Chapter Forty-Six

I was soon walking back to the main room, Toby wouldn't let me leave until I told him he owned me, it took a lot of persuading on his part, that's all I'm gonna say. He did leave the room with me but we saw Lukas on the way, he was heading to the gym to burn some iron, or that's what he said anyway. He asked Toby if he wanted to join him which he agreed to, so that left me walking the halls by myself. This did give me some room to think about things, mostly about my family who are on the other side of the law. It's crazy to me that we've all took such different routes, they've became criminals and I've became the agent that is hunting them all down. If you would have told me a year ago this is who I'd be hunting down, I wouldn't have even known how to respond. But now I'm here living it, it's insane to me. I was soon scanning my key card and walking back into the main room, Morgan was over with Brandon having a conversation. While Julian's huge pile of papers fall on the floor again, he grumbles placing his head on the table in frustration. I laugh a little helping him pick them up, he looks over sending me a smile as I pass over the papers. "Toby is fine now, he joined Lukas at the gym" I inform everyone before making my way to Brandon, who held a little piece of paper in his hand. "After some intense digging, I was able to find the number for M.S.P" he smiles handing me the paper, I reluctantly take it staring down at the line of numbers in front of me "they posted it on the weird off the beaten path kind of website, but you know that's where I enjoy to roam" he smirks leaning back in his chair, through his cockiness, the chair slips a little nearly sending him flying. "You don't have to make the call, if it's too much we don't have to invite them and catch them somewhere else" Morgan suggests as I laugh over at Brandon, he nearly had a heart attack. "I can handle it, this is the best chance we're gonna get to catch them. If they agree to come it's like they're coming to us, but you know that's how I like to work" I smile sending a look to Brandon who didn't look happy, I made what he came up with a hundred times better "I'll make the call right now" I smile walking over to the file room, it's huge room where we keep all the files, hence the name. I close the door behind me while pulling my phone out, okay I just need to keep on the topic of them coming to my party. Don't let your emotions take over but also, don't be emotionless, it sounds so easy right. I take a deep breath in before typing the number into my phone, you can do this Taylor. I click the phone key before putting the phone to my ear, while hopping up to sit on the desk. The phone rang a few times, with each ring it sounded as it was taking longer. "Hello this is M.S.P, Mason speaking" the dude on the other end answers, okay its happening "who am I speaking with?" He asks soon after introducing himself, alright Taylor game face or...voice. "Hi, it's Taylor Westlake" I reply saying my full name, I didn't want them to confuse me with any other Taylor, how awkward would that be. "Oh Taylor, what can I help you with?" He asks mega surprised that I was ringing, trust me we're on the same page as when I woke up this morning, I would never have thought I'd be having this conversation "I can't talk for long as once again this isn't alliance business, but I want to thank you for helping me out yesterday" I say addressing what I was a saying to everyone, I knew they've probably put me on speaker "I know this might be difficult and you can totally say no, but tomorrow night I'm having this party thrown for me, I've been awarded a medal for my impeccable selfless service to the alliance. It's a pretty big deal because every agent works to get that medal, I somehow managed to bag it" I laugh slightly pausing for a second, what I was saying was true, I didn't know how I managed to bag that sort of medal. "Congratulations, we could all see back at the field what a talented agent you were" Mason says praising me, I just smile looking down at the floor slightly. "They don't call me the senior field agent for nothing, but anyway, everyone keeps congratulating me and saying the party is a chance for all my friends and family to come celebrate with me, but my real family isn't gonna be there" I say hoping to pull at their heart strings a little, honestly, I didn't know if I even wanted them to come anymore "once again, I know how impossible it might be but I wondered if you all would be able to attend, if you can't I would totally understand" I say putting my back against the wall as I spoke, they needed to agree so we could bust them. It was quiet for a little while, but I could hear muttering in the background which meant they were talking it over. Come on please just agree, all the mental distress that I put myself through to make this call would be for nothing. "Taylor, your dads here and he said of course we'll all attend to celebrate you receiving the medal" Mason soon tells me, I could have jumped for joy in that very moment. "Oh thank you so much, I'll send over the details to your mobile in a few minutes Mason, before you ask how I know your mobile, I know a guy" I smile looking out the little window at Brandon, who was leaning against the wall waiting for me to finish the call. "We'll be there, your dad is also saying that he's sent your guy Brandon a video he wants you to watch" he tells me which does successfully make me nervous, what kind of things has he sent me? "I'll be sure to look at it now, thank you again bye" I say before hanging up the phone, once it ended I place my hands on the table beside me letting a huge sigh out, well that took a lot. I jump down off the table and make my way towards the door, where my team waiting anxiously for me to return. Once I open up the door, all eyes were on me where I send them all a nod with a smile. They all cheer while Morgan gives me a side hug, asking if I was okay. "I'm fine, it's like I said it's what I needed to do so we can catch them, that and the party won't all be about me!" I exclaim rather happy that I somehow managed to make that happen, my head will just be finding my family and arresting them and not on the annoying party. "I don't know about you, but I'm still getting my party on" Julian smiles doing a weird dance around, in doing so he knocks over all the piles of papers on the floor, he looks down so betrayed at the papers for falling. "Oh before I forget, they told me they've sent you a video Brandon, they want me to look at it" I tell him where he sends me a confused look, but he was soon typing away on his laptop. "I found it, it's titled Dear Taylor" he says turning the projector on, I sigh jumping up on one of the tables to watch whatever this is gonna be. A few seconds pass before an older version of my dad was looking up at us, he was sat in an office in a full suit and tie. Brandon clicks a button on his laptop before the video starts playing. "Hello Taylor, I know I probably look so different to how you remember me but a lot has happened since then, for both of us it seems. We might not get the chance to talk face to face for sometime, so I wanted to make this video. The night you went missing was the worst night of my life, I spent hours upon hours trying to find you but I couldn't. I would have spent forever out there until I found you, but then I found out who took you in the first place" he sighs looking as though he was about to cry, while tears build up in my own eyes as he went "I wanted to make that man pay for ever hurting my baby, but I also wanted to stop what happened to you and our family from happening to anyone else. I thought that would be something you would want to happen, but now I know you're an agent and our organisation is something you and your team work to stop. I wish I could do what you want and end the group, but it's grew to something we never thought it would so it's out of my hands" he says while I just shake my head, he wouldn't close the group it makes him too much money. "I just want to let know that I don't hate you for trying to track us down and arrest us, I'm just so proud and happy at how far you've come all on your own. When I saw you today at that field, I could just see that you were born to do the job that you do and you do it so well. It's kind of a honour that my own daughter is the one hunting us down, you and your team are the first people that's ever found out what we do which means you have to be good" he laughs slightly while a tear drops from my eye, stupid feelings "it's because I can see how great your team is, that I know eventually one of these days you're gonna get us. When that day comes, I won't be mad or upset that you've got us, but just overcome with the most pride that I will probably ever feel. We set up M.S.P to help protect people in your honour, but I can see you've managed to do all that by yourself" he says tears now falling out of his eyes, jeez why do we have feelings like this?! "I better get going, I want you to always remember what I've just told you no matter what happens, I love you Taylor and I'll be seeing you so soon I just know it" he smiles before the camera goes off, as I take a look down at the floor under me, a few tears falling on said floor. I feel Morgan beside me who pulls me into a hug, where I continue to cry against him. Am I doing the right thing?