Several hours later they pulled up to her house. Adam turned off the engine and reached for her hand as she started to get out. "Are you going to continue to ignore me?"

"I'm not ignoring you Adam."

He scoffed, "No? you haven't said a word to me since…."

"Your question?"

He nodded before continuing, "You barely look at me anymore Kono."

"Look I don't know what you want me to say Adam."

"Kono, I asked you to marry me. Either you do or you don't. Now I know you asked me for some time but it's been days since then and nothing. Any other guy would assume the answer is no by now, but I know you Kono. I know you need time."

"Adam," she pulled her hand free from his. "I can't just jump into marriage like nothing happened."

Adam looked ahead with a sigh, "How many times do I have to say that I'm sorry? I made a decision, one I thought would make things better."

"For who? You or me?" anger sparked in her eyes as she looked at him.

"I didn't know you would get hurt."

"You left me! Surrounded by Michael's men and you didn't think I would get hurt?" Kono opened the door. "I can't do this!"

"Kono…" Adam reached out for her hand but she moved away, climbing out the car and slamming the door. With a sigh Adam climbed out too... "Okay, it's been a long couple of days. Let's just get some rest and talk about this in the morning."

Kono turned to face him, "There is nothing to talk about Adam. I told you I can't do this anymore."

"Are you talking about this conversation or us?"

"I don't know. Maybe it would be better if we spent some time apart," she replied sadly.

Adam stepped closer, a sad look on his face. "What happened to not wanting to be apart?"

She looked at the ground as she felt the tears stinging the back of her eyes. "You left me," she repeated in an almost whisper. It was loud enough that he heard her and his heart sank. He didn't think she would ever forgive him. He silently watched as she unlocked her door and went inside, not even sparing him a second glance. He got back in his car and slammed his fist against the steering wheel. He still believed he had made the right choice at the time and he had been honest with her when he had said he didn't think she would get hurt. But a part of him now believed that that decision may have just cost him the most important thing in his life.

Over the last few days sleeping had become an issue for her. Every time she closed her eyes, all she could see was a replay of Adam leaving her surrounded by a bunch of Yakuza. He had said he'd come back for her and that it would all be okay but three days went by before she saw him again. A lot can happen in three days. Looking at the clock, seeing it was just after four, she threw the covers off knowing she wasn't getting anymore sleep. She grabbed some water from the kitchen before heading to the living room and sank down into the couch, mindful of her injuries. She grabbed the remote and put on some random show. She wasn't really interested in what was on as all she wanted was a distraction from the nightmares and from Adam as well. It didn't help, no matter how hard she tried to focus on something else, she kept going back to her talk with Adam. She loved him, she had no doubt about that but part of her knew she wouldn't be able to trust him again. You can't have a relationship without trust. When he had proposed several things had crossed her mind. One of those been the feelings that Adam had been scared, scared he had almost lost her and now he was making rash decisions. The other being; and it had taken her a long time to admit; Steve. She had always had a bit of a thing for him but knew nothing would happen. She was okay with that because she loved Adam and Steve was her friend. But the thought of marrying Adam brought fresh feelings. Was what she felt just a little crush? How would Steve react? Did she want to spend the rest of her life with Adam? Which was now the question she couldn't help but ponder on. Part of her said yes but part said no. For once in her life she didn't know which part she needed to listen to, which only added to her frustration. Her phone rang pulling her out of her head and she quickly rushed to answer it.

"Still awake cuz?"

She smiled hearing Chin Ho's voice. "How'd you guess?"

"Took a chance."

"Why are you up so late?" she asked.

"Got a case. Young couple were just found murdered."

She got up searching for some clothes, "Where? I'll meet you there."

"Hey cuz, no. I didn't call for that. You've had a long few days. Just rest and we'll see you later. I just…. wanted to check on you and see if you're okay. You seemed a little off earlier."

"I'm okay, just a bit tired like you said. But I had some rest and I'm good to go. You sure I can't help over there?"

Chin chuckled, "I'm sure cuz. We have it covered. Steve and Danny are with Max. Catherine and I are about to interview some witnesses. We're good."

"Wait," Kono stopped in confusion, "Why is Catherine interviewing witnesses?"

"Oh, that's right you don't know. She's part of Five 0."

"She is?" she asked in surprise.

"Yeah Steve gave her a badge few months ago." Kono frowned, she had assumed that at some point down the line they would have gotten someone to take her place, but she hadn't thought they'd do it so soon and with Catherine replacing her. Kono liked Catherine, she was like a sister to her and she knew that the former Naval Intelligence Officer could handle herself but she had no experience when it came to police work. "Hey, listen I have to go, but I'll see you later. Okay?" Chin replied when she didn't answer.

"Sure, thanks for checking in." She put the phone down and found herself lost in her thoughts once more. Why had Catherine replaced her? Why had they replaced her so soon? Was she so easily replaceable to them?