The following morning Robbie woke before Laura, he went down to make breakfast, it was at least 9.
His phone beeped, a text from Lyn, "dad, can you come over, I need to talk to you", he had a funny feeling she wanted to talk about the same thing. "Yeah, sure, give me about an hour".
He brought Laura up some tea and toast. She was starting to stir as he brought in the tray.
"Morning pet", placing the tray beside the bed.
"Morning, sorry about waking you last night", as he sat besides her, taking her hand in his.
"Hay, it's ok, I'm here for you", leaning in for a kiss.
He rose to get dressed.
"Lyn wants me to check something at James' flat, she can't get a hold of him, will be back shortly", as he left to use the bathroom
She at her breakfast not believing his excuse one bit, but she still loved him.
When he appeared again ready to go.
"Hay, inspector, you better hurry back if you want more of this", as she blew him kisses.
"Of course I do, I will be back before you know it", kissing her before heading off.
When he got to James' place, he rang Ellen giving her a run down, asking her to call over to Laura.
He sat with Lyn, it turns out jack had a nightmare about Laura going away and Thea saying she wold be his nanny, that she would not leave granda Robbie.
This upset Lyn, she did not want her dad's happiness destroyed.
Robbie backed up jack's dream to what he told him and Laura.
He also told her of Laura's nightmare and how it upset Laura's night not that jack understood that.
When jack saw Robbie, he ran to him, he looked around and started to cry.
"Hay, what's up jack?" hugging his grandson.
"it's true, the bad dream, Laula is not here, I don't want Thea to be here", Robbie held him close, Lyn got upset and walked away.
"She has not gone anywhere, she is at home, she was only awake when I came out", taking out his phone to call Laura.
He rang her phone, she answered straight away.
"Robbie, is everything ok?"
"Yes pet, I have a little man that needs to talk to you, he had a nightmare last night".
"Ok love, put him on", he could head sadness in her voice as he passed the phone to jack and he joined Lyn.
They could hear him talked away, crying for a bit then laughing and telling jokes.
"Did you know any of that already?" asking Lyn who could not believe it.
"no, you hear of stories of children being told to keep secrets, but you never believe it can happen to you, come on dad, he is only 6", pointing towards jack, crying, Robbie put his arms around her.
"Dad, what am I going to do?" confused at what her options could be.
"What do you want to do?" letting her move from his arms thinking.
Jack returned with the phone giving it to Robbie, "Laula wants to talk to you".
He took the phone, "yes pet, and is everything ok?"
"yeah, I calmed him down, but he is very upset by this, also if Lyn and Tim go away he is afraid he will be left with her, so I am coming over so me and Ellen can bring him the cinema", he could fee her smiling through the phone.
Lyn got jack ready. As Laura arrived time and ken were coming back after being sent for a long walk. They said goodbye to Laura jack and Ellen.
Adults sat and had a chat about this.
"I remember her making a move on my friend Leo, remember him?" ken asked Lyn and his dad.
"Oh yeah, the fella that played guitar?" said Robbie.
"Yeah, that's him, he told me long after it happened, I never took much notice, think he liked it", stupid grin across his face.
"Yeah, he was nice", turning to Tim, "did she ever come on to you?" looking at an embarrassed Tim turning red.
Looking at the ground, "yes, she did more than once", Lyn gasped in shock, she walked to him.
"Last 2 times she was down, like last time when she was trying to get cosy with you Robbie. When Laura was there she backed off, but tried with me", he was looking at Lyn, oh god what would she think of him now.
"I told her under no uncertain terms was I going to let, 'a mad thing in heat', seduce me, sorry for the description. I told her to cop on or get out, she may be Val's sister", as he turned to Robbie, "your aunt", looking from Lyn to ken, "but that is no way to treat your own family, that's when I think she went home", he hugged Lyn.
"So at some point she said this to jack, oh my god, I can't let this go on", with her hands over her mouth.
"Dad, she mentioned something about being in Oxford, wanting to mind jack while we were at the party".
"How did she know about the party?" Robbie asked.
"She was visiting the day James rant to tell me the date, I'm really sorry dad", holding his hand.
"There might not be a wedding", changing facial expressions and sitting down into the chair.
"Dad, I am really sorry".
"It's not your fault Lyn, she tried this when I was first dating your mother, Val told her to sling her hook, which worked for a while, wait and see how jack gets on today before we do anything".
When Laura and Ellen and jack were finished at the cinema, they brought jack to the park. As they sat on a bench watched jack play.
"So grandma Laula", Ellen said jokingly.
"Would not change it at all", smiling.
Laura was texting Robbie to say where they were, when Ellen nudged Laura.
"Who is that talking to jack?" as Laura looked up, she hit dial at Robbie's name.
"Hi pet", she didn't reply instantly.
"Robbie, she is here trying to talk to jack, we are sitting looking at her, get down here quick before I kill her", hanging up walking towards jack.
"Ellen that is the wicked witch who is trying to ruin my relationship with Robbie", she was in tow with Laura.
"What are you doing?" she shouted approaching jack to take his hand.
"He is my family, more than yours, soon Robbie will realise that", keeping a hold of jack who was now crying for Laura.
"Hay crazy lady, let the child goo till I let loose on you, you are upsetting him telling him all those stories, he is confused, it is not fair on him", moving closer to Thea to try release jack.
"Whoever you are, piss off, none of your business".
"Well, sorry for you, but when it upsets my friends I am involved, what has the child done on you to be treated this way?"
"she", pointing towards Laura, "she took away the man I love", she was visibly upset, shouting and crying, she had loosened her grip on jack, who ran to Laura.
"Robbie chose Laura, she did not take him, you need to understand that", looking away from Thea.
Now Thea made a dart for Laura, but was cut off by ken, who took her down, she wriggled free him and caught Laura across the head knocking her out. Tim caught her this time.
Jack ran to Lyn while Robbie rang for backup and Ellen went to Laura.
Thea was taken to the station, Lyn would have to give a statement, as would Laura and jack.
Robbie went to Laura, she had come around, and she let him hug her but wanted to be away from him.
He asked Ellen to take her home, while he went the station with Lyn and the others.
When Robbie had left she said to Ellen, "I don't want to go home".
"Ok, you can stay with me", placing an arm around Laura leading her to the car.
"I just need to get a few things", Ellen nodded and drove towards the house.
She went inside alone, "I will be out in a minute, I will be ok", getting out of the car.
Inside she grabbed a bag, packed a few things that she would need.
There was a photo of the two of them on the nightstand, she picked it up, cried looking at it, she placed it down on the bed and left the ring also on the photo, she had also left her mobile so he could not contact her.
This was all too painful to deal with, she needed space, and she loved him and his family but had to get away.