Chapter 4

Steve knew how upset his little girl was. He desperately wanted to go and talk to her, but he had never been well at things like that. He tried to keep himself busy, tidying the kitchen, trying to figure out what he had to say to her when he had to go to see her. He finally knew he had to go and see her.

When he got outside Evie's bedroom he gently knocked on the door before letting himself in. She was sat looking out the window to the beach. He slowly walked in and took a seat next to Evie. This was all new to him. She had been crying, and Steve could see it in her eyes. He didn't no what to say.

"I'm sorry, me and your mother have never been the best parents. At times your mum was better than I was. I am sorry for leaving you when you were younger. But even though I left I still loved you and I am sure that even your mum sent you to stay with me she still loves you too. Steve said.

Evie could see her dad was trying to make a change but she didn't know what to say. She wanted a proper family like her friends back home had but she got this life instead. She couldn't change. For 10 years old she had grown up quick. She had to accept her life and make the best of it.

"It's okay dad." She said trying to hold back her tears. But Steve could see them. He put his arm around his daughter and pulled her close. He had missed this when she was younger and he wasn't going to miss anymore time.

"Come then, I think me and you need to go and buy some new things if this is going to be your new room." He said pulling away. "You get ready and I will see you down stairs in a minute." He said getting up.

Evie nodded and got up to get herself ready to go out.

Downstairs...Steve went to the kitchen and grabbed his phone, dialling a familiar number. He hoped she would pick up as what he wanted to say couldn't be said on voice mail. "You have reached Catherine Rollins, sorry I can't take your call right now please leave a message after the beep." He got her voice mail. He would have to leave it. He desperately wanted to say something but he just stayed quite.

"Catherine." He managed to say before he hung and left it. He wanted to say more but it wasn't something he could do over voicemail, he didn't really wanted to do it over the phone but after their argument he didn't think he could do it face to face.

Meanwhile...

Catherine tired to follow her daughter but by the time she was down stairs Chelsea had gone. She knew her daughter was upset which made her worry more to what she was going to do.

She stood looking out the open door hoping her daughter would come back, but there was no sign of her. "Mum." Jay was standing at the top of the stairs looking at his mum. He could see she was upset and had an idea it was Chelsea fault. He didn't like blaming his sister but sometimes she would cause trouble to tell people how she was feeling. "Where's Chelsea?" He said stepping down the stairs towards his mother.

"We had an argument. It was my fault. She left, upset and I don't know where she is going to do." Cath said trying to hold back her tears.

Even after his mum being gone for all this time he hated to see her upset. He pulled his mum into a hug trying to stop her crying. "She will be back just give her some time. I will call George and see if she has gone to his." George was Chelsea best friend. They had been close for years and he or Shannon would be the first place Chelsea would go to, but Shannon was on holiday.

Catherine hated waiting but it was all she could. She wouldn't know where to start looking for her. She sat by the window waiting for her to come home. She started to think, was this the feeling my daughter had when she wanted me home. She was starting to see the hurt she had caused to her daughter; waiting all this time for no one to turn up.

A few hours later...

Catherine was about to call a friend to try and ping her phone when the front door opened. It was Chelsea closely followed by George. Cath tried to walk over to Chelsea, but she just walked past her and straight up to her bedroom.

"Ms Rollins, we need to talk." George said walking towards the sofa.

"Call me Cath please." She said sitting down on the sofa.

"Me and Chelsea had a long chat before she came home. She does love you she always has. Chelsea, has the idea that you are going to leave again, and that's why she is not forgiving you because she doesn't want to get hurt again. Chelsea wants to forgive you and to have a relationship with you she just doesn't know how to make one." George said.

"I am not going to leave again, I have told that, I have took a desk job." Cath was trying to make George understand.

"She knows that's what you told her but she needs you to show her you're not. Jay was always the one out of them that could forgive people and accept what they say but not Chelsea. She has to be shown. Give her some time, go and see her but just let her do all the talking. I am sorry but I have to go." George said getting off the sofa.

"Thank you for everything." Cath said showing George to the door.