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Chapter 5: The Truth

Greg quickly spun around and headed back to the lab. He could feel the tears building in his eyes as he quickly walked back inside, keeping his head bowed in hope of hiding the expression of severe hurt and despair on his face. Unfortunately, Nick saw him; the guy seemed to have another sense when it came to one of his friends being upset.

"Hey, Greggo!" Nick called over as he jogged to catch up with the younger man. Greg ignored him, hoping Nick would think he hadn't heard and go away. "Greg" Nick said again gently placing a hand on the younger man's shoulder.

Greg turned to look at him sniffing and wiping his eyes "Y-yeah?" he said with a wobbly voice.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Nick asked concernedly.

"Nothing" Greg lied and continued walking, but Nick was persistent and kept up with him.

"G, you're quite clearly upset" Nick said "Come on, tell me what happened"

"C-can we go someplace quiet?" Greg asked.

"Sure, Russell's out, we can use his office" Nick suggested.

He began to lead his younger friend; one hand on Greg's trembling back. Once inside, Greg went and leant against Russell's desk whilst Nick closed the door. He went and stood in front of Greg, giving him a few minutes to gather himself.

"I just went outside and I saw… I saw Morgan and another man kissing" Greg said quietly.

"Oh my God" Nick breathed. He could hardly believe Morgan would do that, not when Greg loved her so much…and he thought she loved Greg in return. "I'm so sorry"

"It's okay" Greg said trying to put on a brave face. "I told her she should leave me because I couldn't make her happy… and now it looks like she's going to" his voice caught a little. "I asked for this…oh God, why did I ask for this?" he buried his head in his hands and started sobbing.

"Hey, come on man" Nick said sympathetically as he pulled Greg into a hug.

"I love her so much, Nick" Greg said between ragged breaths "This hurts more than any beating I could ever receive"

"I know. I'm so sorry" Nick said, hating seeing his friend so upset. He wished there was more he could say to be more consoling "did you confront Morgan about it yet?"

Greg shook his head "You think I should have punched the guy or something?"

Nick gave a small smile "Nah, that ain't your style, G….I'm not saying I won't hit this guy though"

Greg gave him a look "We're more mature than that now, Nick" he reminded the older man "Maybe there's some kind of reasonable explanation…"

"Like what?" Nick queried "Does Morgan have like…a brother or something?"

Greg shook his head "If she had a brother who she kissed like that, I would be worried."

"Well, maybe you just need to talk to Morgan about it" Nick encouraged him "At least then you'll know the truth…but I refuse to believe Morgan would do this knowing that she was going to hurt you"

"Yeah, I want to believe that too" Greg said with a sad sigh "Okay, I'll talk to her when we're home…depending on how the conversation ends, I might need a place to crash tonight" he added with a sad smile.

"Sure, anything you need, man" Nick said patting the younger man on the shoulder, and hoping that everything would turn out okay.

Later that night, and Greg was stood nervously pacing up and down the living room in his and Morgan's apparent, fiddling with his wedding ring nervously. The male CSI had successfully managed to avoid his wife for the rest of the night, after having been sent to another crime scene, but his performance had been notably below par. Russell had finally sent Greg home early, not because he was mad, but because it was obvious something was upsetting the younger CSI and he needed to rest.

Eventually, Morgan came home after finishing her shift. Greg froze and looked at the door, and Morgan smiled at him as she entered, but something seemed a little off.

"Hey" she said in a slightly wobbly voice, going over to kiss her husband on the cheek.

Funny, Greg thought, normally it would be on the lips… "We need to talk" he said in a quiet voice.

Morgan seemed to tense a little, but then just plastered on a smile "Sure Sweetie, there's erm…there's something I actually have to tell you"

Greg gulped, and felt his heat begin to beat a little harder against his chest "There is?" he asked timidly.

Morgan nodded and took hold of his hand, gently leading Greg to sit beside her on the sofa. She noticed how Greg kept messing with his ring, and hoped that wasn't because he was just waiting to take it off. Morgan enveloped Greg's noticeably shaking hands in hers and rubbed the back's softly with her thumb; she hated making him feel so worried.

"Mind if I go first?" Morgan asked and Greg shook his head. "I'm telling you this because I want to be honest with you, you are my husband and I can tell you anything. And I just want you to know that I would never set out to hurt you…I love you"

"I love you too" Greg whispered.

Morgan sighed and held onto her husband's hands a little tighter "A guy kissed me today" she said simply.

Greg felt a little relieved at the fact Morgan had at least been honest with him, but to hear her actually say the words really hurt. But, he was also intrigued by the fact Morgan had implied that it was the man who had initiated the kiss.

"I know…I saw you" he said quietly before looking down at the floor.

