"Where are you going?" Dean asked, sitting up on the couch with Toni who was flicking through the channels, trying to figure out what to watch. Elise had came downstairs after her shower and walked over to Liesel who was lying on her mat in the middle of the living room, picking her up into her arms.

"I'm gonna go see my dad." Elise said.

"Why?" Dean shook his head, sitting up a little.

"Because I want to talk to him." Elise said.

"But-"

"I can handle myself." She looked across at his stuttering lips, "I just want to talk to him."

"Are you taking Liesel?" He asked.

"Yeah." Elise nodded, "She'll fall asleep soon anyway." Elise said.

"I don't think it's such a good idea, Lise." He shook his head as she just ignored him.

"I'm gonna see if I can through to him. Phil said that it was only mom that got through to him, and I have no idea what she done. But it's worth a shot. I don't want to leave Chicago, Dean. Toni is happy here. She goes to daycare here, and she goes to ballet. She has friends here. And I have my job." She said, "We shouldn't have to up and leave just because of him. I won't do it." He said.

"Just be careful." Dean sighed, "I don't like the idea of you going there by yourself." He said.

"He's my father." Elise said, "I'm not scared of him." Elise insisted whilst getting Liesel's bag that was filled with emergency diapers, some pacifiers and a few cuddly toys incase she got fussy.

"Just watch yourself, ok." Dean said, "And I wouldn't tell Punk you took Liesel with you." Dean cringed at the uproar Punk would burst into if he found out Jack was anywhere near Liesel.

"Well, she's partly there to try and convince him to stop all this war. Maybe when he sees her, he'll realise that what he's doing is wrong… I don't know, it's worth a shot."

"Somehow I don't think anything is going to persuade him at this point." Dean said, "But you're right, it's worth trying."

"We really should stop wasting the day." Punk admitted, still lying in bed at noon with AJ curled into him, both naked with nothing but the sheets covering them.

"I like lying here like this though." AJ sighed with relaxation. She didn't mind sleeping this late. They hadn't been afforded to do it in so long since Liesel was always up at around 6am looking for her bottle and a cuddle.

"I know you do. But we're on vacation. We should be going out and doing stuff." He said as she shrugged.

"I'm not bothered. It's not like we're here for long anyway. I prefer doing this, and going out at night." She smiled, "It's not like I need to get a tan or anything." She smiled upon her already sun kissed skin as he smiled.

"Well if it's what you want." He smiled, "Then I'm happy."

"This would be such a nice place to come on a honeymoon. Don't you think?" She asked with a hopeful smile as he nodded.

"Yeah. I suppose." He stiffened as she looked up at him.

"You know that's the next thing I want to do, right?" She said as he nodded from side to side.

"Is it?" He cringed as she sighed, resting her head back on his chest.

"Well it was." She said, "But if I'm gonna have to force you down the damn aisle then what's the point." She shook her head.

"You know I don't think it's a really important thing. It's just, two rings and a signed bit of paper."

"No it isn't." She looked up at him, "It's a full day dedicated to how much we love each other. It's me, getting to wear a wedding dress and being terrified if I look ok or not. It's having our family and friends there. It's saying vows that we promise to keep until we're old and can barely walk. It's a night where you make love to me as my husband. It's me taking your name. It's the beginning of an amazing journey. It's looking across to me whilst saying I do, and knowing there is no greater day you could have. It's Liesel, in a pretty little dress, stealing everyone's hearts." She said, "It is not just rings and a signature."

"Ok… maybe it's not. But… it's overrated." He shrugged, "I love you, you love me. That's it." He shrugged as she grunted, pulling away from him and grabbing his t-shirt from the floor, putting over her naked body and walking away, "I'm going for a shower." She said unenthusiastically, banging the bathroom door shut as he rubbed his hands over his face.

He sat up and reached for his boxers, putting them on as he walked across the room, heading over to his half unpacked suitcase, digging into the side compartment, feeling around.

He pulled out a small velvet box, smiling whilst opening it, looking on at the sparkling ring that he knew she would not expect. He'd picked it out after she came home from hospital after her psychosis. He was just leading her along into thinking he wasn't keen on the idea of marriage. Of course he wanted to marry her. And it killed him to pretend he didn't. But it was going to be worth it tonight when he dropped on to one knee and asked her.

Elise had arrived at Invictus with Liesel later on, passing Sami on her way in when in search for her father.

"What are you doing here?" Sami asked Elise.

"I just want to talk to my father. Is he in his office?" She asked.

"Yeah." Sami nodded, unsure as to why Elise was here, especially with Liesel.

"Thanks." Elise smiled, walking into her father's office with Liesel in her stroller, watching him look up as she shut the door over.

"Well… this is a different change of scenery." Jack smiled, sitting back in his chair, "What brings you here, Elise? And why do you have my grandbaby with you?"

