Forgotten Not Forgiven
Summary: Twelve years in the future Gabriel Kent is released from prison on parole and Smithy fears for hisonly daughter Amy.
This acts as a sequel to May The Best Man Win and is set 12 years afterwards. Kerry and Smithy are still together and got married but they only had one child, Amy. Gabriel Kent is back and wants revenge but will Smithy and Kerry be able to protect their daughter?
Chapter 1 : Green Eyes
"What do you want to do for your birthday Amz?" Kerry Smith asked her daughter.
Amy Smith shrugged in response. Her mother thought that she was becoming a right little madam and the teenage years had defininetly started early. It made Kerry smile to herself though, she knew she had been the same at that age. Sometimes Kerry was at a loss to know what do with Amy though, she knew that Smithy would be able to get through to her better but he wasn't home yet.
"You've got to think of something." Kerry pressed, she hated getting the silent treatment from Amy.
"Dunno." She replied. "Can I have a disco?"
Kerry considered this, her daughter was growing up and she hated the thought of losing her but a disco seemed harmless.
"Yeah, we'll wait and ask Dad when he gets home hey?" Kerry told Amy who shrugged once again.
"Whatever Mum, he'll say yes."
Kerry knew that this was true. Maybe it was all the stress he'd been under when she had been pregnant but Smithy had always had an extra special bond with his daughter. The phone rang, bringing Kerry back from her thoughts.
"I'll get it!" Amy yelled, racing out of her bedroom and onto the landing where the second phone in the house was.
Kerry smiled, seeing herself in Amy once more although people always said she looked more like her father. It was those green eyes. Amy scowled at her mother over the banister and Kerry knew that this was clearly a conversation that she was not supposed to listen into. She couldn't help but smile at it all as she walked into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee.
Walking out into the hallway Kerry heard the click of the phone being put down. She guessed that it was safe to try and hold a civilised conversation with Amy.
"You okay hun?" Kerry asked. "Who was it?"
"Leanne." Was Amy's limited response.
Kerry nodded, she had never heard of Leanne before.
"Cool. What did she want?"
"Just to talk, obviously." Amy stated and Kerry bit back a retort. "When will Dad be home?"
"Soon, I'm not sure when his shift ends."
"'Kay." The youngest Smith replied and disappeared back into her bedroom.
Kerry sighed and sat down on the sofa flipping aimlessly through the television channels. When she had moved back from Australia permenantly before Amy was born Kerry never really wanted her old job back as a PC. Although she had loved being a copper all she really wanted to do was bring Amy up into a safe and loving environment. She hoped she had achieved it but sometimes Kerry felt as though she had failed her daughter somehow without meaning to. Smithy tried to reassure his wife that she was a great mother but sometimes Kerry found it hard to believe.
Her heart leapt as she heard the front door open. Even after twelve years Kerry and Smithy's love for each other was still as strong, bringing up Amy had brought them closer together.
Kerry embraced her husband and gave him a quick kiss before moving away to let Amy greet her father.
"You alright Amz?" He asked, even though Amy was twelve she still showed how much she loved her father. Something that Kerry was jealous of but she tried not to show it.
Amy nodded. "Can I have a disco for my birthday party?" She asked, smiling up at her dad. "Mum didn't say yes, she said I had to ask you."
Smithy looked at Kerry over Amy's head and winked.
"We'll see yeah?"
Amy nodded, glad that she was getting somewhere.
"What's for tea, I'm starving." Smithy said, trying to break up the slight tension between Kerry and Amy.
He knew how much they loved each other but at times they had a funny way of showing it. Smithy couldn't have wished for a better family than them and he counted himself lucky because he could have lost them both the same way that he had lost his girlfriend Helen all those years ago. He still remembered her even though he had never really loved her, it was because of her that his family were safe from the evil force that was Gabriel Kent and he knew she would have wanted that. He was safely locked up in a high security prison and as far as Smithy was concerned that was the best place for him. Gabriel wasn't someone he allowed his thoughts to stray to very often.
Kerry took their dinner out of the oven and served it up. They all sat around the round kitchen table and talked about their days. Amy was always interested in her dad's job but she wasn't twelve yet and didn't even want to think about being a policewoman yet. She was more concerned about her birthday.
"So can I have a disco?" Amy asked again, hoping for a better answer this time.
Smithy rolled his eyes at Kerry across the table. Kerry smiled.
"Well?" Amy prompted.
"Go on then." Kerry replied.
"Thanks mum! You rock!" Amy beamed and Kerry felt a soar of pride, happy to be the cool parent if only for a little while.
Inspector Gina Gold put the phone down in her office and looked at it as though it was an alien object. How was she ever going to tell Smithy that his only daughter, her god-daughter, was no longer safe?
Gabriel Kent was being released on parole, only one step away from being a free man.
At the moment this is nothing like May The Best Man Win but I'm going to bring Cameron and his family in later on and things will get more dramatic because at the moment I'm filling in the gaps from the last 12 years! Thanks again to everyone who reviewed MTBMW or anything I've written, please keep reading and reviewing! I'll do the same for you!
Love, Phoenix Angelwolf aka Vikki x
