Dangerous Minds

Chapter Thirteen

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Dangerous Minds- Chapter Thirteen

-Elijah-

"How did you both do?" I ask them as Katherine shakes her head, walking into a small 24 hour open diner that's nearly empty. The only people there are my two agents, myself and an older waitress walking around the small establishment, cleaning the tables and moving on to moping the floor. I watch as Katherine walks past one of the tables slamming her fist upon it before I notice that she's angrily glaring at Damon.

"We fucked up!" She screams, hatred in her dark brown eyes as she runs her fingers through her hair, stomping her foot and angrily explaining how close they had been to getting Alaric on a drug charge. But how things went wrong fast.

"What happened?" I ask her, placing my coffee cup down on to the table and watching her eyes lock on to me as she takes a seat down into the booth that I'm sitting in, Damon takes a seat next to me, rubbing his face with his hands in frustration. "He got spooked. He started asking questions and Katherine panicked."

"Oh, for god sakes!" I mutter out as she looks up at me helplessly. "He asked where we were from, and then I think he saw part of my wire sticking out from under my shirt. I must have forgotten to have tucked it back in after I used the bathroom." Katherine explains, looking down at her hands that are now sitting in front of her. "Son of a bitch!" She hisses out under her breath while leaning back into her seat.

"Let me guess. He rushed you both out of there as quickly as he could?" I ask, watching them both nod.

"Fucking hell!" Closing my eyes and pinching the bridge of my nose, I exhale deeply and take out my cell phone. "I need to call my brother, figure out how we're going to set up another meeting with someone else."

"Someone else? What?" Katherine asks, her eyes wide.

Helplessly I stare up at her. "I'm sorry, Katherine. You're clearly rusty and I'm just going to need to call in Hayley. I can't have you screwing up a case you've worked years on building." Scoffing, she pushes up from her seat and excuses herself. But, not before pointing at me with a scowled look on her face. "You're taking me off the case? I'm one of the best you have, Elijah!"

"You got distracted." I point out as she shakes her head, licking her bottom lip and looking at me and Damon with tears in her eyes. "This case is all I have had going for me in a long time. You can't take me out of this. Please, Elijah. Please, don't do this."

Damon sits quietly, hands folded in front of him and not saying anything as Katherine exhales deeply before coming back and taking a seat back across from us. "Kol is in a federal prison and I want to clear his name, I want the right guy to take his place. Now, please keep me on this case because I don't have anything else. Please, don't take this away from me. It's all I have." She begs me with brown watery eyes.

"Damon, what do you think?" His head snaps up as he looks at me and then back over at Katherine who's wiping away the falling tears off of her cheeks and trying her best to keep her composure.

He licks his lips, unclasping his hands as he states. "Keep her on the case. Listen, she messed up and it won't happen again. I'll make sure of it. I will make sure that she keeps her head in the game. I promise."