F.R.I.D.A.Y?" Darcy called out as she closed her office door. "Walls please."

"No Problem Miss Darcy." The clear glass walls and windows turned a frosted color and she stepped to the side just in case so no one could see her shadow. She grabbed her clothes hanging from inside of a small closet she had Tony build for such purposes and changed into a dark blue button up blouse and a grey pencil skit that went up to her stomach. She wrapped a belt around her waist and pulled her hair back into a half up half down style. "How do I look?"

"Good Miss Darcy." The AI stated. "Sir would like to let you know that he is half an hour out."

"Is he flying in the suit?" She asked as she sprayed some perfume so get the smell of sweat out.

"Yes Miss."

She sighed and grabbed a pair of her killer pumps. "I hate this. I hate dressing up and I hate talking to people."

"Mr. Grady is at your door if you're ready Miss."

"Thank you F.R.I.D.A.Y." Darcy stood up and gathered her discarded clothes and tossed them into her closet of her office and closed it. "Walls please." She took a deep breath and walked to door and opened it for Owen. "Yeah?" She looked up at him tiredly.

He took a moment to glance down at her outfit and whistled.

"Shut up. Shut up." She muttered. "I hate it and I don't want to hear it." She stated. "I want my jeans and converse and coffee."

"One out of three." He handed her travel mug filled with hot coffee. "Not decaf."

"You're the best Raptor husband and I'm not even sorry that I said that." Her voice wined as she took a sip.

He snorted and watched for her a moment. "Lowery wants to see you before the press gets here."

"You mean the hell on high waters?" She asked him. "Let's go." She walked out of her office and they walked down to Lowery. They entered the control room to see Lowery working and talking out loud to F.R.I.D.A.Y. "Any news yet?" She asked him.

"Yeah it turns out one of your HOS guys. Riley Scott." Lowery looked up at her to see her all dressed up and drinking coffee. He arched an eyebrow.

"One Batman comment and I swear I will pour this on you." She threatened him. "This is my baby." She coveted the coffee. "Don't make me hurt it."

He snorted and turn back to the computer screen. "We need to get you into tea or something Boss lady. Or you need to get laid."

"Not enough coffee for this conversation." She muttered as she took a sip.

"What, we can talk about how hot you think he is when he's out of the room but not while he's here?" Lowery asked her.

"Don't we have more pressing matters?" Owen asked them.

"Thank you." Darcy gave him a smile but stopped when he gave her a stare that told her that the two of them would be having a conversation later.

"Yes. So Scott ratted you out, he overheard Dr. Smith talking to you earlier today, he made some calls. And now we're here."

"In hell." She groaned. "How long do we until the press get here?"

"Uh." He check the distance on the ferry. "Ten minutes maybe." He looked up at her. "What's the plan?"

"I want him in a room. I also want Martinez, I want to know if he knew anything about this. Owen, talk to Martinez. Scott is mine." Darcy stated. "I'm not talking to the press until Tony gets here." She looked thoughtful. "Could we get Dr. Smith handle them? Have him make sure none of them wander off and maybe have the lawyers whip together answers in case he gets asked any questions?"

"Yeah. He's still technically in the rotation for security detail until the new Island is up and running." Lowery contacted Dr. Smith and told him what he was going to do. He also had security pick up Martinez and Scott bring them to the control building to be interrogated. "Tony's Eta fifteen minutes, reports are stuck at the dock by security." He smirked.

"Nice." She whispered as she took another sip of her coffee. She looked at Owen who nodded and they headed out of the room to go to the interviews. She took a deep breath and walked into the room with a security guard and Riley Scott. She had her tablet and coffee in her hands. "You are causing trouble." She stated as she sat down across from him.

He looked bored as he looked at her. "Am I supposed to be impressed by you?"

"I am your Boss." She replied.

He raised an eyebrow as he looked her up and down. "I've never had one so pretty."

She snorted as she took a sip of her coffee. "You caused all of this shit and you didn't even know what I looked like. You did over head a conversation and blew some smoke out of your ass." She sighed and set her coffee down and opened a file on her table and show it to him. "Do you know what this is?"

He glanced at it. "Paper work looks like. My firing papers?"

"It is your contract." She replied as she sat back in her chair. "I wanted to come here and build a team that I could trust, that could be trusted with the animals and what we're doing here." She looked down at his contract. "I guess that didn't matter to you." She flicked her eyes to him. "You will be leaving this Island, charged for selling cooperate secrets among other things."

