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Chapter 10- Differences

Sam pulled up outside her and Stuart's place about 10minutes later. There were no lights on in her house which could only mean one thing; Stuart wasn't home yet. She sighed quietly to herself, wondering where else he could possibly be. Sam unlocked the door to their house and deposited her bags in the hallway. She went through to the kitchen and looked at the clock; it was 8:45 in the evening. She decided to make a start on cooking dinner, she and Stuart weren't on the best of terms at the moment and she really wanted a chance to explain why she'd made the decisions that she had, in the hope that he'd listen to her.

Stuart's car pulled up about half an hour later. He saw Sam's car in the driveway and sighed, they hadn't spoken since their row that morning. Although he was still angry with Sam for keeping something like that from him, he wanted to see if she had any explanation for him, a reason as to why she had kept something like that from him for 7 years.

He opened the door to their house and entered the kitchen, just as Sam had finished cooking dinner. Sam looked up at Stuart, neither of them spoke, 'dinner's ready,' she said, wanting to break the silence between them.

Stuart merely nodded, 'come on Stuart, can we at least talk,' Sam begged.

'What's there to say Sam? You didn't tell me about the miscarriage,'

'I just want to explain Stuart, please,'

'Let's just have dinner first,' Stuart said.

Sam sighed quietly, maybe now, she'd have a chance to explain.

An hour later, Sam and Stuart had finished their dinner and were sat on the sofa, 'can we talk now Stuart?' Sam finally asked.

'I guess so,' Stuart replied.

Sam looked into Stuart's eyes. All of a sudden, images of her night with Phil the night before began to flash through her mind, along with images of their most recent encounter in her office. She shook her head almost imperceptibly, 'look Stuart, I'm sorry I never told you about the miscarriage I had at Hendon. I didn't even tell the father, I never got a chance to. The only person I told was Abi, when she was old enough to understand. It was heartbreaking enough to go through it the first time and I didn't really want to relive the whole ordeal again. I really wanted to tell you when we first met but it just seemed… unimportant. I know I should've probably told you about the miscarriage when I miscarried our baby but I didn't want to jeopardise what we've got. I love you Stuart, please can you forgive me?' she explained.

Stuart hadn't spoken throughout Sam's speech; he didn't want to interrupt her. He looked at her and his face began to soften. 'I love you too Sam, you know that. I'm sorry for the way I've been since I found out, I was just angry that you didn't tell me when we first got together,'

Sam leant across and brushed her lips against Stuart's, he responded and deepened the kiss. She heard her mobile go off in the hall and pulled away. 'I'd better get that,' she said.

'Leave it Sam,' Stuart replied as he kissed her again.

Sam shook her head, 'it might be important,' she said as she broke away and went into the hall.

She picked up her bag and found her mobile in it. She had a text message; Sam opened and found it was from Phil. It said: Missing you tonight, my bed doesn't feel the same without you xx

Sam smiled to herself but deleted the message all the same; she didn't want to run the risk of her antics being discovered. Sam put her phone back in her bag and went back into the living room to Stuart. 'Who was it then?' Stuart asked.

'You were right, no-one important,' Sam lied as she sat down beside Stuart and kissed him softly on the lips.

Stuart deepened the kiss and wrapped his arms around her waist. Sam pulled away, 'what's up babe?' Stuart asked.

'Let's go upstairs,' Sam replied.

Stuart nodded as he followed Sam upstairs and into their bedroom.

'You see?' Sam said about an hour later. 'You do still love me.'

'I do Sam, I love you,' Stuart replied.

He leant downwards and kissed Sam softly on the lips before he turned around and went off to sleep.

Sam looked across him and sighed to herself. Wondering what on earth she was doing. She did love Stuart, he was her husband after all but there was something about Phil, something that changed the way she felt about herself. Sam felt better about herself when she was Phil, she felt happy with him. Things between her and Stuart had been great to start off with but things took a bad turn when she miscarried their baby. Although they had got things back to some form of normality, things never went back to how they were before the miscarriage.

The cracks in their marriage had begun to emerge when Sam miscarried their baby. Stuart hadn't reacted well when she miscarried their baby. When Phil found out about Sam's miscarriage that she had at Hendon, he hadn't reacted badly at all; he'd tried to make her feel better. Sam smiled wryly to herself; that was one of the differences between Phil and Stuart.

Phil was everything that Stuart wasn't, he was kind, caring, sensitive. Stuart on the other hand wasn't like that at all, he was the jealous type. They'd been together for over 7years and things had started to get worse for them, especially since the miscarriage. Sam was torn; she loved Stuart, he was her husband and then there was Phil, if she was honest with herself, she probably had never gotten over him. Being with Phil excited her, it made her feel alive but with Stuart, everything was different. Things were getting worse between Sam and Stuart, and she wasn't even sure whether she wanted to save her marriage.

She sighed quietly; looking at Stuart's sleeping form. Silently, Sam climbed out of bed and pulled on her pink silk dressing gown. She tiptoed down the stairs and over to her bag, which she'd left in the hall. She took out her phone out and went through to the living room. She sat down on the sofa and drafted a text message to Phil which said: Got ur message, I'm missing you too. See you tomorrow xx.

She sent that and sat there, waiting for a reply. Her phone bleeped a few minutes later. She opened the message from Phil which said: Glad to hear it. See you tomorrow xx.

Sam smiled to herself. She walked back through to the hall, putting her phone back into her bag. She ascended the staircase and re-entered her bedroom. She took off her dressing gown and got back into bed beside Stuart. She slowly began to drift off to sleep, her dreams being plagued by one man, and that one man wasn't the one asleep beside her.

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