Lindsey came out of the bedroom finally and found Evie playing in the garden

"Hi daddy" she waved. "Hi baby! What are you playing?" He sat next to her

"Dollies," Evie got up and sat in Lindsey's lap

"Are you back now daddy? I missed you"

"I have to go away-just for a short while. I'm leaving tomorrow night."

"Daddy no!" She began to tear up

"I'll be back, I promise!" He kissed her head

"Daddy, why do you keep leaving? Don't you love me and mommy?" She sobbed into his chest

"I love you two beyond words! I have I take care of David back home, though. I promise that I will come back!"

"Daddy?" Evie asked after a minuet

"Yes baby?" Lindsey kissed the top of her head

"Why don't you love mommy's baby?" She asked seriously. "What do you mean?" Lindsey was baffled that she asked this question

"I heard what you said about them"

"It's a hard thing to explain, honey." Lindsey bit his lip, "That's why I have to leave and sort something's out so I can come back and be a good Daddy."

"Daddy what's a...te...termn...termination...?" She struggled with the big word

"Nothing you need to be concerned with." He began to get uncomfortable

"Is the baby going to die? Mommy cried because of that word?" Her lip quivered

"No, Evie. This is a very complicated thing."

"Mommy said I won't get to play with them though..."

"They aren't ready to come out and play yet."

"So do you love them?" Lindsey hadn't heard her ask so many questions

"Do you?" He asked

"Yes, they are my family...so why don't you?"

"I do, I do love them." Evie looked skeptical at her father

"Why don't we go find grandma?"

"Okay!" Lindsey took Evie inside and found Barbara and Stevie in the living room. "I made some cookies, sweetheart!" Barbara told Evie excitedly

"Stevie's, can I see you in the bedroom?" Lindsey asked

Evie went running to her grandmother, and Stevie turned to Lindsey confused

"Sure"

He took her hand and led her to the room, "I'm sorry that I can't be the person you need me to." Stevie simply shrugged and looked away from him.

"Baby, look at me." He rubbed her cheek with his thumb. She turned her head and did as he instructed, eyes brimming with unshed tears

"Forgive me."

"For what?"

"The baby."

"It's okay..." Stevie looked down sadly

"I do care for them, I really do. Now just isn't a good time."

"It's fine, I understand" she gently pulled her hand from his and tried to walk to the door

"Wait," he walked up to her, "I don't get a proper goodbye?"

"A proper goodbye?" She asked

"Make love."  Stevie slowly walked over to him and hugged him tightly

"You don't have to, but I'd like for you to feel my love."

"Okay..." was all she gave, holding his face and giving him a sweet kiss. Lindsey gently pushed her back on the bed and laid on top of her, kissing her neck. Holding the back of his head, she silently cried. She could feel him slipping his hand into her underwear as the other groped her breast, She couldn't remember a time when she'd had that much pure emotion running through her.

Rubbing her with his palm in slow circles, Lindsey kissed across her cheek and captured her lips, she could feel his tears against her face

"Why are you crying?" She asked holding the side of his head. "I love you so much." He answered, slipping his arm under her to hold her closer

"I know..." she took a breath to calm herself a little. Lindsey pulled his hand away from her and unbuckled his pants, sliding them off. "Please tell me if you don't want this." Pulling her skirt up, she smiled sadly, "I want this..."

Lindsey grinned softly, removing all of her clothes as he kissed every inch of her body. His next move shocked them both, he got to her stomach and nuzzled it with his nose

"I'm so, sorry sweetheart..." Stevie realised he wasn't talking to her

Stevie pushed him off of her and faced her back to him, sobbing into her hands. "Baby, what?" He rolled her back again

"Why did you do that?!"

"Why did I do what?"

"Kiss the baby! You know how I feel about this situation! Why did you do that to me?!"

"I...I don't know...it just happened" he said

"Get out, I need to be alone!" She pushed him away.

"No, Steph, I'm sorry! I love them okay!" He grabbed at his curls

"Then why do you want me to have an abortion?!"

"Because it's a bad time! And I'm a shit father!"

"I won't disagree here." Stevie spat. Instant tears came to his eyes at her words

"You really think that?" He asked

"You want me to have an abortion, forgive me if I'm not giving you a father of the year award."

Lindsey sat down on the edge of the bed and sobbed into his hands. Stevie did little to comfort him, reaching over and grabbing her robe to put on

"I'm going to go say goodbye to Evie, then I'll go..." he told her

"Fine." She looked away from him

"Just so you understand, I never wanted you to get an abortion, neither did I ask you too, so don't ever think that I did..." he buckled his pants back up and grabbed his wallet from the side, picking his jacket up from the floor

"You sure as hell didn't try to stop me! You said that you didn't want a baby right now because it wasn't a good time! You aren't completely innocent here!"

"I'm not saying I am! But your the one who suggested it in the first place, I wouldn't ever have told you to get rid of it, when you told me"

"Just leave! It's what we do best! We run away from our problems!"

"I'm trying to fix them!" He was getting agitated

"When you get David....stay in California. Don't come back here."

"Why not?"

"It's over, Lindsey..."