Adam is laying on his side of the bed and caresses Liz shoulder. He hates it when the brunette isn't talking to him about the things that are bothering her and the fact that it is keeping them awake all night. He takes a deep breath and is glancing down at his fiancée. "Liz, talk to me."
Liz is chewing on the inside of her cheek and frowns deeply. She isn't sure if she really should tell him about her suspicion because he is a person who had to go through something like this himself. She looks up at him and opens her mouth, but then she stops herself. "I can't."
"You can't, or you don't want to," he asks harshly back.
She can understand his reaction and is sitting up now. "I think Chaz is cheating on Leslie."
"What," Adam is asking louder and is sitting up as well. "What makes you think that?"
She hesitates and runs an hand through her hair. "Chaz had said something today that seemed strange to me. It sounded like he is unhappy with Leslie and then I asked her if she and Chaz are okay."
"Are they?"
"She told me that they have financial problems and that this is the reason why Chaz is taking extra shifts."
Adam is glancing long at her and shrugs. "There you have your explanation, he isn't cheating on her."
"Leslie also thought that he would have a double shift tonight again."
"Oh."
Liz is nodding approvingly and grit her teeth. "Yeah. So, I called Chaz on my way home to ask him if he wanna join me for a couple of drinks at Greely's."
"Why did you do that," he asks and furls his eyebrows.
"To see what his excuse is to turn my invitation down." She answers matter-of-factly.
Adam is nodding slowly. "Note to myself: do not cheat on Elizabeth Rizzoli-Isles." He winces as she's slapping his chest and clears his throat. "All right, all right. With what did Chaz come up?"
Liz takes a deep breath and furrows her eyebrows. "That he already would be at home."
"Idiot." Adam grumbles and clenches his teeth. "I'm gonna kill him."
"No, you are not allowed to do anything." She's warning him and looks long at him. "I am going to talk to him first before I declare open season on Chaz."
He purses his lips and huffs. "Fine. You have to tell Leslie."
"Adam." Liz replies and rolls her eyes.
"I mean it, Liz. She is your best friend."
"Exactly," she replies and gets out of the bed. "She is my best friend and I'd like to leave it that way."
He sighs heavily and raises his eyebrows high. "Leslie will be hurt in the first place, that's for sure. But it is better that she hears it from you than to find it out herself after a couple of months, don't you think?"
Liz groans and gets back into the bed. She can see where he is coming from and sadly she has to admit that he is right. "Yes," she whispers and places her head on his chest. She frowns as she eyes the red spot on it and runs an hand over it. "This probably is going to be a bruise."
Adam scoffs and shrugs. "That wouldn't be the first one I get because of you."
She is blinking a couple of times and frowns. "Jerk."
"Why," he asking laughingly. "Because it's true?"
Liz is huffing and shakes her head. "Turn off the light, Adam."
"Or what?"
She looks up again and arches an eyebrow.
Adam takes a deep breath and is doing as he has been told.
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Liz is standing at the Café and is talking to a colleague from DCU and nods slowly as the woman tells her about her last arrest as Liz is spotting Chaz as he enters the building with a blond female officer she never has seen before. And something tells her that this woman is the origin of the problem.
She excuses herself and walks up to her friend who is vilified talking with the other officer. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Chaz is looking confused at her and nods approvingly. "Yeah, sure." He says and follows her into a empty room. "What's wrong, Liz?"
"Why did you lie to me last night?" Liz asks unceremoniously and crosses her arms over her chest.
"Excuse me," he asks back and frowns.
"Last night, you told me that you would be at home as I called you, but I haven't seen you around."
The color is draining from Chaz his face and he shifts his weight from one foot to the other. "You … have been at my place last night?"
"Yes."
"You conned me?"
Liz is worrying her bottom lip and takes a step forward. "You didn't give me a other chance, Chaz. You said strange thing yesterday morning and it made me suspicious, that's why I drove to your house to see if Leslie is all right."
Chaz buries his face in his hands and groans. "You could've asked me."
"So you could flat-out lie to me," she asks emphatically and furrows her eyebrows. "Tell me, do you cheat on her?"
Chaz is hesitating and licks and heaves a sigh. "Liz, it's complicated."
"So you do," she states and wants to punch his face. "With the blond chick?"
"Sarah and I had to work late and we went out for a drink after the shift." Chaz is trying to explain. "And one thing led to the other."
"Oh, my God, Chaz." Liz is groaning and swallows hard. "Leslie is the mother of your son, she is your wife."
"I know that, Liz." He replies a little louder. "It's not like I don't know that. But every night I come home it's the same old song. Leslie and I don't have time for each other anymore, all right. We eat, we go to bed and every single night Damian -"
Oh no, no, no." Liz cuts him off and shoves her index finger into his chest, glaring warningly at him. "Don't you dare using Leslie or Damian as excuse for your indiscretion, Charles. They have nothing to do with your decision."
Chaz is swallowing hard and frowns deeply. "Don't tell Leslie about it."
Liz is looking long at him and she isn't sure if she understood his plea correctly. "Are you serious? You have the nerve to ask me to lie to my best friend."