"You can't be serious, for selling your name to the press?" He asked her.

She set the tablet on the tablet and enlarged the image where it clearly explained the part about the NDA about the new owner's identity. "This was a secret. Only a few people knew about it."

"Is one of them your boyfriend Grady?" He sneered at her. "Everyone sees the two of you together. You sure are putting in a lot of work into his dumb Raptor."

She took a deep breath and tilted her head to the side, her eyes cold. "And that's why your psych evals were always iffy." She stated more to herself. "Even your superiors saw something was off. I care for all the animals here. I also spend a lot of time in the control room, watching the screens, time in the labs making sure the scientist and the lab techs are taking care of themselves because they are building our inventory from scratch. So if you want to allude that I am having an affair or playing favorites with someone, take it up with me privately, don't be a dick and go to the tabloids like a spoiled little shit you are." She finished, her voice even as she stared at him.

He snorted as he stared at her. "You only got this job because you slept with Stark."

She snorted in reply. "I got this job." She leaned forward. "Because I hacked the Jurassic World's site and found out about the Indominus and yes, Tony and I contacted Masrani to tell him that it was dangerous. He didn't listen. But he left me his Park because he liked my vision. I also have a doctorate in paleontology. So how about you get your sexist, old fashion head out of your ass and buck up. You're going to be facing some time. This is a multi-government funded operation." She stood up and grabbed her things. "The lawyers will be here shortly to explain your not so bright future." She gave him a thin smile and left the room.

She walked back into the control room to see Tony, Owen and Lowery staring at her. "You're scary." Tony stated.

She rolled her eyes and went to refill her coffee. "If you replaced this with decaf already I will kill you Lowery. I don't care how much I love you as a friend."

"It's still regular." He replied as he flinched. "Dr. Smith and the lawyers are bringing the press in. I had some of the staff set a press junket in the main entrance. It was the only place we could do on short notice."

She sighed and took a long sip. "Okay." She looked at Tony and smiled. "Thank you for being here."

He smiled and gave her a hug. "Any time kid." He pulled away. "So your Raptor husband and I were talking."

"Not now." She replied as she pinched her nose.

"Your Dad does the same thing." Tony sounded amused.

"I know." She sighed "Owen, how was Martinez?"

"He's was good, didn't know anything, he doesn't even know who you are." He replied. "He doesn't typically hang out near the Raptor paddock though."

She hummed. "That's a problem. I need a HOS that goes everywhere." She looked at Lowery. "Move Martinez to head up the E.R. project. I think that Island is closer to his family anyway."

Lowery nodded and frowned. "But now we don't have anyone."

Darcy shrugged. "I know. But I don't know what to do. Dr. Smith doesn't want it. Martinez would probably be better used elsewhere, especially if he won't go near the Raptor paddock. Scott was a sexist dick who betrayed me. And Owen won't do it." She took another tip of her cup. She looked down into it. "I need a never ending up of coffee. Can you do that?" She asked Tony. "Or is that magic, is that a Thor thing?"

"They're here." Lowery stated as he watched the screen. They all turned to the screen to see Dr. Smith and the lawyers all bringing the press in and letting them get settled.

"I'm going to go bathroom." Darcy whispered. "Before this starts." She set her coffee down and walked out of the room quickly.

"I told her not to have that many cups." Lowery muttered as he continued to watch the screen.

"If she isn't back in three minutes." Tony started as he tilted his head to Owen. "She's having a panic attack in the stall." He whispered.

Owen looked over at the older man and frowned before he took off out of the room. "They're so married." Tony muttered.

"I know right." Lowery agreed.

It took Owen three tries to figure out which bathroom Darcy decided to use, she went to the one on the floor above all the way to the end. "Darcy." He asked as he pushed open the girl's door. "I hope you're already done or this could be weird."

"I'm good." She sniffed. "Totally finished before you got here. Washed my hands and everything. I just wanted to be in an enclosed space you know?" She asked from inside the small stall.

He nodded as he came to lean against the wall outside facing the door. "You'll be fine."

"I'm not worried about the press." She stated as she grabbed some toilet paper. "Fuck, Blue so not going to this think is Momma Alpha material." She blew her nose.

