A/N:

guests Thanks for the reviews and complements. td you are asking question that I cannot answer without revealing too much about what is to happen down the road but your question are spot on. they will be addressed later in the story. So lets address the question I can answer Yes Klaus will figure out Hope is his daughter. In fact in this very chapter. And as for now and some time in future only Klaus and Hayley will know about their little family. It is their secret and they dont want to share with anyone because of various reason. Some are being discussed in this and the next chapter. LOL yes it is a Klayley story. Starting from this very chapter. But you know my stories are slow built up. this one specially because it is a bit different from the others. Klayley ride will not be smooth in this story. I hope I get to show you the bumpy ride the way I have it in my mind. I will try to uploaed as soon as I can.

Synopsis :Klaus find out more secrets of Hayley's past that are connected to him. Hayley starts looking for a new job.

Klaus felt as if he had been standing there forever when he heard a sound that startled him out of his thought. He looked toward her cab and saw it pulling out on the road. He stood there looking at the cab disappear around the corner. He felt lost and that knowledge was a shock which took him by surprise considering that he was a detective and in the past, he had dealt with worse situation than this.

He walked back to his car after he stood in the dark watching the cab disappear out of his sight. He sat in his car but couldn't start it as every single interaction flashed thought his mind; and it all started to make sense to him why she was so nervous around him and why was she scared of him. He put his forehead on the steering wheel wondering 'how it was possible. How could it be that out of all the girls in the whole world Hayley Marshall, his secretary who probably had an affair with his father, turned out to be the one whom he had raped'.

With each passing minute the pit in his stomach was getting bigger and bigger and then he groaned in anguish as he remembered something from her file and he realized that she was only seventeen when he…. He couldn't finish the thought. He suddenly felt sick. He got out of the car and started throwing up near a bush. He wondered 'when did she know? Was it the first time she saw him'? and then he remembered her reaction when she saw him that first day. He wondered why didn't she say anything? tell anyone and then the words echoed "I need this job." And he remembered the loan she asked for and how he refused to give it to her, but she go it from Elijah. He hit his forehead on the steering wheel again and couldn't help thinking about their interactions. Her fear, her nervousness, all of it was starting to make sense to him. He looked up and after staring into the void for a moment he deliberated whether he should tell her. Part of his mind was telling him to call her whereas the other part was telling him to keep a lid on it.

At last he started his car, drove towards his penthouse feeling thoroughly depressed. As he entered his penthouse he felt her presence.

He said "Caroline, not right now. I… " but she cut him off and said "what is wrong with you? I thought I would give you a surprise and you are acting like a jerk. Are you having an affair? Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?"

Klaus said absentmindedly "no. But I don't want to be with anyone right now. Can you leave me alone?"

Caroline looked at him and said with frustration "Klaus this is not fair. We have only three months left to our wedding. If you are having second thoughts please talk to me. We can discuss anything, resolve any issue".

Klaus said trying to focus on her and their issue "I do need to talk to you about something but not right now. Right now I want to be alone".

Caroline looked at him for a couple of minutes and then left with a sigh.

After she left Klaus walked to his room, sat on the bed with his hand in his head and the image of him raping that girl in that stall flashed through his eyes but to his anguish this time he saw her face clearly and he could see the resemblance under that heavy makeup and those tears. He didn't know how long he sat like that, reliving his past, staring at the bite marks on the side of his palm, drenched in guilt. He felt as if his heart will explode with the guilt and the burden he was feeling and then all of a sudden he got up and threw the lamp on the side table across the room and before he knew it he was throwing things across the room. He yelled in anger and ran his fingers through his hair after a few minutes when he saw that there was nothing left to break any more. He fell on his knees on the ground and held his head and said desperately "nooo".

He looked at his wrist watch and realized it was 10 pm. He stood up from the ground as he heard a knock at the door. He sighed, took a deep breath to calm himself down and walked to the door and opened it. He said "hey Joe, is everything okay?"

Joe asked "your downstairs neighbors called and said they heard disturbance from your apartment".

Klaus said controlling his anger and anguish "oh it was tv. I am sorry".

Joe said "it is fine. I just wanted to make sure you are okay".

