Chapter 24

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It has been nine days since the anniversary of Mike's biological parents' deaths and ever since then everyone at Pearson Hardman have been preparing for the partnership vote that is going to happen, which has included Mike going, at Harvey's suggestion, to the person Hardman had his affair with, something which resulted in Jessica and Mike having a very public fight, which was part of the plan, though, Mike wasn't informed of that fact.

As Harvey re-hired her the day before Donna is quite happy to be back at work once more.

"It's good to see you back where you belong." A voice says and Donna looks over and sees Katrina, holding a glass container full of cookies.

"It's good to be back." Donna admits, as Katrina bends over and puts the cookies on Donna's desk.

"A little welcome back gift." Katrina comments, as she does, "Homemade chocolate chip." Katrina explains.

"Dark chocolate?" Donna asks, looking up at her friend.

"Semisweet." Katrina answers.

"A dollop of peanut butter?"

"Butterscotch."

"Walnuts?" Donna asks.

"Please. Pistachios." Katrina responds.

"The nut of royalty." Donna says amazed, "Thanks Katrina." Donna says with a grin.

"You're very welcome." Katrina tells her and as she does she notices something, "Incoming." She mutters.

"Louis." Donna says, not even needing to turn and look to know who Katrina is talking about.

"Hi, Donna." Louis comments, not even worrying about saying what he has to say to Donna in front of Katrina, "I heard you were back."

"I am." Donna answers, not looking up from what she was doing before Katrina came to talk to her.

"Yeah, I see that." Louis says, "Look, I, um, I never, wanted to…." Louis says, stuttering as he tries to figure out how to say what to say, as Katrina looks between them in interest.

"To what?" Donna asks.

"I never wanted to do what I did." Louis admits, "And, I, just don't have the words." He admits.

"Find them." Donna says, turning to look at Louis, and Louis looks to Donna and then over to Katrina who gives Louis a look which says she isn't going anywhere.

"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry." Louis says.

"Then lets never speak of it again." Donna says, turning back to her work.

"Mmm you're kidding, right?" Louis asks shocked.

"Did you mean what you just said?" Donna asks.

"Pfft, and more." Louis admits.

"Then it's done." Donna informs him.

"No, it isn't." Louis tells her.

"Did you just hear what I said…" Donna starts to say, but Louis pulls an envelope out of his jacket.

"Season pass, Lincoln Centre, front row every show." Louis informs her.

"Really?" Donna asks surprised.

"Yeah."

"Do I have to go with you?" Donna asks curious.

"Hell no." Louis says and Donna takes the envelope.

"Thank you, Louis." Donna says gratefully.

"You are welcome." Louis says, "God, could this day get any better?" Louis asks, looking thrilled.

"Any better? What was so good about it before?" Katrina asks curious, having spent enough time with Louis to know something big has happened.

"Uh, what happened?" Louis asks.

"Something." Donna comments, realising the same thing that Katrina has realised.

"No, can't I just be glad you're back?" Louis asks, looking at Donna.

"You look like you have eighty teeth." Katrina realises, causing Louis to quickly close his mouth.

"What kind of suit is that?" Donna asks.

"Brioni. Why?" Louis asks.

"Oh, shit." Donna says, dropping her pen and hurrying away, and without another a word to Louis, Katrina follows behind her.

"Why does Louis's suit get an oh shit?" Katrina asks worried, once she catches up with Donna.

"It's the suit that he picked out for when he made senior partner." Donna explains.

"Shit." Katrina says, sounding worried.

"I'm going to go tell Jessica. Harvey and Mike should get back from court any minute." Donna explains.

"I'll go wait downstairs." Katrina says and the two of them go in different directions.


A few minutes later Katrina is waiting downstairs when she sees Harvey and Mike waiting and so she walks over to them.

"You waiting for us?" Mike asks, surprised to see his best friend.

"Yeah." Katrina confirms.

"More bad news?" Harvey asks as that is the only reason he can think for Katrina to be waiting for them.

