Leanne's POV

Michael's going to be meeting with Lisa today and I've been feeling really weird about it. I haven't said this to Michael or anybody, but him being alone with Lisa is really making me paranoid. As much as I've never really liked or got along with Lisa, it doesn't change the fact that she's still beautiful and Michael was married to her and obviously loved her once. I do believe him when he says he loves me and doesn't have feelings for Lisa anymore, but that doesn't mean nothing could happen when their alone and with the two of them talking he may start getting getting those feelings he once had for her.

"You ok?" Michael asks walking into the living room , bringing me from my thoughts. "Mhm" I nod faking a smile. "I'm gonna have to go and meet Lisa soon. Will you be ok here?"

"Ok" I nod and he looks at me for a moment. "Have I said something to you?"

"No why?" I look at him confused. "Are you sure? You've seemed a little off with me the last few days. If I've said something or..."

"You haven't done anything wrong" I smile slightly through pursed lips. "Then what's wrong? There's clearly something bothering you" he asks refusing to let it go and I sigh heavily and decide to just come out with.

"Baby, I swear to you, I don't feel anything for Lisa. I love you and only ever want to be with you and I'd never cheat on you or doing anything to hurt you. I understand you having problems trusting me after the way things were when we first met, but I'm trying really hard to prove that you can trust me, but I don't know how I'm supposed to do that or.. "

"I do trust you" I tell him honestly. "Then what's the problem?" He asks confused. "You may not have feelings for Lisa right now, but you loved her once and your gonna be talking alone in a hotel room with her and I'm scared those feelings will come back and..."

He kisses me softly, cutting me off then breaks away slightly. "I love you and I want you and you only and nothing's going to change that" he says softly. "The only reason I'm meeting her in the hotel room is because my friend had to book her so I could get her out of that place for a few hours and we'll be able to talk without Mary or anybody else finding out and I'm not even gonna be there that long. I'm just going to check she's ok and tell her about our plan and then I'm gonna leave, I promise"

"Your just gonna say what you have to say then send her back?" I frown a little confused and he shakes his head. "My friend booked her for the whole day, so once we've finished talking she can just hang out at the hotel and relax for the day or whatever she wants to do" he shrugs. "I'm only speaking to her because I have to and once all this is over I won't need to have any contact with her or any of those girls from that place or any girl for that matter" he says softly stroking the side of my face. "Do you really think this will work?" I asks and he nods. "If we do it properly and plan everything just right then there's no reason it won't and we'll be able to help all those girls, not just one" he says and I smile slightly at the thought of knowing that we'll be helping not just Lisa, but Emma, Mia and all the others that were once good friends to me.

"Are you going to be ok now?" He asks bringing me from my thoughts and I nod and smile slightly. "I'll be as quick as I can and then i'll be straight back" he smiles and pecks my lips then goes upstairs to get dressed.

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Lisa's POV

"Mike will be here in a minute" Steve says coldly when we walk into the hotel room. "I don't know why you bothered trying to get all dressed up. He didn't ask me to bring you here so he could fuck you. He gets that at home for free from someone that's actually attractive" he chuckles then walks out of the room before I can reply and I head to the bathroom to check my hair and makeup and I hear a light tap on the door.

"Hi" Michael says softly as I open the door. "Hi" I smile back and he looks at me for a moment and smiles at me through pursed lips and I can't help but stand and stare at him. He's so handsome and has the most beautiful mesmerising eyes and I can't believe how stupid I was for letting him go and not realising how lucky and blessed I was to have and be loved by him.

"Can I come in?" He asks bringing me from my thoughts and I look at him confused and a little dazed. "Oh... Um... Yes... Of course" I smile letting him in and him smiles and walks over and sits on the edge of the bed and I walk over and sit closely to him taking in his amazing scent as I sit beside him.

"How've you been?" He asks and I sigh looking at the ground. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked you that. That was a stupid question" he mutters "Leanne's already gone into details about what that place is like. I just meant are you ok like in general?" He says feeling a little awkward "I'm doing ok" I nod "so Leanne's still living with you?" I ask trying not to sound pissed and he nods. "Me and her are doing really good" he smiles through pursed lips then sighs slightly. "I just wish I could make her happy" he mumbles "how do you mean?" I frown confused and he sighs taking a deep breath. "We threw her a party for her birthday and even though she said she was happy and was smiling, she wasn't completely happy because her parents weren't there"

"But that's not your fault" I shrug "I know, but alot of the other stuff is. She was 15 years old and I took her virginity from her and I was too blind and stupid to see that even though she said she wanted to, she really didn't and she was scared of me and what makes it worse is that her parents had been taken from her the day before and.."

