Wayne Unser let out a huff as he stood out in front of Estrella's Tavern in front of Chibs and Nina Franklin. After some work he had managed to get the story out of the couple and an enraged Greg Murrier.

He currently had officer Eglee standing far way from Chibs dealing with a pissed off Greg. Greg Murrier's nose was clearly broken thanks to Chibs.

Eglee and the medic Greg had insisted they call had just gotten the bleeding to stop, but Murrier would be lucky if he didn't have a crooked nose for life.

Eglee was struggling to keep Greg calm and away from Chibs at the moment. The man wasn't making it easy though screaming and fussing as he yelled. "I want that man in handcuffs. I want to press charges against that bastard for what he did to my nose!"

"You're lucky as shit that I'm still in my office Chibs." Unser remarked reaching up to rub his forehead trying to stave off the impending headache he could feel building up within him.

The Sons had been dealing with Wayne Unser for so long now; keeping him on their pay, letting him pick up their messes, letting him turn his cheek to their activities.

They'd had a good deal going with Unser and this change over to the San Joaquin more than likely would throw a wrench in their business.

"Aye...I know...when's San Joaquin takin over?" Chibs remarked his stomach in knots about how he and the Sons would deal with the law in Charming once Unser was out of the picture.

Would they be able to get the San Joaquin sheriff on their pay? Or would they be in for a mess dealing with some moral police man?

Nina frowned dumbfounded by this exchange; a sheriff talking to a known outlaw biker like they were old friends.

Chibs noticed her confusion as he spoke to her nodding at Unser. "He's a long time friend of the club hen."

She nodded her head thanking the stars for that. It wasn't an exactly comforting realization that the sheriff was on the take with criminals, but it was going to work in their favor.

Nina felt her stomach roll it hitting her that Chibs was a criminal. He was on the wrong side of the law and she knew it.

She was more perturbed that this realization didn't bother as much as it should. She knew that Chibs broke the law and she still cared for him.

Was there something wrong with her?

She took a deep breath putting her focus off her backwards moral reasoning and back to the current messy situation.

At least they were dealing with a friend of the club. Nina had been terrified that they would be dealing with some pissed off police officer who would put Chibs in cuffs the second Greg Murrier started freaking out.

She didn't know Wayne Unser all that well. After all she had never been in trouble with the law.

The only times Nina had even dealt with the police was when she had to call them to escort some rowdy drunk home from the bar.

Unser seemed kind enough though. He obviously knew Chibs well. Unser seemed sympathetic to their story at least.

Unser let out a heavy sigh his headache coming in full force as he replied to Chibs' question. "In two weeks. I'm out of the office next week though..the new sheriff will start then. Jacob Hale is throwing a fit about me being on the force...given what happened to Deputy Hale and all...like I said though you're lucky as shit Scotty."

Chibs twisted his lips never liking the nickname Scotty. It was just too cliché. Scotty was always the first thing people went for once they learned of his Scottish heritage.

"Will Greg really manage to press charges?...I mean he provoked all of this...he stormed into my bar and stirred all this up. Greg and I went out on one bad date. I made it pretty clear to him that I didn't want to pursue anything with him. He just showed up sprouting shit at me. I had already asked him to leave. Chibs was just trying to defend me...what do we do if Greg presses charges? I mean do we need a lawyer?" Nina asked her stomach rolling and churning at the thought of Chibs getting into some serious trouble for what he'd done.

Unser gave the girl a tight smile noticing the way Chibs placed a hand on her back pulling her close to him clearly doing his best too soothe her obvious anxieties. "I'm going to figure something out darlin don't worry. It might be smart to call the Sons lawyer just in case. Chibs can do that first thing tomorrow. I'm going to try to stop any bullshit charges from being pressed...I can't make any promises though."

Unser paused hating what he was about to do. He knew though that there was no way of getting around it though. "I'm going to have to take you in though Chibs...it'll just be for a few hours. If I don't do it that prick Murrier is going to stir up shit..I can't take anything coming up about me refusing to arrest anyone. The force is already going to go through shit once San Joaquin takes over."

