I Have A Reputation To Uphold

Killian Quinn was a seasoned field agent; things rarely got to him. But Jenna Mitchell's ongoing homesickness issues, particularly her little outburst today, did.

He wasn't sure what exactly it was about her situation that hit him so hard but watching her try to be brave even when she was falling apart stabbed at his heart. She was still so young too. She had only been twenty when she became a witness and went into the program alone.

Most people in Witness Protection had at least one person from their former life with them. A spouse. A parent. A child. Jenna didn't have anyone because she rationalized that the rest of her family needed her mom, who had volunteered initially, more. How could such a young woman make that kind of decision without realizing the consequences?

She had seemed sad around him plenty of times before but he had never seen her like that. Unkempt with pajamas on in the middle of the day sobbing her heart out. It wasn't a pleasant image.