Alice is now homeless; Ian told her that she either leaves or she goes to jail and he'll make sure she has a lot charges lined up against her. She and Jasmine are going to find a way to Barbados now instead of in a week. Lilly is now asleep in Peter's office because she didn't want to stay at the house, Alyssa is with her, and Ian is with Peter, Diana, Jones, and Neal in the conference room.
"We confirmed that the bond was counterfeit," Peter says.
"Yeah, it's a fake," Jones says and Neal sits up slightly but his feet are still on the table.
"Okay." Peter rounds the table. "Tony makes two trips. The first time, he takes a picture of the bond. His second trip in, he steals the original and replaced it with this copy." He slaps his hand onto the copy of the bind that's on the table. "Can we confirm that?"
"The timed ink-identification test puts the age of the bond at approximately six days," Jones says, "which coincides with Tony's visit."
"We're pulling surveillance videos to back it up," Diana says.
"Good," Peter says. "So the question is, why go to the trouble of making a really nice forgery, on the right kind of paper, just to stick it back in the archives?"
"Is the bond still negotiable?" Neal asks and everyone looks at him.
"It's a zero option, so it never expires," Peter says. "What's it worth?" He starts to walk again.
"A thousand dollars face value," Jones answer. "Drawing 9% interest."
"Compounded for sixty-four years," Diana says.
"$248,000," Neal says, the ball of rubber bands in his hands.
"What he said," Jones says.
"Quarter of a million," Peter says. "Not chump change. And he's got 600 sheets of the stuff."
"$150 million.... Give or take," Neal says when eyes find him again.
"He'd be a rich man if he could pass them off," Peter says. "But it still doesn't tell us why he would take out the real bond and our in a forgery."
Neal is throwing the rubber band ball up and catching it when he stops. He lifts his head. "I think it does," he says. "What if he claimed he found boxes of the original bonds?"
"Dragged them out of those caves in Spain," Peter says.
"Yeah," Neal says. "How'd they get authenticated?"
"They'd be taken to the archives and compared to the original," Peter says.
"Which he's already switched out with one of his copies," Neal says.
"So of course they're gonna match," Peter says. He claps his hands together as Neal throws the rubber band ball up once again. "Oh, this is good. This is really good." He catches the ball before it goes down. "Let's think about this."
A cellphone rings as Peter paces and Ian grabs it.
"Hey, Elizabeth," Ian greets when he answers Peter's phone.
"Diana, show Neal to his desk," Peter says as he shoos the others out.
"Hey, Ian!" Elizabeth Burke greets happily. "How's Lilly? And Midnight?"
"They're both great," Ian says. "Here's Peter." He hands Peter the phone and he walks out.
****()*****
"Where's your wedding band?" Neal asks Ian as he leans against Ian's desk.
"I'm divorced," Ian says.
"Really?" Neal's eyebrows shoot up, his blue eyes bright. "Why?"
"I'm gay," Ian says and Neal looks surprised, "and she's with a woman. On the streets, or in their way to Barbados."
"You kicked her out?"
"I was letting her stay 'til she left, but then she hit my daughter," Ian says. "Speaking of, I have to get her home." He stands. He offers Neal a smile and he goes up to Peter's office. He wakes Alyssa up before picking up Lilly. Neal then leaves with Peter.
*******()*******
"Daddy?" Lilly says as her dad brushes her hair after their teeth are brushed and they're dressed for the day. "Can I come to work with you? I don't want to be here."
"You can," Ian says.
*****()****
Lilly is in the meeting at the bureau while Ian does paperwork while Peter and Neal are working the case.
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Neal walks into the meeting room when he's done talking to Peter and he sits at the table, across from Lilly. "What are you coloring?"
The ginger looks up, her eyes twinkling. "A unicorn," she ways. "I'm Lilly!"
"I know," Neal says, smiling. "I'm Neal."
Lilly pushes the paper of the poorly colored purple unicorn. "You look sad," she says.
"My best friend is gone," Neal says. "She ran away before I got out of prison."
Lilly gasps. "You were in prison?"
Neal nods. "Yes, ma'am," he replies. "Your dad and Peter caught me both times."
"My daddy's good." Lilly sighs. "Mommy's not. She's mean." She looks at her sad, who's talking to Diana and Jones. "I don't want to live at our house anymore."
"Tell your dad," Neal says. "This is a pretty unicorn."
"Daddy!" Lilly squeals when the door opens and Neal turns to see Ian. "Can we move?"
Ian is quiet.
"She said she doesn't want to live at the house you're at anymore," Neal says casually. "And this is officially where I part." He holds his hand out to Lilly. "It was a pleasure meeting you, Lilly!"
Lilly giggles and she grabs Neal's hand to shake it. "You too, Neal!" she says happily.
"She's adorable," Neal whispers to Ian as he passes and leaves the meeting room.
Ian sits in the chair Neal was just in. "You want to move?" he asks and Lilly nods. "Why, baby?"
******()******
The next day, Lilly is at work with Ian again, and Ian is looking online for house listings. Lilly's memories with Alice are carved into the house they've been in since Ian married Alice when they were twenty-one.
He spots Diana and he waves her over. "Which one of these look better?"
Diana leans down, her hands on Ian's desk, and she looks at the listings that Ian has found so far.
*****()*****
While Peter and Neal speak inside the meeting room, Ian and Lilly are at Ian's desk while Lilly eats some Chinese food from Panda Express. Neal stops by the desk and he steals one of Ian's strolls and Lilly giggles.
"Hi, Neal," she greets.
"Hey, Lilly," Neal greets.
"Neal, come on!" Peter says from the door.
Neal pouts in exaggeration and he walks away. Ian rolls his eyes but he smiles when Lilly giggles. She clearly likes Neal.
*****()*****
The next day, Ian goes to look at a house that he found and liked. He ends up buying it.
