Harvey is just finished with his work, so he packs his things and makes his to Mike's office.
Since Donna's office is between his and Mike's, he wants to stop by and wish her a good evening. Even though it doesn't really suit him that Donna spends the evening with her ex, who also wants something from her, he wants to show her that he trusts her. Besides, he knows how important it is to Amelia. As much as she hurt him when she said he wasn't her father, he loves her and wants her to be happy.
When he comes around the corner and enters her office, he stands frozen. it feels like someone has plunged a knife straight into his heart.
Donna immediately pulls away and breaks the kiss and her heart stops a beat when she sees the person who's standing there.
"Donna" his voice is quiet and she hears the hurt in it.
"Harvey" she says, her voice not above a whisper and her eyes full of guilt. She immeidalty gets up and builds a distance to Derek. Harvey on the other side is still like paralyzed absorbing the scene before him. His expression a mixture of disappointment, hurt and betrayal. "how could you?" he asks, his voice laced with pain.
"Harvey I- I can explain"
"Look man" Derek starts "I'm sorry but…"
"you son of a bitch" he shouts as a storm of anger overcomes him. He lunges and smacks him right in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Harvey!" Donna approaches him, holding him back.
"Don't touch me" he flinches
"what the hell is going on here?" Amelia asks, who just arrived.
"Derek?" she says aloud and kneels next to him "You okay?"
"what the hell is going on with you lately?" she asks upset looking at Harvey "since when do you walk around and hit people?" but she can see in his expression that somehting must've happened. "what happened?" she then asks calmly
"why don't you ask your parents?" Harvey says in a hurtful voice and turns to leave.
"Harvey wait" Donna pleads.
"save it" he lifts his arms walking outside.
"what is going on here?" Amelia asks.
"what's going on is that your foster father is a brutal bastard" he tells her furiously.
Amelia helps him up and then her gaze wanders over to Donna and she sees her mother's teary eyes.
"I asked something" she shouts
Donna looks at her for a few seconds, scared of her reaction "We kissed" Derek lets out. "you what?" Amelia asks shocked. Her gaze changing from Donna to Derek and back. She shakes her head "please tell me that's not true"
"Amelia" Derek starts and puts a hand on her shoulder.
"No!" she moves away from him "Don't Amelia me" she says upset. "I mean, I even get why you did it" she looks at Derek "but, how could you do that to him?" she turns to her mother reproachfully.
"I- " Donna's voice breaks "I don't know" she sits on the couch hiding her face in her palms.
"Amelia… you cannot help your feelings" Derek says calmly. "I'm sorry for him but I never hid my feelings for her and now she-"
"she what?" Donna asks angrily "this was the biggest mistake of my life. I have no idea what has gotten into me but what I do know is that this is never gonna happen again."
"Donna please, you can't deny that there's something between us. Please give us a chance"
"there's nothing between us" she tells him angrily
"oh my god! Stop!" Amelia shouts "I don't wanna hear it… you" she turns to Derek "I don't think I should be the one telling you that but you should know that married woman are taboo whether you love them or not" she shakes her head "and you" she then turns to Donna "I never thought in a million years, you would ever do that to dad"
"Amelia"
"I thought you'd love him"
"I do" Donna sniffs
"Yeah sure, that's why you kiss another man" she says and rushes out of the office in hopes to reach Harvey.
Amelia is furious. She knows that Derek has feelings for Donna but she could kill him right now. She and Harvey are having a hard time but she loves him. She didn't even notice how protective she is right now and that she talked about him as 'dad' not 'Harvey', she didn't but Donna and Derek did.
If the situation wouldn't be that worse, Donna would smile at the thought of how protective Amelia is of Harvey.
Derek, on the other hand, is seething with anger because he realizes that Harvey still seems to come first for her.
Few minutes later Mike gets a message:
Amelia: "Is Harvey with you?"
Instead of answering he calls her.
"Uncle Mike, is he okay?"
"Amelia hey. Uhm I don't know. We wanted to meet half an hour ago but he didn't show up and he doesn't pick up his phone"
"fuck!"
"Amelia what happened?" Mike asks a little panicky now "I thought he got caught with work and forgot the time. I went in his office but he wasn't there."
"No, he… mom and Derek kissed"
"what?"
