Haleigh walked into the kitchen and saw Taylor standing at the countertop staring at something, setting her purse on the table and dropped a quick kiss on the toddler sitting in the high chair before walking over to her friend.
"What's wrong?" the petite brunette asked, concern evident in her hazel eyes. The two women had been through hell and back this year so to see her friend this upset concerned her.
"It's over." she answered quietly. "He signed the divorce papers."
"Oh, Tay, I'm so sorry sweetie.." Haleigh pulled her friend in for a hug. Due to Punk's indiscretions Taylor brokenheartedly decided to file for divorce, too much damage had been done, and she didn't think she could forgive him for sleeping with his ex girlfriend, the fiery redhead, Lita.
"I hate this Hales, because of one stupid mistake from him our family has to suffer…what is so wrong with me that he felt the need to sleep with Eve? I gave him a beautiful daughter and this is how he repays me" she stated angrily, pounding her fist on the counter which spilled her coffee.
Haleigh grabbed a towel off the rack and cleaned up the spill while Taylor moved the papers to the opposite side of the counter. Taylor shook her head sadly. "I gave him everything he could possibly want"
"Hey" the petite brunette chided, placing her hands on her friends shoulders so they were eye to eye "this was not your fault. He's the one who cheated, not you."
Just as Taylor was about to open her mouth to speak the doorbell rang, Haleigh moved aside to go let Taylor answer the door. Opening the door Taylor couldn't breath when she saw him standing on the other side, it was like her heart stopped. He was dressed simply in jeans and a black tshirt with his dark hair slicked back as it normally was, her offered a half smile as she moved aside to let him enter. He was coming by to pick up the last of his stuff and take Natalie to school.
They returned to the kitchen to find Haleigh cleaning up Natalie and holding her as they looked out the large patio doors at the lake in their back yard. "duck" she stated proudly.
Haleigh smiled and nodded her head, "yes that is a duck very good Nattie"
"hey Hales" Punk greeted, the petite brunette turned to acknowledge her big brother. There was no doubt she was pissed at him for screwing up his marriage but he was still her brother.
"come on Nattie, lets go get your coat and shoes on so mommy and daddy can talk for a few minutes." Haleigh said, then disappeared out of the kitchen.
"She's getting big" Punk said, not really knowing what else to say. Things had become unbearably tense between him and Taylor and he hated it. "You look good T" he complimented her.
"Stop it" she whispered, almost inaudibly. "You can't just act like nothings happened Punk.."
"I'm not. I know what I did was wrong. Saying sorry isn't going to change that T but I want you to know not a damn day goes by that I don't miss the hell outta you and Nattie..I want my family back. I'll do whatever it takes." Punk replied honestly.
"Its too late. The damage has been done." she stated, fingering the heavy packet at her fingertips. With a steady breath she picked it up and handed it to him. "You've been served." and without another word she walked out of the kitchen and upstairs.
Entering the living room he looked at his younger sister with tears in his eyes. "It's really over isn't it, I've lost my family."