Skyfall

Chapter Forty-Nine

"So what are we looking for today?" Donna asked as they entered the furniture showroom.

"Well we need furniture for almost every single room of the house." Rebecca laughed. "I mean we can take the furniture from the penthouse with us, but the new place is much bigger and I don't want it to be empty when the kids move in this weekend. I want it to be as full as possible for them."

"Well it will take a while to get everything fully decorated." Donna pointed out.

"I know." She nodded. "I just want to get the basics taken care of, like couches, chairs, tables and beds. Everything else can done later. But those are the priority."

"Then let's get shopping!" Donna grinned.

Harvey entered the restaurant and saw Colton standing behind the bar. He walked over to the bar. "Hey. You wanted to talk?"

"I did." Colton nodded, sliding papers towards him. "I wanted to let you know that I thought about your offer and I'm accepting it."

"That's great." He smiled, taking the papers. "I think you are going to be able to do some great things with these restaurants.

"I hope so." Colton laughed nervously. "It means a lot that you trust me with your brothers' dream."

"Marcus had a lot of faults, but he was good at this." Harvey said, looking around. "He obviously knew what he was doing since he was able to open a second location when most restaurants end up failing. I have no doubt you are going to be capable of continuing the success he started."

"Thank you." Colton smiled. "And I have to say, Marcus was lucky to have a brother like you. He never shut up about how great you were and how you were always there for him. I mean even now you are stepping up to help make sure that his dream of the restaurants stays alive. And you are taking on the responsibility of raising his kids for him. I wish I had a sibling that cared about me that much. But I doubt my sister would even care if something happened to me."

"I'm sorry to hear that." He said. "But I don't think I'm as good of a brother as you think. Sometimes I said things to Marcus that weren't so nice."

"Actions speak louder than words, Harvey." Colton pointed out.

He knew he had to change the subject so he pulled a business card from his pocket. "We are moving the kids to New York City this weekend, so I won't be around as much. This way you have more options on how to reach me if there is ever any problem that arises or you want my opinion on something."

"Thanks." Colton said as he took the card. "So you are finally getting to go back home?"

"Yeah." He nodded.

"You must be really excited to be reunited with your wife."

"Yep." He nodded. While he was happy about going back to New York City, he wasn't sure he would say he was excited. And he wasn't sure Rebecca was excited about him coming back either.

She sat down at a table by the window with Donna after grabbing her tea. "Well that was exhausting. I didn't think it would take five hours to pick out furniture."

"That's because you've never had to buy this much furniture before." Donna pointed out. "I think we did pretty well considering, and we were able to get a good deal on everything."

She laughed. "We only got a good deal because you flirted shamelessly with the salesman. You know he is expecting to go out with you, right?"

"I know." Donna smirked. "That's why I gave him a fake phone number."

"Now I don't think I can ever buy furniture there again." She laughed.

"You know it is nice to see you smile and laugh again."

"It's nice to smile and laugh for once." She chuckled.

"You haven't been doing that much lately."

"I know." She admitted. "There hasn't been much to smile and laugh about lately."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Donna asked softly.

"No. I'm fine." She shrugged.

"I don't buy that for a second." Donna chuckled softly. "Is it Marcus' death?"

"It's a lot of things." She explained, realizing that she had to explain it to Donna or else her friend would never let this go. "I'm trying to come to terms with Marcus' death on my own and for the most part the process is going alright."

"Well Harvey is helping you with that, right?"

She had to stop herself from laughing at Donna. Instead she simply shook her head. "No. He isn't. Actually we are having a lot of problems right now."

"Problems? What do you mean?" Donna scoffed. "You guys are rock solid."

"We used to be rock solid." She informed her friend. "Now we are like a rock slide and I can't seem to do anything to stop from falling."

"What's going on between you two?"

"He's taking Marcus' death really hard and he is shutting everyone out, especially me. I thought after I told him about the baby things would get better. Like somehow he would realize he has to step up and work as a team with me. But he's retreating farther and farther away from me every day." She explained.

"We aren't talking much, and when we do it usually ends up in some kind of petty argument or someone being mad at the other person. We haven't said I love you to each other in about a week. We haven't slept together in about three weeks. And I don't know what to do anymore. He's coming back this weekend for good, and I don't know whether to be excited about it or dread it at this point."

"I'm sorry." Donna apologized, reaching across the table and squeezing her hand. "I didn't know things were getting so bad. I thought things were fine because you said he was happy about the baby after he had his little freak out moment. Why didn't you say something?"

"I thought things were fine after I told him about the baby." She explained. "But then a couple of days later it all went to hell. I've been trying to keep it quiet because…hell I don't know why anymore. I just haven't wanted to talk about it with everyone. But honestly, I feel like I am losing him."

"You aren't!" Donna assured her. "Harvey loves you so much and you know that. This is just a bump in the road.

"It's a pretty big bump." She corrected her friend.

"But it's still just a bump. Everything will be alright between you two."

"How do you know?"

"Because I have faith." Donna smiled. "And I'm Donna. I know everything."

She couldn't help but laugh at that explanation.

"Seriously though, have you been keeping this all bottled up inside? Are you talking about it with anyone?"

"No." She shook her head. "Lily knows things between Harvey and I are tense, but she has no idea to what extent. Ethan unfortunately overheard us arguing so he knows something is wrong. But no one except you knows the whole story. And I'd like to keep it that way."

"Alright. You don't have to worry about me telling anyone." Donna nodded. "But I don't want you to feel like you can't talk to me about anything. Because you can. I know I was Harvey's friend first, but I'm your friend too and I'm here for you."

"I appreciate that." She smiled.

"So level with me…on a scale from 1 to 10, how bad are things?"

"9.5." She sighed. "I just can't get to him. I know he is having difficulty dealing with Marcus' death and all of the fallout from it. But he won't talk to me and I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know what to say to him anymore. It feels like he doesn't even want to be around me anymore."

"I'm certain that's not true." Donna corrected her.

She chuckled. "Well I guess you can see for yourself on Monday when he comes back to work."

"I know this is a rough time for you." Donna started to say. "Are you making sure that you are taking care of yourself though?"

"I'm doing the very best that I can." She told her friend. "Trust me, the last thing I want to do is end up losing this baby."

"How is the morning sickness going?"

"It's all day long." She scoffed. "But I guess it could be worse. I'd rather be pregnant and have to deal with morning sickness than the alternative."

"That's a good way to look at it." Donna smiled.

She sighed. "Ok, let's talk about something that's not filled with so much drama. Like how you and Charles are doing…"

Donna smiled. "We are doing well…"

"Hey." Harvey greeted after Rebecca picked up the phone for their Facetime.

"Hey." She greeted back. "So I got a lot of the furniture ordered today. Donna was a big help. Everything should be delivered Friday night."

"Good. I have the movers coming to pack everything up on Friday night. So the truck should be there sometime Saturday morning."

"Good." She nodded. "When are you and the kids going to be here?"

"We fly in Saturday morning."

"Ok."

"I'm glad we have that situated." He told her.

"Me too." She nodded.

They sat there in silence for a few minutes. He wanted to say so many things to her, but wasn't sure how to start. So he stayed quiet.

"I should probably go." She told him. "I'm exhausted right now."

"Ok." He was about to ask how she was doing besides that and ask how the morning sickness was because it had been a couple of days since he had asked about her wellbeing. But she didn't give him a chance.

"Goodnight Harvey." She said, hitting the end button right after finishing her statement.

He stared at the now black screen of his phone and sighed.