Cabot and Associates, Wednesday

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Alex had enough information to e-mail a status update to Liz. And then, Liz could pass the information to her other ADAs, who could go into court and argue the motions, but not as well as Alex would have, and the motions would be denied and all of this would be wasted effort.

Okay, some of Liz's ADAs were probably competent, but none of them had her closure rate, dammit. She should be in New York herself. She could get a dark wig and change her name. Olivia could be her personal bodyguard, once the Colombians figured out who she was. Olivia wouldn't mind.

Don't mind Alex -- she's just In A Mood.

(OCD-free)

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And Linz just happened to be in the neighborhood walking Martha and grabbed herself a cup of coffee and grabbed one more.

Then it was just a mere walk to the law office where she popped her head in.

"Up for a coffee break?" she asked as Martha trotted in.

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"Lindsay," Alex said, smiling at not-Abbie. She couldn't help considering her 'not-Abbie,' even now. It was almost a nickname. "Always. Not doing a lot, anyway."

Unfortunately.

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"Business a little slow?" she asked as she put down the coffee on her desk and flopped onto a chair. "You would think with all the weirdness that you'd have plenty of legal things to deal with."

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"You'd think," Alex sighed. "Nobody's even suing anyone else. All those people griping about frivolous lawsuits running rampant need to direct me to a few of those."

She took the cup of coffee and helped herself to a gulp, not minding that it scalded her tongue. "How's life on the civilian side?"

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"I got sent to Malibu to pick up my boss's clothing," Lindsay smirked. "So I would call it weird."

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"What, you're his valet now?" Alex laughed. "At least it's Malibu and not Siberia."

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"So not complaining," she agreed as Martha put her head on her lap for headscritches. "I got to spend the week in a mansion sipping beer and sitting on the beach. And got paid for it. Maybe instead of more business you need a West coast vacation."

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"I don't remember the last time I had a vacation," Alex mused. "A real one, I mean, not just, hey, the boss says I can actually take the weekend off, like I'm supposed to. I guess being here counts."

She took another swig of her coffee. "In which case, I have to say, I'm not so great at vacations."

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"How can you be bad at vacations?" Lindsay chuckled. "You find a place with a beach, you buy a bad Danielle Steel novel and have some guy bring you drinks in your cabana."

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"I can't ever relax," Alex said, rubbing the back of her neck. "I think about all the cases I should be working on, stupid things like that. Maybe if I had a cabana boy, that'd help."

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"Well since you have no cases then vacation should be easy," Lindsay teased.

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"Do you think you could find us some cabana boys?" Alex asked, raising an eyebrow. She nodded to the dog again. "You know, I don't think I know her name."

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"I think if we find the right resort it shouldn't be a problem," she smirked. "And this is Martha. I... inherited her. She belonged to someone I knew who got murdered. I ended up taking her in."

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"Sorry," Alex said. "Didn't mean to ... raise a sore subject. She's beautiful."

She was playing idly with the lid on her cup. "Resorts really have cabana boys? I always assumed that was just a stereotype."

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Lindsay shrugged off the comment as Martha trotted over to Alex. "I wish I could say it was a sore subject but... well I'm not a cop anymore. Past life," she replied. "And as for cabana boys? Well you pay a hotel enough and I'm sure they'll supply them for you. Why? You up for a little road trip?"

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"I'm not supposed to leave the island," Alex sighed. "According to the FBI, anyway. It's safe here, so enjoy your new identity, which is the same as your old identity, except you don't get to be a prosecutor any more."

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"Huh," she said with a frown. "Well... did they say anything about going out of town to someone else's home? Or at least I'm assuming that we're from different dimensions."

She rubbed her head. "You don't know how much that just hurt me to say that."

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"I have an idea," Alex said, rummaging in her desk drawer. Conversations about dimensions meant it was time to break out the whiskey. "And maybe the FBI can kiss my ass, and I can spend a few days getting a tan."

Martha poked her nose into the drawer, which earned a laugh from Alex. "I don't think I should share with you," she said, holding out a hand for Martha to sniff.

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"She thinks you have dog treats," Lindsay laughed. "I keep some in my desk at work."

Martha of course was now sitting and attempting to lick Alex's hands.

"So. If you were theoretically going to tell the FBI to kiss your ass, where would said ass be heading off to?"

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"What the FBI doesn't know, won't hurt me," Alex decided, ruffling Martha's ears. "Sorry, puppy, I just have whiskey in there, and I'm pretty sure that's not safe."

She glanced up at Lindsay again. "Somewhere warm," she decided. "Really warm, like tropical sun and white beaches warm. My family has a villa in Cabo San Lucas, but it's not like I can call them up and get the keys."

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"Probably not," Linz agreed. "But I'm betting we could find a nice rental for a weekend."

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Alex gave Martha's head one last scritch before turning her attention to her laptop. "Ever been to St. Barts?" she asked. "Gorgeous. Wonderful shopping. Villas for rent. Are you in?"

St. Barts was a little pricey, sure, but Alex had loads of cash. The Cabots were not exactly hurting on that front.

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Working for Tony Stark? Yeah, she was enjoying the amount of money in her bank account.

"Sure. You don't mind if I bring a-"

Boyfriend? Hmm.

"Guy-friend along?"

Yeah, Linz. Like that sounds better.

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Alex smirked at that. "The kind of guy-friend you don't share?" Best to know if he was off-limits or not, up front. "Just means more cabana boys for me."

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"Yeah, I'm a little selfish like that," she said with a small smirk and a pang of guilt. "I'll just be your cabana boy wingman. Wing woman. Whatever the title is."

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"Not sharing is fine," Alex laughed easily. "I just wanted to know so I don't hit on him or anything."

Or her, either, to be perfectly honest about it.

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"Have you met Ronon?" Lindsay asked looking amused. "I'm not so sure he'd be your type."