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Chapter 28

Heath woke up the next morning, hung over and still sitting in the chair he fell asleep in last night. He was watching the waves come in over the beach, and decided to grab his surf board and head out into the water. He needed to clear his mind he needed to understand what he was feeling, he needed to work through the heartache he was feeling and the surf was the best place to do it. Heath also knew he had to head home the next day, and deal with the mess he left behind him in Summer Bay. He needed this last day to work out what he was going to do next.

As he was out in the waves, he let the water take control of his mind, the fresh air. In his mind he knew that April passing on was the best thing for him, that way he could start a new life for himself with his son, and his daughter. Two hours later he came back in from the surf, and went for walk along the beach. His mind was spinning. He was thinking, he had tears in his eyes. He missed Bianca, he had never loved anyone like the way he loved Bianca, and then he lost her to Liam and ruined him. He went back to acting like a playboy and started sleeping with April as a way to get back at Bianca but it didn't work out that way. Bianca took her own life, and it was his fault he lost the love of his life because he was stupid enough to sleep with her sister and get her pregnant.

He cared deeply about April, but only because he knew how much she meant to Bianca. Then she ended up pregnant with his child which he wouldn't of changed that for the world but he could always see himself marrying Bianca and her having his children. He wanted the family Brax and Charlie had but with Bianca and now he would never have that chance.

Then there was Darcy, his first born child that he never knew about until she was 7 years old. Soon after Darcy lost her mum, Tegan and Tegan spent most of her time in the bay trying to break up Charlie and Brax. He loved Darcy; he wanted to have her full time. He knew he needed to sit down with Darcy's grandparents and come up with a better arrangement for when he could see his daughter.

Then in his mind are the perfect couple, Charlie and Brax and their four kids. Brax would do anything for them, his main focus when Charlie came on the scene was her and he left Case and him behind. Heath always knew one day Brax would find the love of his life, but he didn't need it rubbed in his face every day. He knew he needed to move out of their house.

Heath had made up his mind; he got into his ute and headed for the Bay. Once he arrived his first stop was a real estate agency, he walked in and asked about a three bedroom house near the water. They found him one, he went and had a look at it and signed all the paper work. "When can I move in?" Heath asked the real estate agency guy. "Whenever you like, the house is available now", he replied as he handed Heath the keys.

Heath returned to his ute, and started it up hoping no one had noticed that he was back in told yet he headed out to Darcy's Grandparent's house. Once he arrived he sat out the front for 10 minutes before getting his nerve up to head up and knocked on the door.

"Hi Heath, What are you doing here?" Darcy's Grandmother Sandra asked. "I need to talk to you and Joe about Darce if that's cool", Heath replied in a matter of fact tone of voice. "Yeah that's fine Heath, come in please", she replied. Darcy saw Heath and ran over to him "Hi Daddy, I miss you", Darcy said Heath pulled her in for a bear hug. "I missed you too sweetie, I need to talk to your nan and pop for a minute, go play with your barbies and I'll be in soon", Heath replied as he gave her a kiss on the check. Darcy nodded her head and ran off into her room as she was told to do; Heath and Sandra took a seat in the lounge while they waited for Joe to enter.

Once Joe had arrived into the room, Heath started to speak "I love Darcy, she is my daughter after all and I would have been a part of her life from day one if Tegan gave me the chances to you know that right?" Joe and Sandra both nodded their heads in agreements with Heath. "Well I've just purchased my own place, down by the beach and I wanted to know if I could have Darcy living with me full time and she come visit you as often as you want. This way you both can enjoy your retirement in peace and quiet", Heath explained to them.

Joe and Sandra looked at each other, and before looking back at Heath, "We need you to understand we trust you and we both know you love Darcy, but we need to think about this we always said to you that this day would come when you would be ready to take on Darcy full time, but we just need a chance to think about it before we take any rash decisions if you can understand that", Joe said. Heath nodded his head, before saying "Well give me a call when you've made you decision, I'm just going to say bye to Darcy and I'll be hearing from you two soon". Heath hugged both Sandra and Darcy and shook hands with Joe before heading back out to his car to head to his new home, but the first stop was the hardware store.

Once he had arrived home, paint in hand he headed into the room he decided that would be Darcy's and started painting it a baby pink colour. Once he had finished he went into the other room that would be Cooper's and painted it a baby blue. He looked back at the two rooms "Tomorrow I'll face the music" he said as he headed into the room that would be his room and camped out on the floor for the night.