14 May, Courthouse, City K

Matthew carefully climbed out of his vehicle with Warrant Officer Wang at the wheel.?He had to fight the psychologist and psychiatrists to leave the hospital for some time to come and deal with Richard's parents given Lexi could not.?At least the court was willing to allow Lexi to video link in to be a part of the proceedings after a fight late yesterday with Richard's parents and the court.?They seemed to think it was easy for Lexi to go to court, despite her injuries.?Those idiots.

As he walked towards the courthouse doors, he saw Bronwyn waiting for him.?How things had changed in less than a week.?From being ignorant of the truth, to the feelings of hurt about being lied to, to the absolute terror of not knowing what was happening to Lexi, to forgiveness.?Yes, he and Lexi still had a long way to go, but at least they had moved to a point they were able to see the past for what it was, the past.

The problem is dealing with the consequences of that past.?That included dealing with Richard's parents and working out what to do if his parents found out about Dominic's parentage.?Richard's parents however decided that they could not wait to try and force Lexi's hand.?As Lexi told him last night when they were talking about what to do, they knew Dominic was not Richard's child, but they wanted to maintain that fa?ade to the world, because it suited them.

After talking for a while, Lexi finally said that they needed to deal with this once and for all.?She did not want to cut them out of Dominic's life given their role in it to now.?He could only agree with her words that if she had to choose grandparents for their children, it would be them rather than his parents.?At least their motives were open and honest.?It was all about money and position for them, whereas for his parents it was all about control and domination.?That was a fair assessment of his parents, and he never wanted Dominic and any future children to be subjected to that.?The problem was he did not trust Richard's parents when the truth is publicised not to hurt Dominic.

"Boss.." came Bronwyn, interrupting his thoughts.

"When did you get back?"

"Late last night.?We were all able to hand over to people from the Capital who have come to finalise the military involvement before handing the scene back to the police and the JL International.?Plus, given your hospitalisation in some respect the colonels were needed."

"Your father and his underhanded methods gave me no choice on being admitted.?Btu there has been something good come out of it.?Lexi and I have talked about the past and are slowly starting to work through things.?Talking is doing us some good."

"Speaking of Lexi, how is she?"

"Sore, stressed out and already frustrated at being trapped in a bed.?But when I think about what could have been so much worse. And then this has added to her stress."

Matthew paused and opened the door motioning for Bronwyn to proceed him.

Bronwyn stopped and said "Boss, after you.?We need to have a quick talk, and deal with the civilian lawyers."

Sensing the determination in Bronwyn, Matthew entered, and the court staff quickly whisked them around the security screening before they headed towards the court room where the case had its next list date.?On their way, Matthew spotted Lexi's civilian lawyers, and quietly said "We need to talk.?I know my wife had called you about today."

"General we have only had a brief conversation with Madam Rong.?She indicated to have you call her when you arrived for us to talk."

With that Lexi's civilian lawyers opened a meeting room door, and ushered Matthew inside.?As the door shut, Matthew quickly pulled out his phone and dialled Lexi directly.?As she answered Matthew placed the call on speaker and said "Lexi, I am with your lawyers."

"Thank you."?Matthew knew what was coming.?The truth about Dominic and how to progress the case.?She had made it clear when they worked out how to approach this that she did not want him using the card he wanted to play at this time.?Her marriage to Richard was never legal, because of what they had done before her parents registered her marriage to Richard.

Reaching inside the small case he carried in, Matthew drew out three envelopes, with a copy of the testing results that proved Dominic's parentage.

"My husband should be handing you envelopes, can you please read the contents."

Following Lexi's instructions, Matthew handed over the envelopes and Bronwyn who was sitting beside him quietly said "Is that what I think it is?"

"It is, Lexi and I have talked, and yest we have a lot of things to resolve but she has agreed that the truth is the best option here."

Quickly one asked "Madam Rong, this has to be wrong?"

"It is not.?I have always known the truth, but the situation with my parents and my marriage resulted in me being willing to live the lie about Dominic, for his protection.?People accepted that it was the truth at the time, and Dominic has been happy with it.?But we cannot live this lie any more.?Dominic deserves the truth, and he is old enough for it."

"You know that your former in-laws are going to fight this and request a new DNA test."

A couple of seconds silence came from the other end of the phone before Lexi responded "They can go for it.?I have nothing to hide."

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