And we're back! this one is really short, more like a scene, but there will be another one tomorrow... if FF allows it :)
Thank to my beta Jess and to Sandra for the constant encouragement.
Chapter 9 – The Talk
"Good morning, sunshine. You look like you had an interesting evening." Mac greeted him as he entered the station.
"Make it an early morning, mate." Killian said. "Emma Swan showed up on my door this morning."
"Really? I didn't know you'd given her your address."
"I didn't, but that is what she does. She finds people… it's a family business, one could say."
"And what did the lovely Miss Swan want?" Mac asked. He was enjoying this a little too much, if he was honest. Killian, who was always very confident, seemed to be out of sorts around this woman.
"Oh, I wished I could say she wanted to seduce me into spending the entire day in bed with her," Killian said conjuring that mental image to quickly push it away. "But alas, she wanted to be part of this investigation. I told her I needed to talk to you about it."
Mac looked at him pointedly, "This is your operation, mate. You don't need to run this by me and you know it. The question then is… why did you stall?"
"I don't know, mate." Killian sighed.
"Don't lie to your partner, Killian. It's bad form." Mac pointed out to him. Killian smiled at that. "What do you want to do about this?"
"She has a point. She's good at what she does, probably the best. She'd be able to get a lot of information we can't get…" Killian started.
"But…."
"But I don't want hear anywhere near this maniac. This is too dangerous…"
"For her or for you?" Mac asked.
Killian looked at him surprised and then sighed. He should have known he'd not be able to fool Mac.
"I don't know, mate." He admitted.
"You want my advice? I say we take a leap of faith and let her in. Who knows, even if we don't get Thomas – and I'm sure we will get the bastard– you might walk out of this whole thing with a girlfriend." Mac suggested smirking.
"That is completely out of the question. This will be strictly professional, mate. I have no intention in pursuing the lady Swan." Again.
"Yeah, right. Tell that to your face, partner."