Terri was sat on the floor with her knees to her chest and her back against the door after she had slid all of the way down it. Tears still streamed down her face but she was powerless to stop them. She was angry that Jack had made her feel bad for questioning him earlier, when he had indeed done what she was suspicious of. But she couldn't fault him, they were separated at the time and he had come out and told her off his own back. And of course, she hadn't forgotten about when he first moved back in and tried to tell her then too, but she wouldn't listen. She cried even more as she realised she had no right to be mad at him, he was the innocent party it was her who had refused to listen, yet he still persisted and she knew that with his sense of guilt and need for the truth it would have been difficult for him to keep it quiet for so long, but how could he tell her something she didn't want to hear?

She buried her head in her knees to try silence the sobs, she didn't want Jack to hear her like this, it would only make him feel bad and he didn't deserve it. Although what he confessed did upset her, that was the least of her problems. She couldn't stop thinking about how selfish she had just been to keep her own little fling from him with Phil. Surely she should have come clean too, instead of making Jack feel rotten for doing the exact same thing she had?

Shaking her head she wiped at her eyes they were stinging from crying so much. She knew she had needed to get it out of her system it had all been building up since the assault, which was the main reason for her tears. She wanted to go out and tell Jack everything and have him hold her and comfort her, make her feel safe again, but she couldn't, could she? It would tear him up, and the last thing she wanted was for him to think she was using it as a weapon to kick him while he was down, which she would never do under any circumstances, never mind something of this magnitude. She knew it was going to be as hard on him as it was on her, which is why she still held it back, despite the staggering pain it now caused her to do so, which was growing stronger each day.

Jack had successfully cleaned up Terri's mess and was pacing around the living room, his hand rubbing the back of his neck as he thought, moving to his nose occasionally, a habit of his he never really noticed. He could still hear her cries and he wanted to breakdown too, but he couldn't. He knew had to be strong, even though he had caused the argument he had to stay calm, for her sake.

Realising he could finally take no more he walked over to her door and slowly turned the knob and tried to open it slowly. It didn't get far and he realised that Terri was sat before of it, preventing his entrance.

"Terri?" He called gently, through the now closed door, Terri had shoved her back against it to do so, she had to get a grip on herself before she let him in. Jack however, took this as a sign for him to leave her alone. He moved away into the lounge and slumped down onto the couch. He leaned over and rubbed his hands through his head as he tried to hold himself together, but it was getting harder and harder by the minute. He snapped out of his trance as he herd his wife speak.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have tried to hurt you."

Jack looked up to see her stood in the doorway, her arms folded across her chest defensively, her eyes red and slightly swollen as a result of the tears. She moved across the room slowly and sat down on the couch close to him, taking his hand in hers as she did so, before speaking again.

"What happened is in the past, I want to move on towards the future with you, all that matters to me is that I'm with you." She whispered. Jack felt his insides squirm as she talked about their future, for all he knew his future would be spent in gaol with the label of a traitor, but he wouldn't tell her about that yet, it was unnecessary to worry her about this when their was a slight chance he would get off. Trying to push the negative thoughts to the back of his mind he smiled at her before he spoke, his voice a heart filled whisper.

"Thank you." He broke off to lean in and kiss her, which surprisingly, Terri returned before they broke away from each other and she leaned into his chest, feeling safe once again. He held her that way as they both sat with their thoughts glad to be back in each others arms once again, relieved that it felt right this time.