"yes… and he saw it"
Mike closes his eyes in disbelief "okay" he says "I'll try to find him, thank you"
"please let me know if he's okay"
"he won't but I'll tell you when I'm with him" he then hangs up.
So Mike goes back to the firm and looks for him on the roof of Specter Ross Zane. Harvey always goes over there when he struggles or needs time for himself but this time he decided differently. He than goes to the gym where Harvey usually goes to box and he goes at the bar where they wanted to meet but he's nowhere. Eventually he makes his way at his and Rachel's in hopes he'd show up there and finally he does.
"Harvey" Mike greets him, concern written all over his face
"You know" Mike nods
"Donna?"
"Amelia… come in first" Mike moves to let him in.
"Harvey hey" Rachel greets him softly and he nods.
Rachel lets the two friends alone and goes into the bedroom.
"She kissed him Mike" he says, his voice full of pain. "How could she? She… she told me so many times she has no feelings for him, that she'd love only me" he shakes his head "she lied all the time"
"No… I'm pretty sure she didn't" he tries to reassure him "Mike, I'm not in the mood to hear to any excuses you have for her." Harvey says a little upset.
"No don't get me wrong. I'm sure not trying to defend her…" he can't avoid the anger in his voice "she screwed up and you have every right to be mad at her."
"But?"
"She loves you"
"But she loves him too, still." He says hurting "everything is happening exactly how he told me it would"
Mike gulps not knowing what to say. He is so mad at Donna right now, how could she? He doesn't get it.
"he'll never get her" he tells him softly but Harvey shakes his head
"I don't care what he does or doesn't anymore. She made her choice, I'm done with her… I'm done with them" he says and Mike knows he means Donna and Amelia.
"Hey" Mike puts a hand on his shoulder "I get that your mad, disappointed and hurting but as much as Amelia and Donna screwed up, they love you"
"Yeah sure" he says sarcastically
"Look, Amelia called me right away, she's worried about you and she asked me to let her know right away when I'm with you. She sounded really pissed"
Harvey looks surprised at Mike "she yelled at me when I knocked him down"
"Did she know what happened?" he shakes his head "but she immediately assumed it'd be my fault"
Mike pats his back and gets up to pour them some Scotch.
"I can't go home tonight, Mike"
"You don't have to, you can stay here as long as you want it" he assures him.
… … …
"Is he here?" Donna asks a little later when Rachel opens the door. She attempts to enter the apartment but is stopped by her friend "That's not a good idea Donna" she says calmly.
"He's my husband" she says firmly
"and you screwed up" Rachel shoots back. She doesn't want to but she cares about Harvey almost just as much as she cares about Donna and she's mad at her, too.
"You think I don't know that?"
"I know you do and you should also know that right now is not the time"
"Is he okay?"
"what do you think?"
"what the hell are you doing here?" Mike asks madly walking towards them
"Mike I-"
"I don't wanna hear it. You hurt him and you should leave right now" he says and slaps the door shut
"Mike" Rachel shouts but quietly, since she doesn't want Harvey to hear it.
"I don't wanna have her here"
"I know that and I told her to leave but she's our friend, too"
"right now I don't give a shit who she is. He's having a really hard time in which he'd need her and she kisses her ex, who by the way is the father of her daughter - The daughter whom Harvey raised!' He raises his voice
"Shhh you think I don't know that?"
"Are you alright?" Harvey asks coming from the bathroom after taking a shower.
"Yes" Mike says "we're fine"
Harvey looks at Rachel "Donna was here and wanted to see you" she tells him "and you wanted to let her in?"
"No, I- I told her it's a bad idea"
"And where's the problem then?"
"Mike slapped the door in her face"
Harvey looks at Mike "thank you" he blurts out
"Now come on, let's have a drink" Mike suggests and he accepts it gratefully. Rachel knows they should be alone this evening and packs her things. She actually wanted to go to her parents but stops at Donna's and Harvey's first 'cause as mad as she is at her friend right now, she knows she needs her.
Next Day
Donna hesitantly enters Harvey's office. He can tell from her view that she hasn't sleep all night, she has dark circles under her eyes and they're red from crying but unlike all the other times, he doesn't care. He hasn't slept himself all night and it's not even his fault.
