Nicky shot his sister a disdainful look as he saw Martin and her coming down the stairs. He honestly didn't mean to, but the thought of her getting her heart broken by the billionaire playboy really pisses him off. In Nicky's eyes, the whole thing that has happened to his sister could have been avoided if Martin Green simply declined an interview with Emerald City News. Alaina caught Nicky looking at her in a disapproving way and she decided to speak with him privately after she has exchanged greetings with Charlene and Kyle. Charlene intuitively knew that Alaina has to play the pacifier to Nicky's growing resentment of Martin Green. As Alaina motioned Nicky to follow her, Martin gave her a reassuring look. It was as though Martin trusts that whatever she would have to tell Nicky, that she would be able to persuade her brother. But in truth, Alaina was doubtful as she knows how stubborn Nicky can be and once he's made up his mind; he has made up his mind. As soon as they both stepped out of the study, Nicky looked her in the eyes and inhaled deeply before grabbing Alaina's elbow to put more distance between them and the study. "Were you guys having sex in the swimming pool?" Nicky directly asked her. "Oh, my god, Nicky! Really?! I am your sister, not your daughter! And damn it, lest you forget I am older than you!" Alaina snapped angrily at him. "Stop acting like a cheap tart, then!" Nicky hissed at her, trying to keep his voice down and failing miserably, as his anger has built up to the point where he no longer can contain his thoughts. Nicky stopped dead in his tracks the moment he saw Alaina's eyes widened with shock at what he said. "Lain, I am sorry, I don't know what came over me, the girl, the one I met, she tripped out on me big time and I am still reeling with the whole situation. I'm so sorry, sis." Nicky explained, his voice filled with contrition. It was the truth; his last encounter with Hailey really did a number on his head, literally and metaphorically. Alaina looked at her brother thoughtfully and as she studied his face, she knew he was telling the truth. Alaina came towards Nicky and gave him a hug.
"What really happened? Will you please tell me and I promise I won't give an opinion unless you ask me to, Nicky." She said lovingly at her brother. Alaina understands that whatever insensible thing Nicky may say, they can be filed under stressful events and duress. She was sure that being in Afghanistan is not pleasant for him and the only time he gets a pass, it has to be the reason that she was in danger. Nicky hugged her back as he said, "The girl freaked out on me and decided to have two truckers give me an ass whooping." Nicky said, sounding as if he was mocking the same statement he said to his sister. Nicky ended up telling her the whole tale as they sat down in the South Wing living room. As their conversation has become non-combative, Nicky mentioned the portrait he saw by the hallway near the study and Alaina's eyes saddened by Nicky's enthusiasm. Nicky noticed the change in her mood and asked why and Alaina had no choice but to tell him about Miranda. Nicky's expression was sadness also, and it seemed he was mulling over the situation Martin Green has been in, since he lost Miranda. In Nicky's mind, he pondered the reputation that may have been given Martin unfairly, due to his wealth. It is the same perception he had not a moment ago, regarding his disdain for Martin. However, if the man has been loyally caring for a woman he could have easily turned his back on, for many years, Nicky has now a different perspective on Martin. He was almost convinced why his sister would find something redeeming in the man. Nicky felt bad for both Martin and the woman in the portrait. Alaina and him decided that they will give another shot to staying in the manor as long as they are welcome. Nicky suddenly remembered that he has another sister he has abandoned in the company of a federal agent, last night. He felt doubly guilty for doubting his middle sister and leaving his older sister, basically in the hands of a stranger. There are bad law enforcement officials and he really doesn't know William from Adam. Alaina and him decided to give Alexa a call. It is not like their oldest sibling not to call and let them know she is alright, unless she has no service on her phone or has been in some sort of a bind. "Yeah, she must be in a bind, in the handcuffs of the agent." Nicky thought sheepishly. He does not mean to make fun of his sister, but if there is one person that needs to loosen up, it will be Alexa.
