Coming Clean
Phil stood up slowly. "Danny," he replied, "you probably know what I think already. Back when I first joined this team, you believed in me without questioning me, despite my various failings. I don't see why you don't deserve the same."
The others nodded in consent. Danny smiled slightly.
"But," Phil went on, "as much as I hate taking us off topic, there are a few things
I have to say. Things I should have told all of you back when I joined this team. Things
* that I've been involved with... things I've done."
"Why do you feel the need to bring this up
now, in the middle of other proceedings?" Drake challenged.
Grissom and Leslie said nothing. They knew what Phil was about to tell the others.
"Because," Phil said, "it's been tearing me up inside. MY past has come back to haunt me again and again, and I don't have anyone who can share the burden. I won't be rid of these things until I tell you the truth. Even though I'm not sure you'll all still
want me after I do."
He sighed. "Ironic, isn't it? I'm someone who's been looking for the truth about
who I am and
where I come from, and all I really want now is to be rid of the past."
"If that's what it takes, Phil," Danny said, "then
tell us."
He told them.
