When he arrived home with Aurora he wanted to put her to bed and kiss the other girls goodnight, even if they were already asleep, but he didn't want to push his luck with Stephanie. He leaned against the wall after ringing the bell waiting for his wife to appear to throw him out, "I will see you on Saturday will I?"

Silently thinking it over she nodded her head just as the front door opened, "Yes." The little girl turned from looking at her Dad to the door and threw her arms around her Mom as soon as she saw her, "Love you Mommy."

Confused Stephanie wrapped her arms around her daughter worried that her idea had backfired, "I love you too. Did you have fun with your Dad?"

Aurora nodded her head against her Mom as she kept hold of her, "Yes thank you Mommy."

She contemplated whether to invite him in or not, he was making progress with Aurora and she didn't want to ruin that so she had to push what she wanted to the side, "Do you want your Dad to put you to bed?"

The little girl's eyes widened in surprise as she tried to hold back her excitement, "Really?! What about Murphy and Vaughny?"

"They're both asleep, you're a little past your bedtime so I have already put them to bed. You need to decide quickly as you need to have a bath and go to bed ready for school."

She turned back to her Dad and silently grabbed his hand and pulled him inside, "Come on Daddy, you can wait for me whilst I have a bath."

He couldn't help but snigger and shake his head at his daughter. She sounded so much like Stephanie it was a mixture of scary and cute, "Boy you really are your Mother's daughter."

The little girl immediately stopped and turned to face him, "What's that mean?"

"Yes, what does that mean?"

Why did he open his mouth and say that? He took a big gulp as he looked between them both, he was pretty sure his wife was about to kick him out judging by the glare he was receiving from her, "It means that you are very much like your Mom, but it's a good thing because just like your Mom you know exactly what you want and you're not afraid to say it."

Confused the little girl stared at her Dad, "I want you to love Mommy again. Like that?"

Stephanie gulped really not wanting to hear this tonight, "Come on Aurora, you need to hurry up and get into bed."

"But Daddy said I know what I want and I not afraid to say it but I not sure if he meant that."

He hadn't meant to cause an argument, "Come on Aurora, I'll talk to you as we go upstairs." He could only follow behind her daughter as she headed for the stairs, he had no idea if Stephanie was following and at this point he didn't care. He had a feeling that the statement about him loving Stephanie was connected to everything earlier and he needed to be clear with her, "I do love your Mommy, I never stopped. You don't need to worry about that though okay? No matter what happens your Mom and I will always have some love for each other because we created three beautiful girls together."

When she reached the top of the stairs she stopped and turned to face him, "So if you love all of us then why did you always leave us?" They had discussed it earlier and she had accepted what he said at the time but she still wasn't over it.

For Stephanie it was like watching a car wreck that she couldn't turn away from, she wanted to stop it but she just couldn't find a way.

He could sense that Stephanie was behind somewhere and he knew that she could hear it all, as she hadn't stepped in to stop it he knew that he really couldn't stop it so had to just answer it in a way that his nine year old would understand, "Well you see I wasn't thinking clearly and did something really really stupid. Whereas I should have been thinking about my family and putting them first, because you're all my everything, I just thought about myself. Everybody makes mistakes and we all learn from them, this was just a really big and really bad one and I should have known better."

"So like when I called Vaughny stupid? That was a mistake and I knew better but I still did it."

Smiling softly he nodded his head, "Kind of yeah, my mistake just hurt a lot deeper than calling somebody stupid. Don't do that to your sister again though okay please? She looks up to you a lot and you want to set a good example for her don't you?"

The little girl nodded her head and took hold of her Mom's hand as she joined them at the top of the stairs, "Yes Daddy, I promise. Come on Mommy, I don't want to get in trouble."

Stephanie couldn't help but shake her head at her daughter, she definitely could see a lot of herself in her daughter and she was going to be trouble as she grew up but she loved her deeply, "Yes Aurora." The two of them walked off towards the bathroom but she stopped briefly and turned back to Paul, "You can check on the girls, just don't wake them."

