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"Thank god," hehiear and ready to take his little tormentor off his hands

"Hey, Eric," he said as he headed towards the back of the store

"Chris, I need you to doand he knew the man was about to fk him over "I need you to hole up in a hotel for a day, two at the

"Why?" he asked as he tried not to let his irritation show He could not spend another day with Izzy It was already going to be hard on both of the the inevitable was not in their best interest, definitely not his He already found hi the saht be an assle, but that didn’t er would only hurt her in the end

"The shit hit the fan and I can’t get you and Isabella into Boston safely right now I need you to stay low until I can find a way to sneak you into the city I don’t know if they found out or if it’s just pure shit luck, but Boston is being swaht noith de for your asp from an elderly woman as he passed the men’s section

"Exactly Give et you into the city," Eric explained That wouldn’t work for theo into it with Eric

"How about this? I’ll take her to the Manhattan coested He’d still be stuck with her for a few days, but he was pretty sure he could avoid her easily enough in the large skyscraper until Eric was able to coet her

"No, I need her in Boston," was Eric’s answer and Chris barely bit back the strea to break out

"Then let et her in there undetected," Chris suggested, hoping, hell praying that Eric would go for it Every second he ith his littleht pause Eric said, "No, I’ht now I need a guarantee that nothing and Ihappens to Isabella," he said, sounding aloing on, Eric?"

"I can’t really go into it too s that I really need to get to, but ant her program Tattletale After what you told me I spoke to a few contacts at the FBI and let’s just say her progra control back from the Masters," Eric explained "But, in order to do that I need her safe and happy, Chris"

"Meaning," Chris pro to like this at all

"I need you to be nice to her Use your connection with her to keep her calm and happy We need her to feel coive her," Eric stressed and Chris did his damndest not to wince "Just don’t let her know that ant it I want her convinced to give it to us From what I’ve read and heard that will be our only bet"