Earlier in the morning, Nicky felt like he would rather be back in his barracks than in the manor with his siblings, but after Alaina has given him more details on Martin, his restlessness has been somewhat placated by the information. God knows, Nicky does not wish any tragedy on anyone, he has seen enough in the Middle East, but it humanized Martin in his eyes, instead of what is always floating in the media about his jet set lifestyle. And as any protective brother would know, brothers always see their sisters as virginal innocents, no matter how old they are. He smiled at the thought of Alaina getting all feisty with him when he asked her that question, when Nicky knows, in reality; there was no need for her to even give the question any credence.
Lily finally had a chance to talk to Martin when Kyle and Charlene decided to take a swim in the pool. Martin was all ears with Lily as the information was extremely important. Lily hacked into the SSA and discovered that James Traynor has a living relative in New Mexico. He has a mother who is disabled and has been collecting disability insurance. Martin told Lily to find the actual location of the woman and he told her that they will have to fly to Albuquerque as soon as possible, before James Traynor is arraigned. Martin wants to make sure that the driver/impostor is not released on any amount of bail, and would have to stay in jail until a trial date has been set. Lily told Martin that there is also something strange with her discovery as the woman who happens to be James Traynor's mother is of Hispanic descent. Lily was curious how anyone can be as "ginger" as the driver, when there is Hispanic blood involved. Martin chuckled a little at Lily and admonished her that she was being petty and a little racist. Lily's mouth fell wide open upon hearing the "racist" word. Lily sees herself anything and everything, but a racist or a bigot, she will never be. But she considered the source after her mental tantrum, Martin has got to be the most intelligent man she has met and her boss doesn't throw around words just like that to hear himself speak. His statement has merit because of her excitement with her information; she got carried away and sounded like a bigot. At that point, Lily decided not to share the information she gathered from Nicky and his obvious dislike of Martin. She was pretty sure that Nicky will come around somehow and discover that her boss is one of the fairest minded individual he will ever meet. Lily took the job at GSI because of Martin's humanitarian mission all over the NW and though he keeps himself anonymous with his charities, Lily is aware of the electronic transactions that go out of his company to the orphanages, the homeless, the veterans and the community centers housing single mothers. And Lily knows that if she wasn't a lesbian, and liked men, Martin Green, her employer would be the ideal man to have romantic thoughts for, as the man is "very attractive" for someone with a dick.
William lay next to Alexa, half sleeping and half awake. He had foregone his trip to his condominium's gym because he would rather watch the girl breathe steadily as she was completely fast asleep. The barking dogs outside and the sounds of cars passing by on their way to their perspective destinations doesn't even bother her. He wanted to make love to her again, but he couldn't bring himself to rouse her from her slumber. He was contented watching her lay naked, rested and beautiful next to him. William kissed her softly on her shoulders, very careful not to disturb her and looked at the time. It was almost noon but he didn't feel the need to go anywhere, but lay next to Alexa. He was imagining the events in his head when the sound of her mobile phone came on. He quickly jumped to grab it from outside the bedroom but he was too slow as Alexa stirred slowly and sat up from her sleep. "That must be my brother or sister calling. I am sorry if it woke you up; I thought I put it on mute." She said softly as she wasn't quite awake yet, but was still completely thoughtful of William. She put her head back down on the pillow and gently wrapped her leg over him and caressed his cheek as she said, "Go back to sleep, I'll call them when I am wide awake, I just want to lie down and sleep some more." Alexa sounded so relaxed when she said that, William looked down on her, grinning and asked "All you want to do is sleep, is that all?" then he started giving her light kisses on her shoulders, her arms and her neck. Alexa turned on her back as she smiled at William and said, "Well, I can't sleep if you keep doing that." She whispered in his ears, as her lips breaks into a naughty smile. William put his hand under the covers and touched her knees gently and let his hand wander in between her thighs. Alexa giggled and as if on cue, she let her hand wandered below the sheets, too, and touched William's thigh. William smiled at her and slowly rolled to get on top of her. He kissed Alexa on the lips and then her neck and then playfully disappeared under the sheets. Alexa couldn't help but laugh loudly as William played with her breasts and her belly by lightly kissing and running his lips on them. And she thought, "There's no way I am going home in another couple of hours."
