Edinburgh Events

Chapter 7

... "Mum, you pushed me away, whenever I came to you both for help and advice on things, all you said was 'Im busy now' or 'can it wait till later jonny' and you wonder why I shut myself away, never socialised with any body else, because I was scared, frightened that they would let me down and disappoint me like you two have done for all my life... you didn't even know that I had left for London until the day after when you found a note in the kitchen ! says how good you guys were at being parents!" Jonny ranted, finally releasing all the anger and upset that he had accumulated over the years...

His mum and dad sat there, shocked at what they had just heard, the truth, they hadn't noticed that Jonny had left Scotland until the day after he left, they had told him that they were too busy to listen to him, too busy worrying about James and the girls' future, leaving them no time to talk to their son, spend time with him when he needed them the most, but they were both too stubborn and scared to admit defeat.

"Jonny I – I... I'm sorry!" His mum said, the tears in her eyes on the brink of escape. Jonny and Jac looked up to her, before turning their attention tohis dad, who was sitting there like nothing had happened,

"Do you not have anything to say?" Jac asked, as Jonny was still crying,

"Nope, I'm not sorry for anything; it takes two to make an effort!" He said, crossing his arms and leaning back in his chair, Jac sat there, rolling her eyes as Jonny looked at the floor, his tears now uncontrollable not even Jac could console him,

"You're not worthy of being a father! You make me sick!" Jac started, her anger slowly building up, waiting for the trigger to set it off,

"I beg you pardon? I've done a pretty good job with these three! Anyway your one to judge, you haven't even got kids yet!" Jonny's dad replied, confused at how Jac had the nerve to judge his parenting ability. Jonny looked up at his dad, furious that he was bringing his and Jac's unborn daughter in to the situation,

"You leave our daughter out of this! You guys lost your rights to ever be grandparents to my children a long time ago..." Jonny said, before being interrupted by Jac, who was holding him back, before he did something that he regretted,

"Have you forgotten that you have four children, not three? Or does Jonny not exist now? And me and Jonny will show all the love and support that our daughter will ever need, we will not let her down like you two let Jonny down!" Jac shouted, making sure that the whole cafe heard the brawl.

"Come on Jonny, we are going this time!" Jac said, wrapping her scarf around her neck and putting her coat on, as did Jonny

"Don't ever get in contact with me or Jac again, you are not any family of mine!" Jonny said before him and Jac walked out of the cafe, slamming the door behind them.

"Are you happy now Graham? I will never get to see my son again!" Jacky said, jumping out of her set and walking towards the door, to search for her son and pregnant girlfriend,

"I am happy Jacky! He deserves everything he gets!..."Graham said, standing up and grabbing Jacky's arm,

"I'm fed up of all this chat about him, fed up of you pestering me to make it up to him, you have a choice, it's either me or him!" Graham added, firmly holding on to her arm, Jacky stood there, disgusted that he could even make her choose between him and her son,

"I choose Jonny, always will because I love him and forgive me for saying this but I actually want to be involved in his life, as well as Jac's and the baby! I want a divorce Graham, the sooner the better!" Jacky scowled back, releasing herself from his grip, before running off to find her son. James and the girls sat there shocked, they knew that their parents were on the brink of a divorce but didn't actually think that they would go through with it.

5 minutes later, after searching the rather long high street, Jacky eventually found them, sitting on a park bench, Jac with her arms wrapped around his shoulders as she tried to comfort him, she cautiously approached the pair, who as soon as they set their sights on her, stood up and went to walk off,

"Wait, I need to talk to you, both of you!" Jacky said, standing there, her heart breaking as she saw her baby boy crying, breaking apart in front of her, Jac and Jonny turned back around, facing Jacky as she walked closer to them,

"Mum, I don't think I can take anymore, Dad made it pretty clear that you both don't want me in your lives.."Jonny started, before his mum interrupted,

"Jonny, i don't care about your dad, we are finished! He made me choose between you and him, back there after you went and I- I chose you, I chose to be with you, I want to be with you, back in Holby, if youll have me?" Jacky said, hoping that her son would give her one last chance, Jonny and Jac stood there shocked, was they hearing things, was what Jacky saying true,

"Wha- I don't understand, you've left dad to.. to be with me... and Jac?" Jonny said, hardly believing what his mum had said, wanting to make sure that she wasn't messing with his mind again,

"Yes Jonny! I want to get to know you more, like a mother should know her son.. i've missed you every single day since I found out that you left Scotland and moved on with your life, I've been pestering Graham to get in contact with you since day 1, but he kept putting it off telling me that ill be wasting my time, you wouldn't want anything to do with us!" Jacky explained, as they all sat down on the bench,

"So why didn't you say any of this whilst we were in there, when we were all together?" Jac asked, as Jonny was still trying to make sense of the information that he had just received

"Because I was scared, i was scared of what he would do if I brought it up, whenever ive brought it up in the past he got ever so angry, he would go around the house punching the walls, knocking things off of the side and shouting abuse at me, when James was out of the house her never used to shout when he was around, the girls were ever so frightened when he used to shout, they would hide in their rooms and cry, i could hear their crying from downstairs, I know that they want to see you again, they often used to come to me saying 'When are we going to see Jonny again' but i couldn't promise them anything...!" Jacky said, placing her hand tenderly on Jonny's shoulder, as she explained to Him and Jac why she didn't mention anything in the cafe,

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Jac asked, becoming worried about the womens well being, Jacky sat there in silence, not wanting to answer the question,
"He did hurt you didn't he? Jacky tell us!" Jac added, working out for herself that something must have gone on between her and Graham...

Hi,

I hope you enjoy reading this chapter,

What do you think, should Jonny let his mum back into his new life with Jac and Isla? Or should he cut himself away from his family full stop ?

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