Lacey eventually got Lilly to go to sleep and she sighed lightly and looked around the nursery biting her lip.

"You feeling alright?" asked Heath

"Yeah. I just thought Justin would be back by now" she said

"You want me to call him?" he asked

"Would you? I'm so worried I hope he didn't have an accident or anything" she said

"Yeah I'll call him" said Heath as he stood up and left the nursery and into the waiting room and called his number

After a few rings Justin answered his phone

"Hello" said Justin

"Hey, where you at? Lacey is worried sick about you" said Heath

"I had to run home and grab some new clothes and stuff from home and threw a load into the washer. She alright?" he asked

"That was like an hour and a half ago she said" said Heath

"Yeah but I was doing some stuff around the house and checking everything while I waited for the clothes to finish" he said

"You been there the entire time?" he asked

"Yeah" said Justin

Heath shook his head and closed his eyes and prayed silently he wasn't doing what he was thinking he was doing. He wouldn't do that to Lacey. Justin loves her too much to hurt her like that.

"Heath?" asked Justin

"Yeah?" asked Heath

"What happened? You got quiet" said Justin

"Why were you at Kellys?" he asked

"I wasn't at Kellys" said Justin

"I drove by and your Escalade was sitting in front of her house" said Heath

"Uhh...I dunno what you were seeing but it wasn't my Escalade. I was at the house the entire time" said Justin

"I cant believe you'd stay away from them that long though knowing Lacey isn't entirely in the clear yet and neither is Lilly. Shouldn't you be here with them in case?" he asked

"They gave me a pager they would have paged me if anything happened" said Justin

"You sound like you dont care" said Heath

"How fucking dare you! That is my fiancee and my daughter! I care more about them than anything! Why the fuck are you there with them? You damn rapist! I dont think I want you around my daughter its hard to tell what you'd end up doing to either one of them" said Justin

"What? That is disgusting! I am not a pedophile I'd never touch a child. I regret touching Lacey! You know that!" said Heath

"Yeah right! Lacey is beautiful...like you actually regret touching her. You did it twice you fuck! TWICE! And attempted a third time!" said Justin

Heath knew Justin was angry and went quiet and said nothing till Justin spoke.

"Are you accusing me of something?" he questioned

"No I just thought your car was sitting in front of Kellys and I found it odd" he said

"Why? Kelly is a friend of ours. She has just as much right to know about Lacey and Lillys conditions just as much as anyone else but I was not at Kellys I was at home" said Justin

"Was? So you're on your way back now?" asked Heath

"Yes" said Justin

"I'm sorry. I just got worried. I dont want to see Lacey get hurt. She's been through enough already" said Heath

"And who's fault is that?" Justin angrily asked

"Yeah. Its mine. You remind me everyday even though I dont need you to. I am reminded every single time I see you or see Lacey or both of you. I'm reminded by the scar I have on my arm where she scratched me trying to get me off. I'm reminded every single night when I sleep and dream of her screaming at me to get off her and to stop" said Heath as he finished and hung up on him

Heath broke down and began sobbing in the middle of the waiting room. He was so glad that no one was in there to see him breaking down like that which he does often when he is alone. Heath took a moment and calmed himself down and left to the bathroom and ran water over his face then returned to Lacey.

"He said he was on his way back here" said Heath

"Oh good" she said looking at Lilly the back at Heath

"You alright?" she asked noticing he looked like he had been upset

"Yeah...um I got to go" he said

"Noooo" she said whiny

"I have to" he said

"No you dont. You shouldn't feel like you have to leave. If you leave I know you are just going to leave again and we wont be able to find you like last time. If you leave Lilly will sense it, she seems like she always does. Must be why she gets bad when you are gone. She likes you, she dont want you gone Heath" she said her voice practically begging

"I have to. I made Justin mad just now, he's mad at me I have to go" he said

"He's just upset about what happened still, I dont know that he will ever get over it. I dont know that any of us will ever get over it but I dont want you to leave and I dont want you out of our lives either because despite what you did to me I still love you like my brother and yeah that is so weird to say now but I still do. I need you Heath, I need you because she is happy when you are around and when you are gone she has problems. If you leave..." she stopped to think for a moment

"Lacey?" he asked

"If...you leave..." she stopped again

Heath looked at her concerned and walked closer and knelt down in front of her

"You alright?" he asked

She looked at him confused and scared at the same time and he reached up and put his hand on the side of her face

"Whats wrong?" he asked in a whisper because he was so close to Lilly

Lacey tried to speak but couldn't get anything out and she looked at him confused

"You feeling sick?" he asked

She shook her head no

"You feeling anything?" he asked

She nodded her head lightly

"What?" he asked putting his hand on her arm

She cleared her throat and coughed lightly a few times and took a deep breath

"Like...oh?" she said realized she could speak again

"What happened?" he asked

"I dont know. Like...I knew what I was wanting to say, but it wouldn't come out" she said

Heath looked at her worried and stood up

"I'm going to go find your doctor" he said leaving to find her

Lacey looked at the baby and frowned and grabbed her tiny hand with her fingers.