All he did the whole last weeks was trying to save his family but all they kept doing was hurting him. He can't take it anymore, he doesn't want it anymore… it's useless.
"what do you want?"
"explain" she says quietly
"I don't need an expalntiaon. I don't care"
"Harvey please, let me explain"
"Leave me alone Donna" he says firmly "I don't care what you have to say or what kind of bullshit reason you had"
"I am sorry" she says with teary eyes.
"I never wanted to hurt you"
"well, you did"
"I know, and I'm so sorry"
"You already said that but like I said. I don't care and now go"
"Harvey" she still doesn't give up "that kiss… it didn't mean anything I- I love you"
"yeah sure, he forced you to kiss him"
"He didn't but-"
"no buts Donna!" he raises his voice "You said you don't love him and I believed you. I was okay with you having Dinner with him even though I knew he want you back because I trusted you… and you broke my trust" he says vulnerable.
"It was a mistake" she takes a shaky breath and opens her mouth to keep talking but he cuts her off. "No, it was a mistake to believe you when you said you would love me. And now leave my office, we're done"
"Harvey please. I didn't lie, I- love you, only you. I swear."
"maybe you didn't hear me" he gets up,from his desk and approaches her "I said you and I… we're done"
after that she doesn't say anything anymore but just leaves the office.
Later Amelias enters his office. She had tried to talk to Harvey the last days but he didn't want to talk to her. He always had an excuse why he had to leave or he said he's busy, he didn't listen to her and he didnt event try to hide it that he's not interested. The last time they talked was when she tried to explain why she stopped calling him 'dad' but he just left and didn't let her finish.
"Can I come in?"
"No"
"Please, we need to talk"
"I wouldn't know what about"
"are you alright?" she asks
"Why d'you care?"
"what?"
"You didn't care about how I was feeling in weeks, why d'you care now?"
"That's not true"
"Oh seriously? Do I need to remember you what you said and did. Because if you had cared, you wouldn't have done non of these things. All you did was showing that you don't give a shit about me anymore"
Amelia's eyes fill with tears, she doesn't know what to say 'cause he's right.
"You're right, I didn't and I don't know what else to do than saying how sorry I am"
"yeah, you already said it. I just don't believe it anymore because next time we don't agree you'll say it again."
"No"
"Why d'you even care? Isn't it what every child wants… their parents as a couple. now you can have, you can be a family, like you should've been from the beginning?"
"what?" she asks shocked "I care because I know how much you love her and how much the kiss hurt you. And whether you believe me or not I am just as mad at mom as you are. I never thought abut the fact how it would've been to grow up with him as my father because I had one… l have one" she corrects "I know you don't believe me and you don't have to but I care about you"
she says and sounds hurting by his accusation.
"I have to go" he says, passes her and leaves his office.
"He's just mad, he didn't mean it" Gretchen enters the office. The secretary loves the teenager. She has witnessed almost her entire childhood and knows how close they are to each other.
"It doesn't surprise me after everything I've done"
"You'll be fine… he needs time" she tells her softly
"You really think that?"
"Yeah sure, you're his little cupcake" Amelia smiles sadly "he hasn't called me like that in a very long while" she looks at Gretchen "I know" she lifts her arm "I didn't deserve it"
"give him time" she says and turns to leave.
Two days later
Today is Donna's birthday and there's a tradition in the Specter-family. Every year on that day they take the day off and have breakfast together. Donna uses the morning to have some "Donna-time' she goes on manicure and pedicure, goes shopping or to the spa. Harvey and Amelia on the other side have a daddy-daughter hiking. They've been doing it since Amelia was seven and they didn't miss it once. Afterwards the three of them spend some time together and in the evening they celebrate with their closest friends.
Today everything is different. When Donna wakes up the place next to her is empty. There's no Harvey to kiss her a good morning and congratulate her, no coffee on the bed, no family breakfast. It's just her.
"Happy Birthday" Amelia says when she enters the living room.
"Thank you" Donna says with a weak smile on her face. Amelia doesn't even hug her. She hasn't talked to her since she kissed Derek, she's mad at her and doesn't feel like talking to her right now.
"Are you going hiking with Harvey?"
"No" she shakes her head
"he's not talking to me"
"maybe you should try it harder"
"says the expert. Did you talk to him, huh?"