"Yep." Katrina confirms as the three of them start to walk together towards the elevators, "Hardman's made Louis senior partner."

"Are you sure?" Harvey asks worried, not that he will let that show, as that's bad.

"Donna is, and she's telling Jessica." Katrina explains as the three of them step into the elevators.

"So Hardman's brought another vote. Which means he's going to be the decider." Mike realises, "He's gonna vote for Hardman."

"Only if we can't convince him otherwise." Harvey comments.

"Do you really think that's possible? Louis is pretty pissed with you and Jessica." Katrina reminds Harvey.

"We've got to try." Harvey says as the elevator doors open, "I've got to go talk to Jessica." he says heading to Jessica's office.

"Great, just great." Mike mutters as he and Katrina walk together.

"You're telling me." Katrina tells him, "How was court?" she asks curious.

"About as well as it could be." Mike admits looking annoyed, "You know I could use your help with something, not work related." He admits

"What is it?" Katrina asks curious.

"The bonus Harvey gave me, it's big, and I want to get something for Grammy." Mike admits, "I thought about buying her an apartment, but she's in the home because she needs full time care so there would be no point getting her an apartment, but I'm not sure what to get her."

"Mike, we both know that what your Grammy would want most is to spend time with you, give her that." Katrina tells him, "And use your bonus to buy yourself a new apartment."

"We've had this conversation." Mike tells her, sounding annoyed.

"That was before I realised you're sleeping even less than I thought." Katrina responds as they walk into Katrina's office.

"I'm fine." Mike lies.

"Are you starting to believe your own lie or are you just so used to saying it?" Katrina asks, and Mike avoids answering, "Look, I know that with the trial starting next week things are tough, but Mike, you've got to look after yourself, that requires sleeping; which I don't think you're going to get at your apartment." Katrina tells her friend, it being clear that she is worried.

"I'm going to help Mom get through this vote first, then I'll worry about me." Mike says before leaving Katrina's office, causing his friend to watch him go in worry.


The following afternoon, a day before the partner vote, and neither Jessica nor Harvey are sure who Louis is going to vote for even though they have both tried to get him to vote for Jessica.

Having just settled a case Mike and Harvey are walking though the corridors of Pearson Hardman.

"So?" Mike asks.

"He took the deal." Harvey reveals, "We're done with that asshole." Harvey comments.

"Asshole? Come on, he's just protecting the church of baseball." Mike tells Harvey.

"You going Bull Durham on me?" Harvey asks surprised.

"Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm Tim Robbins, the hotshot pitcher who's destined for the Majors and you're the old man who never really made it there." Mike jokes.

"You know Robbins wore woman's underwear in that movie, right?" Harvey asks.

"Yeah, after he slept with Susan Sarandon."

"Good one, but if you ever call Kevin Costner an old man again, you won't get another bonus." Harvey tells him, "Plus we both know Tim Robbins is way more your type than Susan Sarandon." Harvey points out, having made sure no one is close enough to hear.

"True." Mike says with a nod, and as he does he remembers something, "Oh, crap. I'm meant to be meeting Wolf, he wants to talk about the Trial." Mike says, running off so quickly that Harvey can't even ask if Mike wants him to come.


A little while after his conversation with Mike Harvey is in Jessica's office, the two of them having had a conversation with Louis, where he didn't shed any light on who he'd be voting for, a little while earlier.

As Jessica's phone starts to ring she gets up and answers it.

"Hello, yes, it is." Jessica confirms, "When?" she asks and hearing her tone of voice Harvey turns to look at her, "I see. Yes, I will." Jessica confirms, "Thank you." She says before hanging up, "Where's Mike?" she asks Harvey.

"Gone to meet Wolf to talk about Trevor's trial." Harvey answers, standing up, "What's wrong?" he asks concerned, being able to tell that something is.

"That was the nursing home his grandmother's in, she died." Jessica says, looking upset.

"Oh." Harvey says, "Poor Mike." He says, knowing that it is going to really hurt him and that after everything that happened to Mike lately he doesn't deserve this too.

