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8th february 2024, monaco
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"FUCK SAKE." Max cursed, burying his head in his hands, he angrily slammed his first down on the dining table, causing the flowers to fall over and spill on the table. Ella heard the calamity from the living room and rushed to him. "Max? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm.. I'm sorry, it was an accident."
"I know it was amore, what happened?" She asked as she cleaned up the mess quickly. Max took a deep breath. He was stupid to think their happy life could continue forever. It was going to crash down at some point. "Amalia wants to meet Millie."
"What?" Ella almost dropped the flowers onto the floor. Max rubbed his hand over his face as Ella put the flowers back in the - now empty - vase and rushed to hug him. "She can't... Can she? She doesn't have that right."
"She got a lawyer. If I don't let her meet Millie she's going to fight for custody." Max breathed. Ella shook her head repeatedly in disbelief. "She won't win."
"I don't want to fight, Ella. The option is, let Millie and her meet once or go through months of legal battling which will just make things even harder for Millie? I can't put her through that. I can't." Max breathed heavily, Ella lay a hand gently against his heart, and helped him calm down.
"She's just a kid, Ella. She's just a fucking kid. She doesn't understand this." Max laid his hand on top of Ella's against his chest. He looked her in the eyes but continued to breathe in and out rapidly. "Max, we will help her through this. We can get through this together. We just need... time. We need to explain everything to her and then they can meet and then we'll go from there."
"Ella we don't have time. Amalia is coming tonight, or she's filing for custody tomorrow." Max had tears in his eyes, Ella placed a hand at either side of his jaw, and kissed his nose. "She'll use my job as a reason I can't have full custody of Millie. She'll bring you into it.. She'll..."
