11:31 am MCS Eames walked silently down the hall with Goren at her side. Goren's eyes never left the floor.

"Let's go over here." Directs Eames.

Both sitting on the bench. They sit in silence. Goren starts to get up from the bench. Eames grabs his arm and makes him sit back down.

"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" asks Eames softly.

Goren is silent. Once again, Goren tries to stand up.

He shakes her off. But Eames tightens her grips on his arm and pulls him back down.

Goren relents but in spite turns away from Eames.

"Would you at least take off the cuffs?" pleads Goren.

"No. Why the hell should I? I stuck my neck out for you. You didn't listen, to me, Bobby." Eames responds angrily.

"Eames I thought..."

Practically yelling; "Yeah Bobby, you assumed. You always assume. Sure, sometimes you're right, sometimes you get lucky. But what about the times you're wrong, Bobby? Do you ever stop to think about the risks? Or the effects they'll have on other people?!"

Near tears, Eames stops to catch her breathe, and notices Goren no longer sitting on the bench but crouched in the corner shaking. "Bobby, I'm sorry."

She knew her had partner hit rock bottom.

Oblivious to the fact the handcuffs are drawing blood. He felt violated. Stupid. Angry. What he did could easily cost him his badge, and his best friend, partner.

Eames walked over to help him up, he fought her. "No."

Enlisting the help of two other detectives; all three of them managed to pull Goren off the floor and back onto the bench. Yet when Goren was pulled up, his shirt rode up a bit exposing skin.

That's when Eames saw it; the undone belt, pants button and half worked zipper. Oh god. She thought. Oh god.

Her mouth opened a bit, but thanked the detectives for their help and hurried them out of view.. Goren saw her expression and looked the other way.

"Please take off the handcuffs. I feel." whines Goren.

"I already told you, no. The Captain ordered them and he'll be the one to say when they come off. Did you.?"

Shaking his head,; "No, she.." He was cut off by two detectives approaching him and tells Eames that the Captain wants to talk to him privately.

"I'll take him." Offers Eames.

"Sorry Detective. He asked us to. You're to say out and finish up your paperwork."

The two detectives, grab Goren from both sides and pull him up off the bench, making the handcuffs cut further into his wrists. Goren winces from the pain. Eames helpless, just watches as her partner is hauled off like a criminal.

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