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His phone rang again, as it had done the times previous, it was a Thursday afternoon of his first weeks holiday and with Connie at work, he had this time to spend with his daughter, he ignored it and allowed the screen to switch off.

Grace walked in the room seconds later putting some board games on the table. "What would you like to play Daddy?" Grace frowned. "Daddy, are you okay?" She asked tilting her head to one side, unaware she looked just like her mother when she did that. Unaware he was staring mindlessly in to space Sam, looked at her daughter.

"Fine Grace, what games have you got for us to play?* "Well i have six but we don't have to play them all, not if you dont want to..." She picked a box up.

"ooh this ones good, operation, me and mummy sometimes play it, she's really good"

"Shall we see if Daddy can beat mummy..." He smiled. Grace clapped her hands and placed the box on the floor. Just as Sam got up his phone flashed again. He sighed. "Grace just give me a minute, poppit"

The phone now in his hand he pressed accept then put his phone to his ear.

"Alice i really don't know what you want but i asked yo-" His sentence was cut short, although his voice was firm, what came next shocked him.

"Im in the UK" She let the words lace in to his ears.

"I need to see you Sam..I miss you.. I love you.."

He shook his head. "love..." He muttered down the phone loud enough so she could here.

"Daddy..."Grace piped, setting Alice off down the phone.

"Where are you? , Sam... Daddy? Do you have another child?"

Sam didn't answer just listened, listened to the tinge of sadness in her words. Maybe, he thought maybe if they talked, he could get things totally out in the open, he would find awaý through this mess and they could go their separate ways. Then it would be him cutting all ties.

"Where are you?" Sam asked soon ushering Grace to stand up. Alice fell silent for a moment.

"Some place called Heathrow airport.."

"Right, im coming, just to clear the air, nothing else after this i want nothing more to do with you" Sam exhaled loudly. Waiting for her response but there was none she ad hung up, typical woman Sam thought.

As they neared the door, he held his daughters hand, with the spare he key he had been given by Connie he locked the door.

"Can we play when we get back, when mummy gets back from work?" She asked not expecting to be dragged away from her game.

"Of course we can sweetheart" Alice was sitting at a table with a cup of coffee when Sam and Grace arrived. Her blonde her pulled back into a pony tale, it had to be said she was a Chrissie Williams look-a-like, in every sense of the word. She glanced at him over the other side of the table, then down at the little girl beside him.

"Couldn't you have left her where she lives whilst we talked huh?"

"Not on her own, no"He frowned. Taking a seat pulling Grace onto his knee. "Why are you here?.." His tone was firm, he felt he needed to be, no more walking around on egg shells anymore, she was the one in the wrong.

"Its David, uh, he's so controlling, he doesn't let me go out on my own, i have to ring him every second of the day tell him where iam, i cant go back there Sam, its torture.." She trailed off expecting sympathy.

She didn't get any ."you made your bed Alice, you lie in it.. I thought my depression was the reason you did what you did...silly to think that but that's exactly what i thought" he sighed.

"Im sorry" The words formed in her mouth but came out like a squeak in reality.

She watched Sam stand up, ready to leave. "You know, i came all the way over here to tell you something i thought you'd like to know, the fact im finishing with Dave and there could still be a chance for us to make amends but, im getting nothing in return!" Her voice raised, tempers fraying.

Sam span around. "What do you expect me to say?!, and don't you dare even think there's a chance for "us" any more, that isn't going to happen!" He snorted "And as for that whole spiel being something I want to hear? To be honest i don't give a monkeys, you brought this all on yourself and it was me who got hurt in the process.

"Daddy..."Sam looked down.

"Its over Alice, we both know that and for the record, she is my daughter, yes, and her mother is 10 times the woman you"ll ever be., don't contact me again."

Anger cursed through him, as well as sadness, to be honest a whole mix of emotions as he watched Alice walk off without so much of a backwards glance. He exhaled. His phone vibrated in his pocket, fishing it out he read the name printed across. *Connie*

"Where are you?" She began.

"Heathrow airport, can you come pick us up?" Tears stung in his eyes realizing the gravity of the situation, at least now he could move on with his life without her in it.