0:00:35 > 0:00:37What are you doing here?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I'm her mum, Sharon.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Sonia called me.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44She had Louise's bag, but I...
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Did she, now?
0:00:49 > 0:00:53BABY CRIES
0:00:54 > 0:00:56He's so grizzly tonight.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I don't know how you can do that.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Act so normal. Be so brave.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Let me see if I can go settle him again, yeah?
0:01:13 > 0:01:14How are you?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16She's on morphine.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Sorry, you are...?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Bex. Rebecca.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Oh, yeah, Sonia's... Yeah.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I had no idea she was calling her.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26You've got a nerve!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I just couldn't believe it. When I heard...
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Not a word. A year and a half.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Get her out.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- I'm here for Louise. - Well, she doesn't need you.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- MARTIN:- Bex. - Dad!
0:01:35 > 0:01:36All right?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40You came quick.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46You had no right! Hasn't Louise been through enough?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- She's her mum. - You unlocked her phone.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50What, YOU rang her?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It was in her "in case of emergency" numbers.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53What were you thinking?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Look, when you have a kid, you'll get it.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Know what? Maybe we should... You should go home, eh?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- I want to stay.- It's OK.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I think we should let Louise get some rest, eh?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- SHARON:- Yeah, go on, darling. Look, it's late.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I'll look after Lou for you.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I'll come back tomorrow, yeah?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- MARTIN:- And if there is anything that we can do...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Come on.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Haven't you done enough?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20If it was you, you'd want to know.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Thank you.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Are you... You OK for a few more minutes?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Yeah, course.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- How's Shaki?- He's really shaken up.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Look, if you...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50If you need to go...
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I'm doing the washing up.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55I'll be upstairs.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Didn't work out in Florida, then?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Can I get you something?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- I'll get it.- Glass of water?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Look, I'm not trying to pick a fight,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- but why don't you just go... - So, where is he?
0:03:34 > 0:03:40Phil? While his daughter, his precious daughter...
0:03:40 > 0:03:41He's in Italy.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I leave my daughter with him...
0:03:45 > 0:03:47No, you didn't. You just left.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48..and he goes swanning off to Italy...
0:03:48 > 0:03:50He had a liver transplant. He nearly died.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Oh, but he's well enough to go on holiday without his daughter...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- He's recuperating! - Sounds like a holiday to me, Sharon!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58You abandoned her for some new man!
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- That's what she told you, is it? - You do not get to judge.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Louise needs quiet.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Yeah, sorry.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Can I...? Can I have...?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15For the pain?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- Could you just give us a moment? - Actually, I'm her mum.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Oh, I thought...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Well, you thought wrong.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Stay.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Yeah. OK.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Why don't you go home and come back tomorrow, Lisa? Mm?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I... I really do need to...
0:04:45 > 0:04:46I'll wait outside.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12When do you think you might be able to start treatment?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I told you. It's watch and wait, isn't it?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I'm talking about chemo and stuff. Days? Weeks?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Babe, we have to accept treatment might not work.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Yeah, well, you're going to get better.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- It's going to be hard.- Yeah, I know.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32And we're going to need help.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Louie's enough of a handful as it is...
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Now, come on, we have talked about this.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37I think we should tell Ian.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40No, Lauren. OK, look, this is my decision...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I don't think I can do this on my own.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47When my mum had cancer, that was when the drinking spiralled.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Look, if you don't think that you can do this, then...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I just can't believe this is actually happening.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Do you want to leave?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Look, if you just want to take Louie and go, then I understand.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11It's a big ask, and I wouldn't ask it of just anyone.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13No, I'm... I'm here.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15I'm here, I'm not...
