The next morning Nicole stood over them watching them sleep. Her heart was full of joy, excitement, love, so many things as she looked at them.
She knew that Joshua looked a lot like his Dad but she was blown away when she saw them together, they even had the same breathing rhythm.
‘You can’t shut me out forever.’ She heard Nikita almost beg to talk.
‘Yes I can. You just mean nothing but destruction to me. I don’t want you back in my life.’ Nicole felt anxiety rise in the middle of her stomach, anxiety she hadn’t felt in a long time.
‘None of that was my fault.’ Nikita was trying to defend herself.
‘Maybe not, but I don’t know what or who you’d be beckoning toward us. You have to go.’ Nicole had decided.
‘I can’t just leave.’ Nikita felt rejected and alone.
‘You can go back t
