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Bright blue eyes, identical to her father's.

Soft, wavy brown hair, identical to her mother's.

The little girl was a perfect mix of both her parents- inheriting things from both of them. But yet the little girl only knew her mother's family. She had no idea who Nathan Rafter was, let alone his family. She didn't know her Grandma Julie or Grandpa Dave. Nanna Chel and Granddad Ted were out of the question, as were Aunties Melissa, Rachel and Ruby, and Uncles Ben, Jake and Carbo.

Bailey.

That was the name that Sammy had picked for the little girl. Bailey Claire Rafter, born in August 2010. The little girl that no one in her father's family knew existed.

"Mummy, why don't I have a daddy?"

That was the question she had asked Sammy many times. She was wise for her four years- and her curious personality was a spitting image of her father.

"Because, baby, Daddy made some mistakes. But he loves you, Bailey". Sammy had held the little girl close, hoping she didn't ask more questions. Bailey was the reason she had held herself together all this time- she had almost fallen apart when she left Nathan.

Sammy had loved Nathan, more than anyone in the world. She still did. But they had both made mistakes. They were married young (at age twenty one, to be exact) and they had gone broke within three months. That resulted in them moving back in with Nathan's parents...

And everyone that followed.

Sammy and Nathan found themselves sharing a house with, not only his parents Dave and Julie, but his grandfather, Ted, and his older sister Rachel. It was a small house, and it was, most of the time, difficult to get time to yourself.

Nathan was very family orientated, as was the rest of his family. That was what Sammy admired most about him.

And yet, their marriage suffered.

That resulted in Sammy leaving, a little before Christmas in 2009. The day of her baby sister in law's birth, in fact. Ruby Louise Rafter was the little girl who she had never gotten to meet, the girl she had doted over since she was a bump. She had hoped that maybe Ruby and Bailey could grow up together, seeming closer than sisters. But that hadn't eventuated.

Sammy still loved Nathan, with all her heart. He still loved her, even though he had tried his hardest to move on. Moving on for Nathan did not involve finding a new girl- it meant throwing himself into work so hard that his mother had to remind him to eat.

Moving on for Sammy meant trying her hardest to look after the little girl she called hers.

Bailey heard Sammy crying, in the middle of the night. The four year old would sneak into her mother's bed, wrapping her little arms around her, trying to stop her tears. She had heard so much about her father, yet she was never able to meet him. Her Nanna Trish had told her that.

Maybe one day Sammy would be able to forgive her husband.

Maybe one day, they could be a family.

Nathan, Sammy...

And Bailey.