Derek thought his heart was going to beat out of his chest, he sat at the table in his apartment and tried to slow his breathing down. That wasn't the way he wanted to see Kim, he hoped she didn't recognize him. There was no way she would have he tried telling himself, the night of the accident was the last time she saw him. His nose was badly broken and his face swollen and bruised, he was unrecognizable to even his parents.

He knew this whole thing was about to blow up in his face, it was just a matter of time. He went to the fridge and pulled out the bottle he kept in the back, it served as a reminder of what he had over come. He removed the cap and held it inches from his lips, he wanted to down it for it to make him numb. He shoved the cap back on and returned it to the fridge, "don't be stupid" he whispered to himself. He changed into a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and decided to go for a run.

Annie found Kim sitting on the bed crying, "hey, what is it? I thought Adam was okay?" She was suddenly fearful, "has something changed?"

Kim wiped her eyes, "He's fine, I'm going back in a little bit to pick him up" she explained, "it just kind of hit me, it was a close call for Kevin, and Adam was lucky"

Annie sat beside her, "I'm sorry you found Derek here this morning, please don't tell Adam. It's just I was scared and needed to talk to him and he offered to sit with me, nothing happened"

Kim patted her thigh, "it's fine, I understand. I won't tell him" she still couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity that she felt when she saw him.

"Thanks Pops" Adam said as he sat in the car, "I didn't want Kim to have to come back up here to pick me up"

"How's Kevin?" Bob asked as he maneuvered his way out of the hospital parking lot, "he's going to be okay, right?" He smiled thinking about how much Anthony looked up to Kevin.

"Yea, he's gonna make it" he turned the radio off, "So, I had Mouse check out the guy Annie is seeing, we have a problem"

Bob glanced over at his son "please elaborate on that son, it doesn't sound good"

Adam grimaced as they went over a pothole, "could you at least try to avoid the potholes dad" he teased.

"Yea, I'm sorry, tell me what you found out" his patience slipping away.

"The guy he claims to be died three years ago in a fire" Adam could feel himself getting angry, "He's hiding something dad, why else would he take on the name of a dead guy?"

"Have you told Annie yet?"

Adam looked at his side, "getting shot kind of kept me from telling anyone" he grinned, "I'm going to look into it some more before I tell her" he knew he needed more to go on "please don't mention it to her"

"I won't, but keep me in the loop" he put the car in park, and helped Adam out and into the house.

"Mommy where's daddy?" Anthony asked as he played with his trucks, "I want him"

Kim had yet to tell him, Adam was in the hospital.

"Anthony, baby, Daddy was---" she started to explain when she heard the door open, and Adam's voice filled the house.

"There's my boy" Adam said as Anthony wrapped his arms around his leg, "I had my dad bring me home, so you wouldn't have to come back out" he explained as he gingerly sat down, "careful bud, daddy's hurt" he placed his hand over his right side.

"Did a bad guy do it?" He asked his brow furrowed.

"Yeah, but I'm okay"

"I'm glad you're okay Adam" Annie said, "I was really worried about you" she grabbed her things, "I have to go"

Adam smiled as she left, their father following her outside, he pointed over his shoulder in the direction she went "is she okay, she's acting kind of weird"

Harper's cries coming over the monitor, "let me go get her"

Adam contemplated waiting to tell Kim, but he needed to get it off his chest and see what she thought.

When she returned, he played with Harper for a minutes before he brought it up, "Darlin', we need to talk about Annie's boyfriend" he handed Harper the baby doll, "something isn't adding up with him"

Kim sat beside him on the couch, "since you brought it up, I have to tell you something and you need to promise me you won't say anything to Annie, nothing at all" she grabbed his hand, "I mean it Adam, no matter what you can't tell her I told you. She'll never tell me anything again and she'll hate me"

"Just tell me"

"Derek spent the night here last night" she rushed the words out, "I found him in our living room when I got home this morning. Annie was fixing breakfast for Anthony, and I guess he was getting ready to leave"

"No fucking way" he yelled, clutching his side,startling both kids, he put his hand up "I'm sorry, I don't want him in our house. He's lying about who he is to Annie and I don't like it"

"What do you mean?" She handed Harper a sippy cup, "did you have Mouse check him out?"

