Jackie's POV

I didn't sleep last night still thinking to myself if I should have left Faith and Michael alone while they were in such a bad way. I get that their both adults and need to grieve and even mother said that it was best to let them try and get some rest after everything happened yesturday, which doubt they got any sleep. I've spent most of the night crying over my grandaughter and I can't imagine what the two of them must be going through.

After I finish getting ready I go downstairs to let Enid know i'm leaving and she's sitting in the kitchen looking confused reading the newspaper. "are you ok?"

"Since when were Faith and Michael married?" she frowns confused and I go over and take the newspaper from her "you have got to be kidding me!?" I snap seeing the front page. "how the hell did the media find out!?" I snap "maybe you should read the whole thing" Enid mumbles  "this is the last thing they need right now" I sigh heavily flipping the page then stand confused reading the article and it says Faith and Micheal were both posting pictures of the two of them on their soical media accounts last night and announced the two of them got married. "this must be a mistake. they wouldn't have posted this last night" I frown confused looking at the pictures of the two of them smiling. "well they did  " Enid says "it's obviously a mistake. they must have posted that stuff in the morning before... you know?" I mumble that last part. "look at the screen shots. it clearly says the dates and times from last night" she points out and I look at the pictures confused. "when did they get married?" she frowns confused "yesturday morning" I mumble putting my coat and and checking I have my keys. "so why didn't I know about it?" she frowns annoyed. "i'll be back later" I mutter ignoring her question and make my way out of the house.

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"have you seen this!?" I say showing my mother the paper the second she opens the door. "we heard. it's all over the TV and the radio too"

"have they lost their fucking minds!?" I frown confused "that's what some people are thinking" Janet says coming into the room. "some are really happy and think it's sweet but others.. umm... not so nice" she mumbles that last part. "I'm not talking about them telling people their married! I'm talking about the fact that they've just lost their baby and their acting like nothing ever happened"

"grief does strange things to people" mother says softly "doesn't seem like their grieving at all" I frown "of course they are. losing a child isn't exactly something you forget over night"

"they seemed to have managed too" 

"their just going through the motions" Joesph cuts in "we'll go over now and makes sure their ok"

"their absolutely fine according to their soical media posts" I shrug. "don't be getting at them when we go over there" Joesph says sternly. "but..."

"but nothing" he cuts me off "let them grieve in their own way"

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We get to Micheal's house and they both seem pretty relaxed "did you both manage to get any sleep last night mother asks "some" Faith shrugs "what about food? have you eaten? i'll make you both something to eat" she says getting up. "mother there's no need. we're fine really" Michael says and she sits back down. "have um... have you made any arrangement yet?" Janet asks and they both look at her confused "for the baby" I say bluntly then get and instant feeling of guilt as they both look away from me and look like their about to burst into tears any second. "not yet" Faith mumbles looking at the ground. "we spoke to Randy this morning" Joesph cuts in. "he said LaToya confessed to pushing Faith down the stairs and..."

"good" Faith quickly cuts him off "But the police need you to..."

"she's not ready to talk to the police yet" Michael cuts in. "you both seemed fine last night when you were messing around on social media all night" I mumble and Joesph turns to me and frowns "you saw that huh?" Michael sighs "everybody did. it's all over the media" Janet cuts "what were people saying?" Faith asks nervously "alot of people think it's really sweet and are happy for you guys" she smiles at them through pursed lips and misses out the other stuff. there are some people that are happy for them, but there's also alot of people that think it's sick and said at lot of nasty things about the two of them, but I guess now may not be the best time to tell them that"

"why did you post all that stuff?" I finally ask "people were going find out anyway" Faith shrugs "Yeah, I know but why last night of all nights?"

"Because we just did!" Michael snaps "we got married and we wanted to tell people about it ourselves and not have some asshole leak the story to the press like people always seem to do when it come to us. is that ok with you!?" he frowns getting aggitated and mother frowns at me, hinting for me to drop the conversation which I do.

