"Thanks for meeting me Tran." "Didn't sound like I had a choice", Tran said dismissively. "What do you want Steve?" Steve was taken back by her brashness, "Do we have a problem here that I'm unaware of?"
Tran leaned back to sit on the hood of her car, "You mean other than the fact that you're snooping around Interpol? No we don't have a problem." Steve was about to respond when Tran cut him off, "Did you honestly think that we wouldn't detect an outside source trying to access classified information and surveillance footage? Did you think we wouldn't find out that you have Catherine doing your dirty work? Did either one of you think that you could hack our office that easily and not get caught?" "Tran-"
"Steve the real question is, how long do you think it'll take Emily to find out what you've been doing behind her back? What's your purpose?" Tran thought she was stubborn and blunt, but she truly found her match in Steve. "What are you and Emily hiding?" "So now you don't trust your wife and the mother of your kids? Is Catherine doing more for you than just breaking federal and international laws? You two pick up where you left off?" Steve was getting more and more pissed off but Tran was unbothered. "Steve do yourself a favor and get your shit together. Stop spying on your wife because you have and continue to do far worse shit than she does." Steve stood there fuming as he watched Tran get into her car and speed off.
His phone started to ring and he saw that it was Catherine. Without even giving her a chance to speak, "Stop looking into Interpol Cath. They already know what you're doing. Just stop before they arrest you." "Umm okay but I was going to say that you really need to talk to Emily. I hate to ask this but could Emily be dirty?" Steve was furious and didn't trust himself to say anything that he would regret later. Catherine was met with the sound of the phone hanging up.
A knock on her door caught Emily's attention from the paperwork she was currently elbow-deep in. "Come in." she said looking up. Dembe walked into Emily's large yet homey office. "Chief we have a problem. There is something you need to see." "Where's Tran?" "She said she was going to get a bite to eat. Oh okay so what is it?" Emily allowed Dembe to access her computer. In less than five minutes Emily was fuming and visibly agitated. She slammed her hands on her desk so hard that she knocked nearly all its contents off. "Dembe keep this contained for now." "What about Tran?" "She already knows." Dembe knew not to ask any more questions; he knew that they had their own unspoken language.
Emily slowly calmed herself down and decided that she'd give Steve the opportunity to tell her that he was going behind her back. She would see just how long her husband would lie to her.
Two months later
It had been two months since Emily found out that Steve was going behind her back; it was also the same amount of time that Tran warned Steve to back off and hoped for his sake that he would.
Egypt was completely settled in with the McGarrett family and even referred to the kids as his siblings. He opted to call Emily 'mom' but had not yet called Steve 'dad'. Egypt could tell that Steve was being dodgy and secretive. He knew it was wrong to spy and that it could get him sent back but after Steve left for work one day, he went into his private office. Egypt loved this family and wanted more than anything to live with them forever, but there was obviously something wrong between his new parents. Egypt found a file folder that spelled out four letters C-A-T-H.
Egypt's excursion through Steve's office was stopped when he heard something outside. He was the only one at home because his private school was on a break. He was allowed to stay at home by himself because Mary was right next door. He swung the front door open and scared the intruder half to death. "Oh my god, you scared me." "I scared you? What are you doing sneaking around private property? Who are you?" "I-I'm Catherine….Catherine Rollins. Who are you?" "That's none of your business.", Egypt spat out.
"What's in your hand Catherine? Is that another folder that you're sneaking to my father? Why are you trying to ruin my family?" Catherine was utterly shocked and stood there with her mouth hanging open, "I-"