A/N: A huge lack of reviews from people for the last chapter, and yet so many people read it (Over 300). I don't mind criticism, as long as it's constructive. Please review, with the bits you liked, didn't like and how I can improve my writing. Thanks.

This and the last chapter continue directly from each other, I recommend you glance over the last chapter to refresh your memory (get the full affect, lol).

Peggy wore a face of utter guilt. How could she have been so thoughtless? Ronnie was shooting lethal stares over to her aunt. She wanted to scream the truth at her, tell her to open her eyes, prove that she, Ronnie, had been right all along, but there was one thought that held Ronnie back. Danielle. That type of drama would be the last thing the girl needed.

"Look mum, Archie, he…well he…" Phil attempted to slice the tension, although he was struggling to put it into words. He considered taking Peggy and Roxy into another room to explain, but he was quickly interrupted by a very distraught looking Danielle.

"I'm sorry, I should go. Mrs Mitchell, I'm truly sorry, I drank over my limit…"

Ronnie could feel the anger pour through her. Danielle was too sweet for her own good, and keeping Peggy in the lurch was doing Danielle no good.

"It was all him aunty peg. Tonight, he finally revealed his true colours, and you still can't see it?" Ronnie let out a hysterical huff of disbelief. She had raised her voice as if it would at long last urge Peggy to distinguish the truth from the lies. "He lied to me! My daughter is alive. She is the most beautiful girl in the world and she's been right her under my nose!" Ronnie's voice had cracked as tears fell down her cheeks.

Danielle felt extremely awkward, but she couldn't help but fell touched at Ronnie's outburst. Her confidence in Ronnie increased, but she knew that Ronnie could change faster than the speed of light; how Ronnie felt tomorrow was a totally different story.

"Do you want to know what the worst of it is, aunty Pegg? Never mind lying to me, he manipulated Danielle into hating me. I don't know exactly what lies he's fed to her, but her outburst is the best thing that's happened tonight, because it finally exposed him for the heartless bastared he really is." Ronnie took a deep breath as she finished.

Peggy was truly lost as an awkward silence fell again. She mustered up all her courage, but spoke harsher than intended.

"Right, well where is he now?" She wasn't sure what to make of Ronnie's speech, but it hadn't really sunk in yet and she needed answers.

Ronnie replied steadily, her gaze remained fixed on the floor, but she held onto Danielle's hand; a simple act, yet it represented so much to both women: For Ronnie, a gesture which represented her belief in Danielle, her support, her love. To Danielle, she knew that whatever happened now, Ronnie was on her side - for tonight as least.

"I pretended I believed him. All he knows is that I'm going to calm Danielle down and persuade her to see a doctor. He kept trying to lie to me, you know insisting Danielle was mentally unstable…" Ronnie gave out a small laugh. How could she not have seen it before? She finally looked up to Peggy's face.

Peggy wore a sympathetic look on her face. After everything Ronnie had been through: With her baby, with her father, with Jack and not to mention Roxy, she now had this to deal with. She then looked to Danielle, and her face represented a different sort of sympathy…

Ronnie looked on at Peggy, she read her like an open book. Her head started pounding against her skull, how could she…

"No! For heavens sake aunty Pegg! No! Don't look at her like that! My girl is not crazy, do you hear me? They were all lies; she is my daughter okay, my baby Amy! Mine! Now I'm sorry you've been hurt, but you can't let him take over more than he has!"

Danielle's thoughts had a new addition. She was in the home of Peggy Mitchell. One of the most respected ladies on the square. Danielle had ruined her wedding, drove her husband away on their wedding night, and in Peggy's eyes, she was crazy. She really shouldn't be here, but before she could act on this thought, Ronnie's voice filled her ears.

"Look at you, even aunty Sal's seen it. You've changed, it's like you do everything he wants. The clothes you wear, the way you talk, for heavens sake, even the way you smile. You're under his spell, and you don't even know it…" Ronnie looked up from Peggy's eyes to see her sister leave the room.

"Ronnie I'll umm… I'll call you tomorrow" Danielle leapt out of Ronnie's grasp and headed for the door, but just as she was about to leave, she turned around, "umm, well that's if it's alright with you, I mean you know, if you want me to, umm…"

"Danielle, there's no need for you to go." Danielle was half hoping Ronnie to interject -although not expecting it, but the voice which spoke to her surprised her. "Well, that's if you want to stay". Peggy wore a sincere look of guilt on her face. "You and Ronnie have got a lot of catching up to do". This voice was not Peggy's, although she had spoken the words. She sounded so dismantled, so very quite, unlike the usual Peggy Mitchell whose words defined law.

"Um… well thank you Mrs Mitchell, but ah… well, it's been a long night, and I've had a lot to drink, I'm not really thinking straight. It was very kind of you to offer". Danielle trailed off, not really sure what Peggy made of her. She had every right to be angry, but Danielle wanted to make it absolutely clear: she was not crazy.

Ronnie couldn't leave it like this. "Listen, there's nothing in the world I want more than for you to stay here, but if that makes you feel uncomfortable… I mean, you're not obliged to do anything." Ronnie was stepping on egg shells. The thought of upsetting Danielle scared her to death.

"Thanks, but Stacey will be wondering where I am." Danielle finally managed to walk out the door after countless failed attempts in one night. She was surprised at such an insignificant achievement, but she couldn't figure why there was a hint of regret at walking out that door.

"Danielle, I'll walk you home, it's quite late". Protecting her baby was her life's number one priority. It always had been; it always would.

Danielle waited at the top of the stairs, she was pleased Ronnie had offered, and some of that regret seemed to lift away. Question needed to be asked, and she thought it best done tonight whilst she and Ronnie were on speaking terms. What scared her most was the thought that when Ronnie had sobered up, she would want nothing to do with a pathetic little freak like her… the speed of light…

As the two ladies left the pub, Phil decided to see them out; he gave them a reassuring smile before they stepped out into the vicious wind. Ronnie was pleased to have him on her side; he was the very few who saw Archie for what he really was, and the one who was most likely to get through to Peggy.

Phil's head was spinning. If Ronnie had fooled Archie into leaving, then that meant she believed Danielle was actually her long lost daughter. Phil knew how important this was to Ronnie, but it worried him that she put so much trust into the girl. The last thing he wanted was Ronnie to get hurt again. To many new-comers had betrayed the Mitchells, and Phil wouldn't let it happen again, it was in his nature to defend his family. The question was, who actually was family, and who needed defending.

One thought dominated Ronnie's head: Stacey was Danielle' best friend, a careless young girl who detested the Mitchells. How could Ronnie seem approachable to Danielle with Stacey bad mouthing her every minute of the day? Ronnie then wondered if Stacey knew Danielle's secret.

She wanted to savour every moment with Danielle. She felt she was dreaming, and the 'just-one day-with-my-daughter' wish had come true. Ronnie would freely admit she was going to be greedy: Even though she only ever wished a single day with her beautiful girl, now she had it, it wasn't enough. The question was would Danielle want anything to do with Ronnie when she sobered up?

A/N: Right, well Dani's got some important questions for Ronnie next, and I know the night should move on to the next day, but these bits are really important so bare with me. At first the idea was "Relationships will be explored!" Well that was the initial plan but then I thought how sweet it would be for Ronnie to walk Dani back home. Maybe Ronnie can show her little girl all the shiny cars outside. Janine has a very nice red sports car fired up going at 80 doesn't she?…... :-)

Debating which idea to follow! Reviews PLEASE!!! More reviews = More updates!