Anna and Hannibal arrived at a cute little coffee shop. She ordered a minty hot chocolate. She also got a brownie. She went and sat down as Hannibal paid for everything. She looked at her phone and hoped that she would do a good job at keeping him busy. She hoped that Alex was able to find what she could to prove that Anna wasn't crazy.

She honestly didn't know what would be better really. That she really was insane or that Hannibal had human bodies in his basement.

She didn't see anything from Alex or Simon. So, she assumed that they were busy.

Hannibal came and sat down with both of their drinks and her brownie.

"What is it that you wanted to talk about Anna?" He asked her as he took a sip of his drink.

She took a deep breath. Here goes wasting time to help her sister.

Simon and Alex went up to the door and Alex pulled something out of her bag. Simon raised an eyebrow as she started picking the lock. "I snuck out a lot and took my dad's alcohol, He started locking it up, so I had to get creative. Plus, it's a good thing to know how to do." She explained with a shrug.

She was able to get the door unlocked and she was able to get the sliding lock on the other side of the door. They made sure they had masks on so that if there was camera's their identities weren't known.

Alex went inside with Simon. The two searched for the said basement that was hidden away. Anna told them that it was hidden behind something in the kitchen, and the code. So that's where they wanted to go.

Alex looked around and noticed the door that led from his home to the other building which was his place of work. She nudged Simon and pointed to the door. He looked at her. Going over to the door, Alex got to work on getting the door unlocked.

Once inside, the two went inside. Looking around, Simon went to the computer at the desk. Opening the laptop, he frowned. Locked. Which isn't much of a surprise. But he was skilled at hacking.

"I'm going to attempt to hack into this, it could send an alert to him, so be ready to run... actually. I want you to leave." He told her. She looked at him, but he gave her a look, making her nod and rush out of there.

Alex hoped that if Simon was able to hack in and find anything, he would let her know about it. She hoped that this wasn't all for not.

"You're birthday is coming up isn't it?" Hannibal asked. Anna nodded before she took another sip of her hot chocolate. "Yeah it's in a month." She said with a shrug. "I'm not going to do anything other then just go out for dinner with dad, Alex and Rachel. I don't really have friends to have a party with... The other person I wanted there is..." She stopped herself from continuing.

He nodded as he understood. The other person she would've wanted there was dead and buried. Of course, he himself killed the boy.

"Well. I'm sure your family is going to make your eighteenth birthday the best out there." He told her. She once more shrugged. "It's just another day for me." Anna told him honestly. Cause truthfully, after her mother's death, it became another day for her.

Back then. Her mother would bake a big cake for Anna and Alex's birthday. There would be a trip to the spa to get their hands and feet done. A dinner, then a family activity like bowling, the movies or something like that.

Now, Anna didn't really ask to do anything. And Alex went out to a party with her own friends to get hammered and laid. So, things weren't the same on birthdays.

When Anna was in the hospital, Dr. Chamberlin would go get her food from her favorite place. She would appreciate he would do that for her to help lift her spirit. But to her, it became another day after her mom's death.

But what poor Anna didn't know was the worse was going to happen after she turned eighteen.

Hannibal's phone went off. He looked and saw an alert that someone attempted to get into his system at his office. "If you can excuse me Anna. I have to make a very important call." He told her before standing and stepping outside.

Anna grew worried, and called Alex. But it was ignored. But soon a ding came to her phone.

'We got out.' It was from Alex. It made Anna sigh a sigh of relief. But when she looked up, she noticed someone glaring at her. She honestly didn't know who the person was. He just kept glaring at her from where he stood in line.

She looked around her, maybe they were glaring at someone else? But nope. He was glaring at her. Which absolutely confused her. What did she do to this guy? Was it because she was in a hospital? Why hate someone for that?

She looked down but continued to feel their heated glare on her head.

Hannibal walked back, and when Anna looked up, she noticed the guy smiling at Hannibal, a dreamy look in their eye. Now that confused her more. Were they glaring at her cause she was seated with Hannibal?

"Sorry about that Anna, someone had apparently broke into my office, I had to call the police. I am afraid that I have to cut this short. I am having to meet the officers there." He said. Anna looked at him and put on a surprised face.

"Oh wow. I'll call Alex and have her pick me up." She told him. He nodded. "Hello Dr. Lector. I'm surprised to see you here." Anna looked over and it was the guy who was just glaring daggers at her a moment ago.

Hannibal looked over and put on a polite smile. "Hello Ryan. How are you?" He asked as he stood. He shook the man's hand. Anna took notice at how this Ryan perked up when Hannibal shook his hand.

Anna found that really... weird? The only time she thought people did that was if they met their celebrity crush.

"I'm doing good. I am really looking forward to our next session." Ryan said happily. Hannibal nodded once. "Anna? This is Ryan McHill. He's a client of mine. Ryan this is Anna Ivers also a client of mine." Hannibal introduced.

Anna gave a polite smile, and a soft hello in greeting. But all Ryan did was give here a disgusted once over and then rolled his eyes and smiled brightly at Hannibal.

Weird and rude much?

"Are you free? I would love to sit and chat for a bit." Ryan asked. Hannibal grabbed his tea cup and shook his head. "You know I don't do things person meetings with my clients. Anna was having issues being at the office. So, I brought her here for our session." He explained. "And now I must be leaving. Somone broke into my said office." He continued.

Ryan gasped dramatically.

"Oh no! That's awful! I'm so happy you weren't there, you could've been harmed." Ryan said shaking his head. "So, could've Anna. For that I am grateful we both weren't there when the break in happened. Anna? Would you like me to drop you off? Or did you want to wait here for your sister?" Hannibal asked, now completely ignoring Ryan.

Something Ryan noticed quickly and didn't like, as he went back to glaring at Anna with even more hatred.

"It's ok. I'll go to the candy shop and see if they have anything new. I heard their going to start freeze drying candy, and I would really like to try it out. Alex said it was getting popular." Anna said, feeling highly uncomfortable having this weird older male glaring at her with such hatred and disgust.

"I hope everything is ok at the office and nothing important was taken." Anna said, grabbing her bag and trash. "It was nice to meet you Ryan." She said politely but the man continued with his glare and didn't speak to her.

She and Hannibal walked out. He went to his car, and watched Anna go across the street and down a bit before going into the candy shop the town had.

Ryan watched all this seething in rage. Who did this bitch think she was? Thinking she can take all of Hannibal's time. No wonder he couldn't get anyone on the phone at the office. Hannibal was out with this fucking bitch.

Hannibal was his damn it! He just didn't know it yet. But he will. Hannibal will love him the way he loves Hannibal. It was just a matter of time.