A/N: My apologies for my tardiness in getting this posted. Too many things going on in my life. Being laid off at the end of the year bothered me more than I thought. I have contract work that I do at home which I love the flexibility of being able to do that but turns out I like being around people instead of isolated at home. I am having a problem focusing on this story when I sit down to write it.

Like I have said before I am not comfortable writing action scenes and there should be more of that coming up. I may shorten the chapters to help with that as well as being able to update more. We will see how things turn out.

Question: Should I write Carly's pregnancy in this. It's not as farfetched as people think. A woman is actually more fertile while perimenopausal according to my doctor.

Chapter 17

PI Office

As Spinelli was being taken away to the local jail in Seattle, Sam and Alexis were arriving at the PI office. They were waiting for Drew to show up with Kim. It was Kim's turn to find out the jig was up with her lies.

"Is there a reason I am here for this?" Alexis questioned Sam.

"I think he just wants you here at first to go over security with you." Sam answered. "We want you to be safe. It is most likely you are a primary target along with Sonny. He already has Jason. We just want everyone to be safe. He may want you to start carrying one of his special guns."

"Special guns?" Alexis said doubtfully. "I am not carrying a gun of any kind."

"These are none lethal." Sam told her excitedly. "He could get you a tranq gun or one that shoots rubber bullets."

"So," Alexis said. "One gun puts people to sleep and the other just makes someone hurt really bad?"

"That's about it." Sam said casually. "I want the tranq one to use on Carly when she will not shut up. Really wanted it about an hour ago to use on her."

"Hold on you two," Drew interrupted them as he came out of the secret room. "Both of you have to do some training before you are allowed to use any of these guns."

"I know how to handle a gun," Sam insisted.

"That may be," Drew began as he walked up to her and hugged her to him. "But there are things about these guns that are different than regular guns. Reloads are different and can take longer. It's better to be closer when you use them especially the tranq guns."

"That's o.k. Drew," Alexis began. "I have no interest in learning about these guns or using them."

"Maybe you would be more comfortable with a hand held tranq weapon." Drew suggested. "We are having a security meeting tonight. You need to be here for it Alexis."

"Why?" Alexis asked exasperated.

"You need to know what to expect until we catch Hector." Drew explained. "Like it or not you are a target because of your past. He probably does not care that killing Luis was an accident."

"Why does my past keep coming to bite me in the ass?" Alexis asked to no one in particular.

"Mine keeps coming back to bite me in the ass as well." Sam said with frustration. "It may be affecting Kristina now."

"I really think that Shilank is connected to The Ring." Drew tells them.

"Why do you think that?" Sam asked him as she sits down at her desk and Alexis sits in a chair across from her.

Drew makes his way across the office and sits down at Curtis' desk before answering.

"I should have my discussion with Kim first before I tell you two." Drew said. "I wanted to wait a few days before confronting her. We didn't get good news about Oscar this morning."

"The treatment didn't work?" Sam questioned sadly.

"Unfortunately, No," Drew answered her with sadness. "Terry told us he has three to six months to live. I really don't want to tell him at this point that I am not his father, but some psychopath is."

"You think Shilank is Oscar's father?" Sam asked him in surprise. "That seems a little farfetched."

"My thinking is based on some conversations that I remembered having with Kim when she was dating Oscar's father and then when she first found out she was pregnant. Ellie is doing a DNA test. Shilank was required to give DNA samples to the government when he became a contractor."

"When will you know?" Alexis asked suddenly. Sam and Drew seemed to forget she was in the office with them.

"I am hoping later today," Drew answered. "I will decide then when to have that talk with Kim. I dread it even more now."

"Well what happened with A.J. and Sonny after I left?" Sam asked with excitement. She was probably having more fun with this than she should.

"Can we discuss security for me and the girls before you two get started on that because I really don't care about those two?" Alexis asked with a little impatience. "I need to know that they are going to be safe. They don't need to face the consequences of my past actions."