Nina let out a shaky breath her worse fears coming to life. She was only more unsettled as she glanced up at a window over Estrella's Tavern, one of the windows into her apartment, to spot Sophie peeking out curious about the chaos going on outside.

"Shite...aye I know...I know." Chibs blurted out not seeing what Nina was staring at first.

He felt his heart drop down into his gut when he followed her line of sight; his baby girl peering down at this mess a look of fear etched into her little face.

He had never wanted his little girl to see anything like this.

Sophie was staring down at all the ruckus below her, her eyes wide as she stared at the police cars and her mother with her friend Chibs.

He watched the cookie in Sophie's hand drop as she took in the scene below her.

He saw the little girl frown as she spotted Greg Murrier. He would have laughed at the glare on her face, given that it was identical to his glare, if this entire situation wasn't so horrible.

Chibs felt his stomach turn in on itself feeling like a shit father. Here he was about to be arrested, even if it was going to be hopefully thrown out the window by Unser, right in front of his baby.

He was relieved as Gabriella ushered the girl away from the window shutting the blinds tight.

Still though Chibs knew that Sophie had seen enough. She would have all sorts of questions once he managed to make it home tonight and he had no idea how to even begin to answer them.

Chibs turned to Nina placing a gentle hand on her cheek as he got her to look at him. "I'm so sorry hen...shite I'm so fuckin sorry my love."

She gave him a tight smile shaking her head. She spoke up a weak laugh escaping her throat. "Why'd you have to be such a sweet idiot defending me like that huh? He wasn't worth it Filip."

He pressed a soft kiss to her forehead sighing as he responded. "Aye he was though Nina...no one talks that way bout ya and gets away with it. I don't care who they are."

Nina ran her fingers through his hair wanting to scold him for punching Greg. She knew though that she couldn't find it in her to be angry.

Greg had crossed a line and Chibs had just reacted the way a boyfriend was supposed to react; attacking the guy who'd called his girlfriend a whore.

To be honest she would probably be more upset if Chibs hadn't reacted the way he had. It would have hurt if Chibs had done nothing to Greg after what had been said.

She turned her head her voice still so fearful as she spoke to Unser. "Are you sure that he'll only be gone for a few hours?"

"Yeah I'm sure. You can come on down to the station and wait for him to get released." Unser remarked lowering his voice as he spoke again.

"The bail will be about 350.. Don't worry about charges too much though. Like I said I'm goin to find a way to fix this shit. I might be able to dismiss it all writing it off as a bar brawl."

Chibs felt his heart sink down lower realizing Nina could barely make ends meet as it was and here she was preparing to pay his damn bail.

He silently made a promise to himself that he would find a way to make this all up to her. He would start with paying her back every last cent of the bail money. Then he would do something special for her, something romantic.

Didn't women like romantic crap? Dinners with candlelight and roses?

Nina managed to press a chaste kiss to Chibs' lips before he pulled away from her allowing Unser to put him in cuffs before he placed him into the back of the police car.

Unser sent Nina an apologetic look hating that he was doing this especially when that Greg Murrier was really to blame in all of this mess.

He had hated the smug little prick the second he'd met him. Unser knew though that if he ignored Greg's temper tantrum and didn't do something to quell it for a moment, then more shit would get stirred up; shit that he couldn't fix.

Unser had heard the full story and it seemed that Greg had provoked it all, but Chibs had reacted violently punching the man, it was considered assault.

He would find a way to make sure this case never reached the courts though. Unser had done it once before and he would do it again.

It would be his final gift to the Sons; getting Chibs off the hook for this mess.

Nina couldn't stop herself from sending Greg Murrier a harsh glare before she made her way up the stairs to her apartment to retrieve her purse and smooth things over with Sophie and her aunt.

She wasn't shocked as Sophie ran right to her as soon as the door was opened. The little girl spoke a frown on her face. "Momma I saw the police down stairs and their sirens were on. What's going on? Where is Filip?"

