Tuesday, 8 September 2009

agentcampbell: (Leaning [Suit])
23.1.2. "Being a Dad is the new black." - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

[Follows THIS]

James felt like his arse dropped out of him when he heard Ali's voicemail. Through all the panicked verbal abuse, he couldn't even tell what had happened. He tried calling her back straight away, but he just got her voicemail in return, so he tried Andrew's cell, and it was the same deal. It was only after he checked his email on his PDA and got Mark's message that he was able to gain access to the whole story. He called Mark, and sat listening, stunned, to the whole ordeal. He had been unavailable the whole day and evening because he was tied up in an SS case conference. It was his 'day off' at the FBI, but Mark didn't know about his moonlighting as Secret Service, so he couldn't exactly offer much more than 'I was working' as an excuse to why he hadn't been there at Ali's call for help. It sounded piss-weak in response and it pissed Mark off even more than he already was, but James promised he would get in touch with Ali ASAP.

And he did. At least, he did after he kept calling her and calling her until she answered... )

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