The Girl In The Dirty Shirt Liam Version

Chapter 141

Liam hadn't been kidding about seeing me in court; things had gone from bad to worse. It got to the point where we were literally standing in front of the judge after Liam had been gone for almost a month, screaming at each other.

I sighed irritated pushing my hair back and looking at the judge sitting on his bench; it was taking everything I had not to snap and I knew Liam was biting the inside of his cheek just as hard as I was.

"He was just gone for almost a month..." I sighed gesturing in Liam's general direction "And he leaves again tomorrow for another week!"

"How long is almost a month?" The judge asked

"I..." I thought for a second doing quick math in my head "Twenty two days"

"And in Mr Gallagher's absence were you the primary caregiver for..." he paused to look at his notes "Abigail?"

I nodded "Yes your honour"

I could feel Liam burning a hole in the side of my head before the judge addressed him.

"And where were you for such a lengthy amount of time, Mr Gallagher?"

"I was on tour..."

I snorted biting back a laugh. I couldn't believe he was going to give the judge his "I was on tour" speech.

I nodded and agreed when the judge asked me if what Liam had said about supporting our household was true; I wasn't going to throw him completely under the bus....

After another ten minutes of fact checking, the judge turned his attention back to me and asked me the question I'd been dreading for days.

"...is Mr Gallagher a good father"

I wasn't going to lie.

"Of course he is," I nodded "Addie is the luckiest little girl on the planet; he's an amazing father when he's not on tour," I continued really looking at him for probably the first time that day. "He's just...not a very good husband and I'm not a very good wife; I just don't want Addie to go through what I did with my parents and we're on a train with no breaks heading straight in that direction; and I won't do that to our daughter"

I could hear Liam laugh lightly a few feet away from me as the judge asked him if he'd had anything to add.

Liam shook his head and with the bang of his gavel; Liam and I were granted our separation and joint custody. Addie would spend the time Liam was on tour with me and when he was home, if for a substantial amount of time, it would be split evenly between the two of us.

**

We got home later that night and Liam moved into the guest house and put Addie to bed before he left.

I stood in the front door leaning on the door frame as he stood in the middle of the steps.

"So this is it aye, we're really doin' this?" He asked

I nodded "Now you can have all the unprotected sex you want; you just better come and visit her every free fucking minute you have or I swear to god Liam, I will go back to that judge..."

"I know what I've got..."

I shook my head "No you don't, if you did, Lisa wouldn't be pregnant" I said "I knew what I had and I came back for it, but I'm done fighting for something you don't want, I'm not going to waste my energy; I'll see you in a week"

Before he could answer I stepped back and closed the door before letting out a heavy sigh; this was going to be really fucking hard.