It was an early morning at the Vic, last night Glenda had come back to Walford. Ronnie had pursuaded Roxy to let Glenda stay at the Vic but Roxy only agreed if both her sisters also would stay over, so she and Amy wouldn't be alone with Glenda and auntie Peg, so Ronnie and Robbie moved back into the Vic from Georgestreet for the time being.

- Morning darling'Glenda said standing in the doorway of the kitchen.

- Morning mum, fancy a cup of coffee?' Ronnie said pouring herself a cup of coffee.

- Yes please'Glenda said walking in and sitting down at the kitchentable.

- So how did you sleep mum?Ronnie said giving her mum her cup with coffee.

- Allright, i'm glad to be here with my girls again''

- You've been away for a while ,again you left, what was that all about?' Ronnie said.

- I thought you might needed some breathing space after i got back, and well i wasn't really welcomed back'

- Mum we had breathing space for almost 16 years, and did you really expect a warm welcome, did you really?' Ronnie said taking a zip from her cup of coffee.

- No, ehm no ofcourse not, it has been too long' Glenda said looking at Ronnie.

- So how long are you planning to stay then, this time?'

- Yeah mum, how long are you planning to stay this time?'Roxy said walking in straight to the cupboard grabbing an empty bottle to make some milk for Amy.

- Well i don't know yet, i'm not sure if you girls want me around'Glenda said looking from Roxy to Ronnie.

- I don't..'Roxy wanted to say.

- Ofcourse we want you around, but you have to realise that were still adjusting to having you here now' Ronnie said looking at Roxy who looked a bit irritated.

- Ron could you fix that bottle so i can get Amy changed' Roxy said.

- I could give you a hand with Amy'Glenda said trying to ease the tension.

- Ehm yeah well maybe later allright mum'Roxy said and left the kitchen.

- Roxy's not much of a morning person mum, never was she probably will never be, try later maybe, and speaking of morning moods you could help me out while i'm fixing this bottle, could you go and wake Robbie for me please or else she is gonna be late for school'

- Oh really, is it only you and me that like to get up early' Glenda said.

- Unfortunately yes, Robbie takes after Rox in that, they love to have a ly in,i have to drag Robbie out of bed most of the times, they're both grumpy in the morning i just don't let them intimidate me with it'

- Allright you think it'll be allright if i wake her?'

- It will never be allright mum, she doesn't like being woken up early by anyone especially if it is for school'

Glenda smiled, there was so much about her youngest daughter she didn't know about.

She got up and walked to the bedroom, she opened the door and looked at Robbie,who was still far away in dreamland. For a minute she just looked at her and felt all the guilt of missing out on her life, on all her daugthers lives.

She wished she would have been more stronger, strong enough to stand up to Archie, but she always had been afraid of him. He controlled her whole life, it wasn't really what she expected as when they first fell in love, Archie always was a real gentlemen, a charmer but soon after Veronica and Roxanne were born it started to change slowly. He was so protective of his girls, to protective. It was like feeling a leash around her neck sometimes, always telling Archie what she was gonna do and where she was gonna go. It got so bad that it drove her to another man, but it wasn't really what she expected, he wasn't prepared to take in some other mens kids, it was just a short romance that ended in so much pain when Archie found out. And then when she found out she was pregnant she really was afraid it was not gonna be Archie's. Glenda went through hell, her affair cost her big time, she lost her daughters and when the little baby was just a couple of months, Archie told her to leave and leave her precious girls too, she lost everything