Nina ignored the stern look Gabriella was giving her chosing instead to knell down in front of her daughter. She gave Sophie a tight smile everything within her screaming as she spoke. "There was...a big accident...it's going to be okay...When Filip comes back home we're going to talk about the accident okay peanut."

Sophie frowned not happy that her mother wasn't explaining this all to her more clearly. She didn't have the chance to press her mother on the issue as Gabriella spoke her voice growing as stern as her face. "Go wash your hands florcita. You have chocolate from the cookie you were eating on them."

Nina stood back up her body growing tense as Gabriella moved close to her her voice holding only the stern scolding concern a mother's could. "What happened Nina? The police showed up? Was it the bar? Why didn't you come get me? What did they want with Filip?"

Nina's palms began to sweat as she spoke up struggling to explain the mess she'd gotten into. "Greg Murrier showed up at the bar...started shit up with me. He...he called me a whore. Filip punched him...the police were called and they had to take Filip in. He's only going to be there for a few hours."

She paused her throat growing tight knowing that Gabriella was about to pounce. "I'm going to go up to the station to bail him out and take him home. We'll explain it to Sophie...tell her the truth. That Filip made a mistake."

Gabriella struggled to hide the smile she felt peeking at the corners of her mouth. On one hand she wanted to praise Chibs for defending Nina on the other hand though she wanted to scold him for getting into a big mess.

"Okay...you have to talk to him about this life of his Nina...that's not appropriate for the little niña to see." Gabriella exclaimed her voice holding a hint of fear thinking of just the life her niece and great niece were going to experience with Chibs.

She spoke again her eyes narrowing. "What kind of life is that for Sophie Nina?...seeing her papi getting arrested? Knowing what he is."

Nina twisted her lips her fist curling. She wanted to snap back at her aunt about all the times she'd seen the police show up at their house as a child because of the messes her tia's husbands had found themselves in.

There had been Federico the thief and then there had been Mark the drunk druggie who had treated her tia like garbage.

She held in this comment though only managing to spit out. "I knew what Filip was when I took him home that night tia...I know what I'm getting into by loving him..weren't you the one that was pushing me at him just a few days ago?"

"Si I was...it doesn't mean I approve of his life. You know Robert and some of those men in that club of his are in prison right now don't you? What are you going to do when it's Filip's turn? I might like Filip..he is a sweet boy and he cares about you baby I know that, but I won't sit by and watch him get you into trouble." Gabriella explained her stomach rolling.

She was being truthful she did like Chibs. She knew he was good for her niece and her great niece. It didn't mean she approved of the Sons though.

Nina shook her head letting out a huff. This wasn't a conversation she was going to have right this second. "We'll talk about this later...just, can you please get Sophie fed while I'm gone. Flip and I will handle this as a family. I love you tia but this is my concern not yours."

Gabriella shook her head her stomach in knots over this entire situation.

She peered back down the hallway thankful to still hear the bathroom sink running. Thankfully Sophie hadn't heard any of this conversation. "Si fine...I'll make her some of that chicken and green chile casserole she likes. I'll put the remainder in the fridge for Filip and you. We'll talk about this another time baby."

Nina pulled away from her tia going straight to her bedroom. She opened the drawer of the table beside her bed pulling out an old worn brass jewelry box.

She sat down on her bed opening the jewelry box staring down at the wad of cash she had stored inside of it. It was money she'd saved over the years; just saving it up for a rainy day.

Nina pulled the cash from the box deciding that this counted as a rainy day.

As much as it hurt to let go of the cash she knew that she didn't have much of a choice.

She would figure this mess out. Chibs and she would explain this all to Sophie and tell her the truth tonight.

Nina just prayed that her daughter could take all this in without becoming too upset.

Chibs sat back in his holding cell in the Charming police station. He laid back on the lumpy mattress his stomach in tight knots as he thought of all that had happened in just a few short hours.

This was such a huge mess and it was all his doing; his and that prick Greg Murrier's.

He gritted his jaw deciding that he would deal with Greg later. One way or another he'd tell that smug prick to stay the hell away from Nina.

