Logan and Barek sat with Goren at the back of the courtroom for the latest of the divorce hearings. It was late afternoon, the last hearing of the day. Ricky was brought in wearing his orange prison jumpsuit. The bailiff walked him to the table where his lawyer was waiting and uncuffed him, stepping away to wait near the door for the hearing to end. He looked over toward the table where Eames sat with her attorney and he grinned at her. She did not smile back. Cocky bastard, she thought. From the bench, the judge looked at him. "This is it, Mr. Waters. No more delays or postponements. You have dragged this out long enough—this is the final hearing on the matter of this divorce." He opened a file that was in front of him. "The only marital asset is the home. I will order it sold by an independent broker and the proceeds will be divided equally between the two parties. Detective Eames, you are entitled to alimony, but I see you are not seeking any."

"I don't want anything from him, your honor."

"Very well. Now, regarding the matter of the minor child, Margaret Rose Eames." He looked at Eames. "You didn't give the child her father's name?"

"No, sir, I did not." She did not elaborate that she had left the 'father' spot on Maggie's birth certificate blank. He had made it clear he did not want to be a father, so she accommodated him by not putting him on the birth certificate.

The judge didn't comment as he pulled out another file folder. "I see that Mr. Waters has contested paternity during his last bid to postpone these proceedings." He opened the folder and read the results before he looked at Ricky, then at Eames. "Detective, your husband is not this child's father."

Ricky jumped to his feet, face purple with rage. "I knew it! Damn you, Alex!"

His lawyer started to say something, but Ricky punched him and charged toward her. He never reached her; he ran headlong into her partner. Without his friends to help him, Ricky was no match for the bigger detective, and Goren restrained him as two bailiffs rushed forward to take him into custody. As they grabbed his arms, Goren leaned forward and quietly said, "You will never touch her again."

Ricky glared at the big cop. "I should have killed you when I had the chance."

Struggling against the bailiffs, Ricky was removed from the courtroom. Goren looked at his partner before he returned to his seat, but he said nothing.

After the court settled down and the judge made certain Ricky's lawyer was all right and willing to continue, he said, "Detective Eames, we can reschedule this hearing for another day if you prefer that Mr. Waters be here. But since his lawyer is still willing to represent him, we can finish it up and be done with it. The choice is yours."

"I want to be done with this, your honor."

"Very well." He looked back down at the file. "I see from the latest amendment to your petition that you are currently pregnant again. Is this right, Detective?"

Oh, shit, she thought. She forgot that was in there. "Yes, sir."

"Is this child a product of the marital union?"

"No, your honor."

"Very well, then, I believe we are done here. No child support or spousal support will be ordered, and the union is hereby dissolved."

The gavel fell, and Eames looked toward the back of the courtroom. Barek and Logan stood there, waiting for her, but her partner was nowhere in sight.

As she joined them and they headed from the room, Logan said, "He told me he needed some air."

"I'll bet he did. That was not how I wanted any of you to find out about this pregnancy."

"Uh, I know it's not any of our business, Alex, but how did this happen? He's been pretty damn stubborn about avoiding…" He trailed off, not wanting to be crude or to upset her. "I mean, it is his, isn't it?"

"Of course it is. It was only once, but once is all it takes."

"You'd better go and talk to him," Barek said. "We'll be over at Kelsey's if either of you feel like joining us."

Logan touched Eames' arm. "I'm glad it's finally over."

She studied him. "I need to thank you, Mike. Both of you, really…for everything."

"Forget it," Barek answered. "Go find Bobby."