- You did have a child with this woman.
As the defence lawyer handed him the file, Goren felt uncomfortable in this interrogation room, with all eyes on him, including those of Carver, the prosecutor and requesting lawyer, of detectives Logan and Barek, but above all, of her partner Eames of work, who was looking at him, surprised by this question, and questioning him with her eyes.
My God...
How could anyone have found out about this.
Goren had never said a word about the child he had had one evening with a woman with whom he didn't get on at all.
And at that moment, Goren felt uncomfortable, shifting in his seat.
He felt like he was in the dock again.
But it wasn't his trial.
He was only there to testify, and nothing else.
But this defence lawyer...
How has he rummage through his past.
What's more, the child he'd had was none other than a little girl.
He had never spoken about it to anyone around him, not even to his family.
And how could he.
When he didn't even know his daughter.
All because he didn't get on with his daughter's mother, and even before his daughter was born, his daughter's mother had told him to leave her alone.
So he did.
But now, how was he going to get out of it.
- Inspector Goren... I asked you a question.
So reluctantly, he took his eyes off Eames and put them on the lawyer.

- Yes, I do have a daughter with this woman... But why involve my daughter in this story. He turned to the accused. It's not me who's accused.
At Goren's answer, a big triumphant smile appeared on the lawyer's lips, so he turned to the jury.
- If Inspector Goren has been lying about his daughter all these years... Who's to say he's not lying about her testimony.
Pardon.
If he had lied about his daughter.
He had never lied.
Goren had never spoken about it, that was different.
And what did that have to do with his past...
Besides, what had happened in his life nine years ago was none of the jury's business, and had absolutely nothing to do with his testimony.
But above all, he didn't appreciate at all that his daughter had been involved in this story.
The defence lawyer was going to pay him.
His daughter would not be tainted.
And as soon as he left the courtroom, he was going to tell the lawyer what he thought.

- Yes, I do have a daughter with that woman...
At his words, Eames looked at Goren in shock.
Goren had a daughter...
My God...
But why had he never told her.
Was he afraid she would judge him, or reproach him.
Goren knew her well yet.

Of course, she would have asked him to explain why he never talked about his daughter or had any photos of her.
Especially since he had been her partner for over six years.
He should have trusted her.
Hadn't she shown him that he could trust her.
But from what she could see today...
No, Goren didn't trust her.
At this realisation, Eames felt his heart clench, and she felt betrayed.
Six years they'd known each other and he...
But from Carver's reaction, who was looking at Goren just as shocked by this admission, Eames understood that he didn't know about this child either.
Would Goren be ashamed of his daughter.
To the point of hiding her.
To conceal her existence.
Eames absolutely had to understand, and have an explanation.
She couldn't understand why Goren would hide his daughter.
It wasn't logical.
During several investigations, she had seen how he was with children.
Always kind, attentive and patient.
So it wasn't logical for him to hide the existence of his daughter.
So as soon as she had the chance, she'd take him aside and ask him why.
And above all, why he hadn't told her he had a daughter.

- So you have a daughter.
- You could have warned us, Inspector.
At Eames and Carver's words, which were nothing but reproach, he turned to Eames, but didn't leave the courtroom door, waiting for the other side's lawyer.
- I'm your partner. You should have told me.
Talked to her.
But his daughter, as everyone in the room now knew, he had never been able to see.
So why would he talk about it.
That was the main reason he'd never mentioned it.
He'd made the mistake of sleeping with a woman one night, and nine years later it was thrown back in his face, and in front of the world, his misbehaviour, which had given birth to his daughter.
But he couldn't stand his daughter's mother, and she never allowed him to see her daughter.
- I made a mistake one night...
Goren had made a mistake...
But why hadn't he told her.
Eames could very well have understood.
But no, he preferred to keep it to himself.
- You should have told me.
Good God.
Eames, could she stop this.
This insistence.
It was hard enough as it was, that this story was went out of his past.

And also the existence of his daughter, whom he had never seen.
So, he would have preferred to avoid Eames' questions.
- We'll talk about it later...
He stopped talking when he saw the lawyer leave the room, and rushed towards him like a madman, followed by Eames and Carver.
When he reached the lawyer's level, he stopped dead in front of him and brought his face dangerously close to his own, his features distorted by rage.
- How dare you do this. She's just an eight-year-old girl...
Eames came to stand in front of Goren and put his hand on his chest.
- Bobby, stop it.
What.
Stop.
While this lawyer had no scruples about involving his daughter in this story.
Oh no, surely not.
He wouldn't stop.
Not until he'd made that lawyer swallow his words.
- Stand aside, Eames.
Stand aside...
Oh no.
Eames could see that Goren was mad with rage, and therefore uncontrollable.
- I won't tell you twice, Eames.
- Inspector.
At Carver's voice, Goren turned to him and gave him a reproachful look.
So he was going to get involved too.
Goren was getting seriously fed up.
A little girl was being attacked.
A girl who was none other than his own, and he should have remained unmoved.
- Bobby... Eames put his hand on his arm. Please, Bobby. He's not worth it.
At this gesture, and her big hazel eyes, which begged him to calm down, Goren reluctantly, but only because Eames was asking him to, and especially at the words she had just said to him, realised that she was right.
This man in front of him, who was nothing but scum, really wasn't worth it.
But the urge to hit him back was too strong.
So he pushed Eames's hand away and walked away, while Eames watched him stride down the courthouse steps.