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Here's the next chapter and I think this may be the second to last one!

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"Hand her over and I'll show you the proof" Nick demanded as Robert reluctantly handed Lily back to Carla.
"We had a DNA test done and I am the dad" Nick handed the letter over to Robert, who took it in his hands and read it over.
"No.."
"See I wasn't lying!" Carla hissed at him.
"This can't be right.." Robert sighed.
"Well it is so back off!" Nick raised his voice at the man. "You put us through hell and what for? Nothing"
There was a faint sound of sirens.
"It's got to be wrong.." Robert said, as he stepped towards Carla and Lily and put his hand out to the little girls hand.
"Back off Robert!" Nick shouted at him, pushing him away. "She's not yours and we have it here in black and white!"
The realisation then hit Robert that the baby in front of him wasn't actually his as he grabbed the letter and read it one more time.
A police car had also arrived on the street and two officers were making their way towards them all.
"Robert Preston?" the one asked as he nodded in confusion.
"I'm arresting you on suspicion of the attack on Michelle Connor..." the officer started.
"He did what?!" Carla shouted as she handed Lily over to Nick as the police officer finished arresting Robert.
"Not only did you try and attack me but you had to go and try to kill my best friend too?!" Carla shouted as she threw herself at Robert, hitting his chest, and was then pulled off him by the second police officer.
Robert was put into the police car and they drove off.
"Why did he have to do that to Chelle?!" Carla said as Nick put his spare arm around her. "He's gone now and this time he's gone for good. Now we can focus on this little one and the wedding" Nick said as they both smiled.

On their way home, Carla wanted to go past the pub to see Michelle.
"Come through the back." Michelle said when she saw the couple enter the pub with the pram.
"How did they know it was him?" Carla asked as she had calmed down now and was beginning to have questions.
"Ken saw him." Michelle started.
"What? Ken Barlow?" Nick asked as Michelle nodded.
"Ken heard what happened and didn't think anything of it. But he was thinking the other night and realised he saw Robert leave the back alleyway of the pub when he was walking Eccles at the same time the police said the attack happened. He told the police that Robert looked angry" Michelle explained.
"I'm so glad Ken saw him.." Carla said as she gave Michelle a hug. "Now he really is gone for good."

It was now the next day and Carla had decided to take Lily in to meet her uncle.
She sat in the visiting room with Lily who was asleep in her arms as Rob appeared.
He smiled instantly at the sight of his sister, sitting there, looking down and smiling at her daughter.
He sat down as Carla looked up at him and smiled.
"She's so.. perfect." Rob smiled.
"Here, you can hold her" Carla said, standing up and placing Lily into Rob's open arms.
"We named her Lily."
"Hello there Lily.." Rob smiled down at the baby in his arms and tears began to form in his eyes. "I'm your uncle Rob and I love you very much" He said, as Lily began to wake and twisted all of her fingers around Rob's one finger.
Carla laughed. "She likes you. She only ever does that to me"
"I'm so proud of you.. She's so beautiful and perfect." Rob looked up at his sister, with a small tear rolling down his face.
"Rob, stop it or else you're going to have me going"
"Honestly, I am. I know your first chance at this was.. taken away from you.. but I'm so glad you've got Lily now." Rob smiled as Carla could feel herself starting to cry now too.
"I wish I could be there for her.. She's my niece." Rob said, sadly.
"Me too, Rob. I think we both know you'd be her favourite uncle." Carla smirked.
Rob laughed. "Hah. I beat David Platt any day of the week don't I Lily?"
"I promise I'm going to tell her everything about you when she's old enough. She's not going to forget you." Carla smiled as Rob stayed silent for a moment, staring down at his perfect little niece.
"Will you tell her.. what I did?"
Carla shook her head. "No.. I'll just tell her you made a bad mistake.. She'll always know how much you love her."
Rob gave a grateful smile to his sister.
"Did Nick not come with you?"
"He's outside. I just wanted it to be the three of us." Carla smiled, as she noted how smitten Rob was with Lily and wished more than anything he'd be able to have a child of his own one day.
"Who would've thought? Carla engaged to the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with with a baby too? What happened to you being the bossy factory owner who didn't let anyone step out of line?" Rob laughed.
"She's still there. She just realised what she wanted in life." Carla smiled.
"I wish I could be there for Lily and for you." Rob sighed. "Hey Lily, I could've played princesses with you. Or anything you wanted for that matter. I could've totally spoiled you." Rob said sadly.
Carla laughed. "You playing princesses? Rob, people would pay good money to see that." she smirked.
"Well, anything my niece wanted, I would've done it for her." Rob said. "You have to tell me when she gets her first boyfriend. And I mean tell me everything about him. He has to be good enough" Rob smiled.
"Oh don't worry. I think she's going to have a hard enough job taking her first boyfriend home with Nick around. He's already dreading the day." Carla laughed.
"I'm so pleased you and him found each other." Rob said, as Lily began to fall asleep in his arms again.
"Me too.. And I know I made a mistake with Robert but he's gone now.. He got arrested." Carla explained to Rob.
"What for?" Rob was confused.
"I didn't tell you because I wanted to tell you face to face and you've got to promise me you won't fly off the handle when I do and if you ever see him in here you've got to promise me you won't do anything stupid." Carla said, being serious.
"Well that depends what he done."
"Rob, I mean it! I'm not having you losing it with him and getting more time added onto your sentence!"
Rob nodded. "Okay.. I promise."
"He tried to.. do what Frank did to me." Carla said, worried as to what her brothers reaction would be.
"He what?!" Rob raised his voice slightly.
"But that isn't what he got arrested for. He got found not guilty." Carla explained. "Few weeks later, he badly attacked Michelle and left her in hospital."
Rob, for once, was silent.
"I'm sorry."
"What for?"
"For not being there.. Carla, I wasn't there for you when that Frank was around and now I wasn't there for you this time."
"But you're here now with me.." Carla smiled.
"That's your time!" The police officer, who was standing in the room, informed them both.
Carla and Rob both stood up as he handed Lily back to her mother.
"Bye bye Lily.. Uncle Rob loves you." Rob whispered down to the little girl as he started to cry again.
Carla gently placed Lily back into her car seat before looking at her brother again, who was now properly crying.
"Come here.." she said as they both wrapped their arms around each other for a hug.
"I'm so glad you took her so I could meet her.. Thank you so much." Rob smiled.

Later on that night, Lily was asleep and Carla and Nick were cuddled up on the sofa together when Carla's phone rang.
Her face fell halfway through the phone call and Nick was confused, wondering who it was.
"Okay.. Well thanks for the call" she said as she ended the call and turned to face Nick.
"What?"
"Robert. He confessed. He confessed to what he did to me. He's going down. They've charged him." Carla said, barely unable to believe what she was saying.
"Wow.." Nick was speechless as he wrapped both his arms around his fiancée and squeezed her.
"Now we can both look forward to becoming Mr and Mrs Tilsley" he said as he placed a gentle kiss on the top of Carla's head.