Chapter 11
The pilot spoke through the open door to Finn, letting him know that they were landing in Boston. Finn acknowledged him and looks at Aislinn who was looking out the windows. He was so nervous and didn't like that she was meeting her parents. He would do everything he could to protect her. He only hoped that Natalia and Latisha would find what they were looking for and get out. As the seat belt warning dinged, the wheels touched the ground and shook Aislinn out of the daze she was in. She saw that the plane had stopped and turned to see Finn looking at her.
"You alright, love?"
She smiled and grabbed his hand as helped her out of her seat to walk off the plane.
"Yes.. Just nervous."
He pulled her to him,
"No need to be nervous, my darling. I will be there with you always. You will not be out of my sight."
She smiles up at him and hugged him tighter.
"Thanks for that, Finnegan."
She hears a low growl from his chest and looks back at him, she notices his eyes were a dark grey that she grew to love.
"Keep sayin' my name like that, love.. And we will not get off this plane. I will make it go back up and we can join the mile high club.."
He smirks at her, noticing her face blushing. He chuckles and gently leads her out the plane. They walk to a limo that would take them to the party. He helped her in, and shut the door. He walked around and looked around the area. He noticed in the distant was a black van and plane. He saw two women walking to it. He knew they had arrived.. He adjusted his gun in his suit, and hoped he wouldn't have to use it. He shoots a quick text to the ladies notifying them that he had seen them and to be careful. Inside, Aislinn noticed the edge of the gun in his suit through the glass. She felt terrified. She wanted to know why he had a gun. Especially with her.. Was he an assassin that her parents hired? Was this a game to him? She grabbed the champagne bottle to get ready to strike if he grabbed her.
He opens the door and gets in. He looks towards Aislinn with a smile and suddenly frowned at how she was looking. She had a champagne bottle in her hand ready to hit him, and a look of fear with tears breaching her eyes. He moves his hands up and yells to the driver to go. She looks at the driver in fear. As the limo moved, she looked at Finn, and said
"Don't get anywhere close to me!"
Finn looking in shock and confused,
"Darling, what is wrong? What have I done wrong?"
She stuttered out,
"You.. you have a gun.. I saw it. I know what your plan is."
Finn raises his eyes and looks down and notices his gun was sticking out of his suit. He mumbled curses and covers it up.
"Love, this is not for you.. This isn't for anyone.. It's for protection. Please put that bottle down."
Aislinn slowly eases it down, but keeps it up.
"Why for protection? Are you a part of something?"
Finn thought to himself,
"Damn.. She's smart.. I am eventually going to have to tell her. Fuck.. Natalia isn't going to like this."
He takes a deep breath and sighs,
"Yes.. I am."
He pulls out his phone and calls Natalia with Aislinn looking at him closely and raising the bottle higher.
"You made it?" answers Natalia on the other line.
"Umm.. not yet. Got an issue."
"What happened, you ripped her dress?"
Finn cutting straight to the issue.
"She knows. She saw my gun."
Aislinn looks confused at him. He looks at her and reaches out his hand towards her and she moves back towards the door. He sighed and frowned. He hears Natalia scream through the phone..
"SHE KNOWS?! You... God.. I will murder you myself."
After hearing silent, she sighs and says,
"Before you guys go to the party, we need to meet. Now. It will be easier to explain this to her in person.."
"Well can I tell her part of it, so she drops this champagne bottle and not hit me with it."
He hears Natalia laughs and wishes him good luck. The line goes dead. He notices she sent him a location of where to meet. He yells at the driver to go that route. Aislinn still looking confused and holding the bottle begins asking questions.
"Who was that? Your boss? Where are we going? Are you going to kill me? Most of all, who the hell are you?"
Finn raises his hands for her to stop talking.
" I am Finnegan Galloway. That part is real. Everything I told you is real. But the gun.. That's part of a different life I live.. I am not a photographer. I mean that is my hobby, I do work the job. I work as something else also.."
"What is it, Finn? What are you hiding from me?"
Aislinn had dropped the bottle and looked at him with anger.
"I am an MI6 agent."
Finn looks at Aislinn and notices a look of shock across her face. He reaches into his hidden pocket in the suit and pulled out his badge. He gave it to her.