Klaus said "yes, I am fine. thanks".

After the man left, Klaus closed the door and leaned against it for a few seconds and went to lie on the bed feeling dejected. He closed his eyes and tried to think about something else but it was impossible.. The thought that she had to work with him, her rapist every day off and on in the last two months was tormenting him to no extend. He realized that because of his line of work, he of all people understood how she must have felt. He sat up realizing that she didn't have other option because of her expensive cancer treatment.

He tried to sleep but could. Eventually he managed to get a shut eye near dawn. By the time he woke up it was already ten. He changed his clothes hastily and left the penthouse. As he sat in his car he realized it was a day off in the office because of Employee appreciation day. He sat there for a moment and then drove towards her apartment building.

He looked up at the building thinking whether he should talk to her or not but then climbed two stairs at a time and rang the bell. As he stood impatiently waiting for the door to open he wondered 'what will he talk to her about?' He was lost in his thoughts when the door opened and he was startled out of his thoughts when the same young girl from the other day said "you! how can i help you?"

Klaus said nervously "I am looking for Ms Marshall".

Amy said "It is her day off today so she is gone to the park with Hope".

Klaus said anxiously "can you tell me which park?"

Amy looked at him for a moment with thoughtful eyes and then said "Anderson park, just around the corner".

He said "thank you" and turned to leave when it hit him.

He said to himself in an undertone "no that cannot be" but turned slowly towards the door again and said controlling his racing heart beat "can you tell me how old Hope is? I was thinking of buying her a gift but i wanted to know how old she is".

Amy smiled and said "she will be five in June".

She continued without realizing that she had just made Klaus's heart stopped beating "I can suggest a gift for her. She loves dolls".

He whispered "thank you".

He turned and started going down the stairs absorbing what he had just found out. He sat in his car and put his head on the steering wheel wondering 'how many more shocks can he take?' How much wrong he had done to Hayley? He raped her and then he gave her the reminder of that rape'. He thought about that child and recalled the weird pull he had felt both times he had seen her.

He started his car and pull it on the road and started driving in the direction Amy had told him. One block down the road he saw the park on the left. He parked the car in the parking lot of the park and went towards the swings and slides swarmed with kids of all ages and sizes. He looked around looking for her and then he spotted her staring into the space. He walked to her and said "Ms. Marshall!" startling her.

Hayley had been feeling really anxious since last night. Something was nagging her that he had recognized her but then she said to herself "how could he? He was so drunk. Surely he wouldn't remember him biting her".

She had spend all her night thinking about it and even now in the park she was lost in her thoughts with her hand on her shoulder thinking if he had recognized her or not but praying that he didn't when she heard him say her name.

She looked towards him, jumped up and asked "Mr. Mikaelsons! What are you doing here? how did you know I was here?"

Klaus searched for something on her face and to his heart break he saw it; the anguish and the anxiety that he had seen so many times on the face of the victims of a crime when facing their accuser. He said "your roommate told me".

Hayley said in an angry tone "Mr Mikaelsons I don't appreciate you coming to my house uninvited. You came once before too. I would appreciate if we keep our interaction purely professional".

When he didn't say anything she thought 'may be I was wrong. He didn't recognize her. Thanks god'.

She said to him after a moment trying to sound casual "I have told you that I need the job and that is why I am working for you. Please respect that and give me my space".

She started to leave when he said to her "listen to me please. I remember. I know …" throwing a bucket of cold water on her.

Hayley recovered quickly and cut him off by stepping back and saying forcefully "what are you talking about?"

Klaus said in frustration "I remember. I know it was you whom I… … but you have to know that I was drunk and I never…".

He couldn't finish his sentence seeing different colors on her face.

Hayley said in a barely audible voice "Mr. Mikalesons you are confusing me with someone else".

Klaus stepped closer and said "I am not. For some reason I distinctly remember those bite marks even if I didn't remember your face".

Hayley hastily looked around and said "I don't want to listen to anything. I cannot be with you right now. Can you please let me go? Hope…is coming over. Please go".

Klaus said "I need to find out…"

He paused for a second during which Hayley felt her life was about to turn upside down and it actually did when he asked "she is mine right?"

