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"Isn't this better than the infirmary?" Kate asked as Alicia was lying on one of the lounges while Kate sat on the other opposite her while the twins were in their crib sleeping. Alicia noted that Kate had chosen her lounge as she has a view of all the entry points. It hadn't missed her attention how tense her friend was.

"Definitely" Alicia said as she looked over at Kate. She knew her breakout was cleared by Elisabeth but still it was nice to have the illusion that she had escaped with her brother helping her into a wheelchair with Ava while Kate took Ella and played interference with anyone and everyone who crossed their paths and tried to stop them for a conversation.

"So what are you up to these days?" Kate asked Evan who flopped down on the lounge next to Kate and crossed his ankles as he leaned back.

"Working" Evan said with a lazy smile to Kate as he had just given work the flick for some sibling time with his sister and Kate who was pretty much like another sister to him.

"How are you going to finish with Goldman and Xiong gone?" Alicia asked making conversation.

"Taylor has given me permission to talk wth Lucas" Evan said he grimaced as he had forgotten whether he was allowed to share that tidbit of information with Alicia and Kate. He assumed it was ok with Alicia but Kate was the wild card.

"Really?" Alicia said shocked as she couldn't believe Taylor would allow anyone to see Lucas. But then she and Taylor steered clear of dangerous topics such as Lucas and Evan.

"Yeah" Evan said with a nod who was darting looks at Kate who looked slightly dazed and pale. He wondered if she was unwell in general or if it was the topic until she spoke.

"You know he won't do anything for free" Kate said in a practical and business like manner.

"I know" Evan said with a wince as he really hated the idea of wheeling and Dealing with a man he worked with once and whom he had respected. Finding out said man made some horrible decisions that killed and hurt many people was hard to swallow especially the mad man part but who was he to argue with those who were his victim.

"What will he get for helping you out?" Kate asked looking at Evan, nausea rolled in her at talking about Lucas as she remembered their last encounter. She wondered what it was about her that attracted mentally unstable people to want to kill her which led her to think about her current situation. She felt accutely aware of the open curtains on the windows, her senses went frenetic at the lively noise of the insect life and the breeze gently blowing through the branches of the plants and trees outside.

"Taylor has yet to tell me what I have to bargain with" Evan said as he noted Kate shift uncomfortably in her seat beside "So I heard you murdered a vase today" Evan said turning the topic of conversation onto Kate and away from Lucas.

"How did hear about that?" Kate asked him. He noted how she didn't look at him but around the living area like she was looking for something.

"Heard two soldiers giggling about it" He said as he looked to Alicia who had also noticed the change in Kate's disposition.

"Giggling?" Alicia asked Evan dryly as she too was trying to keep the conversation light while observing her friend.

"It was very manly giggling" Evan assured her.

"Yes I accidently shot a vase. I thought I heard something and reacted it happens" Kate said distractedly as she scanned the outside area from her seat.

"Seeing monsters where there aren't any to be found. You want me to walk you home and check all the closets and under the beds like how I do with Sean and Olive?" Evan asked, Kate didn't even look at him as sheflipped him the bird. Evan and Alicia chuckled at her reaction though Evan was also amused at how she was multitasking and still able to hold a conversation.

"For the record my gun was on its lowest setting. Breaks glass not people" Kate said with a sigh as she was sure she was going to have to repeat those words many times before the day was out. She unconsciously touched the handle of her gun as she was still feeling paranoid as the hairs on the back of her neck stood up for no reason. She stood up and grasped the butt of her gun as her instincts told her something was wrong.

"Kate?" Alicia asked as she could see Kate was now in full soldier mode and trying to listen for noises out of place. Kate held up a finger as if to say 'one moment' she rose from the chair. Evan and Alicia watched her curiously as she moved around the room and then down the hallway to the other rooms and side door.

"She ok?" Evan asked in a low voice as he had gotten up to watch Kate who was walking soundlessly around the place with one hand on the handle of her gun but she kept it holstered.

"I don't know but you should sit back down just in case." Alicia told him. Evan moved back to his seat and looking relaxed he hadn't moved at all. He was not going to get shot if he could help it. Kate came back into the room and looked slightly embarrassed but also relieved.

"Sorry, does anyone want some tea?" Kate asked.

"Sure, I'll have one" Evan said as he and Alicia exchanged looks of concern.

"How are you feeling?" Taylor asked Alicia as he sat down sideways on the lounge and faced Alicia. They had had a large family dinner with Evan and the kids as well as Malcolm and Kate. Evan and Kate did the cooking while Malcolm and Taylor cleaned up it had been tiring on Alicia even though she hadn't done anything.

