A/N : Thanx to all those who reviewed; Starbright Moonlight, bowlfulofwisdom, macdeniken, KrystinePotterLover, Azkaban Canuck, XxArEULoStxX, ndblue123, Slytherin Chick, MeLLoDraMatic. Glad to have two of my faithful reviewers back (KrystinePotterLover and Slytherin Chick), glad you're anjoying the story and thanx for the reviews on every chapter.

Sorry about the cliffhangers, I know they drie you all crazy but they keep you reading don't they? ;)

Now, it's time to find out - is Boris really James's father?

(Disclaimer : see chapter 5)

"Lilly, tell me. Is this guy James's father?" Mia needed to know the truth.

"I could never cheat on Boris I love him too much. James is his son. There's never been anyone else who...no-one else could be his father" Lilly tried to explain and Mia knew what she meant. Boris was the only man who could be James's father, in the same way that Phillippe and baby Lily's father could only be Michael.

"Lilly, if Boris is James's father why don't you just tell him" Mia couldn't understand her friends behaviour.

"Mia, I can't" tears came to Lilly's eyes.

"Why not? If you and this guy never did anything you shouldn't" Mia pushed the point but soon wished she hadn't when her friend began to sob. "What is it Lil?"

"It wasn't an affair Mia, you have to believe me, but..." tears took away her breath and any more words she had to say.

"But? What was it?" Mia had to know the truth.

"His name was Tony" Lilly explained, desperately fighting back further tears, "I met him at work and he asked me out to dinner. We were just friends and we went out a few times, sometimes on our own, sometimes with other people from work. We got closer and one night he told me he loved me, that he wanted to marry me. He knew I was already married but he said he couldn't live without me"

"But you stayed with Boris" her friend didn't understand.

"Only just. I thought about it Mia, I actually considered leaving my husband for this guy. How can I tell Boris the truth, it would kill him to think that I almost left him!" Mia blinked in shock. Lilly almost left Boris? It was almost unbelievable, but that didn't matter now. The point was the truth had to be told if the marriage was to be saved.

"Right now he thinks you were having an affair. If you tell him the truth at least he'll know that James is his son and also that you never betrayed him. When it came to the crunch, you chose Boris"

"You really think he's going to understand?" Lilly sniffed.

"You won't know until you talk to him. Besides, if you don't tell him, things can never get better. At least you have a chance of saving your marriage and your family if you do tell him" the Queen reasoned, and the baby stirred in the cot beside her.

"Thankyou Mia, I don't know what I would do without you" the older Lilly hugged her friend.

"Well, lucky for you, you will never have to do without me", Mia smiled, "because I'm always going to be here for you, like you're always here for me"

"I'm always going to be here for this little one too" Lilly smiled, looking down on the child in the crib, "Lord knows what kind of men problems she's going to have in the future. She's going need all the help she can get from her Mom and her Aunt" she laughed, softly.

"Now, go and talk to Boris before it's too late" Mia urged her friend with a smile.

"Thanks Mia, I will"

"You don't seriously think Lilly would..." Michael couldn't even bring himself to think the words, never mind say them. He had never been best friends with his sister but he thought he knew her well enough to know that she wouldn't do something like that.

"I don't know anymore" Boris sighed, "I don't want to believe it but...I found these pictures of Lilly and this guy she knew at work. They were close and I knew they were friends, but it seemed like....oh, I don't know" Boris was close to tears with sadness and frustration.

"When you accused her, did she deny it?" Michael was curious to know.

"No, but she didn't say it was true either"

"Then you have to talk to her Boris, you have to sort this out once and for all, before you destroy your entire family because of a suspicion" Michael surprised himself at how sensible he sounded. In fact, he realised he'd said just the sort of thing that Mia would say.

Before his brother-in-law could answer, the door swung open and Lilly was framed in the open doorway.

"Lilly" Boris gasped.

"Boris, we need to talk" she said, seriously, "and we need to do it now"

A/N : Can Lilly and Boris fix their marriage? Find out in chapter 8 - coming soon!

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