Devastated Omega, Determined Alpha

Chapter 9: The New Normal

Louis's POV

Work has been going so so and we were looking at all of the papers again sorting them into the right place and found a really great system together. Everyone had a few specific month they get to organize and we were going through it quickly. We were mostly targeting the this year, unless we hear from the cyber security team because they knew where some of the hacks had landed. It had been a busy two weeks, and I knew it would be a month in no time, which is the allowed time I got. Chief gave me a month, and a month was all I had.

I've barely seen Harry, and would only see him in passing. He's been trying to wake up as early as me, but then I end up leaving quicker and getting breakfast somewhere else to avoid him. I want to tell him so so badly, but then I think how much I wouldn't feel in control if I were to tell him. I'm protecting him. When I do see him, he looks so tired and has been having eye bags and I felt a bit guilty, he's probably not sleeping well because of me...

Having to push through and even having to push Harry away had been hard. All I wanted was to become putty in his arms, but I had to be strong. I had time to move around in prison which is where I was headed unless the papers takes fucking 10 months to print out! Like damn, it was frustrating. Sorting had become easier so things would go well, but then I'd realize I only had such a limited him.

I had 14 days. 2 weeks. I had 336 hours. 20160 minutes. 1209600 seconds....

Sammy had been asking where I was and been getting pushy with me and even leaving me voicemails, which I had been ignoring. Same with Liam, he had been giving me shit too and I felt like my world was crumbling underneath me...

When everyone came in for work we were like zombies, but snapped out of it once our starting time hit at 7 am. We had decided that 7 would be the best time to start working so we had a schedule for the last week and a half. We were sorting through the pages when we finally found a page we needed. We were all excited, although it only proved one of the hacks, we would need to find more than half to present to the authorities and or the court.

We put it in a special folder and labeled it too, I felt the weight come off 1%, and we excited to build that percentage.

I wanted to cry, the first sign of hope in over two fucking weeks...

A step closer to crushing Diana and being close to Harry.

Taking a deep breath, a text came in. Harry sent me a picture of Matty smiling. I couldn't believe he was close to two months old... Too cute... He had been sending me pictures of Matty, upon my request one morning when I asked him. He'd been sending me pictures of our son, but not of him. I asked him why once and he said he didn't want to because he just didn't want to, so I respected that and didn't press it. Besides, most nights I'd wake up randomly through the night and would just stare at my boyfriend.

His long lashes, his pouty lips, his cute little face and sweet smell. His kind and selfless heart, and just the fact he embodies everything I'd ever want in a partner. Damn, I'm so fucking lucky to have him and call him mine... an actual angel....

A few days ago Nickoli finally convinced me to tell Grant, and it went well. I explained the whole Diana situation and he asked if there was anything he could do, and I told him not yet. Grant told me he was relieved after I showed him the evidence on the page, and after that he already believed me, but I had to prove my innocence in a fuller and more official way. He asked me how my father was, and I told him the truth that I had not had any communication with him because of his condition. Grant was more than surprised and asked me if I was doing it all by myself and I told him yes. He shook his head in disbelief, and told me to contact him anytime, which I was really thankful about. As we were talking, he agreed and gave us the catalog of all the hackers signatures that were noted or recorded, and my tech team was looking at it currently and spotted a few potential matches and was working diligently.