'Hello mum' Karen said, Lois didn't say nothing just stood there, Karen waited for her mother's reaction, Jack put his hands on Karen's shoulder to show her support,

'Oh Kiki' Lois said then wrapped her daughter in a tight hug

'Oh mum' Karen whispered holding back the tears, Lois then broke the hug

'Look at you' she said putting her hand on her face 'so pretty' she said as Karen smiled at her

'Come in' Lois said to them, she shut the door and walked over to the other side of the sofa, Jack stood behind Karen

'So is this your husband?' Lois asked breaking the silence

'No his my best friend Jack' Karen said

'Although I love her like one' Jack piped up.

'So what made you come and find me?'

'Well…' Karen said looking at Jack 'I…I just wanted to find you'

'How did you find me?'

'We got a private detective'

'All that trouble, I can't believe it, I can't believe you're here I didn't think I'll see you again after losing contact'

'I know me neither' Karen said, they were both trying to avoid mentioning Simon

'So would you like a cup of tea or anything?' Lois asked changing the subject quickly

'Coffee please' Karen said

'Let me guess black, one sugar'

'Yea' Karen said smiling

'Just how you used to like it'

'You remembered' Karen said quiet surprised

'Of course, Jack can I get you anything?'

'Coffee is fine but with milk thanks' Jack said, Lois walked into the kitchen, Jack and Karen sat down 'I'm really proud of you Kare'

'Thanks Jackie'

'So are you going to say about Simon?' Jack asked

'Not yet give it time' she said smiling at him.

It was an hour later

Karen had told Lois about Stan and what she had been up to, as so did Lois

'I don't want to cut things short mum, but me and Jack have to go' Karen said

'Oh ok' Lois said wishing her daughter would stay longer, Jack and Karen got up and walked to the door

'Will I see you again?' Lois asked

'If you want to'

'I would love to'

'So would I' Karen said as her mum hugged her

'Love you' Lois whispered

'Love you too mum' Karen whispered back then broke off the hug

'Goodbye Jack it was nice meeting you' Lois said

'You to Lois' Jack said as they walked away.

In the limo

'That went well' Jack said

'It did'

'So are you glade you done it?'

'Yea, although Im not looking forward to telling her about Simon'

'Are you still going to?'

'Yea, I need to Jack' she said, Jack pulled her into a hug then looked out the window, they had stopped in traffic and were in front of a theatre

'Jack are you ok?' Karen said looking up at him

'Yea fine'

'You sure' Karen then looked out the window and saw what he was looking at 'you miss the theatre don't you?'

'Yea I guess but that's apart of my life that is dead to me'

'Oh Jackie you shouldn't say that'

'Well look Kare when I was little all I dreamt about was that I would play on Broadway, see my name up in lights and to be a star in everyone's eyes, but that hasn't happened and it never will, maybe I should get a proper job'

'Oh Jackie' Karen said giving him a hug 'you're a big star in my eyes if that means anything'

'Means a lot Kare thanks'.

Back at Jack's

It was 3am, Karen woke up to find she wasn't in Jack's embrace and Jack wasn't there, she sat up and saw him looking out the window, she got up walked behind him and wrapped her arms around him.

'See that star up there, I want to be as bright as that' Jack said

'Come on back to bed' she said pulling him away from the window 'We're sort it out tomorrow'

'How?' Jack asked getting into bed

'We will look through the paper look for auditions, I promise you Jack one day you will be a star' Karen said and cuddled up to him, he wasn't sure that he ever would he just felt the actor inside him had died.