Two Weeks Later

"You sure Sam and Mary going out is a good idea?" Danny asked as he sat with Steve on the sofa, beer in his hand. The kids were in bed and they were enjoying some man time while Mary had taken Sam out for a few hours.

Steve sighed a little as he looked to him. "No but Mary said they'd be laying off the alcohol. It was strictly a food and maybe a glass of wine event. Not getting drunk."

Danny looked to him. "She's been home two weeks Steve. How many days has she been sober?"

"None." Steve admitted looking to him. "As soon as we got home from the hospital the first thing she did was grab a bottle of wine from the fridge. Oh and she bought that stupid boat in the same night." He sighed. "I know Mary will try and keep her out of trouble tonight."

"Try being the main word there." Danny commented looking to him before he sighed at him. "You look exhausted."

"Lily's restless lately. I'm back and fore trying to settle her because Sam's too wasted to even hear her."

"We will fix her." Danny promised with a soft smile before he then frowned a little hearing a thud and giggling at the front door and looked to Steve once more. "It's not even ten o'clock. That can't be them already."

Steve nodded a little before he then frowned to the door. Getting to his feet he then headed over to the front door and opened it slowly, his jaw clenched as he tried not to lose his cool at the sight he saw. "You've got to be kidding me." He commented as he looked to his sister as she stepped inside with a fairly drunk Sam who was using Mary as leverage so she wouldn't fall over, giggling away as everything she mumbled was slurred. "I thought you said no alcohol." Steve scolded as he looked to his sister with a shake of his head.

"Okay first of all this is so not my fault." Mary grumbled as she headed over to the sofa and put Sam down, shaking her head as Sam had instantly passed out. Turning to look at her brother she huffed and moved her hands to her hips. "I go to the bathroom and I come back and she's necked a bottle of wine. A wine we were sharing for dinner. After that she then kept ordering cocktails until we got thrown out because she fell into a waiter who was carrying over a hundred dollars' worth of food to which I then had to pay for, for the inconvenience to the other diners." She shook her head and looked to Steve. "I'm sorry big bro. I tried. But what Sam wants…"

"Sam gets." Danny completed with a sigh as he looked down to his sleeping sister and shook his head. She couldn't keep going on like this. "Is it wrong I really want to call my mom and dad to come and sort her out?"

Mary pulled a face. "Dude she's like thirty."

"She's thirty two and she's currently acting like a teenager. If we can't get her out of this funk…"

"Funk?" Mary cut in looking to him. "Danny she's lost a baby. Do you know how that actually feels for a woman? Women are mainly built for child bearing. It's drummed into most women that they should be a mother, there's no better feeling than being a mother. Nothing more rewarding than giving your child unconditional love…that was snatched from her. Brutally. She's not in a funk Danny she is grieving for her baby. Yes Steve lost a baby too but it's so different for women. None of us will know how she is truly feeling especially when she is not even sure how she is feeling herself. You might think you know her because you have seen this side of her before but you don't understand it. You don't understand why she is feeling this way. Don't try to justify something you don't understand. You're her brother. Doesn't mean you know every single thing about her. " She told him before she looked to her brother. "I'll be back in the morning to take Alfie to school and Lily to day care. Joanie's going to this club thing Grace invited her too so me and your wife will be spending the day on that fancy new boat she's bought. Least that way I can try and keep her sober."

Steve looked to her and gave a slight nod before raising an eyebrow. "Try and keep her sober? She has a mini fridge on that thing full of beer."

"Won't be by the time we get there. I'll get rid of it before I meet her down there." Mary mused looking to him before she then looked over to Sam once more and sighed a little before looking to Steve. "You need to be patient with her. I know you're grieving too but we all deal with it in a different way. Right now this is her way of dealing with it." Leaning up she kissed his cheek. "I'll see you in the morning." She told him before she then left them to it and headed out of the house.

Steve sighed as he watched his sister go before he then looked over to his wife. He felt like a failure right now.

"Look I'll head out." Danny commented as he looked to him.

Steve nodded a little as he looked to him. "I'll see you in work in the morning."

Danny looked to him for a few minutes before he gave a nod. "If you need anything just let me know."

"Thanks Danno. I'll see you in the morning." Steve mumbled as he looked to him before he saw him to the door. Closing the door behind him and locking it he then turned and looked to his wife, a sigh passing his lips as he did as he bent down in front of her and looked to her. She reeked of alcohol. "What are we going to do with you?" He sighed and shook his head as he moved his arms under his wife and gently bought her into his arms as he carried her upstairs to their room.

"Daddy…" Came a tired voice as Alfie appeared in his doorway rubbing his eyes, stuffed animal under his one arm. Looking up to his father he let a yawn slip his little lips. "Is mommy okay?"

Hearing Alfie's voice, Steve looked to him and smiled. "She's fine little man. She fell asleep downstairs. Daddy's just taking her to bed. Go back into bed. I'll be there in a sec." He told him with a smile, watching as he toddled back into his room before carrying on to his own. Heading over to the bed he gently laid Sam down on her side of the bed before he headed into Alfie. "Hey buddy what's up?" He asked quietly as he headed over to him, kneeling down beside his bed.

"I had a bad dream." He told him with a pout, hugging his teddy tightly to him.

Steve pouted back to him and moved to sit on the edge of his bed before he bought his son into his arms and kissed his head as he moved him onto his lap and held him close to him. "But it was just a dream okay? Nothing bad is going to happen. I'm here. Mommy's here. Everything is going to be okay."

"Mommy's sad all the time." He commented snuggling into his father more.

Steve sighed a little. "I know buddy. It's hard to explain but it doesn't change how she feels about you. She loves you and Lily more than anything in the world." He looked down to him and gently rocked him a little. "Daddy will fix mommy I promise you. I'll make her happy again." Kissing his head he held his close to him as he gently rocked him back to sleep. Once he had settled once more he then gently tucked him back into bed before he then headed back into his room. Sam still in the same position as he left her. He felt angry. He could handle her behaviour. But it wasn't fair for the children to see it. Things had to change. Grabbing his phone from his pocket he then started texting away. He doubted Sam would be very happy when she found out what he was planning but it wasn't up to her right now. He had to put their children's best interest first and he had every intention of doing so. He was getting his wife back. He was getting his children's mother back.