I walked back into the building I could barely see I was so angry. Why now did she have to come back Joey is everything to me and I can't loose him. It scared me to think of my life without him about as much as it scared me not to have Mackenzie in my life. Sure when I first found out Miranda was pregnant I wanted her to get an abortion but I have regretted ever saying that because I love my son so much. I made it just outside my locker room and I exploded I punched a hole in the wall. Mackenzie and Joey came out of the room to see what the loud noise was.

"Daddy are you ok?" Joey asked me

"Yeah JoJo I'm fine just go back into the room ok" I told him. The truth is I wasn't fine I didn't know if I could control my temper and I didn't want to scare my son. Mackenzie remained outside.

"She wants to take him away" I said

"I figured" she replied

"Did you know about it?" I asked

"How could you even say that, don't you think if I did I would have told you or tried to talk her out of it God John I know we didn't part on good terms but how could you even think that" she replied hurt.

"I sorry... I just can't loose my son" I said as I started balling. I slid into a kneeling postion on the floor. She came and wrapped her arms around me.

"Joey isn't going anywhere" she said

"How can you be so sure?" I asked

"Because we won't let him" she replied

"Why would you want to help?" I asked

"John I lied to you 5 years ago when I told you why I was leaving I do think of Joey as a son, I'm the closest thing he has to a mother and I love that little boy as if he was my own son I only said that so you would hate me so it was easier to leave" she explained

"I could never hate you" I replied "I was just hurt"

"I know you were" she said "just like you are now but you can't let that stop you from doing everything to keep your son"

" I'm just so afraid of loosing him, what about if she gets custody of him?" I asked

"She abandonded him who would give her custody?" Mackenzie pointed out

"I travel all the time she could say that isn't good for him" I said

"John, Joey is a perfectly healthy little boy for Christ sakes he just turned 5 and he can already read I don't think he is loosing anything by traveling" she said

"He's smart for 5" I said

"And right now all he needs to know is that his dad loves him very much and all he wants to do is see his son healthy" she said

"That's all I do want I just want to see you and Joey happy" I replied

"What about you John don't you get to be happy?" she asked

"Not until you two are" I replied

"Ok" she said as she kissed me.

"Now I'm happy" she said "how about you?"

"I'm good" I said

"I've wanted to do that for a while" she said

"But you didn't want to ruin a good thing right?" I asked

"How did you know"

"I've been telling myself that same thing for about 5 years now" I replied