The days went past and Carla was making tremendous progress, she was becoming more confident in herself and she allowed Michelle to bring both Aziza and Azalea in to see her, she refused to see Peter though and Michelle knew it was understandable which was fine but it didn't stop Peter feeling hurt about the whole thing. Carla was having a consultation today to see if she was ready to go home, they all thought she was but Michelle knew that she would need a plan in place for that, she was going to be bringing Azalea in with her to the consultation to see how Carla got on to see if her stress levels enhanced during the meeting.

"Hey" Michelle whispers entering the room with Azalea's car seat on her arm, Carla's eyes light up and she takes the car seat off Michelle, she immediately unstraps Azalea and holds her

"Hey, baby girl" Carla coos bouncing her daughter up and down and kissing her on the forehead "Have you been good for your Aunty 'Chelle?"

"She's been good, gone to all of her paediatrician appointments" Michelle tickles Azalea on the chin causing her to smile

"That's good isn't it princess" Carla whispers rummaging through Azalea's changing bag and pulling her out a toy which she grips onto "How's Zi?"

"With indifference really, Peter's struggling with her-"

"If he's been drinking-"

"He hasn't" Michelle defends him, Carla sighs slightly "She misses you, Carla I think that's what causing her to play up, he told me there were talks about moving her to a special learning centre place unless she improves, shes on the waiting list for a mental health assessment"

"Great, daughter like mother ey?" Carla sighs feeling ultimately guilty about her daughter's state of mind "At least we can make a difference with you eh?"

"Hmm she's been good for Johnny and Jenny whilst I've gone out to work-"

"Carla?" Dr Williams enters the room, she smiles up at him "We're ready when you are"

"Ok then, let's get this over and done with" Carla smiles lifting the changing bag onto her shoulder as she and Michelle walk into the meeting which was set up for them...

The meeting went well and they had come to a conclusion over Carla's care, she was no longer deemed a danger to herself and the progress that she made was so much that they really did believe she was ready to go out into the real world and with all the staff in the meeting present, seeing her react with Azalea they knew it would be now or never to get her home and in the environment, she was in, the only problem is that Michelle would have to speak to Peter about the situation as it was just so awkward. Carla needed to be in a place where she was safe and they had to establish that in the meeting and it was her home with Aziza and Peter so Michelle really did have the tricky task of getting everything sorted for her.

"Knock knock" Michelle grins entering the house seeing Peter and Aziza on the sofa watching a movie together

"Aunty 'Chelle!" Aziza beams running over to her and hugging her, Michelle kisses her on the head "Is Mummy coming home? Please say she is!"

"She is, yes" Michelle smiles, Aziza gasps glancing to Peter who chews his lip anxiously "Are you happy about that?"

"Yes!" she exclaims "Yes, yes, yes!"

"Good, why don't you go upstairs for a bit because I need to speak to Daddy about what's going to happen" Michelle whispers bending down to her level, Aziza nods eagerly before skipping off upstairs into her bedroom "Shall we talk?"

"Yeah," Peter says glancing into the pram and seeing Azalea wide awake "How is she doing?"

"Azalea?" Michelle queries, Peter nods continuing to chew his lip anxiously "Yeah she's good, fleeting through her paediatrician appointments like no tomorrow and given the go-ahead to start feeding her solids"

"And Carla?"

"She's doing well, recreating that bond with her and Zi so much so that they think she's ready, she hasn't had any more depressive spells or anything like that and she's been so upbeat to see me and making an effort, we walk around the garden and we just sit on the benches and talk to each other"

"She sounds...happy" he trails off, Michelle takes his hand and gives it a squeeze "I still can't believe what she did"

"I know it's going to be hard to trust her, I get it, Peter, I do but she needs to move on now and bringing it up right now won't help her, maybe in the future when things are better but not whilst shes settling in which leads me to my next question, she was asked to go somewhere where she felt safe, obviously I don't think her being in the pub is the best thing for her right now-"

"She can stay here" Peter replies without a doubt, Michelle nods slowly glancing to Azalea "And Azalea, we have the spare room so I'll just move in there"

"Ok then" Michelle nods "I'll stay for a bit as well just to make sure she's ok, I'm sure you will as well but remember everything is on her terms-"

"I know it is, I wouldn't want to make her feel uncomfortable at all" Peter smiles as the phone rings causing him to answer it "Who's speaking?... Ah Dr Williams, yeah Michelle's been here informing me of what was said and we've thought of a plan where Michelle's going to move in here with Azalea and Carla when she's out so she'll have all the support she needs...oh, right she wants to see me...now?...um yeah I guess I could get there as soon as possible...ok then see you soon"

"She wants to see you?" Michelle pulls a face knowing how odd and unlikely it was, Peter nods and shrugs grabbing his stuff

"Apparently so, could you watch Zi?"

"Of course, I'll take her back to the pub with me so she can see Johnny and Jenny as well, make sure you go gentle on her yeah?"

"I will don't worry, it's best we just get this over and done with, so I'll see you later"

Peter headed to the unit rather anxiously not knowing what Carla would say to him considering everything that had happened between them both. He approached the hospital and was brought into a side room leading to Dr Williams saying that he might not exactly like what Carla was to say to him and to remain calm which he promised he would so he was eventually taken in to see Carla who was sitting on her bed talking to one of the nurses, she smiles slightly as Peter enters her room, she gestures for him to sit next to her.

"Hello" Carla smiles, Peter nods at her and sits beside her, the nurse leaves the room "Has Michelle spoken to you?"

"She has, congratulations I guess" he nods slowly feeling rather awkward in this situation, she chews her lip "Dr Williams said you have something to talk to me about?"

"Yeah I do, I'm so sorry Peter but after everything that's happened I don't think we can continue with our relationship, I know you're thinking this is an irrational decision but I've spoken to the nurses, to Dr Williams about my feelings and because I hate myself so much for what I did to you I can't be in a relationship with you anymore because I just get all that hurt back in my body when I've tried so hard to get rid of it"

"So...what?" he bites his tongue so hard trying to not seem tearful in front of her, he needed to be the strong one

"I think it's best we go our separate ways" she whispers glancing down to her lap "I can't be in relationship with you without feeling so much hate towards myself"

"So what now then?" Peter gulps looking at her as the tears spill over his eyes, she looks up at him and sighs slightly

"We go our separate ways, you will get to see Zi, I'm not running away Peter but I can't be in the same space as you with the way I feel about what I've done to you, I'm so sorry, I really am" she refrains her tears but gives up and lets them fall down her face, he brings her in for a hug and holds her simply, they move so they were lying on the bed together, both of their bodies pressed together as they cry together both of them coming to the awful realisation that this could not be resolved but at least they could grieve for their relationship together and hold one another to get them through it...

There's a lot more to come within their relationship, this isn't the end...