Ch.2 Reopened Past
"You are the one thing that I need
This is my only hope
That You'll never let me go"
"How close are you and Donna, Harvey?" Jessica asked slowly. But her tone was enough to make him cautious.
He didn't like where this was going.
Not one bit.
"Enough that she won't ever leave me behind." Harvey said firmly. Jessica sighed.
"We've had some unsettling information turn up and it's making me cautious of putting her on vital cases let alone be your secretary." Jessica said warily. Harvey stared at Jessica in disbelief.
What the hell she was talking about?
He hasn't heard a damn thing about this and he's just finding this out now! He didn't understand how everyone could keep these secrets from each other when, eventually they'll find out.
He knew exactly what she was talking about. He was just having a difficult time agreeing with it.
Damn emotions!
"Why is Pearson-Specter penalizing only her for shit that happened a few weeks ago? Jessica – no one really has a clean slate in this firm – no one. Not even us." Harvey said giving her a knowing look. Jessica winced.
"I never said our laws are fair." She said staring into his storming brown eyes. Harvey narrowed his eyes.
"Why isn't it?" He asked furiously.
He wasn't going to lose her again.
He couldn't.
"Because not everyone has a bleeding heart like you, Harvey, especially when it comes to Donna!" Jessica said angrily slamming a large pile of folders down in front of the tense lawyer. A loose page fell into his lap and he stared down at the black and white photograph of a younger looking Donna Pualsen.
"Who's your source?" Harvey asked suddenly. Jessica paused.
"That's confidential." Se said warningly. Harvey scoffed.
"If it's those hired ears you have across town, good luck with getting reliable information from them. They get paid by both sides." Harvey said shaking his head in disgust.
"You may have been my first choice to hire you on the spot with Donna, Harvey, but there are still things crawling above the surface." Jessica said firmly. Harvey clenched his fists at his side.
He knows that.
"When will you stop judging her by the past and start to see that she's trying to make that shit up?" Harvey asked angrily.
"The world doesn't give you a choice." Jessica said quietly.
"Maybe the world doesn't, but she'll always give her a choice." Harvey said turning around and slammed the door behind him. He paused in his angry step when he caught a wave of red flicker around the corner. He turned around and stared down the empty hall.
"She deserves every choice there is." He called down the hall. She laughed softly when all he got was silence. He shoved his hands into his pockets and walked away.
Donna leaned against the wall around the corner as she quietly listened to the soft footsteps of a man who has once shattered all the expectations about what they would be. Now she's wanting to grasp more of it.
A/N: The slow builds are rising. But since this is going to be a short FF, it will be pretty fast in my book.