Chibs would show Greg that he wasn't the type of man to put up with anyone talking that way about his girl.

It still made Chibs livid as he thought of what Greg had said to Nina. Don't come crying to me when he knocks you up again.

The words Greg had said to Chibs had truly stung though; Have fun with the whore. She's not worth the trouble.

Those words had been what made Chibs snap.

He couldn't take anyone speaking to his old lady like that. He had wanted Greg to hurt and everything around Chibs had just gone to white noise.

Chibs was sure that if it had just been Greg and him then he might have done worse to the bastard than just a broken nose.

He'd regretted what he had done as soon as the cops had shown up. It wasn't until he'd seen Sophie though that shame had taken hold of him.

Chibs could only imagine what the little girl was thinking right now; her friend Filip the criminal.

He felt his heart twist as he realized something; perhaps this had frightened Sophie. Did she think he was some sort of monster?

Would Sophie think he was a monster when she found out that he'd broken a man's nose?

The thought was a painful one. It made him feel like someone had repetitively stabbed him straight through the chest with garden sheers.

Chibs felt disgusting as he hyper focused on this thought; his baby girl thinking he was a dangerous monster, being scared.

Chibs knew that this wasn't the first time in his life he'd lost his temper. Chibs was usually the levelheaded one in the club most of the time. When things got bad though that levelheadedness went out the window.

He tended to react to stress and confrontation with anger. His temper could run hot when he allowed it. He was no stranger to violence when the situation called for it.

His father had a temper too; a nasty one.

Chibs had seen that nasty temper time and time again as a little boy in that cramped dirty apartment in the Glasgow ghetto he'd called home.

That nasty temper and those mean streets had turned little Filip into a hard man; a tough man who used his fists when met with a threat; a man who found his home in chaos and fury.

Chibs had to wonder what would happen if he lost his temper again? What if he let his anger loose in front of Nina, in front of his wee Sophie?

He shook his head knowing that he wasn't a damn thing like his father. He wasn't the kind of bastard who took his rage out on women or his children.

Chibs knew that he would never be the kind of monster his father had been. He wasn't Clyde Telford.

He knew that he had taken after his mother Annie more than his father. Chibs was his mother's son; loyal, kind to those that had earned it, and patient.

The anger was always swirling around in him though, Chibs knew this. Even now as he sat here in this cell he could feel that anger deep inside of him like a little monster clawing to get out again.

That wrath had lead him to the IRA and then to the Sons. He looked for men like him; men who were angry with the world, angry with society, angry with themselves half the time.

With the Sons he had found a family of people who knew that anger, who understood it and gave an outlet for it through violence and hedonism.

Before that though there had been the IRA. Through the IRA Chibs had looked for a way to fix the wrongs of the world he'd grown up in; the world who forgot the poor and downtrodden, a world who denied them their rightful land and the right to govern themselves.

He had found a place in the cause putting that anger to a good use; fighting for Ireland.

To be truthful Chibs hadn't had a place where he could ever really escape that anger. He and Fiona had both shared a sense of rage. One that they had shared and had put to use towards the cause.

Kerrianne had soothed this rage of course in both her parents. In his daughter Chibs had found a sense of peace for the shortest while.

Jimmy O' had shattered that peace though. He had fed Chibs' rage.

After Chibs had lost his wife and daughter to Jimmy O' that rage had returned stronger than ever.

Even when he'd been reunited with Fiona and Kerrianne that anger had still remained. He had been too far gone by that point; to accustomed to the violent world he'd come to know as home.

Now that Chibs had Sophie he had hope that he could find a place where the hate he felt could finally go silent. Perhaps through Nina and Sophie he could find a way to put a lid on this rage and hate he had fought all his life.

Chibs swallowed the thick lump developing in the base of his throat as he promised himself that he would never let Sophie see the anger he felt; she would never see the monster inside of him.

He would sooner cut off his own head then allow his lasses to see that rage.

He was pulled from these thoughts as Officer Eglee approached the cell giving him a tight smile. "You're free to go Telford. No more boxing matches."

