He walked in the room and put the tea on her nightstand.

,, How are you feeling?'' He asked while sitting on the side of the bed.

,, I'm better, thanks.'' She smiled. ,, You know I think that maybe the whole nausea wave is gone. Now it's just hunger and low energy…''

She put her hand in front of her mouth and ran to the bathroom.

,, Spoke too soon?'' He gently asked.

She nodded while vomited.

,, It's ok. You know that this is a part of your pregnancy, my turtle dove.''

His mind was over taken by the three women he loves and loved. There was Lucy somewhere deep in the shadows, then Joanna, his precious, little turtle dove. And right now he only could think of his dear Nellie. She was holding a child in her arms and singing a forgotten lullaby from his childhood. The days of Benjamin Barker. She stood up, but then suddenly she lost balance and fell, but Sweeney caught her at the last moment.

,, Gotcha!'' he said. He pulled her back up and carried her back to bed. ,, You ought to be more careful, Nell.''

She confessed:,, I don't know what happened. It all went black and I…''

Sweeney kissed her lips waiting to get a rejection, but for some reason she didn't reject him, but she did pull him closer to her.

,, Nell I love you. I need you.'' He was going with his teasing even further, when she tried to stop him:

,, Sweeney? I feel the same way, but we..''

His lips found hers. She felt that her heart was racing faster as he went further with his little game. She thought that her face was red like a rose, but her skin was so pale, that it wasn't visible.

,, You drive me insane, Nell. I want you to be mine. Only mine.''

She heard his words, but she understood, that she needed to reject him this time.

,, Sweeney? We… We… We can't.'' She tried to stop him.

,, Why? You don't love me anymore?'' He asked.

He got nervous about the answer that might be the one he's thinking of.

,, No, no, no. I love you Sweeney and you know it, but we can't do that. Because… the baby.'' She dragged her hands through his hair.

,, Damn it! I forgot about our little miracle.'' He growled.

He put his hands on her belly and said:,, I'm sorry. I won't do that again.'' He apologized to the baby and it made her giggle. ,, What? Haven't you seen a man apologize to a pregnant woman's belly before?'' He asked seriously, but then chuckled too and kissed the belly:,, Good night.'' He said to the belly. ,, sleep well, Nell.'' He kissed her forehead.

,, Sweeney…'' She stopped him. ,, Don't go.'' She begged.

,, Ok then.'' He crawled under the cover and he put his hand on the belly. He felt a kick. Nellie smiled at him as he felt the kick.

,, I'm so glad that you're the father, Sweeney.''

,, Me too.'' He fell asleep.

Everything went dark as she closed her eyes. Then she woke up, but she wasn't in bed. She fell asleep on the armchair. She got up and went to the pie shop. Empty like a desert. It looked like before she met Sweeney. She had a bad feeling about what is happening. She called Toby, but he didn't come. She went to his room, but it wasn't his room anymore. It was the old storage room.

,,Sweeney! Oh no!'' She gasped and she ran to the barbershop to ask Sweeney, what is happening.

But it wasn't a barbershop anymore. It was a dusty, empty room with a crib in the corner and a broken mirror. Maybe all of this wasn't real. The baby, Toby, business, and most of all her barber. She realized that after all this pain he made her feel rejecting her she still loved him so much. She shut down the shop and went to the cliff near the docks. She went to the edge of the cliff and looked down. There were some sharp rocks beneath her. It was good enough to die. As she was ready to fall in the ocean, she heard a familiar voice calling her:

,, Nell, don't do this! I love you more than anything on the world, so please, Nell. Don't do this.'' She turned around and cried from joy.

It was Sweeney running towards her. He hugged her and kissed her forehead and her lips. Their eyes met and he asked:

,, What were you thinking? You got me worried sick. You're willing to risk your life for nothing? I love you no matter what happens, but just don't do that again ok?''

She nodded and hid her face in his chest covering his vest with tears. ,, I'm sorry. I just thought that all of you were gone. The shop, Toby's room, the barbershop it all looked like that Tuesday before I knew who you were.''

,, Well I'm still here and so is Toby.'' He tried to calm her.

Suddenly they heard a cracking sound. It was the cliff beneath their feet. They both fell, but only Nellie survived. Sweeney's chest got pierced by one of the sharp rocks. He was gone. Forever. She tried to tell her that this isn't really happening, but instead of calming down she released a waterfall of tears. It started to rain. Her hands were bloody and so was her dress's bottom.

,, Nell? Nell wake up. Nell.'' She opened her eyes and she was in bed again.

Sweeney was there with her looking worried, but still alive.

,, Thank heavens you're ok. I had this terrible nightmare.'' She kissed him.

,, What happened in that nightmare?'' He asked while he took one of her red curls and put it behind her ear.

,, Well it started when I woke up in my armchair in the living room. Then I went to the shop, but it looked like before my business got better. I tried to call Toby, but he didn't come. I checked his room, but it was the storage room again. So then I ran to the barbershop and…'' She started to cry again. ,, It was empty. The chair was gone, the table. All there was was the crib and the broken mirror. Even the razors were gone. So I went to the cliff near the docks and wanted to end my life, but then I heard your voice behind me. You said that you loved me more than anything in the world and you asked me to not jump down that cliff…'' she took a deep breath trying to stop the tears.

,, Well I would say that in real life too, Nell.'' He wiped her cheeks from tears. ,, And did something else happen?''

,, Yes. Then came the horrible part.'' She said. ,, After you hugged me and said to me to never do that again, we heard a crunching noise. It was the cliff. So we fell off of it. But you didn't survive. You got pierced by one of the sharp rock. And I lost you forever.'' She felt hot tears flowing down her cheeks.

,, That was quite a nightmare you had, Nell, but I'm still here, alive.'' He hugged her feeling sorry for her.

He got worried, that it could come true. He swallowed hard and tried not to think about it.,, Come here.''

He wrapped his arms around her. He liked her warmth and her fragile body in his arms. He was happy. She was his reason that kept him alive. He needed her. He realized, that all this time somewhere deep inside he loved her. He looked at her and smiled as he saw her calm, asleep. He felt her steady heartbeat. Now he understood that his life was complete now. Has everything he ever dreamed having. He has a home, a woman that loves him, soon a child. And if everything will go as planned then he will have a wife once again. And a stepson. He really liked Toby. He was a smart and good lad. He didn't cause any problems around the shop. He liked to help Nellie in the kitchen a lot. She taught him how to bake the pies. He caught up fast. He woke up early. Nellie was still in his arms sleeping. He slowly got out of bed and made her some omelet, cup of her favorite tea and brought it to her room. He put it on her nightstand and left a note. It said:

,, Nellie! I ran to the market for some things. Be back in 20 minutes. Sweeney.''

He lied about the market. He went to the jewelry store to look for the perfect ring. His eye stopped at a little silver ring with a crystal in the middle.

,, That's the one I'm looking for.'' He said to the cashier. He put the ring in a red velvet box and wished him good luck. He happy went back to the store. Nellie was up and eating breakfast. Sweeney ran to the market to get some daisies for her. When he came back she was sitting in bed and reading a book while drinking tea.

,, Good morning, love. You're up quite early.'' She was surprised a bit. He gave her the daisies and said:

,, I walked by the flower stand when I saw these daisies and I thought of you.''

She smelled them and smiled:,, Oh, Sweeney. They're beautiful.''

,, Not as beautiful as you.'' He smiled back making her blush.

,, Oh, Sweeney. You have made me the happiest woman in London.'' She said and kissed him. ,, Thanks for the breakfast.''

To be continued…