Hayley shook her head and said "no".

Klaus stared at her face seeing the lie and said "If I have to I will do the paternity test".

Before she could stop herself the words were out "please don't" making his heart sink.

He said in a barely audible voice "oh my god. Hayley I…".

Hayley snapped "Ms Marshall for you Mr. Mikealsons" and then she sensed some gazes on them and looked around and said "people are starting to look at us".

Klaus looked around and saw a couple of people looking at them. He took a step towards her but stopped when she took one back from him. He took a deep breath and said "Ms Marshall we need to talk about this".

Hayley felt like screaming at him but she took a deep breath and said "Mr. Mikaelsons please don't make a scene. I know you were drunk but that does not excuse you. What is done cannot be undone. I am with my daughter here. I don't want to talk about it. Can you please leave us alone?"

Klaus said "I will but please give me a chance to explain".

Hayley shook her head trying to control the tears ready to fall from her eyes "no I dont want to talk to you about that".

Klaus saw the glitter of tears in her eyes and that just made the matter worse, tried to look away from her eyes but couldn't and said "at least let me talk to her"

Hayley said at once "no".

Klaus shook his head in desperation and said "Just let me talk to her just one time".

Hayley looked at Hope coming down the slide and then the desperation on his face and said "If I let you, you will leave us alone".

When he didn't answer she said "you will leave us alone then right?"

He at last nodded. She continued saying "You will not tell anyone about your relationship with my daughter not even your family or hope herself".

Klaus was quiet for a moment absorbing what she had said and then asked "is that the condition for me to talk to my own daughter?"

Hayley felt sick hearing "my own daughter" from his mouth but said "take it or leave it".

Before he could stop himself the words were out "I can take you to court. Seeing my family's name…" He stopped talking as he saw her face paling making him suddenly very guilty.

As he looked at her with heavy guilt in his heart, she stepped forward and said coldly ""Mr. Mikalesons lets get one thing straight. I know you will not tell anyone about Hope because even if you don't land in jail because of your family name or because the statue of limitation of five years has expired in this state or because any other means still your family name will be tarnished. If there is anything I have learned from Mikael it is his pride over his family name. So please don't ever threaten me again. I am not that seventeen year old girl who couldn't defend herself".

She suddenly realized that she had one finger touching his chest while she was talking to him. She stepped back and retreated her finger and at the same time got a big satisfaction seeing different colors on Klaus's face.

She got a big satisfaction seeing different colors on Klaus's face.

Klaus felt as if someone had thrown cold water on him. He said softly "I know".

Hayley who was ready for further angry outburst was taken aback by the way he said "I know". She looked into his eyes and saw guilt which took her by surprise. She shook her head and said "you can talk to her for a minute".

She took a deep breath and walked to where Hope was playing and said "Hope, come here".

Klaus looked around and saw her running towards them.

She ran to him and said excitedly "Klaus".

Klaus felt a tug at his heart. He instinctively looked at Hayley who was looking at Hope. He knelt down and said "hello Hope".

He paused and felt really awkward and wondered what he should talk to her about and then said with slight hesitation "are you having fun here?"

Hope looked at Hayley and said "yes, mommy and I have fun here".

Hayley smiled and said "okay Hope, Go and play. we are going home in 10 minutes".

Hope looked at Klaus and said "bye".

Klaus stood up and stared at her running away from them and then looked at Hayley and asked "were you ever going to tell me?"

Hayley looked at him and said "no" with so much hatred that he felt a drop in his stomach. He said "Hayley!"

But she cut him off and said in a cold voice "Mr Mikaelson, please. Unfortunately I cannot leave this job. If you keep at it you will put both of us in a tight spot. If you want to do anything for me then please leave me be. I don't want to live in past but I cannot forget it either. I have made a life for myself and if you keep trying to bring up the past the calm that I have created for Hope will be lost so for her sake I beg you to not ever talk to me about what happened between us. Now will you excuse me".

She walked towards Hope and said "lets go sweetie".

