AN: Wow, I just want to thank all of you for reading this series of mine, and especially if you have been from the beginning! It honestly means more to me than you could ever know to have your support, to read the reviews you have left and that you enjoy my stories as much as you do! You guys are the best readers and I feel so thankful to have you. Thanks again and I hope you enjoy this next part!

The others arrived shortly and the session went pretty well I'd say, no fighting but a little disagreement once or twice that didn't turn into anything. It overall lasted maybe 2 hours and Paul and I left right afterwards because Gabriel was fussy and hungry. We got home quick and I fed him and put him down for his nap and I looked to the clock in his room to see it to be around 3.

I decided to do some laundry and I walked on in Paul on the phone and he didn't seem all too comfortable with whoever it was. I stopped in the doorway to see him with one hand in his pocket while sighing and talking. He looked up to see me and I mouthed 'is everything alright' and he nodded and I nodded and got our dirty clothes to bring downstairs.

Paul's POV

I had just walked into our bedroom when the phone started to ring and I answered it since Jackie was putting Gabriel down for a nap.

"Ello?" I say into the receiver.

"So you didn't leave this one when she got pregnant?" a female voice says and my eyebrows dip at her words but realization hits when I figure out who it is, I haven't heard this voice for such a long time.

"Dot-." I start but she cuts in.

"Did you tell her about what happened between us?" my ex-girlfriend Dorothy Rhone asks.

"Yes, I told her awhile ago." I say as I recall telling Jackie on Christmas about two years ago, the day we broke up, what a horrible day that was for me and for us.

"Well I hope you're actually around for yer kid." her Liverpudlian accent says and I sigh and run my hand through my hair.

"Dot, what happened happened, neither of us can change what happened and I didn't want to stay in the relationship if I wasn't happy." I confess but it was mostly because I was such an immature bastard who didn't want commitment at the early age of 20.

"Dot, what do you want? Why did you call? Was it to yell at me or do you want money?" I ask and I notice Jackie walk in and I don't think she heard what I just said but she mouths to me 'is everything alright' and I nod and she leaves with the dirty clothes.

"I'm selling my story." she says and I sigh and close my eyes.

"Fine, do that then and I know you probably want money so just call Allistair rather then bugging me about it because I have much better things to worry about." I say and I hang up the phone and sit on the bed.

At least Jackie knows what happens so her selling her story won't surprise Jackie and put me in some pickle. I rest my head in my hands and sit there on the bed for maybe 5 minutes before I have recollected myself and I go downstairs to have a snack. It happened almost 7 years ago, I don't see why she just can't let it go, she's never called me about it before now. I half regret what happened but I wasn't going to stay with her if I wasn't happy, as blunt and mean as I made it seem leaving her like I did after she lost the baby. If it weren't for us breaking up I wouldn't be married to Jackie today and I wouldn't have my lovely son who I really adore and love. Jackie comes up from behind me to hug me and wrap her arms around me and rest her chin on my shoulder as I'm stirring my tea and I smile to myself and rub her hand that rests on my waist. We surely have had a long day, the past three days actually haven't been going well, I just want today to be over.

"Hi, husband." she says to me and I rest both of my hands on top of hers and stroke my thumbs on her soft, delicate hands.

"Hi, wifey." I say back.

I love her so much and I was such a jerk to her yesterday and I feel bad, she really sticks up for a lot with me and the life she has. I don't treat her how she deserves to be treated every single day of our marriage as hard as it is too but that still is no excuse to have gotten drunk and not been home yesterday, we have a baby, I need to be there as much as my work allows me to be. I can't get these days back of him being a little peanut and so small because I know some day I'll miss him being this small.

"Everything okay?" Jackie asks bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Mmhmm, wanna go have a cuddle?" I ask and she nods into my neck and I feel her smile, her sweet smile.

She let's go of me and I walk upstairs hand in hand with her with my cup of tea also in hand. I pull her over to my side of the bed and I wrap my arms around her small body, it's a good change being able to actually put my arms around her when she used to have the huge baby bump. We lay on our sides and I stroke her cheek as her eyes are closed and she looks like a complete angel, my angel.

"I wuv you." I whisper to her against her soft cheek and she smiles with closed eyes.

"I wuv you too." she replies and I kiss her forehead with a smile on my face.

I love her so very much, I've never loved anybody as much as I love her even though Gabriel is right by her but that's another kind of love, not the kind you feel towards your wife and lover; your best friend.