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Faith's POV

Everybody's been here for awhile now and every now and then they keep trying to bring up LaToya and about making arrangements for a funeral and it seems like no matter how many times we say we don't wanna talk about it or change the subject, it's like their not even listening and keep going back to it.

I excused myself from the living room and go to my room and sit on the edge I the bed trying to stop myself from crying again and remind myself that everything will be ok soon and I hear a light tap on the door. "Is it ok to come in?" Janet asks softly and I nod

"You don't have to do this You know?" She says softly sitting beside me on the bed and I look at her confused. "Act like everythig's ok. You and Michael are allowed to be upset. You don't have to put on an act for our benifit"

"We're not, we're fine really" I smile at her through pursed lips. "You sure about that?" She says softly and I nod "mhm.. we're upset she's not here right now obviously, but it's ok because she'll be back soon an all this will be over" I croak trying not to get upset. "Who? LaToya?" She frowns confused. "No! Why would we want her?" I frown at the thought of her near me. "Then who?"

"Are daughter. She gone now, but she'll be back soon and all this will be over and..."

"Faith, your baby died. You do know that right?" She says softly and I nod "I know, but Michael's going to give her back to me. It might not be today or tomorrow, but she will be back soon. We just need to keep trying and..."

"Michael told you that?" She looks at me confused "Faith, I understand your both hurting right now, but trying to get pregnant again won't bring your baby back" she says softly. "Of course it will" I frown and she sighs softly. "Sweetie, if you were to get pregnant again. It's not going to be the one you lost. It'll a completely different life and right now you need to be grieving for the child you've lost, not trying to replace her with..."

"We're not replacing anybody" I frown cutting her off. "But, that's all another baby will be" she says softly and pulls me in for a hug and I start crying not able to hold it together anymore.

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Janet's POV

After speaking with Faith we go downstairs and Michael immediately notices Faith has been crying and goes over to her.

"What happened?" Mother asks when I go back to my seat. "She just got upset and needed someone to, that's all" I smile at her through pursed lips, not wanted to go into detail about what we talked about. "I wish there was something I could do. It breaks my heart seeing them like this" she croaks looking over at Michael and Faith who are by the stairs and Faith is crying into Michael's arms. I felt awful saying those things to Faith, but I couldn't sit there and let her think that her baby was coming back.

After Faith calms down they both come back into the living room and Faith sits beside Jackie and Michael looks over at me and I motion him to follow me.

We go into the garden and I close the door behind us so we can have some privacy. "Did you tell Faith your gonna give her the baby back?" I come straight out with it "yes" he nods. "Why would you do that!?"

"What was I supposed to do?" He croaks "She wants our daughter back and so do I and..."

"And you know you can't bring her back right?" I cut him off and he nods. "Then why would you promise Faith that you would? She genuinely believes that..."

"Yes, I know that!" He snaps cutting me off. "I didn't plan on saying that. It just kinda came out. I'm upset to you know!?" He croaks and I pull him in for a hug
"I know you are" I say softly. "But, you do realise that getting Faith pregnant again isn't going to take the pain away"

"How do you know it won't?" He sobs. "If I give her another one then it'll be like none of this ever happened and we can be happy again and..."

"And you will be happy again, but right now you both need to grieve for your daughter not worry about bringing another child into the world" I say softly. "I can force you not to, but do you honestly, deep down think going along with this and getting Faith pregnant again is really a good idea?" I ask and he doesn't say anything for a moment then shakes his head. "So you'll speak to Faith?" I ask and he nods. "I just want my daughter back " he croaks then breaks down sobbing and I pull him in tighter.

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Michael's POV

After speaking to Janet, everybody is gathered around the dining table for lunch. "You two really need to try and eat something" mother says softly. "I'm just not hungry right now" Faith shrugs "But you need to try" Jackie comments "the doctor said you need to keep your strength up after..."

"She just said she's not hungry" I cut him off in a neutral tone. "We still need to talk to you both about LaTo..."