"If you tell Leslie about it you are ruining my marriage, Liz."
"No," she growls dangerously. "No, you are the one who ruined it, Chaz, no one else. I give you the chance to tell Leslie about it yourself."
"Liz," Chaz says as she is about to leave the room.
Liz is turning back to him and clenches her teeth. "Either you tell Leslie or I do it." She says before she finally leaves the room and slams the door shut.
She closes her eyes for a brief moment and is heading to the elevator.
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Liz is entering the apartment and is a little surprised that she finds Adam standing in the kitchen. "And what are we doing?"
Adam is looking up and shrugs. "We are preparing dinner."
She smiles broadly and walks up to him. "And I thought you couldn't get more perfect." She says and kisses him. "And what are we having for dinner?"
"Um, I felt for Avocado Caprese skillet chicken." He answers and smirks he sees her expression. "I was surprise that you don't stop by at Leslie's tonight."
Liz takes a deep breath and shoves a slice of mozzarella into her mouth. "Well, it is late already and I gave Chaz time until tomorrow."
Adam is nodding slowly and then he shakes his head. "I didn't thought that Chaz would be a cheater."
Liz shakes her head as well and presses her lips to a thin line together. Not only her fiancé is disappointed about the betrayal, she is too. Especially because she knows that it will devastate her best friend.
She furls her eyebrows when someone is knocking on the apartment door. "Are you expecting someone."
Adam turns the corners of his mouth downward and shakes his head. "Nope."
Liz sighs loudly and makes her way to the door. All she wanted to do was to go home, take a shower, get dressed in something comfortable and have dinner with her future husband.
She is taking a look through the peephole and doesn't need to think twice, opening the door. She looks into the face of a crying Leslie and she knows that Chaz must have told her about his affair.
"Did you know, Liz." Leslie sobs and frowns.
Liz is furrowing her brows and steps to the side to let her friend come in. "Let's talk about it inside."
"Did he cheat on me with you?" Leslie is asking all of a sudden.
The brunette feels like her friend has slapped her face and blinks a couple of times. She hasn't expect such a allegation and she shudders. "Leslie, you should know that I would never do such thing to you."
Leslie nods slowly to herself and furrows her eyebrows. "Do you know with whom he cheated on me?"
Liz is swallowing hard and points over her shoulder. "Please, come on in."
"Answer my question."
"I only know that her name is Sarah and that she is a officer too. That's all I know."
Leslie is nodding again and a painful sob escapes from her throat. "Since when did you know?"
Liz is licking her lips and frowns. "Since the day after Chaz and I went for a jog." She can see the pain in her best friends eyes and she takes a step forward. "Leslie, I am so sorry."
The redhead backs away and holds her hands up. "This isn't any better than cheating on me, Liz. You shoulda tell me the in the moment you got to know about it. You are not better than Chaz."
"Leslie." The brunette tries and the pain is evident in her voice.
Leslie is turning around and shakes her head. "I gotta get out of here before I do something stupid." She says and starts to walk away again.
Liz is stand dumbfounded there and watches her best friend disappear around the corner. As soon as Leslie rounds the corner, Liz is feeling like the redhead has stabbed her heart with a knife and twisted it.
She forces her lungs to work again and inhales shakily the air, closing the door again. She can feel Adam's eyes on her and shakes her head. "I need a moment for myself." She states and heads to the bedroom door.
Adam is clenching his teeth and nods approvingly. He knows better than to follow her in this moment and grant her those minutes alone. He runs an hand through his hair and heaves a sigh. I am going to kill Chaz for real.
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Jane is spotting her daughter sitting at her desk and typing something into the keyboard. She claps her hands behind her back together and purses her lips as she is strolling over to the desk, flopping down on the chair next to it. "Hey."
Liz isn't looking at her mother and arches an eyebrow. "Hi."
"What are you doing?"
"Finishing a report."
Jane takes a deep breath and looks around. "You shouldn't be working anymore."
The younger woman is stopping her task but still isn't looking at Jane. "Excuse me?"
Jane notices her mistake and frowns a little. "Not not working anymore at all. I mean, not working anymore for the rest of the month."
Adam is clearing his throat and gets up from his chair. "I go and grab a coffee."
"Was that your idea," Liz asks and he furls his eyebrows.
"He has nothing to do with it." Jane states and Adam hurries out of the room.
Jane is licking her lips and looks worriedly at her daughter. "You should go home and focus on your wedding instead of sitting here and bury yourself in work. Go and have a talk with Leslie."
The younger woman's shoulders are slumping now and she takes a deep breath. Since the evening Leslie has shown up at her place, she hasn't spoken to the redhead anymore. It's not like she hasn't tried it, but every time she had called Leslie declined the call. And when Liz was standing in front of the door, Leslie didn't open it.
She looks at her mother and shrugs. "I tried to talk to her, but no matter what I do, she ignores me."
"Chaz has hurt her a lot."
"I know, and so did I. She is right, you know. I should have told her immediately."
"You did what you thought is right." Jane objects and places an hand on Liz arm.
"And made everything worse." Liz counter and shrugs with a sigh. "I can understand that she is mad at me."
