**kirstie POV**
I just got home and I saw Mitch sitting the stairs as if he were waiting for me to come home.

"Hey, Mitchie." I say walking and shutting the door behind me.

He stayed silent and just kept looking at me.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you setting up for the party?" I ask.

"Scott's in the guest house. He wants to talk to you in private." He says.

"Everything okay?" I ask.

He just looks at me and walks upstairs to the living area.

I walk into the guest house and see Scott sitting there on the couch.

"Welcome home!" I say running up to him to give him a hug, but he doesn't hug back.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"What's been going on since I've been in rehab?" He asks.

Shit! Someone told him about Jeremy.

**Scott POV**
"What's been going on since I've been in rehab?" I ask Kirstie crossing my arms.

She didn't speak up right away, but she could tell I knew about her and the guy.

"Scott, look I-"

"You what? You don't want to put our family back together? You don't want to work things out with me like you promised we would? You don't want me to be in my daughters life? You what, Kirstie!? Tell me!?" I say cutting her off mid sentence.

"I have been seeing someone else while you were in rehab. That doesn't mean anything." She says.

"Just say it. Tell me the truth, Kirstie." I say.

"What truth?" She asks.

"Tell me you're done with me because if that's the case, I'll leave and I won't come back." I say.

She was silent again for a minute looking down at the ground.

"Well?" I say.

"I want to have this happy family life with you, Scott. I just don't want you to break my heart again. I want to be sure you won't leave again." She says.

"I'm not going to. I went to rehab to better myself. So I can get better for and Rose. I wouldn't dream of breaking your heart again." I say.

"But how can I be sure?" Kirstie says.

"Let me come back home. Let me stay here. Let me show you I'm not the same person I was six months ago." I say.

She was silent again for a few minutes and I was tired of her not giving me answers.

As I got to walk out the door, Kirstie grabs me by my arm.

"Please stay, Scott? I can't keep going on thinking I can have a happy family without you when all I do is imagine having a big family with you." She says as tears escape her eyes.

I turn around and take her in for a big hug and tell her I'm here.

We are one step closer to putting everything back together.