"Does anybody need more drinks?" I cut him off and go to leave the table. "Michael, sit down" he says sternly "I know it's difficult but we need to discuss this stuff"

"Fine" I sigh sitting back down. "She's admitted to the police that she pushed Faith and she was arrested but..."

"So she should" Faith coldly cuts him off. "But.." he continues ignoring her comment "the police still need you to press charges or they won't be able to keep her there and..."

"She will" I cuts him off "can we talk about something else now?" I mutter then quickly regret saying it as mother cuts in.

"We also need to discuss what to do for the baby. Have you made any arrangements for a funeral or..."

"Not yet" I mumble cutting her off. "Have you made any plans  yet?" Jackie asks. "No!" Faith snaps "strangely enough a funeral hadn't crossed our minds when we were planning her birth" she croaks trying not to cry an I hold her hand under the table and she squeezes it tightly.

"I know it's upsetting for you both to talk about, but we have to start making some kind of arrangements. You can't just leave the baby where she is and.."

"We have no intention of just leaving her there!" I snap "and her name is Angel not 'the baby' and we have thought of a few things, so quit talking about her like she's just some piece of furniture we need to get rid of!"

"I didn't mean it like that" he says softly "it's fine" I mumble "Angel? That's a beautiful name" mother smiles trying to ease the tension slightly.

*
After lunch everybody sticks around for awhile then eventually leave. "Are you ok?" I ask Faith softly and she nods "Are you?"

"Mhm" I nod. "I feel bad about keep snapping at Jackie though" I sigh heavily. "I was kind of the same with Janet" she mumbles and leaves the room and goes into the kitchen.

"What are you doing?"

"I cleaning up this mess" she shrugs. "You do know we have housekeepers that we pay to clean"

"I know, but I'm not gonna leave this place a mess until tomorrow morning" she shrugs putting the plates in the dish washer "not that it'll matter When the baby comes. She'll be making a mess everywhere" she chuckles slightly. "About that" I mumble turning her to face me. "You know when Janet was talking earlier?"

"She told you about that?" She mumbles and I nod "You don't wanna give her back to me anymore. Do you?"

"Of course I do. More than anything but..." I pause for a moment looking into her eyes and she looks like she's about to burst into tears again. She's heartbroken and hurt just like me and just like me all she wants is to have our daughter back with us.

"But what?" She asks faintly. "But it's just gonna take some time" I smile at her through pursed lips "You haven't changed your mind?" She asks and I shake my head "of course not. Don't worry about what Janet said. We're gonna get to our baby back" I smile and kiss her softly and lift her up onto the counter.

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LaToya's POV

"Thank you for coming. I wasn't sure if you would"

"I wasn't sure either" Randy says coldly as We both sit down. "Why did you do it?" He blurts out getting straight to the point. "I get that you weren't happy about Faith and Michael being together and neither was any of us, but they weren't harming anybody"

"I know" I mumble with my head down. "So why did you push Faith down the stairs?"

"It was an accident?" I tell him truthfully and he looks at me confused as I explain what happened.

"I tried to grab her. I Swear, but it all happened so fast. I Swear I didn't mean for anybody to get hurt" I sob "if it was an accident then why did you walk into a poilce station and say you pushed her an then then threaten her as they were about to let you go?" He frowns confused and I burst into tears and tell him everything that's been going on and what Jack has been doing to me.

"When we were about to leave I just panicked and I knew he couldn't touch me in here"

"He wouldn't have been able to touch you, if you would have left him and come home the first time he raised his hand to you! It shouldn't have taken a baby to die for you to realise that!" He snaps. "I was scared and I am going to leave him" I tell him truthfully "and I feel awful for what's happened to Faith and Michael and i'll have to live with the knowledge I murdered an innocent life" I sob and his expression softens. "It wasn't all your fault. The doctors did everything they could, but she was so small and wasn't developed enough because she was so early"

"Michael, told me she was beautiful. Did you get to see her?" I ask and he nods "we all did and yeah, she was beautiful" he croaks trying not to cry and I don't say anything for moment not sure if I should ask this question or if I really want to know the answer.

