Amy sat up on the sofa, concerned she looked from Jack to the little girl in his arms. She scrunched her brows angry at this little girl.

"NO!! He's my Daddy! Not yours!" she shouted.

"Ames, sweetheart…" Jack began but was interrupted by Roxy who had failed to notice Amy's outburst.

"JACK!" she screamed louder and louder as the sentence continued "TELL ME THE TRUTH!"

Jack turned his attention back to Roxy, her stare pierced through him like a knife.

"JACK!!"

"Yes, YES, She's Ronnie's!"

Everything was quite for a second.

"Daddy!!" Amy let out a high pitched scream demanding attention.

"So what, were you just not going to tell me? She's my NIECE Jack! And where's Ronnie?" Roxy again interrupted Amy without noticing. Jack remained quiet.

"WHERE IS SHE?!" Roxy demanded again louder and more forcefully.

Katie looked from the girl to the woman; she tightened her hold on Jacks neck and instantly burst into tears. "I….want…my…mommy!!!" Katie shouted in between loud cries. She pleaded and pleaded for her mother as Jack tried best he could to calm her down. Roxy and Amy left the flat silently.

Half an hour past and Katie was still sobbing in Jack's arms.

"Come on sweetheart, you'll see her soon"

"Now!!" Katie demanded in a low shout, her eyes were swollen and bloodshot from crying, she barely had the energy to keep them open but persisted in trying to.

Noticing Katie's sudden quietness Jack looked down to see she had finally drifted to sleep. He placed her on the bed before covering her and kissing her goodnight. Taking the spare blankets from the wardrobe he went about creating a bed for himself on the couch. Giving up on even bothering to use the blankets he'd just taken he threw them to the side and lay down on the couch.

An hour later there was a knock at the door waking Jack. He stumbled to the front door and opened it to find Roxy there.

"Hey, Is she ok?" she asked sheepishly.

"What do you think?"

" I'm sorry about earlier Jack, it was just, just a shock. I really didn't mean to frighten her…"

Jack rubbed his forehead and sighed "It wasn't your fault, not really, I think this has been coming for a while, she's scared, she misses Ronnie so much and she doesn't understand she can't see her"

Roxy scanned Jack's face for more information.

"She's really beautiful, just like Ron" Roxy said quietly following Jack who now was about to sit at the kitchen table.

"Yeah she is!" Jack smiled. Roxy noticed the distance in his tired eyes "Is Amy Ok?"

"Yeah she's fine honestly, I've explained to her. Do you mind if I?" Roxy asked motioning to the seat opposite.

Jack shrugged.

"So what happened? Where's Ronnie? You gonna tell me or do I have to guess!"

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Can I see her?" Roxy asked after Jack told her everything.

"She's not seen anyone else only me, I don't want her to be overwhelmed"

"I'm her sister Jack, please!"

"Alright, I'm heading to the hospital in the morning.."

"I'll come!" Roxy interrupted before standing to leave.

Jack nodded "Don't tell anyone else Roxy, not your aunty Peg, not Phil not Ben. No one…not yet!"

"What about Dad? He'll want to know Jack!"

"No! He can't know about any of this, Ronnie wouldn't want him anywhere near her or Katie!" Jack replied sternly.

"Alright, ok I won't tell him!" She whispered breaking eye contact with Jack.

Walking through the dark empty square Roxy turned to look back at Jack who stood watching her at his door. He waited till she was inside to go inside himself.

Walking through the empty bar Roxy jumped back when her father appeared from the back.

"Dad? You scared me!"

"Sorry darling"

"Is Amy ok?"

"Yeah she's fast asleep....So come on then Roxanne, tell me, how's my new grandaughter!" he grinned as he spoke, "You've told that Jack we want her here haven't you?"

"Dad!" Roxy put her hands up protesting "she can't just move in here, Jack is her Dad"

"Yes and I'm her Grandad! He wasn't much good to Veronica when that baby.."

"Dad!" Roxy stopped him.

"Did you ask him? About Ronnie?"

"Yeah" Roxy stopped talking and looked for a distraction in the empty pub.

"You not gonna tell me?" Archie asked raising an eyebrow.

Roxy began cleaning up the empty glasses ignoring her father.

"Roxanne? What is it? Is V in trouble, Sweetheart you know I only want whats best for her, she needs me!"

"She's in hospital Dad, and she doesn't remember Katie or anything from..." Roxy stopped talking as tears fell from her eyes. She was sure telling her Dad was the right thing to do. She hadn't gone against Jack anyway, she'd told him about Katie before Jack had made her promise. Roxy was certain she knew her Dad well enough to know he'd make everything better.