Hey guys thanks for all your reviews and that they great :) I was gonna post this last night but I felt it was too short, and wanted to add a bit more. So hope you don't mind the wait, here's the next bit :)
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She woke up to an insistent banging on her door, she wanted to ignore it, but knew if she answered the quicker they would leave. She sat up and only then did she see the screen, still on the image of Danielle; she heard the banging again and quickly stood up, turning off the TV as she made her way downstairs to answer the door. Where she was met with a worried looking Roxy. Who smiled with relief when she saw her, ignoring her sisters blank stare, Roxy jump forward and pulled her sister into a hug whilst saying.
"I know you said you didn't want to celebrate your birthday, but you're my sister Ron, I can't not see you on your birthday… Aunty Peg's got Amy, I've got the booze, and you can pick the film." Roxy pulled back as she heard her sister whimper.
"What's wrong?" Ronnie shrugged of Roxy's concern.
"It's nothing…I've just watched a movie already." Roxy smiled and walked past Ronnie into the flat, leaving Ronnie no choice but to follow her up.
"I wasn't planning on sitting down all night anyway…" Roxy chatted away as she walked upstairs into the living room.
She knew her sister would need cheering up, so she would try her best to be there for her, because she knew she had let her down many a time, but now she needed her, and she wasn't going to let her down again.
Roxy saw the DVD case of Breakfast at Tiffany's on the table and picked it up smiling.
"I should've known it would be this film… Haven't watched it in ages, I'll have to borrow it off you…"
As soon as Ronnie realised what Roxy was holding, what it meant she quickly made a grab for the case, and shouted no. Shocking Roxy who just sat down watching Ronnie, with a puzzled look.
"Fine, if you don't want me to lend it, I'd just have to buy my own copy…Remind me to remember this moment when you next want to borrow anything of me." She knew she should not be petty with Ronnie, but Roxy's nature always won out.
Ronnie sat down beside Roxy; she held the case in her hand before giving the case to Roxy. She did not look at her as she spoke.
"It's not the film that I watched." Without another word said, Ronnie reached for the remote rewound the film and pressed play turning on the TV. It started from the beginning again. Ronnie took a deep breath. She had to confide in her sister, more than anything she had to know what she watched was real, that this wasn't some dream. Roxy chanced a quick look at Ronnie, and knew there was something more going on, she wanted to look at Ronnie and figure out what it was when a laugher filled her ears. Her eyes turned to the TV, and she was transfixed just like Ronnie was earlier.
"Is that…" Ronnie did not need to answer Roxy knew.
"How…Wow…" She was lost for words, but as the film went on and it reached the part, where Danielle came out with a birthday cake singing happy birthday. Her head snapped to her sister, whose eyes were stuck to the screen once more.
Roxy instantly reached out for her sister's hand, to comfort her in some way, how was this even possible. She heard Danielle laughing, and her Dad talking, she turned to see Danielle looking down shyly then she witnessed what made Ronnie breakdown, her eyes filling too as she heard Danielle say "Happy birthday Mummy who held me in her tummy…"…This was for Ronnie. Danielle was wishing her happy birthday and saying she loved her. A tear fell down Roxy's cheek as she tore her eyes away from the screen looking at Ronnie whose eyes were filling again.
"Oh Ron." Roxy squeezed Ronnie's hand. Ronnie shook her head, shaking her tears away, refusing to let them fall. She turned the TV off.
"Ron…" Roxy tried to get Ronnie to look at her, but she was just staring at a black screen now.
"I'm fine…" Her voice trembled as she spoke she was not fine.
Roxy took Ronnie's face in her hands forcing her to look at her. Ronnie saw the tears down Roxy's cheek, which made her eyes, fill again, Roxy stroked her cheeks.
"How long have you had this…? Why didn't you tell me…?" Ronnie squeezed her eyes shut, did Roxy think she had kept this from her for all these years.
"I got it today…" Ronnie's voice came out as a whisper. Roxy bit her lip before replying.
"What do you mean today…She's…Da…she's so young on there…" Roxy could not bring herself to say Danielle's name in front of Ronnie in fear that it would cause her to break down, but she needed to understand, so she could try to help her.
Ronnie shrugged her shoulders.
