One Man, Two Lives Destroyed

Summary: AU She can think of many reasons to explain to her daughter why her fathers not around – just none of them are the truth. MCxMJ MMxRD JJxOC ADSxTC

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Chapter 20

Normal POV

Maureen blinked a couple of times while she listened to Mark talk. She looked around the room and took in the surroundings. She smiled and only half-listened to what Mark was saying.

"Mark?" She questioned, cutting him off completely. She looked back at him and waved her hand in the air, gesturing something that Mark couldn't explain. "I've been visiting for two weeks now and I just think that maybe… Oh it's stupid."

"What is it?" Mark questioned and looked over at Kirsten. She shrugged slightly and shifted in her chair. She looked at Maureen and smiled weakly. She didn't like the sound of what Maureen was saying.

"It's just that, I mean… You don't know anything about me, but I know a lot about you and… I don't know."

"Oh Maureen… If you wanted us to talk about you, you should have told me. I'd love to hear about you."

"I know, but it just sounded stupid…"

"Okay, let's start… Whose the most important person in your life?" Mark questioned and Maureen went stiff. She restrained herself from saying Mark. She looked down at the ground and placed her hands in her lap.

"My daughter."

Mark was shocked, "You're daughter? You have a daughter? You're married?"

"Whoa, Mark, slow down. Yes I have a daughter and no I'm not married. I'm engaged." Maureen said and stuck out her hand to show Mark the ring. She pulled her hand back, "But my daughter isn't from my fiancé."

"Oh… Then who is your daughter from?"

"Another man, we weren't married, but we were planning on getting married." She laughed slightly, "We were such fools back then… He left me when I was pregnant with my daughter Natasha."

"How horrible of him! He must have been a jerk." Mark said and crossed his arms across his chest.

"He wasn't actually, I loved him so much and he just never came back… Until Natasha was eight. Then he left again and I never saw him again… It's been two years since I talked to him." She looked over at Kirsten, "Do you two want to meet my daughter?"

"That'd be nice!" Mark said and Maureen smiled. She stood up and walked out the door, "Natasha sounds nice."

"Of course Mark, but are you sure-" Maureen walked through the door with the ten-year old girl. Natasha sat down next to her mother and grabbed for her mother's hand.

"Hello… Natasha, my name's Mark."

"I know." Natasha said and squeezed Maureen's hand. "I've heard about you."

"You have?"

"Yeah, my mom has told me a lot about why she keeps visiting you." Natasha smiled and then took her hand away from her mothers and placed it quickly in her lap.

"Oh is that right?"

"Yes Mister Mark."

"Oh… You can call me Mark."

"Okay, Mark." She smiled politely even though she was burning inside. Her heart was twisting and her brain was telling her that she should run out of the room so she didn't want to see what had become of her dad.

"Well… I think that that's enough surprises for today." Kirsten said and smiled to Natasha and Maureen, "Tomorrow we're moving Mark into a different home… Will you still want to visit him?"

"Of course, I mean… Yes, we would like that." Maureen said and smiled sadly. "Will we be able to visit him?"

"You can meet up every now and then, I think that would be alright." Kirsten said and pushed them to the door. She smiled slightly, "I know this is difficult for you Miss Johnson but you can't visit him every single day. You know that he has to meet other people and he can not always depend on you to be there."

"But I am his…"

"Girlfriend?"

"Yes! Well not anymore but I was… And this is his daughter."

"Don't worry I'll take good care of Mister Cohen, you won't have to worry. He'll call you when he's ready to see you again." She pushed them towards the waiting room, "Now you better get going."

"What-" Maureen started and looked at Kirsten disappear into Mark's room. She shook her head and looked at Natasha who was bawling. "Aw, Nati, don't worry Daddy will be back soon."

"How do you know Mommy?" Natasha questioned and Maureen picked her daughter up and walked towards the waiting room.

"Because he always comes back to me no matter what."

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His eyes were closed as she walked into the room.

"You've done enough." Maureen buried her head in his chest, "I'm sorry… I'm just so confused."

"It's okay Maureen."

"Kill me Mark…" She muttered.

"What?"

"Kill me."

His eyes snapped open and looked at Kirsten, "Is there something you're not telling me Kirsten?"

"What are you talking about? I tell you everything."

"I don't know, I just keep getting these images of Maureen… I knew her… But how come I can't remember her anymore?"

"I… I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Kirsten, why can't I remember anything from before I met you?"

"Markie, I have no idea…" Kirsten repeated and sighed as she sat down in the chair that Maureen had occupied just a couple of minutes before, "You must be seeing things."

"Kill me!" Maureen shouted and Mark shook his head as he held her closely to himself. "God Mark, just fucking kill me! Put me out of my misery!"

"Reen! I can't just kill you!"

"If you loved me – you would kill me! I have nothing left to live for."

"You know that's not true."

"I know you're just waiting for you chance to walk out that door again and leave me to raise Natasha by myself – like always. Couldn't you see Mark that I loved you and I didn't want you to leave?"

"Maureen… I told you that I'm sorry… Please, don't make me do this."

His eyes went blank as that flashback came into his head. He knew that Kirsten was lying to him to keep him with her. He knew Maureen from somewhere and then something must have happened to him to make him forget. He couldn't piece it all together though. He couldn't remember…

And maybe he never would.

End of Chapter 20

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