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Chapter Seven

Shannon pulled up outside Josh's hotel expecting him to be waiting outside for her. She'd told him that she was picking him up at nine thirty and she was on time but he was nowhere to be seen. She pulled her cellphone out of her bag and tried his number but got his answerphone.

She threw the phone back in her bag in temper and looked towards the doors again, hoping to see him making his way towards her, but she didn't see Josh. Instead, she saw a pretty pissed looking Phil striding towards her car. She wound down her window and locked eyes with Phil as he stormed down the hotel steps and came to a stop by her car.

'Josh is locked in his fucking room, he says he's not coming to the hospital. Apparently, it's better that Caitlin doesn't meet him…'

'WHAT? Please tell me that you're fucking joking? She's expecting him Phil!' Shannon felt like crying, she knew how upset Caitlin would be if she turned up at the hospital without him.

'Go park your car, I'll take you up to his room, maybe the two of us can knock some fucking sense into him?'

'I'll fucking knock some fucking sense into him alright!'

Shannon put her foot flat to the floor as she sped off to park her car. She was absolutely fucking furious and she didn't care who knew it. How could he do this to his sick daughter? How could he be so fucking callous?

When she got to him she was gonna tear him a new fucking asshole, no one messed with her daughter and got away with it, not even him. She parked the car in record time and jogged back to the hotel entrance where Phil was waiting for her.

'Did you say something to him? Is that why he's acting like this?'

'How did I know that you would find a way to blame this on me? I WANT him to meet Caitlin! And I'm making damn sure that he does meet her, cos I am not going to that hospital without him you hear me?' Shannon pushed past Phil and stormed into the hotel, if she had to drag Josh to the hospital she would do it.

'You don't even know what room he's in,' Phil growled from behind her and she turned around to face him once again.

'So tell me what room he's in before I knock on each and every fucking door in this hotel!' She was in no mood to screw around, she'd promised Caitlin that they would be at the hospital by ten and soon her little girl would be wondering where the hell they were.

'Room 101, I tried to kick the door down but I guess my muscles aren't what they used to be…' Phil glared at her before she turned and began to walk away from him again.

People moved out of her way as soon as they saw the look on her face, she meant business. It was one thing to fuck around with her but her daughter? No one, NO ONE got away with doing that!

She bypassed the elevators, it was quicker for her to take the stairs, she could hear Phil yelling behind her but she wasn't listening to him. This was between her and Josh now and she was going to be the one to fix things.

Her heart raced as she ran up the stairs, all she could think about was how her little girl would react if she turned up at the hospital without Josh. She would blame herself, she would think that she had done something wrong when nothing could be further from the truth.

When she reached the first floor, she ran down the corridor and found room 101 within a couple of minutes.

'JOSHUA HARRIS OPEN THIS FUCKING DOOR RIGHT NOW!'

She pressed her ear against the door to try and hear if he was moving around but the room was completely silent, maybe he'd left and gone back to Seattle?

'Fuck this, stupid piece of fucking shit. I'm gonna make sure your dumbass has no more babies when I'm finished with you, dumbo eared mother fucker!' She snapped in temper as she began to empty her bag in an effort to find her purse. She finally found it at the bottom of her bag, she pulled out one of her credit cards and threw the bag to the floor just as Phil caught up with her.

'What the fuck are you doing?' He asked between gasps for air.

'You can't kick it down and your dumbass son won't open it, so I'm gonna open this fucking door!'

'Since when did you know how to pick a fucking lock?'

'Since Josh and I got into old Mr Burkett's house, your son taught me how to do this,' Shannon pulled a hairclip out of her hair and began to fiddle with the lock as Phil looked on.

'And what exactly were you doing breaking into his house?'

'We went there to meditate, Josh LOVED meditating. He used to meditate all over the place, the floor, the car, his bed, my bed,' Shannon snapped as Phil rolled his eyes in despair.

