"I want to be with Sabrina," said Nathan the words coming out of his mouth in a rush. It felt good to hear those words out loud as if the secret had been eating him up from the inside out.

Britt waited until the backup dancers flew out of their dressing room onto the stage before pulling Nathan into the room after them. She closed the door behind them and leaned against it protectively. "Anyone who saw you two dancing together would know that's not much of a secret anymore."

Nathan sighed and plopped down into one of the fold out chairs gesturing towards the door. "Which is exactly why I need to go talk to Maxie. Like now!"

"Tell me what's going on first?" she asked pulling up another chair and sitting on it backwards in front of him.

"Are you interrogating me now?" he laughed at the stance his sister was taking. They had certainly come along way from when they first met. When he was interrogating her.

"You might get the hose if you don't spill it. Sabrina's not my favorite person, but I want you happy. Why are you even with Maxie if you feel this way?"

"Someone I know committed a crime. Instead of reporting it I hid it so that they could have a better life. Britt you have to believe me. I wouldnt sign off on something like that if i didn't believe I was doing the right thing," he said pleading with her.

"So she's blackmailing you to stay with her?" asked Britt deep in thought as she bit her lower lip.

"Yes. . .Nooo."

"No?" Britt asked eyebrow raised.

"I mean yes. . .She just think she's helping me."

"During my short dealings with Maxie. I quickly realized that her line of thinking just isn't the same as everyone else's. But I'm missing something here what does she think she's keeping you from? Jail time?" She watched as he avoided her gaze and looked down at the floor mumbling a half-hearted yeah.

He looked up at her his eyes clouded with pain.

"You don't have to worry I'm the last person to pass judgement on anyone. I would never turn you in," she said wishing she could take away the pain he was feeling. What did any of this have to do with Sabrina she wondered. Did he not trust ms Goody good to keep his secret? It's probably a good idea if he didn't. She'd turn him in for sure she was sure of it. Staying with Maxie was the only option.

"What do you think I should do?" he asked leaning forward.

She stood up moving the chair to the side. "Take a moment and pull yourself together. I'll help by doing damage control with Maxie. But when you come out of this room be prepared to go back to Maxie."

"Come on. You can't believe that," he said throwing his hands up in frustration.

She crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I'm with Maxie on this. I don't know who this person is you are protecting, but there's no way you can trust Sabrina with this secret. If you need any proof look no further than your own sister. She'll run straight to the police and won't even look back to see what it's doing to you."

"No offense, but those were different circumstances," he said standing up and squaring his shoulders against the harsh realities of her words.

"Okay, you think so! Tell me who is it then? I'll be the judge if Ms. Perfect Example of Morality could really stomach that you're not so perfect. What did they do?"

He put his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "I can't. Maxie even knowing about it, is one to many people. I promised I'd protect this guy."

She shrugged and opened the door, "Sounds like you know the decision you have to make already then. You want to protect this person. You gotta keep them from Sabrina too." She closed the door behind her and left him to mull over her words. She ran and peeked through the curtain that led to the stage and into the audience. Dante was sitting with Lulu at there table, but there was no sign of Maxie. Well, that might make things harder she thought. She probably ran off after the curtain closed. She turned around running straight into Lucy.

"You, young lady should not be back here," stated Lucy pushing her away.

"I'm going, I'm going," laughed Britt.

"Tell your brother I said thank you for the last minute replacement," said Lucy smoothing out her dress.

"Sure," said Britt thinking she might catch up with Maxie in the lobby if she hadn't left already.

"Ummm. . .i love Sabrina she's partly responsible for why the Nurses's Ball even still going on today. I've known Maxie since she was a little girl too. If this rumor about the kiss is true. He better straighten things out or he will answer to me," said Lucy flipping her hair before bounding on to the stage all smiles.

Britt payed her no mind knowing the flighty women at best would only be annoying. She could take care of her brother just fine from the likes of her. She headed out into the lobby and saw Maxie no where in sight. She rushed through the lobby doors to find Maxie getting into a taxi cab. "Maxie, wait."

Maxie looked up startled surprised to see Britt coming towards her. "Can you wait for me?" she asked closing the back door and leaning into the front passenger window.

"Five minute. Then pull off," said the Indian driver gesturing towards the road.

"Well, fine then," said Maxie in a huff as she stood up to face Britt. "What do you want?"

"To tell you that I agree with you. Nathan just told me everything."

Maxie leaned down through the window and yelled, "Don't wait up?" She pulled Britts arms back onto the sidewalk. "He told you?"

"Yeah."

"That's such a weight off my shoulder you have no idea. I was going to go home I mean I saw those two dancing and I don't know I guess my ego took a hit," said Maxie brushing her blond hair out of her face and feeling ashamed she ever doubted him.

"He loves you, really. If anything keeping this secret is just weighing him down, but if today did anything. It gave him a moment of clarity because he knows now that he wants you not Sabrina," said Britt shaking her head vehemently.

Maxie nodded and wiped a stray tear from her cheek. "It's just that he doesn't look at me the same way he did when we first met. I saw that look again today for the first time in a long time and it wasn't directed too me."

"Seems too me like he's not the only one letting this secret get the better of them."

"What are you. . .," started Maxie turning her back as a bell boy walked out the door right pass them. She turned around after he was far enough away. "What are you talking about? I've done everything to keep his secret from Sabrina. No one will know that Rafe killed her baby. Out of the two of us I'm probably the only one holding it together."

Britt stopped breathing. The baby she worked on in the hospital. Sabrina's baby, was only in that accident because of Rafe. She remembered Patrick's face as she told them both that the baby didn't make it. The devastation it caused them. How can Nathan be involved in something like this.

"Hello," said Maxie waving her hand in front of Britts face. "Are you alright? You're turning green a little bit?

Britt snapped out of her stupor, "I'm fine. I just meant that you saw what you wanted to see on stage because of this secret. It's not true any of it he loves you."

"You're right. I'm not going to leave him hanging. I'm going back in there," said Maxie picking up the train of her dress and shuffling back through the lobby right into the arms of Nathan.

Britt gave them a forced smile as she watched them through the glass. What was she going to do now? There was no way she couldn't tell Patrick and Sabrina what happened to the baby?