"Yeah, I've got to go tell him." Jessica tells Harvey, knowing that she can't let Mike find out another way.

"Go, I'll cover." Harvey tells her.

"Thank you." Jessica responds, grabbing her bag and heading out of her office.


A while later Jessica is waiting outside the DA's office, where she has been for a little while, when Mike walks out.

"Mom? What are you doing here?" Mike asks confused.

"I have to tell you something." Jessica explains, walking up to her son.

"What's is it?" Mike asks, being able to tell that it is bad news, he just doesn't know what.

"I got a call from the nursing home. Edith, your Grammy, died earlier today." Jessica explains to her son.

"No…. she can't…... I…..." Mike starts to say, before breaking down in tears, and Jessica walks the rest of the distance that separates her and her son and hugs him, holds him close.

"I've got you." Jessica tells her son, "I've got you." She says as Mike cries.


As he was in no shape to go home, or be alone Jessica took her son home and even without the overwhelming memories Mike gets at his apartment he didn't manage to get much sleep, he just thought, and cried, about his grandmother before getting up just as early as his mother does.

"You don't have to come into work today." Jessica tells her son as he walks into the kitchen.

"It's the vote for Managing Partner, of course I'm coming into work." Mike tells her as he walks over to get a cup of coffee.

"Mike, you don't have to." Jessica once more tells her son, honestly not caring how odd it would look for her son not to be there the day of the partner vote.

"I want to." Mike tells her, "I…. I need to work right now." He admits.

"Okay." Jessica tells her son, trusting him to know what he needs most, even with everything that has happened in the past few weeks, "If you change your mind, you can go home, or come back here anytime." She tells him.

"Thanks Mom."


A couple of hours later the partners have voted, naming Hardman the new managing partner, and the news has travelled throughout the firm, even to Mike who has spent most of the morning in in the file room.

"Hey." Katrina says, walking in and sitting on the table next to where Mike is walking.

"I don't want to talk, Katrina." Mike tells her.

"I figured." Katrina responds.

"You know." Mike realises, it being a statement, not a question.

"Your Mom called me last night, told me everything, she thought you could use your best friend." Katrina explains.

"What I could use most right now is peace and quiet." Mike says, becoming annoyed.

"Mike…" Katrina starts to say.

"I don't want to talk. I don't want to just sit here, while you pity me, I don't….." Mike starts to say.

"Mike, I don't pity you. I'm worried about you." Katrina informs her friend, her voice full of concern.

"Well don't be." Mike says, "I'm going to go get some air, when I get back I hope you've found your way back to your office." He says before walking out of the file room, and even though he knows how much of a bad idea what he is going to do is, Mike honestly doesn't care, and he is sure that nothing is going to stop him.


A little while later Mike has brought weed from a man by the coffee cat, been given a pile of work by Louis, having been warned to do the work before doing anything for Harvey, and has decided to work in his cubical, rather than the file room, as it's less private and so the people who care about him won't be able to come and talk to him about his feelings, or how he's doing.

"You look overwhelmed." Harvey says as he removes Mike's headphones with a pen, "Let me help. Forget that. You're gonna do this instead." Harvey says, putting a file on top of Mike's work.

"Louis said I'm not allowed to prioritize your work anymore." Mike informs Harvey.

"You think I'm taking orders from Louis now?" Harvey asks as he sits on the other table, "Consider things status quo." He comments.

"Yeah, well, they aren't." Mike comments.

"They are as far as you and I are concerned." Harvey comments, "I give you work, and you're gonna do it."

"Oh, right, I forgot." Mike mutters bitterly, "That's how it works with us."

"Don't pout. You're gonna love this case. It's very detail-orientated." Harvey reveals.

"And what are you doing?" Mike asks curious.

"Operation, right the shit." Harvey reveals and Mike scoffs.

"Maybe it's time you just accept that it's over. You lost, deal with it." Mike says, becoming angry and hurt, though he's not exactly sure why.

"Excuse me?" Harvey asks shocked, surprised by Mike talking like this.

