~Michael's POV
*2 months later

"Come on MJ, you were supposed to be up an hour ago.." I hear a light female voice say. It was Karen, she's the only one allowed to see me like this. She's like a best friend. She draws back my room curtain allowing the sunlight to shine in.

The morning sun rays hit my eyes harsher than usual after waking up from what felt like death. I could barely open my eyes and attempted to lift my head that felt 15 pounds heavier. I felt sunken into my mattress, not wanting to move one muscle that, I must say, given the side effects, were completely relaxed.

Realizing the love of my life wasn't beside me caused me to give a long sigh, pushing myself off the bed and my feet onto the floor to face another day alone.

"Come on, you can do it." Karen giggles.

"Here we go" I grumble out of my tired lips, dragging my feet to the bathroom. I see myself and run my fingers through my ragged unkempt hair.

I hear my pill bottle rattle to the floor before hearing Karen suck her teeth. "Mike I really don't think you should be taking these everyday.. And so many at a time.."

"I'll be fine, I've been taking them for two months. I need them to sleep." I groan.

"Fine, fine.. We don't have to fight about this." Karen surrenders.

I take a breath of relief, I was not willing to fight her about my medicine usage every morning "Karen?" I call out.

"Yeah mike?"

"My hair is gonna be a task today." I groan running my fingers through my hair again.

"I'm sure it won't be that bad." She chuckle through the closed door.

After a long shower, I appear back out the bathroom, my soaked hair drenching the collar of my shirt.

"Oh boy you weren't kidding." She laughs as she begins working on my hair. "How's the married life treating ya'?" She asks.

"I love it, marrying Rayne was the smartest decision I've ever made. She really completed me." I smile.

"She's a great girl Mike, you guys have so much love for one another, it's beautiful. And you've known her since you were 19?"

"Yeah it's crazy right. 15 years almost. Who would've thought.."

"Aww. Love" Karen swoons.

"Would you ever get married Karen?" I ask.

"If I find the right guy.. But for now I'm ok." She shrugs. "All done." She says, packing away her make up and hair materials. As always Karen works miracles for me. I thank her and head out with Leroy to the truck, screaming fans surround the car. I simply lean against the window.

"You know sometimes I feel like I'm in a fishbowl. It's so sweet for all of these people to feel how they feel about me but, how does one person cause so much chaos?" I shake my head.

"It's the mystery of you Michael. Nobody knows a lot about you and it's interesting." Leroy explains driving.

"Well it's kind of annoying." I sigh.

Leroy chuckles almost immediately figuring out my frustration. "Why don't we call and check on your girls?" He smiles, passing me his cellphone.

"This is Bill" a stern deep voice answers, causing mine to sound almost feminine.

"Bill it's Michael. May I speak to Rayne please?"

"Yeah of course. One sec." He responds. I hear shuffling and a small cough to clear her throat before I hear the most beautiful voice in the world.

"Helloooo?" She answers in a sing songy voice.

"Hello my love." I grin. Just the sound of her brought some life back into me. "Why are you so far away from me?" I whine.

"Because we have a child that needs to be taken care of and you have a job to do. She's actually in the middle of dinner. What time is it there in.. Copenhagen?" She asks.

"It's morning.. Are you watching my schedule?" I chuckle.

"I have it on the fridge so 'buggy' and I can countdown the days until you come home." she smiles.

"How is my Millie?"

"She's uh... She's standing now." Rayne hesitates. I knew Camille would start growing up soon, I just wasn't expecting it to happen this quick.

"Oh. That's good.. Has she started walking?" I ask subconsciously begging for a no.

"No not yet, she's just getting the hang of standing." She chuckles.

I grin, "she'll get it soon I'm sure. She's a smart girl."

"She gets it from her dad." She smiles.

I smile, hanging on to the last moment of happiness on the phone with her before Camille starts crying. I hear Rayne whine slightly.

"I've gotta go baby. I love you Michael."

I sigh, "I love you too. Bye." I hand Leroy his phone back and get ready to go inside the orphanage.

I sat with one of the caretakers as I looked through a book the children created. I could see the look of anticipation on their faces for my reactions. I smile kindly, "these drawings are beautiful." I say. Although I genuinely love when I receive gifts from fans, especially kids, it all becomes routine after a while.

Leroy brings in a huge bag filled with toys and books for the kids and I watch them as they huddle around me in gratitude. All I could think about was my child. I wanted her to be grateful for the little things she'll have and be able to do in the future. I wanted her to stay out of the limelight until she's ready to show herself.

My family was the only thing on my mind the entire day. To think I have to be without them for 22 more months depressed me. I've honestly been in a dark thought since I left the states. It's just that feeling of loneliness and misunderstanding I've felt ever since I was a child is coming back to me.

"Michael you look like something is really bothering you. Are you ok?" Karen asked.

I nod my head, keeping eye contact away from her looking out the window of the limo. "I'm just tired." I groan.

