Michael's POV

My lawyer called me today and said that's Lisa's court date will be coming up soon. I know I'm going to have to tell Leanne about it eventually, but I'm going to leave it for now because she's finally coming home today and I don't want anything stressing her out. She's still in some pain here and there, but in general she's feeling much better physically, but it's more the mental side of things I'm mainly concerned about. She was already having panic attacks and trying to deal with the trauma of what happened with Mary and her parents passing and I'm really worried about how all of this is going to affect her.

I'm at home getting ready and getting some fresh clothes for Leanne and my mother knocks on the door.

"Hey! I thought you were going straight to the hospital?"

"I was, but Janet went up there earlier so I decided to go with you" she smiles walking into the living room and sits down. "I'm almost ready and then we can pick her up and finally bring her home" I smile making my way towards the stairs. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"I don't think so" I stop coming back down and start going through the bag I packed. "I mean where your supposed to be going today" she says and I look at her confused.

"The cemetery? Leanne parents?"
"We're not going there today" I shake my head "what do you mean your not going!? You told Leanne you knew where they were" she frowns confused. "I do, but I'm not taking her there today. I'm gonna take her in a few weeks when she's feeling better and...."

"A few weeks!?" She snaps at me "she's getting out of hospital today and I don't want her getting too overwhelmed and...."

"Michael, that poor girl has waited 2 years to find out where her parents are and she thinks your taking her today"

"I said I'd take her and I will, but I never said it was today" I point out and she sighs heavily "she thinks your taking her today. You may not have actually said that, but you can't make her wait any longer"

"But..."

"I understand your concerns, but you can't make Leanne wait any longer. It's just cruel" she says and I don't say anything for a moment.

"What if it's too much for her? Or she breaks down or...."

"Then you be there for her" she cuts me off again. "It's always going to be hard for her going there. Especially the first time, but she deserves to say goodbye to her parents" she says softly and I sigh heavily and nod. "Fine, but if it get too much for her I'm bringing her straight back" I say still unsure if this is a good idea or not then head upstairs to finish getting ready.

I come downstairs a few moments later and my mother is at the kitchen table covering her mouth with her hand and she's reading something.

"What are you doing with that?" I say quickly, taking the folder from her. "What is all this?" She asks. "It's all the stuff the police could find about Leanne's parents and her family and stuff. That's how I found out where they were buried"

"Why would they give you such private documents like this?" She frowns confused. "they made a deal with me that if I helped them with all that stuff with Alex and Kelly, they'd give me copies of everything they found out about Leanne's parents and what they had on record" I mutter, putting everything back.

"But Leanne said her parents died in a car accident? This says they were murdered and died of stab and gun shot wounds in their home!"  She frowns confused and still shocked by what she just read. "She says they died in a car accident because that's what Mary told her. She doesn't know any of this" I explain and she doesn't say anything for a moment.

"Are you going to tell her?"

"No and I don't want you telling her either" I say sternly "you don't think she has the right to know the truth?"

"Her parents were brutally murdered and the killer was never found and is still out there somewhere. What's telling her this gonna do other than make things worst? As far as she's aware her parents died in an accident and died instantly. Is it really that bad to let her keeping thinking that?" I ask and she doesn't answer me for a moment.

"I hate lies Michael. You know this and secrets and..."

"I hate lying and keeping things secret too. Especially from Leanne, but it's not like I'm doing it because I've cheated or done something wrong. I'm lying and keeping this to myself to save her from anymore pain. Surly you can understand that?" I say softly and she nods. "What about the other thing?" She asks and I look at her confused. "It says in that folder Leanne has a grandmother. Will you be telling her about that?"

"I'm not sure yet" I mumble and she looks at me disappointed. "After what happened with Kelly and Alex and her aunt Mary, I'm not gonna just let some random stranger I've never met come into her life and from what Leanne's told me she didn't have any other family apart from her parents and Mary and she hasn't seen or heard from her grandma since she was really little. She just assumed she died and.... I know it sounds paranoid, but I wanna check her out first and find out exactly who she is" I explain. "And if she is Leanne's grandmother?"

"If she really is her grandmother and I see no reason to keep her away then yes I will tell her, but until I know for sure who she is, I'm going to keep it to myself" I explain and she nods understandably.

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Leanne's POV

"Are you feeling ok?" Michael's asks breaking the silence and I nod still looking out of the window. "Are you sure? You look a little pale. We can always come another.. "

"I'm fine. Really" I turn to him and smile through pursed lips then turn back to the window. "It just feels weird being back around here" I mumble. "In what way?"

"Just weird. Everything seems different somehow" I mumble staring out of the window as we pass by my old area"

"It's probably just because you haven't been around here in so long"

"Maybe" I mumble "Leanne, are you sure you wanna do this today? Because if it's too much then...."

"I need to say goodbye" I croak, trying not to cry and he nods then stops the car. "Is this the place?"

"Mhm" he nods and gets out of the car the walks around to help me out the other side.

When we get to the grave I stand silent for a moment not knowing how to feel. I've been waiting so long to find my parent's, but now I have it still doesn't take away any of that emptiness or heartache away and it still doesn't seem real"

"Are you ok?" Michael asks softly sitting by my parent's grave with me and I nod. "It still doesn't seem real though" I mumble "how do you mean?"

"The day it happened" I mumble "they were so happy and full of life and that morning my mom made chocolate pancakes for breakfast and me and my dad were running around the house playing tag and on the way to school we were all singing along to the radio and everything was perfect and then when we got to the school they told me they loved me an- and...."

"And what?" Michael asks softly wiping away my tears "my dad..  he- he smiled and told me to keep making them proud.. but I didn't" I croak "I didn't make them proud... My daddy ask me me for one thing, but instead I became this dirty, disgusting thing and..."