Klaus stared at her and Hope disappearing from his sight for a long time and then with a heavy heart he turned towards where his car was parked and left too. He drove aimlessly for hours trying to divert his mind ended up in a bar and spend hours drinking to forget about what had he discovered since yesterday. One thing that kept nagging him was that why had she not reported him yet. Apparently she recognized him two months ago so why has she not told anyone. After hours of thinking he couldn't reach to a conclusion. So he got up and left for his apartment in frustration.

When he reached his apartment it was very late. He stood in the living room looking around the mess that he had created by breaking everything in his penthouse and then he ignored the mess and went to his room. Klaus sat on his bed unable to think of anything other then that child and the pull she had on him. He wondered if he will be able to stay away from her now that he knew she was his daughter. He thought about Hayley and what was he going to do about his situation .

While Klaus was distressed Hayley was very depressed too. Knowing that he knows about her made her realize that she couldn't work with him anymore but she didnt have any options until she finds a new job. She made up her mind about looking for the new job. She cursed herself for not looking for it earlier but soon realized because she was hoping he will never find out about her and she couldn't very well afford to leave this secured job. She went to sleep at last after two hours of thinking of her and Hope's future.

Next morning when she woke up Hope was already up playing with her doll. She got out of bed, kissed her and said "what are you doing up so early?"

Hope said with a smile "playing with doll".

She went to take shower after telling her "I have to change and then leave for office. You be nice and listen to Amy".

Hope smiled and continued to play with her doll.

After putting on her blue blouse with fawn pants. She brushed her hair and after seeing some more hair coming out she pulled her hair into a pony tail and put on some light make and came out.

She picked up her coffee and looked at Hope who had come after her to the kitchen too and smiled at her and said "I will be home early today sweetie".

She looked at Amy who said "we are going to have so much fun. Wouldn't we Hope?"

Hope grinned and said "yes".

Hayley left the apartment. During the drive to the office she thought about her prospect of finding a new job and wondered if she should ask Tyler a favor but then decided against it.

She parked the car in the garage under her office and picked up her cell and dialed Jim's number.

As the call connected she said "hello Jim how are you?"

He said "hey how are you feeling?"

Hayley took a deep breath and said "much better. thank you. I need a favor from you".

Jim said "anything." and then added as an after thought "Do you need any financial help?"

Hayley said with a smile "no but thanks. I wanted to ask you if you know any opening as a secretary somewhere. I want to change my job".

Jim said "you are so lucky. Yesterday a friend of mine was asking for a good secretary. Do you want me to talk to him about it?"

Hayley said "no, I will forward my CV to him. Who is he?"

Jim said "His name is Jason Simpson and he is the owner of a software company by the name of Apex Technologies".

Hayley said with a smile "thank you" and put the cell down.

Klaus woke up early in the morning, way early and after some thoughts cleaned up his apartment to distract himself form thinking about everything that has been going on in his life.

then he changed his clothes, took out his car and drove to his office bracing himself to face her and thinking 'may be he can talk to her'.

While Hayley was looking for different opportunities in her life, Klaus was sitting on Elijah's chair looking out of the window thinking of Hayley and what his actions did to her life. He felt as if she was not catching a break. First he raped her and then she had the reminder of it every day and now this cancer and she has to work with the very person who raped her. He felt as if he would never be able to look her into the eyes. He rubbed his eyes in frustration and turned around when the door opened and he heard someone say "hello Klaus".

Klaus smiled and walked to the man standing at the door.

He shook his hand and said "Ben, when did you come back?"

Ben said "two days ago and imagine my surprise. Niklaus Mikaelsons is taking time off from his beloved job!"

Klaus laughed and said "come sit" and gestured him to sit.

He then said "coffee?"

Ben said "No I have to go. I just came to give you something. Something your father only wanted you to have. You were not here for will reading and then I had to leave the country. I wanted to hand this over to you".

He put his hand in his coat's inner pocket and took out an envelop and gave it to him and said "I am off to now. Will catch up sometime soon".
After he shook Klaus's hand and left, he opened the letter and started reading it.

"Niklaus if you are reading this letter then it means I am no more in this world. I want you to know that I'm very proud of you, even thought I never expressed it when I was alive. I am proud of the kind of life you have made for yourself. It is a fact that I wanted you to take over family business and not a single day went by when I didnt pressurize you but deep down I understood your passion and that makes me really proud of you.

