Ty was still fuming from her encounter with Billy. She had to leave him. It was for his own good. He wouldn't have been able to handle that kind of responsibility. Maybe she should have at least told him? This was why she left. It was the cowards way out but it was so much easier than dealing with the truth. She got caught up in her thoughts and missed the turn into Liz's apartment complex.

"Ty, you missed the turn." Joe said.

"Fuck. Sorry." She did a quick u-turn, cutting of an oncoming car. The car honked and she flipped the driver off, screaming obscenities.

"Over-react much?" Joe laughed.

"Shut the fuck up Joe." Ty said, testily.

"You gotta admit, that was a bit much."

"Alright, maybe a bit." Ty said, laughing lightly. "I missed you Joe."

"I missed you too Ty. You were always like my big sister. Why did you leave? You and Billy were so good together." Joe looked over at Ty and saw that her jaw had tightened and it looked like she was trying not to cry.

"You'll see in a couple of minutes." Ty said as she pulled into a space, parking the car and jumping out, all in one swift motion. Joe followed more slowly, thinking about what Ty had said and what he was going to say to Liz. She opened the front door and all Joe heard was "MOMMY" screamed at a very high pitch before a little boy with a mop of messy dirty-blond hair hurled himself into Ty's arms.

The little boy looked over his mother's shoulder and grimaced at Joe. "Mommy, who is that? He looks scary."

"Will, this is your uncle Joe." Ty smiled at Joe. Joe quirked an eyebrow at her and she nodded. Billy has a kid...what the fuck?

"I think it's time for somebody to go to bed." Ty smiled when Will yawned while protesting that he wasn't tired. "I know you're not but could you at least humor mommy and try to sleep?"

"Alright but only for you mommy." Will hugged her and wriggled out of her arms to run in to the guest bedroom where he and Ty were both sleeping.

Once Will was safely ensconced in his room Ty turned to Joe, "Now you know why I had to leave."

"Billy doesn't know?"

"No and you have to promise me that you won't tell him." Ty glared at him and Joe glared right back.

"He deserves to know." Joe stated firmly.

"I know. I just don't know how to tell him. He is going to go fucking ballistic when he finds out. That is not a fight I'm looking forward to." Ty looked at Joe and bit her lip nervously.

"Yeah, he probably will. You should have told him when you found out, Ty. He should have been there, both for you and Will."

Just then Liz walked in from the kitchen and shrieked when she saw Joe standing there.

"What is He doing here?" she demanded.

"Baby...I'm sorry." Joe began.

"Don't 'Baby' me Joe Darley. You wanted out, you can stay the fuck out." Liz growled a him.

"Liz, baby, I don't want out. I'm sorry I said what I did."

"She told you, didn't she? You told him? I can't believe you would do that." Liz glared at Ty who smiled sheepishly.

"He needed to know." Ty said, defensively.

"You're one to talk." Liz shot back.

"I know. I don't want you making the same mistake that I did."

"I'm not a coward like you. I would have told him eventually." Ty grimaced as if in pain and turned toward the door.

"Liz, will you keep an eye on Will? I have something I have to do."

"Yeah. I'll be up for a while. Don't be too late."