Drew decided to brief her on the security measures so she wouldn't have to come back that evening. For the next thirty minutes Drew went over the security plans with Alexis for her and the girls. They would all of tails that would switch every six hours so they would not notice seeing someone more than they should.

Kristina and Molly's tails would be different because they would coordinate with Sonny's people to make sure they didn't double up and cause conflict with each other.

Drew checked his messages after finishing with Alexis. Then he turned to Sam and said, "I don't have anything pressing right now. Let's go spend some time with the kids. Let's pick them up and take them to the park."

"Should we be seen together right now?" Sam asked. "I mean no one outside of our team knows the truth about Jason except for Sonny, Carly and A.J. Not sure we should rock the boat on this especially not with Shilank."

"You have a point there," Drew admitted as he crossed the room to her. "I just need to spend some time with my kids after the hell of the last few months with dealing with Oscar's illness. Then finding out this morning that it didn't even work. I would spend more time with him if that was what he wanted but he just wants to be with Joss."

"Do you blame him?" Sam asked with sympathy as she got up from her desk to hug Drew. "He knows he doesn't have much time left. He wants to spend it with the girl he is in love with. I can understand that all too well."

"Well," Drew jerked Sam against him. "I want to spend some time with the girl I am in love with. How do you feel about that?"

"I think that would be great." Sam said as she got up on her tippy toes to kiss him on the lips. "Why don't you pick up the kids from Monica's and I will pick up dinner at Kelly's and I will meet you at our house."

"Sounds good." Drew said as he kissed her back. "I will decide in the morning when to discuss the situation with Kim. She is with Julian right now anyway."

"She is back together with Julian?" Sam asked in surprise.

"Yes," Drew answered. "Apparently he lied to her that he slept with someone else on New Year's Eve because he saw us kiss. I don't know what made him change his mind about it, but he did."

"Let's just move on with our plans," Sam insisted. "I really don't want to hear about Julian's love life."

"I don't either," Drew told her as he kissed her again. "Let's get the kids and dinner then spend it together with our family. I want it to be one of many."

Sam and Drew's house

Before picking up the kids, Drew called Chuck and told him that him and Sam would not be at the security briefing that evening. He knew the details since he helped plan it all. After explaining the situation with Oscar, Chuck understood Drew wanting to spend time with his kids and Sam.

After dinner they had playtime with the four of them on the living room floor. It was an evening like they had both envisioned when they had brought Scout home as well as after they had made the decision to distance themselves from Sonny and Carly's messes.

Even though Scout's blocks were below Danny's regular standards, he still played with them beside her in the floor with Sam and Drew. He knew that his parents would play a game with him that was more his speed after Scout went to bed.

"I am going to get this little girl ready for bed." Sam said as she observed Scout yawning. She bent down and picked Scout up as Scout protested a little by looking at Drew and whining.

'Oh no you don't little girl," Sam scolded in a gentle voice. She continued as she proceeded to take her upstairs. "You are tired, and it is time to get some sleep. You can play more with Daddy and Danny tomorrow."

Drew watched them disappear upstairs. He had known if he had interfered it would have made things worse with Scout.

"Hey," Drew said to Danny in a conspirator tone. "Let's put the blocks up quickly and you can pick out one of your games we can play until it is time for you to get to bed."

"Great idea, Daddy," Danny said as he enthusiastically started putting the blocks in their bin.

An hour flew by as Drew and Danny played a card game. Drew put the cards in the box and said, "Time to get ready for bed."

Danny gave him a look of disappointment, but he got up and went upstairs anyway. Drew looked in on Scout after following Danny up. She was fast asleep on her stomach with her thumb in her mouth as usual.

"Do you want a shower or a bath?" Drew asked him.

"I am going to take a shower," Danny answered him. "Baths are for babies."

"Do you want some help with the knobs?" Drew asked him with concern.

