Author's note: I know I normally do this at the end but there is an important point I need to make before I continue. Tomorrow is the day I get my GCSE results and my diary becomes really busy after tomorrow. I should still be able to update over the next few days until the 27th. From the 27th to the 2nd I will be in Bath in a swimming competition and WILL NOT be updating at all over those few days if the story isn't finished by then. I then start college on the 4th of September but I, ideally, want to get the story finished by then.

Anyway, you all loved the last chapter which has made my day since today has dragged so much it's annoying. I'm happy that most of you (who have reviewed) did not see that coming because I was a little worried that it was too obvious. Thanks to CSI Encyclopedia, reddiefan25, pinkpiglett1996, I-Wish-Upon-Falling-Stars, StellaPriceFan & grangehilllover for reviewing the last chapter! You're all amazing!

Just for the record, italics means that it's back in the time it happened and non italics mean present day.

Danni x

"I was a few years older than you when it happened. I wasn't working that night and I was sat at the bar on my own. Then I saw your father and he came and sat next to me. He was on his own too."

Rachel took herself back to the night where she met Max Tyler. She was in a local pub near where she lived. She was free that night and decided she needed a drink. She was just starting her drink when a young man came and sat by her, wondering why she was on her own.

"Why are you on your own? You're good looking enough to have anyone here." He flirted before ordering a drink of his own.

"I could say the same for you." Rachel replied to the flirting before having some more of her drink.

"We then spent most of the night just talking you know. Then he started asking about my family. Just asking if I had any siblings that's all. Things weren't good at home and the money I was earning was all I had to support me and my family. That's when he gave me a hug in comfort. I thought nothing of it and assumed he did it out of sympathy."

"I'm sorry to hear that. What's your name sorry?" He kept a hand on my shoulder and his other hand on the bar near his drink.

"Amanda. And yours?"

"Max. If you and your family need a place to stay, one of my mates is selling his place and I'm sure he'd give me the place if I wanted it."

"Are you completely sure? You barely know me and you're giving me a place to stay?"

"Positive. I wouldn't be asking if I wasn't. Come on. I'll show you it."

"I thought it was too good to be true so I kept my guard up, just in case. You know what they say. If something is too good to be true it probably is. Anyway, I got up and he took me there. It wasn't massive but it was definitely better than what I had. I had no idea on how I could repay him."

He had just finished showing me round when he went to the door to leave. I stopped him and said, "Can you come with me to explain to my sister that I've found somewhere for us to live? She won't believe me if I'm on my own."

"Sure. Let's go now."

We then left the flat and I lead him to where I was living. It was in a run down area and there was a lot of crime there. I knew how to get myself out of trouble so I made sure that Max didn't get hurt. One person did come onto me but I told him to sod off before pegging it to mine. We then went inside and I got my sister to sit down. I gave her the good news and she instantly hugged Max before saying it's the least he could do to help.

A couple of weeks later and me and my sister had moved in and settled down. Max said he would help pay the bills as he knew money was tight and I said if he ever wanted to stay with us, he was more than welcome. It's the least we could do. But that's when it started. Max began to stay over more and more and we got closer as time went on. With my job, I couldn't afford to get in a relationship with anyone because it'd hurt them but I couldn't help falling for him. He showed that he felt the same way one night when my sister was out with a friend of hers. You can guess what happened next.

"So how did he know about your job?" Pandora, who had finally calm down and was amazed by the generosity of her father.

"I became pregnant with you and I went to speak to my boss saying that I couldn't continue. He said that I couldn't because he had a long list of clients that were paying good money but I refused and left. A few days letter, I got a letter telling me that I had no choice but to continue my job because prices for everything were going up. Max found the letter when I was out one night and argued with me about. That's when he found out. And he didn't want me doing what I did because it could hurt you. That's when we agreed that if I still wouldn't quit, he'd take you away. I was heartbroken but, deep down, I knew he was right."

"It wasn't your fault. It's like you said, you couldn't live without the money. Dad just wanted me to be safe because he must have known how dangerous it was."

"I know. I'm just sorry you found out the way you did."

"It's okay. It was only a matter of time before I found out the truth."