Disclaimer- I don't own Third Watch or it's characters.

Ellie sat down on the couch with her doll. She was brushing her doll's hair. Ellie's step sister Emily came up to her and snatched the doll away. Ellie snatched the doll back. Connie (Emily's mother) went up to Ellie and slapped her across the face. "You are not allowed to take things from Emily. Emily is a good girl and good girls get what they want. You are a bad girl and bad girls get nothing," Connie said and sent Ellie to her room.

Jimmy (Ellie's dad and Connie's husband) walked in the house. He saw Emily on the couch with Ellie's doll and Connie sitting on the couch with an angry look on her face. "What's wrong honey?" Jimmy asked. He knew something had happened.

"You have to do something about Ellie. She just goes up to Emily and knocks her down. Then she snatches the doll from her. I mean I can understand that Ellie wanted her doll, but she didn't have to push Emily. Then she tried to lie and say Emily snatched the doll from her when I saw the whole thing. That child needs to learn right from wrong Jimmy. I'm tired of her outbursts," Connie said taking in shaky breaths.

Jimmy could tell that Connie was upset about this. "I'll talk to her. Plus she's going to spend the week with he rmom this weekend. That should give you a break," Jimmy said.

"I don't want Ellie around Kim. Whenever she comes back from there she has an attitude. And Ellie mentioned something about Kim hitting her. I didn't say anything cause I didn't want to upset you. I know you're still close to Kim and I didn't want to ruin that," Connie said softly touching Jimmy's hand. She knew if she kept this up she could get rid of Ellie and keep Jimmy away from that slut Kim.

"I'll talk to Kim to. There is no way I'm letting Kim hurt my daughter," Jimmy said. He couldn't believe Kim would do this. He was glad Connie had told him. Now he can put a stop to it.

Jimmy walked into Ellie's room. He saw her on her bed crying. "Ellie, I heard you knocked down Emily and snatched a doll away from her," Jimmy said. He saw her eyes. He saw how sad she was.

"It's not true. Emily took the doll from me and then I took it back. Connie said that Emily can have it because she's a good girl and I get nothing because I'm a bad girl. I don't mean to be bad daddy. I promise I'll try not to," Ellie sad sadly. She hoped her dad would believe her this time.

"Ellie, Connie would not lie to me. I think we both know you knocked Emily down and took the doll. And you're not a bad girl. You just did a bad thing," Jimmy said and hugged his daughter. He knew that her not seeing her mother a lot was hurting her. He decided to ask her later about Kim hitting her.

Kim was sitting on her couch watching tv. She just got finished putting Joey to sleep. She heard some one banging at her door. Kim got up and answered it. She was surprised to see Jimmy there. "Hey Jimmy. What are you doing here?" Kim asked.

"I need to talk to you," Jimmy said loudly. He didn't think Kim would hit Ellie. He thought maybe Ellie lied to Connie again. He didn't think Kim would ever hurt her kids.

"What about?" Kim asked. She knew this couldn't be good by the look on Jimmy's face.

"Connie said that Ellie told her that you hit her. Did you hit Ellie and tell the truth?" Jimmy said. All he wanted was to make sure that Ellie was safe.

"No I never hit Ellie. Jimmy you know I don't hit my kids no matter how bad they act. How could you even ask me this? Maybe it was your wife who hit Ellie," Kim insinuated. She couldn't believe that Jimmy would even think that she hit Ellie. She would never do something like that.

"Kim, I know. I just had to ask. To make sure. I'm just trying to protect Ellie. And Connie would never hurt Ellie. Connie loves that child. Ellie has been lying a lot lately," Jimmy said.

"Listen it's okay. And I'll talk to Ellie about the lying thing," Kim said.

Jimmy lightly kissed Kim on the lips. He wanted more, but he was married and Kim had moved on. She was over him. Jimmy kissed her one last time and left. If he stayed any longer he may of done something that he would've regretted.

Kim sat on the couch. She couldn't stop thinking about that kiss. She wanted more than that, but Jimmy was married. He moved on, he was over her.

TBC...