There's a bit of a twist at the end which I hope you understand. I hope you enjoy it. It's set on the day after the previous chapters.

"Morning, you look rough." Michelle says to me as I walk into the Rovers back room and sit on the sofa.

"Can you blame me? Thanks for letting me stay last night btw," I reply, cradling Holly against my chest.

"Don't worry about it. It did come as a bit of a surprise though," she raises her eyebrows at me.

"Yeah I know, call it a spur of the moment type thing."

"So," she looks at me. "Are you going to tell me what happened with Nick then?"

"Well it could have gone better." I reply bluntly.

"What are you up to today then?" She asks me.

"I'm gonna go and visit Simon again. I think I'll need to go and see Aidan, Kate and Roy before I go." I answer before I look up to see her shocked look.

"What do you mean go Car?"

I can see how upset she is. I can't stay here though. I just can't.

"I can't stay here Chelle." I look away just so I don't have to see the look of hurt on her face again. I can't handle the guilt.

"Why not? You said that when you left but why can't you stay here? You've gotten through harder stuff than a bad break up in Weatherfield."

If only she knew. If only she knew the truth.

"I've gotta think about Holly. I've got to do what's best for her." I pause as I think through everything.

"You haven't told anyone I'm here, have you?" I panic as I fear who she could have told.

"What? No, only Steve."

"Don't worry, he promises me he won't tell anyone," Michelle tells me upon seeing my worried look.

"Well no offence but Steve's word doesn't exactly give me that much hope for him to keep his mouth shut." I say moodily.

"Hey, do you mind? He's actually got a lot better at keeping quiet when he needs to and that is my husband and the father of my unborn child you're talking about." She says with a smirk.

"Sorry," I answer, unable to stop a smile forming on my face at how happy she is. I haven't seen her like this since Ryan was born and she was with Dean. It might not have been the most ideal situation but she was truly happy.

"Anyway, that reminds me." Michelle says as she gets up from the sofa where we were sitting and goes over to the table, picking something up before bringing it back over and handing it to me.

"Oh my god, it's beautiful." I say, looking at the 20 week sonogram photo in my hand.

"Also, we don't need to call her an it any more," she rubs her stomach proudly as I can't help a tear of happiness from escaping my eye.

"It's a girl? I'm so happy for you." I tell her as she moves closer and wraps her arms around me. I can feel Holly starting to wriggle as she wakes up from her nap.

"There'll be less than a year between these two," she gestures towards Holly and the small picture now in her hand.

"Look here Holly," I point to the picture Michelle is holding up as Holly stares intently, looking confused. "This will be your little cousin and when she's born you can both play together and have lots and lots of fun, yeah?"

I let out a little laugh upon seeing her little face seemingly light up.

I can't believe I'm so lucky. She's my everything.

As I look back up to Michelle, I see the smile also on her face.

"What?" I ask.

"Nothing, it's just nice seeing you happy." She replies.


"I'd better go and get dressed and head over to the factory." I tell Michelle as I walk back in to the back room, now showered and dressed and holding Holly in my arms.

"I thought you didn't want people to know you're here?"

"The workers will be on their lunch break. Hopefully Aidan hasn't left yet and I'll be able to catch Kate some other time, maybe invite them both here so they can both properly see Holly again before I leave." I tell her.

"You're definitely leaving then?" She asks sadly.

"I'll come and visit and it's been this way over the last year and you've still been able to see us."

"Seeing you both over a Skype call isn't quite the same Car. And what about when this little one is born?" She asks, placing her hand on her stomach.

"We'll come back and visit, I promise." I tell her.

"It's not the same," she replies.

I go over to her, handing over Holly. "Why don't you two spend some time together whilst I go and see uncle Aidan?" I say to Holly as Michelle smiles.

"I'll see you both later on then," I say to both of them, kissing Michelle on the cheek and Holly's head before leaving through the back, hoping no one sees me.

As I walk out the back yard of the rovers and into the ginnel, I suddenly regret leaving at all.

I should've texted Aidan and Kate and got them to go to the rovers.

This is all too silent. Too lonely. And too soon.

I emerge from the ginnel and walk along the street keeping my head down, hoping to remain unseen.

The walk to the factory is far too long and I can't stop myself from jumping at the slightest noise, the silence is all too foreboding.

I have to keep assuring myself I'm imagining it.

There's someone walking behind me.

No, there isn't. No one's there.

No one's after me.

It's not him, he's not there.

It's my mind playing tricks on me.

It can't be him. Not again.

I manage to carry on walking down the street, having convinced myself it's just a figure of my imagination, it's not true. He's not there.

I manage to control myself.

I manage to believe what I'm thinking.

I manage to until I feel a sudden tug on the back of my hair as I'm pulled into an alleyway and my back is thrown against a wall and I find myself coming face to face with him again.

The man who put me through one of the worst moments in my life. The man who everyone thinks I lost everything for. The man who couldn't take no for an answer.

"Robert."

Thank you so much for reading. I really hope you liked it. Please please please leave a review? Let me know what you think will happen, what you think of the twist and the whole story in general. Thank you so much for reading!