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Chapter 36

*Station Car Park*

Andy still wasn't 100% that this was a good idea, she wanted to be at work and stay distracted.. but also knew that at some point, sooner or later she would need to talk to this woman. Or at least her Aunt, Uncle and cousin. She sat in the passenger side of the car and rested her head against the window. 'The longer I sit here, the less time I'll have to spend there' she thought. She ended up drifting off to sleep and was was only woken by Robert getting in to the car, some 20 minutes later.

"Hey honey what are you doing here?" She asked.

"Supporting my gorgeous wife, what do you think I'm doing here?" He asked, a half cheeky tone evident in his voice. He leaned over and kissed her before finding her hand to squeeze. "Let's go and find out some things...." He tried to sound enthusiastic, but his voice broke slightly at the end, giving him away that he was actually incredibly nervous about how his wife was going to handle the next few hours.

"I don't know if I'm ready yet, Robert."

"I do, you're stronger than you think my love, and when you don't feel strong, that's when I step in to hold you up. I've got you." He continued.

Robert kept a hold of Andy's hand and started the engine. He put his seatbelt on and the car in 'drive'. Andy squeezed his hand tightly, but looked directly out the window to avoid his gorgeous gaze, she didn't want his warm, comforting smile to break her as she tried to pluck up the courage for the next.. well.. for however long this was going to take.

Robert pulled up outside Tia Sandra and Tio Johnny's house. He put the car in 'park' and went to turn the engine off.

"Wait" Andy pleaded.

"Okay, there's no rush. We can sit here until you're ready." He did turn the engine off but allowed Andy to just sit and prepare herself. Her breathing was steady but she was staring at their house like there was a genuine ghost stood in front of it... Well, to Andy, there was.

15 minutes of silence went by, the stroking of Andy's hand from his thumb was the only movement or sound in the car. He didn't want to push her, he just wanted her to know that he was there.

"Andrea, would you like me to wait in the car?"

"What?" Her eyes focused on his quickly. "No, absolutely not, I need you with me."

"Understood. Then that's exactly where I'll be. I will be there unless told otherwise." He raised her hand up to his lips to give it a light kiss, and then lowered it back down to his thigh.

Andy was now staring out of the passenger window at the opposite houses in the street. She really was trying to find the courage inside of her to get out of the car, her leg was shaking and she was biting the inside of her lip as she anxiously sat there. Robert was trying to see through the blinds to the living room and find out if Elena was actually there or not at this precise moment. He must have been so lost in thought because it took him over a minute to see Tia Sandra stood in an opening at the front door. She looked to be in a relaxed, hopeful state, willing her niece to come inside. She slowly walked down the front steps of the house to their car.

"Andy, baby, Tia Sandra is here." He explained, calmly and quietly.

Unalarmed, Andy turned her head in the direction of Robert and the house, as she watched Sandra walk toward them. "Oh great." She replied as he slowly rolled down the window.

"Good morning Robert.. Andrea." Sandra started. "There's no one else here, it's just me. Would you like to come in for some tea?"

"That would be great, thank you Sandra." Robert replied.