Paul breathed a sigh of relief hearing her say that, he felt so awkward in his own home and he didn't know what he was allowed to do and what he wasn't allowed to do.

Twenty minutes later and after checking on the girls Paul was lazing on Aurora's bed waiting for her to get out of the bathroom when she appeared in the doorway, "Daddy!"

Reluctantly he lifted his head and smiled sweetly, "Yes baby girl?"

"You're taking up all of my bed, where am I meant to sleep?"

First he sat up before he stood up, "I am so very sorry that I took up so much room your Royal Highness."

She quickly clambered into bed before the little girl slid under the covers, "It's 'kay, I got in now."

It was at those moments that he realised just how much he loved all of his daughters and it reminded him how much he was missing out on. As much as he didn't want to leave he knew that he had to so he leaned down and pressed a kiss to the top of her head, "I will get out of here and leave your Mom to put you to bed but I had fun tonight. Sleep well and be good."

Before he could leave she grabbed his arm, "Stay. I wants you and Mommy to cuddle with me."

It felt like somebody was squeezing his heart as he listened to his daughter. He didn't know what to say or how to answer her so he turned his head to look at his wife who was currently stood in the doorway, he couldn't quite gauge if she was really up for him doing that, "I don't know Aurora, your Mom said about me putting you to bed and you're in bed so she might want me to leave."

If it came to it she was going to pull out all of the tricks that she had learned that got her what she wanted. First she started by pouting in her Mom's direction, she wanted them to love each other again, "Mommy plllllleeeeeeeeaaaaaaasssssssseeeeee."

She never could deny her daughter when she begged her like that and it wouldn't kill her if he stayed for ten minutes more. As long as she didn't have to be on the same side of the bed as Paul then she would be able to do this for her daughter, "Your Dad can stay until you're fast asleep and then he will have to leave. No bragging about it to your sisters in the morning please, they'll only be mad."

Quickly nodding her head the little girl was just as quickly patting the bed either side of her waiting for her parents to join her and cuddle with her.

Paul carefully perched himself on the edge of the bed so there was a lot of room for Aurora and Stephanie so that they were comfortable, he didn't deserve to be comfortable, "So what story would you like us to read to you or tell you tonight?"

Once everybody was settled she snuggled even further down into her bed before Aurora took hold of one of each of her parent's hands, she pulled them across to lie on her stomach resting her Dad's hand over her Mom's, "Just cuddle me please."

Stephanie had remained silent throughout as she she was struggling with the close proximity to Paul. When Aurora lay her head down she rested her own head on the pillow beside her daughter, closing her eyes she tried to contain her emotions, "Anything you want Princess."

Paul had been with Stephanie long enough to know what she was feeling, well most of the time, and he was confident with the change in her voice that she was emotional. He rubbed his thumb gently across his wife's hand beneath his in what he hoped was a comforting manner, he just hoped she wasn't going to pull away, "You know we're always here for you Aurora, so if you just want a cuddle until you go to sleep then that is what you will have."

The little girl smiled sleepily as she battled to keep her eyes open as she was drained after a long day, "Love you."

Both parents leaned down and kissed her on the forehead, "Love you too."

The adults got comfortable on the bed beside their daughter and both relaxed and held her whilst she fell asleep.

The second that she knew that her daughter was asleep Stephanie pulled her hand from beneath Paul's and carefully climbed off the bed, turning to look back at him she whispered, "I'm going to check on the other two a minute so I will meet you downstairs when you are ready."

Before he had a chance to reply she had left the room leaving him alone with his eldest daughter. He sat up on the bed and stared down at her, gently brushing some hair out of her face he missed these moments, "I promise I won't let you down ever again." Slowly getting up so as not to disturb her he quietly walked out of the room, pulling the door closed behind him he made his way downstairs.

