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Chapter 2

She came to fall into a routine since she fell from grace from both her personal and professional life.

They had suspected she had tipped Red off when they closed in on the Chinese Restaurant which they found to be a front for Red's business.

When they searched all they found was a picture of the flying monkeys from the wizard of the Oz with the name Cooper on the back.

Cooper had come under fire from the heads of the Department to find out how a man could have escaped when he was being watched.

This in turn had put pressure on Lizzie it all came to be her burden which she bared the brunt of for only so long. Surprisingly Meera stuck her neck out to defend her while Ressler hounded her like a dog with a bone.

Finally he was able to put her down and take her out of the game. She was put on suspension until further notice but it may as well have been severance.

She barely left the house anymore and had begun to develop anxiety whenever she reached the front door.

While she lay in bed listening to her neighbours arriving back from church as was their custom every Sunday morning she felt rather than seen the sun on her back.

She pulled the blankets off and looked to the curtains on the window.

She froze despite the warmth of the sun now shining through her window.

'Lizzie'

He spoke with his hands out as if to calm a deranged animal. When she stayed sitting on the bed with her mouth agape he went on

'it's a lovely day outside Lizzie, just feel that warmth'

She simply squinted from the shock of the light.

'oh Lizzie you look tired'

'I am so please close the curtains and leave whatever way you came in'

She lay back down and pulled the blankets. Her body dipped with the bed, while her heart thumped in expectation.

'we never quite finished our conversation'

Silence met him and he took it as permission to continue speaking.

'I'm so sorry Lizzie I never gave my condolences for your broken marriage'

She slowly began weeping trying to hide it, to not give him the satisfaction but he felt the shakes from the bed.

'oh Lizzie' the blankets pulled back and again he touched her cheek.

The tears travelled around his fingers to continue their trail down her cheeks.

'when liquids meet solids they travel around them'

Keeping his eyes fixed on his fingers while she kept her eyes shut tightly he continued

'they clear a path around the object in the way'

'you Lizzie must clear your own path around this barrier'

She let out a shuddering breath and whispered

'I want you to go please'

She turned away from him, eyes still closed and lay back down.

Reluctantly he went to the door, he had his hand on the handle when he heard so quietly he thought it was a figment at first

'it should be easy for you to walk away by now'

He dipped his head and left the tears he had been holding back to fall.

He vowed standing outside her door listening to her silent weeping that he would repair the wreckage that was his Lizzie.