***

~Rayne's POV
*1 month later

"Come on, say ma-ma" I grin sitting in front of Camille. She had been making sounds all day so I wanted to see how far we'd get. "Come on 'Mill' say mmah-mmaah" I exaggerate, only to receive a laugh from her. I giggle slightly, "I bet if daddy was here you'd say daddy" I roll my eyes, while she claps in response.

Bill came inside to do his final round of night checks. "Everything ok? Did you need anything before I head back to the trailer?" He asked.

"No. We're good Bill, thank you." I smile. "Hey Bill, how's Michael? When we're on the phone he makes everything seem alright. But I just wanna be sure. He's ok right? According to Leroy?"

Bill sighs, "according to Leroy, he's a little unhappy. He misses you guys. But he's as ok as he'll ever be."

"I wish he'd tell me what's wrong." I sigh.

"When he's on the phone with you, nothing is wrong."

"What do you mean?"

"I've known Michael since he was 12 years old, he's never been this happy. Ever. I'm not even exaggerating. You've brought out something different in him and now with Camille, He's a totally different person." Bill explains.

I give a small sigh checking the clock. Michael was probably onstage killing it in front of millions of people. But knowing he was so sad made me sad, if only he knew how much I missed him too.

"I'm different too Bill. He just doesn't know.." I shake my head. A loud ad on tv caused me to break focus with Bill and channel in on the commercial.

"ON HBO. LIVE IN BUCHAREST, MICHAEL JACKSON'S DANGEROUS TOUR. COMING AUGUST 15TH! WATCH IT LIVE!"

I watched as different clips of his tour flashed on screen. "'Buggy' look, it's daddy." I grin pointing at the tv.

"Hmm, looks like he's doing a live show. You gonna watch?" Bill asks. I give Bill a "duh" look. He simply chuckles and leaves.

"So Friday looks like you, daddy, and mommy got a date." I giggle at Camille picking her up to take to bed.

***

After dropping Camille off at my father's for the weekend, I decided to get my two best friends, Sharlissa and Derrick, to get to know each other. We all decide to go to a small bar and grab drinks.

"I needed this!" Derrick says, taking another swig of beer. "I don't know how Michael dealt with it. Ever since Lea's been pregnant, she's either sleeping or yelling at me for something pointless." He groans.

I chuckle sympathetically, "you'll survive, I was a complete terror to Michael. But once we had her, he was in love."

"Can we not talk about kids, while we're not being parents? Carlos finally agreed to take Brielle for the weekend and I just want out!" Sharlissa says, drinking her shot.

"You're right. I'm sorry." I giggle. "It feels so good to be out and about with my friends." I sputter drunkenly. "I haven't been out like this in forever. This weekend is well deserved. Michael gets to travel the world, while I'm home." I pout.

"Remember the first time you got drunk? You ran over and had sex with Michael." Derrick chuckles.

"Oh God that was so embarrassing. I was so drunk and I knew he felt someway about me. I was right." I shrug.

"You and Michael's story is so romantic, I met Carlos at an auto body shop, fixing my tire.. Worst day ever." Sharlissa groans.

"I met Lea in college. I tried to join her campus committee. But I didn't care about the campus committee at all." Derrick chuckles.

"Oh please, Michael chased me down for a gallon of milk. What's romantic about that?" I scoff.

"You two are so crazy for each other it's almost disgusting. To have a love like that, for so long is amazing. I'm jealous." Sharlissa sighs.

I simply shake my head. She has no idea the things we've been through. But she was right, through it all, I still loved him.

***

Camille and I sat on the couch watching Michael's tour on HBO. Once again she was so excited to see all the colors and flashing lights. I sat her on the floor so she could watch comfortably and I could grab a quick drink.

When she saw Michael on the screen, She used the TV stand to catch her balance and as loudly as she could she screamed "Daddy!"

I was so excited to hear her first words. Of course it'd be daddy. "Yes! That's daddy! Good job. After the show, we're gonna call daddy and tell him what you said." I giggle hugging her close. She continued to scream her new favorite word everytime Michael would pop up.

"Amazing show tonight Michael, your daughter and I were so proud of you." I smile over the phone. "I've got good news.." I grin

"And what's that?" He asks quietly.

"Camille said her first word. It was 'daddy'"

"It was? Oh my goodness." He chuckles. "Are you ok?" He laughs again.

"Oh don't rub it in." I laugh. "After all the time I spend with that girl.." Michael and I laugh. "But she's a daddy's girl. I can't fight that." I grin.

"She's my baby. I can't wait to come home and see you both. I miss you so much." He sighs.

"You're taking care of yourself aren't you?" I ask.

"Yeah, I'm just having a little trouble sleeping. But I'll be ok."

"Ok." I yawn.

"You need to sleep. Go to bed, I love you."

"I love you more." I smile.

"Impossible." He responds

That must be what Sharlissa was talking about. That love will always be there.