When she left Vaughn's room after putting her blankets back over her and picking up her teddy placing it back on the bed beside her she saw her estranged husband walking down the stairs. Slowly following him down the stairs there was a conversation that she knew that she needed to have with him, seeing as he was here she may as well have it now and get it over with. As she got closer to the bottom of the stairs she felt her anxiety rising, she just needed to get it over with so reaching the bottom of the stairs she motioned to the lounge, "Can we talk briefly please?"

This wasn't quite what he expected to happen but nodding his head at her he headed into the lounge. He wasn't entirely sure what she was about to say to him, he never knew what to expect from her any more so it could be good news or bad news.

"Did you read the rules I sent you the other day?"

Breathing a sigh of relief this was a conversation he was willing to have, "I did. I have no problem following all of the rules. I am no longer in any contact with the woman and there is nobody else in my life so there will be absolutely no issues with any women."

Most of what he had said had gone over her head as she stopped listening after he had said he would follow the rules, "So if I emailed them back and said that I would go to Brazil in a week then there would be no issues?"

"There would be no issues at all. I don't have to go to Full Sail so apart from Raw and Smackdown my entire time will be here with the girls."

"Okay, thank you. I will email them now and get the final details for that organised. Thank you Paul, I appreciate you taking the time to do this so I can go to Brazil."

He almost wanted to shake some sense into her to make her understand that it wasn't an imposition for him to watch his own children, "It's no problem, it will truly be my pleasure. I'd better go as I have a mountain of paperwork to get done before my flight in the morning, unless you want me to stay for something of course?"

She had definitely had enough of him tonight so was quick to shake her head, "No it's okay, you need to get that paperwork done. As soon as I know for sure what time my flights are, when I need to leave and when I will be back I will let you know."

"Thanks." It was the only thing he could think to say as she was given off a vibe that she wanted him gone as fast as possible so the aura was slightly uncomfortable anyway, "Sleep well Steph and any more problems with the girls let me know otherwise I will call tomorrow night as normal."

As she followed him to the door she couldn't help but think about her trip to Brazil, she couldn't wait for it to come so she could clear her mind, "Drive safely. Goodnight Paul."

"Goodnight Steph." He walked to the car and unlocked the door, looking briefly back towards the front door he was not surprised to see that it was already shut. He just wanted to make some sort of progress with Stephanie. They probably needed to have a proper talk about everything that had happened to clear the air so that they could move on, he couldn't and wouldn't suggest that though because he knew that it would just end badly for him as almost everything he did and said she took the wrong way. He climbed into the car and rubbed his face wearily before he started the engine to go back to the hotel.

Although she had shut the door on him Stephanie watched him leave from the living room window. As his car drove off she absently rubbed her hand where he had had his hand over hers. She missed his touch, it had been a while since she had just felt his tender touch like that and she missed it a lot, she missed him. No matter what had happened between them she was sure that she did still love him, she just wasn't sure if it was just because he was the Father of her children or if she loved him because she just loved him as a lover and a partner. Pulling herself away from the window she needed to go and change as she had a training session coming up soon. If she was changed and ready for it she could sit down and do some work and answer the email about her trip to Brazil that she had left unanswered for a few days.

Grateful for passing a late night Starbucks on his drive back to the hotel Paul sat down at the table with his iced coffee, he began to lay out his paperwork to put it in order of importance so that he could leave the least important until the flight down to Florida if he needed to. With the papers laid out in front of him he picked up his coffee and took a sip of it as he surveyed the pile of work. If he hadn't have been so stupid in the first place then he wouldn't be in this predicament where he was likely to not get much sleep because he had to work through the night. Despite knowing that he had so much work to do as he opened his laptop to begin it all his fingers took on a mind of their own, they opened a browser and typed in the name of a local real estate agents to begin browsing places that were available to rent.

After ten minutes of browsing he was frustrated and confused so shut the browser. Apparently finding somewhere to live wasn't going to be as simple as he thought, so actually visiting them was something else he was going to have to do in what free time he had. He was tired and frustrated so had to resist the urge to swipe the papers off the table out of pure irritation. He picked up the first piece of paper and began to look over it, he just had to focus on one thing at a time and it would be okay, it had to be okay for the sake of his family.