The bartender seemed intrigued by this and stared at Shane’s mouth, a gaze that was leading the assassin to believe she really didn’t care about the million-dollar price tag on this job. Shane was almost convinced that she cared about sex more than money…almost, Shane smiled into the glass and looked up to her again as the bartender tore her eyes away from her lips quickly.

"So…what’s your name?" Shane and the young bartender looked passionately into each others eyes, devouring and dreaming of all things sexual.

"Carmen…and yours?" Shane smiled finishing her drink and standing,

"It’s Shane…I’ll see you around?" Carmen nodded, feeling blown off but rolling with the punches, still very attracted to the dark-haired woman.

"Yeah I guess I’ll see you around." Carmen turned and walked away, very aware of a pair of steel blue eyes watching her go.

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She used to bring Dana flowers everyday, everyday a different flower. She never knew how she found a different flower for every day, She didn’t think there were that many types, but sure enough a rolled brown paper cone, bound with twine would sit on her desk, something new and exotic. You’d think it would get old, but it never did for Dana, something about opening a gift from the one you love. It moves you no matter what’s inside, she knew lilies where her favorite but she was determined to find her second third and forth favorite. Dana would call her after every delivery and tell her how much she loved her, Lara. Dana remembered the first flower she’d received from her, a single tea rose, red like the color of her loves hair.

Dana sat in her office thinking about the consequences of her profession, how many friends and partners she’d lost. Senior agent Dana Fairbanks had lost two partners in the field, and one lover in her own home, she was the best agent the Federal Bureau of Investigation had. Which automatically made her the first choice on every case and the target of many bullets. Dana slouched back looking at a blown up security camera photo of Shane McCutheon, Dana’s new Everest. Shane had evaded every top-level agent over her so far, now it was Dana’s turn and she was determined to close this case as quickly as possible. She sighed knowing it wasn’t going to be as easy as she made it sound in the debriefing.