Michael's POV

I turn around to see Ocean standing behind me. I'm about to speak when

Bang!

She punches my straight in the face busting my nose in the process. "Ahh!! Fuck!!" I groan loudly putting my head down and my hands on my nose, which is bleeding like crazy. "Let me go! You fucking psycho!" Aisha screams as Ocean pushes past me and grabs Her by the hair yanking her head back. "If I see you near this house again, I'm gonna slit you fucking throat do you understand!!?" Ocean hisses at her through gritted teeth then opens the back door shoving Aisha through it with so much force she falls landing hard on the floor and she slams the door shut on her without saying another word. "It- it wasn't what it..."

"Where's Nevaeh?" She says coldly cutting me off. "Upstairs" I mumble. She takes a tea towel then runs it under the sink and hands it to me. "Here" I take it from her holding it firmly on my face and she walks straight past me and I follow her upstairs to our room.

I go in the room and Ocean's holding Nevaeh who's still sleeping. "What you saw downstairs. It- it wasn't what it looked liked" I stutter "really? Because it looked like she was coming on to you and you turning her down telling her you'd rather die alone than be with somebody that wasn't me... Hm, guess I was wrong" she shrugs and takes Nevaeh into the nursery and puts her in the crib "ok, it was exactly what it looked liked but I only let her in because I thought she came to see Jermaine I didn't know she was gonna.... Wait! if you knew I wasn't doing anything, why did you punch me!? And why didn't you tell me you were allowed home? I would have come and got you"

"Michael, there was a woman in the hospital with me who chopped off her husbands dick and put it in a blender when she found out he cheated, so you should be grateful all I did was punch you!.. And I was allowed to to leave a week ago, but I didn't feel ready... Then your mother called me and told me about DJ and I checked out first thing" she shrugs and goes back into our room and again I follow her "was it in here? You and her?" She asks looking at the bed. "No" I mumble and she sits down on the bed "did you read my letter?"

"Mhm.. All 32 pages... Front and back" I walk over and sit beside her at the edge of the bed. "In the last part, you said that you'd understand if I didn't love you anymore and that you respect my wishes if I chose to leave. Did you mean it?" She mutters "yes" I croak. "Did you come here to take Nevaeh?" I look at her nervously and she shakes her head. "I wouldn't do that" I sigh slightly in relieve. "I meant every word I said in that letter and I still do...Ocean I love you so much and I'm so sorry for what I did and what I told Aisha about wanting you and only you I meant that too" I sigh looking down at the floor. "I don't know what else to tell you"

"Then shut up and let me talk" I nod and look up at her. "I do still love you, as much as I've tried to hate you since you told me about Aisha, I can't... Just like I don't know if I can trust or forgive you" she takes a deep breath and sighs "we've been together what? Two years now? and looks what's happened? Two kids an illegal marriage, drugs, miscarriage losing DJ, breakdowns and all the other stuff.. And then you cheating..."

"But we got through all that. We got through it all together and we can get through this too, I know we can" I sob cutting her off. "Just Shut up and let me talk... When we first met the biggest worry we had was the two of us getting caught holding hand or hugging each other. I'm 17 an your 19 it shouldn't be like this" she sniffles and tears starts falling down her cheeks. "We can't go on like this"

"Are- are you leaving me?" I sob and she doesn't answer for a moment. "No"

"Thank you" I sigh in relief and lean over to kiss her but she places her fingers on my lips cutting me off. "I'm gonna stay and I'm willing to try and save our marriage, for our children and for us. But we need to take things slow, everything we've ever done has been so rushed and neither of us had time to think about the consequences until it was too late and when I say I wanna take things slow that includes the intimacy part too"

"Ok" I nod. "I'll sleep on the sofa and We'll slow things down, whatever you want me to do I'll do it"

"Why don't you sleep in the guess room?" She looks at me confused "Because that's where it happened" I mumble putting my head down. "I'd rather sleep on the sofa"

"Did you use anything?" She asks and I nod. "Yes, we don't have to talk about..."