Niklaus everyone must be wondering why I left so much amount for Hayley Marshall. I think you will understand after I explain it to you why I did that. I dont know if you will ever find out or if already know or what your actions will be regarding this but I wanted to provide her with everything that she and your daughter deserve. You must be wondering how I found out. Earning this name and maintaining the reputation requires some hard work and some selfishness. I knew it was a big deal for you to get into Harvard law and you will be partying hard after all you were only 22 so I asked James to keep an eye on you that night to make sure you dont break the law or do anything inappropriate to tarnish our family's name, call me narrow minded but that is who I am. He saw you going in the bathroom with that girl. Later he showed me that girl on one of the cameras of the club. When James showed me that video I being your father did the most selfish thing, I destroyed that video thinking how would it look if people find out Mikael Lockwood's son was making out with a cheap girl who by the way looked like a hooker in that dress and makeup.

A few years later when Tyler asked me to give job to his friend Hayley Marshall, I knew it was her and imagine my surprise when I found out that she was Henry Marshall's runaway daughter. She was not qualified for the job but she was efficient and was willing to learn and apparently needed the job so I gave her a chance considering who she was and there was something about her that made me want to help. She was young and inexperienced but very determined. Hayley had only one request that her parent don't find out that she was working in this company. At first I didnt understand but exactly after one year of her joining the firm I found out her secret that she was hiding from her parents.

I was visiting a friend of mine in a hospital when I saw her. She had brought her daughter who had fallen from the slide and broken her arm. She was in surgery and Hayley was really worried. When I asked her she reluctantly told me that she did not have money and the insurance did not cover everything. That was the first time I found something personal about her . I did all the expenditure of the surgery but she said it was a loan and that was when she won me over and believe you me she paid each penny of that loan. Later I met her daughter and I knew. I knew she was yours. Anyone who knew what happened between you two could see the resemblance between the dimples and the eyes you share with your daughter. I dont know why you never told us about her or why she never told you about your daughter. Not a single day went by for the next two years when I didn't think of picking up the phone to tell you that you have a daughter but I don't know why I didn't tell you. Perhaps that was my selfish reason too. I wanted you to enjoy life free of responsibilities for as long as you can.

Your mother thinks that I am having an affair wither her. That is not the case. She is old enough to be my daughter. In fact y way that is besides the point. Her daughter, I believe her name is Hope. She is my granddaughter, she deserves the best in the world.

I dont know if by the time you are reading this letter you know about them or not but I imagine this must be a huge blow to you and I hope that you will step up and take your responsibility now that you are mature enough to understand the situation but if you dont, i just want to make sure that she is well taken care of and hence I am leaving her that money.

Remember regardless of what happened between you and Hayley, I will always be proud of you.

Mikeal Lockwood".

Klaus stared at the letter in shock wondering 'how could he be so clueless considering that he was not an someone who didn't think out of box. He was a detective who was highly trained and was well rehearsed for these type of situation. How could he doubt his father?'

He read it again and realized it with a sinking heart that even though his father found out about Hayley and him and that Hope is his child, he didnt know what exactly happened in that bathroom. He read the worlds "I am proud of you" and felt sick to his stomach.

He was lost in his thoughts so he didnt hear him at first .

Elijah said "Niklaus!"

and when he realized that he had not heard him, he touched his shoulder startling him. Klaus looked at him and asked "Elijah, when did you come?"

Elijah said "just right now. I caught the red eye. What is that?"

He pointed at the letter in his hand.

Klaus said trying to recover from the shock "oh nothing just some notes".

He then fixed a smile on his face and said "okay then good. Now you can take over. How was New Orleans?"

Elijah took his seat and asked curiously "are you okay? You seem a bit off… like something is bothering you".

Klaus said "I am fine" and turned around as the door opened and she entered. He saw the smile appear on her lips just for a second and then he realized that the smile was for Elijah as she was looking at him.
She said "Mr. Mikaelsons. How was your trip?" still not looking at him.

Elijah said with a smile "good Hayley. How was the office behind me? Tell me Niklaus behaved himself".

