Alice had her head rested back on Danny's arm again... all she wanted was for him to wake up and tell her everything was ok. But he didn't, and it was ripping her apart.

Rosie looked in from outside and nodded to the family, telling them unspoken she'd go in and get Alice. As soon as she opened the door, Alice sat up, looking across at her with broken, lifeless eyes that caused Rosie to grimace slightly. She'd never seen this side of Alice before. In actual fact, she doubted Alice had seen this side of herself before. She took a deep breath before walking forward.

"Alice, we're setting off home..." Rosie announced quietly.

"Ok." Alice whispered, her voice cracked slightly due to the high emotions of the day. "Yeh." She mumbled to Rosie, "I'm coming, just... just give me a minute."

Rosie nodded before walking outside and leaving Alice to say goodbye to her dad. She turned to the rest of the family.

"She's coming... she just you know needs a minute..." Rosie explained to them before sitting down once again.

(x)

"Where do I start?" Evan moaned looking at Merry from where he was sat in the office.

"Make a list." Merry suggested, "You priority should be, well... apologizing to people but since they aren't home yet... You need to find a job and stuff."

Evan nodded and rubbed his face with his hands. This was going to be a long and gruelling time for him and definitely not pleasant.

(x)

"I...I'll be back tomorrow... first thing." Alice murmured to Danny as she stroked his cheek gently, "Danny... please..." Alice didn't finish but instead closed her eyes and kissed his lips gently, trying to force away her tears. She'd love to stay there all night with him, but she knew Daniel had to come even before Danny and that Danny would want that. "I love you..." Alice whispered, as she squeezed his hand. She took one last look at her husband before making her way to the door.

On opening it, she noticed all of her family sat there. They all looked to her with compassion as she closed the door to Danny's room.

"Ready?" Dupe asked quietly. Everyone gave a nod including Alice who followed everyone out. Charlotte looked behind her as she was walking... noticing her mum walking out alone and slowed her pace a little until she was by her mums side. Slowly she stretched her arms around her mum, hugging her gently as she walked. Alice looked down at her and smiled before placing her arm around her daughter; and she couldn't help but wonder, what would she do without her?

(x)

"You do have a CV right?" Meredith asked Evan as she looked through the local paper at the job listings.

"No..." Evan replied, "You don't need CV's out here... I'll just go ask a few favours."

"Evan, dunno if you've noticed but you aren't exactly popular around here..." Merry sighed, "Look, I'll make you one."

Evan smiled, "Thanks." Before squeezing her hand gently. "I am sorry Merry... I never meant to drag you down this road..."

Merry simply smiled... he was worth it, and she knew that the old Evan was finally beginning to re-surface.