Chibs returned her tight smile knowing that Eglee had always been a bit sympathetic towards the Sons. She had gone to school with Jax and Opie and had known them all her life.

She followed her job as an officer but never harassed the Sons like Deputy Hale had done when he'd been alive.

Nina stood out in the middle of the police station her palms sweating and her stomach rolling as she waited for Chibs.

She kept on thinking of her tia's words; about Chibs' life.

Nina knew that most people would run far away from Chibs and the world that came along with him.

She couldn't force herself to do just that though. She thought of her words to Chibs this morning; her promises that he would never miss another second of their daughter's life.

She refused to break those promises.

It wasn't just the promises that were keeping her here though. She had fallen for Chibs. He was good to her, better than most of the men she'd dated.

She was doing her best to let down her walls for Chibs. The old her would have run away from him; run away from her fear.

She wasn't that girl anymore though; she wasn't the girl that ran. She was tired of running.

Chibs walked out into the police station his belongings finally back in his possession all the necessary paperwork signed and dated.

He tried to push back his guilt over this entire turn of events as he spotted Nina.

She embraced him finding it easy to melt against his embrace. He pressed his face to her curls inhaling the scent of her floral perfume and her mint scented shampoo, wanting to soak up her smell and forget that holding cell and his bothersome thoughts.

She looked up at him as he finally pulled his face from her hair. She placed a gentle hand on his cheek as he spoke the shame he felt apparent in his voice. "I'm so sorry hen...I really fucked shite up this time...I'm goin to pay ya back fer that bail. Don't ya worry bout that."

Nina gave him a tight smile believing his words to be true. She ran her thumb along one of those scars she knew he hated so much as she spoke up. "It's okay querido. It's the past okay. Let's go home."

Chibs smiled at this her words soothing him; Home that sounded good to him.

Anywhere Nina and Sophie were was home to him.

Chibs didn't speak again until Nina and he had pulled far away from the police station. "What did ya tell Sophie?"

"I just told her that there was an accident...that we would talk about it when you came home." Nina explained realizing that she was perfectly comfortable referring to her apartment as Chibs' home.

Chibs nodded his head his heart hammering in his chest. "What are we goin to tell her Nina? Shite...what's she goin to think of me?...we're tellin her I'm her da after we explain this mess...she's goin to always remember this as the night she found out her da was arrested fer hittin another man."

Nina felt her throat tighten up knowing that his words were truth. Shit this was a horrible situation. "Do you still want to tell her the truth tonight?...I mean do you think it will be be too much for her?"

He sighed his eyes closing his body sinking down into the passengers seat as he thought about this all.

Would Sophie be able to handle this all? She was just a child.

He took a deep breath knowing his answer. It might be a crazy evening and a strange conversation to have but he wanted his daughter to know just who he was.

He opened his eyes turning to face Nina as he spoke."Aye I wanta tell her...what are we goin to tell her bout this mess I made? Tha truth?"

"An edited version of the truth...we can just tell her that you were upset...taht you did something that wasn't nice and that it wasn't right. We can tell her that you had to go sit...that you had to sit in jail because what you did was wrong...we can just tell her that it's like timeout for grown ups." Nina decided knowing that this would be the best way for Sophie to understand this all.

Chibs nodded his head knowing that she was right. It was best to just tell Sophie that what he'd done had been a mistake; that adults made mistakes and had to be punished for them.

He felt his heart sink as he spoke up struggling to put his thoughts together. "Ya know this won't...this might not be tha only time I have ta...that I have to go to jail...that the police come knockin at our door...I can't sugar coat it fer ya hen...I'm a bad guy who does bad shite. And the law comes from time to time...I just want ya to know what yer goin to have to prepare for fer a life with me. Sophie is goin to realize what I am one day...I don't know what she may think of me one day."