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Yeah, yeah, I'll be here. - Stay strong, yeah?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Tell her...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Give her my love. - Thanks. I need to call Denny. Bye.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29What is it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32What's happened?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I'm sure no news is good news.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- You don't know that. - PHONE RINGS
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Hi. Hi, how's the...?- Lisa's here.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Lisa?!- Don't ask. Is Denny in bed yet?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01No, no, he's still up.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- How's Louise? - It's not looking great.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I can't talk for long. Can I talk to Denny?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Yeah, yeah, course. It's your mum.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Mum?- Hi, darling.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15FRONT DOOR CLOSES
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Just heard.- Heard what?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Louise.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27What's happened?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29She was at the school prom, her dress has caught fire,
0:07:29 > 0:07:30and she's been badly burnt.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33She's been taken to hospital, Martin just told me.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Is she going to be all right?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39She's just so young. I mean, she could've died.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Thanks for mine.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Yeah. It's just a little headache.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Do you need anything? - No, I don't do pills.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02What did the nurse say?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Not much. She just wanted to make sure Lou was comfortable.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Give her more pain relief.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I just can't believe this has happened.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12My little girl.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15If you're looking for comfort...
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Don't flatter yourself, Sharon.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21What have the doctors said?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- I just told you...- I meant earlier.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29She's having a skin graft tomorrow. She could be scarred for life.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35How did it happen? I mean, Sonia said the prom?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38All I know is her dress went up in flames.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Why? Was she smoking?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Two girls did it. On purpose.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Why?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47You really don't know anything, do you?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I bet when Sonia called, you said, "Louise who?"
0:08:52 > 0:08:55No, I got what I need. All right, I'll see you soon.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- I'm so sorry that took so long. - That's all right. Don't be silly.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02You didn't have to dry it!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Least I could do.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Right...- So, where were we?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- I should make a move. - No, no, it's OK. I'm...
0:09:14 > 0:09:15I'm all yours now.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Sorry.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22That's all right. We'll do this another time.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Kids come first, don't they?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26See you later.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Erm...
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Thanks for coming.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36- It's been fun.- Has it? I mean, yeah. It has.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Most of it.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Ring me?- Yeah, course.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Or text. Texting's fine.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Night, then.- Night.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56No text, no messages.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58You've got no idea what's been happening for me.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Some new man waltzes into your life
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and suddenly that's all that matters.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04She's spent most of her life with me, Sharon!
0:10:04 > 0:10:05You helped me get her back!
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Yeah, well, do you know what? I wish I hadn't.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13So much has been going on. I wanted to call.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Did you run out of minutes?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18You walked away from your daughter!
0:10:18 > 0:10:19And now I'm back.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Well, she doesn't want you. You saw her.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Still think you're better than everyone, don't you?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26There's not a day goes by when I don't speak to my son.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Then why don't you go now and look after him?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- He's being looked after. - Me and Phil'll take care of Louise.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Oh, no, that's right, Phil ain't here.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Well, you're lucky he isn't.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- She's my daughter, Sharon. Not yours.- And?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40And I don't want you anywhere near her.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Tough.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I'm her legal next of kin.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44So why are you walking away again?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Cos I'm going to go and find someone to get you thrown out!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Right, I'm going to go through. - Night-night, Dad. Sleep well.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58You OK?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05You know, one minute they're running around,
0:11:05 > 0:11:06causing you headaches.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Dad, come on.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12And the next, your whole world's just changed.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I mean, it takes one moment, one flash of anger,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18one split-second decision, and you can't turn it back.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Dad, don't go there.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Look, you try and do everything you can to protect your kids.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29To keep them safe from the world. But it's never enough.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- It wasn't your fault.- No, I know.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I just keep thinking, if I'd done this,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36or if I'd done that, and... I don't know.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Look, having you come back here with Lauren and little Louie -
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I know he's not actually yours - but...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Look, having this time with you again, getting to know you again,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51having a second chance...
0:11:52 > 0:11:57Look, I haven't heard from Peter in, I don't know how long, months.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58So...
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Look, I should've made more of it on Father's Day.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Cos having you here, it...
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It means the world to me.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29'Scuse me!
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I'm her stepmum. She lives with me and Phil.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36You're nothing to her. In the eyes of the law...
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- You really want to go there? - 'Scuse me!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41I will tell them everything you've ever done. Every little thing.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Then they'll ask Louise who she wants here.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45I'm her mum!
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Yeah, and you know who she's going to choose.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Is your dad going to come back?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Sharon doesn't want to tell him till things are clearer.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Well, she's his daughter!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Sharon thinks he's only just really got back on his feet.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06She can't just not tell him! If that was me...
