"…Steve I am telling you not only for my sake but your own too that you needed to talk to Emma, I said that this ignoring her to protect her and Oz thing was going to blow up in your face and it has. She is furious with you Steve, she can't even have your name mentioned in the house anymore. She doesn't even like me coming around the house because she knows your just going to end up coming up in the conversation…" Danny told Steve as the two of them talked through the telephones and the thick glass that were provided by the prison as past of the visitation system.

"Danny I know that you don't approve of my method and I'm not exactly doing the nicest thing by freezing out Emma but I am doing this to protect her and Oz. Too many people have been hurt already and the last thing I want is something to happen to either of them." Steve said, watching as Danny nodded in agreement. He knew that Danny didn't like this and what he was doing to his sister but he understood why he was doing this. The two of them may not agree on a lot of thins but keeping Emma and Oz safe was one of the rare things that they both happened to agree about.

"I know Steve but from where I'm sitting it's looking like you got the sweet part of this deal." Danny said as he ran a hand through his hair. "She knows that there is more to this than we're letting on and Emma wants answers. The most pressing question on hers and everyone's lips is why were you at the governors mansion that night?"

"You can't tell her Danny, trust me I want to tell her but it's better that we don't tell her right now, not until we bring Wo Fat to justice." Steve replied.

"Yeah that's part of the problem too Steve. When I said we got into it the other day, we really got into it and Emma mentioned several things about you Steve. A big part of it was the fact you don't tell her much about anything, not about what we're up to or about yourself. Stuff like that screams distrust to Emma and it's making her doubt you, she believes that you didn't kill Governor Jameson but everything else she is doubting. Especially the two of you and there's something else too…" Danny began and Steve didn't exactly like the sound of where he was going.

"What is it Danno?"

"She won't help at all. I tried asking her if she could find out what the DA had and Emma flat out refused, well she practically blew a gasket and yelled at me about how she's not risking her career. Em briefly mentioned ethics committees and disbarment but I think she's over reacting, big time." Danny wearily replied.

"I don't want to risk Emma's career and everything she's worked for, that's why insisted on her not getting involved with anything." Steve said, he knew how much Emma loved being a lawyer, even what made her go into law and how she made a bet with her best friend about whether she'd get into Harvard Law or not.

"Speaking of risk and my sister, I'd say you were at risk of losing her but that would be a lie Steve. Em kind of made it sound like, well she pretty much made it clear that the two of you were over and her and she kind of half joked about getting a new boyfriend… There was talk with her and Kim in front of me about an insurance adjudicator as a potential replacement for you."

"Seriously?" Steve questioned.

"Hey! I told you this would all backfire on you and she's be pissed but just be grateful that she hasn't decided to move back to New York, Jersey, D.C. or someone else like Chicago." Danny said brushing off Steve's concern.

"You'd think she'd move back to the mainland?" Steve asked actually sounding worried as he knew Emma tended to move around frequently and that was the last thing that he wanted her to do was actually leave.

Danny shook his head. "No. Oz is settled and as mad as she is with you and everything that is going on right now he's at the forefront of her mind. Em doesn't want to disrupt it as he's settled with friends and he likes it here. But she pretty much said she wasn't going anywhere and insinuated that you weren't a good enough reason to leave. She wants to give him the stability for the first time as the last few years whenever something has happened, she's packed up and left for pastures green."

"True, she didn't leave after what happened with Matt." Steve said feeling quite relieved at the prospect that Emma wasn't going anywhere because if she left Hawaii then it would make it that much harder for him to fix things with her once he got out of here.

"Exactly. As much as I hate to admit it but this pineapple infested hellhole has been good for both my nephew and my sister; you've been good for them both." Danny wirily noted.

"Is this you telling me that you finally approve of me dating your sister?"

"No." Danny quickly retorted. "All I'm saying is that I wouldn't worry about her getting a new boyfriend anytime soon given that she's in love with you for god knows what reasons but then again my sister has always been a little bit odd–"

"–What?" Steve asked interrupting Danny mid stream as he could have sworn he heard him say that Emma was in love with him.

"Yeah. Emma, my little sister is in love with you. She loves you Steven McGarrett, so you better figure out something. I'm not saying to call her and tell her everything but maybe just call her and speak to her for a minute. Just do anything to make her feel like she didn't fall in love with a complete an utter jackass." Danny advised and Steve sighed, that wasn't good news. Well it was because he felt the exact same way, he was in love with Emma but right now at this given time and the situation he was in, it just made things harder. He loved Emma and he wanted to be with her, but not like this. After everything she had been through he didn't want to hurt but in a way he was. The whole thing was messy and complicated.

"How is she? Emma I mean, like overall?" Steve asked, feeling the need to know how Emma was doing given that he hadn't spoken or seen her in days all down to his own doing but that didn't mean he didn't miss her because he did.

"Apart from angry and a constant pain in my ass? She's fine, worried about you although she's pretending like she doesn't care anymore but she's worried but you know Em, she doesn't like anyone knowing when there's something on her mind. Oz and Kim are helping to distract her from everything because things aren't exactly well for her at work at the moment. She got pulled into a meeting with the new governor yesterday but she won't budge about what it was about. If I keep pushing her she'll eventually push me away Steve." Danny replied.

"Then stop. I've forced her to push me away, I don't want her to do the same thing to you Danno as then both of us will be in the doghouse and I'm kind of counting on you to help me get back into your sisters good graces."

Danny scoffed. "Never going to happen. It's everyman for himself when it comes to getting back in Emma's good books so you're on your own McGarrett…"