Runaway Daddy (Waterloo road)

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Tom and Layla had been trying to think of ways to make Adam pay. He had hurt their daughter and both of them knew he couldn't get away with anything.

Layla felt as though it was too much. She felt as though she had let her daughter down. She wasn't able to protect her. She blamed herself.

Layla knew that things were too much. She was hardly sleeping. Just wanting to protect her daughter. Tom knew he wanted to make it all better for her. But he just didn't know how.

He too felt like he had let his daughter down. And that was the last thing he ever wanted. He wanted to be a good father. He wanted to be something better than what he had.

All either of them knew was that their daughter needed to know she was safe and protected. And both of them were going to do all that they could to make it happen.

Morning came and Layla woke in bed next to Tom. It was clear he hadn't slept. She sighed as she cuddled into him. "Morning," he mumbled.

"Morning. I want to get a non-molestation order against Adam. He's not to come within 2 meters of Polly. Or us."

Tom sighed as he looked to her. He kissed her. "I know babe. But that won't work why he's working at the school. And I can't see your mum firing him," he said.

Layla nodded. Knowing that he was right. But still wanting to do whatever she could to keep her child safe.

The door opened and Polly toddled in. Tom lifted her into the bed and she cuddled into her parents. Layla felt a tear slipping down her cheek.

"Hey baby. It's going to be okay. We're going to fix this. We're going to make it all better," Tom said as he kissed the top of Layla's head.

"I hope so."

***
Layla and Tom went into work. Charlee was there. She smiled. "Hey. So Adam is in the staff room. He's telling everyone how you've stopped him and Rachel from seeing Polly."

"I have. I'm not interested in having neither of them near my child. She has been hurt and her own grandmother doesn't seem to care. She doesn't seem to see that it's her boyfriend who has hurt her own granddaughter," Layla said.

"I get you babes. Listen, just ignore Adam. I'm sure if everyone knew what he had done, they would want him gone," Charlee said.

"I hope so.  I just... she's my baby and I feel like I didn't protect her."

***
Layla was sitting in her classroom. She looked up as Rachel walked in. Rachel sighed. "I don't understand why you're being like this. Polly is my grandchild. And you're stopping me from seeing her," she said.

"I'm not stopping you. You can see her. Just not when he's around. So if you want to see her, you have to see her at my place. That's the way it has to be," Layla told her.

Rachel frowned. "Do you honestly think I would let anything happen to her?"

"I don't know. I can't trust you when you have him around," Layla said as she looked to her mum.

But with things seemingly so tense between her and her mum, would they ever go back to how it used to be between them?