Sean's Pov
As I watched Emily leave and the door close behind her I lost it. Shouting at Mr. & Mrs. X I ask "What the hell? I can't believe you just said that to your own daughter."
"Sean, don't worry about it. Sayen is always in her feelings. That is why she just threw a temper tantrum and would not listen to reason. She will be alright." Mr. X said dismissively.
"I thought the Academy's first rule was Family First. From what I just saw and heard, that rule was just broken. Not just about Emily, pardon me, Sayen, but it was also a slap in our face to bring up Sang. You know how we as a team felt about her, and to use her against us is wrong." Owen almost snarled.
I can tell he is pissed because his right jaw is ticking. Leave it to him to talk about rules and polices at a time like this.
"Really? No Owen, what was wrong was trying to help a female and then letting her distract not just you, but your whole team from the mission just because of a pretty face. You guys lost sight of the mission by trying to help her out all the time. Then on top of all of that, you and your team try to keep her for yourselves after you found out about her ghost status. That was wrong, not us." stated Mrs. X.
"Our team did not lose focus of the mission and I resent you accusing my team of putting Sang ahead of the mission, especially when you know how vital she was to the mission and because of Mr. Hendricks focused on Sang they slipped up and we were able to get the information YOU needed to stop the abuse of children and the embezzlement of find from the school." Owen glared at the cameras.
"If you and your team weren't so busy trying to get into her pants and bed, courting her for your team, or trying to solve every problem she had, you would have had the information sooner."
"Mrs. X, with all due respect, you are incorrect with that assumption...."I start to say but I am cut off by Mrs. X.
"No Sean, you are incorrect in your assumptions. We only allowed you to think we did not know what was going in between you and Sang. We have the text messages and voice mails from your phone or have you forgotten. We have video footage from her house and from your houses. Believe me, we keep track of everything our teams do. For us to watch as one of our best and brightest team to fall for a lowly female for whom the only thing she had going for her was her ghost status was hard. Hell, the females you all dated were better looking than her, but we did not say anything in hopes you would wise up. But did you? No! You all just followed her like the dogs you are chasing a bird in a yard, not seeing the holes or dangers around you." spat Mrs. X. I feel my temper rise to dangerous levels as Owen retorted
"We will not stand here and let you insult us or our team with your view of Sang or us. We worked our asses off in that god forsaken place, and took many a beating or a slap in the face, both physically and mentally to bring much needed improvements to that school and school district. We also learned how to open our hearts and realize there is more to life than just missions from Sang." yelled Owen angrily. Placing my hand on his shoulder I squeeze it and say:
"Regardless, Sang is gone and we will not bring her back up. Yes, we all loved her and will always love her for who she was and what she brought to the team. I still do not understand the problem from this morning in regards to Emily. Our purpose of this assignment was to stay close to her, assimilate into her life as much as possible and protect her while Dr. Roberts' Team and the Toma team worked on tracking down and capturing Damien. If we are to stay close to her and she wants us with her, then there should be no problem. I'm I correct that only you and Dr. Roberts have access to the camera's so only you two will know besides us and Emily. We will not infirm nor discuss what we do or see with her as neither would Phil or yourselves. We will talk to her today to see how we can better protect her."
"Gentlemen, what we are saying is don't fall for her. She is damaged beyond repair and we don't want you to go down that same path with her that you went with Sang. Not everyone is fixable or worth the time and energy to assist. Remember, people have to want the help and she does not as you just witnessed. We should know as that is what we do. We just need her to hold on while we get Damien so he will not post a threat to the academy, it's members, or the image we have. Once this is done, she will go on with her life and you yours." Mr. X retorted.
Something is wrong here. I need to talk to Owen privately as I have a lot of thoughts running through my head.
"Yes, thank you for that clarification. We will go now as we need to discuss how to handle this situation. Thank you and have a good day." Owen before promptly ending the call.
Owen turned to me "Something is not right and we need to meet with Emily and the rest of the team before this evening. Send a group text minus Emily and add Dr. Roberts to it. Have everyone meet us at the Diner in an hour. We will not discuss anything until we get in the car."
Just then Emily called out that she was leaving for the day. Sean nodded and opened the door just as she was closing the outer door that led downstairs to her office. I texted her advising we heard her and will meet up with her around 3pm back here to discuss this evening if that was acceptable to her.
I sent the text message as I walked over to my overnight bag. As usual the questions came quick and fast.
Dr. Roberts: It's my off day so I will meet you all at the Diner.
Kota: Alright. Do either of you need anything?
Gabe: Oy! What's the emergency?
Victor: Is Emily alright?
Silas: What is wrong with our Goddess?
Gabe: She is quiet, but says she is fine. She just picked me up to take care of the VIP Lounge while she handles everything else. She said she will be back home for the meeting at 3 pm.
North: Luke, Silas and I are already at Diner for breakfast shift. We will take a break when everyone arrives. Uncle says we can leave at 2:30 so we will be at the meeting at 3pm.
Luke: I will reserve the back section for our meeting.
Me: Thanks Luke. Can you see if Uncle can get us something to eat. I need food.
Silas: Uncle says no problem. We will take care of it.
Me: Tell him I said thank you.
Nathan: I will be there, but I will be about 10 minutes late. My client just got here and they have a one hour session.
Owen: Gentleman, we will discuss everything when we meet. Mr. Coleman, you stay and assist Emily and we will see you this afternoon. I will give you an overview of what we discussed this afternoon in private. Mr. Griffin, we will start once you arrive. Mr. Korba please let Uncle know we appreciate him providing us breakfast this morning. Sean and I will see everyone there.
As I dress, I notice Owen is thinking deeply. As we got into the car and he put on his seat belt, I let loose.
"Owen. I can't believe them. I am so angry right now. I could use a couple of hours just to calm down. Can you believe what they said about Sang and our family. I think it's extremely hypocritical and wrong of them to preach family first when they don't practice what they preach. And what's that crap about some people are not worth fixing. You and I both know that is a bunch of bullshit."
"Calm down Sean, I agree......"
Out the corner of my eye, I see him look at me in shock. "Calm down? Calm down my ass!" I yelled "They just blatantly tore down Sang and our team right in front of us. Then the icing on top of the cake, they tore down their own daughter. I know you are pissed, you paced and rubbed your bridge of your nose several time. Also your grip is so tight around the steering wheel, your knuckles are white. Honestly Owen, how the hell are you so calm about all of this?"
"Calm, I am not Sean. I am imagining choking the life out of them. I am pissed beyond belief and think they are horrible people. However, that won't help us. Believe me, you know I will not stand for anyone to insult our family. Unlike them, I believe in family first."
"Something is not right here Sean. Did you hear what they said? I think something else is going on. You know I do not like doing a job without all the facts. We will discuss this with Phil separately before we bring this to the family. Maybe he can fill in some of the pieces." As we get out of the car, he turned to me and placed his arms on top of the roof and continued, "Sean, we need to be together when we talk to the family and Phil. You know they can pick up on our moods. We won't lie to them, but until we have more information I want to hold off on telling them until we have all the facts. You know they are going to have questions and I want to make sure we can answer them."
"Alright Owen. I will follow your lead, but just know I am angry." I say as I slam my car door. I know he won't say anything about it as we are both upset.
"Come on. Maybe we will be able to think clearer after we eat and plan today. Then we will talk to Phil."
"Yes, I need some coffee and some good food. This is too much to process on an empty stomach." as my stomach growled loudly.
"Yes, I hear". He looked at me and gives me a that small smile and shook his head. I start laughing, as I open the Diner door.