"I owe you better than that," Oliver said. He couldn't read Laurel quite as well as he used to be able to and he wondered if "we don't have to," meant she didn't want to or that she did and was giving him an out. Oliver wasn't interested in taking the easy way out any longer.

"It's a part of my life that began when we were together and I feel like I need to talk to you about it, to discuss it, to let you have a chance to discuss it too."