Ch 14
They arrive at the hotel and walk in to go up to Aislinn's office. Once they arrived, they noticed Mairead was sitting at the desk with a worried look on her face. She looks up and sees they made it back safely.
"Oh thank goodness! I was so worried for you two!"
She looks over and sees Natalia and Latisha. She raises her eyebrows and looks at Finn and Aislinn.
"Am I missing something? I see Natalia and this other young lady with you.. I'm sorry, I'm Mairead Windsor. I'm Aislinn's aunt-"
Natalia chimes in,
"And also the owner of IRE. This is Latisha Smith, a MI6 agent.."
"A pleasure to meet you, Ms. Windsor."
Mairead looks shocked and accepts the handshake that was given to her from Latisha.
"Likewise as well.. Do you care to explain why a MI6 agent is in my office?"
Aislinn walks up to the desk to sit on the edge of it.
"Well.. she's not the only agent. So is Natalia and Finn.."
"I see.. Care to explain all this to me please? I am very concerned."
Finn speaks up and crosses his arms as Natalia and Latisha walks around to the computer to put in the flash drive.
"Mairead.. Whatever you do you can't stay a word to anyone about this.. "
"My Dear, just because I am getting old doesn't mean that I am just going to gossip like a lady during tea time. What caused MI6 to get involved with my niece?"
"Her parents.. They are being investigated for international fraud against investors and many we have found missing or dead. We had a feeling that the Windsors were a part of this but couldn't find a connection, a paper trail if you will. That flash drive-"
He nods his head toward the ladies at the desk,
"-is the key to maybe open Pandora's box for us."
Mairead walks over to sit in a chair and looks at Finn.
"You mean.. To tell me that my sister and her bastardly husband are involved in international crimes?.. What has the world come to.. I do hope for our sake that you find the information you need. They have been needing to be taken down for a long time now. Especially after the way they did Aislinn.."
Finn looked tight lipped and agreed. He didn't like the way Aislinn's parents treated her and he was definitely going to make sure that they were put away for a long time.
A few moments later, Aislinn and Finn were sitting on the couch while Mairead had come back with a tray of cookies and tea for everyone, and Natalia and Latisha were looking at the files on the flash drive. It was silence until Natalia spurted out
"Oh my stars! We found it! We found the document to link them!"
Finn rushed to the other side of her, Aislinn and Mairead stepped closer to the desk to listen to what they found. Latisha skimmed through the document and recognized a last name that made her heart drop. Latisha looked at Finn and noticed his face lost its color and was looking straight at what she was looking at. Latisha speaks up and asks Finn,
"Finn, who are they?"
Finn leaned against the window behind the desk, and mutters,
"My parents.. They said it was just a random killing.."
Aislinn's eyes went wide and said,
"Oh no.. please tell me-"
"Yes.. I'm sorry but.. It looks like your parents may be involved in my parents' death."
Natalia, who was listening and scrolling, stops and grabs Aislinn's hand.
"Come around. You need to see this."
Aislinn goes around and looks at the computer and notices a name too familiar to her.. A name she hasn't heard of in years. Berlin Meadows. Aislinn collapses on the edge of the desk and her aunt comes around to hold her and hugs her. She looks and sees what the name was.
"Oh my darling.."
"She.. She was murdered in front of me.. By my own parents-"
Aislinn's voice breaks and she sobs into her aunt's shoulder. Finn looks at Aislinn and feels his heart breaking in a million pieces. Learning that his parents were murdered and seeing Aislinn so heartbroken.. He couldn't take it anymore. He was getting angry and he was ready to find out why they were all killed. As he moves closer to the screen and looks at all the names on the files, he notices amounts of money, the company they worked for, and if they were alive or dead.
"Natalia, What is the information next to their names?"
"It looks like they owed the money to the Windsors. Like they were loaning them money. They look like investors.. Some of them do. You said your parents worked in international law, yes?"
Finn shook his head yes.
"Dad was close to the Prime Minister in Britain and Mom worked for an American law firm. But what did they do to make a deal with the Windsors?"
Aislinn calms down and looks at Natalia. In her mind, she never knew that Berlin seeked her parents' help.. But why did they murder her..
"Natalia, Berlin.. Why was she on there? What did she owe?"