She holds it and looks at it. She looks shocked and he watches her as she grips the badge. She leaps at him, he grabs her and hold her. She slaps his chest and arms. He lets her as he knew he deserved it. He frowned as he saw the tears streaking down her face. He wipes them away and kisses her cheeks. He mumbles I'm sorry to her many times. She calms down and sits in his lap looking down at his chest. She finally musters up the courage to look at him. He looks down at her with guilt, concern, and love. He half-smiles at her. She sighs and gets out of his lap noticing they stopped.
"I'm sorry, Aislinn. Please forgive me. I only wanted to keep you safe."
Aislinn stayed silent, and whispered,
"I know."
Finn nodded his head, and gets out.
He sees Natalia and Latisha standing there. Natalia has a look of guilt and sadness on her. He knew it was going to be hard on her to tell her that her best friend was an agent as well. He only hoped she goes easy on Natalia than she did him. He hears the door open, and she stepped out of the limo. As she smoothed her dress down, she looks up and sees Natalia. She looks in shock and stumbles back on the limo. Finn reaches for her hand to grab and she smacks it away. Natalia, who was in tears, walks up to Aislinn.
"Aislinn.. I am sorry. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, especially this way."
Aislinn put up her hand to stop her. Aislinn walks up to her. She immediately hugs her. Natalia reacts in shock and cries harder in Aislinn's shoulder. They both stand and cry. After a minute they pull apart and wiped their eyes.
"God your makeup is ruined. Let me fix it please."
Aislinn laughed,
"You can, but one question?"
"Yes, anything."
"Are you an agent on a mission? Or just to follow me?"
Natalia opens her mouth then shuts it. She looks at Finn to answer. Finn sighed and runs his hand through his ruffled hair.
"Yes. We are. We are loosely following you. More like protecting you. That is what Natalia is. She's your agent that follows the subject and keep them out of harm's way."
Aislinn nods in deep thinking and looks at Finn.
"Harm's way? Who would harm me?.."
Aislinn looks at Finn in realization.
"Oh my god.. My parents? They are the one that wants me harmed? I always thought they would play evil games, but never.."
Her voice trails off, and Natalia grabs her hand. She smiles at her and squeezes back. Finn moves closer to her. He sees Latisha watching carefully.
"This is Latisha Smith. She's mine and Natalia's partner in the cases."
He points to Latisha and she walks up closely. She smiles and nods her head at Aislinn.
"Hello, Aislinn. You are definitely well taken care of. You have two people who care about you deeply."
Aislinn smiles and looks at Natalia and Finn. She notices the guilt and concern still in Finn, and the same in Natalia. She thinks to herself, she knows her best friend and boyfriend wouldn't hurt her. She just wanted to know what the cases are and why her parents want to harm her.
"Why are my parents after me? What are the cases?"
Natalia decides to speak up.
" In the short term, like Finn said I am here for your protection. Finn is assigned to a case that is looking into your parents' financial status. They've been causing frauds and we need the proof. Which is why we are here. Finn is going to be your date and help you distract your parents while Latisha and I are going to go in to the office and see what we can find."
Aislinn absorbs the information in. She sighed and says,
"Well.. What are we waiting on? I am tired of asking anymore questions, so I'd rather just see it happen and hope for the best."
Natalia hugs her best friend and Aislinn smiles. She couldn't stay mad at her, she was only doing her job after all. She hugs Latisha, who reacts shocked and warmed up to Aislinn. She lets Natalia fixes her makeup and after a few minutes later, she watches them leave. She turns to Finn and sighed. Finn opened the door for her to get back in. She gets in and Finn breathes a huge sigh of relief. As he gets in, he's tackled by Aislinn who hugs him and whispers,
"I'm sorry I almost hit you with a champagne bottle."
He chuckles and hugs her close. He kisses the top of her forehead,
"I am sorry too. I wish I told you sooner."
She leans back and reaches up to kiss him. He kisses her back.
"You had to do what you had to do."
She smiles back at him and he sees the love through her eyes. He knew that was good enough for him to see. He yells at the driver to go to the party. He only hopes the worst is over.
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