A/N: I am sorry for the long delay. Thank you for your support and encouragement to follow up on this story!
Could this be that she was really separated from Niles, her husband? How could this have happened? How in the world could he have put his ex-wife ahead of the well-being of her and their child? She knew Niles loved them- there was never any doubt. He would be a fantastic father. And heaven knew that he was a fantastic husband. He was a dream come true. She had never knew happiness until the day he had told her he loved her. And to think she was about to marry Donny Douglas! She would forever be thankful to Frasier for intervening in the ill-fated nuptials, allowing fate to come through for her and Niles. Niles was the most romantic man she had ever met. Who had ever thought that he had loved her from the day he had lay eyes on her?
But how could she get past this betrayal? It had taken her awhile to trust that he loved only her. After all, he had been married to two other women when he claimed to have been in love with her. And for him to have done this for Maris, well, she couldn't help but wonder if he didn't still have feelings for Maris. He must have. That could be the only explanation for him to do something so, well, stupid. And if that was the case she could not possibly stay in the same house with him. She was going to be a mother. She had to take care of herself. She didn't want to put the Cranes in the middle of things, but maybe they would let her stay for awhile. She didn't have all the answers but she would figure out what to do.
It's not like this was planned. She didn't wake up this morning thinking this would be the day she would leave her husband. She hated herself for thinking that. She thought back to Reno and how happy they were. She had sworn nothing would ever keep them apart. They were the couple other couples hated. They laughed at the same jokes, they were affectionate, Niles paid attention to her every need, he knew her likes, dislikes, her moods. No, she wasn't leaving because she didn't love him anymore. That would have been easier. She was leaving because she loved him too much. She loved him too much to watch him sit around and throw away the best things to ever happen to him. She didn't know what he was doing, and she knew he didn't know what he was either. She just hoped he would figure it out before it was too late.