I don't like or trust Doris. Many thanks to Irene Claire for reading and telling me this wasn't stupid! Thanks for reading and please leave a review.

Don't, but wish I owned one of them.

* H50 *

Mother Knows Best

Doris looked out the window and watched the tall, handsome son she hadn't seen in twenty years until the plane took off and she could no longer see him. Smiling, she thought back to the time when he was fifteen, looking forward to getting his first car and going out on dates. Choking back tears, she felt her phone vibrate. Pulling it out of her pocket, she checked the name before answering.

"Hello. Yes, we're in the air now. No, he doesn't know where we're headed." Listening for a moment she replied sharply to the caller, "No! I had no idea that my contact's real name was Wo Fat or that he was the same one who was after Shelburne. It was as much a surprise for me to see him standing there as it was for him to realize who I was. I just don't know what would have happened if Steve had arrived just a few seconds before he did."

The caller spoke again and Doris sighed before speaking. "I'm not sure what is going to happen. I don't know. Look, I'm not sure if I'll be able to talk him into joining us. Steve is strong willed and his ass of a partner is going to make anything we try to accomplish very difficult. The man is like German Shepherd when it comes to protecting Steve and he'll be hard to shake loose." Doris had taken an instant dislike to Detective Williams.

Listening for a moment she frowned, then replied. "No he's not married, but he does have a little girl. I know. Yes...I agree." A faint grin crossed her face as she continued. "It would be most unfortunate if he were to have an accident.

Pausing once more, she listened to what the caller was saying before replying. "But he's smart, already suspicious and will be watching everything I do. Alright, I'll consider our...options and call you after we land."

Doris closed the phone ending the brief call. Yes, it would be such a shame for that little girl to grow up without her father. There were times, she thought to herself with a hint of a smile, that her employer could be very cruel but she was sure that someday her son would see the necessity of her actions. After all, she was his mother.