207 Girl talk Mia and Liz (1/2)

After Dr. Snow's farewell lunch, Liz went to visit Mia.

”Put this to chill…”, Liz demanded with a big smile on her face from the door while handing a bottle of wine to Mia.

”Uuu… This is the good stuff.”, Mia said while eyeing Kobalt Cabernet Napa, 2014. ”Are we celebrating something?”

Liz put her arms akimbo, with a smug expression of a supermodel who is waiting for her glamour shoot, and announced: ”You are looking at THE senior neurosurgeon!”

Mia's eyes widened for a second before she grinned. ”Congratulations! I have some cheese pastries in the freezer. By the time they bake, the wine will be chilled.”

Liz laughed. Mia always thinks about food.

The two of them chatted about recent events and Liz told Mia about the fundraiser and how Dr. Snow is now officially out of Seattle.

Mia approved. ”Good. That man was only a headache. Good looking, but still a headache. I can't believe that even as he was leaving he tried to make a move on you.”

Liz waved, indicating that it's not a big deal. ”He might be interested in me, but I am sure that he will find someone else and move on. As you said, he is good looking, and many women would be happy to throw themselves at him. Now that he is going to Oregon, who knows if I will ever see him again. Let's focus on important things: the Fourth of July party. Is Bri coming?”

Mia confirmed. ”About that… can she stay at your place?”

Liz shrugged. ”Sure. I have no problem with that, but I need to ask, is there something wrong with your apartment? You have spare bedrooms.”

”Yeah, but it's not safe…”, Mia told Liz how she is setting traps for Hunter as a preparation for meeting with her family.

Liz laughed. ”I see that you are bored. Why don't you go out and do something instead of setting traps in your apartment?”

”You don't understand. It's important for him to practice.”

Liz didn't approve. ”I also think that it's important for a person to feel safe at home and not to flinch at every sound and movement, worrying if something will explode.”

Mia made a thinking face.

”Hey…”, Liz nudged her. ”Don't tell me that I just gave you an idea!”

Mia laughed.

Liz told Mia about Jackson and Sabrina.

Mia was stupefied. She didn't know that Jackson was hitting on Liz in Hawaii and she never suspected that engagement between Rina and Jack is a sham!

”I thought that he is busy and working.”, Mia said absentmindedly while processing the information Liz told her. ”But now that you mention this… Other than in Hawaii, I didn't see Jackson. Rina is always on her own and she doesn't talk about him either. And that should be unusual, considering that they are both from Seattle.”

Mia was lost in her thoughts for some time before looking at Liz. ”What are we going to do about him? He is coming to the party, right?”

”Probably. And we should not show him that we suspect something is off. Actually, I've had a conflict in Hawaii with him after he made a move on me, so he will probably not come near me. But if he comes near you, be alert because he is a player and try not to expose that we are on to him.”

”You are going to let Jackson use Rina like this?”

Liz shrugged helplessly. ”Rina is fine with it and unless that changes, there is nothing we can do. However, I'm not letting him go. We are collecting data and if we find the evidence that he is lying, we will show it to Rina.”

Mia agreed with this, and then remembered a point: ”What kind of a conflict you had with Jackson?”

Mia dissolved into a puddle of giggles when Liz told her how she kicked Jackson where it counts and then bullied him.

”Well, after that, I am pretty sure that he will not talk to you…”, Mia said when she caught her breath.

Mia's expression turned serious. ”How come you didn't tell me that he made a move on you and that he harassed you later in the restaurant?”

”Sorry, Mia…”, Liz said apologetically. ”It's not that I wanted to keep it from you, but with McKenzie pushing me off the cliff and Max ending up in the hospital, things were crazy, and I forgot that Jackson even exists.”

Mia thought how that makes sense. Since Liz mentioned McKenzie, Mia remembered how that woman will also be at the party. ”What is your plan for McKenzie?”

Liz's expression showed that she is troubled. ”I am still not sure.”

”Are you planning to let her strike first again? Or you hope that she will not do anything? In either case, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage, and she is dangerous.”

Liz waved her hands defensively. ”No, no. That is not what I said. I am quite confident that she will do something. If she couldn't hold it in Hawaii, now it will be several folds worse...” Liz paused and smiled. She almost said that if her relationship with Max was bothering McKenzie then, the woman will implode now when the air between Liz and Max is much more intense.