After maternity leave Catherine allowed Sam to hire a nanny. Catherine was adjusting to the situation. Milo was 3 months old and was sleeping through the night most of the time so she felt safe to start dating again tired of seeing dead people, and spit up all day. She had met a nice guy named Jack and started dating him. The first few dates went smoothly. Then one night after a nice evening out they got a little carried away and were making out on her couch. He was supposed to drop her off and leave, but it didn't work that way. As they were making out Catherine suddenly pushed him off.
"What did I do?"
"Nothing could you just hold on a second?"
"Sure."
Catherine listened for a second and then realized the baby wasn't crying so she turned back to him.
"Everything ok?"
"Yeah. But I don't want to do this tonight."
"Ok." Jack replies as he gets up to go.
"Wait don't leave."
"Why not?"
"I want to get to know you better."
"Ok."
Some how they end up horizontal on the couch. Things are getting hot and heavy when Catherine hears the baby cry. She pushes Jack off her and starts up the stairs.
"What did I do?" Jack says as Catherine disappears up the stairs. Catherine finds Milo sleeping peacefully and then runs back down the stairs.
"What did I do?" Jack repeats when Catherine reappears.
"Nothing,"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah,"
Catherine hears the baby again, only this time he's crying loudly.
"Is that a baby?"
Catherine doesn't respond, she just rushes back up the stairs to get the baby. This time when she reaches Milo's room, he's wailing. She picks him up, and starts to soothe him. He doesn't quit crying. She figures he's hungry, but she decides she should give him a binky while she makes a bottle. Of course she can't find a binky, so she improvises and uses her finger. He stops crying. While her finger is in her mouth she realizes what the problem is. She feels a tiny tooth starting to come in. She takes him downstairs to get the baby orajel out of his diaper bag. She completely forgets about having Jack in the living room. She puts the gel on the baby's gums, and heads toward the stairs when Jack calls out.
"Catherine?"
Without thinking she walks back into the living room.
"Yeah?" She answers with the baby on her hip.
"Whoa..."
"I'm sorry to leave you like that, but he was crying."
"You have a baby?"
"Yeah, didn't I mention that?"
"No you didn't."
"Oh..."
"Well why don't you go put him back in bed, and we can start where we left off."
"You're kidding me right?" Catherine asks in disgust.
"No."
"My kid needs me, I'm not going to just put him back to bed. My kids are more important than any man. If you don't understand that I think you need to leave."
"He's a baby he won't know the difference."
"He's teething..."
"He's asleep." Jack says cutting her off.
"It doesn't matter. I need to be with him in case he gets a fever."
"He'll be fine."
"I'm not going to put the health of my son in jeopardy for some jerk."
"I'm not a jerk."
"I don't think you understand what I'm trying to tell you. I want you to leave. I want you to leave now. I don't want to see you again."
"I'll leave when I'm good and ready."
"Don't make me call the police."
"Ooh you're so scary."
"And you're drunk. Now get out of my house."
"No."
Catherine lays the baby on the couch, and then pushes Jack out the door.
"I'm not leaving." He threatens as Catherine pushes him to the door.
Luckily Catherine has yet to take her heels off. She kicks him where the sun don't shine.
"Guess you don't have to worry about having any babies. Now leave or I'll kick you again."
"Fine." He says as she runs off. Catherine closes the door, and sets the security alarm. In that moment she realized that she was restarting a vicious cycle. Meaningless relationships where she'd just end up getting hurt, and breaking promises to her family. Her kids were the most important thing in her life now. They always would be. She left Las Vegas to escape her problems, and she wasn't going to let herself create more. It was enough. She was sick of indirectly causing herself pain and heartache. She didn't need a man to make her happy. What had she been thinking. She knew the outcome. Sometimes it turned out worse than others. She was done with that part of her life.
