AN. HEEEEEYYYYYYY! I'm so incredibly sorry it took so long to finally write this and I have no excuse. I was just plain out lazy. But im back now and I'm here to stay. So finally the sequal to "Only Time Will Tell" is up! I'm sorry if this chapter is short as im low on time and im a little rusty! ENJOY! :)

Valkyrie's POV

Its been about two years after we got the note from Lightning. He still has not shown up yet. We haven't heard or seen a thing from him. However, that hasn't stopped Skulduggery from searching for him. Skulduggery has been crazed since the night we got the note. I've given birth to a beautiful little girl and because Skulduggery was too busy trying to track down Lightning he wasn't at her birth and has barely spent any time with her. He hasn't spent any time with anyone. The longest I've spent time with him is when we were in bed sleeping. He spends all his time in Gordon's office or out talking to witnesses. I spoke to him one day about spending more time with us and we spent the night together but then he got another lead the next morning (which went cold like the others) and he broke his promise to be with us more. Thanks to that night I'm pregnant again and even though I have a big bump (I'm seven months along) he still doesn't know. Since Skulduggery and I have drifted apart, Dexter Vex and I have gotten very close and we're good friends now. He always visits and knows what I'm going through so he likes to see if I'm okay. I don't know what I'd do without him.

Ellie, my one year old daughter, is crawling up the stairs so I follow to make sure she doesn't get hurt. She crawls out to the office door and pushes it open (the latch doesn't work so we don't need to use the handle). "DADA!" she squeals, crawling to Skulduggery and reaching up to him smiling, showing only two teeth. She's so happy to see him as she hasn't seen him in weeks.

He simply pats her head, not looking at her and mutters, "Not right now sweetie."

Her bottom lip trembles. Enough is enough. I get Jonathan up (or as she calls him JoJo) to take her. When they are gone I slam the door shut and storm to the desk. I rip whatever Skulduggery is looking at away, "Stop!"

He looks at me startled. His face now has a light beard forming because he only shaves when going to speak to a witness and even still he only lightly trims it, too eager to leave and talk to them. "Stop what?"

I gesture around the room filled of pictures of Lightning and statements and maps with notes written on them. The wall can no longer be seen with all of them. "This! Your daughter is crying because for the first time she has seen you in weeks you want nothing to do with her!" I point to my stomach, "I'm pregnant again and seven months along and you don't even know! This has to stop!"

"I can't stop! I'm close to finding him! When I find him I am going to kill him and it will all be over!"

"You have been saying that for two years! He may not even come after us!"

"I'm not taking that risk! I won't lose you again!"

"You're already losing me! All by yourself!" With that I storm out with tears in my eyes.

I go to the kitchen where Jonathan is feeding Ellie. He watches me with sad eyes, "Are you alright?"

I give a smile, "I'm fine." I wipe a tear away. He sighs and hugs me.

"Are you and dad alright?"

I stay silent for a while and then I answer honestly, "I don't know. I really don't. I love him. I always have and I always will but... I don't know how long I can do this for."

He says, "Tanith called. She's coming over with Ghastly and Dexter."

I nod and start making food for them and us. About an hour later while the food is simmering I pick Ellie up to give her bath. It's then I hear his voice from behind me, "You shouldn't be carrying her. She's too heavy to be carrying while pregnant. Let me take her." It's clear from his voice that he's been crying, just like I have. I turn to see a red, puffy eyed Skulduggery standing there looking at me. Ellie reaches out him, her little lip trembling and her arms out stretched to, hope filling her big brown eyes.

Before I can't say anything he comes closer and takes her gently out of my arms. He holds her close, resting his forehead on hers and tries not to cry. He whispers to her, "I'm sorry. I'm so so so sorry. I promise, daddy will here from now on. Daddy's here."

I glare at him, "You promised that before and you broke it the very next day."

He breaks down and cries, "I know. This time I swear, I swear, this time I'll stop and be here for you."

"We'll see about that," I turn back to the food.

"Valkyrie…" he starts but I cut him off.

"Ghastly, Tanith and Dexter are coming. When you're done giving her bath get washed and dressed. " He sighs and goes off to do as I say.

The last time he promised this I fell into his arms and believed him. The next day he broke that promise along with my heart. I'm not going to just fall into his arms again. I'm going to make sure he keeps his promise first.

AN. TAAAADAAHHH! I hope you liked it! Ill update soon I promise! :) Take care! Until next time" :D