Lindsey awoke a good amount of hours later, the apartment was deathly quiet, he reached out for Stevie thinking she might have crawled in but realised she wasn't there

"Babe?" He called out, sitting up and swinging his legs over the bed. He stood up and walked into the living room, "Stevie?" He began to get worried

"Steph?" He checked the bathroom and the balcony, still no sign. It finally hit him....she want there

"Oh my God no" grabbing his head he felt the guilt hit him like a train, she was supposed to be in bed most of the time

The baby had to have a specific diet, she needed rest, she was so fragile! A thousand thoughts ran through his head, why did he treat her that way?!

Running out the door he knew he had to find her, and find her quick, he wouldnt lose her or his daughter

She wouldn't be able to survive in her condition on the streets. Another thought came to mind and made him physically sick, what if Jimmy found her?

Searching the places that he found her before he still couldn't find her, he had to stop to throw up from worry

He decided to check all of the homeless shelters. It was getting close to lunch time so everyone would be gathering to eat

He went to all of the ones he knew and she wasn't it any of them, as a last resort he checked the dinner where she used to work

There she was sitting in a booth drinking a coffee...

"I know our life isn't perfect, I just didn't think it was worth being homeless over," Lindsey said from behind her

Stevie turned around looked at him and turned back away from him again

"Stevie, talk to me," he sat in front of her

"I want to move out..." she said looking into her cup

"No you don't," he shook his head in disbelief

"Yes I do, I don't want you anywhere near my daughter..." she let a tear fall down her face

"Baby...why?" Not remembering anything from last night

"Because I hate you! She doesn't need someone like you in her life, so I don't want you in it"

"Stevie, I-I don't understand," Lindsey began to tear up

"First you get drunk and high, then you are horrible to me, then you went out and fucked someone else and bragged about it the next morning!"

"What? Stevie, what the fuck are you talking about?"

"I told you to go and have sex with somebody else...and you did...how could you do that to us, you said you loved us"

"I love you with all of my heart. You know that if I would have been sober I never would have done it. I promise- I'll give up the pot and the drinking."

"It's too late! You've blown it Lindsey" she wiped her tears away furiously

"Stevie, please. You need someone to take care of you," he begged

"You aren't that person, you haven't managed to do it so far have you..." she got up and walked out of the dinner, Lindsey following

"Stephanie! Please!" Lindsey grabbed her arm

"Don't touch me" she shrugged him off

"You can't leave me!"

"I can, and I'm going to!" She started walking away from him

"Stay at the apartment, I will pay for everything. I'll leave," Lindsey rushed in front of her

"I don't want you to pay for anything, I don't want anything to do with you"

"Steph your carrying my daughter" he said sadly

"Be realistic, Lindsey, she's not yours..."

Lindsey felt like he'd been punched in the gut

"We always said she was ours..."

"We used to," she turned to walk in the other direction

"Steph, don't take her away from me, I can be a good dad, I know I can"

"I don't think that is possible," she didn't turn to look at him

"Why?" He chased after her, wrapping his arm around her and placing his hand on her belly

"You know she's mine"

"Not biologically."

"But in your heart, you know it!"

"Please, let me go."

"Steph, don't do this to me! I beg you!" He got down on his knees

"You're making a scene," she looked around at the people staring at them.
She moved around him and carried on walking till they were back at the apartment

"Come inside, please?" Lindsey grabbed her hand

"Only to get some clothes on"

"I want you to eat something as well," Lindsey tried to help her up the stairs

"Get off me, I can manage!" She said determinedly

"Okay," he stayed close behind her anyways

Once they were inside she went straight to the closet and got some clothes to put on. Lindsey was stood crying

When Stevie came back out Lindsey was putting food in a duffle bag, a large stack of money being stuffed in as well. "I want to make sure that you are taken care of," handing her the bag of food and money

"I don't want it" she handed it him back, but he pushed it to her again

"Take it please..."

"How much money is in there?" She asked, slowly picking up the bag

"Everything I have."

"Lindsey I can't take all you have" she said shocked

"Yes you can, and you will," he told her

She zipped up the bag and put it on her shoulder

"I put it all the information the doctor gave you too" he told her

"Thank you."

"I'm asking you once more not to do this..."

"I'm sorry, but I can't stay with you anymore"

"If you leave now....you don't get to come back. I won't have my heart broken again," Lindsey said seriously, looking her in the eye

"Your heart? Imagine how mines feeling!" She said

"You keep leaving me Stephanie".

"You left me the first time!" She argued

"Then you left me for an abusive monster"

"Don't bring him up!" She covered her ears

"How can I not? He's the father of your baby" he said sadly

"This won't help, goodbye Lindsey."

"Steph wait..."

"I can't stay here any longer."

"Let me say goodbye"

"I don't think that's a good idea," she said quietly

"Please?" A tear fell from his eye

"Only for a moment."

Lindsey got down on his knees in front of her and placed both his hands on each side of her belly

"No matter what mommy says, I'm always going to be your daddy okay? Now I want you to take care of mommy, and love her way more than I ever could...I love you so much my little bean..." his tears were hot and fast, he felt a little kick under his hand and smiled

"Yes, daddys feels you..."

He pulled up her shirt to reveal her belly to him, Stevie was very self conscious of her stretch marks but Lindsey thought that they were the most beautiful things he had ever seen, it meant that the baby was growing.

"Beautiful" he whispered and placed kisses where he knew the baby was laying, feeling another little tiny kick

"Take care of this baby, Stephanie," Lindsey said, voice trembling

"I will..." her voice matching his

He stood and turned away from her, "Can I come see her when she's born?"

"No Lindsey...I don't think that's a good idea...I'm sorry..."

"I can't see her?"

"No...it's going to be too painful, you'll find someone else, and have a baby of your own, I know you will"

"It won't be the same, they won't be her. They won't be half you."

"But they'll be half you, and that's what should be important" Lindsey's heart was breaking into a million pieces

"I've changed my mind. If you ever need a place to stay then you can come back. No relationship will come of it, I promise you that." He decided to cut off their long slew of emotions

"Thank you...but I won't be back Lindsey...don't ruin yourself by waiting for me"

"I love you."

"Goodbye Lindsey"