"Fine, most of my coming strength is back though I'm exhausted" Alicia said as she demonstrated by sluggishly lifting her legs and arms to show she was getting stronger.

"I knew the dinner-"

"-was fine. I enjoyed myself" Alicia said with was true she loved having a large family dinner with everyone as it was a good distraction and it felt like she was reclaiming something she had lost from all her time in the service. Not that her unit wasn't family to her but there was something different about sitting down with those you were related to you not by profession.

"I think the twins loved it too" Taylor remarked as they had been incredibly well behaved bar one little episode of vomit from Ella on Malcolm who proclaimed he would definitely never hold the child again to which everyone laughed. After that they were well behaved and now were currently fast asleep in their crib.

"Who wouldn't with Kate and Evan's antics. I think Malcolm was a little jealous" Alicia said with a chuckle as Kate and Evan bounced random topics and humour with one another at rapid speed it was hard to keep up or get a word in at some points. It wasn't flirtatious but the two were definitely in sync with one another as they kept rolling jokes at one another.

"I would have been if it were you and another man" Taylor said as he knew from first hand experience when Kate and Alicia went on a roll together talking like they were the only two in the room. It wasn't flirtatious either but he did feel like an outsider or like someone watching a tv show.

"They are just using their humour to deflect their feelings on the current situation or at least Kate is" Alicia said.

"She did shoot a vase" Taylor remarked as he read the report from Guzman. He was tempted to take Kate's gun away from her but he knew she would feel safer with the weapon than without.

"She had a weird moment today in here" Alicia said apprehensively as she wasn't sure she wanted to tell him but knew if she didn't and it came up at a later date she'd be in more trouble which was the last thing she needed.

"What did she do?" Taylor asked.

"She was fine one moment, then she became distracted like she wasn't present in the room. Then froze and tensed up like she heard something out of place. Then got up and checked the back rooms with her hand on the handle of her gun came back a few minutes later. Obviously didn't find anything but I'm worried. I've never seen her act so strangely" Alicia said.

"She was fine until you were poisoned and now she's teetering on the edge. I don't understand it" Taylor said with a shake of his head.

"She's scared and messed up" Alicia told him as she knew the reason behind Kate's actions or the fact that Kate appearing fine was just a lovely façade that had begun to crack.

"She isn't messed up" Taylor said as he didn't want to think of Kate being another time bomb waiting to explode.

"Oh come on! The better part of this year she has been trying to make a life and a home for herself while dealing with what happened during the occupation, then she fell through a time rift with you to come back to find her dream completely mangled out of shape and the last couple months dealing with Malcolm and all the dramas we've had until know. I'm amazed she hasn't completely lost it" Alicia said as she gave a sigh, she wished Taylor would open his eyes and see the world for what it was and not for what he wished it to be and then be surprised when it went sour.

Taylor remained silent as he didn't want to mention the minor outburst Kate had at the grave site for the sixers or the fact that her shooting vase to him said she had lost it. The calm she had was gone, if she wasn't cracking a joke she was twitchy and nervous which made her dangerous as soldier. It was like the person she was before she came to Terra Nova was finally unravelling as she was no longer put through the strict training and discipline not to mention whatever psy-ops did to keep her programmed. She had the discipline for her physical training but her mental training was seriously lacking. Though he excused it for now as she was pregnant, it was obvious she was hormonal from her mood swings.

"Evan told me he's going to talk with Lucas soon. What are you guys going to give him in return for his work?" Alicia asked filling the silence rather neatly with yet another volatile conversation topic.

"I don't know, but it will have to be enticing enough to make him want to help Evan but just enough that the colonist don't riot. I'm thinking of having that brig rebuilt into one of barracks again" Taylor said.

"You can't be serious" Alicia said in disbelief.

"I am, it was a sturdy design and Kate couldn't escape it. It could be made bigger to accommodate a shower as well as a commode, a table and chairs along with a bed" Taylor said, he couldn't think of anything more enticing to motivate his son into helping them.

"Talk about a lot of privileges for a man who nearly killed my best friend twice and nearly destroyed this colony not to mention the lives lost because of him" Alicia said.

"Devil's advocate. Nearly being the operative word. Kate survived and so did the colony. He can safe guard our future by finishing this work" Taylor told Alicia as he felt he needed to defend his son.

"No one has slipped through from 2149 to here yet who says they ever will if we don't do it?" Alicia asked.

