Avery Crittenden sits across the food court and watches as the woman and her child ate together. The little girl, named Zoey according to the file, enjoys her pizza while her mother watched.
Zoey looked to be either five or six years old. If she's five, then this whole trip is a waste of time and he's simply indulging in a bit of nostalgia for old times. He'll go home to Rielle, back to his marriage (if one can call it that), and this whole thing will be nothing more than a trip down memory lane involving a woman he almost...
He watches as Zoey looks up at her mother, her head tilted to the side in a way that reminds him of himself. Avery already knows that there are no other Defenders in the area; he looked for them several times between the time he left the hotel and now. He knows that Sydney won't see him until he approaches the two, and that he will surprise her quite a bit.
The only reaction he cannot plan for is the little girl, because he cannot see her at all. He takes a deep breath and stands, smoothing out his black Ralph Lauren suit, and makes his way over to the table.
"Sydney?" he says, feigning surprise at seeing her again after all these years. "Sydney Ashcroft? Is that you?"
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