"You seem to live in this deluded world where you think you can always win, but sometimes you can't." Mike says, standing up, "Bad things happen. You have to face the fact that life is gonna be this case or this case or this case." Mike says, picking up and throwing files at every mention of a case, "Mom lost! You lost! And there isn't anything that any of us, including the great and powerful Harvey Specter, can do about it." Mike yells, causing everyone in the bullpen to look at him and Harvey.

"Go home, now." Harvey tells Mike, standing up, knowing exactly why Mike is reacting like this and realising that work is the worst place for him.

Looking around the room and to Harvey Mike realises the mistake in what he's done and so he gets up and leaves, grabbing his bag and jacket as he goes.


Within twenty minutes what happened between Harvey and Mike is all around the firm and even Katrina, who was in a client meeting, has heard about what happened and as she makes her way back to her office her mind is on her best friend.

Walking into her office Katrina's concern turns to annoyance when she realises who is waiting for her.

"What do you want Louis?" Katrina asks, not even caring that the annoyance she is feeling is all too clear in her voice.

"To give you work I need you to do as my associate." Louis says, referring to the large pile of files that are on Katrina's desk.

"Well you can take it all with you, because I have no intention of doing it." Katrina reveals as she gets behind her desk.

"You're my associate, I give you work, you do it. That's how things work." Louis says, having not expected Katrina to give him a hard time after everything.

"I'm a fifth year Louis. I'm not anyone's personal associate, I choose to work with you." Katrina says, stressing the word choose, "And now I choose to have nothing to do with you. So get out my office." She tells him.

"Really? You're going to turn against me too, I thought you were loyal." Louis says, angrily as he stands up.

"I am loyal." Katrina informs him, "I'm loyal to Mike, and Jessica, and Donna, and Harvey." Katrina says stressing the names as she says them, "We were all on your side Louis, and you just threw all of us away. You betrayed us." Katrina says angrily, "Now get out." Katrina says stressing the words and looking torn between hurt and shock Louis hurries out of Katrina's office.

After Louis leaves Katrina braces against her desk and starts to take several deep breaths.

"Are you okay?" a voice asks concerned and Katrina looks up to see Jessica.

"I will be." Katrina answers, "You?" she asks concerned.

"I will be." Jessica answers, "I take it you've heard what happened between Mike and Harvey?"

"Yeah. I tried talking to Mike earlier and he snapped, he's not okay, Jessica." Katrina says concerned, "He hasn't been for a while."

"I know." Jessica says concerned, "We've just got to help him as much as we can."

"You mean as much as he'll let us." Katrina corrects.

"Yeah, that's exactly what I mean." Jessica says, looking worried, "I have a meeting, but if you hear from Mike please let me know." She requests.

"I will." Katrina assures her and Jessica heads out of her office.


After a night of drinking, getting high, and ignoring phonecall Mike is woken by a banging on his door.

"Mike, it's me, I'm letting myself in." Jessica's voice says and hearing his mother's voice Mike quickly grabs what's left of the weed he brought the day before and hides it in the couch cushions, managing to hide it just as Jessica walks in, carrying coffee and a suit bag.

"Mom?" Mike asks confused.

"Yeah, Mike." Jessica says, walking over to him, not overly surprised to see her son in this state, though that doesn't mean she isn't concerned, "Here, drink this." Jessica says, handing over the coffee.

"What….." Mike starts to say, then it comes to him, "Grammy's funeral." He says.

"Starts in an hour and a half." Jessica tells her son, "Go have a shower, and then get ready. Katrina's going to meet us there."

"Okay." Mike says taking a drink of the coffee as he heads to the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

As Mike is in the bathroom, Jessica puts down everything she is holding and starts to clean up some of the mess that the apartment is in.


An hour and a half later Mike, Jessica and Katrina are all at the nursing home, where Edith's funeral is going to be taking place.

"Mike, I'm sorry, but it's time." Jessica tells her son, who is leaning against the wall, with tears in his eyes, looking like he really doesn't want to be doing this.

"I can't do this Mom." Mike tells her.

