ANGEL IN DISGUISE , MILEVEN AU

31.

"no, that's not fair! it's not fucking fair!" el cried in the lawyers office, "he left those things for me! that is my money! you can give them the money he left but the ones i earned.. those are mine," she sobbed and slammed her fist onto the table.

"mine," she cried as mason pulled her from the side and into chest, "i earned that for us, it's mine," she continued to cry as he shushed her.

"baby, it's okay," he murmured as she shook her head. "they can't take it away from me. they're just going to sell the house and the car. we built that house!"

"i'm sorry, ms ives but they are legally family and they had nothing left for them. your last name isn't even his," the lawyer said.

she turned to face him. "he is my father." she slammed her fist again, "my fucking father,"

"you should've changed your last name and he should've left something for them so they couldn't plead to say you influenced him,"

"don't you dare tell me what i should've done." el stood up, "this is not fucking fair!" she screamed at him before storming out of the office.

"el," mike snapped el out of her daydream when he found her cradling a sleeping sailor on the couch downstairs.

"hey," she turned her head a bit and forced a smile.

"what are you doing up?" he asked her from behind the couch and she shook her head, keeping her voice quiet.

"nothing, couldn't sleep," she lied to him then looked down at sailor. "look at him.. sleeping so soundly like a little baby,"

he went to sit down next to her and she immediately set her head down to his shoulder. "is there something wrong, honey? you could always tell me,"

when she didn't respond to him, he looked down to sailor. "you keep holding him like that, does he like that or something?" he asked her, trying to change the subject.

"no.." she trailed off quietly then removed her head from his shoulder, "i do,"

"oh.." he breathed out, hiding the worry in his voice.

"well," he stroked her hair and tucked it behind her ear, "let's go back to bed, shall we? it's late, honey," he gave her the most gentle reassuring smile.

"i think i want to hold onto him a little longer," she murmured then turned to look up at him, "that okay?"

he nodded, "of course," he kissed the top of her head and pulled her in closer.

"hey, careful," she said quietly, "don't wanna hurt the baby,"

his eyebrows furrowed, not understanding what she just called sailor but only assumed that she was referring to him as a baby because he was still one.

"sorry," he apologised quietly and she nodded and leaned closer into his chest.

he sighed out quietly. he needed to ask her soon.

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"why'd you let me sleep in so late?" el asked when she arrived into kitchen and found mike on his laptop with a cup of coffee.

he gave her a smile, "you slept late, you deserved the extra hours."

she nodded slowly, hoping he wouldn't bring up last night events when she was having a small episode.

he went to prepare her a plate of breakfast and she went to sit down to wait when he did so.

when sailor jumped by her feet, she immediately smiled and picked him up, "morning my little sailor." she whispered as he licked her nose gently.