IM SORRY I WASN'T THERE

CHAPTER 7

A/N: Hi everyone, I really apologise for such a delay in updating my story, things have been really crazy with work and life, so I'm very sorry. I hope that you like this next one. Please like and review. I don't own any of the characters expect the OC.

1 week later

"Mae are you nearly ready" Steve yelled from the bottom of the stairs

"Nearly daddy, I will be down in a minute" Mae yelled back

Steve was not the best when it came to having patients. He had been waiting for Mae for 20 minutes now. They were getting ready to go to Mae's old house. Tomorrow was auction day and Steve wanted Mae to have one last chance to see it before it was sold. 10 minutes later, Mae had finally come down the stairs and was ready to go.

They headed out the door and drove to the house. They had arrived at the house where a representative from the real-estate company was there preparing for the auction tomorrow.

"Oh I'm sorry, the auction isn't until tomorrow" The lady said to them when she notices them walking up to her.

"That's okay, we aren't here for the auction. My name is Steve and this is Mae" Steve said to the lady.

"Nice to meet you, is there something I can help you with" She asked, trying to figure out why they were there.

Steve looked over at Mae, who was pre occupied with a toy that she brought from home, and directed the lady and himself over a little so Mae couldn't hear the conversation.

"I'm not sure if you are aware but the previous owner of the house, passed away recently. Her name was Alexis and she was Mae's mother. Before coming to live with me, this was the only home she has ever known so I wanted to bring her back here one last time to say goodbye before it was sold" Steve explained to the lady.

"I completely understand. You are more than welcome to take her in. I will give you two some time to yourself" She replied

"Thank you very much, I really appreciate it" Steve said to her.

Steve and Mae walked around the home. Steve could she all the emotions that Mae was going through and how she was trying her best to hide the tears that we threating to fall down her face. Steve was trying to get her to tell him some stories about the good memories that she had of being in the house.

After about an hour of walking around, talking and crying, they both decided that they would go and have some lunch at Sidestreet. As they were walking to the car, Mae and Alexis's next door neighbour Amelia noticed them.

"Mae, is that you" Amelia yelled out from her house, referring to how much she has changed since the last time they had seen each other.

"Amelia" Mae cheerfully yelled back to her whilst running into Amelia's open arm.

"It has been so long, how are you" Amelia asked the little girl

"I am good, I got to meet my daddy" She explained to the older lady

"I can see that, I'm so happy for you" Amelia said

"I have missed you a lot" The little girl expressed

"I missed you too and you know who else has been missing you" Amelia asked looking at the big smile forming on Mae's face.

"Annie?" Mae asked happily.

"Yeah, she has been missing you a lot, why don't you go see her while I talked to your dad" Amelia told her.

She watched a Mae ran inside the house to find Annie, a white Maltese puppy that used to be Mae and Alexis's dog until they had to give it away due to Alexis being allergic. They gave it to Amelia so that it was still close to them and Mae could visit. Once Mae was inside, Amelia walked over to where Steve had been standing watching as the two girls interacted.

"Hi I'm Amelia" She introduced herself to Steve

"I'm Steve, It's nice to meet you, Detective Williams told me what you did for Mae on the day her mom died. I wanted to thank you for looking after her and being with her during that time, it helps a little to know she wasn't alone" Steve expressed to the lady.

"You don't have to thank me; I have been around Mae since she was a year old. She has been like a granddaughter to me and I would do anything for her" She told him

"I'm happy she had someone else besides Alexis" Steve said

"Well I sent Mae inside because there was something I wanted to talk to you about and I didn't want to get her hopes up if you say no" She told him

"Okay, what is it?" He asked

"Well I have a little puppy named Annie, she used to be Mae's dog but she had to give it up since Alexis was allergic. I am going to be moving into an apartment next week which unfortunately doesn't allow dogs. I was wanting to know if you would be interested in taking her. I know how much Mae loves that dog and she would really love to have her back". Amelia explained to Steve.

There was silence for a few minutes before Steve finally spoke.

"Mae never mentioned that she used to have a dog. Is the dog trained?" Steve enquired

"Yeah she is fully house drained and is a very well behaved puppy" She told him

"Well I could see how excited she was when you mentioned the puppies name before, I actually think it will be really good for her to have Annie, it might make her feel like she still has a piece of her mum with her" Steve expressed to the lady.

"So is that a yes" She asked him

"That's a yes, I will be happy to take her" Steve said to her happily

They both talked for a little longer and then walked inside to let Mae know what is happening.

"Hey Mae, can we talked to you for a minute" Steve said to Mae when they walked into where Mae was with Annie.

"Okay daddy" replied Mae

Mae walked over to them with Annie in her arms.

"We have something to tell you. Alexis is moving into an apartment next week and unfortunately they don't allow her to take Annie with her" Steve started explaining

"Oh no, what's going to happy to Annie" Mae asked visibly upset

"Well that's what we wanted to tell you. Amelia has asked if we wanted to take her and I said yes" Steve told her

"Really, thank you so much daddy, I can't wait to take her home, this is this best news ever" Mae said whilst jumping into her dad's arms to hug him.

"You welcome, now let's get everything we need so that we can get you some food, you must be hungry by now" He said

Amelia gave them everything that they need for Annie and helped them load it into the car.

"Thank you Amelia, for everything. Please feel free to come over anytime for a visit, Mae and Annie would really like it if you did and we will be sure to come visit you in your new home also." Steve said to her very sincerely.

"Thank you to you too, I will defiantly come and visit and the same to you, you are always welcome to come over to my place" She replied.

They all said their goodbye and got in the car and drove away towards home. Steve took a glance through the rear view mirror to see Mae patting Annie with that smile that hasn't left her face since Steve told her that they were taking Annie.

A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter, I has taken so long to finally get it done so I hope it was worth it.