"Your none of things" Michael cuts me off and I break down in his arms "I knew this was a bad idea" he sighs to himself. "They were the best parents anybody could have asked for and let them down and made them ashamed an- and... I didn't deserve to have them" I sob

"Baby, you have done nothing to be ashamed of and you haven't let anybody down.. ok?" He says softly "what happened wasn't your fault. None of this is. It was Mary that took you to that place not you and it was ME and the others that did you wrong and it was ME that let you down and I'm so sorry for my part in all of that, but none of that was your fault" he says softly pulling me in close to me. I open my mouth to speak but as much as I try nothing comes out and I break down once again.

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Michael's POV

After Leanne broke down she said she wanted to go home. I knew taking her to her parents grave today would be too much for her and I wish I hadn't listened to my mother on this one and had gone with what my gut instinct was telling me.

Leanne doesn't say much on the way home and I don't really know what to say to her either. I've always felt guilty for what I did to her and for being to stupid not to see that she was scared of me for a long time and hearing her crying and saying she felt dirty and disgusting about herself for the things she did, really broke my heart. She's done nothing wrong, but still hates herself when it's me that she should be hating not herself. She says she's forgiven me for what happened in the past and I believe her when she says she loves me back, but it still doesn't stop me from hating myself and even though she's forgiven me, I still can forgive myself for what I put her through and taking her to her parents grave the same day she gets out of hospital only caused her more pain. Once again because of me.

"I'm sorry" I mumble and she turns and looks at me confused. "For what?"

"For taking you there today. I should have waiting until you were better and..."

"Me breaking down wasn't your fault" she cuts me off "whether we left it a week or months, it was always going to be hard for me"

"But it was my fault you feel the way you do" I mumble guilty. "No it's not... You didn't do what the others did and you didn't make me do the things they did" she mumbles that last part. "You were always really nice to me and you always wanted to talk and get to know me and you always gave me cuddles"

"That doesn't make what I did any better" I mumble "actually it does. Yes I was scared of you at first and I'm not gonna deny that, but then the more you tried to get to know me, the more I started to look forward to you coming to see me"

"You did?" I frown confused and she nods "mhm. And every night when we'd talk online it made me feel normal again. When I was saying the things I had to do made feel dirty and ashamed, I wasn't talking about you. You never made me feel that way. You always made me feel special" she smiles slightly.

"That's because you are and when we first made love I meant what I said when I told you, you were perfect and you were special to me" I smile back slightly.

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Leanne's POV

I've told Michael, I don't blame or resent him in any way and I've forgiven him more times than I can remember and I meant every word, but no matter how many times I tell him, it sometimes feels like he doesn't want to be forgiven and wants to be punished for what's happened, but he doesn't need to. I know he's sorry for what's happened in the past I think he's been punished more than enough even though he didn't deserve it.

When we get home it's starting to get late so we both decided to get ready for bed and have an early night.

"I um... I'm gonna go change in the bathroom" Michael says nervously taking his clothes with him. "ok" I say confused by his nervousness as he walks out the room and I hear him lock the bathroom door behind him which he never does.

After getting changed I get into bed and shortly after Michael comes back wearing his boxers and a T-shirt, which again is pretty strange that he'd wear a T-shirt to bed, but I don't say anything about it and he climbs into bed and wraps his arms around me, pulling me close to him.

"I've missed this. Just me and you" he sighs contently. "I've missed this too" I smile and peck his lips and he leans closer kissing me back softly.

Are soft kiss starts to become more heated and Michael moans softly onto my lips, pulling me closer to him, pushing himself onto me, allowing me to feel his hard manhood and I moan softly as he moves his hand, slowly up my thigh.

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Michael's POV

Thing's start heating up fast between Leanne and I and I slowly remove her panties and gently rub my two fingers against her entrance and I feel her getting more wet for me the longer I do it and she begins slowly moving her hips in sinc with my fingers letting me know she wants this as much as I do.

Leanne pulls down my boxers, releasing my fully hard member and I moan softly as her hand slowly moves up and down my shaft. I lift her shirt over her head and bite my lower lip, seeing her beautiful naked body then pull her back into me and lead her back down on the bed. As we're kissing she slowly moves hands from around my neck, down my chest and is about to lift up my shirt to remove the last item of our clothes. "W-wait" I stutter stopping her, quickly pulling my t-shirt back down before she sees.

"Are you ok?" She asks confused
"Mhm" I nod and kiss her softly making my down her beautiful body. I get close to her womenhood and she lifts my head away slightly and brings me back up to her and pecks my lips. "We don't have to do anything if you don't want to" she says softly. "I do" I nod and kiss her softly. "I wanna make love to you more than anything. I really do it's just..." I pause and she looks at me confused "I'm scared you won't love me anymore if you see" I mutter, looking away from her and she lifts my head up, turnig me to face her and pecks my lips then breaks away slightly. "Michael, I love you more than anything and nothing's ever going to change that" she says softly and I look at her nervously not saying anything and she smiles at me through pursed lips then turns away from me and switches off the lamp beside the bed. Then turns and kisses me softly, slowly getting on top of me. "Thank you" I whisper onto her lips and she slowly removes my shirt and I kiss her deeply as she positions me against her entrance.

Leanne moans softly onto my mouth as she pushes herself onto me and I can feel her body always trembling. She slowly thrusts her hips in sync with mine and I can already feel myself on the edge. I turn us both over thrusting slow and gently and groan into her mouth, pushing myself deeper inside of her, giving her all of me. I feel myself getting closer and closer and try to hold it for as long as possible, but moments later I cum deep inside of her and she moans softly and kisses me deeply as climaxes. "I love you" she whispers shakily onto my lips. "I love you too"