Alaina started to worry when she keeps getting Alexa's voicemail. She left three voicemails in succession for her sister and Nicky, after overhearing her voicemail to his older sibling started to laugh. Alaina shot him a look that asked, "What is so funny?" and Nicky, seeing Alaina's questioning gaze just shrugged his shoulders and then laughed some more. Alaina hung up the phone and as she was about to say something to Nicky for being a smart ass, Martin and Lily came out of the study and Martin asked Nicky directly to speak with him. Nicky looked at his sister and he just knew that he made her concerned by the way she looked at him back. "Lily, do you mind showing Nick and I what you have found and perhaps we can compare the information against each other?" Martin said as he also noticed the look Alaina gave Nicky. "This was not the time to make her concern herself with something that has no bearing on Traynor's conviction." Martin thought, as all he wants is to put away the man for good and to never step anywhere near Alaina again. All four of them trekked towards the South Wing to discuss what Lily has discovered when Theodore stopped them and announced that Stephanie and Robert Nichols were driving up to the manor. Martin looked at Theodore shaking his head no, but Theodore said the couple was already at the gates. Martin sighed exasperatedly.
"What really happened? Will you please tell me and I promise I won't give an opinion unless you ask me to, Nicky." She said lovingly at her brother. Alaina understands that whatever insensible thing Nicky may say, they can be filed under stressful events and duress. She was sure that being in Afghanistan is not pleasant for him and the only time he gets a pass, it has to be the reason that she was in danger. Nicky hugged her back as he said, "The girl freaked out on me and decided to have two truckers give me an ass whooping." Nicky said, sounding as if he was mocking the same statement he said to his sister. Nicky ended up telling her the whole tale as they sat down in the South Wing living room. As their conversation has become non-combative, Nicky mentioned the portrait he saw by the hallway near the study and Alaina's eyes saddened by Nicky's enthusiasm. Nicky noticed the change in her mood and asked why and Alaina had no choice but to tell him about Miranda. Nicky's expression was sadness also, and it seemed he was mulling over the situation Martin Green has been in, since he lost Miranda. In Nicky's mind, he pondered the reputation that may have been given Martin unfairly, due to his wealth. It is the same perception he had not a moment ago, regarding his disdain for Martin. However, if the man has been loyally caring for a woman he could have easily turned his back on, for many years, Nicky has now a different perspective on Martin. He was almost convinced why his sister would find something redeeming in the man. Nicky felt bad for both Martin and the woman in the portrait. Alaina and him decided that they will give another shot to staying in the manor as long as they are welcome. Nicky suddenly remembered that he has another sister he has abandoned in the company of a federal agent, last night. He felt doubly guilty for doubting his middle sister and leaving his older sister, basically in the hands of a stranger. There are bad law enforcement officials and he really doesn't know William from Adam. Alaina and him decided to give Alexa a call. It is not like their oldest sibling not to call and let them know she is alright, unless she has no service on her phone or has been in some sort of a bind. "Yeah, she must be in a bind, in the handcuffs of the agent." Nicky thought sheepishly. He does not mean to make fun of his sister, but if there is one person that needs to loosen up, it will be Alexa.
Earlier in the morning, Nicky felt like he would rather be back in his barracks than in the manor with his siblings, but after Alaina has given him more details on Martin, his restlessness has been somewhat placated by the information. God knows, Nicky does not wish any tragedy on anyone, he has seen enough in the Middle East, but it humanized Martin in his eyes, instead of what is always floating in the media about his jet set lifestyle. And as any protective brother would know, brothers always see their sisters as virginal innocents, no matter how old they are. He smiled at the thought of Alaina getting all feisty with him when he asked her that question, when Nicky knows, in reality; there was no need for her to even give the question any credence.
