Meghan Ross: Con Artist in Training

I Want You to Want Me (Part 1)

Meghan stood outside the cemetery she wasn't allowed to enter. She could look through the gate and see the headstone she wanted to visit.

Neal Caffrey.

She remained on the sidewalk, watching the bald man who had just finished visiting said grave. The man made his way out of the gate, clearly not expecting to see Meghan.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I know, Mozz. To be honest, I didn't expect to see you either... How was Spain? I'll bet you enjoyed the wine lists."

"I did. Your brother has always been a good host."

"Speaking of brothers, the other one did something..."

"And what might that be?"

"Let's talk about that at a different cemetery. One that isn't being watched by the other suits and Marshal's."

The two stepped away from the gate. Mozzie opened the door to his cab for Meghan as if she were a passenger and he was just being polite. He drove her to a cemetery that was closer to Brooklyn.

~***~***~

Meghan stepped out of the cab, followed by Mozzie. He grabbed her elbow to stop her from going in right away. He looked around seeming to think something was off.

"I think were safe here, Mo—"

"We're being watched."

"Unless it's Harvey's investigator, I think we're okay, Mozz. Jessica already knows. She used me against Dad to get her merger with Edward Darby's firm in London."

"Who told her?"

"You really had to ask?"

"Only if there was going to be a surprising answer like one of you."

"Hold that thought," she said as she unfolded a piece of paper. "It's to Harvey and Donna. Tells them everything except what got us into the program. Just says that Neal's dad did something and here we are. He didn't go into a lot of detail."

"And he's not supposed to. Who else did he tell?"

"Remember Rachel?"

Mozzie was actually happy about this. He didn't have to hear Mike's complaints about not being able to tell Rachel anything and how it was preventing him from having a real relationship.

They walked between the different headstones. The feeling of being watched never left Mozzie.

"Are you doing the Birthday Tradition, today?"

"I was planning to but based on the way your acting, I guess I'm not."

"You can still do it, but let's make the headstone choices appear random. Then we can watch from the tree line"

~***~***~

It was a woman who was following them.

Vanessa, Meghan thought. Guess Harvey doesn't really trust me either.

She had been researching the old case of Neal's back at the office. It had to have been one of his first cons because the work was messy. It was a team effort and one of the guys clearly had a different agenda from the rest of the team.

"What did you get yourself into, Danny?" she asked herself. A thought occurred, and then she left the laptop open as she went to the file room. It wasn't a wise move, but Mike had looked at the case the night before and decided to help her after all.