AN: So sorry it took me so long to update, I tried to finish this earlier but school is crazy and life is just so hard sometimes. I will try my best to get the next chapter up in the during the weekend. Hope you guys enjoy :)

Fitz woke up early in the morning, before his alarm went off, he felt confused and disoriented, but the events of the previous night slowly started to come back. He got up to take a shower, and see if it helped. Fitz let the water run down his body for a long time, he still felt like he had been run over by a bus. His will power to stay away from alcohol was gone, so after showering he went straight for the bottle of scotch he kept in his room. Fitz poured himself a glass, no ice, and downed it like it was water, he was going for a second glass, but just as he was about to pour it, someone knocked on his door.
"Yes" he said said with dread, thinking it was Cyrus
"It's me" he heard the voice of his daughter, his attitude changed almost immediately, he put he bottle away and went for the door.
"Good morning sweetheart, what may I do for you" he asked his Karen.
"Well, it's just that… I'm not feeling well, so I came to ask you If I can stay home today" she told him "I promise I'll catch up on the work" she added quickly.
Fitz reached her forehead with his hand to see if she had a fever.
"That's fine, would you like me to call a doctor?, your forehead feels a bit warm" he said with concern.
"I'm sure it's nothing serious, I just need some rest" she assured him. "And I'll stay away from Teddy, just to be sure he doesn't get it"
"Ok, but if you feel worse or just change your mind just tell me" Fitz told her.
She gave him a kiss on the cheek and turned to leave, but she saw Teddy's nanny walking toward them looking worried.
"Mr. President, sir, Teddy has a high fever, and he's been coughing a lot, I just called the doctor" She said
"I guess that ship has sailed" he said to Karen "Well if the doctor is coming anyway, let him check on you, make sure you are ok" he added
"Ms. Hensley thanks for letting me know about Teddy, come find me when the doctor gets here" Fitz told the nanny.
"Go rest honey, I'll tell the doctor to go with you"
Karen nodded and went to her room, and Ms. Hensley went back to Teddy. Fitz almost laughed seeing how his day had started. It seemed like he couldn't catch a break, first he finds out he was played by Rowan, and that his son was murdered for some twisted "eye for an eye" thing, now his two other kids were sick, and his chief of staff had completely lost his moral compass. It would be a long day at work, and being honest with himself, he feared the meeting with David.
Huck arrived to DC at 9am, and he went straight to OPA. Abby was already there reading the paper and taking her coffee.
"Hi Abby" Huck said in a low voice standing at the door of the conference room
"Huck, you are here! finally, are you ok?" She said in a rush
"Yes, I'm fine, how is everything here?" He inquired
"We are ok, not much work really, actually just one client, but it's a big one" she told Huck "Mr. President is getting a divorce, and he wants us to handle it, so it's good to have you back" she added
"Ok, just let me know what you need"
"Now that you mention it, I do need something, it's not really about work"
Huck nodded for her to go on
"David, he is hiding something from me, and well you remember, last time that happened he almost got killed" Abby said worried "Could you please find out?" She asked Huck
"Ok, I'm on it" He replied and left to his office. However, Huck knew already what David was hiding, Jake told Olivia about the files. What he needed to find out, was what David planned on doing with them, to make sure he didn't screw everything up.
All he had to do was check the security feed of Abby's place and follow Rosen out, the next part was trickier, because he had to try and trace his whereabouts through the streets to find where he went. Luckily for him, David was not really an expert on being stealth and Huck figured out where he was headed pretty fast. He went straight for near White House cameras and found him. What he wasn't sure about, was if he had gone to Fitz or Cyrus. He decided to follow him that day and see if he went back, and crash his meeting. Olivia told him to only help if it was Fitz, if it was Cyrus he had to get to Fitz and make sure David didn't get killed.
He went to check if David was at his office to start tailing him. After he made sure he was occupied with his actual job he went to get food. He was about to take a bite of him burger when his phone rang, his Olivia phone.