"If they make me leave again. I am coming right back to you I am not staying gone all day from you again" she promised then leaned down placing a kiss onto her forehead.

"Okay Lacey. He just said you were having trouble talking? Do you have any other symptoms or did you during that time?" asked her doctor who Heath came back with

"No nothing new. I actually feel much better than I have since I had her other than my back hurting alot" she said

"Okay. I want to run a test and make sure you didn't just have a small stroke or something but it sounds like it was just caused from the medications. We had to give you anti seizure medications that could have been the cause. They have been known to give people unsteadiness, poor coordination and confusion among other things and since you didn't have any other symptoms I am certain it was just that" she said

"Okay" whispered Lacey

The doctor took the baby from Lillys arms and put her into her bassinet. Lacey gave the saddest most heartbroken look ever given and Heath frowned and felt so bad for her. He knew she wanted to be with the baby more than anything. The stress of worrying about Justin must have taken its toll on her and caused her body to have unwelcome side effects from her medications.

"Stay with her please?" she begged Heath

Heath looked at her for a moment not wanting to be there when Justin got there but he knew she didn't want her to be left alone and he nodded his head that he would stay. The nurse helped her into a wheelchair and left with her and Heath sat down and looked at Lilly who was still asleep then he put his head down. A few minutes later Justin walked to her bassinet and looked at her then at Heath.

"What are you still doing here?" asked Justin

"Lacey just had a problem, she wanted me to stay with her so she wouldn't be alone" said Heath

"What kind of problem? Where is she?" he asked his anger fading to worry

"The doctor came and took her for a test to make sure she didn't have a stroke. She was talking to me then she just kind of stopped and looked confused and scared and it took her a few minutes before she was able to say anything again. The doctor just wanted to make sure it wasn't a stroke but she said it could have been because of the seizure medicine" he said

Justin nodded his head then looked at him again

"Okay she isn't alone anymore you can leave now" said Justin

Heath shook his head and sighed

"I'm sorry for what I said. Please dont make me leave it will hurt Lacey" he said

"She is my fiancee I can take care of my own fiancee you dont need to be here with her" said Justin

"Justin" whispered Heath

Lilly woke up and began to cry hard. Justin looked at her and picked her up slowly.

"Aww is okay Angel" Justin said softly as he held her to his chest upright supporting her head

"Whats the matter sweetheart?" he questioned noticing she wasn't calming down which worried him and prompted a nurse to come over and check her vitals

Justin slowly laid her into her bassinet as the nurse began checking her breathing after she finished she reached over to the oxygen turning it up higher.

"Its bad again?" he questioned

"Yeah she's got a little rattle sound in her lungs we'll see if that helps clear it up and I'll listen when she calms down from crying" said the nurse

Justin nodded his head and picked up the baby after the nurse again left and held her upright again after a moment she opened her eyes and saw Heath standing there and he smiled at her a little and she slowly stopped crying and after a few minutes she went to sleep on Justins shoulder and the nurse returned and listened to her lungs as he held her in his arms.

"Its better but she is still having some trouble breathing" she said

"She going to be okay?" he asked

"We hope so, hopefully the oxygen will start helping her soon" smiled the nurse

Justin nodded his head in agreement and silently prayed it would start helping her as did Heath. Moments later they finally brought Lacey back and helped her into the chair.

"I'll be back when we get the results to the test back" said the doctor as she left again

"You feel okay?" Justin asked Lacey as he slowly laid the baby back into her arms again knowing she wanted to be with her

"I feel fine. That was just weird" she admitted

"I bet" said Justin

"I should go" said Heath

"Don't leave...you know...unless you got something you need to do" said Lacey

"I dont have anything I need to do. I just shouldn't be here" said Heath

"Yeah" said Justin

"Baby, stop it. That is enough. What happened you were both getting along fine a few days ago and earlier?" she questioned

"He's a rapist Lacey. I dont want him around you" he said

"He's sorry about that. If you are the reason why he leaves again and never comes back I am not sure I will be able to for-" she stopped and placed her hand on her head

"You okay babe?" he asked

"My head hurts now" she said rubbing her head

"here let me move her for a moment" he said moving Lilly back into her bassinet then knelt down beside her and brushed her hair back behind her ears

"Just...stop fighting. I dont want you two fighting anymore. Lilly doesn't like it either when she was in my stomach and you two started fighting she'd go crazy. She doesn't like it, maybe it scares her or something I dont know" she said looking at Justin

Justin frowned and put his head down and thought maybe that was why she started crying a short moment ago. Maybe she woke up and heard them and it scared her and he nodded his head lightly. Lacey put her hand on his shoulder and massaged it slowly and he moved to her and put his arms around her.


A/N: Can we just like...smack Justin? He's being an ass! LOL!