Chapter 5

"I was hoping that maybe you can come back for a visit sometime. Do you think you could?" Colleen asked.

"I'm not sure maybe not right away because work is going to be busy when I get back. I barely gave my boss notice that I was coming here." Jt explained.

"Sure any time you get off will be fine. I'm just glad you are back in my life. I've missed everyone including you and maybe I can make a trip back home once Ben leaves again. I'll be glad to see Lily and Sierra."

"Ok, but make sure you call me and tell me when your coming so I can make sure I don't have any business trips." Jt said with a smile on his face.

"What do you do again?"

"I'm a private investigator for Paul Williams. It's a lot of hard work but Paul thinks one day I can start my own company."

"Wow! You've really got a great life back home. What about Lily and Sierra how are they?"

"Lilly dated a guy named Chris for about a year and a half and then got pregnant. Chris is a good guy I had met him a few times before. Chris got freaked once he heard he had got her pregnant and left Genoa City for about three months. He came back and decided to help Lily out. They got back together and then he asked her to marry him. Lilly said yes and they got married, well they eloped because it was faster. This was all before Lily turned 20." Jt explained thinking back to the time where the pain hurt so much.

"How is she now?"

"Lilly is doing great. She had a daughter who started grade one last September. Her and Chris are doing great and have plans for a second child. Lily has no college education she spent all of her time working two jobs and raising Rebecca, her daughter. Chris is a Police Officer and is happy with his job. Paul hired Lily just last year as a secretary and I plan on taking her with me to my new company, whenever that may be."

"That's great I wish I would have stayed in touch."

"She isn't too happy with you. She is mad that you left and stopped responding to emails and phone calls. She is pissed Col and swears to never talk to you again. We all hurt when you left and I think it took a long time for all of us to recover." Jt said looking into Colleen's eyes which were starting to water.

"I said I was sorry. I don't know what else I can do. It was for the best. I needed away from you Jt, I couldn't take it anymore."

"Col! Don't blame this on me you left because of you. You did not have to; you could have broken up with me, dated someone else, anything but leave. So don't try to blame this on me. It's not fair! We got through almost everything. Your parents, my friends, school, Kevin and most of all me cheating on you with Brittany's mom. We got through all of that and you leave because of my singing career." Jt said basically yelling.

"Jt stop! I left because you needed your space to sing and I was in the way. Face it Jt it would have never worked." Colleen said crying.

"Colleen, I don't need this right now! Come here." Jt said as he hugged Colleen. "I forgive you, I think when I was going through all those troubles back then it was because I was mad at myself. Why? I don't know possibly because I was mad that I didn't hate you for leaving me."

"Thank-you Jt for not hating me. It feels good knowing you forgave me." Colleen said.

"I love you and I hope you can become friends with Lily and Sierra."

"I have to get to work; you can come if you want."

"Sure just give me a minute to get dressed and I'll be right there." Jt said running down the hall.

At Col's Dance Studio

"Ok children, line up in a straight line. Let's get started."

Jt was sitting with all the parents and they were talking about all different things. Jt sat there watching Colleen interact with all the kids. Jt always knew that Colleen would be great with children, a great mother.

As class ended Jt watched as Colleen gave each of them a hug.

Wednesday

Ben got home on Monday night and Jt watched as the couple kiss and hug. He remembers the time when Jt and Colleen could actually see each other. It felt good to have no worries then. But now Jt was glad he had Kim.

"Ben, I'm going to pick up Kim at the airport. I'll be back in a couple of hours." Jt said.

At Airport

"Hey baby! Oh my God, I missed you so much. I love you." Jt said while kissing Kim.

"I missed you too."

"How'd it go?" Jt asked.

"Well the creep got 3 years in jail with no parole."

"Great! How did Liz hold up?"

"Surprisingly good. She had tons of support from the family and friends."

"Let's go look for a motel for the rest of the week."

"Ok, let's go!"

"Let me call Ben first and tell him what we are doing."

"Sure honey go ahead."