Adam took a pain pill and a sip of water, "yes, and Derek Fletcher died in a fire three years ago. I'm still looking into him, trying to find out who he really is but Mouse has been busy since last night" the investigation into the shooting had occupied Mouse.

Kim shuddered at the memory, "when Al showed up at the door I was so scared, Adam" she leaned into him, "how's Kevin?"

Adam ran his hand through Kim's hair, "I saw him this morning he's doing well, he'll be in the hospital a while but he's okay, we both are" he kissed her forehead.

"This is going to sound silly, but something about Derek, if that's even his name is familiar" she had been racking her brain trying to place it each time coming up empty, "I don't know what it is, it's odd though"

Annie knocked on his door, "Derek, it's me" she called out knowing he hated answering the door always thinking it was solicitor "open up" she heard him slide the chain across and open the door. He looked uneasy, "are you okay?"

"Yea, I'm fine" he wiped his face "I just got out of the shower what's up?" He grabbed a bottle of powerade, "you want a drink?"

She shook her head no.

"My brother is home, my sister in law promised me she wouldn't tell him that you spent the night" she sat opposite him. "You seem distant, are you sure you're okay?"

He finished off the bottle "I'm fine Annie" he told her when in reality he wanted to scream, he finally found someone who made him happy, someone he loved but he was too busy trying to right a wrong that he built all of it on a lie. "I'm glad you came here, you know" he pulled her into his lap and kissed her, "really glad" his hands in her hair.

"Me too" she replied breathless, "why don't we take this to the bedroom" she whispered in his ear.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive"

Adam sat at the desk in the office and waited for the admissions department to take him off hold, he had hacked his way into Annie's phone and pulled up one of the hundreds of selfies she had on her phone and found one of her and Derek.

"Admissions, this is Susan"

"I'm Officer Adam Ruzek, with the Chicago PD. I need some information on a student named Derek Fletcher" he told her doodling on the notepad.

He could her the clicks as her nails hit the keyboard, "I'm sorry officer I don't see a student by that name" she sounded put out.

"If I fax you a picture will that help?" He knew it was a long shot, but all students need photo identification and he hoped that somehow they could figure it out that way.

"I suppose, is this student in trouble?" She asked, the Zeke Waters case not far from her mind "we will do all we can to help"

"I'm not sure but I appreciate you're cooperation" he sent the fax, "I just sent the fax you should be getting it any minute"

"Let me go check, hang on just a minute" she walked over to the fax machine and lifted the picture from the tray, "Jackie, do you know who this student is?" She asked one of the receptionists.

"Umm, let me see" she took the paper from Susan, "yes actually I do. He was in yesterday to speak with financial aid, hang on a second" she pulled the appointment book out, and scanned the page "yea, here it is he's Derek Madison, why?"

"I don't know, the police are asking about him though" she went back to the phone, "you're in luck officer, he had an appointment with financial aid yesterday, his name is Derek Madison"

Adam felt the room start to spin, "Derek Madison? Are you sure?" It was almost a whisper.

"Positive, can I help you with anything else?" Susan asked.

"No that's it, thanks" Adam slammed the phone down and stared at the wall. The night of the accident racing back, he studied the picture of his sister with Derek, the man who killed his wife and nearly killed him and their unborn son, rage built in him.

He dialed the number, cursing when it went straight to voicemail, "Annie its Adam. You need to call me as soon as you get this, I mean it. As soon as you get this" he tried to free his voice of anger but he was doubtful he succeeded.

"Kim!" He hollered, "Kim come here, NOW!"

"Adam, what is it?" She asked, Harper in her arms. "You look as if you've seen a ghost"

He held the picture up, "my sister is dating the man that killed Anthony's mother!" He crumpled the picture and threw it across the room, "I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch"

Kim felt as if he had slapped her, his words cutting to the quick "what?" Her voice shaky and she could feel her bottom lip begin to quiver. She tried to stop the tears, she wouldn't let him see how much his words had hurt "how do you know?"

