Emma sat reclined on her couch with her feet propped up on the coffee table with a half a drunken glass of red wine in her hand. The last five days had been an incredibly long and stressful day and the wine was helping her unwind. This whole Steve apparently murdering the governor had everyone talking not only in Emma's office but the entire department for obvious reasons but she was sick of hearing about it already. Not in really bad way as it was sad that the governor was dead but hearing the theories why her boyfriend had killed the governor.
"…Harry is out like a light, I'm surprised he managed to stay up as long as he did but he was adamant about staying up to see you."
"Thank you for everything Kim, I owe you big time." Emma said as she was joined by her former sister in law Kimberley Oswald who seemed to be her lifesaver as Emma doubted she wouldn't be able to cope if it wasn't for Kim offering to extend her trip to help out with Harry since this whole Steve ordeal started.
"Hey, it's no problem Em! I love being here and spending time with you and Oz, I see Pete's kids all the time and whilst I love them sometimes they drive me up the wall so it's been nice for me to come out here and spend sometime with one of my favourite nephews." Kim said as she took a sip of her own wine. "He knows something is wrong Emma, Harry is just like George when it comes to picking up tense atmospheres."
"I know. But I have no idea what to tell him Kim as I have no idea what is going on myself, I'm not allowed to go near the case at work and my friend Cecile can't tell me anything as she's Steve attorney. The only information I get is occasionally by Danny and from the news and even then it isn't mush. I don't know how I'm going to tell Harry because he adores Steve, I couldn't even tell him about Matt because I knew how much Harry adored him. Matt running off broke his little heart and I don't want to do that again, Harry has lost too many people already." Emma wearily said.
"It'll be okay, you'll figure it out Em. You always do." Kimberly reassured her.
"You being here means a lot to me Kim. I couldn't have coped this last few days without you. Harry adores you so much, he's missed you so much and having you come out means a lot and I love having you here too. I'm just sorry all of this stuff popped up. You know I was worrying how to tell you, Tim, Louise and Peter that I was in a relationship, I never expected that my boyfriend would be arrested for murder… " Emma replied.
"Don't be sorry, none of this is your fault. I happy to do this and help out when needed, you've got a lot on your plate. I want to be here with my family that much so I'm thinking of extending my trip longer, if you'll have me…" Kim coyly offered.
"We'd love to have you Kim and you know that the guest room is yours, for however long you want it. You are always welcome here." Emma said before being interrupted by her doorbell going off and rather reluctantly she dragged herself off the couch and made her way over to the front door. Looking through the peephole Emma say it was Danny much to her dismay, given how the two of them weren't exactly getting alone at the moment because of this whole Steve business. Despite not wanting to see or talk to him Emma opened the door. "What do you want Danny?"
"We need to talk." Danny solemnly said.
"Make it quick." Emma said opening the door wider so he could come in, shutting the door behind him once he had come in, Emma quickly made her way back to the couch and resumed drinking her glass of wine. If she were going to talk to Danny, about what she presumed would be about Steve she needed alcohol.
"Hello Kimberly." Danny began addressing Kim.
"Hello Daniel." Kim said replying in a rather dry tone of voice, her and Danny got perfectly well most of the time although the two of them had a thing about calling each other by their full name.
"So what do you want Danny? And whatever you want to say Danny, you can say in front of Kim." Emma idly said.
"I need a favor–" Danny began.
"–Forget it. Never going to happen." Emma interrupted.
"You don't even know what I'm going to ask!"
Emma rolled her eyes. "I don't need to know the specifics, all I have to know is that you want and whatever it is will most likely put me in an awkward place or make me feel very uncomfortable. And I don't want either so whatever you want or need from me your not going to get. I'm sorry, but you'll have to go find someone else."
"Look Em, I've got someone coming in who may be able to help Steve but he needs to know what the D.A.'s office currently have and with Five-0 currently disbanded I'm having a hard time getting any information from your office." Danny explained.
"Danny how many times do I have to tell you no? I have told you repeatedly that I cannot go anywhere near this case, I have been warned several times including by the D.A himself who is my boss that if I so much as sniff around this case then I am done for. I'll be out of a job and probably be reported to the ethics committee and facing disbarment–" Emma firmly stated.
"Em, this is Steve we're talking about!
"I don't care if it's the dalai fricking lama, I'm not risking my job. Just because Five-0 made a frequent habit of breaking the rules to get the job done doesn't mean the rest of us work like that. I have a family to provide for or have you forgotten about your nephew? I am sorry about Steve but I cannot help you Danny, you are on your own for this one. Oh and by the way? If Steve wants my help, then he can call me himself."
"Emma…" Danny began with a sigh.
"The last time I checked Steve didn't want my help in any shape or form, he doesn't even want to talk to me or see me, so why should I bother anymore? I've tried but Steve either doesn't want to listen or just doesn't care so I'm just going to give up on him and me. Why should I bother when Steve clearly doesn't want to?" Emma questioned. Don't worry, I'm not leaving Hawaii. I wouldn't move because of him. I'll just find myself a new boyfriend, someone who has a more stable job and doesn't go around getting arrested for murder like an insurance adjudicator. What do you think Kim? I think it sounds like a plan."
"Sounds like a plan." Kim quipped.
"Your mad and you have every right to Emma but your not looking at the bigger picture, Steve is doing this for a reason. He is trying to protect you!" Danny reasoned.
"Doing this to protect me? From what Danny? What the hell is so bad that Steve feels that he must protect me? And by the way why has Steve taken it upon himself to protect me? I didn't ask him to and I most certainly don't need him to. I'm perfectly fine and he's not even here." Emma stated.
"I can't tell you Em. I wish I could but I can't Steve made me promise not to say a word. I know it's frustrating…"
"You know what it sounds like? It sounds like you are taking Steve's side in all of this. My own brother siding with my locked up boyfriend instead of his own sister. Real nice Danny… Let me what I've noticed about Steve? He doesn't talk. Well of course he talks but he never talks about himself. I barely know anything about his parents and what happened to them, I know a bit about his career and most of that I got from Mary. This whole week I've discovered how frustrating that is. I barely know any personal stuff pertaining to Steve's family and his life but he practically knows everything about me. He knows about you, Harry, George, Olly and Matt! Steve even knows about the car accident, there isn't anything that he doesn't know about so don't talk to me about knowing frustrating!" Emma snapped careful to keep her voice down low as not to wake Harry.
"Em…" Danny quietly said.
"If you won't tell me what's going on and Steve won't have anything to do with me then forget getting any help from me. I'm not helping people who treat me like an idiot or better yet a child who needs to be hidden and protected from the big bad world." Emma hissed.
"You love him Emma." Danny stated.
"And? Both you and I made it clear to Steve when I got involved with him that Harry came first. I love Harry more and I will not have him get caught up in all of this, I did not bring my son here to get attached to another man whose just going to leave him. So whatever it is you need Danny, you had better figure it out without me…"