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It's About The Truth "I Don't understand you" "Then stop bloody trying, cos you only keep getting it arse about face anyway! – PLUS as I have told you- countless numbers of times now…It is NONE of your business" "I believe it IS my business. I am supposed to be working for a company whos boss is dedicated to the TRUTH! – and yet all you do is lie. You lie to your staff, lie to your friends and lie to YOURSELF….Your whole life is just one big lie!" He took two large strides and was nose to nose with her. His eyes were narrowed and his nostrils flared. "GET OUT of my office Torres – NOW" The intensity between them grew as Ria refused to back down, she didn't move a millimetre, didn't even blink. Contempt was all over her face. "Whadayer gonna do Lightman" Her voice was low but strong. "Physically throw me out? You really don't like it when someone forces you to face a few truths do you?" Suddenly he just crumbled, turning and walking away from her he scrubbed his face with his hand. "Ria, it's been a shit day and I'm knackered. I can't be dealing with all your crap at the moment" "Avoidance now?" "TORRES" "No Dr. Lightman, this happens every time I bring this up, and every time I walk away and nothing changes. Well not this time. You knew – all along that Alec was cheating on her, that he was using again as well, you knew long before she worked it out. You could have helped her… and no… don't start giving me that old 'partyline' about staying out of each others personal business, because it never stops you with anyone else does it? ..Just her..just Foster….And the reason you did that is because the longer you could put off the inevitable divorce, a divorce that would make her free, and available, it would take away your excuse to not act on your feelings for her. But that's gone now isn't it? And here you are…still sitting on your English arse doing NOTHING!. Why the hell don't you just tell her that you love her?... you and I both know she feels the same, but she's waiting for you, and it is making you both miserable. It's crazy! Well it's time to get a pair Lightman, because I am telling you now – if you don't say something to her SOON – Then I WILL!" She almost made it to the door, but then it was slammed shut and a pillar of pure rage was standing in front of it. This time she did take a few steps backwards. "You…will keep your ill conceived, completely unfounded, idiot notions to yourself Torres." His breath was erratic, his whole body tensed. She really had slapped him on a sore spot this time. "Gillian Foster has only just come out of the shittiest relationships and she is still trying to deal with that. The last fucking thing she needs right now is a silly bitch like you filling her head with a whole load of crap causing her more sleepless nights!" "Yer know wot?" he stalked towards her a few paces, "Why don't YOU try concentrating on yer own love life instead of interfering with wot you think is others people's – maybe it's you that doesn't want to face some home truths luv, what about that girly? Covering your own fears by trying to manufacture crap about other peoples?." "I..I have no idea wot you are talking about now Lightman, I don't have any problems in that area" Closer still, his eyes boring into her. "Really! Cos that's not what I see – Wot I see, almost on a daily basis, is you trying to conceal the fact that desperately wanna get Loker in the sack" This made her flinch. This she wasn't expecting at all and it threw her. "That's preposterous, Loker and I flirt – in fun – that's it, there's nothing more to it than that" "Liar!" "Oh I'm not gonna stay here and listen to this crap" In under a second he was back in front of the door, and this time he had the contemptuous look. "Truth hurts just a little does it Torres? Now who's 'running away' ay?" "If I wanted Loker 'in the sack' as you put it, trust me, by now he would be there!" "BOLLOCKS! You can't wait to get those long legs of yours wrapped round his back, but you don't understand him enuf do you? That 'radical honesty' of his throws you doesn't it? And I know why" "Really! Enlighten me why don't you?" "Why should I? If you were to take some time out of interfering in other peoples life's then you could work it out for yourself, But YOU TRUST ME Ria, when I tell you….start mouthing of to Foster – and I might just have to have a little 'chat' with Eli – Yer know, a little man to man talk…." He moved away from the door and opened it for her "Night Torres, it's been nice – 'chatting' with you". He went through the door to his private study. Well he might have won this one she thought, but there's a long way to go before the decider battle would be staged…….