I take a deep breath and finally asks him "was she um... when she was born. Was she alive?" I ask shakily and he doesn't say anything for a moment. "For a while.. And she cried a little. It was really faint but... But we heard it" he croaks and I burst into tears, wishing I'd never asked him

"I'm sorry. I know you feel bad for what happened, but I can't lie and to make you feel better about what happened" he says in a neutral tone and gets up from the table. "Please don't leave" I sniffle and he shakes his head "i'm sorry. I can't deal with this" he mutters and leaves, without saying another word.

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Janet's POV

We're back home and Jackie is still going on about the way Michael and Faith were behaving while we were there.

"I don't get it. It's like they didn't even care" he frowns confused "of course they care!" Joesph frowns "we're you blind? Clearly it was upsetting them talking about it. Why do you think they got all agitated and snappy when anybody brought it up? Obviously their not gonna just forget about it over night"

"You father's right" mother cuts in "their just going through the motions. They'll be ok. They just need time to grieve"

"What's the matter with you?" Joesph says noticing I've been silent the whole time and I shake my head "nothing"

"Have they said something to you?" Mother asks "because whatever it was, I'm sure they didn't mean it. Their just upset"

I don't say anything do a moment then take a deep breath and tell them about the conversation I had with Michael and Faith.

"MICHAEL SAID WHAT!?" Jackie snaps when I tell them. "Why didn't you tell us this before?" Joesph frowns. "Because I already spoke to them and explained that trying for another baby so soon wouldn't be a good idea and.."

"What the fuck is wrong with him!? That's sick! Why would he do that to her" Jackie snaps getting more worked up. "He's hurting too you know! It wasn't just Faith that last a daughter. Michael did too!" I snap back at him.

"He didnt say it to manipulate her. He's grieving and I think he really did think he could bring the baby back, but like I said I spoke to him and made them both and made them see sense and..."

"That's not the point! He still shouldn't have told her that. I get that their grieving, but he can't go around promising her something like that" he cuts me off. "Are you seriously still getting at him!?" Joesph snaps cutting in. "Are you serious? He told Faith he'd the baby back and..."

"I heard and I also heard Janet say she spoke to them and made them see sense. So flipping out about something he said while he was upset isn't gonna make a difference now is it!?"

"Well luckily you made him see sense before it was too late" mother says softly. "They need to grieve for their little girl before thinking about all that stuff. It doesn't matter how many children they have it won't replace the one they lost" she croaks getting upset. "Maybe we shouldn't have left them. I Should go back over there" Jackie says in a softer tone. "But, they said they wanted to be alone for awhile" I point out. "But what if they were just telling you what you wanted to hear and still try to.."

"And what are you gonna do about it if they do? Stand beside their bed and poke them with a stick everythime they try an do anything?" Joesph says sarcastically. "I'm sure they didn't mean what they said. They were just confused and hurt is all. People say alot of things they don't mean when their grieving" mother tries to reassure him. "And they won't. When I spoke to Michael he even agreed it was a bad idea and he was going to speak to Faith about it when we leave"

"I know but..."

"Then we leave them to talk" Joesph says sternly and I sigh heavily and nod.

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Michael's POV

I continue thrusting slowly and gently into Faith getting closer and closer, then push myself as deep inside of her as possible and moan softly onto her lips as I cum deep inside of her once again then kiss her softly and break away slightly.

Once I'm done I pull out and lean on the counter resting with my head in my hands trying to catch my breath and still unsure if I should be doing this while we're both still both upset.

"Did I do something wrong?" Faith mumbles getting down from the counter and I shake my head, "I just needed a little rest for a moment" I say then turn back to her and smile at her through pursed lips and pull her into me and she kisses me softly. "Now where were we?" I mutter onto her lips and lift her back onto the counter and once again gently push myself back inside of her.