"That's different"
"No, it's not. Both of us screwed up and hurt him. And now we have to accept it that he doesn't want to have anything to do with us anymore"
"Then why are you so mad at me?" Donna asks
"Because… he trusted you. Do I need to remember you how mad you were at me when I told him he's not my father? Well, you kissed someone else, it's not much better"
"Amelia look"
"I have to leave or I'll be late for school" she says and leaves the condo.
Donna sits on the dining table for a while till her thoughts are interrupted by the door ring.
"Mrs Specter?"
"yes"
"Those are for you" he hands her a big bouquet of red roses which are smelling awesome. She thanks the man and closes the door. slowly she takes the card which is in it.
Have a great morning
I love you
H."
she smile and a tear rolls down here face, they're from Harvey. He must've ordered them a long time ago. She gets a vase, puts the roses on it and puts it on the table.
Amelia goes to the basement instead of school. She misses her daddy-daughter-day and in the basement are the close they need. She's there for about five minutes, when Harvey enters the room with the same reason.
"Amelia… what are you doing here?" he asks surprised while taking care that the basement door stays open.
"I- uhm" she thinks of something quickly but she's really bad at this. "I'm looking for a hot water bottle" she blurts out 'idiot, hot water bottle?' she thinks
"Hot water bottle?" Harvey says with half a smile raising his eyebrow. How about looking in the apartment?"
"I couldn't find it" A little part in him is happy. obviously she's sad too that they're not going hiking.
"why are you here?"
"Uhm, I was looking for…" he looks around and sees a drill on one of the shelves. "here it is" he grabs the drill. "Mike needs it" he tells her "I have to go" and makes his way out. "good luck with the search"
"I lied" she calls after him and he walks back
"what about?"
"I'm missing our daddy-daughter-day" she admits. "I know it's my fault and I have no right but it's the truth. I am missing it." she looks at him. "You not? not a bit?" she asks sadly
"I am missing my daughter even more" he says and she gulps.
"I am missing you, too" she says softly and there's a silence between them for a few seconds.
"Are you alright?" she asks worriedly
"I'm okay" he smiles.
"Mike told me your aren't talking to Donna"
"I'm mad at her. She hurt you and I know I did the same bu-"
"You should do it"
"No. I have no intention to do so"
"Amelia, I really appreciate your loyalty and yeah it's kinda nice to know that you haven't stopped to care about me completely-"
"That will never happen" she cuts him off.
"She's your mother and it's her birthday. You're right she hurt me and I don't really know if I can forgive her but… she loves you" Amelia nods "okay" she whispers "I'll go later to her" Harvey raises an eyebrow and she smiles "I'll go now"
"good girl" he smiles
Later Donna meets Harvey at the firm.
"Happy birthday"
Thank you… also for the roses, they're beutaiful"
"I just forgo to cancel them" he says and wants to leave
"You have a minute for me?" she asks quietly
"No" and he walks away.
A week later
Amelia sees Harvey rushing out of his office. He seems angry so she decides to ask Gretchen in hopes to find out something.
"Gretchen hey… do you know why the police was here. I just saw them"
"I'm not allowed to talk about it"
"So it has something to do with Harvey. Is that why he ran out that angry?" the secretary nods "is he in trouble" but no answer
"okay I got it. You're not allowed to talk but you can answer me by using your head" she smiles.
"You really should become a lawyer" she laughs
"Is he in trouble?" Gretchen nods. "Is someone suing him?" a nod again.
"who?" she waits "please?"
"bodily harm" Gretchen tells her
"Derek" she says madly and the secretary confirms.
"He received a subpoena today. He has to explain in two days"
"The hell he is" she rushes out of the office
"Amelia where are you going?" she calls after her.
… … …
"Amelia" Derek calls her when he sees her.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she snaps at him
"what? why are you so mad at me?" he asks confused "You kiss his wife and now you sue him? what the hell is wrong with you?"
"I never hid my feelings and that I want her back"
"I don't give a shit what you did or didn't. You will withdraw the complaint to the police"
"No I sure won't, he hit me"
"You deserved it"
"what?" he looks shocked at her
"She is his wife, you had your chance and didn't use it!"
"I am sorry for him, really" he lies "but I can't and I won't deny that I enjoyed the kiss and that I want her to choose me and if she does I won't let her go because of him"
"She won't"
"you don't know that"
"Yes I do, they love each other and you won't destroy that" she says, still upset.
