"They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep"
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Rhea had initially wanted to go with Foggy to the union party for the cops but he had insisted that he do this alone. Which led her to be at Zoe and Karen's apartment. Rhea expected to see the pair cuddled together but instead, she just saw Zoe surrounded by a lot of different files. "Hey, where's Karen?"
"Uh, sleeping." Zoe murmured. In reality, Karen was sleeping but she had originally freaked out a bit. She was worried about Fisk learning that she had been the one to shoot Wesley. And how she was certain that he would be finding out. That was also when Zoe learned that Karen had told Benicia about the situation. It upset her, but she couldn't blame Karen for telling her best friend what was worrying her.
"What's all this?"
"Old Fisk files." Zoe answered simply with a yawn. And a few things that pertained to Wesley, just in case. "I just want to be as prepared as I possibly can."
"Yeah..."
Zoe heard the tone change in Rhea's voice and glanced at her, "Are you okay?"
"I'm just..." Rhea scratched the back of her neck before she joined Zoe at the dinner table, "I don't know... I expected something... more heartfelt if Matt were to come back. So for him to essentially show up and then tell us that he doesn't want us in his life anymore hurts..."
"I'm pissed at him." Zoe said suddenly while setting her pencil down. She leaned back in her chair and sighed, "I am so beyond pissed that I might scream. But that didn't stop me from sobbing for hours because I was so glad that Matt was alive. And... I don't know if he doesn't want us in his life. I think... I don't know. What-That old man, Stick, he said something to Matt, right?"
"Yeah, that friendships and relationships need to be taken away for him to be a soldier. For him to be primarily focused on the task at hand."
"Maybe that's what he's doing." Zoe usually argued against anything Matt does. But there was something about this situation and him being gone for so long that just made her want to rationalize anything he did to make her feel better. To make everyone else feel better as well. "To keep us safe he's pushing us away."
"I already knew Matt did that. He had tried before." Rhea offered as she propped her elbows on the table with a long sigh, "God, look at us. We would have failed the Bechdel test."
"I think Matt's a rather important topic of conversation for us right now." Zoe laughed, glad that Rhea was able to find humor somewhere right now. "I don't know... I just-I'm not just going to stop going after Fisk because he asked. Fisk affected our lives and he's essentially out. I get that Matt wants to deal with this on his own but he can't control our actions."
Rhea nodded her head, "Exactly." She glanced at her phone and saw a thumbs up from her texts from Foggy, "Oh-Oh my God, Foggy got the NYPD to back him for DA."
Zoe gasped and raised her hands in the air, "Yes! That's fucking awesome!"
"I'm so proud of him." Rhea pressed her palms to her cheeks, "He wanted to go and do this on his own without my help."