Lily finally had a chance to talk to Martin when Kyle and Charlene decided to take a swim in the pool. Martin was all ears with Lily as the information was extremely important. Lily hacked into the SSA and discovered that James Traynor has a living relative in New Mexico. He has a mother who is disabled and has been collecting disability insurance. Martin told Lily to find the actual location of the woman and he told her that they will have to fly to Albuquerque as soon as possible, before James Traynor is arraigned. Martin wants to make sure that the driver/impostor is not released on any amount of bail, and would have to stay in jail until a trial date has been set. Lily told Martin that there is also something strange with her discovery as the woman who happens to be James Traynor's mother is of Hispanic descent. Lily was curious how anyone can be as "ginger" as the driver, when there is Hispanic blood involved. Martin chuckled a little at Lily and admonished her that she was being petty and a little racist. Lily's mouth fell wide open upon hearing the "racist" word. Lily sees herself anything and everything, but a racist or a bigot, she will never be. But she considered the source after her mental tantrum, Martin has got to be the most intelligent man she has met and her boss doesn't throw around words just like that to hear himself speak. His statement has merit because of her excitement with her information; she got carried away and sounded like a bigot. At that point, Lily decided not to share the information she gathered from Nicky and his obvious dislike of Martin. She was pretty sure that Nicky will come around somehow and discover that her boss is one of the fairest minded individual he will ever meet. Lily took the job at GSI because of Martin's humanitarian mission all over the NW and though he keeps himself anonymous with his charities, Lily is aware of the electronic transactions that go out of his company to the orphanages, the homeless, the veterans and the community centers housing single mothers. And Lily knows that if she wasn't a lesbian, and liked men, Martin Green, her employer would be the ideal man to have romantic thoughts for, as the man is "very attractive" for someone with a dick.
William lay next to Alexa, half sleeping and half awake. He had foregone his trip to his condominium's gym because he would rather watch the girl breathe steadily as she was completely fast asleep. The barking dogs outside and the sounds of cars passing by on their way to their perspective destinations doesn't even bother her. He wanted to make love to her again, but he couldn't bring himself to rouse her from her slumber. He was contented watching her lay naked, rested and beautiful next to him. William kissed her softly on her shoulders, very careful not to disturb her and looked at the time. It was almost noon but he didn't feel the need to go anywhere, but lay next to Alexa. He was imagining the events in his head when the sound of her mobile phone came on. He quickly jumped to grab it from outside the bedroom but he was too slow as Alexa stirred slowly and sat up from her sleep. "That must be my brother or sister calling. I am sorry if it woke you up; I thought I put it on mute." She said softly as she wasn't quite awake yet, but was still completely thoughtful of William. She put her head back down on the pillow and gently wrapped her leg over him and caressed his cheek as she said, "Go back to sleep, I'll call them when I am wide awake, I just want to lie down and sleep some more." Alexa sounded so relaxed when she said that, William looked down on her, grinning and asked "All you want to do is sleep, is that all?" then he started giving her light kisses on her shoulders, her arms and her neck. Alexa turned on her back as she smiled at William and said, "Well, I can't sleep if you keep doing that." She whispered in his ears, as her lips breaks into a naughty smile. William put his hand under the covers and touched her knees gently and let his hand wander in between her thighs. Alexa giggled and as if on cue, she let her hand wandered below the sheets, too, and touched William's thigh. William smiled at her and slowly rolled to get on top of her. He kissed Alexa on the lips and then her neck and then playfully disappeared under the sheets. Alexa couldn't help but laugh loudly as William played with her breasts and her belly by lightly kissing and running his lips on them. And she thought, "There's no way I am going home in another couple of hours."
Alaina started to worry when she keeps getting Alexa's voicemail. She left three voicemails in succession for her sister and Nicky, after overhearing her voicemail to his older sibling started to laugh. Alaina shot him a look that asked, "What is so funny?" and Nicky, seeing Alaina's questioning gaze just shrugged his shoulders and then laughed some more. Alaina hung up the phone and as she was about to say something to Nicky for being a smart ass, Martin and Lily came out of the study and Martin asked Nicky directly to speak with him. Nicky looked at his sister and he just knew that he made her concerned by the way she looked at him back. "Lily, do you mind showing Nick and I what you have found and perhaps we can compare the information against each other?" Martin said as he also noticed the look Alaina gave Nicky. "This was not the time to make her concern herself with something that has no bearing on Traynor's conviction." Martin thought, as all he wants is to put away the man for good and to never step anywhere near Alaina again. All four of them trekked towards the South Wing to discuss what Lily has discovered when Theodore stopped them and announced that Stephanie and Robert Nichols were driving up to the manor. Martin looked at Theodore shaking his head no, but Theodore said the couple was already at the gates. Martin sighed exasperatedly.