"Stop calling!" Kate yelled into her cell phone. Her voice was shaky and the minute she hung up the phone she burst into tears. She buried her face in a pillow to muffle her sobs.

Her cell phone rang loudly, the screen illuminating the bedroom.

"Mommy!!!" Aaron whined before crying loudly. He was always crankiest when he first woke up and when he was hungry. Although she loved that he was so much like Claire, it made it mornings difficult.

Kate groaned loudly, wiping her tears as she grabbed the phone. "Stop calling, Jack! I mean it!" She snarled. She got up, throwing the phone on the bed and headed for Aaron.

"Mommy are you crying?" Aaron asked, noticing her red eyes and sniffles. "Do you miss Daddy?"

"Yeah, I do." She turned her head, wiping the tears quickly. She had to be strong for Aaron but she was falling apart. "Now eat your oatmeal. You've got to get ready for daycare."

"Daycare?" He whined. "Why?"

"I have a meeting. And it'll be good for you. You never know when you could meet a new friend."

Aaron rolled his eyes.

"You're three. Where did you learn to roll your eyes like that?" She began rolling her eyes and nodded. "Oh, right."

Aaron giggled and finished his oatmeal.

"Katie My Lady!" Luke said, standing up to greet her. "I know, I know…" he rolled his eyes, knowing she corrected him every time he used that nickname. "what's new,"

"Well," she said softly, sitting down "Jack and I broke up."

"What?" He stood up, his fists on his rich mahogany desk.

"It just got to be a lot…"

"Kate, you can tell me. I'm basically a therapist." Kate raised an eyebrow skeptically. "Well, lawyers have client confidentiality, too."

"He's been drinking," she whispered. "And it makes him paranoid." She didn't mention the prescription drugs. She'd never risk Jack losing his medical license nor would she ever want to give anyone a reason to criticize Jack. Even if she had ended things, he'd worked his whole life for his reputation, he'd become a man who was the opposite of his father. She would never tarnish that; she also knew these actions and choices weren't him, they were the drugs and booze.

"Well, how do you feel about unending things with Jackie Boy?"

"Excuse me?"

"I got an offer you can't pass up."

"Let's hear it," Kate whispered.

"There's a documentary special on the oceanic six. Kind of a where are they now type of thing."

"What has everyone else said?" She didn't need to ask, she knew the answer.

"Well, Hurley…" He bowed his head as if taking a moment to honor him. "Who can find Sayid," he shrugged.

"And Sun?"

Luke shook his head, glancing down.

"Jack?" She squeaked, "he didn't agree…"

"He did agree," he corrected.

"Really?" She couldn't understand. Jack wasn't doing well and a documentary would certainly highlight his vices.

"There's a catch," Luke continued. She knew from his tone he was vocally tiptoeing around whatever he was talking about.

"On with it."

"They'll donate 1 million to the families of the Oceanic victims. They'll all get a settlement." Kate thought of her fallen friends; Sawyer, Jin, Charlie, Claire. "If— you and Jack are shown. You know, Oceanic family and all that…"

"But we aren't together," she reminded him.

"No one knows that. You can still film it. Or address it in the show…"

"I don't—"

"— Don't you owe it to the victims families? You saw that carnage. You saw the sacrifices people made."

Sacrifices. Sawyer. The memories all came flooding back. He died to save them. He died for her. She knew it was her he had sacrificed herself for. Even without hearing it for herself, she knew that Sawyer had made Jack promised to look over Kate, to take care of her. She knew Jack's feelings were still genuine, though. Jack had told her that he loved her on the island so she never had to suspect he only loved her out of respect for Sawyer. No, his love was true. That's why she needed to protect him and his reputation. She needed to make it right for everyone on that flight.

"I'll do it," she whispered. "I'll contact Jack and I'll explain it. He'll move back in and we'll just pretend to be together."

"You're sure?"

"Half of my pay will go towards the victims families, too. Put the rest in Aaron's college fund, please."

"Kate?" Luke called. "Thank you."

She suddenly felt a pang of guilt. Her lawyer had taken on her case pro Bono and now wouldn't earn his percentage if she didn't agree. He needed her just like everyone else needed her.

"I'm sure," she whispered, unsure what she had signed up for.