"You can." Katrina tells him,

"I know it's hard, Mike, and if you really don't want to go up there I will." Jessica offers, "But you should say something Mike, it will help you." Jessica tells him.

"It doesn't seem like it will." Mike admits, "No one here other than us knew her."

"Mike, like your Mom said you're not doing this for them, you're doing it for you." Katrina tells him, "I know you, and I know that if you don't do this you're going to regret it." Katrina reminds her best friend, "Even if it makes you feel a hundred times worst you've got to do it, but I don't think it will." Katrina tells him.

"Okay." Mike says, looking hesitant and he heads up to the podium while Jessica and Katrina take their seats.

"I, um, remember things." Mike reveals, "I remember the night that my biological parents were taken away from me. I remember my grandmother taking me home when I was released from hospital. My first night home my grandmother came to check on me, it was, um, the middle of the night, and I had wet the bed." Mike reveals, "And she cleaned the sheets, and she cleaned me all up, and she put me in her bed, and um, you know, I started to cry, really hard. And um, she said, "it's okay, Michael, it's okay, I've bene crying to, but don't you wet this bed because I have to sleep here too." Mike reveals, pausing for a minute as she tries to think of the right thing to say, "Well, I'm not eleven years old anymore. I'm not gonna wet the bed tonight, but I will remember, that night and everything she has ever done for me, for the rest of my life." Mike reveals.

Five minutes later the service has ended and Mike is walking over to his mother and best friend, as soon as he is close enough his mother pulls him into her arms and holds him tightly.

"Thanks Mom." Mike says gratefully as he takes comfort form his mother, "You should get back to the office." He tells her as they break apart.

"Mike…" Jessica starts to say, not wanting to leave him.

"If you're not there who knows what else Hardman is going to do." Mike comments.

"He's right, Jessica. Hardman, and Louis, are probably both waiting for a chance to pull something." Katrina comments, "Mike's not going to be alone." She assures her.

"I'll be with Katrina, I'll be okay." Mike assures his mother, "We've got to clean out Grammy's room."

"Okay, I'll go back to the firm, but if you need anything, just call." Jessica tells her son, honestly she would like to stay with her son, but she knows he's right, "And you are not to come to the firm." She says.

"Got it." Mike says and Jessica gives him one more hug before leaving.

"If it gets too much for you, just say the word." Katrina tells her best friend, who nods, and the two of them head to Edith's room.


Hours later Mike is alone in his apartment, once more high, having said goodbye to Katrina a few hours earlier as she had to go meet a client who wouldn't allow her to postpone a meeting, and he said that he needed a few hours alone.

As he just heard a knock on his door Mike has gotten up and headed over to answer it as he figures it will be Katrina, though to his surprise it is Harvey.

"When I sent you home, I didn't mean for you to never come back." Harvey says as soon as he sees Mike, who has changed out of his suit and into jeans and a hoddie.

"My grandmother died." Mike reveals.

"I know." Harvey says, giving Mike a sympatric look, "Look, you obviously weren't ready to deal with it, so I respected that by keeping you busy. Was I wrong?" Harvey asks.

"No." Mike says, letting Harvey in.

"Are you stoned?" Harvey asks, looking at Mike in surprise.

"Yep, and I'm not interested in a lecture, so…" Mike starts to say.

"Good, 'cause I'm not interested in giving one." Harvey says as he walks over to Mike's coffee table, once more refusing to look over to Mike's bed, where he picks up one of Mike's joints.

"Yeah, help yourself." Mike comments surprised.

"Don't mind if I do." Harvey says as he inhales, to Mike's surprise, "Is this the coffee cart guy?" Harvey asks and Mike is so shocked and has no idea what to say to that.


At Pearson Hardman Donna Is packing up everything in Harvey's office as the second Hardman won his vote Harvey was moved to a different office.

"Look, Donna, for the record." Louis says from the doorway, "I am sorry that you got caught in the crossfire, and no matter what happens with…there will always be a place here for you." Louis reveals, looking around the room.

"With you?" Donna asks shocked.

