Caliber

Chapter 22

Anaya sighed as she sat her pencil down on her desk and rubbed her face. Her golden blonde hair was in a bun with curled tendrils falling around her face. Her black glasses falling down her nose, just then a client knocked.

"Dr. Cohan?" A young womens voice asked from behind the door.

"Yes, come in, I'm just finishing up a file." Anaya said as the young woman came in,

"Please have a seat, now what are you seeing me for? You can tell me as I look for your file."

"Oh, you won't have one" the young woman said and Anaya looked up startled, the woman had wavy rib cage length brown hair, her brown eyes looking at Anaya.

"I'm sorry, that came out all weird, I'm Sarah Young, I believe that you and I have something in common. My boyfriend is Duke Able and I also believe that you are the one that got under his partner/slash best friends skin, Derek Kane." Sarah said and Anaya glanced at her sideways from the corner of her eyes.

"What are you getting at Sarah? And what is your association with Mr. Kane?" Anaya asked and Sarah smiled as she sat down.

"Smart, good to be with the men we love, anyway like I said I'm Able's girlfriend and he has told me about the progress that Kane has made since falling for you. What are you doing to help him? Duke was, well still waking up in a cold sweat. He bolts up and sits at the edge of the bed with his head in his hands some nights. I've tried talking to him, but I get nowhere." Sarah said and Anaya sat on the edge of her desk.

"Well, due to Derek's past I have to tread lightly. It seems to be the same with Duke, he was the one that was with Derek when he was captured. And he was the one that found him in the state that he was in. The human mind is pliable, but is easy to mold given the right circumstances. Here we have two strong deadly men that seem to have learned to turn themselves into machines." Anaya said and she noticed that Sarah was giving her a blank look. Anaya chuckled and waved her hand in the air.

"I'm sorry, Derek gives me the same look when I ramble off in phycology babble. Anyway does he come home wrap his arms around you and bury his nose in your hair?" Anaya asked and Sarah smiled and a slight blush colored her cheeks. Anaya smiled then went to sit by Sarah.

"Then you are doing what you need to be doing, I'm just a little bit more forceful with Derek. When the people did what they did to him, it sent his mind into what I call a protective bubble. In better terms it's always in survival mode, trying to see dangers when their not there. Keeping to himself and pushing people away before they have a chance to hurt him. Duke comes to you and you just being there gives him strangth." Anaya said and Sarah smiled at her

"Thank you for talk to me Dr. Cohan, I guess I should pay you for your time." Sarah said and Anaya waved her hand in the air.

"You're welcome and nonsense I'm the one that talked the whole time." Anaya said and Sarah smiled and nodded, then left. Anaya looked out of her office windows and sighed.

"What are you doing Derek? Am I in your thoughts constantly, like you are in mine?" Anaya asked aloud and she rested her head in her hand.

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Derek sighed as he leaned back in the chair as he watched Duke interrogate the man that was over the cartels human trafficking operation. Their men demand that they took him alive and see what he knew. It was all a pain in Derek's ass is what it was adding up too.

"Able, he's not going to talk, can I just kill him and get this over with?"

"Kane, keep your knifes sheathed, he'll talk"

"Who said anything about using knives to kill him? He already told you where we need to go next." Derek said and Duke rolled his eyes, then turned his attention back to the man tied to the chair. Then all of the sudden Derek stood up grabbed the back of the mans head and slammed his forehead into the table.