Hayley couldn't help but look at him just for a second and gauged from that one look that he had not slept at all.

She looked at Elijah and said with a slight smile on her lips "yes he did" and then said "I will bring your coffee".

She stood in front of coffee machine wondering 'what to do now?' and then she said to herself "just act normal. Nothing has changed".

She took both coffee cups and took them to his office.

Klaus noticed her putting the coffee cup in front of her and felt very little in front of her.

Elijah picked up his coffee and said "thank you Hayley" and continued saying to Klaus as she turned to leave "Stenson's case is still not finished. It is becoming a headache to be honest. I might have to go back by the end of the week".

After she retreated from the office Elijah asked Klaus "so what happened with mother and you about Hayley situation?"

Klaus stared at him and then he realized his mother's demand about firing Hayley. He took a deep breath and said to Elijah "mother wants Hayley be fired by the end of the month. If we don't then she will drag her to the court regardless of what it will do to the family's name".

Elijah leaned back against his chair and said "so what do you think?"

Klaus didn't know what to say. After what he had found about his relationship with her and her cancer he couldn't very well fire her. He said to Elijah "I think she is hard working. She deserves better".

Elijah said "I agree. Maybe I should transfer her to New Orleans and make everyone's life easy".

Klaus heard his suggestion feeling confused about whether he should tell Elijah about Hayley's cancer, her past and how that past is linked with him. Should he tell him why has his father left her so much money? He was lost in his thoughts and missed Elijah calling him. He startled when Elijah said loudly "Niklaus!"

Klaus said "what?!"

Elijah said "what is wrong? I was telling you that Andrew called and was asking for your input on the case the he is working".

Klaus got up saying "I will look into it right now".

As he left the office he looked at her but her head was down and she was typing something on the computer.

He walked to her and said "Ms. Marshall I …"

Hayley could feel his eyes on her but she refused to look at him. She prayed that he walk away without saying anything to her but her prayers were not fulfilled as she sensed him standing close to her seconds later.

She looked at him as he started talking and cut him off by saying very coldly "Mr. Mikaelsons if it is not about a case or my job then I dont want to listen to it please".

She looked down and continued doing her work.

The sleepless night, the tension and anger he had been feeling at himself made him snap and he said after stepping closer to her "you and I need to talk about it at some time. Running and avoidance is not a solution".

Before she could say anything he walked away from her.

She looked at him going for a moment and then got up and walked into Elijah's office and said "Mr. Maikealsons. I wanted to talk to you about something".

Klaus left Andrews office with Andrew and they both left to meet his client.

By the time he came back her seat was empty and Elijah was sitting in his office looking at some file. As he entered Elijah asked rather angrily "what happened?"

Klaus said while taking the seat opposite him "what do you mean?"

Elijah said "she is getting a new job. She has given me her notice saying that she is looking for a new job and as soon as she gets it she will leave".

Elijah looked at Klaus as he saw his expressions changing to shock.

He said sarcastically "judging from your expressions you are not to be given credit".

Klaus said angrily "you think she is leaving because of something I said".

As soon as the words registered to his own mind he knew that was in fact the reason she was leaving. He turned around in frustration leaving Elijah bewildered.

He got up angrily and left his office knowing perfectly well that she was leaving the job because of what had happened between them.

When he reached home he looked around the tidied up penthouse suddenly wanting to make it messed up again. He walked to his room and groaned as he saw Caroline siting on his bed. As he walked to her she stood up and slowly untied the strings of the robe she was wearing and then slowly took it off of her shoulders and let it pool on the floor. He walked to her and picked up the robe from the ground and put it on her again and said "we need to talk".

Caroline said feeling embarrassed "sure? but that was totally rude. You used to love it".

Klaus looked at her wondering how could he control his urges when she was sitting in front of him naked but then he reminded himself of the lies between them. He was about to say something when she said "I know you are hiding something from me. what is it? You can tell me anything".

Klaus looked at her and said "I know and I am glad you said that because it is two way street. Don't you have anything to share with me?"

His trained eyes noticed the blush sneaking in her cheeks but was surprised when she said "what do you mean?"