"Yeah. Yes. It would be my honour." Louis assures her.

"You really don't get it, do you? Harvey and I are like this." Donna says, intertwining her hands, "You think I would leave him for anybody, let alone someone who did what you did? You betrayed your team." Donna says angrily.

"Harvey and Jessica were not my team." Louis says angrily.

"Yes, they were. And I was, and Katrina was, and even Mike was. But now no one is anymore." Donna reveals, "And I might not like moving, but the one thing that I love about it is that it is further away from your smug face." Donna says before walking out of the room.

After leaving Harvey's old office, Donna walks through the hall ways, and as she gets near Katrina's office she sees her friend walking out.

"Hey." Donna greats.

"Hey." Katrina responds, "What's wrong?" she asks concerned.

"Louis." Donna answers simply.

"Say no more." Katrina responds.

"What are you still doing here so late?" Donna asks curious.

"Catching up on the work that I didn't do when I was with Mike this morning." Katrina explains.

"How's he doing?" Donna asks concerned.

"Not good." Katrina admits, "I'm actually on my way over there now to see how he's doing."

"There's no need. Harvey left a little while ago, he was heading over there." Donna explains.

"Good, that's good." Katrina says, sounding glad as she is pretty sure that Harvey can help Mike a lot right about now.

"Yeah." Donna confirms, "God I could use a drink."

"I'm with you there, lead the way." Katrina tells her and the two of them head out of the building, both feeling that they could use the drinks to forget everything that has happened lately.


Back at Mike's apartment Harvey has his head out of Mike's window while Mike is lying on his couch with an empty bag of chips.

"The whole bag? How do you even do that, man? It's like, I've go, like crazy cotton mouth right now." Mike informs Harvey.

"Harvey Specter doesn't get cotton mouff." Harvey says, turning to look at Mike.

"Cotton mouff?" Mike asks.

"Mouff." Harvey confirms.

"I guess Harvey Specter does get cotton mouff." Mike says amused.

"I can't help it, these pretzel's…." Harvey starts to say.

"Are making me thirsty." Mike and Harvey say together as Mike sits up.

"Here, drink this, Rookie." Mike says, handing Harvey the beer that he's been drinking which Harvey drinks before walking over and siting on Mike's couch, as he does he realises that he just sat on the new suit jacket that Jessica brought Mike.

"Did you ever here of a hanger?" Harvey asks as Mike lights another joint.

"Oh, god, wow." Mike says amused as he heads over to the chair by the window, as Harvey looks for a hanger, "I just got an image of you as a dad. With, like a little Harvey Specter, you know, all hair-gelled, and, like, pinstripe Oshkosk 'b'gosh." Mike says, "Dad, don't play the odds, play the man, it's a win win." Mike says, putting his voice like a child's, "You being like go to your goddamn room." Mike says as Harvey starts to look around, once more purposely avoiding looking at Mike's bedroom.

As he looks Harvey sees something that he can't help but pick up,

"This is you." Harvey says, picking up a framed photo of a younger Jessica, a boy who Harvey assumes is Mike and an older woman who Harvey assumes is Mike's grandmother.

"Yeah, the day the adoption became legal." Mike reveals as Harvey puts the picture down, "Mom didn't take me in right after Grammy was declared unfit." Mike reveals, causing Harvey to turn and look at him as he didn't know that, "I spent a week in foster care. I spent a week feeling completely alone and scared, confused, I felt like no one cared, and… it was the only time I ever felt like an orphan, god I hate that word." Mike reveals, causing Harvey to give him a sympatric look, "People… people used to say that I was missing out by not having a dad, or a male parental figure in my life, I never thought so. I had Mom, and Grammy, they were everything I needed, were always there. I never felt like I was missing anything, now I do." Mike says, sadly as while his mother is incredible and the most amazing person he will still feel a gap where his grandmother used to be.

"I ever tell you about my Dad?" Harvey asks walking over to Mike.

"I think you know the answer to that question." Mike responds.

