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"Come on Jaz, you don't mean that" Zoe sighed, reaching an arm out to her daughter. It rested lightly on her forearm before it was brushed away hastily. Jasmine's face was streaked with fresh tears, tears that had fallen throughout the argument. A shaking hand wiped them away, smudging her eye makeup in the process. She didn't care- all she cared about was her family all getting along without bursts of violence and cruel words.

"No I'm sorry mum but I do" she finally admitted, shrugging on her coat she stormed past Zoe, past Nick and past Matt.

"It just feels like I'm being let down all over again!" She cried, she didn't turn to face any of the adults; her eyes were firmly fixed on the door in front of her- the only thing in her way of leaving the house, of leaving it all behind.

The harsh reality of her words hit Zoe where it hurt- where it really, really hurt. She took in a deep, sharp breath before wiping her own tears away.

"Please Jasmine just listen to us, we can sort this out I promise" Zoe pleaded with her, it was starting to feel like her own daughter was slipping from her fingertips one too many times.

"You can't. Nothing with sort it out, not now. I'm sorry" only then did she spin around, she caught sight of her crying mum and a crestfallen Nick and Matt, she had never seen them all so vulnerable before.

Without another word, she opened the door- that was the hardest part. All eyes were on her as she pulled it towards her, the chilled air hit her briefly and her for a moment she even considered forgetting it all and turning around. That wasn't an option. Zoe had fallen into her own world, the slam of the front door signified her daughters departure- the tears fell then properly, they fell like they had never fallen before.

"It's all my fault" Zoe wept into Nicks chest as he held her close, his hands caressed her back soothingly and his tears mirrored hers.

"Don't you dare say that- if anything it's mine and Matt's fault" He told her firmly, he hated admitting that he had done wrong but at that moment that was all that mattered.

"Zoe, please don't beat yourself up over it- Nick and I shouldn't have argued like that especially with her in the next room" Matt spoke up- he had been awfully quiet since Jasmine's exit.

Zoe pushed herself away from Nick and, an angry expression now drawn all over her tear stained face. She pointed a finger towards him, shaking slightly as she did so.

"Don't tell me what to do Matt! If you hadn't shown up here yelling we wouldn't be in this mess- I hate you" she screamed, the temptation of lashing out was far too strong.

"Sh Zo, it's going to ok baby I promise" Nick ushered, pulling her close to him once more.

"No it's not. My daughters just walked out on me for God's sake Nick! Nothing's ok" she yelled, beating her fists on his chest, her sobs becoming more and more prominent.

"Hey. Sh sh sh" Nick soothed again, stroking her hair as she broke down in his arms, giving up defeat and letting her emotions out all together.

As she walked through Holby Jasmine let the memories of her childhood run through her mind multiple times. All the times her parents had ultimately let her down shone through above anything else, they stabbed her in the heart and wouldn't let anything else take over not even the pleasant times of her past.

~"Daddy" the toddler babbled happily from her cot, her arms outstretched and eyes hopeful for a hug.

"Play time?" she asked, not understanding why she was being ignored, not understanding why her mummy wasn't there to play with her.

"Not now" was the mumbled response from Matt, he was slouched against the side of his bed opposite her cot, a bottle of whiskey clutched between his hands.

"Daddy play with me!" Jasmine shouted, becoming agitated. She picked up her toy monkey and threw it out of her cot, kicking her feet she continue to bawl.

"Jasmine just give me some peace for five minutes" Matt begged, keeping his cool- as hard as it seemed.

"Mummy always plays with me" Jasmine yelled, using all the air in her lungs to tell her dad. "I want mummy"

Matt stood himself up and collapsed onto the bed, hitting his fists onto the soft cotton of the bed sheets.

"Well you know what? Your perfect mummy isn't here- she gone, she's left you!"~

Yes, she was only young but she had never forgotten that night, the night when she had been told her mum had gone. The night everything started to go wrong.

She reached a wall and slumped down it, resting on the ground, her knees tucked up to her chest and her head resting on them.

She felt her chest tighten and the world around began to spin, it was becoming harder ad harder to breathe.

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