Leigh smiled as she opened her front door. She saw Mia standing there with Aimee. "Are you sure about watching her? I don't wanna put you out," Aimee said.
"Honestly. It's fine. I don't spend much time with my favourite girl. Besides, we can talk about daddy and I can paint her nails."
Aimee smiled and nodded. "Okay. Thank you. MiMi. Be good for Leigh."
"Otay mummy."
***
Leigh looked at Mia. She smiled. "Shall we order in some pizza?" She asked her. She knew how hard it had been for Mia to lose Tom. To Leigh, Mia was all she had left of Tom. She wanted to have a bond with the little girl.
"Daddy ike pizza. He tells me afore he went to the sky," Mia said. She smiled at Leigh. "Can I go see my daddy in the sky?"
Leigh smiled and shook her head. "No munchkin. The place in the sky isn't for little girls. And your daddy wouldn't want to see you there."
Mia nodded. She often called Leigh her second mummy. She adored the older woman.
***
Leigh got Mia to sleep and smiled down at her. Mia had Tom's eyes and Leigh loved them. She wished that she could look into Tom's eyes once more. She smiled and closed the door. She saw a couple texts on her phone. One from Aimee and one from Simon:
Can I come see you? We need to talk - Simon x
She smiled and told him to come over. She went to check on Mia and saw her taking the bed sheets off. "Hey cutie. What happened?"
"Me have sad dweam about my daddy and had accident. I sorry."
Leigh smiled and picked her up. She kissed her head. "You don't have to be sorry. You're not in any trouble. How about we get these changed and then I'll read you a story," Leigh said.
***
Simon arrived at the house. Leigh let him in and she smiled. "Hey. Keep it down please. Mia is asleep."
"Mia? Aimee's girl?"
Leigh nodded. "Yeah. Tom was her dad. So I sometimes look after her. What did you need to talk about?" She asked.
Simon smiled. "I want you. I know it's too soon for you after Tom. But I can't stop thinking about you. I want us to try. If you do?"
Leigh sighed and shrugged. "I really don't know. My head is all over the place. It's only been two months since Tom died."
***
Simon had stormed out after a fight with Leigh. He knew it was bad but he didn't want to keep being compared to a dead man. Especially when Leigh had already had sex with him.
He wasn't going to be second best.
***
Leigh opened the door for Aimee. Mia was sitting on the sofa. "Hey. Was everything okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. She got a little upset last night and had an accident. But we sorted it and she's as happy as she can be," Leigh said.
Aimee smiled and nodded. She looked at Leigh. "Are you okay? You don't seem yourself," she commented.
Leigh sighed. She didn't know what to tell Aimee. She shrugged. "Please don't judge me. I slept with Simon and he wanted us to be together. But I think it's too soon for me to be in a relationship. We've only just said goodbye to Tom."
Aimee nodded and took her hand. "You're allowed to be happy. Tom would want you to be happy babes. He loved you more than he did me and I'm happy he was happy before he died. Follow your heart babes."
Leigh smiled and nodded. Could she trust herself to find happiness again? Or would her heart always belong to Tom?
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Healing with your passion *Waterloo road*
FanfictionLeigh Mulgrew is the daughter of Christine Mulgrew. She was happy. She was with Tom Clarkson and she was in love. She thought that they would be together forever. What she didn't know was it was only going to be an amount of time before her like cam...
