Katrina was surprised by Nate standing outside her building instead of being in the park. They were going to meet there. Something important must have happened because he looked worried about something. She didn't know why, it wasn't like he was meeting her parents or anything. But, she decided to act surprised, yet happy to see him…after all, it is true.

"Hey, Nate. What are you doing here? I thought we were meeting at the park, but this is nice." she said as she kissed him, and though the kiss was received well, she could still tell that he was anxious about something. "Okay, what's wrong?"

"I…I lied about going to the park. We're going to visit Shane in rehab." he said looking down at the ground because he didn't want to see how angry she looked, though he found her attractive when she did get mad.

"Oh…okay, why?!" she said getting very angry. She knew that Shane was a reluctant participant in the incident, but that didn't stop her from being pissed with him.

"I know you're mad, but this could be a good thing. We need to know how Jason works if we're going to do this and Shane is the one person that could tell us."

"Okay, fine, but I'm not going to play nice. Just because he didn't want to do it doesn't make him my new best friend. He could've stood up for himself, but he chose to be a coward and, for some reason, that's not enough for sympathy from me. I'm trying to not be cold, but…it's hard for me to forgive him…"

"I understand. Look, I'm pissed at him too, but he had no choice. Jason was going to expose him…and even if it happened afterward anyway, he felt the need to protect himself."

"I know. It's just still so hard, but I'll be nice to him."

"Okay, we should probably go now." Nate said as he haled a cab for them.

About thirty minutes later, they were waiting in a drab, yet "encouraging" room. It sort of felt like a dorm room to them, but with way more decorations. Katrina shivered thinking that she could be in that place at any time, because she never really stopped drinking so that didn't count as recovery. She hated the thought of going back to her old ways that would land her there.

"Hello, Nate." Shane said as he stood at the doorway of this temporary room. He was looking a lot healthier, still a bit baby-faced, and he even put of some muscle. "Katrina…I…" he said as he struggled to find the right words to say to her. "I'm sorry."

"You should be…" Katrina said knowing that she sounded cold, but she was still angry.

"I know, and I am. I wished I could've stopped them. I mean, my secret came out anyway, right?" he said as he looked down at the floor. He wasn't expecting forgiveness from Katrina, and he would understand it if she wanted to kill him.

"How are you doing?" Nate asked and he saw Katrina relaxed her tough demeanor.

"I'm doing better. I fucking hate the withdrawals. I still have cravings, but I don't need it. I don't have any friends…but, I never had any real friends to begin with. Anyway, you wanted to talk about Jason and Kirk? Well, obviously, I haven't seen or heard from them."

"Well…" Katrina said in a nicer tone than earlier. "we were wondering if you knew anything about Jason's family. If there's a secret?"

"Oh, you mean the real Cromwell heir? Yeah, Chuck and I talked about that about a week ago. He came to visit me and he told me about your plan. It's pretty smart. I mean, that arrogant asshole would never see it coming."

"So, what happened to the real heir?"

"Well, I don't know. I mean, I've never seen her."

"Her?! The heir was a girl?!" Nate asked looking completely shocked.

"Yes, a girl. Anyway, one day Kirk and I were at his place when all of the sudden we heard his dad call for him. They were whispering and we just assumed it was just some family shit between them. I was going to tell Jason that I was leaving to meet up with some friends of my family. I was leaving to get high, but that's not the point. I overheard them talking about another Cromwell child and I just assumed that his dad had an affair with another woman. Then, I started thinking about why he would tell his son this. I mean, that would upset Jason, right? So, I kept listening and Jason's dad saying she can't exist and she would ruin everything."

"So," Katrina began, "Do you think he might have killed her?"

"If you're asking me if I think he's capable of it…yeah. I mean, he's fucking psycho and so is his dad. I think something is really fucked up with them."

"Does Kirk know about this?"

"No. At least, I don't think so. I mean, I'll be honest…I leaked the real video, and Jason exposed my drug problem, but Kirk is just a lackey. He seems like he's second in command, but he's just some poser loser. He'll do anything to have Jason's power, but I doubt he'll be an ally."

"I figured that much…" Katrina said knowing that his bad ass persona was just a show, especially all the shit he talked on the video. Still, he was too loyal to betray Jason.

"Listen, Katrina, I wasn't trying to be some heartless asshole by re-releasing that damn video, but I thought it would be a good way to make it up to you…and get Jason back. But, I mostly wanted to make it up to you. I'm sorry for all the shit you went through."

"I know." was all she could say because she was starting to think about Blair and Chuck. She knew Nate would never forgive her for getting revenge, so she was considering dropping the whole thing with them and just handle Jason. Then, again, it wouldn't hurt to make them suffer a little. She would continue to contemplate that for a while. "Thank you for talking to us today."

"Hey, no problem. I know we're not friends, but feel free to visit me if you want to talk or if you need some more shit on Jason."

"I'll take you up on that offer, and I hope you really do get 100% better."

"I hope so, too." he said staring off into space hoping that he would. "Hey, Katrina?"

"Yeah?" she said looking at Shane's anxious face.

"Be careful. I mean, I'm sure you can handle yourself with Chuck and Blair and whoever just spreads rumors. But Jason…he's like on some other level. He's really fucked up and I don't think he'll just stop at spreading rumors on Gossip Girl."

"I will." Katrina said as she left the room and caught of with Nate with Shane's words in her head. She was starting to think of leaving this revenge shit up to Chuck. Not that she would willingly let him take over, but she thought if Jason flipped out Chuck would be his target.

"What was that about?" Nate said seeing her strange look. He didn't know why, but it scared him that Jason might have killed a girl and it made him think of horrible things. He was actually cruel enough to kill a complete stranger. Nate didn't even want to think about the sick things he would do to Katrina before killing her.

"Nothing." she said shaking her head as if she was snapping out of a trance.

"Okay…anyway, I'm glad you decided to be nice. What changed your mind?"

"I guess I felt bad for him. I'm still angry, but…I kind of want to reach out to him. I mean, that could've been me in there…" she said shivering knowing that she could not slip up. Drinking was just a thing everybody she knew did, so there was no reason to lose control.