'Loves young fucking dream, tell me, how did the two of you not stay together again?'

'Shut up Phil, I'm trying to concen…trate,' Shannon smiled as the door clicked open after a few minutes. She was never going to make a thief but her purpose had been served, she could now kick Josh's ass.

She didn't even pick her bag up from the floor, she walked right over it as she entered the room. She walked down the little corridor before coming face to face with Josh who was lying back in bed like everything was fucking fine.

'How the fuck did you..?'

Shannon grabbed the sheet covering him before he had a chance to react. He quickly covered up his penis as she rolled her eyes.

'I've seen your dick plenty of times before Josh! If you don't get out of this bed and get dressed right fucking now, you will NEVER see your little friend ever again, you got me?' Josh had never seen Shannon so mad and he knew that he deserved every bit of her anger but he could not go to the hospital, he just couldn't.

'Shannon please, I need you to understand…'

'Understand what Josh? Understand that you can't be a man? That you haven't got the fucking balls to face your daughter? She's waiting for you Joshua! You're the only father that she will ever have and this is your chance to get to know her! More importantly, this is HER chance to get to know you!'

'Look at me Shannon! I'm a fucking fisherman that parties hard and fucks lots of women, what kind of a father can I be to her huh? I fuck things up all the time! Chances are, I'll fuck her up…'

'NO! You'll fuck her up if you don't go to that hospital today. I won't LET you fuck her up and I don't believe for a fucking second that you will!'

'You don't know me Shannon, you know the boy, not the man,' Josh sighed as he sat down on his bed.

Shannon looked on as his frame slumped over, she was still angry with him but she knew that getting angry wasn't the way to sort this out. She walked over to the bed and sat down next to him.

'The boy I knew, he wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. He was fearless but when you got past all the layers, he had a big heart. YOU have a big heart Joshua and no matter how hard you've partied or how many pussies you've fucked, that doesn't change. She might not be here for much longer, how are you gonna feel if you never even talk to her? If you never gave her the chance to love you, because she wants to love you Josh, she wants a daddy to protect her and care for her. I am not going to that hospital without you, it's time for you to be a man Josh now are you gonna get dressed and come with me willingly or am I dragging your ass out of here? I will do it Josh, our little girl needs us, she needs BOTH of us!'

Shannon just hoped that her words would get through to him, if they didn't then she had no choice but to punch him, knock him out, then drag him to Caitlin's bedside.

'Gimme five minutes,' Josh relented because he knew that Shannon was right. He'd always have regrets if something happened to Caitlin and he hadn't spoken to her. She was his daughter and he owed it to her to try and get to know her. He already loved her, he'd loved her from the moment Shannon had handed him the photograph of her but now he had to prove it.

Shannon watched as Josh got up from the bed and went into the bathroom. She then glanced over at Phil who was glaring at her, instead of staying she decided to go and fetch the car to bring it around to the entrance.

She told Phil where she was going before she disappeared out of the room. If she and Phil were to sit in a room alone it was guaranteed that they would argue and she wasn't in the mood for that right now. She just wanted to get to the hospital and be with her daughter, they were already running late and poor Caitlin was probably thinking that they wouldn't turn up.

'Where's Shannon?' Josh asked his father as he came out of the bathroom.

'She's gone to get her car, you'd better move before she comes back to kick your ass,' Phil huffed as he stared at his oldest son. 'Have a good time last night?'

Josh looked at his father and immediately realised that he knew where he'd been.

'I only had a few drinks…'

'She's right Josh, you need to grow the fuck up! The night before you meet your daughter and you're out drinking until the early hours? This isn't about you anymore, this is about Caitlin! If you fuck this up…'

'I'm NOT gonna fuck this up dad!' Josh hollered as he put his shirt over his head. 'I'm scared okay? I'm fucking terrified but I love her and I'm gonna prove it.'

