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Chapter 21

Charlie's point of view

I had gotten time off work after the Hammer incident, which meant time to think about the future, relax and just enjoy my pregnancy so far. Ruby and VJ were at school and Leah at work, which meant I had the house to myself. I decided to go down to the diner and get myself some lunch and a milkshake and have a talk to Leah.

"Oh sweetheart, you're looking amazing!" Irene smiled as she took my order. "That dress looks amazing on you" She commented.

"Aww, thank you. I've started showing a bit more so I thought I'd embrace my new belly" I laughed, cradling it. "Irene how are you feeling?" I asked, knowing the tough few months she had been through with her cancer.

"Everything is going just fine. I'm now in remission and things are looking up!" She beamed.

"That's so good! I'm happy for you" I smiled before Leah handed me my milkshake and salad. "Thanks Leah…I'll see ya later" I smiled before heading out the door and to my car. It was 1 o'clock when I got home. "Ruby?" I expected her to be home cause she had an early day at school. "You home?" I yelled out before walking into her bedroom. "Oh my god" I seen her and Casey in bed together before I closed my eyes and walked out quickly.

"Charlie I'm so sorry!" Ruby ran out with a long jumper over her exposed torso.

"Casey what are you doing back?" I asked more shocked as to him being here than to finding them in bed together.

"Long story short, we're back for good. Congrats on the baby by the way. Uncle Casey has a ring to it" He chuckled.

"So Brax is back? Does he know about…this yet?" I nodded to my little bump popping out from my maxi dress.

"No…he has no idea. But I think you need to talk to him" He suggested. "He'll probably be at Angelo's" Casey smiled.

"Well its nice to see you two are catching up…I'll be back later" I chuckled before heading to the door. I needed to see him. I needed to tell him things and ask him about why he ignored my calls and lied to me! I needed him. I rushed to my car, quickly heading for Angelo's.

"Ah Charlie…" John Palmer tried to stop and talk to me as soon as I walked into the surf club.

"Not now John, I've got unfinished business with a certain Braxton!" I brushed him off and walked upstairs.

"We're closed for a bit…come back another time!" I heard a familiar voice yell out before I reached the top of the stairs and walked in. There he was, pacing the bar, pushing his hands through his hair as if he was frustrated. He turned and looked at me, his eyes trailing straight down to my bump. His jaw dropped slightly before he gulped. "You're looking good" He nodded before silence blanketed the room.

"You haven't seen me for 4 months and all you can say is 'You're looking good'!" I yelled at him.

"Charlie…" He walked closer to me.

"Don't Charlie me! You told me you were coming back! You told me that you'd only be gone a couple of weeks, then I find out off Hammer that you had gone for good! You lied, cause that's all you ever do!" I continued yelling, feeling a panic attack about to set in.

"Charlie, let me explain. I did this for you and Ruby and the boys. If I hadn't, you would have been dead by now and so would I…I didn't want to go away but I had to, to protect you!" He shouted back.

"You left me! You left me all alone and pregnant…to top all this off!" I could feel tears stinging my eyes. "You ignored my calls and my pleads to talk! How do you think that makes me feel?" I continued.

"Charlie, I listened to the voice mails you left me every day! It broke my heart to hear you begging and pleading, but I knew if I told you I was leaving for good, you'd only be stubborn and think that cause you're a cop everything would be alright…but it wasn't, even when I did leave" He walked closer to me. "I promise, if Ruby had told me you were pregnant I would have come straight back! I want to support you as much as I can Charlie" He explained, taking my hands in his.

"What do you mean if Ruby had told you?" I asked confused.

"You don't know" He groaned before pulled away from me and pushing his hands through his hair. "Ruby has been coming to visit Casey, Heath and I at Coffs Harbour every couple of weeks for the past 4 months…I thought you knew!" He groaned.

"Why would she tell me that?" I burst into tears and could feel my breaths getting shallow. "All of…you…have…lied to..me!" I pushed out through my hysterics.

"Charlie…Charlie, come sit down. What's happening?" He looked at me concerned before sitting me down.

"I just…need…to…breathe" I tried to calm down.

"I'm calling Ruby!" He pulled out his phone.

"No…I'll be…fine!" I could feel my breaths slowing and getting deeper as I used the techniques Sid showed me.

"Talk to me Charlie, please" Brax sat down next to me and wiped away my tears.

"I don't need you in my life right now" I shook my head before rushing out of the restaurant. I knew seeing him was a bad idea!

Brax's Point of View

I watched as Charlie rushed out before groaning. All I wanted was to talk to her about all this and what was going on. I decided to try finding Casey and Ruby and telling them what was on my mind about all this! "Oi!" I yelled as I saw them together on the beach. "So when were you two going to tell me that Charlie was pregnant?" I asked angrily.

"Brax, we thought if you knew you would only want to come back and you'd probably get yourself killed by Hammer!" Ruby explained.

"And the ultrasound photo…the baby you miscarried…all a lie?" I asked.

"I'm sorry Brax" Casey replied.

"What ever" I stormed off.

"Brax, wait…" Ruby followed me.

"That's my kid Ruby…you and Casey kept me from seeing the first ultrasound, watching her belly grow. You kept that all from me and now Charlie doesn't want to have anything to do with me" I tried to stay calm.

"She may say she doesn't want you in her life right now, but the truth is…she needs you. She loves you and she knows that you always wanted to be a part of your child's life, but just give her some time to think" She explained to me. I nodded.

"So when did the panic attacks start?" I asked, remembering Charlie's sudden outburst before.

"When she found out she was pregnant…I think the thought of being all alone through out this really hit her. I mean, I'm always going to be there but it's not the same" Ruby replied.

"You might want to go talk to your mum. She's pretty furious at the moment" I told Ruby.

"Yeah…I am really sorry about all this lying" She looked like she was truly sorry.

Ruby's point of view

After saying goodbye I decided it would be best going home to talk to Charlie. I knocked on the door of her room before walking in finding her lying on her bed. "Go away Ruby…don't you think you've done enough" She spat at me.

"Charlie, I'm sorry" I sat down on the bed next to her. "I was just trying to protect you"

"All this time you were going to visit Brax and lying about it! This is why I don't want him in my life. I want this baby to be born into a world of honesty and its own father and sister can't even tell the truth" She sat up and looked at me like she was disappointed.

"I'm sorry" I started crying at the harsh things Charlie was saying to me.

"I know you're my daughter Ruby, but at the moment I can't talk to you" She got out of bed and headed out. All these lies had finally caught up with me and now my own mother resented me for it.