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Spoilers: The promo of 3x14. The italicized words are part of the promo.
"Mrs. Florrick, did you and Will Gardner have a sexual relationship?"
Alicia was momentarily stunned as she pondered the question her husband's former opponent so smoothly asked her. It all came into place why this was happening: why Will was being investigated, why there was unease spreading through the firm and why the financial and moral credibility of the firm was constantly being questioned.
All of the questions were coming from the state's attorney office.
Peter was jealous.
She had seen it before. His pointed questions about Will, having Eli Gold watch Alicia like a hawk watches his prey…Alicia had brushed it off as him being curious and bored, trying to get back on her good side after he had ruined himself so brutally. But now she saw what it was.
She had been used the whole time.
When he needed help with a case or an essay in Georgetown, he always made her drop everything and come to him. Whereas she wanted a small, elegant wedding with her closest friend, he turned it all into a big production, inviting his government friends and chastising her when she wanted to invite her college buddies. Even now, she was a pawn in his game to becoming state's attorney.
"Mrs. Florrick?"
Alicia shook her head and snorted in disgust, Mrs. Carr's raised eyebrows not bothering her one bit. She finally looked at Will, something she hadn't done through the entire interrogation. He nodded his head at her ever so slightly, telling her to let him take the fall, that he had nothing left to lose. But she was done with her ex-husband's politics and refused to play his game, especially now. Especially if it her Will.
Rising from her seat, Alicia Florrick left the stand and grabbed her purse from the defendants table. She briefly felt Will touch her hand as she grabbed the bag Peter had bought her not to long ago; she knew that he approved of what she was doing. As she left the table and walked down the aisle, she nearly reached the door before she heard:
"Mrs. Florrick, you must answer the question."
Turning around, Alicia took the first step in stopping her husband from ruining her new life. No longer would she be the "good wife." Will knew she was better than that, and now, she knew it too.
"Arrest me."
Alicia Florrick barely registered anyone walking beside her before they spoke.
"How can I help?" Alicia stopped to look at Kalinda Sharma, and thought about it for a second. Her actions in the courtroom came rushing back to her, and she considered going back and taking back everything she said. But it was too late and now she had to pay for her actions.
"I need to talk to Peter. See what's going on. I also…" Alicia took a breath and closed her eyes, trying to stop the headache she could feel coming on. It would be a long night in the office tonight. "I need you to find anything on Wendy Scott-Carr that you can. We need to take away her credibility"-
"But you're not on this case"-
"I am now."
Kalinda stopped after that, nodding and taking out her notebook to scribble down a few notes. Alicia took that as her time to leave, but Kalinda grabbed her elbow before she could go.
"Can I talk to you privately?"
Alicia looked around the hallway outside the courtrooms and thought about all of the open ears who would try so hard to destroy her. "Ride to the firm with me."
Kalinda was the first to break the silence after they left the courthouse.
"I need to know, Alicia. I can't help you if I don't."
Alicia looked forward towards the road, not knowing what to answer. Trying to ignore the problem wouldn't do anything, and she knew it. She had to be a woman now, and confront her mistakes, not try to cover them up like her coward of a husband did.
"A hotel has a Presidential Suite that cost seventy-eight hundred dollars a night. A few people might have seen us in the lobby or the elevators. That's the only hotel we ever went."
"And your apartments?"
Alicia took a deep breath before answering, "We went to my apartment more than we went to his." Alicia quickly told Kalinda the addresses of both places, trying not to break down and cry. "It was more convenient that way."
"In case your kids came home." Alicia turned to look at Kalinda and decided to be truthful to the woman she once called a best friend. "Yes."
"I know you don't want to tell me, but why did you end it?"
Alicia motioned form both of them to get out of the car. Gathering their stuff, both woman headed towards the entrance of the building the firm was in. As both, entered the elevator, and the silver doors closed, Kalinda heard Alicia murmur: "We never have good timing."
"Mr. Gardner."
Will now sat on the wooden chair the woman whom he loved sat in not ten minutes ago, facing the scrutiny of his peers and his prosecutors. Peter Florrick had entered the courtroom not two minutes ago, nodding at Wendy Scott-Carr, and taking his place in one of the back benches. He was almost done, he could feel it; like an animal that knows he's about to die. The questions he had faced before Alicia left had made him confident, but now that she was gone, he felt alone.
"Did you and Mrs. Florrick have a sexual relationship?" Will threw a glance at Diane, who nodded back at him.
"Objection, your honor."
The judge, who looked amused at the entire ordeal unfolding before him, responded in turn, "On what grounds, Mrs. Lockhart."
Diane looked annoyed, but was undoubtedly concerned. "Relevance?"
"Ah, yes. Mrs. Scott-Carr, I must ask, what is the relevance of this question to a case involving bribery?"
Wendy Scott- Carr didn't look shaken or concerned. Instead, she smiled her campaign-worthy smile and spoke in a smooth, calm voice, "I am trying to see if Mrs. Florrick may also be a part of Mr. Gardner's schemes."
Diane rolled her eyes and Will took a minute to glance at Peter. Peter's face was much too smug for Will's liking, and Will found himself praying that the judge wouldn't take the bull Mrs. Scott-Carr was giving him.
"Overruled."
Turning back to Will, Wendy smiled at him, like a crocodile about to eat it's pray. "Need I repeat the question, Mr. Gardner."
Will shook his head, and tried to think of a way out of answering. By saying yes, he ruined the firm and Alicia. But saying no, he created a bigger storm that would eventually come later.
"Yes."
Wendy Scott-Carr smiled again, and Diane's eyes pierced through Will's skull. "Yes to what, Mr. Gardner."
Will stared right at Peter Florrick as he answered, damning the consequences of directly taking on the state's attorney. "Yes, I had a sexual relationship with Alicia Florrick."
A/N: I know this isn't great, but I wanted to write a story based off of the promo. I am very excited for the next episode.
Should I continue?