'You look disappointed,' Carol asked Daryl breathing a sigh of relief that the test come out negative, she was going to take control of the birth control from now on, no more slip ups, they were not ready for more babies.

'I hadn't thought about it really till she handed me the test, its not like I'd thought about it,'

'We need more time, we still have things to sort out,' Carol leaned over and kissed his disappointed face, 'When we sort them out we will think about it, plan it a bit more, besides where are we going to put more babies? Stack them?'

'No, I just, ... its because I blocked you from seeing Ed?'

'Its that and everything, you did something, I'm still wondering why you couldn't trust me, we are married now, we have a baby... Your Sophia's Dad, but you got to trust I'm going to make good decisions for her and us,' Carol told him.

They both stood in the bathroom staring at the test knowing they had a lot of work to put into their relationship, their marriage and everything. It was all very well having great sex and loving each other but they needed to trust each other and it was becoming clear there were some serious problems flashing around.

'Can... should I make us an appointment to go on Monday? To see Ed?'

'No you can make me an appointment to go see Ed, you can stay home and watch Sophia, I'll go with someone else, I need to do it alone,' Carol told him.

He jaw set, and he chewed on his lip and he wanted to rage about it. He was holding Sophia and he knew he didn't want to fight in front of her.

'No, You go with me or no one,'

'Daryl that's... forget it,' Carol reached out and took Sophia and went into the nursery to change her and get her ready for her day.

'Soph we are going to spend a lot of time out of the house today and away from Daddy and he can pout all day long and change his own bandages and get his own coffee and dinner cos Mama is on strike, Yes she is,' Carol told Sophia, No sex for Daddy either for a long time either until he signs the forms that takes off the ban from her visiting Ed in Jail to find out what was going on. She needed to know for herself to find out what was going on with Ed and why he did the things he did. Carol thought she knew the reason's why but she wanted to hear it from him.

She also wanted to talk to him so when Sophia ever asked about her bio Dad she had some good things to say about him, why he was the way he was. The reason he was the way he was Carol thought was because he probably was sexually abused as a baby and child which is why he drank, when he got sober he had time to visit those demons, face what the underlying problem was.

In Carol's option his up bringing had a huge impact of who he was, it impacted the man he could have been. She saw a flash of that when he risked his life to save Sophia she had to give him that that he did try protect the baby when they could have harmed her. For Daryl is was black and white, he hurt his family and threatened his baby and his wife, but Carol had to give Ed the chance to talk and she needed to listen.

It didn't mean she forgave him, she might forgive him. It didn't mean she wanted him to have access to Sophia, it just meant she wanted to know, she needed to know for herself and for Sophia. She needed to know if he slipped something in her drink the night she got pregnant with Sophia, she wanted to know everything and she felt that maybe Ed was in a place now where he could give her the answers that she needed to know.

She felt like she needed closure to move on from everything. Daryl didn't get it, he couldn't get it, he wasn't inside the room when Ed grabbed Sophia to keep her safe when they were going to hurt her. He wanted to forget Ed. She couldn't take him with him to the Jail, Ed wouldn't talk with him standing there with his arms crossed glaring at him for daring to speak to Carol.

She packed up a diaper bag and grabbed her Jacket. Daryl was outside pacing smoking a smoke. Andrea had left the morning after pills on the bench for her. She stared at them for a while before grabbing them and shoving them in her pocket. She needed to think a bit about what she wanted. She needed to clear her head. With Sophia on her hip she walked out the doors, keys in her hands.

'I'm going out to visit Lori and have a coffee, I'll be back in two hours for Sophia's nap, then we can talk,'

'You really mad?' Daryl asked, he had a hang dog expression.

'I love you, I just need to go talk with a friend about anything but this,' She planted a kiss on him, and put Sophia in her seat and headed off to her friend hoping she didn't mind a early morning caller.