"It's preparing for the eventualities. To protect ourselves and our children" Taylor told her

"At what price?"

"An upgrade in prison luxuries"

"If Lucas agrees. You know him as well as I you give him an inch and he'll want to take a mile" Alicia said.

"I'm sure your brother can use his common interests to convince Lucas to agree to whats on offer and no more" Taylor said, he knew as soon as the words left his mouth that he shouldn't have said them as Alicia's eyes grew cold and furious.

"What would my brother have in common with Lucas? Besides a mutual dislike of you" Alicia asked scathingly. Taylor wondered if Alicia shared that dislike of him too as he seemed to be on her bad side more than not.

"They are both share in the same work even if it is different departments and they share the same age group and know mutual people such as you, me and Kate to name a few" Taylor said sarcastically in hopes of drawing even the tiniest of smiles only it didn't work as Alicia looked unimpressed.

"Please tell me you're not going to make Kate go in and talk to Lucas again" Alicia told him.

"No, definitely not repeating what happened last time. Knowing Kate she'd probably kill him in one of her mood swings" Taylor said with a thoughtful expression as he still recalled watching the last exchange between Kate and Lucas before he shook his head. It was non-negotiable. Kate would never be put into the same room as Lucas ever again as long as Taylor was around.

"Yes because Kate has murdered so many people in the last couple of weeks due to her mood swings" Alicia scoffed dramatically.

"How long are you going to keep this up?" Taylor asked leaning in close to her in a sign that he wasn't going to back down from this fight. He also wanted to see what she would do.

"Keep what up?" She asked angrily as she leaned in close herself.

"Being spiteful and snide" he told her.

"I'm neither of those things. I'm angry" she told him.

"Why?"

"Because I feel like I've been led like a rabbit through a maze with a carrot and stick in the direction you wanted-"

"How many times will I have to apologise for something that happened years ago"

"You've yet to say the actual words and mean it" Alicia told him in such a way she made it sound like a challenge than a statement.

"Alicia, I'm not going to apologise for what I did over 9 years ago. I don't think it was wrong of me to protect you and I never will but I am sorry for how you feel it affected your life but I can see how everything is so bad for us" Taylor said missing the point of apologising completely.

"I didn't say my life was bad" Alicia said in a soft voice as if it hurt that he believed her to think their life was horrible. He gave an exapserated sigh as he looked into her eyes seeing how the fury was gone and how they had softened.

"Then why do you make it sound like it is just because I decided to cut ties between you and Evan which at the time was the best thing for both of you. You may think it is controlling or heavy handed of me to do so but look at your lives he has two kids, a career, he's a focussed, intelligent and mature adult. You have an impressive military career even if you don't think so. You have two beautiful babies of your own and me" he said lulling her into a warm state with his voice as he moved closer and closer to her keeping his eyes locked with hers. "Tell me what I can do to stop you from being angry at me. You want to hit me? Go ahead. You want me to keep a clean house for the next month? It'll be so clean in here you'd be able to eat off any surface. Any punishment I'll wear it but we need to get past this, I want my wife back in every way" Taylor said as he closed the space between their lips.

"Kate you need to come to bed and relax" Malcolm said as he turned off the plex he had been reading and turned his attention to Kate who had spent the last twenty minutes pacing the room and checking the doors and hesitating in front of the gun safe in the wardrobe where her gun was currently occupying. He had tried talking to her but she had been too consumed with the security of the house. So he figured she needed to get it out of her system and decided he'd abide her antics for 20 minutes before he put his foot down.

"I should go check the doors and windows" Kate said as she continued to pace at the end of the was exhausted but her brain was telling her she was in a red zone and the enemy was close which in her old life meant no sleeping. Her body was complying with her warped senses and keeping her awake and jittery.

"The doors and windows have been checked twice in the last twenty minutes. They are closed and locked. The security systems are set, did we forget anything?" He asked, he was pretty sure his wife was losing what little sanity she had left. He had helped her check all the locks and close all the curtains and watched her count steps and move furniture for what reason he had no clue but it was definitely overkill.

"Are you patronising me?" Kate snapped in an accusatory tone.

"No, I'm honestly asking is there anything we forgot so I can correct it. Thus you can finally relax and get some sleep with me" Malcolm said to her in a calm and casual tone. He watched as her shoulders sagged and she looked at him with an apologetic expression.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap. I shot a vase" She said, if he hadn't been told about the vase earlier by Jim it would have made for a really good non sequitur.