"I know how to do it." Danny answered with confidence.

"Just yell out if you need any help." Drew told him. "I will check on you in a little while and read you a book."

"Ok," Danny skipped into the bathroom.

It made Drew sad that he was growing up so fast. A little too fast with all that he had to deal with especially in the last year.

He walked into his and Sam's bedroom and found her asleep on their bed. He just leaned on the door frame and stared at his beautiful wife with her long brown hair spread out across the pillows. He walked over and took her shoes off. He undressed her completely and found one of his large shirts to put on her. She never woke up while he got her more comfortable.

Next morning

When Sam woke the next morning, she was half laying on top of Drew. She didn't know why she had been so tired that she hadn't woken when he had undressed her and got her ready for bed.

She quickly removed his t-shirt and completely covered him with her naked body. She kissed his lips, then moved down his neck to his chest. She rubbed her breast against his chest as she moved down his body placing kisses as she went.

Drew didn't start to wake up until Sam pulled his underwear down and took his erection into her mouth. He stopped himself from shooting upright off the bed.

After about a minute, he pulled her up to him and said, "Good morning to you too." Then he crashed his lips against hers.

Sam pulled back a little and said, "Just my way of apologizing for falling asleep on you last night."

"No need." Drew groaned as Sam slide him inside her.

Week later – Aurora Media

Drew followed his usual routine that morning when he got to the office. Since this mess started, he scanned his office for bugs as soon as he walked in. He could have Greta do it, but he preferred to do it himself.

He took special care with it that morning since Kim was coming in later. He was finally going to have that discussion with her. It should have happened the week before but with both being there with Oscar while undergoing the treatments they both had a lot of work to catch up on.

He had ignored Ellie's message the week before while he was with Sam and the kids. He shouldn't have. He felt bad about it because he knew Ellie wanted to spend time with her kids as much as Drew wanted to be with his. He owed her because she took the extra time to do the DNA test for him.

The DNA test did reveal that Shilank was Oscar's biological father. Even though Drew had known that Oscar wasn't his son it still hurt to find out who was his father. He was more determined than ever to protect Oscar from Shilank.

A knock on his office door took him out of his thoughts. He looked up and saw Kim standing in the doorway. He motioned for her to come in and sit down as he got up from his desk. He decided he would sit in a chair beside her instead of leaving the desk between them.

"I know you probably want to discuss end of life care for Oscar," Kim began. "But can we not do it right now. I need a little more time."

"That's fine," Drew told her as he sat down after she had taken her seat. "I asked you here for another reason."

"I need to apologize to you," Drew told her at her questioning look. "I have been keeping something from you for months. There were reasons for me to keep things to myself at first but then I find out Oscar was sick. There just hasn't been a good time. Not that now is a good time."

"You are still hesitant to tell me what is going on." Kim said to him as she took his hand. "You can tell me what is going on. I will keep quiet about it if you want me too. You can trust me."

"That's the thing, Kim," Drew said as he looked at her directly. "I'm not sure I can trust you."

"Why" Kim said in shock as she let go of his hand and moved away from him.

"Kim, I have had the flash drive for months." Drew tells her and he takes her hand back. "I have been getting memories back since summer."

"Oh," Was all that came from Kim as she pulled away from him again. "What do you remember about us?"

"Everything," Drew said as he watched Kim get up out of her chair and pace his office.

"Why are you not yelling at me for lying to you?" Kim asked him as she spared a quick glace back at him. "That was always something you considered unforgivable."

"I remember you being my best friend." Drew told her. "I agreed to be Oscar's father until I let the CIA drag me in their organization."

"I plan on keeping my promise," Drew continued. "I am going to continue to be his father until…."

Drew couldn't bring himself to finish that sentence and Kim didn't finish it for him. Instead he went on to the topic on who was Oscar's biological father.

"Did you ever meet Shiloh?" Drew asked her.

