Alison sat on the edge of Adam's bed and hung up his phone.

"Diana is spending the night with her friends."

Adam stood across the room and looked up as he unbuttoned his shirt. A few feet away Laddy slept peacefully in her crib. Alison flicked off the light on the nightstand, and slowly pulled up her shirt as Adam began undoing his pants.

"Adam?"

"Yeah?"

"This…this isn't wrong of me is it?"

"No…I don't think so."

"Adam?"

"Yeah?"

"I think I know why Larry didn't kill you."

"Why?"

Alison looked across the room at him.

"I think you know…"

Adam bit his bottom lip and nodded.

A little while later, Laddy laid awake in her crib looking up at her mobile. The bedroom window lit up very few minutes from passing cars from down the street, and lit up buildings around in the middle of the night. The baby wiggled as a few feet away in the bed Adam laid on top of Alison in dead silence. Alison looked up at him with her big blue eyes, holding on to him as he stared down at her in a very direct way and slowly thrusted in and out. There wasn't much passion, nor anything else. Alison kept looking into his eyes as he went in and out in a steady pace, slow and easy as the room began to softly become lit with moonlight. Alison held onto him tighter as he leaned down for a moment and buried his head down beside her neck and then brought it back up…eyes still fixed on each other.

Her mouth then opened a little, a small escape of a moan came from her lips as he began to quicken…his back arched he finished and laid on top of her.

Taking a moment to catch his breath they didn't say anything…slowly Alison slipped her hand into his.

"Adam?"

Adam looked up at her for a second.

Alison softly kissed his lips before touching his faded scar on his shoulder.

And with that he held her and they slept.

The next morning Adam woke up to find a note from her. Not feeling that surprised he read it half awake and saw that she had left earlier and in case there were any changes with the baby to call her. Knowing that was mostly just a one night thing, he crumpled up the paper and put his head back and down decided to sleep the rest of the morning before the baby woke.

The next few weeks went by rather quick. He didn't think of that night too much as he went about working and watching Laddy.

Her first birthday came and the daycare in which they watched her afternoons celebrated it. Picking her up that day, Adam laughed seeing they had placed a birthday hat on her tiny head.

"She beat most of our children in finger paints today."

Adam laughed while signing her out.

"That so?"

The young woman smiled, nearly flirting with him as he picked Laddy up in her car seat and thanked them before heading to the car outside. Driving back home in the car her had bought a little less then six months ago second hand from a buddy of his…Adam glanced over at the baby.

It had been a year.

Smiling he watched the road and softly touched her cheek.

That's when Laddy giggled and said something which nearly made Adam drive off the road.

"Daddy."