"Why d'you want her to choose him? I am your father" he tries to make her feel guilty, Mike comes by in that moment and overhears the argument. He hides so they don't notice him.
Amelia laughs sarcastically at his sentence.
"so is he and you should start to accept that"
"How can I do it when he tries everything to keep you away from me"
"That's bullshit. He never said or did anything in that direction… not once" "You're always on his side. How about being on my side for a change?"
"I stopped calling him 'dad' because of you, to not hurt you even though I knew I would hurt him with it. But I warn you, don't make me choose between the two of you" Derek nods in agreement, he's boiling with rage inside but forces himself to stay calm "I won't, I know you love him"
"I do and it'll never change"
"Look I get that you're mad at us but I can't apologize for my feelings"
"You don't have to, just leave him alone and withdraw that damn complaint" she says angrily.
"what if I don't?"
"Then…" she takes a deep breath and looks straight in his eyes "You don't have a daughter anymore. I won't watch you destroy his life, even though you are the one who let it get this far." she says and starts to walk away when her eyes catch Mike rushing towards them.
"Uncle Mike, hey" she greets "You son of a bitch" Mike grabs Derek and pushes him to the wall a few meters further.
"You kiss his wife, you try to take his daughter calling away from him and now you wanna sue him?" Mike boils with rage
"I'm telling you something. Either you do what she told you to do or I swear by god I'll find something on you and destroy everything you have"
"Aww look at the protective puppy" Derek says with a smile "Is the dog too hurt to come himself?" Mike can't force himself anymore to stay calm and knocks him down to the floors.
"Uncle Mike, stop" Amelia pulls him back "Please, just calm down."
"That's all you have to say?" Derek asks
"Yes" she answers "withdraw it or we're done. and the same counts for him" she points at Mike.
"Is your hand okay?" she asks when they enter his office.
"Yeah" he smiles
"You don't like him?"
"No" he admits "I never did. He's trying everything to destroy your family and that's what he told Harvey he'd do"
"what?"
"Look, he'll kill me when he knows I told you but you have to know. He said to him he'll get Donna back and that you would call him 'dad' one day and right now it looks exactly like that for him.
"I stopped calling him dad and mom kissed him" she whispers in realization.
"Why didn't he tell me?" she asks shocked by the news
"Would you have believed him?" she doesn't answer.
"That will never happen, I will never call him dad" she says firmly.
"well, maybe you should tell Harvey that not me."
"I tried uncle Mike, he doesn't want to listen at me."
"Does it surprise you? You told him he wouldn't be your father" she gulps "I know and I regret it"
"Did you tell him?" she shakes her head "not properly like he'd deserve it. Last we spoke I tried to explain everything but at some point he didn't want to listen to me anymore and left. Last time we talked briefly on mom's birthday and I missed it so much that I didn't start to apologize in hopes he stays a little longer."
"He told me. It meant a lot to him that you were on his side" Mike tells her
"Is he okay?" she asks concern written all over her face
"Not really, no." Mike tells her honestly "Do you know where he is?"
"He should be back from his appointment. I guess he's in his office"
"No, he left a few minutes ago."
"Did her tell you about the complaint?"
"No, Gretchen"
"Then I guess he's at the gym letting out steam. He has no appointment today"
"I wish I just could lock the two of us in a room and force him to listen to me"
Mike huffs a laugh "That's a bad idea, it'll make it worse"
"Yeah I know… his claustrophobia"
"why don't you tell him what you told Derek?" he suggests
"he won't believe me"
"you should try and now you have a witness" he smiles
"That's right, I do. It's just he thinks I don't care about his opionien anymore… actually he thinks I don't care about him at all" she tells him sadly
"Thank you uncle Mike" she smiles and turns to leave
"Amelia" she turns to face him
"Maybe you should proof him that you care about what he says" she looks at him for a few seconds and than realizes "you mean Europe"
"I'm not saying you have to cancel it, just think of something that proofs him you care"
"Thank you uncle Mike"
… … …
It's late afternoon now and it was a long day. Amelia waited in Harvey office for him but he didn't show up so she decided to look for him at the gym. Well, it's not really a gym it's more Harvey's boxing room but it has everything a gym has too. Only a few people have the key for it and Amelia is one of them. That's why he's alone there right now.