"I know" he said he also knew he should be angry but he found it oddly amusing as Kate winced in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry about that too" Kate told him, she gave a sigh and sat down on the end of the bed, Malcolm moved from his position and sat beside her at the end of the bed. He took one of her hands into his. While her other hand rubbed her face.

"Don't be it's just a vase"

"How are you so calm? You're usually the one freaking out" Kate told him.

"There is nothing to be panicked about the house is locked up tight the security systems are enabled. If someone breaks in we will know, so there is no reason to hyped up about ghosts or people breaking in. So get into bed before I put you in it" he said.

"You threatening to tuck me into bed too?" Kate asked him with a smile.

"Yes, I'll tuck the corners in so tight you won't be able to escape" he said mockingly before he gently kissed the back of the hand he was holding.

"I hate it when you do that" Kate replied equally as mocking as he was to her.

"Oh you're smooth" Alicia told him as she moved away before he could kiss her. She moved to the couch on the other side of the lounge room putting space between them. "But I am not that easy" Alicia told him as she had nearly melted into a state of heavy want and desire to drop her wall and jump him.

"I wasn't playing any game. I don't do that. I was being honest in everything I said" Taylor said frustrated as to why they kept going in circles about the same issues.

"I'm sorry you feel that way is not an apology" Alicia informed him.

"We don't lie one another" He told but she shook her head.

"No, I have never lied to you. But you were the one who has been lying to me for years about my own family. It makes me wonder what other secrets you kept from me. Are keeping from me and even if you confessed right now. How am I supposed to trust what you say?" Alicia asked him. Taylor reared back at her words as he hadn't expected her to say what she had.

"That's something only you can decide" he told her, as he knew she felt betrayed and angry at him for 'controlling' her life but not to the degree she couldn't trust his word. That she had lost faith in him. It was bad enough that she felt he had played her but to not trust him completely hurt deeply.

They lapsed into silence for a long moment before Taylor spoke. "I want fix this tell me what I have to do" he told her as he didn't know how he would even begin to repair the damage.

"I don't know, I just need time" Alicia said defeatedly. It was the only answer she had as she still wasn't sure of anything. The only thing she was sure of was that she still loved him deeply and completely but just didn't know how to get past her anger.

"You want me to leave or camp in the guest room?" Taylor asked Alicia shook her head.

"No, I don't want you to leave and I'm not kicking you out of our bedroom either. I'm won't be petty, I just need time to 'get over it' " She said the last part mockingly as he knew she was throwing it in his face the attitude he had about it as he did want her to get over it. As of right now they were back in their impasse where no one was winning or losing.

Alicia slept horribly that night and wasn't surprised when Kate knocked on her door at 8am. She figured Kate would come over at some point just not so early. Taylor had already left the house half an hour ago to help Jim with his investigation and to talk with Mira about what she wanted to do with the remains of her friends. They had sat in silence last night not speaking unless it was about the twins who woke up at their regular times for feeding and to make a mess or two. Otherwise they retired as normal and laid in their bed no touching and barely sleeping as they desperately wanted to be how they were but neither sure of how to get back to that place.

Normally shouting matches and make up sex were how they managed their minor issues and some of their major issues as well but Alicia wanted to resolve this one without Taylor bending her mind with physical pleasure. Even if she was completely desperate to wrap herself around him and revel in his attention and the pleasure he gave as well as the comfort.

She opened the door and looked at Kate who was in black leggings and off the shoulder grey jumper. Her hair was in a side plait and Alicia didn't miss the gun strapped to her friend's thigh.

"Hey, you mind me hanging out here today?" Kate asked anxiously.

"Come in" Alicia said as she waved her in, Alicia felt slightly underdressed in only her bathrobe but brushed it off as she wasn't completely naked and it was her home. That and Kate hadn't called to say she was coming over so that Alicia would have put some clothes on. She moved back to the kitchen as Kate closed the door. "Would you like something to drink? Tea, water or Juice?" Alicia asked her as she reached for the coffee.

"No I'm good" Kate said as she moved over to where the twins were on the floor of a cushioned pen. Alicia watched as her friend knelt down on the floor outside the pen and look at the twins. She was truly worried about Kate as she still looked tense. She took a sip of her coffee before she spoke.

"Kate, are you ok?" Alicia asked, Kate turned her attention to her and rubbed a hand over her face.

"Do I look that bad?" Kate asked her.

"You don't look well rested" Alicia admitted but she figured she didn't look any better herself.