"I need to know and I need you to be honest... Why did you do it?"

"I was so lost without you. And I just felt empty and alone and Aisha come over and she told me she could take it away and I believed her, I so such a mess I believe her" so croak feeling all that shame and guilt flooding back. "So this was my fault? Because I wasn't here"

"What!? No! None it was your fault it's mine all mine. I should have been strong for you. I shouldn't have let myself get that messed. It's all me... And I'm so sorry"

"Did you feel anything for her, when you?" She mumbles and I shake my head. "No.. I felt nothing, it felt empty and meaningless and when it was over I felt disgusting and even more emptiness and I hated myself and I still do"

"if was so meaningless then why would Aisha come back and say all those things?" She looks at me confused. "I have no idea, but it's not true. when she was saying that I wanted her and that I made love to her, that's not true. We had sex, but I didn't make love to her ... There was no feelings for her in any way. The only person I've made loved to is you and when I'm with you I give you all of my love and feel you give me yours... Even in the past when I.... You know. It was never out of anger or to hurt you. It was to be close to you and to feel loved"

"Michael, if you ever so much as think about..."

"Won't I swear! I'll never do anything to hurt you again" I cut her off. She doesn't saying anything but bites her lower lip and looks at me couriousily. "Is there something else you need to know?" I ask softly "more of a.. Wonder" she mumbles "when you said to Aisha about taking a shower, you said you were bleeding after"

"I- I didn't catch anything. I told you I used a condom. I only bled because I was scrubbing so much" she looks down and smirks slightly. "I was gonna ask if you were ok.. Down there"

"Oh.. It was sore for a few days and I had to use some cream, but everything's fine now"  I mumble and she's about to speak when Nevaeh starts crying and Ocean smiles for the for the first time since she came home. "She's been missing you too" I smile at her and we both get up to go get her and she suddenly starts giggling. "What?" I look at her confused. "I've just remembered something" she smirks "when I threw Aisha out  I kinda forgot to throw her clothes out with her"

"So.. She's running around town naked!" I say wide eyed and we both start laughing.

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Jermaine's POV

I get home late and notice a pillow and duvet on the sofa and hear someone in the kitchen. "Do we have a guest staying over?" I ask Michael and he turns around smiling for the first time in a long time. "Kinda.. Ocean's home!" He says excitedly. "She is!?" I smile then frown looking at his face. "What the fuck happened to you!?"

"She punched me when she first walked in... Which I kinda had coming" he shrugs. "But on the bright side! we talked and she said she's gonna stay!"

"She forgave you?" I smile and he shakes his head "not yet. She wants to take things slow which is why I'm gonna sleep on the sofa for awhile.. But she's here and she's willing to try and work on our marriage and that's the main thing" he smiles. Then turn back around and starts putting knives and the blender in a cabinet and padlocking it. "What are you doing?"

"Long story.. But until Ocean forgives me and trusts me again, it's best I hide the knives and blender from her"

"Oh... Kay" I look at him raising an eyebrow. "So where is she?" I ask changing the topic. "She upstairs asleep. It's been a really long day for us so I'm gonna go asleep too" he smiles and head into the living room.

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Aisha's POV

"That fucking cunt!" I frown looking through a small gap in the curtains. "First she punches my poor baby in the face, then throws me out completely naked! And now she's making him sleep on the sofa! Who the fuck does she think she is. Just walking in like that throwing her weight around the place!?

I'm not mad at Michael for not sticking up for me earlier tho. I understand, He was just caught off guard her turning up like. I know he truly loves me deep down and if it wasn't for his kids he wouldn't give Ocean a second thought. He's only stuck by that bitch because she has him trapped and there's no way I'm gonna let her just walk back in and take him away from me. Michael's my man and the sooner that bitch realises that and leaves him alone the better.