Winter's Sunshine

33. Leo Volkov

Jen laid on her bed blankly staring at the ceiling. Once a protective shelter, now felt like a cage to her. Being on the house arrest for three whole days had taken a toll on her. She wanted to get out of here, go back to shield, to Bucky.

Shit! What will Bucky think happened to me? He must be worried sick by now. Please, Bucky, please don't do anything stupid, she prayed.

She got up and started pacing around her spacious bedroom. She instinctively glanced at the door when she heard some footsteps approach her. She watched the door fling open revealing her Father, the only person who was allowed to talk to her. Jen backed up a little giving him the space his demeanor demanded. She feared him yes but still chose to stand tall in front of him.

He walked in and sat on the huge couch making himself comfortable. He looked at Jen and sighed in defeat. "Are you going to talk to me today?", he asked her hopefully.

"Get me out of here first.", she demanded.

"That's not happening, Ana. You know you are not going anywhere."

"Father this is not fair! You can't just abduct me and keep me here on house arrest."

"You were compromised. I couldn't leave you there anymore."

"Compromised? No, I wasn't! Who the hell told yo-"

"You said that you love the Winter Soldier. You were dancing and kissing him in the club."

"His name is Bucky."

"But I prefer the Winter soldier. Suits him quite perfectly, like a monster that he is"

"He is not a monster, Father."

"Ana, I don't have time for this. I am here to inform you that you will be leaving for London tomorrow. You will stay there underground until I say otherwise and you will be with no contact but me. Only me, remember that"

"I am not going anywhere."

"I wasn't asking you. You were assigned to keep a close eye on shield but you compromised yourself by falling in love. I would have relented if you were faking it but it didn't seem like it. I never expected this from you, Ana. I thought you had learned your lesson. I thought that you understood well that love makes you nothing but weak. But alas, I was wrong." Leo said shaking his head." Nevertheless, you are finally safe here. No one can hurt you anymore."

"No one was hurting me there Father. They are good people. They are very different from what we were taught they were. Father try to understand. We have been foo-"

"Enough! Do you hear yourself, Ana? You sound like a traitor."

"Father, listen, I-"

"Mr. Volkov", a guard interrupted them. Leo turned to him and listened to what he had to say. "Hmm. Tell him I will be there in a minute", he ordered and turned to his daughter again.

"Get ready Ana. Tomorrow you leave for London.", he announced leaving the room.

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Ana was thinking  of escaping but realized there was no way out of it. She searched around to find something that she could use but found nothing that would help her out.

She heard a knock on the door and she glanced at the clock on the wall. It was ten in the evening. Who would it be at this fucking hour? she wondered. She stood in the front of the door and watched as a figure walked in. "You!", she recognized him, disgust evident on her face.

"Hey, Ana. How have you been?"

"Seriously? Now you? I hate it here. Just hate it!", Ana yelled in frustration.