"We can see Olivia in about ten minutes," Abby told Fitz handing him a coffee. "It truly is a routine procedure. You don't need to worry so much."

"I'm more worried about how they died. The guy who shot Liv could have actually killed her with the other three. She could have died today too."

"But she didn't and she's going to be just fine. Olivia can go back to her home and be happy or she can spend the rest of her life with you and be happier. I don't know why she ever thought Blake would be able to make her happy. She must have lost her mind at some point."

"Mr. Grant," the doctor spoke up coming into the room. "Olivia is in her room now. She's doing just fine and is wide awake, she wants to talk to you alone though."

Fitz ignored the rest of what the doctor said and ran down the hall to her room closing the door behind him.

"Hi," she smiled at him sitting up slowly.

"You are not okay, so 'hi' doesn't work here."

"Hi, hello, how are you?"

"And you aren't a comedian. What in the world happened at your parents' house?"

"I'm just in a little pain but I'm doing good. Now that my appendix is out, I don't have to worry about that ever giving me trouble."

"I want an answer."

"I shot them."

"No you didn't. You were shot, you couldn't have shot them. And you wouldn't shoot them. Livie, it's okay to tell me what happened, you don't need to protect anyone."

"Fitz. I. Shot. Them. I pulled the trigger, I shot all three of them dead and then Zach. I killed them. I don't regret what I did either."

"Alright, you need to rest. You obviously don't know what you're talking about."

Fitz got in bed with her wrapping his arms around her and letting her sleep.

The next day Olivia was allowed to go home which only made Fitz insist on her going back to Vermont with him. Deciding not to argue she packed a bag and got on the plane with him wanting to go back to their house.

He made her dinner and sat at the table with her in silence for a while.

"Are we going to talk about this?" Liv asked finally having enough of the silence.

"You were shot, you said some things that weren't true. It's fine now," Fitz answered.

"Which part wasn't true?"

"Livie, you didn't shoot Maya and Eli. It's not possible."

"Tell me why it isn't possible then."

"Because… because… because you are Olivia Pope. You have people who get their hands dirty for you. You don't pull the trigger you tell someone to pull the trigger. And especially with your parents."

Olivia put her fork down and pushed Fitz to look directly at her. "Listen to me. Whether you believe me or not is the only thing I care about. I don't need the world knowing what I did but I do need you to know. I did shoot them. All of them. I knocked on the door and Eli answered it, I stepped in, he closed the door and I shot him in the chest. I found Maya and Ashley in the office and I shot my mother in the wrist. Then I hit Ashley in the leg. I had her call Zach and then I shot her in the head. Ashley tried to come after me to stab me and I shot her in the stomach. Zach came in and check Eli's pulse and I shot him after he shot me. Then I went back out to find my dad and watched him suffer. His last word was my name and then I shot him in the heart. I shot all four of them and I have no regrets over it."

Fitz made sure to look in her eyes knowing that he could tell if she was lying. He could see her pupils dilated as she spoke and knew she was telling the truth.

"But… why?"

"I had to get out of that arranged marriage to Blake and keep you safe. Killing them was the only way."

"Why Ashley? Why did you kill her?"

"She was there, she saw what I did to my mother and I needed her to tell me where she put Jacob so I could send him to Blake. I am not going to prison for killing those people who the FBI, CIA, NSA, Secret Service, and every other government agency there is that is and has been looking for them."

"And Zach?"

"Zach is the hit man that my mother had on you. She has been sleeping with him for years. I needed him to come to the house. If I hadn't killed him and he didn't hear anything from my mother for so long, he would have killed you."

"I don't see what any of this has to do with me though."

"When you were President, you were my father's ace. You had all the power that he needed, and worse, you had me. He knew you'd do anything to protect me and that's why he kept you alive. There's a lot more to it that I don't know and I don't want to know. Everything that I need to know is just that Eli and Maya are dead. The world is a much safer place without them in it."

"Oh my god," Fitz put his chair back and looked at her.

"What?"

"For years I was thinking that you were running from me because you were afraid of what would happen to you if we got married and had kids, had the life we wanted. And I just realized you weren't running from me; you were running to save me."

"That's what I am supposed to do. I just got pushed to my limit."

Fitz stood up and kissed her pulling her to him.

"Thank you."