Natalia has a sad expression on her face. Natalia reads over another file she found again and says,
"Finn's parents were killed because they found out about the fraud. They were representing clients that were apart of the frauds and your parents-"
Finn spoke up angrily,
"-were helping them and it leads to their death. They knew about the scams. They were getting ready to contact the federal government in the US..but it was too late."
Latisha looked tight lipped and thought to herself how could someone be this cruel as she reads over Berlin's file. Latisha looks over to Aislinn and says,
"Aislinn, Berlin.. Who was she to you? Was she someone close?"
Aislinn sighs and looks at Finn. He was going to find out some day or another. Mairead holds her hand as she tells Latisha who Berlin was. Natalia knows Aislinn's secret with Berlin, she looks at Aislinn and smiles, showing her that she has this. Aislinn smiles back and begins to tell Latisha.
"Berlin.. Was my best friend. Who was more of a sister to me."
Aislinn smiles at the memory of beautiful Berlin.
"Berlin was a student in Ireland at the University near Cork. I went with my Aunt to visit family there. My family all came from Ireland and settled here in Atlanta. I had decided for a semester to attend school in Ireland. I met Berlin in the library and on from there was an amazing friendship. One semester led to 2 years and we were having a great time in Uni. We decided that year we was going to travel to France, and made a stop in London and later that evening when we arrived in London, she was shot in front of me..."
Finn looks at Aislinn with understanding and love. He never knew she had a close best friend but in a way he found that interesting and it made him love her more. Aislinn looks up to see Finn smirking at her and blushes. Mairead chuckles at the sight. Latisha smiles and sees Aislinn with tears in her eyes and blushing. It was sad that someone who she cared deeply about was shot in front of her. Aislinn continues to tell her that after years of coping and therapy, alongside having Natalia as her friend, she was ready to try to move on and be happy because that's what Berlin would have wanted. Latisha ponders on if she wants to tell Aislinn about Berlin's file, but she does it anyway. She needs to know.
"Aislinn, Berlin's file.. The reason she was going to your parents was because she was going to move to Atlanta with you. She was needing help with the papers to become an US citizen. It looks like she had no idea about the connection to you and your parents. They found out about the friendship and.."
Aislinn teared up and covers her face,
"Killed her. Oh, Berlin.. I am so sorry.."
Finn, Mairead and Natalia look at each other with sadness. Mairead walks away to sit down in the chair, Finn takes over the computer to give Natalia a break. Natalia, Latisha and Aislinn all huddle on the couch to comfort Aislinn.
A couple of hours later, Finn stands up immediately with an alarmed expression on his face. The ladies were startled and looked at him with confusion. Natalia gets up and walks over to the desk and looks at what he found. Her mouth dropped and looked at Aislinn.
"Um.. Aislinn?"
Aislinn looks at Natalia with one eyebrow lifted,
"Yes?"
"You remember that night you got stuck and I had to come pick you up from the diner?"
"Yes.. I was walking and a truck almost ran me over.."
"Yes.. you have a hit out on you. A bounty for a million dollars. Your parents are trying to have you killed."
Aislinn looks at her aunt worriedly and then back at Natalia. She had no idea what to think but that she was over it. She was tired of having to keep dealing with all of the information that was given to her. She widens her eyes and smirks. She realizes she has a plan. Latisha looks at her and chuckles,
" I believe Ms. Aislinn has a plan. I can see the wheels turning."
Natalia looks at Aislinn amused and says,
"Whatever you're thinking it's not happening-"
Finn chimes in,
"Most definitely not! I know exactly what you are thinking. We are not using you as bait to get your parents."
Mairead looks at everyone talking and going back and forth, and whistles. They all look at her.
"Now, you guys are MI6, yes? It's your job to protect her, am I right?"
They all nodded yes and Finn says,
"With my life."
"Then why don't you all get together, make a plan and go be James Bond and get the bad guys. It's not this hard to decide. I don't like this plan either way because she is my niece and I love her. But you must do what you have to do and that's getting my sister and her bastardly husband."
Mairead walks towards the door to leave them to make a plan, but before she goes,
"I leave you all with this.. "May Good Luck be your friend in whatever you may do and may trouble be always a stranger to you"."
Mairead winks and smiles and goes next door. Leaving the others staring at the door thinking about the last thing she said. They all looked at each other and then all eyes fell on Aislinn.
Finn smiles at her and says,
"Well Darling.. What is your plan?"
Aislinn blushes and begins to tell them her plan. It was going to be a long night.
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