Poster boy for rage.

That's a good one, considering that she's the one who

Just kicked the hell out of someone.

She's giving me that look again,

The one that says I better let the hothead act disappear,

Before she comes after me, too.

I doubt she would, but right now, I don't want to risk it.


The only reason she's really snarking at me is because

She knows I'm right, and she doesn't want to admit it.

And it bothers the hell out of me,

Because I don't want to be right about this.

I sound like a hypocrite, and I know it,

But she's the one skating towards some kind of lawsuit,

Not me.


Not to say that I haven't before,

Because I know I have.

And I know she wants answers, and

Doesn't want to believe that her brother is what this other cop thinks he is.

I'd ask her if this is really the way to go about it,

If I didn't think she'd have something more to say,

And I don't want her to take off on me again.


So I leave it alone,

And somehow Porter gets involved,

Probably just because he can, but

He turns out to be more of a help than a hindrance.

Still don't like the guy, though.

But if working with him means we'll get to the bottom of this,

Then I'll put up with him.


It's not exactly like I had a choice, I think,

When the case is over, and Liv takes off,

Because she doesn't want to deal with me, or anyone else, and

It's just one of those things.

And we've all learned to back off about it, 'cause there's nothing we can do.

Family is everything, she said, earlier, parroting one of my comments.

And she's right. It is.