Turn of Events

Marina Del Ray

Hannah led her husband onto the yacht and they were met by Hetty at the doorway, who was surprised that Daniel had come along with her on this occasion.

"Senator, Mrs Tate, welcome onboard my yacht."

"Hello, Hetty." Hannah greeted her with a warm hug.

Hetty noticed the shaking of Hannah's hands as she sat down at the table. She looked with concern over to her and her husband. "Is everything okay?"

Daniel shook his head. "Someone's just tried to kill Hannah."

Hetty's eyes widened as the shock of the morning's event sunk into the Senator's wife. "Oh dear, what happened?" She remained calm for the sake of the woman and her husband.

"I tried to start my car." She looked over at Hetty. "I remember you warning me about this," she choked back a sob, "but I never thought that I would be found, nor that someone would actually plant a bomb in my car." Daniel rubbed his hands up and down her arms for comfort. "I quickly climbed out and ran away. I was thrown into a bush as it exploded." Tears poured down her face as she retold the story.

"I am so sorry, my dear. I thought we had managed to hide you. I will have to relocate you to a safe house for the time being. I will arrange for someone to collect your children. If your identity has been burned, then they too could also be at risk." She gently placed her hand over the younger woman's hand for comfort.

A noise from above caught Hetty's attention. She placed her fingers over her lips and pulled out her weapon. She moved up the stairs towards the door and pointed it at the figures that moved stealthily out from the side. She sighed with relief when she saw two familiar faces. "Mr Summers, Miss Jones, you might have gotten yourselves shot or killed, sneaking up on me like that. Why on earth did you not call first?"

Callen and Nell relaxed upon seeing the couple safe in Hetty's yacht, but curiosity piqued at their appearance on their Operation Manager's boat. "You turned your cell off, Hetty." Callen responded, annoyed that the duchess of deception was up to something behind their backs once again. He looked over at the couple and studied their features. He noted the shock on the woman's face and the worry in her husband's eyes. "News of your car exploding came through to our Ops Centre."

The woman looked up, surprised by the visitor who spoke. He looked familiar to her, she furrowed her brow in confusion. No, it couldn't be?

Callen sat where Hetty had been sitting and continued talking with the couple. "I'm Agent Summers, this is my colleague, Nell Jones. Our Technical Operator traced you to this location. Are you okay?" He looked over at her with concern. Something inside of him told him that he should know this woman, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

The woman nodded. "Thank you, Agent Summers."

Daniel looked between the agent and his wife, furrowing his brow. He noted a similarity between them, knew his wife had no surviving relatives so he kept his thoughts to himself.

"Has your office had any threats that stand out that we can look into?" Callen studied the woman, the feelings inside of him stirred.

"We're always receiving threats of one kind or another. We have people looking into it, but nothing to suggest a bomb in my wife's car. This is beyond anything any Senator would receive." Daniel went on to explain. He looked to Hetty and saw her nod in his answer. It was something the older woman had discussed with them once their relationship became public and he applied for office. To keep things on the track of his position and not on who his wife really was. It was for her safety, but now he wondered whether it was too late for that. He wanted to tell the agent before them the truth, but with Hetty's nod of approval, he resisted the urge to tell him.