When Rayna left the hospital, she was anxious to get back into a routine. She stayed at Tandy's for a couple days, but she wanted to be with the girls. Teddy had offered to stay with Maddie and Daphne full time, but she wanted to reestablish the shared custody arrangement. And so they did. After she had been home a few days, Teddy came to see her about his own situation. The girls were in school and she was surprised to see him.

"Hey, Teddy."

"Hey, Rayna. Are you alone?"

She gave him a look. "Yes, Teddy. Deacon's not here."

Teddy smirked. "That was not what I meant." Although he was glad to hear it. "I just need to talk to you about some things and wanted to be sure you hadn't kept the girls home or that Tandy wasn't here hovering over you."

Rayna rolled her eyes. "So what is it that you need to talk about?"

Teddy sat at the counter and looked down at his hands, trying to think of how to share his news. "I saw Peggy recently. Actually the night of your accident."

Now it was Rayna's turn to smirk. "Ah, Peggy." She made a little sarcastic shimmy as she said 'Peggy'. "Are y'all back together now?"

Teddy shook his head. "We weren't. But she wanted to share some news with me." He had decided he wasn't going to get into the potential Federal investigation, at least not at this point. This was enough for now. He licked his lips. "Peggy's pregnant."

Rayna gasped and gaped at him. "Are you serious?" Then she laughed.

Teddy glowered at her. "I don't think it's funny, Rayna. It does, however, mean that we should talk about the divorce."

Rayna still couldn't wipe the amused grin off her face. "Well, you are in kind of a pickle, aren't you?" She folded her hands on the counter and leaned forward. "Should I assume you want to hurry this divorce along?"

"I want to talk about it, yes."

Rayna narrowed her eyes. "I don't have a problem with ending the marriage, Teddy. I'd say we both have done some pretty significant damage there. But there are the girls to consider and how all of this will impact them." She paused. "Daphne most especially."

"Maddie is still my daughter, Rayna."

"Legally, yes. But she and Deacon may have something to say about that."

"Has that been discussed?"

Rayna looked away for a moment, then back at Teddy. "Actually, no. But I still think the fact that you have not only had an affair, but gotten your little Peggy pregnant, is not going to sit really well with either of the girls. And it doesn't sit really well with me."

Teddy sighed. "Then what are you proposing?" He knew he wasn't in a good position, but he hoped she wouldn't try to take the girls away from him.

Rayna pondered that for a moment. She was anxious to have the divorce be final, more than ever now that she knew about Peggy's pregnancy. But she didn't want to hurt the girls and she didn't necessarily want to punish Teddy any more than he was probably punishing himself. "I would like to amend the custody arrangement so that I have primary custody and you have visitation. Definitely with Daphne. I want to give Maddie a little more latitude." Teddy frowned and opened his mouth, but she put her hand up. "Teddy, I think she's still going to see you as her dad. You raised her, after all. But I don't really know what she's going to want. And I don't know what Deacon wants yet either."

Teddy raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Oh, really? So Deacon hasn't demanded his rights? Seemed to me when I saw him in front of City Hall, he was sure I'd 'stolen his life'." Rayna frowned at him. "Oh, he didn't tell you that he attacked me the day after the CMA's?"

"Attacked you?"

Teddy smiled. "He tried to punch me. He was totally wasted though, so he didn't get very far. I just assumed he was ready to take on his parental rights. I guess I was wrong."

Rayna crossed her arms. This was news to her, although she had to admit that it didn't surprise her, considering what had gone on the few days after he had confronted her at the CMA's. It made her sad though. "Well, I think he's gotten himself back on track now, but we haven't really talked about what's next. I just think you need to be prepared." She put her hands on her hips. "That's still my offer. Visitation. I'll be generous."

Teddy wanted to argue with her, but he also recognized that he wasn't in a strong position. And he needed the divorce to move forward as expeditiously as possible. He nodded. "I'll accept that. If you'll go ahead and move things along."

"Of course. I'll have my lawyer draw up the papers."

"Thank you, Rayna." And Teddy walked out of the house. Rayna picked up her phone and quickly texted Tandy to stop by.

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When Tandy arrived, Rayna was lying on the couch with her eyes closed. Tandy hurried to her side, looking worried. "Are you ok, babe?" she asked anxiously, sitting on the coffee table next to her sister.

Rayna put her arm down and turned to Tandy, smiling. "I'm fine. Just tired. You know I just got out of the hospital, right?"

Tandy rolled her eyes. "Well, then what was so important?"

Rayna laughed. "Guess who's pregnant?"

Tandy gasped and grabbed Rayna's arm. "Oh, my God, are you kidding me?"

Rayna laughed harder and then winced as she felt some pain from using her stomach muscles. Tandy looked at her with concern. Rayna shook her head. "Not me." She sat up and leaned closer to her sister. "Peggy Kenter."

Tandy's eyes grew wide and she sat back in shock. "No. Peggy? Pregnant? By who?" Then a light bulb went off and she smiled. "Teddy?" Rayna nodded, still smiling. "Seriously?" Then Tandy laughed out loud. "What an interesting turn of events."

Rayna nodded. "I know, right? Anyway, he stopped by here this morning to tell me that. Or I guess really to ask me to expedite the divorce, but he had to tell me why."

"So, what did you tell him?"

Rayna shrugged. "I told him I would. In fact, I've already called my lawyer. It's not like I want to be married to him anymore, so why not?"

Tandy frowned. "But what about the girls?"

"I told him I wanted primary custody and he could have visitation. No more shared custody."

"And he agreed?"

"I don't think he was happy about it, but yeah, he agreed. What choice does he have? I don't know how the girls are going to react to this, but I don't like the idea of them spending half the time with old Peggy Kenter either." Rayna sat back and closed her eyes. "But, you know, he did tell me something kind of offhandedly that I didn't know."

"What's that?"

"Apparently when Deacon was on his bender he went after Teddy. Told him he'd stolen his life." Rayna opened her eyes and looked at Tandy.

Tandy frowned. "What do you mean 'went after'?"

"According to Teddy, he showed up in front of City Hall and tried to beat him up." Tandy took that in and then she started to laugh. Rayna looked puzzled. "You think it's funny?"

"Kind of." Then Tandy shook her head. "I'm sorry, babe. But it is kind of funny to think about how that must have gone down. I do think it shows you that, as mad as he was, he still was fighting for you. Maybe a poor way to show it, but Teddy did get what Deacon probably thought he should have had."

"I don't know. It actually makes me feel a little embarrassed." She looked sadly at Tandy. "He tells me that he's back on track and I hope so, but I feel a little bit like I'm back to where I was after the first four times in rehab. Wondering if I can trust him. Wondering how long this one will 'take'. But now I have Maddie to consider."

Tandy reached out and took her sister's hand and looked at her with a concerned look in her face. "I know, babe. I think you just need to take it one day at a time. The only thing you can control is you. You can't control what Deacon does or doesn't do. Hopefully he understands that the stakes are higher this time."

Rayna smiled weakly. "I hope you're right. He's coming by tonight to have dinner with us, really so he can spend some time with Maddie."

"I think it's good that you'll be there." Tandy smiled encouragingly. "It's all going to work out for the best. I'm sure of it."