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Months went past without any more appearances from Warren. He’d sent word from his lawyers though, requested a copy of the birth certificate and set up a direct debit for childcare costs. Megan aged up into a toddler without seeing him a second time.

Teresa took this extra time and money as a gift, and spent it on quality time with her daughter. If Warren wanted to support them financially she would swallow her pride and accept it gracefully. She still had feelings for Warren, but wouldn’t act on them. She didn’t want to scare him off and jeopardise her daughters relationship with her father.

Warren hadn’t given up on Teresa or Megan. He just wanted to keep his distance while he introduced James to the idea of having a half-sister. He didn’t want to overwhelm his son.

And it was a lot to take in. Poor James was a bit confused. He wasn’t sure he remembered Teresa properly, or how he felt about Megan. But he was, generally, ok with it.

With James on side, Warren arranged to meet up with Teresa again. They chose a neutral place to meet, and Megan came along as well.

They start off with a bit of small talk, but then Warren gets ahead of himself and blurts out that he would like Teresa and Megan to come and live with him.

He babbles that there’s no pressure, no ulterior motives he’d just like them under one roof. So they can get to know each other better.

James watches out for the imminent arrival of his little sister and Teresa.

He’s been moved into his dads room to make space for the two newcomers. Teresa is all he can think about, straining his memory to bring her face to mind.

Teresa arrives late, after James has gone to bed. She puts Megan down for the night and prepares to face everything in the morning.

That night, James even dreamed of the exciting morning he had ahead meeting his little half-sister.

When it finally came, he was a bit disappointed. Megan’s first day in Deasil Street, and Teresa gives the boys some space to meet her on their home turf. So… she was shy and didn’t really do anything. She was boring.

Teresa, on the other hand, was bubbling over with excitement.

She could hardly believe James was now a child, he’d come so far since she’d last seen him! It was a shame she’d missed so much since he’d aged up. She wondered how much he remembered of her.

Warren gets stuck into raising Megan right away, helping out with teaching her to walk and use a potty. He loved being a father, and was thrilled he had a chance to go through it again.

Teresa slipped back into her routine fairly quickly. In fact she had more spare time, as she wasn’t having to travel to and from each day. It was strange thinking of it as her home though. But if it got too weird, she could always move out again. She was only renting to holidaymakers for the moment.

Warren seemed to be perfectly happy with how everything had turned out, unlike Teresa. Seeing him with her daughter reminded her of how much she cared for him. Not having her feelings reciprocated, or even acknowledged, hurt.

But Megan was doing really well in her new environment. There was no question, the Marshalls would be staying on Deasil Street for the foreseeable future.

A new face arrives in Appaloosa, having taken an overnight shuttle bus. She checks into her motel, changes, and head out again.

She’s here to visit Teresa, who isn’t expecting her oldest friend to turn up on her new doorstep.

Teresa hanging out with friend Kasitova.

Her name is Bernice Kasitova, and she drags Teresa out to a bar. She listens to her friends complaints and woes patiently. It’s why she’s come.

Though she can’t help but remember the nights out they used to have. She and Teresa used to go wild… then Teresa had moved to Appaloosa for an internship.

First it had been good news, then no news, then the startling update that she was pregnant.

As the evening wore on, Teresa began to smile again. Bernice was gratified, it had only been a short trip but she’d achieved what she’d meant to. For a few hours at least, Teresa had forgotten she was heartbroken over Warren Bailey.

As they parted, Bernice reminded her friend that anything was possible. She would bet the next time they got together, she’d be admiring a new piece of jewellery.

Teresa is heartened by her friends surety, and tries to act more flirty with Warren. Perhaps he was clueless about her romantic feelings toward him.

She hoped he was slowly getting the idea. One morning, in their garden, she thought she saw her feelings echoed on his face.

As it turns out, she was right. Warren had just had an epiphany. She was the mother of his daughter, she seemed to care about him… whywas he hesitating?

It was as if they no longer needed to talk over their relationship. All uncertainty had disappeared. Teresa Marshall and Warren Bailey were a couple.

Teresa could hardly believe how lucky she was. It had all worked out so well, it was getting harder to remember the difficult times that had brought her to Warren in the first place.

Keen to do things properly, Warren took her on a couple of dates, fancy restaurants, the cinema… but it wasn’t really necessary.

They slipped into a comfortable, companiable relationship very quickly. The next stage was to explain to James why the bedroom arrangements were getting changed again.

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Can Warren get to the bottom of James’ aversion to Teresa?What is Edward hinting about Ariette Vickers?

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