Owen smiled at the door. "So what's the problem?" He asked her.

"I don't know why I thought that this was going to be easy, like running the Avenger Facility back at home." She sighed. She opened the door and looked at him. "I have no HOS, my Batman cover is blown and the whole fucking world and my staff is going to think that I only got this job because of Tony. Because I either slept with him or because I was his pet assistant." She walked to the sink to splash water on her face. "Being a woman fucking sucks, everyone thinks down on you and they don't give a flying shit about your value." She used a paper towel to dry her face. "Sorry." She took a deep breath. "I'm okay, I'm okay. Coffee is amazing." She muttered it like a mantra.

"You know I've seen Claire Dearing run this whole Island in heels as tall as yours, out ran a fucking T-Rex just to save her nephews." He told her as he watch her. "So I see that value and the strength of what a strong woman can do. You survived Blue by talking to her and she made you her Alpha, over me." He caught her eye through the mirror. "I don't know your story, but if Tony thought you were capable of handling the Avengers and then running these Islands. Then you are. I know you are."

"You have to say that." She smiled at him. "You're my Raptor husband." She muttered.

"Well I mean it." He replied. "Even if we didn't have Blue to connect us." He pushed off the wall. "Now you're going to go down stairs and you're going to kick some ass."

She nodded. "Alright." She turned to meet him at the door. "I need coffee."

"To hell you do woman." He kissed her on the lips. "I'm cutting you off." He squeezed her hip.

Darcy and Tony sat at the press table as the cameras and reporters stared at them hungrily. Darcy stared at them with slight annoyance as she leaned over at Tony and whispered something before leaning back over. "Okay guys, Welcome to Jurassic World." She looked over them. "This is a research facility run by the Masrani-Stark Foundation for the Earth Revival project. We hope to replenish the Earth of almost if not all of the species that are on the endangered and extinct species list." She flicked her eyes to a man up front who raised his hand. "Yes."

"We were expecting to talk to Dr. Lewis-Malcolm." He stated. "You are Mr. Stark's assistant, Darcy Lewis."

She smiled sweetly at the man and Tony looked on with amusement. "I know it maybe be hard to be believe but I am Dr. Darcy Lewis-Malcolm." She looked right into the cameras. "Daughter of Dr. Elizabeth Lewis, a Phycologists for the FBI and Dr. Ian Malcolm and I'm sure you're all familiar with him." She looked down at the man. "I got my GED at 16, earned a Master's degree in IT, a PHD in paleontology and then a BS in political Science. I then interned with Dr. Jane Foster, where the rest is history. As I was saying, this project is a partnership between the Masrani group and Stark foundation as well as many other governments, we want to give back to the Earth, to help it. Too many times as humans have we've taken from animals natural habitats and this isn't an end all solutions. We should've have to do this." She told them. "I hope that we don't have to use this in the future. To be well, the Park has the ability to bring this animal back, so we can cut down this rain forest. No. It is our responsibility as humans, as decent people to care for these animals. They don't have voices to speak for themselves." She stared out onto the reports as they stared at her in stunned silence.

"You were all expecting me to be Stark's assistant, that I got this job because of the Avengers. But I've met Simon Masrani before his unfortunate death and we spoke about this park, the science and the technology they have here is amazing. The top people from all over the world want to work here. And rightfully so and soon, we will be openly our second research facility for the E.R. project. We will still be continuing the Jurassic Park research. Because we still have so much to learn from these creatures. But we will not be creating anymore hybrids just the originals." She could see hands jump up and fall back down. "And no, we do not have plans to open to the public for a theme park. That hasn't ended well in the past." There was a few people awkwardly laughing. Darcy took a deep breath. "Any questions?"

"Who is your new head of security? Since the old one was killed in the attack?" A person asked.

"Alan Martinez is the one for the E.R. project. He is a local to this area and he has been training the new recruits ever since he started working for Jurassic World." She replied. "We will start his training for the new Island shortly."

"But who is the one for this Park?" Another person asked. "Do you have someone picked out or is Mr. Martinez your head until he moves over?"

Someone moved behind Darcy and took the empty seat next to her. "I am, Owen Grady." Owen stated without hesitation. "You might remember me." He set a coffee cup near Darcy's hand as the reporters jumped Owen with questions and the flash cameras went off. She lifted the coffee up to her mouth to hide her smile and took a sip.