Eddie picked Poppy up as planned, and gave Olivia a lift to Madi's house. "Olivia?" he called as she jumped out of his car. Olivia turned to him. "Don't break your Mother's rules. She's put a lot of trust in you not to go out partying."

"Fine. I will. Can I go now?"

Eddie smiled, shaking his head as he knew exactly what Olivia would be doing tonight. Partying.

Poppy was very quiet on the journey to Eddie's house. She looked out of the window and into the dismal grey sky. Alone in her own little world, she didn't even notice when Michael, Eddie's little boy, was trying to show her his toy cars, until one of them was thrown, hitting Poppy in the head.

"Oww!" Poppy reacted, bringing her hand to where the toy had hit her.

"Michael! You don't throw your toys at anyone! Now say sorry to Poppy," demanded Eddie.

"Sorry," mumbled the little boy.

"Thank you. Are you alright Poppy?"

"Yeah. Are we almost there?"

"3 minutes away."

When they arrived, Eddie showed Poppy to the spare room that she'd be staying in. It was very plain, with cream coloured walls, a bed and chest of drawers. "Sorry that it's not much."

"It's fine. More than I used to have back with my Dad."

"What do you mean?" Poppy quickly realised what she'd said.

"Nothing! Honest! Just forget what I said, okay?"

"Okay. Well, you could come and play with Michael, or watch TV in the lounge if you want?" offered Eddie.

"If you don't mind, I'd rather stay here. I'm reading a really good book at the moment."

"Okay then. You stay here and read. I'll call you down when your dinner is ready." With that, Eddie left Poppy, pulling the door to behind him.

Poppy couldn't focus on her book – she was worrying too much about Mollie. She wished Rachel was here, then she could've share her worries. For the first time in ages, Poppy bottled her worries up inside her.

Poppy came down for her tea, immediately asking "have you heard anything from Rachel?"

"Not yet. I'll tell you if I do."

"Oh."

"Poppy, is everything okay? You're very quiet."

"I'm fine," Poppy lied. "I'm just tired."

"It's been a long day. You should try to get some sleep soon."