Last chance

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1 month later...
Seth
I walked into Becky's room and I saw both her and Millie curled up fast asleep as some children's film played on the screen. I carefully placed down her bag with all her clean clothes in it so I wouldn't wake either of them, then I sat down and the chair creaked, louder than I've ever heard a chair creek before. Becky stirred slightly, opening her eyes just a little to see me sitting down on the chair. "Hiya...*yawn* oh gosh, what time is it?" She stretched her arms and the little red head curled up by her side sat up, rubbing her eyes. "It's four, I've got all your clean stuff." I pointed to the bag on the floor and she smiled. "Aw I've missed you."

"I've only been gone an hour."

"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the bag silly!"

Millie started giggling which caused Becky to follow suit, eventually making me laugh. "Oh that was a good one Mama!" Becky kissed her head gently and it caused a big smile to creep up on my face. "You got daddy so good!" My smile dropped from my face as me and Becky looked between each other, shocked that Mille had just called me her dad. "What was that princess?" I asked calmly but you could hear the excitement in my voice. "I said that me and momma got daddy, you good. Did I do something wrong?" Her voice went slightly high pitched as she titled her head to the side. "No! Of course not princess, I'm happy to be your dad." She wriggled off the bed and climbed onto my lap. "Best daddy ever!" Tears filled my eyes and Becky was already crying as Millie wrapped her arms tightly around me.

Becky
I couldn't believe it, you have no idea how happy it makes me. I'm so so glad that Seth is now her father, to her anyway. I'm just so happy. She moved away from Seth slightly when she spotted I was crying. "Mama? Don't cry..." Her concerned face made me smile. "I'm happy, I'm really happy baby. I'm not sad...don't worry. How about I go ask my doctor if we can go for a walk? Me, you and daddy?" She jumped up and down while nodding her head and my heart almost exploded at the cuteness.

I swung my legs over the bed, letting the cold air hit my now bare legs. I slid on my slippers and I got out of bed, once I was up black dots appeared in my vision so I closed my eyes for a moment. "You Okay Becks?" I opened my eyes and the black spots were now gone. "I'm fine, just haven't stood up in a while. This little one was forcing me into staying in bed all day with her!" He laughed as Millie pouted, she's just adorable even when she's trying to be angry. I can't believe I ever let John take her away from me...

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They had a good day, Becky was allowed to go out and they all went for a walk. It was just so peaceful, Becky felt happy...she was now clean for almost 2 months and she was surrounded by her amazing friends and most importantly her beautiful family. I would be a understatement if Becky thought she could do this, now she was truly unstoppable. Of course that little voice in her head was still there, telling her to take the drugs and sometimes it is easier to block out than other times, but for now all she had to think about was that she was doing this because she knew one thing, her life was too good and filled with too many people who care about her to just be thrown away.

Seth has been doing better too, the house is all repaired from the damage the dealers left and his parents have helped him to redecorate his sisters room into Millie's new bedroom. He's no longer failing school, if anything he's now top of his class. His relationship with Becky is stronger than ever and having Millie in his life is just such a blessing! He knows that Becky can do this...he wants to be there with her at all times and she's never been so happy and that makes everything Seth has sacrificed for her, worth while. Plus he's helped Becky catch up on all her missed school work...in Seth's mind Becky is normal, like everyone else. But in reality her body is still recovering and the doctors are worried her body may not ever be as strong as it should be...but for now in Seth's and Becky's eyes everything is getting back to normal...

Few hours later...

Becky
I sat in a dark room alone and I started to overthink everything, I started to overthink the worried glances the doctors keep throwing in my direction, the extra medications I'm on...what if something is wrong and I just don't know it yet. I've been feeling a lot better and I think I'm getting better but I just can't help but feel like there's something I don't know. I hate it when I get like this because I get so paranoid, I lean over and I click the light on. The room is dark and it isn't helping, so I turn the full light on. Just to give myself a chance to catch my breath, which seemed to be escaping from me with every given second. I gripped the bed bars tightly as I tried to steady my shaky breathing...I'm not ready to do this all again, I just want to go home.

A/N: Happy New Year! Hopefully 2021 will be so much better, but yeah hope you liked this chapter and I hope it was a good one to kick off 2021!