"I kept waking up at the slightest noises. I don't think Malcolm appreciated it" Kate said making a face as she remembered Malcolm's endless patience with her as he lulled her back into sleep reassuring her they were safe and there were no alarms blaring and to go back to sleep.

"You were fine before the tea episode" Alicia said to her.

"I was 'safe' then, I foolishly thought I'd be fine but this woman got into my home while I was asleep and I didn't wake up. She tried to poison me and you were hurt instead. My body is telling me I have to stay on guard and awake but I'm so tired" Kate said.

"I know the feeling" Alicia commiserated.

"I'm sorry, I'm dumping my issues at your feet all the while you are have your own problems. Is there anything I can help with? You need like a bathroom cleaned or for me to cook something?" Kate asked Alicia smiled at Kate's randomness as a clean bathroom was the least of Alicia's problems.

"Can you go back in time for and change some history?" Alicia asked sarcastically.

"Oh Yeah that's totally easy! I've done it twice... What's a third trip?" Kate asked sarcastically which made Alicia smile as Kate snapped her fingers and looked wistful "But I can't go for another 18 years as Malcolm won't appreciate me dabbling in time travel while pregnant or with a kid in tow" Kate joked which made Alicia laugh as she moved to the lounge next to the pen and sat down. Kate got up from the floor and joined her on the lounge.

"You and Taylor in a serious bind?" Kate asked her.

"I don't know" Alicia said honestly before she took another sip of coffee.

"Well do you love the ugly bastard?" Kate asked.

"Yes and he is not ugly" Alicia said defensively which made Kate smile telling Alicia Kate had only been baiting her and she fell hook line and sinker.

"That should be enough maybe you should just sex out the rest" Kate suggested blithely.

"Really your answer is sex?" Alicia asked her.

"Well if we were in my time period I'd say copious amounts of chocolate and ice cream until he woos you back and earns your trust again. But here where there are no cacao trees or cows and the fact I find the concept of milking a dinosaur slightly disturbing-" Kate said.

"Only slightly?" Alicia asked mockingly.

"Sex is all that's left as I'm knocked up and apparently babies and booze is a no-no" Kate said said holding her hands up in surrender for a moment making Alicia smile at Kate manner.

"I don't need him to woo me" Alicia said.

"Really? From what I understand you guys went from being comrades to lovers then being in love but behind closed doors before pregnancy and marriage. Now you're betrayed and lost faith in him and yourself it's kind of like being back at square one but with adorable baggage" Kate said as she gestured to the twins who were awake and lying on the floor wiggling and wriggling occuppied with whatever babies at their age found fascinating.

"And ugly baggage too" Alicia said referring to their less than stellar past history.

"Men never have good taste when it comes to baggage" Kate said tongue in cheek.

"This is serious" Alicia told her.

"I know but you told me everything about you two and that's my opinion of what should happen. You should process your hurts and let them heal but you two need to come together with a clean slate. That is my unsolicited advice to you" Kate said smugly.

"No matter how hard you scrub slate it never comes clean. There will always be stains" Alicia said to be contrary.

"But they won't be as noticeable. Don't you just want to get back to the happiness and mediocre sex?" Kate asked her simplifying a complicated situation.

"It's not mediocre" Alicia said defensively.

"Really? How would know? Hasn't it been at least a couple of months if not longer?" Kate teased her.

"You're hilarious. I remember with great clarity how delicious the sex is not that I should have to tell you or defend my sex life" Alicia informed her.

"Then scrub the slate clean and start anew. Make more babies!" Kate told her.

"Ok to everything but the 'more babies' I think I'm good with twins" Alicia told her.

"Fine but remember you deserve to have him work a little to get back in your pants" Kate told her.

"What's gotten into you?" Alicia asked as Kate's advice was half helpful and the other half obsurd.

"I don't know. I have nervous energy that needs expelling" Kate told her.

"Remember the rules" Taylor told Evan as they stood outside the door to the brig.

"Yes, all 27 of them" Evan said as he couldn't believe he needed so many restrictions to talk to one man. He remember Lucas being a brilliant scientist and incredibly polite. He was quiet as if he saved his words for when he had something relevant to say as he didn't do idle chit chat.

"Good, let's get this over with" Taylor said as he opened the door to the room. Evan walked into the underground room and was shocked at the maze of paper on the stabilisers and pilons in the room, to the far side he saw a man lying on the cot. He was wearing a blue jumpsuit, he was clean shaven but incredibly pale and missing one of his hands, it took a moment for Evan to realise that it was Lucas as the man contrasted considerably from the man he remembered.