He felt his throat grow tight as he spoke again. "I can never give ya a normal life Nina. Life with me is goin to be far from normal. I can't be tha lad that coaches basketball and takes ya to look at candles...or furniture or whatever tha hell it is normal lads do with their lasses. Shite in my life is complicated and it's scary. All I can promise ya is that I'm goin to give ya and Sophie my best. I'm not goin to change who I am but I am goin to take care of ya. Life with Sophie and ya is wonderful Nina. Ya make me feel good, ya make me laugh, kissing you is like heaven...from what I remember the sex is the best I've probably ever had...yer everything I never thought I could have. Sophie is sweet and innocent and when I'm with our baby everything that hurts me...everything outside goes away. I can't bear to lose ya or our baby...Which is why I have ta tell ya just what you're getting into with me. I have to tell ya about this life now and give you a chance to run...because I know that I can't stand ya lookin at shite years from now and regretting that I never warned ya."

Nina let out a shaky breath at these words. She tightened her grip on the steering wheel knowing that he was right about everything he'd just said.

He was a criminal. There was no sugar coating it at all.

Chibs was a bad man who did bad things. It was the truth.

She felt her throat grow tight as the tears threatened to fall. She loved him. He was a mess; a bad guy and she loved him.

She knew that she couldn't deny that he did bad things. She would be a fool to deny this.

What he was telling her was the truth; life with him would never be normal.

Nina spoke letting her heart do all the talking deciding that her brain would just break her heart if she let it rule her. "I know babe...I know Filip okay. I knew what that reaper on your kutte meant the night we met...I knew just what you were when I kissed you and took you to my bed. I knew what you were when I agreed to let Sophie know you. I know that you are what you are...you aren't going to change. I know that and I know that even if it isn't...it isn't ideal, that there is no changing it. You are the father to my child Filip. You are the sweet wonderful man who gave me our Sophie and stole my heart okay."

She paused her tears falling as she continued. "I love you Filip. I am in love with you. I'm not going anywhere okay. I'm staying right here with our daughter. Sophie loves you and I love you. You're our family for better or for worse. Things aren't always going to be roses and sunshine and that's okay. My tia told me...she told me just a few days ago that nothing worth having in life is ever simple. That's true when it comes to us I think...shit isn't simple but it's amazing...it's worth having."

She reached out taking his hand in hers laughing a bit through her tears as she spoke again. "And for the record I'm sure that sex with you is the best I've ever had too."

He pulled her hand up to his lips pressing a kiss to it as he laughed with her.

When his laughter finally died down he managed to speak. "I love you too Nina. I love you hen."

She really was his he realized. For better or for worse Nina Franklin was his.

Chibs and Nina sat on the floor in Sophie's room. The little girl had already changed into her pajamas a pair of pink and white pjs with all the Disney princesses emblazoned along the front of the shirt.

Gabriella had left just a few minutes earlier her eyes studying the couple able to see the change within them.

Thankfully Gabriella had kept her mouth shut not mentioning the conversation she had with Nina just a few hours before.

Sophie frowned up at Nina and Chibs her head tilting to the side. "The cops take away bad people right? Why did they take you away Filip? Are you bad?"

Chibs felt his heart twist at these words Are you bad?

He cleared his throat praying that the truth wasn't written all over his face. "I did a bad thing wee peanut...I hit someone and it wasn't a nice thing ta do. The cops had ta take me somewhere fer a few hours...a timeout."

Sophie's brow furrowed her lips twisting as she spoke. "The man who took mommy to the see the art last week? Did you hit that man? Why did you hit him?"

"Aye that man...I hit him because he said somethin that wasn't nice bout yer ma. It was a bad thing ta do and I had ta be punished." Chibs explained his stomach twisting into tight little knots aching and churning.

The little girl nodded her head her eyes turning to the floor for a while locked in deep thought before she stared back up at Chibs speaking. "One time when we lived in Florida I bit a boy because he said my hair was ugly and he took my sandbox toy...Tia Rosa put me in time out. I said I was sorry though. Did the man who was mean to momma say sorry?"

"No he didn't wee love. Don't ya worry bout that though okay. He's not goin ta bother yer ma again." Chibs replied knowing that he would keep true to his personal promise to himself to teach Greg a lesson.

