Searching for my Identity

Chapter 64 In Omnia Paratus Pt. 2

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While Logan was having breakfast with Colin and his daughters, Alex was at the MI5 headquarters in London City with his father, Jamie. They had been sitting in Alex's office for several hours, trying again to go through the documents of Norah's case. 

"Dad, I'm glad you're here and trying to help me as much as possible. I'm starting to feel like I'm getting paranoid, and I think I've found clues that lead me to other perpetrators, yet I'm wondering if it's relevant. I understand why you were so frustrated after a long hard working week. Charlie and Sean Petit are mentioned in almost all email conversations.
But Chris and I didn't find any clues in the databases. However, we believe it's very likely that Charlie and Sean are their aliases." Alex paused briefly, closed his eyes, and took a sip of his coffee. Jamie watched his son anxiously. 

"You can be 100% sure of that, Alex, and I can't get these names out of my mind either. Somewhere I've heard those names before. But I can't remember where; I've been mentally going over all the cases I've worked on here.
I hope that Agent Muller and his colleague Delany with their FBI entourage have found new information to help us with the case..." Jamie sighed, and before Alex could answer, his company smartphone rang. 

"Boss? The FBI is here," were the following words from Charlene, Alex's private secretary. 

"Thanks, Charlene. We'll be right up. Can you please contact Logan, Rory, and Colin?" he asked her. 

"Sure, Alex. See you in a minute..." she ended the phone call, and Alex and his father made their way to the seminar room. 

Meanwhile, at Reggie's Cafe. Norah and Nathalie had reached their 3rd cup of coffee when their dad's iPhone vibrated. 

"Huntzberger," Logan said and immediately left the coffee shop when he heard the voice of Alex's assistant. 

"Good morning Mr. Huntzberger; sorry to bother you, but the FBI has arrived at the headquarters now. Unfortunately, your wife and Mr. McCrae weren't available." Charlene greeted him friendly. "Thank you, Charlene; I'll immediately call my wife and Colin. We'll join you at headquarters as soon as possible. Thank you. Bye. "

Colin watched Logan’s exchange from a distance and knew that something was wrong. Logan's restless pacing in front of the cafe and his facial expressions and gestures alone indicated that he had Alex's assistant on the line. Logan returned to the coffee shop with a petrified facial expression.

"Colin, we have to go now. The FBI has arrived at headquarters," he tried to say in as normal a voice as possible. Colin just nodded while Norah and Nathalie exchanged worried glances. 

"Dad? Norah and I want to come with you. Please, dad.." 

"No, Nathalie. We're taking you and your sister home right now, because we can't waste more time. I know both of you want to come along, but I can't reconcile that with my conscience. I only want to protect you because I love you both so much. So hurry up." Logan snapped at his daughter a little too harshly, making Nathalie angry. 

She was damn tired of being put off by her father. Nathalie could understand his motives very well, but she wanted to be taken seriously by her father. Norah felt the extreme tension and laid an arm around her sister's shoulders, looking at her pleadingly. 

"Nathalie, dad is right, I want us to meet him too, but now it wouldn't be good in the heat of the moment. We could spend a great afternoon with our grandparents and maybe if dad agrees we could explore London a bit. Of course, only with Louis and Ian incognito, and even if it sounds strange, it's pretty cool to have personal security now. I feel like I'm a protagonist in one of those Jason Bourne movies." Norah intervened, taking her sister's hands and looking at her eagerly. 

"But...but..." the voice of Nathalie became quiet, and tears glistened in her eyes. 

"I know, come here. It will be alright, you'll see. And I'm already looking forward to when we go to Stars Hollow and eat together at Grandpa's diner or do a Gilmore Girls movie marathon with grandma Lorelai. Think of something positive, Nathalie Schatzi..." she spoke to her in a low voice while Logan looked at his daughters worriedly. 

"I'm just scared, and I don't want to lose you again, Norah," she mumbled. 

"Don't be. We have a great family that protects and loves us. That's all we need right now. 
And of course, another movie night tonight, what do you think? We don't fly back to New York until tomorrow around noon."

Nathalie looked at her twin sister with a slight but sad smile, "But don't you want to know what he has to say and if he's going to..." her voice was getting softer. 

"Regret it?" finished Norah her sentence and continued in the next breath, "He will if he has a conscience, and if he doesn't, then we have to accept that too, Schatzi. So now we have to stick together so that nothing comes between us, and when the time is right, we will get the chance to ask him face to face with all these questions that are bothering us." 

Nathalie just nodded, and before she could say anything, Norah cleared her throat again, "I don't know if we'll ever get an answer to that; it shouldn't matter to us for now; we'd better use the time intensively to get to know each other. 
Even though I feel like I've known you my whole life". 

"Gee, you sound so much like mom now. So where's the fun?" Nat sighed and smirked at her sister. 

"Do you really think so? I don't have a clue if I'm more like mom or dad or a good mixture from both of them?" she shrugged her shoulders and tried not to get too embarrassed. 

Logan had to grin as he heard his two daughters debating and spoke up, "I don't want to interrupt your conversation, but Norah, we really need to go now, and Nathalie, sweetie?" 

Nathalie turned to her dad while putting her jeans jacket on, "Yeah, dad?" 

"I'm so sorry that I snapped at you. It's so complicated, and I know you're not my little girl anymore, though I just want to protect you and your sister. Both of you guys are so brave, and I'm really proud of you. 
And how about if I take you out for dinner tonight, or should I cook? I mean, both of you can decide. 
I just want to spend a relaxing evening with my 3 daughters. I want to include Gracie in our father-daughter night when it's ok for you.." 

"Of course, dad, Grace belongs to us. After all, we're like the enchanted sisters from Charmed, and you don't need to worry about me, daddy. You know that I'm sometimes too theatralic and a kind of drama queen too," Nat answered.

 "That's true and how about you, Norah? Is it ok for you too that Grace will join us tonight?" Logan looked at her questioningly. 

"Sure thing, dad..and I'd like to go out with you guys." Norah smiled when they were on their way to the car. 

"Good then, let's hit the road.", Logan replied, and together they brought Nathalie and Norah back to Jamies and Sarah's place. 
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About twenty minutes later, Finn, Colin, Logan, and Rory were standing in front of the MI5 headquarters in London City. There was tension in the air, and no one dared to say a word out of fear that a renewed conflict or comments would be noted that one would be sorry again afterward. 

"I think we should go in now. Logan, together we'll get through this. I'm right here; you're not alone," Rory said, taking his hand and giving him a confident smile. 

"Yeah, mate, that's right. We're going to kick his ass. Come on, Logan, we shouldn't keep them waiting any longer. In Omnia Paratus." Finn agreed with them, and then they entered the headquarters.