With Me Through Troubled Times (With Me - book 2)

Chapter 28

I let go of Joe and pulled back a little to look at him.

“How did you do it?” He asked as his hands moved to rest on the base of my back.

“For once, I didn't.”

“For once?”

“I didn't do anything this time, you did.”

“What did I do?”

“You recorded what she said while I was in hospital. Without that...who knows what may...”

I stopped talking when Joe leaned in and kissed me. I pulled away and took his hand in mine before we started to walk out the court room.

We walked towards the exit of the building where there was paparazzi standing waiting on us. Joe pulled me close so I was walking behind him a little. I rested my other hand on his arm as we started to exit the building. Security pushed photographers out the way as we walked over to the car.

“Mia, what happened?” Someone shouted.

“There will be a statement made later on in the day but for now, no comment.” Lisa said as she stood by the cars, facing the paparazzi.

I stood by the passenger side of Joe's car and watched her as Joe stood behind me.

“Did Miss. Crew get away with it?”

“Miss. Crew got what she deserved at the end of the day,” Tina said, standing next to Lisa.

“No further questions,” Lisa announced.

I felt Joe kiss my neck lightly before opening the door for me to get in. I got in the car and he shut the door over before walking round to get in the drivers side.

When he got in, he turned and looked at me. “What did the...”

“Turns out that she just forged the signature so we wouldn't ask for another to be sure.” I answered, holding his hand in mine. "You don't need to worry about any other children out there anymore. Only ours."

He smiles before lifting my hand to his mouth and kissing the back of it lightly. I smiled as he let it go to put his seatbelt on. He started the car and reversed out the space before driving home.

We arrived home an hour later, the car coming to a stop near the front door, and I got out. I walked round to the front of the car and took Joe's hand as we walked up to the front door. He opened the door and let me walk into the house first.

“Mum, that's us...” He started before we saw Connor running out of the play room with chocolate all over his face. “What the hell happened to you?”

“Cho!” Connor screamed before running down the hall.

I laughed lightly before I saw Louise walk out the play room with Odette in her arms.

“How's my little girl doing?” I asked, taking Odette from Louise.

“She's fine. How was...”

“She got let off. Kim got jailed,” Joe beamed, resting his hands on my shoulders.

“Well, that's good.”

I walked towards the stairs. “Now, I want to focus on my babies.”

“Mia, do you want...” Joe started before I turned to face him.

“Bring them up with you. I'm going to get changed,” I explained before turning back round and walking up the stairs.

Joe's POV