Okay, so you talked-me into writing another chapter! Plus Cain & Moira's awfully cute re-union scenes and Laurel and Adam's individual chats with Cain gave me an idea.
So this chapter is set just after Cain returns and they get back together.
Cain and Moira were now both led-on the bed together. They were both exhausted after recent events so had decided-to have a lie-down together.
"So Adam had words with you then?!" Moira asked, lying-on her side as she gently stroked her hands through Cain's soft-hair.
"Well he tried…" Cain said. "I wasn't really in the mood for a chat though…"
"Yeah he said you were quiet…Said you didn't say a word." Moira said, she had been upset too, but to hear how down Cain had been made her worry about him. She hated-it whenever he was upset.
"'Because there was nothing-to say…What could I say?! Everything he said was right…" Cain trailed-off.
"Yeah, and he also said that you were drowning your sorrows with Charity…" Moira said, giving-him a playful nudge.
"I was looking for Chas…I forgot that Charity lives at the pub now too…" Cain sighed. "If it helps she was a total nightmare."
Moira giggled. "It's okay…At least you found-Chas-in the end…So did you only come home because of what Adam said?!" She asked-her Husband.
"No…I would have come-home eventually anyway, but it were something Laurel said that snapped-me out-of it…" Cain told-her truthfully.
"Laurel?!" Moira asked, surprised. Cain didn't even like Laurel, so the thought-of him listening-to her shocked-her a little-bit.
"Yeah, I know, it caught-me-off guard too…She told-me that not every addict is like Shadrach…" Cain said, looking-down a little-bit sadly.
"And she was right…Holly wants to get better Cain, she's not like Shadrach." Moira re-assured-him.
"Moira…Shadrach hurt-me in ways which I'll never forget…I was a little 8 Year Old boy…And I almost didn't make my 9th birthday…Laurel may have convinced-me to come home and stand-by you…But it's gonna take a lot more than Laurel to change what I think about addiction…" Cain confided-in his Wife as he sat-up.
Moira sat-up with him, rubbing his back sympathetically. "I know it must have been horrible for you. And really scary. And you didn't deserve to be treated like you did…It breaks my heart to think that Shadrach hurt you like that when you were just a kid…But surely that just gives you even more of a reason to help-me keep Holly clean?! Because if Holly stays clean, then that's one less family that has to be hurt by addiction…One less family that has to suffer what you did…" Moira told-him, as a couple-of tears fell from Cain's eyes…A very rare-occurrence for the 'hard-man.'
"There are days when it still feels like yesterday…What he did…It never goes-away Moira…When you're on the receiving-end…You never forget what they did, how they made you feel…So you have to let-me have a bit of a say in how we handle Holly…And of-course, if at the end-of the day you say no to me…I will stand-by you…And like I said last-night, I will never make you choose between Me & Her…Never…" Cain trailed-off, rather-emotionally.
"I know you wouldn't…And I'd never want-to choose between-you either…" Moira said.
"But I can't bare to see Holly hurt you like Shadrach hurt-me Moira…I can't bare to stand-around and watch as she destroys your life…All your memories and your dreams…Even our marriage…And if I think that's gonna happen, then regardless of what you think, I'm gonna act…Not because I'm being selfish or heartless…But because I love-you Moira…Can you understand that?!" Cain asked-her, deadly-seriously.
"I understand…You've always made-me feel safe Cain, I never feel scared when I'm with you…So I'll try and listen-to you when things kick-off with Holly again…But you have to remember that I'm her Mother. And I love-her just as much as I love-you…And I'd like to think that I know what's best for her…So you have to listen-to me too…" Moira told-him as they lay back-down on the bed, cuddling-up together.
"I will…Of-Course I will…" Cain said, placing a soft-kiss onto Moira's lips before resting his head against the pillow as they both closed their eyes.
That evening, Cain and Moira were in the pub together, as Adam wanted-to spend some time alone with Holly so they had gone-out to give the siblings both some space.
"Ah so you two made-it up then?!" Chas said, with a smile-on her face. She knew how good Moira was for Cain and she adored seeing her brother so happy whenever he was with her.
"Of Course we did." Cain said, looking-at Moria and pecking-her on-the lips.
"Awh well I'm glad…Honestly Moira you should have seen his little face this morning…Dead sad he was, bless him." Chas teased, but only because she was glad-to see them back-together again.
"Shut-Up." Cain chuckled.
"Owh so you went back-to her in the end then?! Shame…" Charity said as she came through from the back.
"Yeah, no thanks to you." Cain said.
"Alright!…I think I preferred-it when you wouldn't say a word-to me this morning…" Charity replied, rather defensively.
"Just go away will ya Charity?! What happened is none-of your business." Moira said, stepping-in.
"Well I'm sorry, but your Junkie Daughter and my Handsome Son are practically related so I think it is my business somehow Moira." Charity argued.
"Just…Ignore her." Cain told his Wife quietly. "She's just trying-to wind you up."
"He's right Love." Chas said, placing their drinks on the bar.
"Yeah I know, I won't rise-to her." Moira said as herself and Cain took their drinks and headed-over-to a table together.
As they sat-down together, Moira took a sip-of her drink and sighed.
"Are you okay?!" Cain asked-her, gently.
"Yeah, I'm alright…Just feeling a bit fragile, that's all." Moira said.
"Yeah well I think we all are…You're probably still a bit in shock after everything that's happened…" Cain calmly-re-assured-her.
"Ya know I missed-ya last-night." Moira told Cain rather-sweetly.
"And I missed-you…I mean…Lisa's alright…But she's not you is she?!" Cain said, making Moira smile, she loved-it when he was all cute like this.
"And Adam isn't you. Promise you'll never do that to me ever again?!" Moira asked-of him.
"I'll try my best." Cain said, leaning-in for a kiss before Moira rested her head against his shoulder.
"And listen, next-time things are getting a bit close-to home because-of your past…Ya need-to tell-me…I mean, I've become pretty good-at reading between the lines with you, but I do miss things occasionally, I'm not a mind-reader." Moira said.
"Again, I'll try, but it's hard ya know?!" Cain said.
"I know it is…" Moria said, lifting her head and looking-at Cain. "But I love-you and I trust-you, and I hope that you feel the same about-me…"
"I do…" Cain nodded. "I really-do."
"Good…So you'll know that whenever you talk-to me, I'll be listening. And that's a promise." Moira told-him, seriously, before resting-her head against his shoulder-again.
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I have an idea for a 3rd Chapter…But I wanna know what you'd like to read first…Leave-me your ideas in the reviews!