Jane is looking long at Liz and squeezes her arm. "Go home, get some sleep and don't come back until your honeymoon is over."
Liz is furling her eyebrows and scoffs. "Is that what you have done yourself before your own wedding?"
The lieutenant is narrowing her eyes and licks her lips. "Um -"
Liz is chuckling now and leans back in her chair. "I take that as a no."
Jane is smiling broadly and rolls her eyes. "Just because I didn't do it doesn't mean that you have to follow my example, Liz."
The younger woman nods slowly to herself and takes a moment. "I know, Ma. But if I am staying at home for the rest of the month I am going crazy, and probably gonna hurt Chaz. And that's something none of us wants to happen."
"No," Jane snickers. "probably not."
"I really would like to finish the report, go home and come back in the morning." Liz says and frowns a little.
Jane can see the determination in her daughter's eyes and nods slowly. "All right. Your mother is going to kill me, but okay."
"I'll make sure that it's gonna be a nice service." Liz says with a smile on her lips.
Jane is grunting amused and gives the younger brunette a shove before she gets up from the chair.
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Liz is sitting at the counter of Greely's and is staring at the label of the beer in her hand. She has to swallow hard and frowns a little as she sees a movement in the corner of her eye. She is thinking that it is Adam or someone she is working with and doesn't turn her head, sipping her beer.
"I knew that I would see you again some day," a male voice, that doesn't belong to her fiancé, says.
She turns her head and glances into dark brown eyes of which she is sure she already have seen. She also recognizes his face but she can't tell what is name is or why she is knowing him. She perks her eyebrows and smiles. "Did you?"
He nods and chuckles amused. "You don't seem to recognize me."
Liz is smiling sheepishly and sighs. "I know that I know you."
"We know each other pretty well." He states and has a smug smile. "But we haven't been talking a lot."
Her smile is fading and a frown is finding its way onto her forehead as realization sets in. Oh, crap, she thinks to herself and is shifting in her seat. "Liam."
"Lucas," he corrects her.
"Right." She says and empties the bottle. She arches an eyebrows as soon as she feels an hand on her thigh and she wants to break it. This is exactly not what I need right now. She is smiling again and brushes the hand off the said thigh. "I am taken."
Lucas shrugs once again. "He doesn't need to know."
"He is knowing already." Liz hears the voice of Adam coming from behind her and has to suppress a smile. "Get lost or I'll hurt you."
The other man ducks his head and is gone as fast as he had showed up.
Adam is snorting and is sitting down on the chair and looks deep into her eyes. "I am gone for five minutes and a random guy is hitting on you?" If he wouldn't have witnessed the whole scene, he would be furious right now.
Liz is smirking and raises an shoulder.
"I think I have to lock you up and throw the key away." He chuckles and orders a new round.
"And how are you suppose to come into that room?"
"I lock the door from the inside." He answers and is now the one who places an hand on her thigh, daring her with his eyes.
She is smirking again and this time she doesn't brush the hand off. She can tell that he isn't mad at her and is relieved about that because she isn't sure if she could handle another person who don't talk to her anymore. "I am sorry for accusing you for telling Ma to send me home."
He snorts and shakes his head. "No need to, Liz."
"It feels like I am currently screwing everything up."
Adam is about to open his mouth when the entrance door of the bar gets open and is frowning all of a sudden.
Liz can see his confusion and turns her body to the door. Oh, great. Now, the day is perfect, she thinks as soon as she sees Leslie and heaves a sigh when the redhead spots her and starts to walk toward them.
Leslie is licking her lips and nods. "Hi, Adam."
He keeps an straight face and nods back. "Hi."
She touches Liz' elbow lightly and frowns. "Hey."
Liz isn't quite sure what to say and is only smiling a little.
Adam clears his throat and frowns. "Leslie, can I buy you a drink?"
The other woman hesitates and is silently asking Liz for permission. She nods when the brunette doesn't say anything. "I haven't had a beer for a while."
"All right, then." He says and orders a third one.
"Liz, I am sorry for not answering the door or your calls." Leslie says conciliatorily and is sure that the shake of the brunette's head isn't meant negatively. "But I was deeply hurt, I am still deeply hurt but that isn't your fault. I shouldn't have assumed that Chaz had cheated on me with you, or said that you betrayed me in the same extent. I know that you tried to protect me and to give him the chance to tell me by himself."
Liz can feel the tears in her eyes and she nods. "I did, yes."
Leslie is pausing and blinks a couple of times. "I can understand if you are still mad at me, but I want to apologize for being a jerk. And I am here to apologize because I can't miss my best friend's wedding."
"Honey," Liz says softly but is frowning. "I have been never mad at you, not for one second. And I am glad that you are here tonight."
"So we're good?"
"Hell, yeah." Liz answers and engulfs her friend in a tight hug instantly.
Leslie doesn't hesitate in this moment and is mouthing Thank you to Adam.
He smiles at her and nods relieved. He has texted her to meet him at Greely's briefly before Liz and he had left for the evening because he couldn't take the misery of his fiancée anymore. Good deed for the day, check, he thinks to himself and takes a swig of his beer