When Charles got home he put his keys on the bowl by the door and put his bags in the bedroom and was actually glad to be home.

A lot had happened on this tour and he wasn't sure just how any of it was going to affect him going forward especially with Molly but he had a son, another son, and this time had hadn't known about him until recently.

What would he have done if he had known? Charles would've made sure that he fought more for his wife.

What also hurt was the fact that Bones McClyde had known about his son and it looked like he had played a part in his life and he wasn't sure what else to feel other than hurt.

Charles knew what his mother would say when he finally told her, she would tell him to go for full custody of a son he didn't even know about until recently. The last thing he wanted to do was go to court with Molly; he grabbed his mobile out and thought about texting her or ringing or at least doing something but every time he went to actually do it he felt the anger flair up inside of him once more.

So instead he put his phone to one side and decided to get himself a cup of tea because at the moment that felt like the only thing that could actually fix any of this.

-.-

Molly was happy to be home, alway from Sierra Leone and back to her family, she had been itching to get off that plane and would've jumped out if it got her any closer to her son.

When she got out of her Nan's car she grinned when Adam ran towards her and Molly picked him up and hugged him close to her. After what had happened in Sierra Leone it had made her think about life here and that was why she told Charles in the end about their son, a little boy who was clutched to her and this was the homecoming that she hoped she would have but wasn't sure she would actually get.

A part of her wanted to cry but the other half of her didn't want Adam to see her crying because she wasn't sure how to explain it to her son. But she was glad to be home.

Molly wasn't sure what was going to happen from now especially when Charles knew and no doubt his mother would find out at some point and she knew that there would be fireworks and a lot of shouting no doubt. If she could work it out with Charles then maybe it would work out for all of them, she knows she kept him from their son for all these years but Molly would never stop him from seeing Adam now if he wanted. It was a bit late for him to have been there from the beginning but it was never too late for him to have a connection with Adam now.

"I missed you" Molly spoke softly and smiled down at Adam.

"I missed you too, mummy" Adam looked back up at her and let a smile pull at his small lips.

Molly, Nan, Belinda and Adam went into the house and they sat at the table while having a cuppa.

"So what are you going to do?" Nan asked Molly

"I don't know, at the moment he's in shock and definitely angry but if I reach out to him it could make things worse and that is the last thing I want, I know I screwed up Nan, I should've told him in the beginning and then none of this would be happening"

"You know that all of us are behind you 100% Molls" Belinda said and then reached over and took her daughter's hand.

"Thanks mum, I just wish I could talk to him and maybe we could just get it sorted out between the two of us rather than drag this through the courts"

"You don't know that he's going to do that" Nan shook her head once.

"Charles might not but you could almost guarantee that his mother would want to do that especially when she finds out" Molly sighed and grabbed her cup with her other hand and then squeezed Belinda's hand gently and gave her a soft smile.

Molly looked over at her son playing with his toys and wanted to protect him from all of this, Nan was right they didn't know that Charles would drag it through the courts but if she was him then wouldn't she do that? Molly wasn't sure what she would do if she was him and then there was Bones and she knew that he would be on her side but the last thing she wanted to do was drag him into her drama too.

Maybe she would give it a couple of days and then ring Charles if he hadn't rang her by then, or come to her place that is.

Could Adam actually bring them back together again or would all of this actually rip them apart even further than his mother had already done so?

Molly knew that he was going to be angry with her for a little bit and she didn't blame him at all.

Dave had started to say something but if she's honest she didn't really let it pass her ears because of the fact she was in her own world but unfortunately it wasn't about Charles this time but what had happened back at the compound in Sierra Leone and she swallowed hard.

Her heart was pounding fast and she wanted it to stop and it only did when Belinda saw the look on her face and managed to break her thoughts and Molly has never been so grateful to not be in that headspace right now.

"Are you alright, Molly?" Belinda was starting to worry because she had remembered the look on Molly's face when she got back from Afghan and how she had broken down in the kitchen after cleaning it up and admitting that she was dying inside.

"Yeah, I think we should head back, Nan will you give us a lift?" Molly asked and stood up.

"Of course love" she put her cup down but was still looking at her a little strangely because she knew, as well as Belinda, that something was going on and if she was lucky then maybe Molly would tell her in the car on the way home.

After they said their goodbyes they headed off.

-.-

"And you didn't even have any idea?" Elvis asked on the screen, Charlie had just about caught him and he had finally blurted out what was playing on his mind.

"That's the worst thing, I had no idea that she was keeping this from me and I don't know what to do and I am dreading telling my mother especially with how she reacts to things and with it being Molly she will go mad" Charles was glad to be finally telling someone because it had been playing on his mind and there was only one person who he could tell right now and he was on the screen.

"Wow you have another kid and it's another boy, congratulations?" Elvis asked because he wasn't sure what he was meant to have said after that.

"Did you know about this?" Charles asked finally and watched his best friend on the laptop screen "You would tell me if you knew about this, right?"

"Hey, I've been busy here since me and Georgie got married, I haven't really spoken to anyone other than people here but I'm sure if I knew about Molly then I would've told you or at least hinted at you to get in touch with her at least, as for Georgie I honestly have no idea, she doesn't tell me anything"

Charles sighed and pulled on his bottom lip with his thumb and forefinger and stared out the window that was next to him.

"What are you going to do?" Elvis asked after a moment of watching him staring out the window like the beautiful man that he was.

"I don't know what to do, a lot of stuff is going around my head at the moment and it's like I can't stop thinking about any of it." Charles admitted.

"Well you want to work that out first because the last thing you want to do is start a fight with Molly and unless you really have to I wouldn't even consider getting the courts involved in this"

Charles looked at Elvis for a moment and then said "I would never do that to Molly or my son and I will make sure that my mother doesn't do that either"

The two of them then moved the conversation away from Molly and Adam and to how Elvis was doing at Hereford and Elvis had teased him about trying out for SF and of course Charles said that he would kick Elvis' ass if he did. The reason he didn't try out for SF wasn't because he didn't think that he would actually pass selection, it would be very likely that he would but he was happy where he was.

Sure SF saw more of the world but at the same time Charles knew that he could do more where he was than with SF. Plus he didn't want to even give Elvis the satisfaction of seeing him try out.

After the conversation was over he decided to go and have a shower and some food before deciding to get some sleep, but it seemed to avoid him and he found himself staring at the wardrobe and when he couldn't take it anymore he turned the light on before getting out of bed and going over to the damn wardrobe.

Charles reached up for the box, women weren't the only ones with boxes of their pasts in their wardrobe, before sitting back on his bed.

He sat looking through the pictures that he had collected along the way and then he came to a picture of Molly and he remembered it so clearly. It was from their Honeymoon, she looked so beautiful with her hair down and a white dress that covered the bikini she had on underneath and a tiara of flowers on top of her head, she's smiling.

"What are you doing?" Molly said through a laugh when he raised his camera to take a picture of her.

"Taking a picture of my beautiful wife" Charles snapped the picture before he stood up and they took a selfie this time and it was of them kissing and he didn't care if anyone was staring because this was his wife and he was more than damn proud of that fact and he wanted the rest of the world to know that.

Charles found the other picture and across those miles Molly was doing the same.

They had to work this out between the both of them.

-.-

Yes, tis I. I have found a way to unblock that hole and hopefully I will be able to keep up with this story more now.

Thank you for being patient with me and waiting for my return to this story.

Molly and Charles need their heads banging together and being told to sit down and talk!