To all my fantastic readers I am so sorry for my lack of reviews, but unfortunately I have been in hospital for a few weeks with a kidney infection. I really hope ow things have finally sorted themselves.

I am currently working on chapters for all of my stories and am hoping to have updated them all by the weekend. So please bear with me if I haven't updated you favourite story today I will be doing in the next few days.

It was almost lunchtime when Morag knocked on Frankie's office door "Francine you have been working on them files all morning, maybe you should take a break" Morag smiled as she put a cup of coffee on Frankie's desk.

"Thanks" Frankie smiled "I just want to finish these last few things before tomorrow"

"Is there anything I can help with?" Morag wondered, she hated to see this young woman working so hard.

"I would love some lunch, if you wouldn't mind" Frankie smiled sweetly and Morag nodded.

x-x-x

Morag was a little curious to find out what Frankie's connection with the Braxton's was "Mr Braxton" Morag said sternly as she put her handbag on the bar.

"Er can I help you" Brax wondered as he ran a hand through his hair.

"Yes you can help actually, Francine has asked me to collect some lunch for her" Morag replied.

"Oh yeah, that's ready it just here" Barx sighed as he handed Morag a small brown bag "Can I get you anything?"

"No I'm fine" Morag said "You seem to be extremely close to Francine, why is that?"

Brax just grinned widely at Morag he wasn't sure how to answer this "Er…we grew up together"

"Oh I see, so would have known Tegan then" Morag said with a softer tone.

"Yeah that's right" Brax replied cautiously.

"It must have been hard losing a friend like that" Morag was obviously fishing for information.

"Yeah I guess. Look I don't mean to be rude but I am actually really busy. If you wanted to know these things shouldn't you be talking to Frankie?" Brax frowned.

"Yes I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable Mr Braxton" Morag replied coolly "Well thank you for this"

x-x-x

Frankie was surprised to see heath bursting through the doors of her office "Heath what's wrong" Frankie said as she put her pen on the desk and looked up at him.

"Why didn't you tell me the case you had been working so hard on was against an abortion clinic" Heath snapped "I thought I could keep my mouth shut Frankie, but I have to know. Did you have an abortion?"

Frankie just stared with her mouth gaping, she was completely gob-smacked by Heath's outburst.

"Heath I really can't talk about this here" Frankie replied as she stood up and closed the door.

"So you did then?" Heath said as he just glared at Frankie "When?"

"Heath it was a long time ago it doesn't matter now" Frankie replied.

"Of course it matters, didn't you think I had the right to know?" Heath snarled.

"No" Frankie replied quickly "Look Heath I'm sorry but the baby wasn't yours"

"What, you're kidding me right?" Heath stared at Frankie for a few moments.

"I'm sorry it was a long time ago, we hadn't even started sleeping together then" Frankie tried to explain.

"Then whose baby was it?" Heath wondered.

"Does it really matter?" Frankie frowned as she looked at her feet.

"It does to me" Heath sighed as he took a step closer to her.

"I was 18" Frankie sighed as she perched on the edge of her desk "I was just about to start Uni and I found out I was pregnant, I couldn't risk losing my place so I decided an abortion was my only option"

"18…" Heath thought back to when Frankie was 18, he was trying to figure out who she was seeing at the time but no-one came to mind "You weren't dating anyone"

"Yes I know it was a one night stand, I don't even know his name" Frankie said as she looked at the floor.

"So why the court case?" Heath asked curiously.

"It's complicated" Frankie replied as she hopped off the desk and walked closer to Heath.

"Then make it simple, come on Frank we said we could always talk to eachother about anything" Heath said as he wrapped his arms around Frankie's waist.

"Ok but not here, I still have a lot of work I need to do" Frankie frowned "Why don't you come round to mine later and I'll cook you dinner, we can talk properly then"

"Ok" Heath was reluctant but didn't argue "What time?"

"Bout 8ish, it'll give me chance to have a shower and get changed.

Suddenly a cheeky grin spread across Heath's face "Or I could come a bit earlier and help you with that shower" Frankie couldn't help but giggle at Heath's suggestion.

"MMM that's a very tempting offer Mr Braxton" Frankie said as she planted a lingering kiss on his lips "Now go, I'm busy" she laughed as she pulled away and pushed heath towards the door.

"I'll see you at 7 then" Heath grinned one last time before opening the door.

x-x-x

It was about 5pm when Frankie finished work, the earliest time she had finished in almost 10 months and that wasn't through choice. Morag had put her foot down, she knew Frankie was due in court in the morning and she would need to be bright and fresh, it was a big case she was dealing with.

Frankie decided to go for a walk on the beach before heading home, she needed to time to think about what she was going to say to Heath later that night, as she walked along the sand she was surprised to see Romeo approach "Hi" she smiled nervously.

"Hey" Romeo replied, Frankie could sense he didn't know what to say next so she took the lead.

"Another surfer in the family, Dad would be pleased" Frankie said.

"Mink surfs too" Romeo said quickly "Hey look I'm sorry for the way I reacted last week, I was in shock"

"Yeah I can understand that" Frankie replied "It can't be easy finding out you have a family you didn't even know about"

"Yeah it is a little strange" Romeo said as he looked down at the sand "I just wish I could remember you"

Frankie thought for a few moments before reaching into her handbag, she pulled out a photo "Here this might help" she smiled as she handed Romeo the photo. On it was Romeo's mum, Frankie (and Romeo's Dad) Len, Frankie (15), Tegan (15), Mink (9) and a 5 year old Romeo.

"It was taken a few days before Dad died" Frankie sighed "Look I know its all a bit difficult at the moment but when you are ready to talk about all of this, then here's my number" Frankie reached into her bag and pulled out a small business card and handed it to Romeo.

"Thank you" Romeo smiled as he took the card "I will talk to you, but I'm just not ready yet" he smiled.

"Yeh I know that feeling" Frankie whispered under her breath "I'll see you around"

"Yeah" Romeo said as he looked back at the photo in his hand "Oh did you want this back?"

"No its ok you keep it, it might jog your memory" Frankie smiled as she turned and walked away.

"Who was that?" A blonde woman approached Romeo, her name was Indi and she was Romeo's girlfriend.

"My sister" Romeo replied as he watched Frankie walk away.

"What?" Indi exclaimed "Wow, since when?"

"Since last week" Romeo added as he looked at Indi "Sorry I haven't told you it's just a lot to get my head around" Romeo handed Indi the photograph.

"Wow, so what are you going to do?" Indi wondered as she scanned the photo.

"I have no idea" Romeo exhaled as he draped his arm around Indi's shoulders and walked along the beach with her.

Ok thoughts please, I hope this wasn't to confusing for you all.

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