Ring! Ring!...

Marshall eyes opened startled in surprise, he reached down and took out his cell phone, it was Abigail.

He looked at Mary and back to his cell phone.

"Answer it"

She turned reaching for her unfinished sandwich and tossing it into the trash, along with her smoothie. She walked towards the door and was about to reach for the door handle.

He set his cell phone back onto the clip on his belt and, "Stop, we have to finish this conversation you started."

Her back to him, she stayed close to the door, "I think it's better to leave it be."

"No, finish your thought…you realized what?" he didn't back down this time, no way in hell could he forget this conversation.

"I realized that you've never lied to me before," she went back into the office, leaving Marshall gaping after her.

He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration; the cool breeze that had been blowing through had become frigid.

Marshall walked back into the office a few minutes later, only after he was able to control his emotions and not explode all over the office.

"We need to talk, now!" he growled close to her as he leaned over her desk.

He walked to the gate, waiting for her to join him; she stared at him, trying to gauge his emotions. When she noticed that he wouldn't budge she rolled her eyes and stood up. They rode down the elevator in silence.

Once inside his truck he drove around, for a while it felt like the good old days when they were partners. He drove to an empty parking lot and turned his truck off.

"What are we doing here?"

"You lied to me" he drawled slowly, not looking at her.

She sighed, "I don't know what you're talking about"

"Cut the bullshit, Mare. I lied, you lied, what other lie will there be before it all ends?" he said crossly as he pushed his door open and left her alone.

"Damn it, Marshall" she growled under her breath.

She jumped out of his truck and walked over to him, "What's going to end?"

He turned and glared at her, "You want to play this game? Do you really want to go there?"

"Ahhh! I don't know why the hell I brought it up. We should just forget it" she advised as she moved to the passenger side of the truck.

"Like hell we will. You realized something important which includes me, therefore, you will tell me what the hell you realized," he said through clenched teeth.

"I don't want to! I just want to forget I opened my big stupid mouth" she groaned as she leaned against the truck, her head slouch forward covering her face with her hair.

Marshall surprised her when he grabbed her shoulders and held her close, "Say it"

"Say what?"

"Spell it out if you have to, but we won't go until you say it" she wasn't the only one that had finally figured it out, she wouldn't have brought it up and hadn't sound so disappointedly sad if she hadn't felt cheated.

"Damn it Marshall, can't you see? I can't say anything, I could destroy you with the words"

"I don't care, I need to hear you say it, at least once in my damned life," he protested passionately, he was through with waiting for things to happen to him, instead of taking the bull by the horns.

She bent her head down and shook her head, "I'm sorry Marshall"

TBC...Will there be more lies? Can Marshall force her to say what he wants her to say?