"Honey, I'm sorry, I'm late," Olivia sighed as she walked into their apartment and hung her coat on the coat rack.

"That's fine; I'm just going over a case," Alex said as she looked up and smiled at Olivia, "Did you find what you needed?"

"I did," Olivia said with a smile on her face that forced Alex to keep herself composed,"Actually, I think it's just what I've needed."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I can't believe I missed that," Olivia said with a slight gleam in her eye, "I'm going to go take a shower and then we can order dinner."

"I've already ordered dinner and ate," Alex said standing so she could face Olivia. In the six years together, they had never once out right lied to each other. They had kept secrets from each other which was expected considering their careers and background, but never out right lied, "What case were you working today?"

"It's an old case from before you transferred back with us," Olivia answered as she started down the hallways, "You wouldn't know it."

"Try me," Alex said in a voice that stopped Olivia in her tracks.

"What?"Olivia asked as she turned to face Alex.

"I said 'try me.'"

"Are you questioning me?"

"Looks like it detective," Alex said, taking a step toward Olivia, "What case are you following up on?"

"Do you not trust me all of a sudden?"

"I've trusted you with my life, but after today I want answers."

"What do you mean after today?" Olivia asked, becoming furious, "What's made today any different from any other day of our relationship?"

"Probably because I caught you in an outright lie and I want answers and I want the truth this second," Alex said, taking a deep breath in before exhaling slowly.

"Were you following me?" Olivia asked as she closed the gap between her and Alex, "Or did you hire someone to follow me, Alex, which one?"

"I came to the precinct today to steal ten minutes of your time, but Amaro told me that Cragen had given you the afternoon off. I told him not to worry about it you were probably going to surprise me and I just ruined it. I called you as I walked out and you told me that you and Amaro were following up on a lead to an old case. Which, normally, I wouldn't have questioned if I wasn't looking at Amaro at that moment."

"So, then you, what, had your phone company use the GPS on my phone to track me?"

"No, I was on my way back to the office when I saw your car and, on a whim, I followed you. You know, the whole time I was a few cars behind you, all I kept saying was: Why am I doing this? You wouldn't lie to me. There had to be a better explanation."

"But you still followed me?"

"I did, to what is commonly called a 'hooker hotel.'"

"What did you see?" Olivia asked

"You, go to a room, knock on the door, and a woman hugs you before she pulled you inside the room." Alex said as fought to keep her tears at bay.

"Because a woman hugged me and pulled me in a motel room, I'm cheating on you?" Olivia almost scoffed in disbelief.

"I'm not saying you're cheating on me. I've seen survivors hug you all the time, I've heard them offer you dinner because you've gone out of your way for them and I've seen you follow up with them years down the road. But you haven't been the same since the Wesley Smith case," Alex pointed out, "Your phone has rang and as soon as you look at the caller ID, you go into another room. You have a second cell phone, which I found putting up your laundry the other day, and, for the first time ever, you sided with a rapist. Now, today, you lied to me for what I hope is the first time ever or have you lied to me before and I was stupid enough to believe you?"

"Sometimes, in this job, we have to keep secrets. You know that, I know that, it's never been a problem before, so why now?"

"Probably because that was before you begged me to basically let a rapist walk."

"I told you that I was following a lead today."

"Were you not listening Olivia?" Alex choked out as the tears started to fall from her eyes, "You told me you were with Amaro, but I was standing five feet from him, looking him in the eye. It would be helpful if you could keep your lies straight."

"It wouldn't have been a problem if you didn't come to the precinct to check up on me," Olivia snapped

"I wasn't checking up on you; I wanted to take my wife out to lunch. I wanted to convince my wife to take a weekend get-a-way with me. Have a nice little down time where we got to know each other again, intimately. I wasn't there checking up on you. I have never bothered to check up on you and now it makes me wonder how many lies I've been told before."

"I have never lied to you, Alex."

"What, was today an omission of facts, what?"

"I was following up leads on a case."

"How much an hour did this case cost you? Was it twenty five an hour because you over paid if that's the hotel she used."

"Oh yeah, Alex, I have to go elsewhere because I'm not getting it at home," Olivia said, shaking her head as she turned to walk away, "You're unbelievable."

"I'm unbelievable," Alex said as she reached out and grabbed Olivia, "Well, excuse me for seeing my wife at a hooker motel and wondering. I mean, it's not like you have tried to touch me in over a month, which, once again, coincides with the Smith case. And, it's not like you, I don't know, have rebuffed every attempt I've made. So, let's wonder why I'm questioning what I saw today."

"You know every statement you make, you make sure to add something in there about Wesley," Olivia pointed out.

"Oh, now we refer to rapists with their first name," Alex said as she cocked her head to the side looking at her wife, "So, why don't you do what's right this second and open up to me and, before you give me some bullshit line, in my briefcase is a complete file on a Wesley Smith."

"Why tell you? I'm sure you've read all about it and know everything," Olivia said, shaking her head as she pushed past Alex and headed for the door.

"I haven't opened the file because I'm hoping that my wife would love and respect me enough to come clean to me," Alex said "I'm extending you that courtesy so, please, do the same to me and tell me the truth. What is it about the Wesley Smith case that's gotten to you? What's made this case different?"

Olivia hung her head as the tears started to fall from her eyes, slowly turning to face Alex. The hurt and pain she saw in Alex's blue eyes tore her heart to pieces. She knew with her confession that it would shatter Alex's world, but there was no way she could keep on lying to her. Taking a deep breath, she said the four words she never thought she would say.

"Wesley is my son."


A/N: I want to thank everyone for following, favorite, and/or reviewing this story and giving it a chance. I am always amazed when people read what I write. I can never say it enough but thank you from the bottom of my heart.