"You said you didn't want me-" "Grace I could never say that... You're my little girl, my baby." Connie looked up at Grace who seemed to be fighting between her head and heart.
"But I heard-" "Baby when you left everything went wrong. I didn't want a life without you in it, I can't be okay when I lost the one thing I had always wanted." The tears continued to fall down Connie's cheeks. She knew she could never get Grace to believe her.
Sam looked at the flight attendant and back to Grace. "Grace we need to go, other people are waiting for this flight too." Jacob glared across at Sam knowing he couldn't care less about Connie's feelings in that moment.
"That's not fair and you know it-" "Jacob don't." Connie looked up at him before letting go of the breath she'd been holding slowly and turned to Grace. "Baby I know I don't deserve you, the way things were, I could never expect you to forgive me. But know that I will always love you and that I miss you every single day."
Connie began to cry again as she pulled Grace into a hug placing a kiss to her forehead. Reluctantly she stood up and looked across at her. "Go back sweetheart, call me if you want to... I love you."
Jacob wasn't sure why Connie was stepping away now when she was so close. Grace turned away from the door as Sam took one more glance to Connie before following his daughter.
Everything finally took a toll on Connie. She felt powerless yet again, her energy completely disappearing. Connie almost fell to the floor before Jacob's hands went around her waist holding her up. The cries radiated from Connie as he turned her into his chest.
He didn't say anything, he didn't know what to say to her. For the first time Jacob was speechless. She longed for Grace yet she just turned away and let her daughter go again.
Connie knew the fight for her baby was over before it even started. She just needed to show Jacob she could fight, at least one last time for her. "I can't do this Jacob-" "Why'd you let her go?"
"Because she's better off with someone who has time for her! I can't be a mother to a girl who hates me!" Connie pushed away from Jacob to walk away as he watched Grace run down the steps of the plane with her phone in her hand.
Grace ran up behind Connie and threw her arms around her waist from behind. "You're the best Mum in the world. I always wanted to be with you but you were busy and I got in the way." Connie turned to look down at Grace as she dropped to the floor for the second time.
Connie moved her hands to Grace's cheeks letting her thumb caress her cheekbones. "It doesn't mean that I never loved you Grace-" "I miss you Mum-" "I miss you too baby." Grace walked forwards enveloping her into a hug.
"I want to stay with you, I don't want you to be alone." Tears continued to run down Connie's cheeks as she cried holding her daughter. "She'll never be on her own Grace... I'm not about to walk away." Jacob stepped closer to them. "No matter how much your Mum tries to push me away." Grace looked up at him, she knew something must have been happening between them. Her Mum was never that friendly with a nurse.
Connie looked across at Grace. "Your Dad needs to go sweetheart and so do-" "No Mum. I'm not going. You say you miss me and that you don't want to let me go again-" "I don't Grace, of course I want you with me you're my daughter-" "Then don't let me go. Fight for me to stay."
Jacob watched as Connie intently watched Grace. She didn't show anything, she was exactly like her Mum. Connie stood up and walked away from Grace. "Mum?" Grace sounded upset, why would she walk away again?
Connie walked towards Sam who was back in the doorway of the plane. "We need to go-" "She's my daughter too, this isn't fair Sam!" He sighed before looking at her. "You abandoned her, not the other way around-" "And you can't expect me to not spend time with my baby girl who I raised for 10 years of her life with no help!"
Sam stepped down so he was level with Connie. "We're going home-" "No. I'm not letting you walk away with her again, I won't let it happen." Grace looked across at Jacob as a smile passed both of their faces quickly. She was fighting for her, really fighting for her.
Sam looked past Connie and reached a hand forward for Grace who ran over and took it. "Say goodbye Gracie, we're leaving." A look of panic spread Connie's face while Jacob looked confused. "Goodbye Dad..." Sam turned back and looked down at Grace. "I want to stay with Mum, just for a while. She wants me Dad-" "For how long Grace? How long until she forgets about you and come crying to us again?"
Grace dropped Sam's hand shaking her head. "It's different now... Mum's not alone this time." Grace walked backwards, her eyes still on her Dad. She stopped beside Jacob as she reached up and held his hand.
Sam could see Grace slipping away back to Connie. "How long until you get bored of this one? Hmm, move on and cause more pain to Grace all because you can't commit and stop yourself from sleeping aro-" Connie swiftly slapped Sam. It hadn't been the first time she'd done that, but this time it was not ending in her kissing him.
Sam looked past Connie to Grace. "You really want to stay with your Mum?" Grace watched as Connie faced her. The tears still evident in her face. Grace smiled and nodded. "Sorry Dad, I didn't mean to upset you or cause a problem." Sam shook his head. "You haven't caused the problem sweetheart. I've got to go, I'll call you and we'll sort this out."
Grace nodded as Sam boarded the plane once again. Connie watched him go before facing Grace who ran into her arms again. Jacob watched as Connie held onto Grace, tears forming in her eyes once again but finally for another reason.
Sam watched from the window as Jacob moved closer to the two girls. He placed a hand on Connie's shoulder while his other went to Grace's back. "Come on, let's go home."