Terry turned the keys in his engine and headed for the river; the image of Ramani in his mind. His holiday with Lucy had made him realise how much he loved Ramani. Lucy was going to be the mother of his child but his heart was somewhere else. Of course he loved Lucy, just not as much as he did Ramani. Everytime he saw her around Sun Hill his heart missed a bit, everytime his hand felt hers his heart skipped, the love he felt for her just filled his mind every second of every day. The Nickelback song played on his radio:

"I loved you all along, and I forgive you."

Terry's mobile interrupted his thoughts. Lucy's name appeared on his screen, his face fell as he pressed the red phone. "Not now Lucy." He mumbled to himself.
Terry pulled his car up beside the riverbank; he got out and locked the doors. As he looked around the river the sun warmed the top of his head. The leaves crunched under his feet, as the wet grass dampened his shoes. His hands lay in his jacket pockets as his eyes searched for the one he loved. He squinted his eyes as he saw an orange coat on the side of a bench. He sped up as he kept looking at the bench. When he got to the bench he smiled. The lady sitting on the bench turned around and smiled back.

"Hello." She said.

"Hello DS De Costa." Terry sat next to Ramani. "How strange seeing you here."

The pair looked at each other and Terry leaned in to kiss Ramani on the cheek. She blushed slightly.

"What are you doing down here? Jo and that girl looked really worried about you."

"Is she still with Jo?"

"She was when I left, who is she?"

Ramani looked into Terry's eyes. What would he say? She'd made him open up to her about his abuse yet never mentioned her own. Would he get angry and leave her?

"Terry, she's my daughter."

Terry looked at her. Ramani looked away over the river. All of a sudden she felt his hand on hers, did this mean he accepted her again.

She turned to look at him and he put his over hand on her face, as she put his hand onto hers all her fears washed away.

"I've missed you Ramani."

A tear formed in her eye as he gazed into her eyes.

"I missed you too Terry."

The pair hugged as the sun disappeared behind a cloud. After a couple of minutes in each other's arms they parted. Terry tucked Ramani's hair behind her ears and kissed her gently on the cheek.

"You want to tell me about it?"

Ramani looked at Terry, he wasn't angry, he hadn't shouted at her, he'd actually listened. He accepted her for her, even with all the troubles that came with it. She sighed to herself as she realised she had fallen in love with him.

"She's my daughter, she's called Jodie and she's 16, maybe 17."

"You never told me you had a daughter." Terry's voice remained calm, no hint of anger, more concern.

"I gave her up for adoption. I was only young Terry."

Terry held onto Ramani's hands. He never wanted to let her go again, Lucy had vanished from his mind all he could see, hear, feel and yurn for was Ramani.

"I know Ramani, you don't need to explain to me."

"But I do Terry. After all that I put you through, with Ben and your past."

"You didn't put me through that Ramani, I chose to tell you."

"I was only her age, I was naïve I couldn't cope with everything Terry."

"Hey listen it's ok now. You don't need to explain to me."

"She's still at the station Ramani, you need to see her. You don't need to tell me anything, you need to talk to Jodie."

"I can't, all I can see when I look at her is him."

"She's a completely different person, isn't that what you tell people?"

"Tell people?"

Ramani questioned what he meant. Did he know? Was she that easy to understand? If she was then why did he go with Lucy and not ask her?

"I know Ramani. You don't need to tell me."

"You know? How?"

"I can understand, I've been there myself remember? Not exactly the same I know but it's along the same lines."

Ramani felt the fear lift from her stomach, she didn't have to tell him he already knew. Terry smiled at her, her heart melted again.

"Come on Ramani, you need to go and talk to Jodie."

Terry stood up and held his hand out for hers, Ramani stood up and grabbed her bag. She took hold of Terry's hand and he kissed her cheek again.