"The school just confirmed it, and it explains why you thought he was familiar" the pain in his side screaming at him but he ignored it, "he killed her, he nearly killed me and Anthony too" his face a bright red, he paced the small office his hands shaking.

"You need to calm down Adam, you're going to rip your stitches" she reached out to touch his side, he jerked his body away.

"I'm fine" he started dialing Annie's number again, "fuck me! It keeps going to voicemail" he yelled. "I'm calling my dad"

"Don't do that Adam, we don't know for sure he's the same Derek Madison" she tried to tell him.

"Seriously, are you going to defend that son of a bitch? Of course he is, it explains why he gave her a bogus last name" he yelled, causing Harper to start crying "don't you dare defend him"

"I'm not Adam! I don't want you going off half cocked and doing something you'll regret" she tried to soothe Harper, "you're scaring our daughter, Anthony too"

He pounded his fist on the desk, "I gotta do something" he grabbed his cellphone, wallet, and keys "I will be back soon" he told her as he brushed past her.

"You're not supposed to drive Adam!" Though she knew it was useless he was on a mission.

"I'm fine"

She knew she needed help that Adam wasn't thinking at all, she called Al and asked him to come over.

Adam was driving aimlessly he finally pulled in to his dad's driveway, disappointed Annie's car wasn't in the driveway.

Amy spotted him coming up the walkway and ran out to greet him, "oh baby, I was so worried about you, come here" she carefully hugged him, "is Kevin okay?"

"He is" Adam said gruffly, "where's Annie and my dad?"

"Your dad is inside, Annie is out with her boyfriend" she told him as they went inside.

Adam felt sick to his stomach, "you know her boyfriend killed my kid's mother, right? That son of a bitch has been lying to Annie all this time, he killed Wendy!"

Bob stood, "what the hell did you just say?"

"Exactly what you think I said, that bastard killed Anthony's mother, and now he's fucking my sister" his harsh language causing Amy to flinch, "I swear I'm gonna kill him dad!"

"Adam, please watch your language and settle down. You're going to rip your stitches if you aren't careful" Bob told him, placing his hand on Adam's arm.

"It's fine. You better find Annie before I do, and she better not be with that son of a bitch!" Adam stormed out the door.

"Call her Bob, you need to warn her" Amy said, she wondered how Kim was doing with all of this, being reminded of the fact she wasn't Anthony's biological mother.

"Went to voicemail" Bob told her as he hung up, "this is bad Amy, we need to get in touch with Annie" he scrolled through his contacts and found Phil's number and called him looking for Trey's number.

Al knocked on the door, Anthony greeting him "Uncle Al!".

"Hey pal, where's mommy?" He asked lifting him up, "daddy here?"

"No, daddy yelled and went for a drive" Anthony told him, "you wanna play basketball?"

"He's here to talk to me baby, Can you go play in the playroom for a little bit" she watched as he ran off, "thanks for coming so quick Al" she offered him a drink "We think Annie is dating Derek Madison"

Al's jaw dropped open, "what?"

"I know we're just as shocked, Adam had Mouse look into him. The name he gave Annie was some guy killed in a fire three years ago. Which, as you can imagine worried Adam, he hacked into Annie's phone found a picture of the guy and faxed it to the college. They told him he was Derek Madison, Adam is out for blood, Al" she left out the part where Adam's words broke her heart in two, she felt kind of silly being upset by what he said but she couldn't help it.

She handed him the picture, Al studied it for a minute, "it's him, Kim, this is the guy that caused the accident. I'm sure of it, I would recognize him anywhere" he handed her the picture "what do you need me to do?"

Kim sat down, "Keep my husband from killing him and ending up in jail and destroying his relationship with his sister"

Al smiled, "so, not much really" he tried to bring some levity to the situation "I will see what I can do, you know where he went?"

"Nope, I would guess Bob and Amy's but I don't know" she was glad he didn't have Derek's address, "I'm hoping he doesn't call the school and ask for Derek's address"

"Annie, that was amazing" Derek told her, her head resting on his chest, he sighed "I know we haven't been together all that long, but I love you" he hated that he didn't have the balls to tell her the truth, he knew she'd leave him.

