Hello fellows! Here a new story to you!

This story bellow, takes place a few months after my other story ''We should have talked about Louisa'' and it mix the events writing in the book ''After You'' with some scenes from the 1992 movie Scent of A Woman. I hope you like it.

Just another 2 things: To be easy to write, in all my stories, i give Will full usage of his right arm, so he is able to do some things. Other then that, he is the same gruffy irritable man we know in the book.

The other thing, is that in the story, i will introduce a new OC character, Lilith, a teenager with school and family problems who became friend of Willl and Nathan.

Other then that i hope you enjoy the story and don´t mind the few changes i made in the character.

Thank you very much.

Dr. Serpico

CHAPTER 1- Late Night Visitor

It was barely past midnight when William Taynor woke up with a loud crash from the window and the sound of someone entering the annex. He kept his eyes closed, mentally cursing himself for not asking Nathan to leave a gun in his hand, before going to bed.

William listened as the intruder walked around their footsteps echoing off the walls before they stopped and the sound of the sink took its place. 'The nerve on them.' William thought as he heard them gulping down water and even heard the sound of the fridge being opened and gone through. Soon the intruder began to search the cabinets pulling out items and setting them on the ground hard before finally William could sense the intruder's presence as they entered his room and began to fumble with the lights before William, as he still had his eyes closed, saw the soft orange glow as his eyes slowly reacted to the light being turned on.

"WHO ARE YOU?" William barked his eyes still closed as he didn't want to be blinded by the sudden brightness of his lights. Someone let out a squeak as they probably didn't expect the figure to be awake the entire time. "I said, who you are?!"

"I'm s-sorry sir," it was a young woman's voice. William tried to picture the age of the girl and thought she was about 14 to 16 years of age.

"Bit of advice," William grunted squinting his eyes more to try and save himself the pain. "When trying to rob a place do not turn on the lights. Especially if you're searching through someone's room. Ya idjit."

"I'm not trying to rob you." The girl said.

"Then would you mind turning off my bedroom light and turn on the kitchen light then?" William asked and the girl happily complied. William opened his eyes and stared at the young lady that stood in his bedroom doorway. "Now explain yourself?"

"You're not going to call the police on me?" The girl asked finding it strange that William was still in his bed and not getting ready to chase her. "Or chase me at least?"

"Miss, if I could move I'd have you in a head lock faster than you can cry out for help." William smirked but the girl's curious expression did not change. "What are you doing here?" William asked, his voice rough.

".I.." The girl lowered her head fighting back tears. "I ran away from home. And I couldn't stand being out in the cold."

"So you thought it best to break into someone's home and hope that they were nice enough for you to drink from their sink and eat their food?" William saw the girl flinch at the sound of his voice.

"I'm sorry sir." The girl said simply making William groan.

"Don't ever call me sir." He snapped. "You may call me Mr. Taynor, call me Willl, call me Lieutenant if you want, but don't ever call me sir again."

"Yes, sir...I mean Will." The girl corrected when she saw William's face harden.

"Alright. Now that has been established, I would like to go back to sleep. Feel free to sleep on the couch in the other room, but don't take anything. I do have an inventory of all my valuables."

"I'm not going to steal from you." The girl said curtly, not liking the accusation that she would. She had only been curious what was in the cabinets and drawers.

"I hope you'd be able to purchase a new window for the one you broke." William said as he heard her slowly walk away. But the girl did not reply. Instead William gradually fell into a dreamless sleep.

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Early the next morning Nathan arrived and began to panic at the broken window, and was worried at his employer and friend's well-being. As he ran inside he saw cabinets opened their items set on top of the counter tops and even saw the food crumbs and the glass in the sink. "Jesus Christ!" He exclaimed as he rushed into William's room worried that he must have been harmed. But was relieved when he saw him looking at him with a soft warm smile.

"About time." William chirped watching as Nathan grabbed at the front of his shirt.

"Jesus, Will," Nathan said rushing to his side. "What the hell happened here?"

"I had a visitor last night." William said as Nathan quickly placed Will inside his wheelchair. "She told me that she ran away from home and I let her sleep on the couch."

"She broke into your house and you made her sleep on the couch? Why didn't you call the police?"

"What an amazing idea!" William said sarcastically. "I mean, jumping out of my bed and running to my cellphone to dial the authorities would be so easy."

"You made your point mate." Nathan admitted making William nod in response.

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Thirty minutes later, after William had done his morning activities and was dressed, the girl from last night emerged from the sitting room looking more frightened at Nathan then she was at seeing William now up in his wheelchair.

"Good morning," Nathan greeted the girl with a smile. "You must be the one who broke that window last night."

"I said I was sorry and once I get the money I will fix it." The girl said defensively.

"Look," William said with a stone calmed face. "I appreciate it if you tell me why you ran away from home. So that when my mother comes and starts to ask questions I could explain it to her why you are here." The girl only gulped in response and start to talk.