Life is one constant test. Only you have the choice to pass or fail at it. But sometimes it's really hard, things happen that questions everything. He enters my life and my life becomes an out of control rollercoaster. He can't help what happens, I...
Mum and Dad are there waiting at the hotel, when I arrive.
"Mia! Oh thank god your safe." she brings me into a hug but I don't return it, Dad joins and i can feel their relief and happy tears. They pull back and look me over.
"Right, the police will be here soon and then we will get you showered and changed okay." Mum gives me a reassuring smile
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The police take my statement and my clothes, some of my clothes from home have been hurriedly packed in a bag with other things. Mum sends me to get a shower.
"Please don't be here when I come out." are the first words I have said directly at them since I arrived. I washed all of Terry's blood of and I scrubbed my skin raw, I was clean but I din't feel any better, even the white noise from they hair dryer didn't help. I needed answers, I needed to feel safe. I needed David. I called him and he said he would come. I sat on the floor with my back against the sofa nursing a glass of vodka when he arrived.
"Can't complain about the look...but it's not nice when i can't go back to my own home, my own surroundings." I told him.
"Following an attempt on your life, Ma'am all protection measures have been ramped up.
"We're back to Ma'am now? Use my name!"
"Mia." he amended
"Do you think I'm still in danger? Are my parents in danger as well?"
"It'll turn out to be a nut job acting out alone." he told me.
"My mother told me that SO15 don't know anything about the gunman." I stated taking a sip of my drink.
"I can't imagine they're telling me more that they're telling your mother." I nodded. I snap out of my daze slightly
"She has a meeting in the morning with security services. Hopefully they can get more answers." I stood up and went to put my drink down. I turned to him
"Why were the police hold back from getting to us?" I questioned
"It wasn't safe for unarmed officers."
"I don't mean them, I mean the ARVs. We were under attack, you, me, members of the public. Terry was blown apart."
"Are you alright?" he asked me
"Who would give that command to hold what we needed back and leave us in the line of fire. You said two minutes it was longer."
"I can't Imagine that's what was going on."
"Answer the question. Please, David." my voice broke
"That would be an executive officer at SO15" I knew it.
"Anne Sampson." I breathed. And his look said it all that, she was the most likeliest person.
" I can't imagine that the ARVs were being held back without a good reason. First priority preservation of life."
"I was being shot at." I stated. I turned back to the tray of amenities and knocked the glass. i fixed them.
"That would suit her wouldn't it, you know mother was supposed to be with me, the only reason it was just us is because that meeting rang long. If it was the two of us, oh Sampson would have her riches and be back in control."
"Mia, why don't you sit down and let me take care of this." he came over holding out his hand for me to stop. I sighed. I was so scared, I felt so vulnerable and I hated it. I needed comfort but the not the kind from my parents. I looked at David and made little gestures but he didn't move.
"I'm not a Princess, you're aloud to touch me." my voice trembled as I touched his hand slightly the turned towards his chest hugging me, slowly he put his arms around me and I finally felt peace. I puled away slightly, we were so close, a peck, a kiss and he kissed back, it turned into two and then more.
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I laid next David I felt calm, but also a little scared, we had crossed a line and my full faculty were coming back. I got up and went to sit in the bathroom. I heard him leave.
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The next morning I got up I showered and I put on my armour, I wasn't going them to let me see how messed up I felt.
"You don't have to come, you can stay here." Mum told me.
"No I'm standing beside you and showing that they don't get to win. " she smiled softly and touched my cheek. Taking my hand she lead us out. I glanced at David as I got into the car.
At work Mum and I were talking to the press.
"Home Secretary, is there a concern that you and/ or your daughter are still a target?" a reporter asked
"For security reason, I'm afraid I can't disclose any specifics." Mum answered
"Any comment on the assassination attempt" I nodded
"Only that I'm extremely grateful for the swift and courageous actions of the security services, and I'm deeply thankful there weren't more casualties." I answered
"How are you feeling Ms Montague-Jones?"
"I'm feeling ready to return and help my mother in anyway I can on fighting the enemies that seek to put fear into the nation and I, my help may not be a lot compared to others but it's something. If that means drumming up support for RIPA 18 then.."
"That's all." we made our way back upstairs via the lift, inside the lift I felt my hand find David's but I did not look at him.
"Mum I need to talk with you in private." I told her, she nodded. Once we exited the lift and I let go of David. We enter her office and I close the door behind me.
"Yesterday, during the...situation. the ARVs were supposed to be 2 minutes away but they were longer the didn't show up until after I was told it was safe. It wasn't just me or David that was under fire there were members of the public as well and they were there. Anne Sampson is one of the few people with the authority to hold them back."
"I see." she said and there was a pause as she looked at me
"Why would she do that."
"Because up until the point of David, radioing in, you were thought to be in that car with me, only a handful of people knew that you had stayed back. Mum you are ruffling a lot of feathers to get RIPA 18 passed, crossing a lot of people to do stuff and that has put a target on your back. But this just isn't you anymore, this isn't just a possibility of danger, it's real and it's on you."
"Mia." she breathed
"I'm not mad at you." I took her hands "I'm not , it's just yesterday was a wake up call, whether it was you, me or both of us that were the intended target, we're still a target and it was still dangerous, and those ARVs did not arrive until the threat was over. focus on RIPA 18 of course but someones head needs to roll for this."
"Mia, I will do everything in my power to fix this." she kissed my cheek
