Author note:

Hello, everyone. This is my first H50 story and English is not my first language.

Time frame: Before the season 6 finale incident.

Enjoy and looking forward to hear from all of you.

Have a nice day.

Chin parked his bike on Steve's driveway. He stared in confusion as the blue Silverado truck resting where it should be, which mean Steve was indeed home, but the lights in the house were out.

Pushing the questions running in his mind aside, Chin carefully walked his way to the front door.

Chin was about to knock the door when he realized the door has been left ajar and it swung open easily when he gave a slight push.

With his right hand on the gun around his belt, Chin stepped into the stillness filled house.

"Steve." He called out.

Getting no reply, Chin walked straight back to check the lanai door. Finding it to be closed and locked, Chin knew Steve was not out on the beach.

He walked back to the front of the house and saw Steve's truck keys, his phone, and badge on the table.

Chin quickly climbed the stairs and went to Steve's room. He quietly walked inside and saw Steve siting on the floor of his bathroom, soaked in water and lost in his own thoughts.

"Steve, hey," Chin called gently, not to startle the man.

Steve jerked on the floor to the sudden voice. He blinked a couple of times before his eyes focused on Chin.

By the time Steve was able to focus his disoriented eyes, Chin was on the edge of the door, squatting to match with Steve's height.

"What are you doing?" Chin asked, smiling a little. "Trying to win any soaking competition?"

Steve chuckled a little, still a little lost for words.

Chin stood up, vanished from Steve's line of vision and come back with a towel in his hand. "Here, get yourself dried up, I will wait for you in the kitchen with a hot cup of coffee."

Leaving room for any argument, Chin made his instructions clear and walked back down.

Steve waited for a couple of minutes, before he stood up, changed his clothes, and walked down to his kitchen.

True to his words, Chin was sitting on the dining table with cups of coffee.

Steve sat the chair just beside Chin and pulled a cup of coffee to himself.

"Why don't you tell Danny what really happened?" Chin asked, looking at Steve.

Steve took a sip of the coffee. "This is really good."

"If you trying to stall, then it isn't going to work." Chin made himself clear.

Steve placed the cup down on the table and looked at Chin. "What you do want me to tell him?"

"The truth!" Chin hissed. "That Grace made the choice, she lied to you, sneaked out of her friend's house, and went to the party with the friend and meet with an accident when her friend was rushing to bring her back before you turn up to pick her."

Steve looked at Chin, shocked.

"Oh, please Steve, don't look surprised. It didn't take me time to put the pieces together. After all, I'm a five 0."

Steve smiled a little but that smile didn't last longer. "I can't." Steve shook his head.

"Why not? Tell me one good reason." Chin just couldn't understand.

"You want me to go to Danny and tell him Grace made a stupid mistake and end up fighting for her life? He's already devastated by the fact he might lose her, and you want me to add his misery?"

"But he's blaming you. I don't know how but he thinks you allowed Grace to go to the party and hence the accident."

"Danny is right. It was my fault." Steve whispered and looked away, afraid if his emotion would betray him.

"It's was not your fault!" Chin tried to knock some sense into Steve.

Steve got up angrily, walked few steps to the front and turned back to Chin. "It was my fault, Chin. My instincts were telling that there was something wrong but I ignored it. I didn't take it seriously, I should have checked, at least send a message to Danny after I send Grace. I should have done something but I didn't."

"Steve, Grace manipulated you, you wouldn't have known what was happening."

"That's the whole point, Chin, don't you get it? She lied, yes she did but what did I do? Nothing. I'm should have been more responsible. She's a teenager, she lied to go to the party, but I'm the adult here, I should have supervised her. I should somehow verify what she was telling, was the truth. I didn't and look where she is now."

Silence filled the house for a moment before Steve walked back to the chair and sat.

"If it was Grace's fault because she lied, then I'm at fault too, but I didn't anything about it." Steve looked at Chin.

"Steve, I know a lot has happened but you still should tell the truth to Danny."

"For what? To make his life more miserable by telling his daughter made the whole plan and lied? Is it going to do any good now?"

"You don't deserve how he is treating you right now." Chin whispered.

"I deserve it." Steve said without any hesitation. "I did a mistake and Grace is paying a price for it. Do you have any idea how that makes me feel?"

"Grace will wake up." Chin consoled Steve.

"If she wakes up."

"She will wake up. Steve…" Chin tried to reason.

"Danny's angry and he is letting it out on me." Steve shrugged. "Even if I tell him the truth, I don't want to hide my mistake under the fact that Grace lied."

Chin sighed. "It's not going to be easy, Steve. I don't even want to know how else Danny is going to burst on you."

"It's okay, Chin. If all this while I can take the love he was giving me, then I must be able to take the hate he is throwing at me right now as well."

"You're punishing yourself." Chin tried again, he has too. Somehow, everything was just too overwhelming.

"I don't care." Steve shook his head. "Promise me, you won't tell Danny what really happened. Danny doesn't need any more disturbing news when he's already broken."

Chin closed his eyes for a moment before he opened back again. "Do you have any idea where all this is going lead us to?"

"I don't know and I don't want to know for now. As long as Danny is spared from any other misery, I'm willing to take in anything and ..." Steve stopped for a moment before he whispered quietly "I don't think I can ever forgive myself for what had happened to Grace when she was on my watch."

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