So this is a completely different approach to the sonogram in the season finale, and the 2009 date that viewers noticed on the picture.
Dov looked at Marlo with surprise. Who leaves this kind of thing lying around he wondered.
"Hey Marlo?"
She returned his gaze, although almost seemed to be looking past him. "Leave it Epstein, please."
"Is it part of the MacDonald case?"
"Not exactly" she says.
"Well then, what exactly is it?"
"I 'm sorry Epstein, but I can't get into this with you." With that, she grabs her bag, and the sonogram and leaves.
Dov is disturbed by her sudden departure. What does he do now? If Marlo is pregnant, is the baby Swarek's? Has she been seeing someone else? Poor Andy, especially after everything that has already happened today.
The next day Dov tries to talk to Sam in the lunchroom to get a timeline on his breakup with Marlo. Fishing is never easy, and fishing with a personality like Swarek's is even worse. He decides to bite the bullet and just come out and ask him if Marlo is pregnant.
"So Swarek, maybe this isn't my place, but Andy is one of my best friends and this has the potential to really hurt her, and…"
"What is it Epstein you been dancing around something for the past hour, out with it."
"Is Marlo pregnant?"
Sam stares blankly at him. "Um where did that come from?"
"Well, um.." Dov is stuck. If she is pregnant, she hasn't told Swarek, and now I have let the proverbially cat out of the bag.
"Out with it," Sam insists.
Dov proceeds to explain the events of the night before to a mildly annoyed Sam Swarek. Mildly annoyed, who was Dov kidding, the guy was fuming.
"First off, if she is pregnant, it is almost certainly, not mine. I won't go into details with you, but I would bet my badge on it. Secondly, this kind of station gossip can only lead to problems for McNally, so I would appreciate if you kept this to yourself till I talk to Marlo. Okay?"
Dov nods, and dismisses himself from the lunchroom.
Sam sits at his desk and replays his conversation with Epstein. He did his best to convince Epstein the possibility of Marlo's baby being his was absurd, but…
He was always very careful, except for a couple of times with Andy the first time they were together. He never wanted kids, at least not until her. Things with Marlo were never complicated (or so he thought before Kevin Ford) and he always made sure they would stay that way. Besides they hadn't been together in a long time, she would have been showing if it was his, still he needed to talk to her. She was supposed to be back in today to finish things up with the MacDonald case, maybe he could talk to her then.
Just as he was about to go see Oliver, Marlo walked up to the D's area.
"Hey" she said, "quite a mess of a day yesterday, how is Andy feeling?"
"She's good, a little sore but I think after what could have happened we're feeling pretty lucky. How are you doing? Any new developments, or are you just here to pack things and take them downtown?"
"As it stands right now, the investigation died with MacDonald, so I am just finishing up some of the reports and then I will be out of here. I can probably look after it on my own if you would prefer?," Marlo offered.
Sam hesitated, then started in, "Are you pregnant Marlo? Epstein said he say a sonogram photo in your stuff the other day."
"Who else did he tell besides you?"
Sam tried again, "you're not answering the question?"
"No Sam, I am not pregnant so you and McNally can continue with your little fairytale."
"That wasn't why I was asking, if you were, it wouldn't have been mine, and we both know that. I was curious if you were seeing someone and I hoped that you were happy if it was true.
Marlo looked away, then finally spoke. "I'm not seeing anyway right now, and I am sorry, but seeing you two together only confirms that it was always her, even when you tried to be with me and I 'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt. I thought I could make you forget her, but that's not possible for anybody. Look, I have to go, I'll finish the reports later."
With that, she was gone.
Sam thought about the things Marlo said. He was so wrong to get involved with her, or anybody for that matter. That night in the truck with Andy after she came back from Dakota he should have told her what he was feeling. He was stubborn, and she hurt him when he she left and that left him thinking that maybe they weren't meant to be together.
It just seemed easier, and yeah, less complicated to stay with Marlo. What an idiot he had been.
He went to the other desk to look over the files, and there it, was the sonogram. It was buried underneath crime scene photos and officer's notes. It was dated 2009, obviously Epstein missed that part of the picture. Why would this be with the files, and who did it belong to. Sam wanted to talk to Marlo about it when she came back, but she hadn't been very forthcoming the first time so maybe he needed to get more information before he confronted her again.