Up and up

"I don't know." Carson closes his eyes and runs a hand absentmindedly through Misty's soft hair. "That was Dalton. Dani's with him and she had some sorta meltdown. Something about remembering the past."

He pauses, not liking it that his own mind was now revisiting a past he had moved beyond and tried to forget. "There was stuff I know she didn't remember about our dad... I'm just worried that it's cropped up now for some reason. If she now remembers him slapping Mum or our sister around, it might be kinda tough. She was pretty young at the time."

Taking a deep breath, he lets it out slowly in a sigh. "If she doesn't come to work tomorrow, I'll go see her after hours."


Looking up a little to see that Dalton had returned to the couch, his words don't register very well. Even so, it didn't matter. Pulling herself up, she crawls to his side of the couch and nuzzles into him again, letting him get comfortable too until she was back lying mostly on top of him, her head resting against his chest. It would always be the most comfortable spot to her... feeling his breath... hearing his heartbeat. There was something soothing about it and right now, that's all she wanted.

Once the blanket is over them, she lets the warm surround her as she tries to calm her still-racing heart. Though her sobs had ceased, another little tears slips out. Sleep wasn't going to come easily, but maybe if Dalton held her long enough, she'd at least feel better. She had to, right?


Alec is still holding the tarp, his eyes narrowing a little at Leo for throwing it at him. Hearing Ryan's bid for him to turn the lights off though, he gives her a little nod. "Alright..."

As the engine roars to life, Eli has the garage door open and the lights go off. Leo looks back at Ryan studying her eyes in the dim light. He doesn't smile, though he doesn't seem upset either. "Yeah well... gotta start somewhere, right?"

His response didn't seem to fit her thanks, but he knew she would understand what he meant. It had taken a lot for him to come tonight. But he was here now and willing to help for the sake of getting back at Roth for some pretty dirty stuff.

"Alec, lets go!" Eli waves him over to the car. "You and Ryan get out of here. Leo, stay here and help me cover up the replacement car."

Alec slides past Leo, throwing him a look before getting in the car. Waiting for Ryan to join him, he puts the car in gear and slowly pulls out of the garage, keeping the headlights off. Stopping to watch and make sure Eli was getting inside with the other car, he has Ryan open up the gate and it's within minutes that they're on the road and pulling off into a side alley to wait for Eli and Leo to take the lead.

Sitting and waiting, Alec finally looks over to Ryan, his eyes seeming to say he was unsure about something. "You think Leo's on the up and up? I mean... he said he wasn't gonna come, and now he just shows up out of the blue?" He didn't ask specifically, but part of him did wonder if Leo had something up his sleeve to get back at either him or Ryan.


In the meantime, Eli and Leo get the other car into the garage, covered up just as if it were Roth's, and are back out of the shop, locking it behind them. As they make their way across the lot again, Eli spots the dog that appeared to be tempted to run them off.

"Hey, puppy... not tonight." He still had a small sliver of steak left, and throws it to the dog as one last distraction. In a few days, he'd have to bring something else when they brought Roth's car back.

Out the gate, locked up and to Ryan's car, Eli and Leo get in and Eli starts the engine. Doing a u-turn in the street, he heads by the alley and flashes the lights for Alec and Ryan to follow.