"No." Kim answered, confused at the change of subject. "Oscar said he was busy any time I asked if he could come to the hospital to meet me. I haven't been able to go to their house."

"Shiloh is Hank Powell." Drew told her.

"No." Kim's eyes got wide. "We have to keep him away from Oscar. Do you think he knows who Oscar is?"

"I don't know," Drew told her honestly. "Hopefully he believes that Oscar is my son and not his."

Kim looked up at him sharply. "He can't find out any different either."

"I'm sorry," Drew apologized. "I have to know as many details about him as you remember including the fight you had with him. He turned up in Afghanistan as a contractor while I was there. He told me that I saved his life and it changed him for the better. I'm not so sure of that."

"How did you know that Oscar was Hank's child?" Kim asked him almost hesitantly. "I never told you his name and you two never met during that time."

"Let's just say that I had my suspicions," Drew told her. "Just how you described him, and he seemed to target Oscar as well as Kristina. Just call it a hunch. I had a friend from the CIA run a DNA test. Hank's is on file with the government because he was a contractor."

"You ran a DNA test on my son without telling me first!" She was incredulous.

"You offered to have a DNA test run when you first told me that Oscar was mine!" Drew argued back. "I was just running it now instead of then. How were you going to get a DNA test that said I was his father anyway?"

"I would have used my DNA," Kim admitted. "Most of the time they don't even check if it is a maternity or a paternity sample if the paperwork is filled out a certain way."

"Why didn't you just tell me the truth?" Drew demanded. "I had agreed to be his father. If you had told me the whole story, I would probably still have agreed to it."

"I couldn't be sure of that," Kim insisted sadly. "You were with Sam and had a family of your own. The situation was totally changed. And you didn't even remember us."

"ok," Drew took a deep breath. "For the sake of our past friendship and for Oscar we put this behind us and promise right now, no more lies."

Drew proceeded to tell her about Sam and their investigations. She promised she wouldn't tell anyone including Julian. He told her about Jason being A.J. and how important it was to continue acting like he was Jason.

"Until we find Hector Alcazar and stop him from trying to get revenge on my family, we still continue acting like he is Jason." Drew explained to her.

"Hector Alcazar!" Kim exclaimed bringing her hand up to cover her mouth. "That is what Hank and I argued about that last day. He told me that he was working for his father but before that he told me that he didn't like his father because he was a dirty businessman."

"I asked him why he would work for him if he hated him so much and he told me he didn't have a choice. It was expected. Then he showed me his passport and it said his name was Hector Alcazar Jr."

Kim looked up at Drew and said, "Now that I think about it, it was like he was being horrible to me on purpose so I would break up with him. Why would he do that?"

"I don't know," Drew answered her. "As soon as we can we will ask him. So far, he hasn't done anything illegal. Or no one has caught him doing anything illegal.

"As far as Oscar's care," Drew changed the subject. "I know Monica is going to want the two of you to live at her house to take care of him. He will be surrounded by family and he will not be in a hospital."

"We will just need to discuss this with Oscar." Kim admitted. "I need to get back to the hospital."

She stops at the doorway and turns to him.

"I never told you this," She looks at him intently. "I always loved you and wanted us to have more than our friendship. Getting involved with Hank was my way of trying to get over you. You were determined not to get seriously involved with anyone because of how serous you were about your career. That part of our relationship was not a lie."

Instead of responding he just says, "I will walk you out," Drew said as his phone started beeping.

They are walking out of his office door when he suddenly yells, "Damn it! That Bitch!"

"What happened?" Kim asked as she looked back at him.

"Carly was at the office door while we were talking." Drew said with frustration. "She probably heard our whole conversation. I got rid of the bugs in my office that I am sure she put in here so now she is hanging out outside my office to find out what is going on."

"You have to keep her quiet," Kim said desperately. "We can't let her tell Oscar. Do you think she will?"

"Not if I kill her first." Drew said lethally.