Chapter 6

"Well? You're the one who asked me what was wrong, aren't you going to say anything?" Mellie asked Liz

Liz glared at her with her mouth slightly agape. "I...uhm...that's awful. Why on earth would you tell me this? What's the matter with you?" Liz got up to leave the room but Mellie stormed after her and stopped her.

"I told you because I need help dealing with this. I don't know what the hell to do, I need your help."

"And why the hell should I help you? Look, I get it, what happened to your son was awful and then Fitz knowing the full story and keeping it from you was worse but I don't see how I'm supposed to help you with this. If you really want my advice, you should forgive Fitz." Liz suggested.

"Forgive? FORGIVE? He knew the truth about our son's death and he planned on keeping it from me forever, how can I forgive that?" Mellie angrily rhetorically asked before sitting down on the near couch and fanning herself. She was way too flustered and full of anger to keep walking around the room.

"I know, I know, but what good will holding onto all this anger do? Now that you know the truth, maybe you should focus on avenging Jerry's death. You and Fitz both owe that to him."

Mellie removed her hand from her face and rested it over her mouth. "You know what? You're right."

She immediately left the room ignoring Elizabeth and went in search for Fitz. She later found him in their bedroom sat on their couch with a glass of scotch in his hands. She entered and closed the door behind her before leaning up against it. Fitz turned his head towards her.

"Mellie, look, I know you don't want to..."

She immediately cut him off and stormed over to take the glass of scotch out of his hand.

"Fitz, just stop."

"No, I want you to hear this." He held onto both of her hands. "I know what I did was terrible and I am deeply sorry and I will regret keeping this from you for the rest of my life but is there any way that you can forgive me, please?" He pleaded

Mellie look up at his sad blue eyes and took a deep breath. "Yes, I can forgive you. But I'll never be able to trust you again."

Fitz gave her a firm nod. "I understand."

"Could you give me a moment, please. I just really need to be on my own for a while?"

"Of course." He gave her a kiss on her forehead and exited the room. After he left, Mellie pulled her phone out to make a phone call.

"Hello?...I need a favour."

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Meanwhile in the White House, Cyrus had summoned David to his office in need of a desperate discussion.

"I know what this is about." David said

"I don't think you do." Cyrus responded

"So go ahead, fire because I did what I thought was right." David said annoyed

"I'm not gonna fire you, Rosen, why would I fire you? You're the attorney general, my attorney general, a new one? They'd be asking questions, and be all honest plus we'd waste months searching for their weaknesses and pressure points but with you David, I already know your pressure point, you only have one."

"What?" David asked confused with furrowed eyebrows

"Abby. She's banging that Leo guy and it's going great! They're talking about moving in together but you still carry a sad little torch for her, you still love her so if something were to happen to her, suicide? Aneurysm? Car accident?"

"You can't threaten me like that." David said worriedly with a slight lip quiver

"Actually I can, you see, when you know someone's pressure point, you can make 'em do just about anything." Full of rage passing Abby on the way. David then left Cyrus' office to go to the holding cell where Olivia and Jake were.

"David?" She asked as he walked past her.

Liv lifted her head up from the desk at the sound of someone entering the room. "What are you doing here." She said exasperatedly

"David, who sent you?" She continued to ask

"The affidavit before you here by formally withdraws and effectively repudiates the statements regarding B613 you provided this afternoon"

"You want me to recant?" Olivia asked disgustedly.

"Upon signing this document, you will be released from this room, do you understand?"

"What did they do to you?"

"Do you understand?"

"Was it Cyrus? Is that who's watching us right now?" She turned her head towards the one way mirror as her gut instinct was just telling her that he orchestrated this whole thing and was outside listening to all this, and she was right.

"Is this guy going to come through for us?" The director of the CIA asked Cyrus as they looked on at Olivia and David.

"He better."

"Jake signed..." David lied before being cut off by Olivia

"David, what are they threatening you with?"

"Here's the thing, you both have to sign, so if you don't sign, then even though Jake did, he will still go away. You'll be taking away his freedom, then they'd have to bring in Huck and Quinn."

Olivia couldn't believe what she was hearing. She gave I and signed the paper anyway, still full of regret.

5 minutes later in the next room, David carried out the same procedure with Jake. Jake shifted his eyes towards David as soon as he came to sit with him. "Did you see Liv? Is she okay?" He asked worriedly but David ignored his question. He then slided over a sheet of paper towards Jake.

"What's this Rosen?"

"The affidavit before you here by formally withdraws and effectively repudiates the statements regarding B613 you provided this afternoon"

"Upon signing this document, you will be released from this room."

"So if I agree to lie, I walk free? Rosen?"

"Do you understand?" David asked him cutting him off.

David then pulled out a photograph from under the folder he head rested on the table.

"What's that?" Jake asked him.

"Margaret Cooper, 133 Ridgely Drive..."

"You want to be very careful right now." Jake threatened at the sound of David mentioning his mother.

"She lives off of the money you send her every month doesn't she? We have her bank statements Jake, if you don't sign this, you will be convicted of treason, terrorism. That money will be considered terrorist funds and your mother will be jailed "

"The only way I'm gonna sign this thing, is if Liv signs and since that's not going to happen..."

David then pulled out the signed affidavit that he earlier coerced Olivia into signing and presented it to Jake.

"So much for being the good guys, huh Rosen?" He said before pulling out his pen and signing. He watched in disgust as David leave the room

"Alright, it looks like we're done here. Send them on home." Cyrus demanded as he left to return to the White House.

When he returned and reached his office, he was met by a very on edge Abby waiting by his front door.

"Ah good! You're finally here, where have you been? I need to talk to you."

"I had some business to attend to Red, can't this wait till tomorrow?"

"No it can't. I know that Olivia's been arrested, along with Jake. What's happening? Do you know?" She asked frantically

Cyrus turned around to look her directly in the face. "Red, it's best you stay out of it."

"Stay out of it? What the hell do you mean stay out of it."

"I mean don't worry about it, it's being handled. Now if you don't mind, I have work to do. I'll see you tomorrow." He told her as he ushered out of his office.

A/N: More from Huck and his family in the next chapter along with Rowan's phone call to Olivia, as well as a huge shock.