"Father, long time no see and you brought a friend" Lucas drawled as he stood up and moved toward them when Lucas was closer to Evan his eyes flickered in recognition. "We've met before" Lucas said to Evan.

"We have, I am Dr Evan Washington we met in 2150 after you came back from Terra Nova the first time. We spoke about the new version of the terminus" Evan said Lucas gave a quirk of the lips.

"Yes, I do recall you. How did you end up here?" he asked.

"By unexpected circumstances which I need your help rectifying" Evan said.

"Now my curiosity piqued. Please take a seat" Lucas said as he wondered what his father and Evan wanted from him.

Evan sat down at the table while Taylor leaned against a stabiliser declining the second chair as he preferred to observe from a distance. Lucas took the chair and sat back looking at them to talk.

" Ok I'm going to cut to the chase here as your father didn't give me much time to socialise" Evan started.

"You want me to finish the calculations blah blah I know the spiel and I wish I could help you but I've gone as far as I can. Without a working terminus to perform dry runs there is nothing I can do and even if the terminus was working to perform those dry runs I'd have to get a day pass from here which will never happen. So we may as well socialise. How much time did dear old dad give you?" Lucas drawled as he mockingly smiled at Taylor.

"The terminus is nearly repaired but the calculations need to be adjusted" Evan said ignoring Lucas's question and getting to business. His words grabbed Lucas's attention and the man looked back to Evan.

"How?" Lucas asked.

"We need to tether a loose fracture to a fixed position and keep the aperture closed so nothing can come through" Evan said.

"That's impossible" Lucas said Evan swore he could see the man's mind working through the concept and the possible equations related to it as Lucas had theorized time rifts were possible but completely harmless.

"No it's not, the untethered fracture is creating time rifts where the aperture opens wide enough to allow certain objects and people through" Evan said he mentally cursed at his slip at saying 'people' as he wasn't supposed to specify the details until Lucas agreed.

"I think you need to tell me more than what you've already told me" Lucas said, Evan looked over his shoulder to Taylor who shook his head.

"I can't tell you but just know that it's possible and has happened. You theorised something like this could happen which is why you recommended the portal be tethered on both ends. I read your paper" Evan said.

"It was a random thought that I played with. Only the idiots at your company published it as a 'theory' that was founded." Lucas said rolling his eyes at the idiocy of those in his field.

"Now it's a reality and I need you to help me fix it. I've nearly finished with the upgrades to the Terminus along with the repairs but I don't have the head to do the calculations. I'm more of an engineer than a physicist. That's why I- we need you. Now on this data chip is all the information you need to know." Evan said as he pulled the chip from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"What do I get for helping you?" Lucas asked not even looking at the chip or acknowledging it's presence on the table.

"A new cell with a few fancy upgrades topside" Evan said.

"I want my freedom" Lucas told Evan daring to ask for more even though he knew he wouldn't get it. He just wanted to insult their first offer.

"Can't have that but you can have a lovely spacious cell with an inbuilt shower, windows where you can see daylight and sky. I heard it will be very pretty once it's built" Taylor told him.

"It's not built" Lucas said folding his arms not impressed at all as he would move from one cell to another.

"You have to prove you're worthy of your new digs. While you work on the new calculations it'll be built. When it is ready you can move in and continue your work it's a sign of good faith" Evan told him.

"Just as easy as that?" Lucas asked.

"Yes and that is all you will get. This is also non negotiable deal so once you agree that's it" Taylor replied.

"Will I still be able to get my visitors?" Lucas asked as he found Mira's fortnightly visits entertaining. At least more entertaining than his father's visits that were increasingly erratic.

"Yes and you'll be far more comfortable in your new accommodations than here" Taylor told him.

"I look forward to it. I believe we have an agreement" Lucas said picking up a plex he had near by and placed it on the table before he picked up the chip with his one hand it was moments like this he missed his other hand.

"Ok we'll leave you to it" Evan said as Lucas was now ignoring them. Evan got up from his chair and looked to Taylor who gestured he go first they had barely taken two steps when Lucas spoke up.

"Oh one thing before you go" Lucas told them, the men turned to face him.

"What?" Taylor asked.

"Give Wren my congratulations on her pregnancy and the recent nuptials to Dr Wallace. He's a lucky man" Lucas told them with genuine smile. He then looked down at the plex signifying that he was done with their meeting. He continued to smile when he heard the door closing as he knew his Father was not pleased with Lucas knowing things he should otherwise be in the dark about.

TBC~Cya all soon with more!