HI All! Short Chapter again, but I have posted up to Chapter 8. Thank you to all that are continuing to stick with this story. I very much appreciate your perseverance. Love Carebearmaxi.

Mr. and Mrs. Specter - New Ventures

Chapter 5

Harvey came home later than Donna. He had picked Amanda up by 6:00 pm which was the latest he could arrive. After having an amusing conversation with his daughter on the way home, he carried her into the apartment because she had fallen asleep all buckled up in her seat in the back of the car.

"We, home, Daddy?" Amanda rubbed her eyes and her head fell back onto Harvey's shoulder as he carried her to the elevator and through the door of the condo.

"Hi, Mommy!" Amanda said. "I'm hungry."

"Well, your brother is in there eating everything so you'd better get in there before he eats it all up," Donna teased as she removed Amanda's coat and took her backpack from Harvey.

"Do you have homework?" Donna asked as she watched the back of her daughter fly off to the dining area.

"No!" Amanda called back with her red curls flying behind her.

Harvey took his wife into his arms and kissed her long.

Donna opened her eyes and said, "You had to let her fall asleep, didn't you? I never knew you to be a boring person."

Harvey smirked, "You didn't know me when you were six."

Donna smiled and pushed at the knot in his tie. "That's true. Come on, I think I made enough for everybody."

"Good to know. I hate to think I'm the breadwinner and I don't get any of the bread," Harvey joked.

"Ha, ha!" Donna said as she started to hand Harvey food at the dinner table.

Harvey came to bed again late. Donna was reading her "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book again.

"Isn't that the third time you're reading that book?" Harvey asked sarcastically.

"It's a bestseller. It's a pregnancy bible if you must know," Donna said smiling. She watched him remove his shirt and then his trousers.

"Hey, did Mike talk with you at all today?" Donna asked as Harvey came back to the bed in his boxers and undershirt.

"Yes, he did. You had lunch with Rachel today, so I know you know what's happening," Harvey said concerned. His brow was furrowed and he sat back against the large bedboard in the King size bed. He looked over at Donna who looked back. She scooted over to him and he took her into his arms.

"What are you going to do?"

"Well, I told Mike to be careful and not make too much out of it. I had him redline everything where his name comes up. He's afraid Amy will ask."

"He never told her he's not a real lawyer, did he?"

"No. That's why he's worried. The other lawyer's secretary is very, very good and she will pick through any paperwork before she hands it to her boss."

"Who is also a female from what Rachel told me," Donna said. "Speaking as a former legal secretary, you're trained to protect your boss at every cost. Because as you know if you don't do your job correctly you, yourself, can get fired or worse prosecuted."

"Well, you would know. If I hadn't saved your ass, I'd be a single father now and you would be in prison." Harvey wanted the remark to be sarcastic but his tone took on a more serious sound and he turned his head and kissed Donna on top of her head. He was a man who did not do a lot of self reflection but he did not want to think what would have happened if Donna had gone to prison and left him.

"Your children would have a different mother, if you had become a father at all let alone a husband," Donna joked.

"Hey aren't you a little tired?" Harvey asked. He really did not want to venture down the "fraud" road with anyone let alone Donna right now. He just wanted to lie here peacefully and fall asleep knowing that his wife and children were safe and sound.

The next day Mike walked frantically into Harvey's office.

"Ok, I know the Feds are coming for me any day."

"Mike, you're listed in the New York Bar. No one can prove anything," Harvey said trying to comfort his friend. "Besides I need your help with something personal."

"Sure. What can I do for you?" Mike said.

"Donna has been having an issue with her building being brought up to code. She was due to open for classes next Tuesday but it looks like it may be delayed."

"Isn't that the landlord's problem? She's just the lessee, right?" Mike asked.

"Yes, but it is her responsibility for any changes to have been made to have the building recertified for Code. She only made a few HVAC and electrical changes but Bruce, her General Contractor, keeps telling her there are issues."

"So, you want me to pose as an official and check things out for myself? The only problem with that Harvey is that I'm not an electrician."

"Well we know that, but they don't know that. You know how to ask questions and get the right answers. Remember that's how you got this job, right?"

"Donna waved me into the meeting with you and then I impressed you. That's how I got this gig."

Harvey smirked and threw Donna's file at him.

"Here are all of the permits that were necessary to do the work. There's a badge in there, too, and they will give you..."

"I know, Harvey. This is not my first rodeo," Mike said. He opened the file and looked through the papers. There was a minute or two of silence.

"In the meantime, what are you going to do?" Mike asked breaking the silence.

"Try to get your case thrown out and settled, so no one needs to investigate anybody."

"There he is, folks, the best closer that Manhattan has ever seen."

Mike swiftly walked out of Harvey's office before he saw the rolled up trash being hurled his way.