Okay, so this actually wasn't the chapter I had scheduled to upload, but decided to write another short scene to give a little more insight. Writing this scene with a sleeping baby on my chest made it all the more difficult. Another upload soon 3.

Chapter 5

Stephanie sat down on the edge of her bed next to her husband. It took every ounce of strength she had left to keep herself from reaching over and taking his hand. She wasn't sure where or how to start. She didn't know how to push away the one man she had been willing to give up everything for.

He must have caught onto her silence, "Did I do something that made you leave?" he asked.

"No," Stephanie said, hearing the hurt in his voice and instantly regretting all of this. She couldn't lie to him; she couldn't lie to Leo. He deserved so much more than all of this. "No, this wasn't your fault."

"Were you happy?"

Stephanie didn't have to think about this. Her life with Leo had been some of the best times of her life. He had this way of making her feel alive. "Yes," she answered again. She tried to keep her voice low partially because she was positive at least one set of ears was trying to spy from upstairs and partially because she was afraid he would hear how shaky her voice was.

"Then what?" he was pleading with her, desperate to understand what had made her leave. She wasn't sure she understood anymore.

"Leo," she finally said. "What do you want more than anything in the world?"

"You," he said instantly and so assuredly that it took Stephanie back. How could he still want her after everything she had put him through?

"No," she said. "You want a family."

"I want a family with you," he shot back. "I'm still in love –"

"You can't have a family with me," Stephanie cut him off.

"Steph, what happened to us –"

"Wasn't a one-time thing!" she shouted. He stopped and looked at her, and she knew now that she had to continue. "It wasn't something that is just going to happen once, Leo. I went back for my check-up, to make sure things had gone properly. The doctor said something looked off and ran some tests. Leo, if you stay with me you're never going to get that family. You're never going to get your dream. So I left to give you an out. I knew you'd stay with me –"

"Wait," He interrupted. "What are you saying?"

Stephanie felt the fresh sting of tears in her eyes. "I can't have kids, Leo."