She sees him at the boxing corner. He looks like he'd collapse every second. Amelia wonders if he's here since he left a few hours ago. She slowly approaches him "Hey" she says softly "I'm busy"
"please, just hear me out" she pleads
"Talk" he says while keeping to box
"Are you here since you left hours ago?"
"I am but I don't think that's why you're here"
"please stop, you look like you'd collapse every second. Have you even drank anything at all?"
"I'm pretty fine" he lies.
He is feeling a little sick. He has been boxing and on the treadmill alternately for hours. So he stops and looks at her but than he falls forward and forces himself to the wall to brace himself while Amelia grabs him immediately.
"dad" she calls without thinking while leading him to the bench.
"So it's dad now" he says panting. "I- uhm I'm sorry" she apologizes thinking he doesn't want her to call him like that anymore.
"Here, take this" she hands him a bottle of water.
"Thank you" he says softly after drinking half a bottle.
"You alright?" she asks worriedly and he nods.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you the other night when you hit him. He deserved it"
"why are you here, Amelia?"
"I never apologized for saying you're not my father. I thought I did it by telling you I didn't want to sign the papers for the fatherhood but I never said it out loud"
"You don't have to… it was the truth" he says and leans on the wall, resting his head on it.
"It wasn't, it was bullshit. I know I screwed up lately, a lot and I know I can never make up for what I did and said. I just want you to know that I care about you and your opinion. I made a lot of mistakes and I regret it… everything"
She grabs her bag and takes out some papers. She then rips them and gives the pieces to Harvey.
"what's this?" he asks confused
"The papers you signed for Europe" Harvey opens his mouth but closes it again
"I don't want it anymore"
"why not?"
"I don't wanna be there knowing how I got there. If I go then because you signed them voluntarily"
"You didn't have to do this"
"yes I did. Yeah, I wanna go and I'd do everything for that but" she shakes her head "not this way" Harvey just nods and places the pieces next to him.
"Are you really okay?" she asks
"Yes" he smiles "I just exaggerated a little today. I'm alright"
"Good" she smiles and gets ups to leave.
Next day
"Hey, I'm leaving now" Mike stays at the door of Harvey's office
"Thanks for taking it over"
"You're welcome… Did you and Amelia talk?"
"yes… maybe I ask her for a walk later"
"sounds good" Mike says smiling "see you"
"Mike"
"yeah?"
"Do you happen to know why Derek's other eye is black, too?" Harvey asks with a smile
"Nope" but his gleeful smile betrays him and his mentor looks at him with an expectant look for an answer.
"okaaay, I thought it might look better when both eyes look the same"
"you shouldn't have done it"
"he deserved it"
Harvey smiles "thank you"
… …. …
"Hey" she greets him
"hey" Harvey smiles back
"You alright?" Amelia asks him with a concerned look on her face.
"Yes, it was just too much sports and to less fluids" he smiles "bad combination"
"you're saying it"
Harvey hasitates but decides to asks
"any plans for today afternoon?"
"No, not really"
"You wanna go for a walk?"
"really?"
"Yes"
"I'd love to" a smile builds up on her face "when?"
"I have an appointment at 3pm but afterwards I'm free. How about 4pm? maybe we can go for a bit afterwards"
"sounds great" she says with a huge smile. She's so happy and she can't hide it.
"Then see you later"
"See you later" she replies.
"Yeeaah" she shouts in a whisper tone and throws fists in the air. But it was loud enough for Harvey to hear it. He smiles and keeps walking, happy that he's getting her back.
… … …
Harvey took a hotel room a few days ago. He needed some time for himself, besides Donna came almost every day and tried to talk to him.
He has been informed that Derek has withdrawn the complaint and wonders why. He assumes that Donna has convinced him. He saw her a few minutes ago walking towards her office and wanted to thank her but decided against it.
"Can we talk?" Donna asks him quietly when she enters his office.
"only if it's work related"
"Harvey please, we can't go on like this, it's about a week now. I know you're hurting and mad at me bu-"
"You're right I am and that's why I don't feel like talking to you, so leave me alone I have work to do"
"Harvey please, you can't throw everything away we have."
