Again, I am not very good at writing drama. I hope you enjoy this chapter, Sawyer will be in the next chapter.

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The next day, Catherine managed to get Sawyer dressed before Susie showed up, she explained that they shouldn't be gone more than a couple of hours. She watched as Steve grabbed a folder out of the safe. Then she and Steve headed to headquarters. Catherine texted the team asking them to meet them there, Steve still didn't think it was going to do any good. When they pulled up she could see the tension start to build up.

"Hey, it's going to be fine."

"Cath, what if something is said that can't be forgiven."

"We are Oshana, you have taught me the meaning of that. We all need to speak opening."

"Okay." As he opened the truck door.

"After we are going to get Peanut and we will spend the weekend with her."

Steve smiled at the thought of that.

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As they made their way to the conference room, they could see Kono and Chin sitting while Danny was pacing. Steve stopped for a moment before going in. Danny stopped pacing when he heard the door, while Kono and Chin looking up.

"Hey, I thought you would have Sawyer with you." Chin looking more at Steve then Catherine.

"No, she's with the sitter. I thought we should have a family meeting." She explained as she sat at the table then motioned for Steve and Danny to sit. She wasn't surprised that Steve sat next to her while Danny sat on the other side of the table by Kono.

"If this is about yesterday, I am sorry. I didn't mean anything I said." Danny stated but stopped when he seen Steve's face.

"We both know that you are sorry and it was said in the heat of the moment."

"But?"

"Some part of you had to feel that way. I learned a long time ago that most people speak the truck when they are angry or drunk."

"So today is?" Kono asked.

"I thought that everyone could say what is really on their minds and we can all move on."

"I am not sure that's a good idea." Danny started.

"It is, I trust every one of you but I have to know that no matter what is going on you all have each other's back."

"Cath, we wouldn't." Steve started but the look on her face said she wasn't going to listen.

"I will not be the one that tells our daughter or Gracie and Charlie that their daddy is not coming home. I will not be the one to tell Adam, Gabby, or Leilani that one of you is not coming home. And I don't want one of you coming to tell me that Steve is not coming home."

They all understood her points, Kono was the first to talk.

"No matter what, I will always have their backs and I believe that they will always have mine." She paused.

"The hardest part for me about finding out about Sawyer is feeling like the two of you didn't trust me, us, to keep her safe. I understand your reasoning but it still hurts."

"Thank you for being honest with us." Steve replied.

"We knew that keeping her a secret would make all of you mad or hurt." Cath started, looked at Steve hoping he would open-up and finish.

"Cath and I had long talk about telling you especially after she got to know all of you."

"Yet you both decided not to." Danny interrupted.

Before Steve could re-act Cath took over.

"Not exactly. We were going to tell you."

"What changed your mind?" Chin asked.

"Doris." Steve replied.

"We had decided that when I was stationed back at Pearl we would tell all of you and then bring her home, where she belonged. But when we, mostly me, found out about Doris being alive then everything with WoFat. I didn't want her in the middle of it nor did I want any of you keeping our secret."

Steve looked around the room, he wasn't sure what his friends were thinking but Cath was taking to much of the blame for him.

"Cath didn't make the decision alone. I want to make a couple things perfectly clear and then you all can say whatever you want. Sawyer was never abandoned, it wasn't an easy decision to leave her with Cath's parents or not bring her here. Catherine has always made sure that if she had a long leave it was spent with Sawyer. Every chance I got I was with her. We did make the decision to tell you but then Doris came back and our daughter was not going to be a pawn in her games."

"I don't know what happened yesterday and I know what Kono said but I think we are just worried that you don't trust us or will keep something else big from us." Chin explained.

Cath and Steve looked at each other before answering.

"Trusting you with Sawyer was never the issue nor was you keeping her a secret. My biggest fear..." Steve stopped for a minute.

Catherine knew that he was trying to open up to the team.

"My biggest fear is that Sawyer will feel like she was abandoned by me. I tried my best to see her and let her know that I love her no matter where I was but I know the lasting effects of feeling like you were not wanted. The decision not to tell any of you was not easy and I have not kept any other personal information from you. We keep repeating the same thing but it was only about keeping her safe."

"Neither of us want our decision to affect our Ohana any more than it has. I don't know what to say to help all of you understand why we kept her a secret. It wasn't something either of us took lightly. At first, it was because I wouldn't let our relationship effect Steve's career. Then it was for her safety."

"You all know everything else about me that isn't classified."

There was silence for several minutes before Danny spoke.

"I shouldn't have said anything yesterday and I realize that I should have never brought the kids in to that case. I was angry about the kids not being left and I took my anger out on you. It wasn't fair to you or Cath."

"But?" Steve asked.

"Maybe a part of me was upset that she was Cath's parents and not the two of you because you watched and helped me fight so hard for Grace that I didn't understand how you could do that and your own child be with other people."

"Helping you fight for Grace made me see two things. The first was how lucky I was that Cath would never take Sawyer from me and I could see her when I want. Secondly, that if anything ever happened to me all of you would take care of Sawyer."

"Take care of her? We didn't know about her." Kono asked.

Steve opened the folder that was sitting on the table in front of him.

"After the first incident with Wo Fat, I knew that it wasn't over. I wrote each of you a letter, they each of some things for each of you but they all tell you about Sawyer and I ask each of you to take care of her and Cath. I have wanted the three of you to know her." As he slid each letter to the person they were meant for.

"We don't need these, you are not going anywhere and I will pay money to watch you flip out when some boy comes to take that little girl on a date." Kono smiling.

Catherine starting smiling while Steve groaned.

"Are we all good now?"

"Yeah, we will get over it and I promise that there will be no more outburst at scenes."

"Good now. Everyone hug and we can all get to our weekend plans."

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