Klaus took a sigh and said "Caroline I know about you and I know that you know about me".

Caroline touched his cheek and said "I don't get it".

Klaus looked at her in surprise and wondered 'can someone be in so much denial?'

He said "do you not want to face the facts?"

Caroline stood up and said "I don't know what you are talking about but if you want me here then I am off".

Klaus stared at her lost for words. He said "Caroline I don't think our relationship will work if you and I are not truthful to each other. I know you are vampire and you know that I am a werewolf".

Caroline looked at him for a moment and then said with a sigh "Klaus I don't care if you are a werewolf or not. Does it matter to you that I am a vampire?"

Klaus looked at her apprehensive expressions and said reluctantly "I dont know but the very fact that you hid it from me. You hid about my true nature and yours matter to me".

Caroline asked "it is not just me who hid things from you Klaus, you also hid things from me. When were you going to tell me about you being a werewolf?"

Klaus said "I am telling you now. I called you a few days ago too and told you that I wanted to talk to you about something important. I was going to talk to you about myself and yourself".

Caroline said "so what do we do now?"

Klaus said "it is not that I don't love you Caroline. You know I love you but I need some time. I have some issues going on and I need to resolve them. We still have some time for our wedding and I think we need to figure out our future".

Caroline nodded and then kissed him and said "yes I guess we need to resolve this issue" and then went to the bathroom. She changed into her clothes and left without saying anything to her.

Klaus stood there for a moment and then fell on the bed in the same clothes and closed his eyes. Out of blue an image of Hayley lying on the hospital bed flashed through his mind and he cursed himself and got up and went to the bathroom. After taking a long shower he went to lie on his bed and took out his cell and dialed a number. As the call connected he said "Alexis how are you?"

He smiled and said "when are you coming back? I miss my partner".

Klaus stared at the ceiling and then sat up and said "next week".

Alexis said "yayy good. We have a new person in the department and Joe is doing his usual".

Klaus suddenly laughed and said "then the usual will happen too. She will not get into his trap. Anyway I have to go. You take care".

After putting the cell down he laid back and closed his eyes again feeling really confused. He wondered 'will running away solve the issue? Didn't he say the same thing to Hayley? They need to talk about them and Hope'.

He managed to sleep after thinking for a long time.

Next day when Hayley entered the office feeling anxious at the prospect of seeing him but was relieved to see that he was not there. It was just Elijah in the office. She settled own on her chair after giving him the coffee. As she switched on her computer her cell rang.

She smiled as she heard Jim voice saying "hey I talked to Jason and he wants to meet you tonight at Dolche's. Can you make it at 6 pm? He really needs someone and he called me yesterday again and as we had talked about it so I told him about you".

Hayley looked toward Elijah through the glass wall and said "yes I can meet him".

Jim said "good".

She put the cell down and got up and went to his office.

Elijah looked up as he saw Hayley enter the office and asked "Hayley everything okay?"

Hayley said "Mr. Mikaelson, I told you about looking for a new job. I have an interview at 6 tonight. Can I leave early tonight?"

Elijah stared at her and then said "Hayley is it the money? We can increase your pay".

Hayley smiled and said "no, it is not that. I just want a change".

Elijah said after a moment remembering her borrowing loan from the company "sure Hayley but you will tell me if you have a pay issue or any other problem right?"

Hayley smiled and said "yes" and retreated.

Klaus had spend the day in his penthouse wondering about what should he do? When should he tell Elijah about his decision of going back to his job? How should he talk to Hayley? What should he do about Caroline and himself.

He parked the car in the parking lot of Dolche's and got out. He was led to an unoccupied table by a waiter. He ordered himself a medium rear steak. After the waiter brought him a glass of wine, he picked it up and starting sipping it while mentally planning how he will talk to Hayley when he slowly brought his glass down from his lip and stared at her talking to Jason across the room.

A/N: For the purpose of this story statue of limitation on sexual assault is five years in the state of Virginia (Mystic falls is located in Virginia) which is not the case in real world. Remember people it is all a fiction and dont take any thing too seriously. The story doesn't necessarily reflect my own personal feeling regarding the topic ...