Defending Hannah

honest with himself but knew he had no right to ask her. She had always had a crush on him growing up and followed him relentlessly and while he allowed it and lusted for her too secretly he never allowed himself the privilege of something more between them. Seeing her swimming in the lake that last summer and looking all woman struck him like a bolt of lightning. She was every man’s fantasy. He had avoided seeing her like that many times for just that reason. She had always been smart and beautiful. She could have had any man in the world and she had wanted him and he rejected her because he knew she could do so much better. He was such an idiot. But even then when he realized his feelings turned from friendly to more he knew he would never be good enough for her. He was a farm boy. He could never give her the lifestyle she was used to. Her dad would have had security chase him away in a second. He doubted the old man knew about the kiss he and Hannah shared at the lake otherwise he would have been approached him by now.
"You stare at her any harder you’re going to burn a hole through her." Sunshine teased slapping him on the back. Sunshine was their pretty boy of the team. He looked like a model with his blonde hair and perfect face, what got everyone though was his easy smile. It was hard not to like him. He was easygoing and quick with a joke. After all the shit he had seen and done the man still sounded like the world was all always sunshine and rainbows.
"It’s not like that. Can you believe she wanted me to leave her behind to buy us some time?" He wasn’t going to tell Sunshine he knew Hannah while growing up. Sunshine would demand details Ben didn’t want to share. Open up emotions he didn’t want to admit he had. It had taken everything in him to leave Hannah once. He didn’t know if he had the strength to do it again.
Sunshine looked at him confused. "Who in their right mind would want to stay there? Looking at her and the others it’s obvious she has been there longer so you would think she would have been the first one out of the door."
Ben nodded in agreement. "You saw her. She even showed me Alejandro's office and warned me when one of those fuckers snuck up on me. Killed a man for me. I can’t figure her out." Who was this new Hannah O’Connell? She used to run screaming when he would put a worm on a hook and she saw it still moving. Now she killed a man without even blinking.
His teammates snickered at him.
"What?” He asked confused. But everyone stayed quiet. Ben decided to ignore them and squared his shoulders. The girl didn’t mean anything to him anymore. He was just trained to read people and he couldn’t read her. Anymore. That was it. Once again his eyes trailed over to her as she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
They landed a few hours later and Bulldog and his team caught their next flight to their home base at Fort Sam. Bulldog shook his hand before he left. "See you soon, Brother."
"Will do. I meant what I said earlier. You find out who betrayed us you call me. We’ll be there." Bulldog headed up the ramp and the plane took off a few minutes later.
Ben watched a team of medics taking the women to the infirmary while he and his team left for the command post to wait for their bird to be ready to head back to their base and debrief.  He didn’t know what would happen to the women after he left. Normally he didn’t concern himself what happened to the hostages after he rescued them. Once they were safe his mission was complete and it was time for the next one. But none had ever been Hannah before. Could he maintain his cool exterior and walk away again? That was the million dollar question.
Cricket, Hound, Tiny, and Hawk carried the box that was intercepted and guarded it. Ben caught of glimpse of the woman of his obsession and for a moment their eyes locked. He felt guilty leaving her behind but didn’t know why. Like he was betraying her. He had his own life to lead and didn’t know her anymore. She was still the rich heiress and he was a farm boy from Texas who loved serving his country. They could never make anything work between them.
"Sir," a medic yelled at him a few minutes later running into the command post.
Ben recognized him as one of the medics who took the women to the infirmary. Ben's senses instantly went on alert. "What is it?" he demanded. Somehow already knowing it concerned Hannah.
"One of the girls you brought in, she’s demanding you come to her and she’s throwing things at the doctors. Normally I would ignore her request but she is threatening anyone that comes near her with a knife."
Yep, that sounded like her all right. He didn’t know why she requested him, more like demanded, but he wasn't going to ask. He handed his weapons to Hound and turned to the medic. "Take me to her." It seemed his reunion with Hannah was going to be even longer than he thought. Why did that excite him?
Ben knew he had arrived when he heard the raised voices and things bouncing off the wall. What the hell had set her off? He rounded the corner and saw the object of his lust with his knife between both her hands slashing at anyone who was stupid enough to get too close to her. She still wore her sports bra and shorts and was covered in dirt while several staff members were trying to talk calmly to her and one held a needle behind their back. Probably pumped full of drugs that would knock her out. Hannah’s eyes looked wild and watched everyone trying to box her in. She was scared and cornered.
She suddenly looked up at him and her body