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Well, it ain't, is it?!
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Look, are you sure you want to go down there?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Sharon said I won't be able to see her. Not till morning.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Right, so where are you going?
0:13:19 > 0:13:20No. Ben, no...
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Listen, you just wait till I find them!
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- They're girls! - The police are dealing with it.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- Yeah, they're also 15! - I mean, come on. After last time?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28I thought she was your sister, too.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Yeah, she is. And you're my brother.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40She's in the best place.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I still can't believe you called her.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Lou needs her mum. - We talked about this.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Just like you did, when you were being bullied.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48No, I chose to call you! It's not the same.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51If she had her mum in her phone as her emergency contact,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53she must have wanted her.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Look, son, it's getting a bit late, innit?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59She needed to know.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Try not to think about it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I knew what they were like.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Everything they did to me...
0:14:11 > 0:14:15No-one's blaming you. You've told everyone, right from the start.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16If I made them listen...
0:14:16 > 0:14:18But, look, you couldn't've stopped this.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Yeah, you didn't know that they were going to take it this far.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Nobody did.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I just keep seeing her...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Bex, you are not responsible for this.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31This is not your fault.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39How long you been back?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Nearly five years.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41And you come back for Phil?
0:14:43 > 0:14:48I was going to marry someone. But I realised I didn't want him.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I needed a bit of help.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53And good old Phil was there!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Well, you always go back to where you feel safest, don't you?
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- And you been with him ever since? - No.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02No, I was supposed to marry someone else, but...
0:15:02 > 0:15:05What happened to that what's-her-name that Lou
0:15:05 > 0:15:06said he was with? Erm...
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Shirley?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09She shot him.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13On our wedding day. He clearly has that effect on women.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Never been tempted yourself?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Plenty of times. Trust me.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20So, the liver thing.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Did he really nearly die?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27You know Phil. Nine lives.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Can't have many left.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And is he on his way back?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34He doesn't know.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38He's recovering. I'll call him tomorrow.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41You always did wear the trousers.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43You have no idea what we've gone through, Lisa.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Everything you said, about me walking out on Louise...
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Look, we both said a lot of things. - It's true. All of it.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I chose a man over my daughter.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00What kind of mother does that?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Louise made the choice for you...
0:16:03 > 0:16:06No, she didn't. She just made it easier.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10She knew where all my time and my attention was.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13That's why she chose her dad.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I should've come to talk to her.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Talk to him, work something out.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22But I was just so exhausted by everything.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Lou going felt like one less thing on my plate.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31At least I left her believing she was with her dad.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Phil swanned off to Italy leaving Lou with some woman she hardly knew.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37No, it wasn't like that! Lou knew her.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44She weren't with you, was she? You went with him. To Italy.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- He needed care. - And he didn't think to tell me?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Look, it all happened so quickly, Lisa.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- So, where's Lou been? - Michelle was with her.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Who?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Mark's sister. Your old in-law. - I've never even met her myself.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04So, hang on a minute, you leave my daughter with some total stranger,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07take your kid to Italy with Phil, and...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Oh. You didn't take him either?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Him and Louise were at school.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19The kid you never go a day without talking to?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Not easy, is it, Sharon?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Balancing children with the men we love.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Nearly 11.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- Will Mum be home soon? - She'll be here in the morning.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Tell her to come in and see me.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Yeah, course I will.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Louise'll be OK.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00It'll all be OK.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07This is going to break him.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09You think I don't know that?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Losing Lucy. Losing Peter.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14He hasn't lost Peter.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Losing Bobby.- Bobby will be back.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Can you stop acting like everything's going to be OK?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21You said it yourself -
0:18:21 > 0:18:24we have to accept that you might not even get better.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Lauren, please, not now, all right?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27There's never going to be a good time.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30And with every day that passes, it's just going to get worse.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Dad will be OK.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34He won't, though.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35- I- won't.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I just wish this wasn't happening. I wish...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I wish that it wasn't true.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- You don't think- I- do?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46This is just such a mess.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It's not like I chose this to happen.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57What am I going to say to Louie?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Louie... He's too young to remember any of this.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05But he won't be forever.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10When he's older, what... He's not going to have Peter.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12This isn't about Peter!
