Author's Note: I am really happy about the posititve response this story got so of course I decided to continue it. Hope you'll like it.
All mistakes are still mine.

CHAPTER 2

Harvey groaned as the phone rang and he hoped that Donna would handle whatever it was.
He was in the middle of a big, difficult case and had just spent two hours in a meeting and he had even more meetings to come, this was his only chance to relax.

"Harvey"

He groaned again when he heard Donna's voice over the intercom.

"Whatever it is, handle it"
"I think it's important"

Harvey looked through the glass at his secretary that was giving him a serious look and he sighed before telling her to let the call through.
At first Harvey was barely listening, just humming in acknowledgment in the right places but soon he heard exactly what made the phone call so important and by the time the phone call was over he was still in complete shock.
He slowly put the receiver down while the woman's word slowly started to sink in.
As soon as he put it down Donna got up from her desk and walked into his office.

"What was it about?"

Harvey looked up at her, disbelief written all over his face.

"I have a son"

Donna looked just as shocked as he felt and she slowly sank back on the couch, both of them just sitting in silence for a minute.

"Who's the mother?"
"Nina"

Donna nodded and they both fell silent again.
His secretary had never met Nina but Harvey had told her about his ex- girlfriend.
It had been 12 years since Harvey met Nina in a coffeeshop and the two had felt an instant connection.
Their romance had been brief but intense, Harvey had loved her and she had loved him but eventually they had ended up being toxic to each other so they made a mutual decision to break it all off.
They had said goodbye and then both of them had walked away with broken hearts.
Nina had never contacted him again, no calls, no texts and not a single word about her being pregnant with his child.

"Why contact you now?"

Donna suddenly asked in a suspicious tone, probably thinking that Nina had decided she wanted child support or something like that.

"There was a car accident last night, Nina and her husband both died at the scene"

It felt strange knowing that the girl he once loved was gone from this earth, despite his current feelings about her.
What felt even stranger though was the thought that her husband had taken his place, the place he never even got the chance to take.

"What's his name?"
"Michael. His name is Michael James Ross"

His son had another man's name. Harvey wished Nina wasn't gone, so that he could yell at her, sue her or just something.
She was gone though and now he didn't know what to do. Did his son even know about him?

"Are you going to visit him?"
"I don't know Donna"
"Harvey, you have to. I'll get you the phone number"
The secretary got up from the couch and left the room before Harvey even had the chance to protest.

Harvey stared at the phone, trying to get his hand to just pick it up and call already.
He didn't think he'd ever been this nervous over a simple phone call before but then again, he had never been in this kind of situation before.
Did his son even want to meet him? Did he even know about all of this or did Harvey have to be the one to tell the kid that a big part of his life had been a huge lie?
He looked through the glass at Donna and she gave him an encouraging nod and he sighed before deciding to just get it over with.
After the fifth tone, he started to think that no one would pick up but then finally he heard an old woman's voice.

"You've reached Edith Ross"

The woman said in a warm, gentle voice and Harvey thought that this wouldn't be that bad.

"Hello Mrs. Ross, my name is Harvey Specter"
"Mr. Specter, I was wondering if I would get a call from you"

Harvey raised his eyebrows in confusion as the woman's voice suddenly turned cold.
He couldn't understand why the woman seemed mad at him, if anyone was going to be mad about this situation it should be him.

"Mrs. Ross, I heard about Nina and James, and I'm really sorry for your loss."

Edith didn't answer but he could hear her scoff. Harvey cleared his throat before continuing.

"I just wanted to-"
"You want to meet Michael"

She interrupted, not sounding too happy about it but then she sighed deeply.

"I need to talk to you anyway, and I'd rather not do it over the phone."
He agreed on coming by the next morning and after giving him the address the woman hung up without even saying goodbye.

The next morning Harvey was standing outside the house that had belonged to his ex-girlfriend and her husband.
He had to take a minute to breathe before ringing the doorbell.
The door opened and he came face to face with Edith Ross.
She looked like a sweet old grandmother, but the look in her eyes told him that she could kill a man and not think twice about it.

"Mr. Specter"

She greeted, her voice just as cold as it had been on the phone.

"Mrs. Ross"

He answered, giving her a smile that she did not return, instead she just made a gesture that told him to come in.
He took of his coat before following the old lady into the living room where a blonde boy was sitting on the couch, fiddling absently with a cushion.

"Do you want some coffee?"
"Yes please"

Edith disappeared into the kitchen and Harvey sat down on the couch next to the boy, his boy.
He was sitting next to his son, his own flesh and blood, he couldn't believe it.

"You must be Michael"

He said in a polite tone and the kid lifted his head and looked at him for the first time. He was taken aback by how much he looked like his mother, with the blue eyes and the innocent, young face but he could also see parts of himself in the boy's face.

"It's Mike"

The boy corrected him, his voice just as cold as his grandmother's. Why were they so cold towards him?
He wanted to ask the kid but before he had the chance Edith returned with two cups of coffee in her hands and a folder under her arm.
She placed the cups on the coffee table before sitting down in one of the armchairs opposite the couch.
Harvey took a sip of his coffee as he glanced at the folder, Edith noticed his gaze and decided to just bring it up instead of beating around the bush.

"As you know James and Nina both passed away, and that leaves just us two, there's no other family"

Edith grabbed the folder and handed it over to Harvey who opened it and looked at the papers inside.
Edith wanted him to take custody.

"I'm sick and I have been for a long time. I am not a fit guardian"

She looked sad over this fact, which he could understand.
Mike might not be her biological grandson but in every other way he was and it was probably hard for her to just hand her grandson off to a stranger.
Harvey flipped through the pages, this was not what he had expected.
He had been willing to form a relationship with the boy but this was way bigger than that. Harvey knew nothing about being a father, he barely had any experiences with kids. He had taken care of his brother's kids a couple of times but that was in the role of an uncle, and that was totally different from being a dad.

"You need some time to think about it?"

She questioned and Harvey nodded.

"Of course, you do"

Edith remarked, sounding as if she had fully expected that.
Harvey really couldn't understand the coldness from both Edith and Mike.
He decided to ignore her remark and instead glanced down at the papers again.
Was he ready to become a father?

Author's Note 2: I just wanted to add that I don't really know about laws that's why I didn't do into detail about the phone call, since I don't know who would be technically be in charge in this case and Google didn't help me at all.