Dov slammed his bottle down in irritation.

All day he had tried to talk to Chloe…she had been on booking and he had been on patrol which made things difficult but he had tried.

But somehow every time he approached her Wes magically appeared and lingered making it impossible. Chloe was acting strange too. She averted eye contact and didn't say much.

Dov had been combing through the man's file for the past week and nothing suggested anything other than stellar cop.

He glanced up as Wes walked in the Penny behind Chloe. Wes stopped to talk to someone and Chloe glanced his way. She looked away quickly and headed for the bathroom. Dov stood. He could at least wait in the hallway.

Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder.

Wes.

Wes stared at him for a long moment before speaking softly.

"Epstein I'm gonna have to insist you stay away from my wife. She just about died and she doesn't need someone following her around making puppy eyes at her."

Something inside Dov snapped.

He lunged into Wes fists flying.

For a moment Wes was shocked and didn't respond but then Dov lurched back as a punch caught the side of his head. For a moment he saw stars before socking Wes in the jaw. He was vaguely aware of people shouting at them to stop but he couldn't, wouldn't. He needed to let the frustration out. Suddenly he was being pulled back. Dov struggled.

Chris. Why would Chris stop me?

He watched as Nick tackled Wes and held him back. Gail stepped in between them. She gave Wes a look that could have frozen the Sahara before turning to Dov.

"You ok?"

No he wasn't okay. Dov felt like he'd been hit by a truck and his eyes were starting to swim. He tried nodding.

Gail grabbed his arm.

"Chris I need your keys."

Chris nodded and threw them to her. She pulled Dov towards the door. She needed to get him out of here before he really lost in. She couldn't let him cry. Not in front of Wes.

Dov glanced back and saw Chloe standing there, tears in her eyes.

Wes yelled after him.

"You are unstable man. And pathetic, find your own wife."

His words rang in Dov's ears as he let Gail lead him towards the car. He whimpered softly but Gail shook her head.

"Not yet Dov. Hang on."

She opened the door for Dov before going around and starting the car.

As she pulled the car to the the road Dov lowered his head to his knees. Gail glanced as his shoulders started shaking.

Dov lifted his head as he felt the car stop. The wharf.

Gail handed him a coffee and opened the door. Slowly Dov followed her. She sat down and studied Dov.

He drew in a long shaky breath as he sat beside her.

"Why wouldn't she tell me?"

Gail sighed.

"Because she didn't want to spoil something good."

Dov looked at her.

"Why are you being nice? You never liked Chloe."

Gail nodded.

"You're right."

She sighed.

"But you're my friend Dov and I'm a pretty loyal person. It's my one good quality."

Dov shook his head.

He took a deep breath.

"I can't do this Gail. Seeing her everyday but knowing we'll never be together."

Gail stared at him…something in his tone troubled her.

"What are you going to do about it?"

Dov stared at the water for a long moment before speaking again.

"Jacob invited me to be part of task force, Long term undercover."

Gail's mouth opened in silent protest and she stared ahead.

"You're leaving?"

He nodded. Gail felt like crying. Everyone always left her behind. Nick had twice, Chris had gone on. Nobody ever picked her though. And Dov had been there the whole time. She was losing another friend.

"When?"

Dov sighed.

"When the trial is over."

Gail nodded slowly.

"Thank you…for not just leaving."

Dov nodded.

"Will you…watch out for Chloe for me?"

Gail smiled sadly.

"Can I kill her?"

Dov smiled in spite of himself and put an arm around her shoulder.

Gail leaned on him and tried not to cry.

"Ok, but promise me when you come back we'll come here and you'll tell me all your stupid secrets and how you thought about Chloe every single minute."

Dov chuckled.

"The second I'm back."

Gail smiled and they shook hands on it.