Sorry for the really short first chapter, meant to be longer but I published only the first half. pretty self explanatory from here, basically Mike and Harvey went to meet the new client called Lily Evinger. Turns out she was Harvey's mother.
After grabbing a glance at the women sitting in the conference room, Mike silently but reassuringly took Harvey's shoulder and led him straight back along the corridor back to his office.
'Harvey? Mike? Is everything OK?' Donna was quickly moving towards them from her seat outside Louis's office.
'Just look after him will you Donna, I have to go and deal with a new possible client' Donna and Harvey may have been just about on talking terms but they hadn't exactly been spending much time with each other recently. However Donna could see the worry in Mike's eyes and the suffering in Harvey's who was very short of breath and sweating like mad.
'Of course, come on Harvey, let's go and sit down'. Even just the touch of Donna's hand on his shoulder helped a tiny bit but he was still struggling to hold on to anything in reality and thought he was about to pass out. As Harvey sat down on the couch in his office and Donna got him some water, he started loosening his tie but he still couldn't breathe.
His breaths were getting raspy and very short but Donna had no idea what was going on. The panic suddenly struck in her that maybe he was having a heart attack.
'Okay, I'm calling 911, I think you might be having a heart attack'
'No… Donna don't. It's not a heart attack' he managed to say quietly.
'How do you know?' there was clearly something wrong with him
'Because Donna, it's a panic attack' he said looking straight at her while water started filing up in his eyes. This conversation was weirdly mirroring the exact one he had had with Mike only a few weeks ago.
'Wait… but…'
'Wait…but what Donna, yes you've known me for over twelve years, but this is something you didn't know' Donna could see the emotion rising in Harvey and the panic in his eyes.
'Ok Harvey, let's just sit down shall we' Donna ended up sitting down much closer to Harvey than she originally intended but it was actually comforting for both of them. 'What happened Harvey? Who was the client?'
With just one look into each other's eyes they could see the pain the other was feeling and for a few moments there was complete silence in their minds until Harvey just whispered
'My mother'
For the next ten minutes they just sat there in a hug, Harvey crying into Donna's shoulder until finally Donna said
'Maybe you should go and talk to her, find out why she's here'
'Donna, she ruined my life, I'm no..'
'I'll be right there with you, so will Mike OK'