The three sat in a short silence for a moment before Nina spoke up knowing that it was now or never. "We have something we want to tell you Sophie...it's something very special about you...It's a story about how you...about how you were made."

"The stork? He did magic and took me out of your tummy when I was a baby right?" Sophie remarked tilting her head to the side.

If Chibs wasn't so nervous he would have burst out laughing at this little comment.

He shook his head a small part of him praying that his baby believed in the stork forever.

Nina chuckled reaching out and smoothing her daughter's hair. "No not the stork baby. This is a story about me. About how I became your mommy."

She spoke again telling the story she had rehearsed in her head a dozen times now. "One night five years ago I was working downstairs all alone in the bar. It was very rainy outside and the bar was empty. I was listening to music on the jukebox when a handsome man came into the bar. The man was very very nice to me and I made him a drink. We talked a lot and really liked each other...but then some other people came into the bar...these people were mean and loud. They weren't nice to me at all...they said something nasty to me and the nice handsome man rescued me...he made the mean people go far far away. I took the handsome man home with me...and we, well we did something really special that only adults can do...something I will tell you about one day when you are old enough. That special thing created you and put you in my tummy...That handsome man is your daddy."

Nina took Chibs hand her heart pounding in her chest as she spoke again. "That handsome man is Filip. He is your daddy."

Chibs cleared his throat studying the stunned child as he spoke knowing that it was his turn to explain some things. "Yer mommy...she got scared while you were in her tummy...and she ran far away to Florida...Daddy did something that wasn't very nice and hurt mommy's feelings so she didn't tell me about you."

"What did you do that was mean?" Sophie asked her eyes still so wide and filled with curiosity.

He cleared his throat again knowing that he had to explain this do her. He had to answer whatever questions she might have. "I left the morning after we... did the special thing that made you...I was scared ya see...so I left...It wasn't a nice thing to do because I didn't say goodbye...It made your mommy sad. And sometimes when adults are scared and they are sad they do things that aren't very nice. They make big mistakes and wind up hurting each other more than they ever wanted to. Does that make sense love?"

"Uh huh. Why were you scared Filip?" Sophie asked her brows furrowing as she studied him her face growing serious.

Chibs sighed giving Nina's hand a gentle squeeze as he spoke. "I...Your mommy was a very brave and a very pretty very smart woman...I was...I was very different from your mommy. I thought that your mommy wouldn't like me very much if she knew just how different I was...I didn't know that your ma liked me a lot...I liked her too, but I was frightened and I what I did wasn't very smart...I left."

He sighed his stomach knotting up so tightly that he was sure something would snap in his gut. "Your mommy told me the truth...she told me you're my daughter after you both came to live in Charming. Mommy and I told each other we were sorry for hurting each others feelings. We love each other very much. I asked Mommy ta be my girlfriend and she said yes...I love you so much Sophie. I love you and I promise you that I will never leave ever again. You don't have to call me dad if you don't want too baby...You can call me whatever you want and I'm going to love you just the same."

Nina spoke up her voice soft almost frightened of what she was about to ask. "Do you have any questions peanut?"

Sophie spoke her voice tiny almost just as frightened as her mother. "Is it okay if I call you daddy Filip?"

Chibs let out a soft breath he hadn't even realized he'd been holding as he nodded his head his eyes growing damp from joy. "Aye ya can Sophie. I would like that."

The tears fell as Sophie took him by shock her little arms circling around his waist as she spoke up. "I love you daddy."

Chibs let out another breath her words hitting his brain; Daddy, I love you daddy.

He wrapped his arms around her never wanting to let her go ever again as he replied. "I love you too Sophie."

Nina felt her own eyes grow damp at this exchange. They only grew wetter as Chibs opened an arm to her pulling her against him.

She wrapped her arms around Sophie and Chibs her eyes closing as she relaxed against them both.

Chibs smiled his own eyes closing everything within him singing. He loved them both so much.

They were his family and he was never letting them go.

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florcita= (spanish) little flower

tia= (spanish) aunt/auntie

niña= (spanish) little girl

papi= (spanish) daddy