Morgan's eyes widened in shock and she felt like she was going to be sick. The whole experience was bad enough, without the thought of Greg seeing her like that, and breaking his heart. "Sweetie, I…I'm so sorry…"

"It's okay, Morgan" Greg said with a false smile "I kind of knew this was coming…I told you it would be okay for you to leave me whenever you wanted and…"

"No, God baby no!" Morgan said with tears in her eyes as she placed a hand on Greg's shoulder and rubbed it soothingly. "I told you, I would never leave you. I love you so much…it's you who should be leaving me after all this…"

"Just, please tell me what happened" Greg requested.

"Well, Finn and I had just returned from our crime scene and he saw me getting out of the car…" Morgan started her story "His name is Kyle Davies and we dated for a year back in college." Greg looked at her even more surprised "I went over and we just started off by talking about what we'd been up to the past few years. We'd had a pretty clean break up, no real grudges, we just wanted to go off and do different things"

Not exactly reassuring me so far, Greg thought glumly.

"I told him that I had met the perfect guy and that I was happily married to him" she added with a smile and Greg couldn't help but smile too. "But, then he got a little…weird …" Morgan added with a darker tone. "He'd always been the jealous overprotective type and he…well he said that seeing me again was bringing up all his old feelings for me and he wanted me back. Of course, I said no"

"So…he forcefully kissed you?" Greg asked, his tone a mix between worry and anger.

Morgan nodded "He said it would make me realise that I wanted to be back with him too. I tried to push him away but, he's a lot bigger than me"

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Greg asked fearfully as he placed a loving hand on Morgan's cheek and rubbed it delicately with his thumb. He couldn't stand to think how scared and trapped his wife must have felt.

"No" Morgan said with a reassuring smile "I was…shocked, to say the least. But don't worry, he didn't try anything else, I wouldn't let him."

"Are you sure?" Greg asked, sounding a little angry "Because if he did, I swear to God I'll…"

Morgan placed a finger on his lips to silence him "You're so cute when you're mad" she said lovingly.

"I don't like the thought of him forcing himself on you like that, baby" Greg said firmly. "He's not going to keep on harassing you is he?"

"Nah, I told him where to go after I finally managed to fight him off" Morgan said coolly "And then I slapped him in the face" she said with a smile.

"That's my girl" Greg said with a light laugh as he pulled his wife into a tight hug, and closed his eyes. He never felt more content than he did just having Morgan in his arms. "I'm so sorry I ever thought you would cheat on me, baby" he said feeling awfully guilty knowing what Morgan had now been through. "I know you're far too caring to do something like that, I didn't want to believe it"

"I know Sweetie; it's me who should be apologising. I'm really sorry you saw that, I know it must have hurt you, and I would never want that." Morgan said sincerely. "But I was always going to tell you because, like I said, we don't keep secrets, no matter how bad they are"

"Yeah…" Greg said biting his lip a little nervously, and starting to feel even guiltier for not telling Morgan about his own problems sooner.

"So, are we okay?" Morgan asked a little nervously as she noticed that her husband seemed to be a lost in thought.

"Of course, baby" Greg said reassuringly. "You know, you can report him for assault if you wanted to?"

Morgan shook her head "No, like I said, I sorted him out. I just want to forget about him. You're all that matters to me now" she added with a smile.

Greg smiled back at her "I love you. And again, I'm sorry that this happened to you"

"It's okay" Morgan said with a smile "Now, how about I order us some dinner? I'm so beat I really can't be bothered to cook tonight"

"Me either, takeout sounds good" Greg said with a smile.

Morgan kissed him on the lips before going to find the menu, and Greg felt that a sense of normal had retuned.

The ex-lab tech decided he should probably call Nick and let him no everything was alright. The older man was certainly relieved to her that the couple had managed to talk things out, but he was not at all happy about Kyle Davies kissing Morgan; she was like a little sister to the Texan, and he didn't like the thought of her being trapped like that. Greg promised Nick that if Davies tried anything again, the older CSI was entitled to the first hit. Nick happily agreed.

An hour later and Greg and Morgan were sat on the couch watching TV with boxes of noodles. Morgan had her legs stretched out over her husband's lap, and Greg was just happy that she was still sat there, content with their love and lifestyle.

Morgan finished her box first and Greg looked at her surprised. "Wow, you normally never finish before I do!" he quipped with a gentle smile.

"I know, I've just been craving some Chinese food all day, you know? I've been feeling really hungry" Morgan said, rubbing her stomach a little as she still didn't feel that full.

"You've just been working hard" Greg told her.

"Yeah, I do feel really exhausted" Morgan said.

Greg smiled at her "Here, finish mine" he said handing over the box "I'm full anyways"

"Well, if you're sure" Morgan said, before beginning to shovel the noodles into her mouth once more. Neither of them thought anything of it after that.

Greg just laughed a little as he gently began to rub his wife's feet in a calming way. He was right where he wanted to be.