Chapter 6
Later that same night Shane was just about to go and get Declan from the crib, they had put him down earlier on as he was getting rather sleepy and Linda and Vince had a nursery in the house so Declan and their other future grandchildren could stay over for the night.
They looked down at Declan in his crib, he looked like an angel sleeping so peacefully.
"It seems a shame to wake him," Linda whispered. "You can leave him here if you want and I'll drop him off to you in the morning. I honestly don't mind."
Shane looked at her, "are you sure that's alright?"
"I wouldn't have offered if it wasn't, besides it'll give you and Marissa a chance to catch up on some sleep, you look like you need it." Linda smiled.
"Geez, thanks!" Shane said jokingly. "Ok then, I'll do that, everything he needs is in his bag. He'll normally need a bottle around 2am and again at 6am. He normally wakes up in between for diaper changes and stuff, there's plenty of extra diapers in the bag and ..."
Linda interrupted him, "you know Shane I have looked after him before, and in fact I've looked after several babies in the past so I think I know what I'm doing."
Shane smiled and looked at her, "I know, sorry, you're great with him."
Linda smiled. "Of course I am, he's my grandson."
Shane laughed and kissed her on the cheek, "well I'll be going then."
Linda walked to the front door with him; "Drive carefully and thanks for listening."
Shane gave her a sudden hug; "You're welcome and remember what I said mom, you deserve to be happy whatever the cost, you need to think of yourself, not dad, not me and not Steph, you."
Linda nodded. Shane walked away and she watched him drive off and slowly closed the door and leaned against it thinking of what Shane had said.
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Vince sat in his office typing away at the keyboard when there was a knock at his office door. Vince looked up in surprise and looked at the time – 10:30pm who would still be in the office at this hour apart from him?
"Come in,"
The door opened and Shane walked through.
"Shane!" Vince said surprised. "What are you doing here at this hour? You should be at home with Ris and Declan."
"You're one to talk; shouldn't you be at home with mom?" Shane shook his head as he sat down.
Vince turned his attention back to his computer. "I've got a lot of work to do, your mom knows."
Shane nodded, "yeah, she knows, it doesn't mean she likes it though."
Vince ignored the comment. "What do you want Shane?"
Shane leaned forward, "I want you to start treating mom with the love and respect she deserves. She loves you dad and you treat her like shit, and you have done ever since the steroid trial. God knows why you treat her like you do; perhaps it would be understandable if you lost the trial but you didn't, you won and by winning you told everybody who didn't believe in you to stick it up their ass. But then you turn on the people who believed in you the most, it doesn't make sense."
Vince glared at him, "You don't think I know that? I know I treat her awfully, I treat all of you awfully, but I can't help it Shane, I don't why I do, I've tried to figure it out but I can't. And secondly, you think that I don't love your mom? I do Shane I love her more than anything, I'd jump under a bus for her, I'd willingly lie down and die for her. And that's why it's killing me that I'm making her so unhappy, do you think I don't see the pain in her eyes, do you think I don't want to make it all go away the thing is I can't Shane, I don't how anymore."
Shane stood up. "Well Dad, I'm advising you to think of something real fucking quick because if you carry on much longer like this you are going to lose her, she is going to walk out of your life and once she's gone Dad, you know as well as I do, she'll never come back. So get your act together and show her you love her." Shane walked out of the office and slammed the door shut leaving his father to contemplate what he had just said.
Later that same night Shane was just about to go and get Declan from the crib, they had put him down earlier on as he was getting rather sleepy and Linda and Vince had a nursery in the house so Declan and their other future grandchildren could stay over for the night.
They looked down at Declan in his crib, he looked like an angel sleeping so peacefully.
"It seems a shame to wake him," Linda whispered. "You can leave him here if you want and I'll drop him off to you in the morning. I honestly don't mind."
Shane looked at her, "are you sure that's alright?"
"I wouldn't have offered if it wasn't, besides it'll give you and Marissa a chance to catch up on some sleep, you look like you need it." Linda smiled.
"Geez, thanks!" Shane said jokingly. "Ok then, I'll do that, everything he needs is in his bag. He'll normally need a bottle around 2am and again at 6am. He normally wakes up in between for diaper changes and stuff, there's plenty of extra diapers in the bag and ..."
Linda interrupted him, "you know Shane I have looked after him before, and in fact I've looked after several babies in the past so I think I know what I'm doing."
Shane smiled and looked at her, "I know, sorry, you're great with him."
Linda smiled. "Of course I am, he's my grandson."
Shane laughed and kissed her on the cheek, "well I'll be going then."
Linda walked to the front door with him; "Drive carefully and thanks for listening."
Shane gave her a sudden hug; "You're welcome and remember what I said mom, you deserve to be happy whatever the cost, you need to think of yourself, not dad, not me and not Steph, you."
Linda nodded. Shane walked away and she watched him drive off and slowly closed the door and leaned against it thinking of what Shane had said.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Vince sat in his office typing away at the keyboard when there was a knock at his office door. Vince looked up in surprise and looked at the time – 10:30pm who would still be in the office at this hour apart from him?
"Come in,"
The door opened and Shane walked through.
"Shane!" Vince said surprised. "What are you doing here at this hour? You should be at home with Ris and Declan."
"You're one to talk; shouldn't you be at home with mom?" Shane shook his head as he sat down.
Vince turned his attention back to his computer. "I've got a lot of work to do, your mom knows."
Shane nodded, "yeah, she knows, it doesn't mean she likes it though."
Vince ignored the comment. "What do you want Shane?"
Shane leaned forward, "I want you to start treating mom with the love and respect she deserves. She loves you dad and you treat her like shit, and you have done ever since the steroid trial. God knows why you treat her like you do; perhaps it would be understandable if you lost the trial but you didn't, you won and by winning you told everybody who didn't believe in you to stick it up their ass. But then you turn on the people who believed in you the most, it doesn't make sense."
Vince glared at him, "You don't think I know that? I know I treat her awfully, I treat all of you awfully, but I can't help it Shane, I don't why I do, I've tried to figure it out but I can't. And secondly, you think that I don't love your mom? I do Shane I love her more than anything, I'd jump under a bus for her, I'd willingly lie down and die for her. And that's why it's killing me that I'm making her so unhappy, do you think I don't see the pain in her eyes, do you think I don't want to make it all go away the thing is I can't Shane, I don't how anymore."
Shane stood up. "Well Dad, I'm advising you to think of something real fucking quick because if you carry on much longer like this you are going to lose her, she is going to walk out of your life and once she's gone Dad, you know as well as I do, she'll never come back. So get your act together and show her you love her." Shane walked out of the office and slammed the door shut leaving his father to contemplate what he had just said.