"It all started with a bag of groceries" continued part

Bait

"Bait?" Lee squeaked as he gulped. "You want me to be bait?"

Emily nodded before looking at her sister.

"No! Absolutely not! We are not using Lee as bait!" Mia shouted.

"Mia I know you don't want it but we can't catch them if they don't get Lee." Emily said sighing.

"NO! I WILL NOT AGREE TO PUT HIM AT RISK AT GETTING KIDNAPPED AGAIN! LET ALONE TORTURED, BEATEN, AND RAPED! I LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WILL NOT LET YOU USE HIM AS BAIT!!" Mia shouted angrily at her sister.

"Mia-" Lee said quietly.

At this point Mia was enraged. Lee looked Mia in the eye before grabbing her hands.

"I know you don't want me to be bait but-"

"No Lee, please." Mia said as tears came out her eyes. "Don't agree to this please! You'll put yourself in danger, be at risk of going through all that trauma again."

Lee moved his eyebrows up as he looked almost like a puppy. "If we want this to stop, then we need to do something. They won't come after you because you are extremely strong as well as Emily. They have no use in going after Tom. Only bait we have is me." He said as he frowned. "I'm sorry my love."

Mia pushed Lee some as she was about to storm off. He grabbed her arm as she whipped her head back around, twisted Lee's arm behind his back before pinning Lee against the wall as this was a common reflex she had.

"I swear to God you will not use yourself as bait! Hell I will tie you to a chair if I have to!" She said before looking at Emily and Tom. "You guys aren't thinking straight! You're just going to let him throw himself out there like this!? Huh?! What kind of fucking people are you!?"

"Mia-we will be observing him the whole time as well as the entire team of my agency. All I'm saying is once they supposedly capture Lee, we will have eyes on him as well as a small speaker and people out in perimeter for at least 1,000 miles. So nothing will happen to him. I mean not anything major but we will chase and track the van down to where it goes and then head in. I promise, okay, yes i know it's risky but nothing serious will happen."

Mia stopped and sighed before looking at the ceiling. "Promise?"

Emily motioned an x on her heart. "Promise."

Mia let go of Lee as she stepped back. Lee looked at Mia as she looked back into his eyes before kissing him. He closed his eyes as she kissed him back before she grabbed his shirt and yanked him towards her to deepen the kiss. He squeaked a little at this but continued to keep his eyes closed as he enjoyed the kiss as he held his hands behind his back. Mia on the other hand had her hands around the base of his jawline as she kissed him passionately.

"Wow there tigers, if you two gonna have that kind of night then I'll put in my headphones." Tom smirked.

Mia playfully punched Tom as Lee just laughed. Lee went to go take a shower before Mia did. They were both lying in bed as Mia rested her head on Lee's chest as they both cuddled.

"Please, be okay tomorrow, please." Mia said in a desperate tone. "Please Lee, I don't want you to go through all that trauma."

"Mia, love I know you're scared, I'm scared too-"

"Then why did you agree to it?" She asked.

"Because I want this to end, I don't want them to hurt you, or Emily, or Tom, hell even Benny." Lee said. "I would risk getting traumatised again if it meant that they wouldn't try killing you and Emily. Its me they want."

Mia kissed Lee before he hugged her as they fell asleep. Morning came as Emily and all the agents were in black as they hid on top of buildings and in stores and under cars to spot the van.

"Okay Lee, so just, walk out there like you would do before any of this happened." Emily said over the speaker.

"what am I supposed to say? Shout, oh I'm just a vulnerable guy standing by myself, I hope no one brings a van up near me and re-kidnaps me?" Lee said sarcastically.

Screeching was heard as the old black van showed up.

"Oh well-shi-"

Lee got cut off as multiple people jumped out and dragged him in the van before speeding off.

"FOLLOW THE VAN NOW!" Emily shouted.