Brothers bestfriend

Chapter 38

ADDISON:
Jordan followed me out of the house. "Give me the car keys. We'll go for a drive but you're in no state to actually drive. I've not drunk anything" Jordan says as I throw him the keys. I get in the car and we drive to the lay-by, going back to the bench we talked on last time.
"Why would he do it Jords. I thought he was happy" i say crying and he hugs me "Honestly Ads, he's the only one who can tell you that. But I thought he was. He's got an amazing girl, he's got a beautiful son and now another one on the way" I sit crying, cuddling and talking to Jordan for just over an hour and then I realise that, I deserve to be in control of this situation. I get Jordan to drive me back, we've been gone a couple of hours and a few of the cars have gone now meaning people have gone home.
I walk into the front room and Dec tries to talk to me but I stop him "I need time and space from you. I need a break" he looks broken but I know this is what I need. "But baby please. You're my wife, we can sort this out" I shake my head "would've been good if you remembered I was your wife when you took your ring off to talk to girls. You can still see Teddy. Right now I'm done" I say walking upstairs to the room where Jack is still watching Teddy sleep. "I heard what happened come here" Jack says as I cuddle Jack crying. He's honestly like another brother to me.
I can hear Dec crying downstairs then Mase walks in the room. "I'll give you two a minute" Jack says as he stands up, before he leaves Mason hugs him and thanks him for looking after Ted and comforting me.
"Ads come here" Mason says and I cry more. "He's going to stay with Ben for a few days Sis, are you sure you want to make this decision before hearing him out" I look at mase and nod "I need time to heal from this, whether there's a reason or explanation, he shouldn't have done it. Please tell him he can come say goodnight to Teddy if he wants to." Mason leaves to tell Dec, who is soon at the door. "I'm just gonna grab some stuff and say goodnight to my boy" I nod to him "I'm doing this because I love you Declan, if I don't have this space or time to think and heal then we'll end up saying or doing things we both regret and ruin this forever. I'm doing this to try and save our relationship" he has a small smile on his face "I love you Ads, Always have, Always will" he says to me placing a kiss on my forehead. As he closes the door I'm sobbing into my quilt, I finally break and every little bit of pain comes out through my tears.
3 days later
It's been 3 days since I took my break from Dec, I've not spoken to anyone really, not even Mason. I've spent most time in my room and I decide I need to get away from it all. I need a holiday but I know I'll need to let Dec know as I'll be taking Teddy. I open my phone to send a text.
Husband❤️:
Good morning. I've been thinking
and I think I need to get away
for a bit. Like proper away, I'm
going to take Teddy on a holiday
for a couple of weeks. I thought
I'd let you know. X

I send the text and the reply comes through almost immediately.

Will you actually come back in
a couple of weeks?
Can we just talk first before you
get on a plane with my boy. Please just
hear me out at least Ads x

Come round for 3pm. We'll talk x

I knew he made sense that I should talk it out before running this time. I mean I'm married, I'm a mum, I can't just give this all up.
Time goes past so quickly and soon there's a knock in the door at 3pm, I take Teddy with me to answer it as I know Decs not seen him since he left so he would've missed him. "Hey" I say to him he smiles at me "Hey Ads" then I hand him Teddy and he hugs him tight telling him how much he's missed him.
Teddy's occupied playing with a toy on Decs lap, so we start to talk. Dec tells me everything he told Mason. "One question though, if you wasn't happy you should've told me. Why not tell me?" He shrugs "I guess I didn't want to hurt you. But I hurt you worse in the end and it wasn't worth it as all it made me realise was how happy you and Teddy made me. It made me realise how lucky I am. We'd been going through a bad patch obviously we both had issues and I thought I was unhappy but I think it was just other peoples comments getting in my head. I fucked up badly Ads and I'll do everything I can to make it better. I don't want to lose you, I know it was the wrong way to realise it but you're literally my world, my happiness, without you I'm dark, broken and empty. I knew I loved you so much but I fucked up. I don't want to lose you please I can't lose you" he's crying and after his speech and Im emotional too, I squeeze his hand "you're not going to lose me. I vowed to stand by you through thick and thin, and I meant it, like I meant what I said the other night. I do love you. Come with me and Teddy. We'll go somewhere private, no one knowing where we are, no contact with people unless it's emergency, no social media. A holiday just us 3 to fix us. What do you think?" He nods and says "I'll do anything to get us back to being happy" he hugs me and as much as I'm still hurt and there's unspoken issues. The hug is what we both needed.