Fearfully Dana nodded her head in the affirmative.  “I sent her a letter…well I sent one to Lara…she would make sure Al got it though.” 

Releasing the mumbling woman, John sighed.  “Okay…what did the letter say?”

“Well…it just sort of said that I wasn’t dead and that I was coming home.  It motioned something about the witness protection and for her to meet me at the spot I go to when I need to think tonight.” 

“Is that all?”  He looked at her accusingly.

Shaking her head she continued.  “No…I told her that she was in danger and we would have to leave…She wasn’t to trust anyone.”

“Alice didn’t come.”   He stated knowingly.

“No and I waited awhile…I know she loves me so when she didn’t show up…I just got this bad feeling that something was wrong, so that’s why I was running I needed to get to her…I need to protect her.”  A sickening feeling crept up in stomach again.  Something was wrong and she just couldn’t shake it.

John gave the athlete a sympathetic face.  He knew Dana’s story and he made it a point to keep up on her family and friends.  Should he tell Dana about Alice‘s illness?  It would be a hard situation for anyone to handle, and with the way Fairbanks just follows her impulses without thinking, he would never be able to calm her down and keep her focused on what was important.  “I told you that we have an agent watching her place.  We would know if something was amiss.”

Dana shook her head determinedly.  “No John…I feel it.  I need to see her I need to protect her; I would never forgive myself if anything happened.”        

“Look…I’ll make a deal with you.  I’ll call the agent on my cell and you can hear him say that she is okay…probably just in bed…Than you and I will head to a safe house and discuss our next step.  Okay?”  He smiled at her reassuringly. 

Unsure if that would be enough, Dana took a moment to consider it.  She was so close to holding Al…Something she had waited a year for.  Could she really just walk away now?    She might not get another opportunity and she still couldn’t shake the uneasy feeling.  “No.  I’m going up there…I need to see her.”

More than a little irritated John looked sternly into her green eyes.  “If you go up there all it will accomplish is putting Alice in more danger than she is already in.”

“What if I go as Kadie…no one will recognize me…even you said I don’t look like myself.”  Dana reasoned.

“Dana…”  He saw her smile at him calling her by her given name.  “I promise that you can see Alice tomorrow.  I’ll set it up…She can come to the safe house.  How about that? Can you agree to at least let us be cautious?”  John urged her.

The lanky woman fell back into her seat.  She was so close to holding her soul mate again, still she didn’t want to put her in any more danger.  “You promise?”

“Yes.”

“I trust you.”  Dana smiled at the look of relief on John’s face.  “You are still going to check on her though.” 

John nodded amused at the amount of love and concern Fairbanks had for her girlfriend.  If he had anything to say bout it the two women would have been reunited long ago.  “Yeah, I’ll call him right now.”  Dialing the agent’s number he waited for him to answer.  After being sent to voice mail three times he started to grow a little concerned, which Dana noticed right away.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hmmm…Nothing.  He just isn’t answering.”  This wasn’t right.  John felt uneasiness wash over him.  He needed to check on Dana’s family, but he couldn’t leave her alone.  Besides having someone find her, he knew the brunette would just follow him and end up getting in the way.  Opting to call for backup, he decided to wait in the car with Dana and pray that her family could handle what ever they were up against for now.