Chapter 42

We have hardly spent time together the past week, and I wasn’t in the space to try to get his attention with everything going on. His Mum is staying at Liam’s as well, so we know she is okay, but we were saying it was to help with the girls, as Liam still has no idea.

Tonight, when Jackson gets back, I will be telling him and hoping he is happy with what I have planned. Some time alone, just me and him. I get the girls into bed and asleep, then sit on the sofa waiting for Jackson.

Marcus comes in, looking like he has had a bad day. I walk to the kitchen, offering to get him a drink and sort him some food. He refuses the food but accepts the drink. I can’t help but wonder what has happened with him and Maria, so I decide I will ask.

“Has Maria left now then? I don’t understand why you couldn’t work it out. She loved you.”

“Not as simple as love anymore. We decided years ago what we wanted from our lives. She changed. She decided she wanted kids, another li