"He was a saxophone player." Harvey reveals as he sits down next to Mike, "He sat in with everyone because everyone loved him." Harvey reveals, "He believed in love at first sight, and unfortunately, his first sight was a groupie."

"Your mother." Mike realises.

"I was sixteen when I caught her cheating." Harvey reveals, making Mike think back to the conversation he and Harvey about Quintin, "I knew if I told my dad he'd…." Harvey says, miming a punch, "Next two years went by, I didn't say a thing, and she went right on just… making him a fool." Harvey reveals, "Look, this is all to say that, I lived in a house surrounded by family, but I know what it's like to be totally alone." Harvey reveals.

"Wow, your stoned is depressing." Mike comments, looking at Harvey surprised, surprised that he was so open, but at the same time glad.

"What can I say, it's been a tough week for both of us." Harvey comments.

"Hardman." Mike says bitterly.

"Oh, what I wouldn't give to piss in that bastard's office." Harvey comments, causing Mike to look amused.

"That was pretty quick of the tongue." Mike comments.

"Well, I've done it before. To Louis." Harvey reveals.

"No way." Mike says shocked.

"Way." Harvey confirms, causing them both to laugh.

"What a minute, if you've done that before…." Mike starts to say.

"Why not do it again?" Harvey asks, causing them both to exchange grins as they lean in.


A little while later Harvey and Mike have arrived at the firm, but haven't pissed in Hardman's office as Harvey felt like they should do something original and connived Mike not do that by telling him what he and Donna do with the can opener.

"Hey, say what you will about this floor, I'm pretty sure the cubicles are bigger." Mike says as he and Harvey make their way towards Harvey's new office, as they do they arrive and see Louis.

"Hey, what's going on? How you guys doing?" Louis asks, "I was just, uh, helping box a little bit, 'cause, uh, Danna was feeling a little blue about moving." Louis explains.

"What the hell are you doing?" Harvey asks angrily as he pushes Louis against a pole.

"Harvey! Harvey, no!" Mike yells.

"You looking for another way to make my life miserable?" Harvey asks as he manhandles Louis and even though it is something that would have made him terrified a few weeks earlier Mike hurries over and puts himself between Harvey and Louis.

"Harvey! Harvey, no! Come on. You hit him, they win." Mike says, pushing Harvey away and as he does Louis hurries out of the room and Mike starts to search though Harvey's record collection while Harvey paces.

"You should have left me hit him." Harvey comments.

"Oh, I don't know about that, but maybe we shouldn't have let him leave." Mike informs Harvey as he flips through the records.

"Why?"

"Eh, um, maybe he wasn't snooping. Maybe he was, I don't know, trying to plant something." Mike comments.

"Like…?" Harvey asks.

"Like drugs."

"In my record collection?" Harvey asks.

"What better place to stash the weed than with the Bob Marley, man?" Mike asks in Jamaican accent.

"Louis doesn't even know where to buy drugs, let alone plant them." Harvey comments.

"I know where to buy drugs." Mike says, standing up straight.

"Congratulations." Harvey says in an unimpressed voice.

"No, I'm serious." Mike says, heading over to Harvey, "What if instead of peeing we planted something in Hardman's office." Mike suggests, "Uhh, genius." Mike says, gently hitting Harvey's chest with his un-pasted hand.

"It's a crime." Harvey reminds him.

"Mm, maybe, but he wouldn't hesitate for one second to do the same thing to get rid of you." Mike reminds Harvey.

"What? He wouldn't hesitate to plant something to get rid of me." Harvey says, a look of realisation coming to his face.

"What, Louis?" Mike asks.

"No, Hardman."

"I just said that." Mike tells him.

"No, what if Hardman planted the CM mem in the first place?" Harvey asks, looking at Mike, and together the two head out to Donna's cubical to see if would even be possible, and once they realise that it would be they start to check everything else to make sure it would be.


For the rest of the night Harvey and Mike search to prove their theory, and the more they look the more it seems like their theory is true, something which they inform Jessica off.

