Here's another chapter. Hope you like it:)

The next few days following were rainy and depressing, which matched the feelings of everyone. Lucy, the kids and Kevin moved into the Camdens, which was to be temporary. Dylan and Maddy were currently sharing Simon's old room. Lucy had bunked with Ruthie in the attic, and Kevin was given the garage apartment, as he offered to pay rent. All of their possessions had been burnt as to be unrepairable. The Camden's offered clothes and any other items that could be of use to Kevin, Lucy and the kids. Stress started to become an average for Lucy. Her temper had shortened and the kids could tell which days were days to avoid her as much as possible. She worked as many shifts as possible and hadn't been eating much.

One particular day Lucy was overly stressed. She had gotten home from work and barely said more than two words. Everyone noticed at dinner when all she ate was a bit of salad and a glass of water. She excused herself far earlier than anyone else and went upstairs. Kevin became worried and decided he needed to have a heart to heart talk with her. After shoveling down his meal and excusing himself he proceeded upstairs. The bathroom door was open, meaning she was upstairs in the room her and Ruthie were currently sharing.

Kevin rounded the corner into the room and after staring an extra few seconds to clarify what he saw, in a way he wasn't so sure he wanted to have walked in at that moment. Lucy sat on her bed, bent over a small tray of a white powdery substance, which was to no doubt in Kevin's mind, cocaine. Lucy looked up the second Kevin had walked in, tears in the corners of her eyes which had dark circles under them. Kevin, at a loss for words, just stared at Lucy. Judging by the amount of cocaine on the tray, Lucy hadn't taken any yet. Kevin finally found his voice.

" What are you doing?", Kevin said with the most hurt and anger in his voice.

Lucy stared at the ground for a while before answering. "I d-don't know," she choked.

" What do you mean you don't know? To me it looks like you're sitting on your bed, sniffing cocaine." Kevin said, almost ready to scream. He walked over to Ruthie's bed that faced Lucy's.

Lucy set the tray down on the night stand and lay back onto the back, trying to hold back the big lump that was forming in her throat.

" I never touched any," she said after a moment.

"Maybe not this time. How long has this been going on for? I know you were stressed, but so am I and I'm not dealing with it this way," Kevin said, regretting what he said the second it left his mouth.

" So you think I'm a druggie now do you?" Lucy said insulted as she sat up.

" I didn't mean that." Kevin's voice softened.

" Well that's clearly what you just meant. And to answer your question it hasn't been going on. I haven't done it yet and haven't before now either."

" How am I supposed to believe that if you haven't been telling the truth before." Kevin said, this time choosing his words a bit more carefully.

" I didn't lie before?" Lucy said, a bit confused.

" It was a lie by omission. You never told me when you were stripping. And you haven't been talking to me lately at all either about all this stress you've been under. You know you can always talk to me. I don't want you to feel like you have to resort to drugs to feel better. I'm always here and always willing to help how I can."

" I know," Lucy said quietly. " But it's not something you can really help with, it's a feeling I've been having inside of me."

Kevin thought about what she had said, thinking possibly she had been thinking of suicide.

" What feeling have you had inside you?" Kevin questioned.

" I don't know exactly what to call it. Being let down I guess. Feeling like a failure. Every time something starts working out, something bad always happens." Lucy said, wiping away a few tears that were about to fall down her cheek.

" You've been working as hard as you can to get your life back together. These things happen to everyone. I'm here to help you, your family is here to help you. You're not alone." Kevin said encouragingly.

" You're right this is stupid," Lucy said slightly laughing as she wiped away more tears.

"Here take this and get rid of it. I never want to see it again," Lucy said handing Kevin the cocaine.

"I don't think it would look good if anyone saw me carrying this, do you have anything I can put it in?" Kevin said.

"Oh, of course." Lucy said, emptying a bottle of nail polish out of a brown paper bag and handing it to Kevin.

" Why don't we go get the kids and go out for some ice cream. My treat," Kevin said, grabbing Lucy's hand.

" Sounds good," she smiled back.

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