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Tori tugged her jacket tighter to her as she walked home after her shift was over at The Memnoch. She winced slightly and her hand came in contact with the fresh new bruise on her arm and side. Sighing she turned the corner and onto the street on which she and her baby lived.

‘How’d my life get so screwed up so fast? These passed few years have flown by so quickly. I’m not married to Howie like I should be, and Gaby’s never even met her father… and my boss hates me because I know too much, and yet he won’t let me go. Now the father of my child is going to meet his daughter for the first time, and he’s going to hate me too. I just hope that he doesn’t try to take her away from me… I don’t know what I’d do if he did that.’

Upon approaching her building she recognized Aj’s car from the night before and sighed. ‘Oh great, that means that Howie’s with him too…’ she thought to herself. ‘Damn that Aj. Well… this should be interesting.’

She unlocked the door and entered her apartment and she was met with a sight that she never thought she’d see…

“Hi.”