His greatest love.

Chapter 42.

It was already so late but the work needed to be done in order to get back to the force. He stood there in a low-lit, near empty parking structure hums with fluorescent slickers leaning against a support pillar with his hood up. A car suddenly rolls in and the driver kills the engine beside him and gets out bringing forth the only man he still fully trusted in the force. He looked around carefully as he gave him a brotherly hug.

"Well, you look like shit." He said lightly and he chuckled silently.

"Good to see you too, shithead. At least the government healthcare plan still comes with cologne and a conscience." Santos said lightly and the man sighed.

"You know I can't be seen with you especially not now when you are still such a hot mess."

"Yet here you are, that counts for something."

"And this must be worth my time Santos."

"Trust me it is, at least for my sanity." Santos said lightly pocketing his hands in his hoodie as his former partner leaned against his car.

"Your sanity?? I thought you were going to use this opportunity to fix things up with Diana??" He said silently and he a cold smirk lights his face.

"Diana, Diana, Diana. Funny I thought so too but turns out while am here trying to fix our family she's letting another man sleep in our home. Our bed. Around my daughter." He said hurt and anger lurking in his voice.

"So she's moving on??" 

"As if all the years we had together didn't even matter. Can you believe that shit??"

"Actually I can," he said lightly as Santos looked at him irritated, " I mean we won't sit here and pretend like you haven't been sleeping with Ashley in the same house barely two weeks after you two broke up."

"It wasn't even like that..." Santos said defensively, "Ashley she just happened to be there when i needed a friend. She just made the emptiness- less empty."

"You can't say that while you still cuddle up with her in bed and you can't expect Diana to just let you back into her life as if you didn't destroy it." He said lightly, " You made your choice and time and time again as you stay with her you keep on making it."

"Its not that easy man, it's not that easy at all..." Santos said lowly, " I just know that i will get her back and things will return to normal."

"And that will have a higher chance of it happening when you get Ashley off your bed."

"Enough about my personal drama. Have you heard anything about my spy??" Santos said calmly his voice turning serious.

"You're still chasing that??" His partner said narrowing his eyes.

"You are making it sound like am chasing a ghost. I need to understand what went wrong with the mission, if she's alive... I need to find something. She was scared when we last talked and I pushed her to finish her mission. This one is on me." He said frantically and he sighed lightly.

"You know we looked. We have tried everything. There is nothing. No concrete proof, no chatter, no sightings, not even a body. Everything associated to her mission has been completely scrubbed off like she never even fucking existed." 

Santos gritted his teeth, he knew there had to be something.

"Too clean. Exactly. Matteo's house is still  under twenty-four surveillance but there's no sign of a fucking nanny?? No footage her leaving the residence, no trace of her on house records. Everything is gone like she was never there and the only time that happens is when they either discover she's a spy or when she got too close to the fire."