"You've got nerves" he says angrily. You accuse me of throwing everything away?" he asks upset "You?" he emphasis by pointing at her "last I checked you were the one kissing someone else, not me"
"I know I screwed up and it was the biggest mistake of my life and I am sorry. That kiss it… it didn't mean anything to me."
"It looked diffferent from what I saw and now go."
"Harvey" she says in a pleading voice
"No, I don't care how sorry you are and just because you convinced him to withdraw the complaint it doesn't mean you have the right to show up here an-"
"what, what complaint?"
Harvey looks at her "she doesn't know? but who?" he thinks
"Nothing"
"what complaint, Harvey?"
"for hitting him the other day… he wanted to sue me. However, he withdraw it, it's over".
"Goddamn idiot" she curses
"I have a lot on my plate and I'd really appreciate if you'd stop coming in here in the future" he says coldly
"I just wanna talk"
"and I want you to leave me alone. Looks like none of us gets what we want."
… … …
Harvey and Amelia are talking a walk where they usually go jogging together.
"Thank you" she starts "I'm really happy you're talking to me again"
"yeah me too" he smiles "I just thought you wouldn't care anymore and that he's much more important to you"
"He's not. He'll never be. Look, for me it's hard two to know after sixteen years that my father is not really my father. Yes I want to get to know him and my other family and I know you don't like him"
"but you do"
"yes… and I know I didn't act like that but just because I like him it doesn't mean I stop caring about you"
"It's just not easy after everything that happ-"
Harvey stops when he sees a black SUV driving in their direction with masked men in it.
"Amelia run" Harvey says, his heart racing now.
"what about you?" she asks afraid
"I'll be fine… now run"
"No! I won't go without you"
"Amelia" he says more forcefully and grabs her by her arms "I need to know you're fine. I'll be okay I promise now please run" he pleads and she finally does as told. Harvey's heart stops a beat when the car sores to a stillstand in front of him.
"If you don't stop and come back I'll kill him" a man shouts pointing the gun at Harvey's head.
She stops in her tracks and turns towards the others
"Amelia don't!"
"good girl" the man says smiling "and now go into the car and shut up"
"NO!" Harvey shouts "leave her alone you son of a bitch"
"shut the hell up before I have to use my gun" he warns
"Amelia run, please!" he pleads but the girl shakes her head crying "they'll kill you"
"You son of a bitch what do you want?" Harvey asks furious.
"Oh" the other man who's a little younger than Harvey huffs a laugh "I'm glad your asking, let me show it to you but first of all I want your phone" Harvey puts it out of the pocket and hands it to him. The other man then lunges and unexpectedly punches Harvey with the gun in the face, knocking him to the ground. He immedialty starts bleeding from his nose and lips.
The other man comes over and kicks him before he can get up and Harvey falls groaning on the ground.
"Please stop… DAD!" Amelia cries "Please don't hurt him" Harvey starts caughing. The kicks are hard and everywhere. He can't move, his head is hurting and he's nauseous and dizzy, so he puts his hands on his head to somehow protect it.
"Dad!" she cries as the men leave Harvey on the ground and go to get into the car.
"Amelia starts walking towards Harvey but one of the men holds her back"
"Let me say goodbye, please" she pleads
"One wrong move and he'll be gone" he warns and pushes her in Harvey direction.
Amelia rushes over to Harvey and kneels next to him.
"Dad" she whispers "Hold on, okay?"
"Amelia" he whispers
"I'm okay" she strokes his head "don't worry" She takes off her scarf and puts it under his head to make it at least a little more ocmftorbale for him. She also manages to get her cell phone out secretly. fortunately for her, no one has taken it from her yet. She places it so, that the other men can't see it. She puts it next to Harveys chest playing his palms on it "Call help" she whispers on his ear and places a kiss on the left of his forehead. One of the men then grabs her and puts her into the car.
"Please… he needs help" she pleads, not knowing if her father will be able to do it himself as she sees Harvey almost motionless.
"shut up" the man simply tells her.
"You goddamn asshole, he needs a doctor" she shouts. "You know what?" he gets his gun and shoots in Harvey's direction. "So, he doesn't need a doctor anymore" he says and puts the gun away
"Nooo! Daaad" she cries and starts to slap the man next to her who hits her on her face and she looses consciousness.
