" I'll go check on Greg" Nick offered while Catherine questioned Michelle.

Nick walked outside and the cold hit him straight away, he saw Greg sitting on a bench at the end of the porch with his head in his hands. " Greg man, what is going on? Who is that?" Nick asked trying to speak loudly over the sound of the wind and rain.

" That is Katie McCarthy. My soul mate. Who hates my guts and everything else along with it" Greg looked really upset and had to bite his lip after speaking to stop the tears from falling.

" What's going on Greg? Come on and tell me. How do you know her?"

" You remember I told you once that I had a really serious girlfriend when I first got to Vegas and it ended badly. Well that's her. It ended with me being an ass and pushing her away after the lab explosion and I didn't find out until a few months ago from a friend of hers that she was pregnant a the time and miscarried the day after we broke up. She left Vegas and this is the first time I have seen her since."

Nick shook his head with surprise " Wow, it's no wonder y'all looked so shocked. You should go talk to her."

"I don't think that's a good idea. She hates me" The tears started to fall from Greg's eyes and he couldn't hold them back.

"No man, I don't think she does. She looked hurt more than anything when you walked out" Nick grabbed Greg's arm and made him go back inside.

Meanwhile Michelle gave Catherine a quick summary of the saga and went after Katie. She found her sitting on the window seat staring out at the dark.

"You ok?" Michelle could see Katie was crying.

"I don't know. That was a shock. Seeing him after so long." Katie didn't dare turn around afraid that she wouldn't be able to control her tears if she did.

"You still love him Katie you guys should talk."

"He ran when he saw me Michelle, I don't think he wants to talk." The hurt was visible in her voice.

"He was as shocked as you were" Michelle said trying to ease some of the pain Katie was feeling.

They were interrupted by a quiet knock and Michelle found Greg outside the door.

"I'll be downstairs if you need me" And with that Michelle closed the door and Greg could hear her run down the stairs.

"I need you to go away Greg, I don't think I can talk to you right now to be honest. Seeing you has just made me realise how much I hate you. So just get out and go back downstairs." Katie never once turned to face him as he stood in the doorway.

It took a minute for the words to hit Greg and another minute for his legs to work. He had fantasised about one day meeting Katie again and unlike now the fantasies always had a happy ending. As he closed the door behind him he started to cry. Sitting on the top step of the stairs he couldn't move, the pain in his heart was like a thousand knives hitting him all at once. "This must be how Katie felt, I deserve it" Greg thought to himself.

By the time he managed to get himself together and go downstairs there was a little party in full swing. Everyone was dried off and fed and had started to drink the whiskey and beer that Michelle had brought out of the cellar.

No one noticed Greg as he crept past the door and grabbed his belongings before putting on his coat and heading outside. Katie didn't want him near her and he didn't want to make things worse for her. So he had decided to get out and try and camp somewhere.

It was over two hours later when Katie emerged from her room in search of food. Everyone was drunk by this stage and Michelle had shown them all their rooms. Katie snuck past and in to the kitchen for a sandwich and a coffee. She found herself wondering where Greg was sleeping, and how he was feeling and scolded herself for worrying about him. When she was finished eating she went back upstairs to a very fitful sleep.