"Someone left it for me in my office this morning… I don't know who, I don't know why… All I know is that it isn't her, it isn't my baby…" At this, Ronnie broke down.
She fell into her sister's arms, Roxy wrapping her arms around Ronnie, trying to soothe her. She stroked her hair in the hope it would relax her, but as tears fell from Roxy's eyes still, she knew all they could do was cry, and hold onto each other, still holding onto what was no longer here. Danielle.
Moments, minutes, time passes by and the sisters still hold onto one another. Roxy decided to pull away however and question her sister.
"How did you get it, who sent it you?" Roxy questions, again Ronnie shrugs her shoulders, wiping her eyes, she sits back.
"Somebody snuck in the club this morning and left it on my desk." Roxy's eyes widen.
"What do you mean snuck in…"
"Somebody walked in the club, I don't know how, there was no evidence of a break in…The woman just left it on my desk and left…"
"What woman?" Roxy was finding it hard to take it all in.
"I don't know okay, there was a woman on the security tape… When I went back with Stacey though it was gone, she'd some how come back and replaced the security footage with an edited one."
Roxy's mouth opens.
"What! And you haven't called the police…" Roxy shakes her head bewildered. As does Ronnie who turns to look at her.
"And say what. There's no evidence of a break in, no evidence anyone left me the film…"
"But they got in some how. Ronnie you got to tell someone, what happens if they sneak in whist your there, what if they hurt you…"
"If they wanted to hurt me physically, they would have waited for me…"
Roxy can't believe her sister.
"I can't believe you, are you not even worried that someone can get into your club…That someone must have a key…"
Ronnie looks at Roxy surprised that thought hadn't even crossed her mind, of how the person got in.
"Right well, first thing we're gonna do is get those locks changed. The police can't help us, at least we can do something to help ourselves… Your gonna have to tell Jack…"
Ronnie shakes her head.
"No. No, he isn't to no okay."
Roxy shakes her head too.
"What's he gonna say when you suddenly decide to change the locks, you gotta tell him something."
Ronnie rubbed her forehead, she didn't have an answer to that yet. Roxy took the moment to talk again.
"He doesn't need to know what was on the disk okay, just tell him about the card…"
Ronnie turned to her sister, her lips twitch slightly, she nods.
"Okay, I'll tell him because he's gonna need to take care of the club whilst I'm away."
Roxy's eyebrows scrunch together in confusion.
"What do you mean, where are you going?"
"I need some answers." Ronnie looks at the TV then stands, Roxy follows her as Ronnie walks into the kitchen.
"Ron, where are you going?" Ronnie puts her coat on ignoring Roxy.
"Ron!" Roxy asks again frustratingly. Ronnie looks up at her.
"To see Jack about the locks… Then I'm going to Telford." Ronnie picks up her bag and walks back into the living room, towards the DVD player and take it out, placing it in the case then into her bag, as she stands Ronnie is faced with a confused Roxy, who looks on at her puzzled, her hands on her hips.
"Telford…Isn't that where Danielle…"
"Where Danielle adoptive family lives. Yeah."
Ronnie starts to make her way out the room, but as she tries to pass Roxy, she grabs her arm stopping her.
"Why are you going there? You can't just show up… You've just …"
"I'm fine!" Ronnie snaps. She sighs and continues more softly.
"He's the only person who can tell me why I only got this tape today and not 10 years ago…" Roxy's face softens, she lets go of Ronnie's arm.
Ronnie walks to the door and pauses, turning back to her sister.
"I'm sorry if I'm ruining your plans… But I need to do this, if there's a chance… I just need to know. I'll need to stop off at Stacey's too."
She says the last part more to herself. She would have to get the card, she would have to show that Andy to. Did he send it? Did he hire someone to break in…? Surely, it was not him; he did not seem the type. Yet she did not really know him. Grief did strange things to people, and Andy did blame her. She winced slightly at that memory. Roxy followed Ronnie outside, as she locked up, she watched on helplessly, she wanted to help her, her sister was still in so much pain, but something's you just had to find out on your own. It appeared now was no different. Roxy stayed at the bottom of the steps and watched as Ronnie walked away towards the square, towards the Slater's no doubt. She just hoped that what lay in Telford was some answers not more pain.
There we go, hope you liked it, again reviews are a love :) An update should be up soon. Thanks for reading x
