'Dada' Gracie had said her first ever word and it was to him

'No Gracie thats not Daddy, Daddy's out'

'I am though Lauren, I am her dad' Joey remarked

'No Joey, you aren't, yeah you might be her biological Dad , but you wasn't there at all the scans, when I went into premature labour with her , changing her nappy or doing 3am feeds, playing with her was you no it was Jake he's her dad, now I think its you left' I said ushering him to the door'

'No Lo, I wasn't there but you didn't let me, I'm her Dad and I intend to be so and nobody not even Jake can change that, what do you see in him, you do know he's fucking your 'best friend' as we speak'

'JUST GET OUT JOEY PLEASE' I broke down slammed the door and collapsed Gracie started to cry as she was startled by the noise, she looked at my with her deep blue eyes and said the only word i've been waiting to hear

'Mama'

'Yes, baby I'm your Mummy and I'm never going to let anybody hurt you' I sobbed to my baby girl, I never wanted Joey to know about her, it had to be Lindsay and her big mouth, Lindsay some friend she turned out to be , I knew Jake cheated on me but not with her, I feel so alone, I knew coming to London was a big mistake.

A Few Days Later - Joeys POV

I was sat at the bar at the Vic on my third beer it was Saturday afternoon, I'd got the day off work so I thought I might as well watch the West Ham game, hoping Lauren would be in she loved watching football, I never thought she liked the game but just the 22 men running up and down a pitch for 90 minutes and nobody could say she was a perv. The doors of the Vic swung open and it was him, the vile excuse for a man who my daughter was calling Daddy, it stabbed my through the heart it was bad enough he had my Lo but my Daughter it was more than I could handle

'Alright Alfie can you put the City game on please?' he questioned

'Na mate we only play West Ham games sorry' Alfie replied

'Ah come on Alfie, Gracie loves it and so does Lauren' I winced hearing him say both of their names

'Who's Gracie?' Alfie enquired

'My daughter mate' he said beaming

'She aint though is she' I found myself announcing

'Na mate, who's is she?' he coyly asked

'Mine!' I shouted at him ' She's my Daughter, and I'm going to do everything I can do, to get my two girls back'

'Joey I told you to stay away, why are you doing this, We don't need you we have everything we need, that includes Gracie' Lauren remarked before running out the door leaving Gracie with Jake

'Now Alfie can we watch the City game' Jake acted like he'd won ' Blue moon you saw me standing alone Gracie say it'

Gracie just laughed at him I ran out the door after Lauren

'Lauren why you doing this Babe I know you want the same as me'

'You seriously don't understand do you Joey its not as easy of just breaking up with Jake and becoming a family with you'

'Then make it easy Lo' I said then pushed my lips I against her which she returned ' I need you Lo'

'I think I need you too'