"Lucy" He answered "Is everything ok"
"Hmm, yes, I think, kind of" she stammered
"You are making me worry" He said seriously
"Don't… It's just that, I tried to talk to him yesterday but he got very upset and he was having a panic attack, so I gave him a sedative,one of the strong ones and he's been out since last night" she explained
"He will be fine, but you can't keep giving him those, the more he has them, the worse it will be to get him rid of them" huck answered "Just wait for him to come around again, and give it some time, let him try to calm on his own, he can't harm you or himself, he's tied down"
"Ok, I will try again after he wakes up again" Olivia told him
"Once he's calm enough, you can try and feed him some anti-anxiety pills, they won't put him out, but they will help" Huck instructed her.
"Thank you, I will call you if anything happens" She said
"Ok" Huck ended the call and went back to his food, he had to stay on top of things there, the sooner they fixed everything, the sooner she would be able to come out of hiding.
Fitz arrived at his office a bit late that morning because he waited for the doctor to check on both of his kids. He said it was just a cold, and to say Fitz was relieved was an understatement. He made sure they both got their medicine, and put one of the house workers on Karen duty for the day before going to work.
Cyrus was already waiting for him when he got to the oval.
"I thought you were going to take the day off sir, after all it's not like you have an important job" Cyrus said sarcastically
"Shut up Cy, my kids are sick, and I wanted to make sure they were going to be ok before I came here" Fitz replied
Cyrus was going to say something mean again but decided against it, considering what happened, it made sense he worried so much. He simply told him they had to get to work already. Fitz was still not sure about confronting Cyrus on the bomb situation yet, he didn't know how he would react, and he had a lot on his plate at the moment.

After a few hours of barely any work, Cyrus decided call it a day, Fitz was so distracted he might as well not be there.
"Earth to Fitz" Cyrus said to get Fitz attention
"Right, the budget" He answered
"We were done with the budget a while ago" Cyrus told him. "You are not even here, you should just go home, I just need you to sign some papers"
"Are you sure" Fits asked
"Yes, you are of no use to me like this, I can handle the rest of the day by myself, just go"
"If you say so" Fitz said reluctantly, of course he wanted to go, but he didn't want to neglect his job.
Fitz signed the papers Cyrus gave him and he left, he went directly to the residence and checked on Teddy first. Ms. Hensley said he was taking a nap, that he had been upset earlier but the meds kicked in and he started feeling better. Then he went to check on Karen, she was watching tv, she seemed to be doing fine.
"Hi dad, I dint expect to see you now" Karen said to him
"Well, it seems I was too distracted to get any work done and Cyrus sent me home" he said with a smirk. "Would you like me to hang out with you, or should I leave you to rest?" he asked
"It's fine you can stay" she replied "Actually, remember you promised to tell me about, well you know… It would be ok if we talked now, I don't have much to do"
Fitz took a deep breath, and thought about it for a minute. He took a sit on a recliner that was next to her bed. He realized that was a good moment, he wouldn't go back to work, his meeting with David was until later and Karen was home a lot earlier than usual.
"You are right, why don't you tell me where do you want me to start" he told Karen.
"First of all… Do you love her dad? Do you really love Olivia?" she inquired
"Yes, I do love her, I love her with all of my heart, she is the love of my life, I know this might be hard to hear, but you did ask for the truth" he answered honestly
"That's alright dad, I do want the truth, so did you actually cheat on mom with that other employee?"
"No, that was a scam, so Olivia would be off the hook I guess"
"When did you start your… relationship with Olivia"
Fitz appreciated the choice of words, he hated his relationship to called an affair
"During the campaign"
Karen took a moment to digest that, his father had been in love with another woman for a very long time, his brother had been conceived while her dad loved someone else.
"Then why did you stay married to mom all this time, like I'm pretty sure you had problems before Olivia, or you wouldn't have cheated, why stay married, like I'm not a baby, I know you had to stay married until you were president, but why not divorce her until now" she asked a bit exasperated.
"Because I am a big coward, because I let other people decide for me" he paused to gather his thoughts.