Josh continued to get dressed as his father remained silent. He needed to get out of here and get to the hospital before he changed his mind. As soon as he was dressed and ready to go, he gave his father a hug before running out of the room.

Phil called out after him but he wasn't prepared to listen to what he had to say, he knew what he had to do and he was going to do it without wasting any more time. He ran out of the hotel as fast as his legs would carry him, when he got to the front entrance Shannon was parked up in her car waiting for him.

As soon as Shannon saw Josh appear at the entrance she unlocked her doors and waited for him to get in. When he was in his seat and he'd closed his door she put pedal to metal, she wanted to get to the hospital as soon as possible.

'Look in the drawer, I bought something for you to give to her, they're her favourite,' Shannon said to Josh as she kept her eyes on the road.

Josh opened the drawer and pulled out a huge bag of Hershey Kisses, he hadn't even thought about stopping somewhere to buy her something. What a fucking great dad he was gonna be.

'How much do I owe you for these?'

'Forget about it, you can buy the next packet. Those will last about a day, she'll want more tomorrow,' Shannon smiled, her daughter definitely got her sweet tooth from her.

'Well at least I know something about her, she loves Hershey Kisses, just like her mom,' Josh smiled, when he'd pissed Shannon off in the past he'd always bought her a packet of Kisses to make things better.

'She loves soccer too, before she got sick she was playing every weekend. Her favourite team is Manchester United, she hates American soccer, she'll only watch Premier League games…'

'You're talking a foreign language to me Shannon,' Josh laughed.

'It's okay, your daughter will teach you everything you need to know,' Shannon smiled as she continued to drive a little too fast.

By the time they pulled up outside the hospital, Josh felt like he was going to puke everywhere. Shannon had always been a pretty bad driver and ten years had not changed a thing. He was just thankful that they'd made it to the hospital in one piece.

Both of them got out of the car and began to make their way into the hospital, when they reached the elevator's Josh's stomach began to turn again. He knew once they were on the third floor that Caitlin's room was right next to the elevator, he was going to come face to face with his daughter in a matter of minutes.

They were the only people in the lift and as they waited to reach the third floor, Shannon noticed the colour drain from Josh's face. She knew that he was scared but she was sure that after a couple of minutes in Caitlin's company he would be fine. She wasn't a shy girl at all, she would talk to anyone about anything.

When the lift stopped at the third floor, Shannon was the first to step out and Josh followed behind her. They walked the short distance to Caitlin's room but this time, Shannon pushed Josh in front of her, she was determined that he wasn't going to run out on them this time.

'Wha wha what do I say Shannon?' Josh's hand shook as he held the door knob and slowly began to turn it.

'Just say hello, Caitlin will do the rest,' Shannon whispered as she gently pressed Josh's back, urging him to open the door.

He took a deep breath and allowed the door knob to fully turn in his hand. As soon as the door opened, he came face to face with his little girl, his beautiful little girl. Not even cancer could take her beauty away.

'Hi there,' Caitlin smiled and sat up in her bed, Josh was lost for words as he just stared at his daughter.

'Say something Josh, she won't bite,' Shannon leaned in and whispered in his ear.

'Uh, hi there!' Josh finally figured out how his legs worked and he managed to put one in front of the other, moving closer to her bed with each step as her eyes remained fixed upon him.

'Are you scared of me or something? I have cancer, you won't catch it from me,' Josh shook his head fiercely, he was surprised that she was so forward, she didn't seem nervous at all.

'I'm uh, I'm scared you won't like me, does that sound stupid?' Josh took a seat alongside her bed as Caitlin laughed at him.

'Uh, yeah! Mommy said you were nice and she said you'd bring me candy,' her eyes immediately fell upon the packet of Hershey Kisses that Josh held in his hand.

'I did, I heard these were your favourite,' Josh smiled and leaned forward to place the bag in her hand.

'Thanks daddy.'

Hearing those words made everything stop and his past flashed before his eyes….