As he has refused to take a drug test Harvey is going to be fired after a stating his case to the senior parents and because of that he is being dragged into Jessica's office.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jessica asks as they make their way over to her couches, "Just take the test."

"I can't." Harvey answers.

"Why not? It's just a drug…. You've got to be kidding me." Jessica says, looking at Harvey with a look that is torn between shock and disapproval.

"You were the one who told me to take it easy, and you and I both know what we did that night in this very office." Harvey comments.

"That was a celebration." Jessica comments, "This is different, this…. When did this happen?" Jessica asks, looking at him with a disapproval look.

"Does it matter when?" Harvey asks, trying to look innocent as he is pretty sure that Jessica isn't going to be too happy.

"I don't believe it." Jessica says shocked, "You were high when you came up with that theory." She says, "You got high with my son." Jessica says, sounding angry.

"Technically he was already high and I decided to get high too." Harvey defends, "And it doesn't matter how we go there, we got there." Harvey explains, "I brought us some time. We can use the review to present our case." Harvey explains.

"Do you have any evidence?" Jessica asks curious.

"Not only did he plant the document; he wrote the damn thing." Harvey explains.

"How do you know that?" Jessica asks curious.

"Tanner, indicated that to me." Harvey explains, "Turns out, they weren't in on it together."

"Huh, and he's willing to testify to that." Jessica comments, "Oh, let me guess, no he won't."

"I've got Mike and Katrina chasing down another avenue." Harvey explains, "Jessica, I don't do this now, I'm gone anyway." Harvey explains and the door opens and Donna walks in.

"What is it?" Jessica asks.

"Daniel and Louis got their quorum, your review convenes in an hour." Donna explains.


Two hours later Harvey's job is safe, Daniel Hardman has been fired and Harvey, Jessica, Donna, Mike and Katrina are all in Harvey's office listening to music. Donna is sitting in Harvey's chair with her feet on the shelf, Jessica is sitting on the table, Katrina is sitting next to Donna's feet with her feet on Harvey's desk and Harvey and Mike are standing, side by side, by the window, everyone holding glasses of champagne.

"What was really on that affidavit, anyway?" Harvey asks Mike curious.

"What I said was on it." Mike explains.

"You realize it's a felony to sign someone else's name to a sworn document?" Harvey asks Mike.

"I didn't sign someone else's name. I signed my own name." Mike explains, "I mean seriously, how often do you really look at a man's shoes?" Mike quotes, causing Harvey to give him a less than impressed look before turning back around and walking over to Jessica, Donna and Katrina, Mike following behind.

"To the firm of Pearson and kiss my ass." Harvey says with a laugh.

"I told you we'd be peeling him off the wall." Jessica tells Harvey.

"You go, I go." Harvey says as he and Jessica toast.

"He goes." Jessica says.

"I already went and come back." Donna comments as everyone turns to look at her.

"Mike and I would have gone, without hesitation." Katrina comments.

"That we would have." Mike confirms as he walks over, "It's your firm again, just like it should be." Mike says, smiling at his mother, putting his arm around her.


After some time celebrating together Harvey, Jessica, Mike, Harvey, Donna and Katrina all went their separate ways, Mike heading home. The second he walks into his apartment Mike once more starts to remember everything Trevor did to him.

"NO, STOP." Mike yells frustrated, pushing over one of his bookshelf's in anger as tears come to his eyes, feeling so frustrated, so tired, and he's still got the trial to endure.

As he cries Mike can feel his breathing getting harder as the memories become even more clearer, "I've got to get out of here." Mike says, hurrying out of his apartment, leaving his bag behind but he has his cell.


After he left his apartment Mike ran, with no destination in mind, but after a little while his surroundings become familiar and Mike knows exactly where he wants to go most and so he runs there.

Mike honestly isn't sure how long he has been running when he arrives at a familiar door and begins to knock.

"Mike?" Harvey asks shocked, opening the door, "What are you doing here?" he asks confused, looking Mike up and down and realising that his employee, that his friend, is far from okay.

"I'm… I'm not okay Harvey." Mike says, his voice breaking.