"After the first scandal, I wanted to, but Olivia said she couldn't let me loose my presidency and she made the whole pregnancy plan with your mom, and after she announced it there was no going back, but lets just leave something clear, I love your brother however it happened he is my son and I'm happy to have him" Fitz explained
"After I got shot, I realized life was too short to stay in a loveless marriage, so I decided it was time to get a divorce, your mother didn't take it well, she induced early labor and then some things happened, I had a fall out with Olivia and figured I might as well stay married"
"Mom induced labor just to manipulate you!" Karen said with shock. Fitz realized he had said a little too much.
"Yeah, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that" He cursed in his head for not being more careful. Karen took a deep breath to calm down, she still wanted to know many things.
"What things happened, I mean if you love her so much, what could make you want to stay married to mom?"
Fitz felt cornered, but he wasn't sure if he should tell Karen about defiance. He decided to tell her the truth, after all he had promised, and she was old enough to understand.
"Look sweetheart, what I'm going to tell you is very serious, you can't tell a soul do you promise" he told her
She nodded and held out her pinky. Fitz chuckled and complied to the pinky swear ritual.
"During the campaign, I was barely above Reston in some places, and one of our main backers suggested rigging the election, there was this town in Ohio, that could decide the election. At first no one wanted to, but after a while, Verna, Cy, and your mom, thought it was my only chance, Olivia didn't want them to, but in the end they got to her and she agreed. They rigged the voting machines on that town and I won. When I found out, I felt betrayed, but I guess it was something I could expect from your mom and Cyrus, but feeling betrayed by Olivia just killed me, thinking that she didn't think I was good enough to win on my own… I couldn't handle it, I was blinded by rage" he explained.
Karen was in utter shock. From all the things that went through her head, she never imagined his dad's election had been fixed. He decided to use his daughters silence to keep talking.
"I said some very hurtful things to Olivia, I almost lost her forever, but I managed to get her back, that's when your mother announced I had cheated. At the time we also had a bit of a crisis with the whole election rigging thing, it almost came out and Olivia's team did everything to fix it, even things they probably shouldn't have. We had it all planned, how we would get together after the divorce, but she said she couldn't just turn her back on her team and that I had a second chance and being president free of any trouble, with your mom" he stopped for a moment thinking about everything they went through. "But like I said before, I was a coward and let others decide for me. So I stayed married"
They both stayed quiet for a while, it was a lot of information for Karen to take in, and knew knew there was more she needed to know, but she finally realized, her dad's life was way more complicated than she thought, and it was enough information for one day.
"That was enlightening" she finally said "I know theres more dad because I know some things happened after mom made that announcement, it has been a while. However I think that was enough for now"
Fitz looked at her with guilt, it wasn't fair for a 14-year-old to be dealing with such things, to have such messed up parents.
"I'm sorry" he apologized
"It's ok dad, believe me, I rather know everything, it's better than just knowing there is trouble, but having no idea really, and mainly I wanted to know because I wanted to understand why you guys stepped out on your marriage. I really didn't want to hate Olivia or Andrew. He was always nice to us, and Olivia was great with us during the campaign, she seemed to care about us, so it was hard to hear mom insult her and thinking that she wasn't a good person" Karen was finally coming out h¡of her shock and she was glad to know the truth, both her parents had made mistakes, but at least she didn't feel like she had to hate Liv anymore, and if she got back together with her father at some point she would be ok with it. Fitz was completely impressed by the maturity his daughter was displaying, he couldn't feel more proud of her. They were both quiet again so he cleared his throat to break the silence.
"What do you say we do something completely unimportant to recover from this?" he suggested.
"We could binge watch Friends" she told him
"Friends, wow didn't think you liked that show, you were 4 when it ended" he said surprised
"Yeah but there are re runs everywhere, it's a great show"
"Well then, Friends it is"
Their afternoon was uneventful, just what they both needed considering everything. He was dreading his meeting with David, he still was not sure how they would manage to get Rowan without putting the country in danger, so many things could go wrong he didn't even know when to start. He couldn't help thinking that Olivia would know what to do, she could do anything better than anyone, he missed her more than ever.

AN2: I decided Karen is 14 because they say she is younger, but they look the same age and no one ever said for sure. I know I am being mean with all the secrecy, just be patient a bit more and you will find out what's going on. Please review, I love reading them, I really want to know what you guys think.