This Is Us( A Linstead Story)

Chapter 175-do it for her

Mo<"you need to take a walk"

J<"I can't,(he breathed out),I fucked up everything mouse"

Mo<"you didn't jay. Trust me I know what your going through but you can't let this out on Erin. You need to understand that she's the one trying to help you. You punched your brother after he found out you put your hands on your wife"

J<"don't you think I know that"!(he yelled)

Mo<"I know you know that. You've been going to therapy for a week now, and I think it's time you try and start talking to your wife,(he watched as jay looked up and hesitated),jay you have to"

J<"how? I haven't spoken let alone seen my wife ever since she kicked me out. After will told me what I did, I mean I don't blame her, but I don't see how me talking to her about it is going to change the stuff I said and did"

Mo<"it will. Erin loves you. She knows your going through it right now she just didn't know how much. You owe it to her"

J<"I'm just nervous she's gonna see me differently when I finally let her in"

Mo<"you know stuff about her past right?(he watched him nod),so why not pay her back for allowing her to know as your wife. Both Erin and Everly need you, and the more you try and stay locked away, the sooner you'll loose her"

(Jay sighed and twiddled his fingers. Mouse was right. Erin deserved to know what he went through. Hiding from her and treating both his wife and daughter like shit wasn't it. All he knew was it was going to a long hard road)
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(She stepped out of the shower, holding Everly close to her chest as she grabbed a towel with a separate hand, walking into the bedroom and drying her tiny body off)

E<"you smell so good my love,(she smiled as she watched her daughter clap her pudgy hands together),yes...you so silly"

Ev<"D-d"

(Erin grinned, Everly was just starting to learn Dada. The only word she's been able to say)

J<"yeah dada"(he said, leaning against the door frame and watching his wife, who was still naked, and his daughter as she was in the process of having Erin dress her. He caught her off guard and scared her, his smile dropping when he heard her gasp)

E<"h-hi"

J<"hey,(he stepped forward),let me get her dressed, go dry off"

E<"no it's fine I.."

J<"Erin!(he demanded, looking down quickly after she flinched when his voice raised),please"(he asked quietly)

(Erin swallowed and backed away, walking to the closet and grabbing some clothes. She pulled up her panties and a pair of leggings before putting a tank on, and walking carefully towards her husband and daughter)

E<"thank you"(she said quietly)

J<"she's my daughter"

E<"I know,(she paused and looked up as jay was looking at her after he cacooned Everly into a blanket),what"?

J<"you going somewhere"?

E<"I was just gonna go out with a high school friend"

J<"who"?

E<"Aj Dunham"(for some reason she felt the need to say his last name)

J<"your going out with a guy, with no bra on?...no,(he looked at her as her brows furrowed and she was about to speak),you know what go..."