"Because she happens to be my niece. And Phil and April have gone away for a few days. I'm looking after her." She said, taking a seat across from her father, keeping the stroller beside her which Liesel was fast asleep in.

"Parenting too much for them?" Jack chuckled, "Now, Phil… Phil I seen coming. But April, I thought she would have stuck in."

"Phil is proposing to her." Elise said as Jack's smile faded, "And yeah, they've bee through a lot in the past few weeks, with April being in hospital. So yeah, they do need a break, and I was happy to help them out." She spat.

"Why is he…" Jack muttered to himself, "He's proposing?"

"Yeah." Elise nodded, "I told him you wouldn't be happy about it, but he actually doesn't care. In fact, his words were, he can go fuck himself." She said as he nodded with a forming smile, "I never thought I'd see the day, but you've actually pushed everyone away, haven't you?" She laughed.

"Oh, Elise, you never know when to-"

"No, shut up." Elise said as her father raised his eyebrows, "I'm speaking now." She spat, "I mean… I was never really in the equation to push out anyway. I was always the mistake that killed mom. To you, and to Phil. Difference is, Phil has a heart, and he's realised he can have a normal life, and be with his family. You… you never change." She shook her head, "Do you really want to die a lonely man? Or do you want your son and daughter with you, your granddaughters. Your daughter-in-law." She said, "Because you could have us. If you found the sincere bones in your body that I know you have, we could be a family. We could."

"You've both went down the wrong road… you were like a damn cat on heat, I knew you'd be pregnant the minute I took my eyes off you. And then you ran away. How did you expect me to help you, when you ran away from me?"

"I ran away because I was scared of you, dad. I was scared of your reaction." She said, "I knew you'd be angry and have Phil kill the boy who knocked me up." She said, "You were hardly ever a shoulder to cry on."

"I would have calmed down after the shock, and I would have helped you. I would have let you stay with me, and I would have helped." Jack said as Elise just hmm'd.

"Well… that wrong path I went down that you say, I don't regret at all. I have a beautiful, amazing daughter, and I have a career and a good home for us. There's nothing wrong about the path I chose to go down. It got me away from you."

"So what is your point?" Jack asked with exhaustion.

"My point is. We've grown up. Me and Phil aren't children anymore. Phil isn't a troubled eighteen year old who enjoyed working for you anymore. He's past that. We decide what we want to do with our life, and as our father, you should be supporting us." She said.

"Phil is supposed to be working here. He is supposed to take over this place when I die. And then his son is going to take it over and so on-"

"You know Phil wouldn't let any child of us near any of this." She looked around, "You understand that what you do isn't good… it isn't right."

"Of course I know." Jack spat.

"Then why do you insist Phil does it? You should be happy he's getting out of it." She said, "You never let him do anything. You never let him go to school. He never got to do things that children do. He was never allowed out with his friends, he never had a first kiss or a high school crush that he could remember and laugh about. He has no memories but you, shouting at him, forcing him into all of this." She spat, "You have to let him make up for that time you took away from him. Let him be in love. Let him be a father. And let him find who he really is. Because you and I both know he was never destined to kill. It's not in his blood."

"Oh, so all those people he has killed was just because I forced him? I didn't hold the knife in his hand, Elise." Jack spat.

"I know you didn't." Elise said, "But that isn't him anymore, and you have to let it go. You have to let this idea of him taking over this place, go." She said, "Wouldn't you be more prouder if he grew up, doing well by his children and keeping them and AJ safe?"

"Quite frankly, no. I don't care about what he does with AJ or Liesel for that matter." Jack shook his head.

"Well you should. Because they are your family, and soon there is going to be a wedding, and I really want you to go."

"Oh, yeah. I'm sure Phil and April will invite me." Jack laughed.

"They will if you show you're sincere, and really want to come."

"I don't want to come." Jack said, "I don't care about them getting married. It makes no difference to my life at all. I care about my business, and the future of the business, and my son losing himself to other things."

"He isn't losing himself. He's finding himself."

"He belongs here." Jack spat, "He was born into this business, and he knows he can't get out of it. I don't care if I have to kill that Puerto Rican bitch, and put Liesel into an orphanage. If that's what will make my son crawl back to me, then god damn it, I will." Jack spat as Elise flinched at his shrill voice.

"You know… Phil always tells me about how amazing our mom was. How beautiful, patient and sweet she was. And I always wonder, how on earth did she put up with you." Elise stood up, shaking her head.

She had keep here with the same intentions AJ had a few weeks ago, but realised just like her, that he really wasn't worth her time. He'd never change. No matter who talked to him.

"I don't know why she did." Jack said quietly, shaking his head as Elise took hold of Liesel's stroller.

"You're going to die a cold, lonely man. And I hope sooner, rather than later." She spat, walking out of the office with Liesel as he sat back in his chair, clasping his hands whilst absorbing everything that had been said, changing his full approach to whatever plan he had.