Annie propped herself up on her elbow, "I love you too Derek, so much" she kissed him. The buzzing of her phone interrupting the kiss, "I'm not gonna answer that" she told him.

"No you better, it could be important" Derek told her, she leaned over him grabbed the phone off the nightstand.

"Jesus, I have fifteen missed calls from my brother, and a few from my dad" she listened to the voicemail and groaned, "I have to go, something is going on with my brother" she got up from the bed and went into the bathroom and took a quick shower, she dried off and got dressed, "I hate that I have to leave but I will call you later, okay?"

He watched as she left, he quickly jumped up pulled on a pair of shorts and followed her into the living room, he grabbed her arm, "Just remember I love you, okay?" He kissed her one last time.

She smiled, "I know, and I love you too"

Derek plopped down on the couch, his gut was telling him they had figured it out, that Kim must have recognized him, it was the only possibility.

Annie didn't bother calling Adam, she could tell from the voicemail that he was angry with her for some reason or another, she would rather deal with her father.

"Dad, what's up?" She put her purse on the table, "sorry I missed your calls"

Amy motioned to the couch, "sit honey, we need to talk about something"

Annie sat down, "is everything okay, you're both scaring me. Adam's okay isn't he?"

"Honey, your boyfriend isn't who he says he is" Bob told her.

"What the hell does that mean? Adam tell you that?" She was angry, "He needs to get over himself I'm not a little kid"

"Yes, Adam told us. Only because he loves you and wants to protect you" he moved to sit on the coffee table opposite her "His last name isn't Fletcher, his name is Derek Madison"

"No, it's Fletcher, Dad. Adam is wrong, I know it's hard to believe that the great Adam Ruzek could be wrong but he is, he's dead wrong" she stood up, "I'm going to my room"

"No, you aren't not until you hear me out, you know Adam's first wife was killed in a car accident, yes?"

"I do, but why are your bringing that up?" He was confusing the shit out of her.

"Derek Madison, your boyfriend was the other driver, he killed Adam's wife, he was drunk and high off his ass! He killed Wendy, and nearly killed your brother and Anthony"

"No, you're lying. Adam's lying too" Annie told them grabbing her keys and rushing out the door.

The sound of her car pulling away reverberated through the house.

"Call me Adam, I'm worried" she left yet another message, Adam had been gone for hours, the sound of his truck pulling in the driveway caused her to jump.

She watched as he limped up the walkway favoring his side, in obvious discomfort she beat him to the door, "where the hell have you been, I've been calling you"'she slammed the door as soon as he stepped inside.

"Don't start please, I'm furious" he grabbed the pain pills and quickly swallowed two, "that fucking bastard has some pair, he didn't think I would figure it out?" He slammed the cabinet shut, "he's fucking my sister, Kim. He's spitting in my face!"

Kim closed the doors to the kids bedroom, "will you watch your damn mouth Adam, Anthony already repeats half of what you say" she lifted his shirt, "you're bleeding"

"I told you I'm fine" he winced as she brushed her hand over the wound, "alright, I'm going" he told her when he felt her eyes glaring at him, "have you spoken to Annie?"

She grabbed a cloth and wet it, "take your shirt off" once he removed the shirt she dabbed at the blood, he flinched "I'm sorry. No, I haven't spoken to her. I left her a voicemail but she hasn't called me back, honestly I'm not sure if she will" she put the cloth on the table and handed him a clean shirt, "Annie doesn't know what he did, you need to remember that when you talk to her, this isn't her fault"

"Yeah, well if she doesn't drop that bastard, she can tell my son her boyfriend is the reason his mother is dead" he spit out.

Kim stood up, "Screw you Adam" she stalked off down the hallway and slammed their bedroom door.

Adam felt like an ass, he kicked over the end table sending the lamp crashing to the floor shattering into pieces, he went to the door "Kim, open up, I swear I didn't mean it the way it sounded I'm just pissed off" he begged her to open the door, only to hear her raise the volume on the television.

"Derek Fletcher, huh?" She asked when he opened the door, "why would you lie to me?" She didn't let him know that she knew everything, "start talking"

He took her hand and led her to the couch, "I'm sorry"