After talking to his mother and her being adamant on keeping her secrets exactly that, secret, Oliver decided that they'd need to use more lucrative methods of removing the skeletons.

"So, what do you need me to do?" Winn asked.

"Right now, we need to find any skeletons in my family's closet that could be seen as damaging to Laurel's campaign and my mom isn't budging. I need to know what she's hiding and if there's anything else I should be aware of anyways." Oliver said and Winn nodded.

"Okay, any ideas on what to look for?" Winn asked.

"Phone records, offshore bank accounts, anything that looks suspicious or out of place." Oliver said and Winn nodded.

"Should I just look into members of your family that are still alive?" Winn asked and Oliver knew what he was really asking.

"Dig as deep into my father as you can. I started this crusade to honor him, but honestly, I'm beginning to wonder how much of him I actually knew." Oliver said and Winn nodded as he began digging.

"So, how'd it go at the mansion?" Laurel asked when Oliver returned to their penthouse.

"My mom was predictably stubborn. Apparently there are some secrets she thinks should stay secret. That's why I have Winn searching for anything damaging right now. But what about your family?" Oliver asked.

"Alex said that the worst thing about my family the press could dig up is my father's alcoholism and that's no real secret." Laurel said.

"And to think, they'd have no idea that the mayor is actually the Black Canary." Oliver said as he sat down on the couch next to her.

"Whoa there Ollie. I haven't been elected yet." Laurel said and Oliver decided that since it was probably going to come up anyway in Winn's search, he might as well be honest with Laurel now.

"Laurel, you probably know that I haven't been honest with you about all the women I cheated on you with right?" Oliver asked.

"I suspected that there were a few names I never found out about, but I forgave you for that when I took you back. Why are you bringing it up now?" Laurel asked.

"Because it's something that might come up in your campaign. One of the girls I slept with was Samantha Clayton." Oliver said.

"From college?" Laurel asked.

"Yeah. I honestly don't even remember why I did it anymore, I think I was drunk, but that's not why I'm telling you." Oliver said.

"Then why are you telling me?" Laurel asked, not sure how to feel about this.

"Because she got pregnant off it." Oliver said, much to Laurel's shock.

"You have a kid?" Laurel asked.

"No, she had a miscarriage and moved away shortly after. But I'm telling you now because even though you have no reason to forgive me for this, I thought it would be better if I told you myself instead of letting you find out some other way." Oliver said, since even though he knew that it was a lie and that he was a father, no one suspected he knew yet aside from Cisco and maybe Barry and Kara and also, it had been his lying to Felicity about William that had destroyed their relationship the first time.

"Wow, that's a lot to take in." Laurel said.

"Yeah, I'll understand if you want to call things off between us." Oliver said as he moved to get up, but Laurel grabbed his wrist.

"I won't deny that a part of me is still furious with you about this, but I am relieved that you felt like you could tell me this instead of trying to hide it from me, because if I'd found out the wrong way, I never would have forgiven you. Honestly, I probably would've outed you and thrown you in prison." Laurel said.

"And I wouldn't blame you. But how are you being so understanding about this?" Oliver asked.

"Because getting mad at you now would be like getting mad at a complete stranger. You are not that same obnoxious, spoiled frat boy who slept with other women while he was dating me. You're a much better man now and like I told you before, you've suffered enough for your sins. But honestly Ollie, I think we should consider relationship therapy or something." Laurel said and Oliver nodded.

"You know that there is nothing I wouldn't do for you Laurel." Oliver said.

"I know and that's why I know I made the right choice by giving you another chance." Laurel said as Oliver kissed her.

"I love you." Oliver said as things began to speed up.

"I love you to." Laurel said before she truly allowed herself to become lost in their kiss.