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Look, whatever we're going through, we're going through as a family.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Come on, we're just going round in circles.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20No, we need to tell Ian and Jane.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22You just said it will break him!
0:19:22 > 0:19:24OK, so maybe we'll tell Jane first...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27No, Lauren. OK, I'm not having this conversation.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31You're not going to be able to keep this quiet.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35OK, what about when you start having treatment, Steven, or...?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38One day at a time, please?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48No-one ever tells you how hard it's going to be.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Get pregnant. Everyone's excited.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54No-one says you're going to spend the rest of your life worried sick.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Would anyone ever have kids if they did?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I thought you couldn't have children.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Yeah, so did I. He's a miracle baby.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Glad for you.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Well, you do know he was Dennis'?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Peggy told me.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- And you know that he died before Denny was...?- Yeah, I heard.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I thought that losing him - that was the hardest.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20I loved him so much.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You know, suddenly you're all alone and pregnant, and...
0:20:25 > 0:20:30all you want to do is hide, you know, make the whole world stop,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34but then, Denny came along, and you just keep on going.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Suddenly there's this tiny little thing,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41not knowing anything about anything, and you're all they've got.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43I remember that feeling.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45You chose to go it alone.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47To try to cut Phil out of it.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Phil never wanted me, Sharon.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52He only ever wanted Louise. And Ben.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55You still could have had him in your life, in hers.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Me - I had no choice.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I used to wish I'd died there, too.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Lying in that road with Dennis, little Denny never born.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17But you deal with what you've got, don't you?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21And the pain, it passes with time.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23But still, they're there, needing you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Doesn't matter how old they are, how grown up they start to seem.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30He fights with me all the time.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Me and Lou never stopped.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Well, you're not alone.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I know what Louise is like when she gets an idea in her head.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41And I used to fight with my mum.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44That's what kids do, isn't it?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Thinking they know best, knowing that really they don't.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50All we want to do is protect them.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Stop anything bad happening to them.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Look at her, Lisa.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01She's so young, beautiful.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03So full of life and excitement.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Do you know she's got a boyfriend?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Has she?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Mm. He's a nice enough lad.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Well, you remember what it's like. All that excitement.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Yeah. Like you're the only person that's ever felt like that before.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21They had so many things they were going to do this summer.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24She had so many plans for her future.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's not over, though, is it?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Well, that's what we've got to persuade her.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Cos right now, she is scared.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Did they really say she might be scarred?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Well, skin graft tomorrow,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41but I don't think there's a "might be" about it.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44But her face looks OK?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Small mercy. Her chest's got third-degree burns.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56But we are going to help her through this. All of us.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58We are going to help her come to terms with it.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Be strong for her. All of us. Together.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06If you sign up for this...
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I will call Phil.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10And I'll try to persuade him.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14He won't want me anywhere near her.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16She don't even want me herself.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18She's going to need every bit of help she can get.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Phil'll see that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23But if you can't step up and be there,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25then you walk, and you keep on walking.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28No more messing that girl about.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30If you're going to go, then go for good.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Hey.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I've been thinking about what you said.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54About wishing this wasn't happening. None of it was true.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59And I've been thinking about what you said about us
0:23:59 > 0:24:00going through this as a family.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Yeah, look, I know you don't want to tell them...
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Look, I always thought I would have kids of my own one day.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10And I know now that that's not going to happen.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11But having Louie...
0:24:13 > 0:24:14..it's been as good as having my own.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19You, me and him, this past year...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23And the thought of...
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Well, it's like what you said, isn't it? About what do you tell him?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Well, I want him to know that I always wanted him.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I want him to know that I never wanted to leave him like this.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I want - before I die...
0:24:44 > 0:24:46I want us to be a proper family.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I want to adopt him, Lauren.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55I want to be his dad.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Hey.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Hi. How you feeling?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Can I get you anything?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Like you care.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I'm your mum. Of course I care.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Louise, darling...
0:25:33 > 0:25:34I just want my dad.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Yeah, I know, sweetheart. But right now, you've got us.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And I love you. And I ain't about to walk away.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06PHONE RINGS
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Ben? What is it?