"But Michael, that's not your fault. She told you she was 18 and she told you that she wanted to. that doesn't make you stupid for believing her lies. She should have told you the truth"

"But she didn't lie because she wanted too. She had no choice and she was hurting and still is, not just because of what Mary put her through, but because she never got to properly grieve for her parents. Mary wouldn't let her go to the funeral and never told her where they were buried so she can't even say goodbye. I just wish I could do something to help her" he mumbles looking at the ground and I lift his chin up so he's facing me. "Michael, you can't keep blaming yourself for what happened to that little girl and you've done more than enough for her. You can't spend the rest of your life in debt to her" I say softly. "But I don't feel I'm like in debt to..."

I move closer and press my lips softly against his cutting him off mid sentence.

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Michael's POV

"What the hell!?" I frown quickly moving away from Lisa. "It's ok. You don't have to feel guilty. Leanne's fine now and you don't have to spend the rest off your life in her debt. You've paid her back and now you deserve to be happy again"

"What are you talking about? I'm with Leanne because I love her and she makes me happy, not because I owe her anything" I frown confused. "But what about what you said to me that night? You said you meant it" She mutters looking at the ground. "And I did that's why I'm here... To help you"

"And the other thing?" She looks up at me and I shrug confused "I asked you if it wasn't for Leanne would you have taken me back and you said yes. You've helped her and she's fine now so there's no reason you and me can't get back together now and...."

"I didn't mean it like that" I cut her off and sigh heavily. "You asked me if I would have taken you back if it wasn't for me meeting Leanne and YES that's true, but like I said that night.. I wouldn't have been happy"

"How do you know for sure?"

"Because you hurt me Lisa! over and over and the only reason I kept taking you back is because I was weak and you were always messing with my head and..."

"But I've changed and I'd never do anything to hurt you again I promise... I love you" she cuts me off and I don't say anything for a moment.

"Whether you've changed or not doesn't make a difference. The pain is already there. I'm sorry, but I don't love you anymore and I'm sorry if I mislead you, but I'm with Leanne solely because I love her. not because I feel bad for what I did to her, but because She makes me happy and I know that she loves me as much as I love her and nothings ever going to change that" I say softly. "But what if..."

"I told you I'd help you and I will, but I'm sorry nothing else can happen between us" I cut her off and she doesn't say anything.

"Why don't we just forget about what just happened and start again?" I smile slightly and she does the same. "Me and the others have been talking and we've came up with the perfect plan and if we do it right we can get you and all the others out of that place too"

"How can you get everybody out?" She frowns confused and I sit and explain everything to her.

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I wasn't really that surprised that Lisa tried to kiss me because using sex as a kind of weapon to get her own way is something Lisa always used to do and even though she says she changed and she sees things differently now. it was still in the back of my mind that she'd try something like that. I'm not mad at her for it though because it wasn't entirely her fault. I didn't mean to mislead her in anyway, but she clearly misunderstood what I said that night.

When I get home, Leanne snuggled up on the sofa watching TV with Bugsy in her lap "what are we watching?" I smile walking over to join her and kiss her temple. "Nothing special" she shrugs and turns to me. "How did it go?" She asks looking a little nervous. "It was ok. I told her about what we had planned and we need a few days to get everything ready"

"Did you talk about anything else?" She mutters "not really. I told her we'd contact her once we're all set to go. I told you, you had nothing to worry about" I smile and lean forward and kiss her softly.

I don't like keeping things from Leanne, but I decided not to tell her about Lisa making a move on me because she was already feeling insecure and paranoid before I left, plus it was my fault for not making things clear to Lisa in the first place, but now I've spoken to her and made things clearer there shouldn't be any more problems.

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Lisa's POV

"That's awful!" I gasp slightly, when Mia tells me about what happened to Leanne's parents and about Mary refusing to let her go to the funeral or tell her where they were buried. "Why do you wanna know about Leanne's parents anyway?" She asks "it was just something Michael said about Leanne wanting to visit their grave"

"Oh.. so what else did he say?"

"He went over what he had planned and then we umm... You know" I smirk "you slept with him!?" She widens her eyes surprised "why are you so surprised? I told you already. Michael doesn't love Leanne he's just with her because he felt like he owes her for what he did, but once we find out where her parents are then she finally gets to be happy and me and Michael can move on with our lives. Michael loves me and always has"

"He said that?"

"Every word" I lie and fake a smile. It really broke my heart hearing Michael say he didn't love me anymore and loved Leanne. Michael may think he loves her now, but once I'm free from this place and I get Leanne out of the way, I know he'll finally see that it's me who he truly loves and me he wants to be with. I know I've messed up with Michael in the past, but I know feel down he still loves me and I'm not going to lose him again and certainly not to her.