Takes place shortly post-series.

Lara is Sophie's real name that is why I had Winnie call her that. Everyone else knows her real name but prefer Sophie cause that's what they have become used to.

Nate wanted a quick, quiet wedding, but Sophie would have none of that.

"Please Nate, this is my first time getting married and I intend it to be my last so please let me at least invite my Aunt Winnie to the wedding."

"Aunt Winnie huh," Nate was not convinced. "Is she a real family member? I've never heard of her."

"Don't be so suspicious," she answered, playfully hitting his shoulder with her clutch bag, "of course, she is the only real family I have left and she is the one who taught me everything I know. I just can't get married without her here."

"Oh boy that's what we need another grifter on the loose." He joked then kissed her gently on the lips. "Your family is my family for better or worse as they say, so… What can you do before our cruise leaves in a week?"

Aunt Winnie arrived three days before the wedding. Hardison and Eliot went to meet her at the airport and spotted her right away, she was just as Sophie described. Winnie was a petite, pretty woman about 5'2" silver hair in a short pixie, large brown eyes like Sophie. She was wearing a black pantsuit well tailored to her small frame. Her simple yet elegant clothing showed off her jewelry well, diamond stud earrings, necklace and bracelet to match.

"Sir I believed you dropped this." She had an expensive leather wallet in her hand and gave it to the well-dressed gentleman in front of her. He thanked her profusely; she had a very mischievous look on her face.

Hardison and Eliot approached her quietly. "I hope you did not do what we think you did," Hardison whispered in her ear. She turned around quickly, gave the two men a long look and smiled. "You must be Hardison," hugging him tightly around the waist. She then turned, "and you must be Eliot. Lara has told me so much about you and oh my such handsome men to accompany me."

"You didn't answer the question Mrs. Roland," Eliot whispered in her other ear.

"Oh of course not, just having a bit of fun, a girl's got to stay in practice. Lara told me about your team, bad guys gone good… interesting."

The car ride to Nate and Sophie's was an interesting one to say the least. The men liked her immediately, her energy and enthusiasm was that of a young woman not a woman well into her seventies. Aunt Winnie told them stories about Sophie (Lara) as a child all which Hardison and Eliot soaked in to use later to torture her, winking and doing their usual fist bump.

Sophie ran out of the door as the car pulled up her driveway. "Oh Auntie", she exclaimed, "I'm so happy you could come." She embraced her tiny aunt and filled her with kisses."

She greeted Nate next. "So happy that you are making an honest woman out of my Lara, you must be a very special man." She gave him a big hug and kiss.

Parker was last to greet Winnie. "My dear, you are so lovely, I hope you can show me how to rappel while I am here."

"Really? You want to go down a building on a rope?" Parker was amazed. "Or a mountain, whatever you want." Winnie replied.

She gave Hardison a dismissive look. "I don't know what you are always crying about, Winnie here has no problem."

"Now that is not fair, I have rappelled quite a few buildings with you Parker."

"Yeah, yeah…" she walked off, Hardison followed recounting all the times he had dived off buildings with her.

Winnie smiled as she watched the two bicker playfully. "Do they always act like that?

"Yeah, it's annoying to watch." Eliot replied storming off to the kitchen.