As she held her daughter she Made her way across the river where her son lived. As she walked towards her sons loft she held her daughter who sleep peacefully on her shoulder she walked into marcels house and he almost instantly noticed them.

"Mom?" He spoke confused as to why she was there.

"Can we stay with your for a little while?" She asked her face wet and he nodded.

"What happened?" He spoke worried taking his sister from his mother and placing her on his bed.

"Marcellus I, I don't really want to talk about it, what do you say we have a drink?"

Instead of prying he handed his mother a glass of Scotch and she downed it almost instantly. That night the two of them drank until they couldn't stop anymore. As it grew later and later they sat watching from Marcels glass window. Joy began to Shout and her mother grew worried walking towards Marcel's room where she slept. Joy began thrashing in the bed and she breath got faster and faster. Marcel attempted to wake her she wouldn't wake. Leah even tried but she began to thrash more and more suddenly jolting up with a gasp.

"The hollow, it's here," she spoke a gasp escaping her mouth and Marcel watched her intently.

Marcel only watched him with his mother in a panic.

"I'll call Vincent," he spoke rushing out the room pulling his phone from his pocket.

"Mom what happened?" She asked watching her mom alarmingly who watched her with a sad smile.

"You said something darling, do you remember?" She spoke asking her daughter and she shook her head.

"I can't remember mom," she spoke and her mother nodded.

"Okay darling, you go back to bed now," she spoke she nodded falling back to sleep.

The little girl only nodded and fell asleep and her mother went to where Marcel would be. As she reached him she noticed Marcel, Vincent, Elijah and Klaus stood there backs facing her.

"What do we have to do, Vincent?" Asked a worried Elijah.

"What are you doing here?" Spoke an annoyed Leah watching her husband.

"We're going talk in private?" He spoke dragging her into the bedroom.

"Dad?" Spoke a sad Joy as she watched her father walk into her room with her mother.

"Hey darling go to sleep," Leah spoke as Klaus opened his mouth to speak to his daughter.

"Why do you hate me?" She spoke standing on the bed and crossing her arms over her chest.

"Darling-" started Leah but Klaus cut her off.

"I don't hate you, you're my daughter and I love you," he spoke walking towards her and sitting on the bed.

"You don't love me, dad I tried so much to be good-" spoke the little girl crying and he wiped her face.

"I'm sorry, I'm so very sorry, I wish to be better, I will be better for-" before he could finish what he was saying as Elijah walked into the room with Marcel.

As soon as Joy saw her uncle she jumped off the bed and ran towards him hugging his legs.

"Uncle lijah!" She spoke excited as he picked her up with a small chuckle.

"Shouldn't you be asleep?" He asked and his niece smiled.

"I was but I had a scary dream, and I can't sleep you you and Marcel play with me?" She spoke asking her brother and her uncle who looked at her with a sigh.

"You should be asleep kiddo, we can play tomorrow," Marcel spoke and she sighed with a sad smile.

"But I can't sleep," she spoke her eyes wide and her brother laughed.

"You have too, and when you wake up I'll get josh to get you some beignets and maybe even some chocolate," he spoke and she nodded with a grin.

"Thank you, you're the best big brother," she spoke and he laughed.

"I know," he spoke as Elijah placed her in the bed and kissing her head.

"Good night darling, I'll see you soon," Elijah spoke placing her on the bed and kissing her head and leaving the room.

"I promise to get you everything you want tomorrow but only if you sleep," said Marcel grinning at her.

"Will you paint with me?" She asked and he furrowed his brows.

"Don't you want to paint with your dad?" He asked and she shook her head.

"Dad doesn't like to paint with me, he paints with Hope," she spoke and Marcel watched Klaus as watched her sorrow on his face.

"Joy we can paint," spoke Klaus and she shook her head.

"No thank you, so can we please Marcel I promise to sleep," she spoke watching her brother with her puppy eyes and he chuckled with a nod.

"Joy you are going to be the death of me, but yes we can paint and colour and play catch we can even dress josh into a girl if you like," he spoke walking out the room as she nodded at him closing her eyes.

Almost moments later she was fast asleep. Klaus looked at his wife shame written on his face.

"I'm sorry," he spoke and she rolled her eyes.

"I have lived with you disappointing me over and over again my whole life but I'll be damned if you do it to my daughter."

"Our daughter, she's our daughter," he spoke and she let out a sarcastic laugh.

"No Niklaus, she's mine you made it perfectly clear you don't want her, all you gave her was her last name and a bunch of lies."

"I know you're angry at me-"

"You can't even imagine the half of it, my daughter has spent years wondering about you, hoping you where there, and all she knew about you was that you loved her, I spent almost seven years protecting her from the terrible stuff you've done, I should have let people speak terribly of you in her presence because she's seen the monster you are!"

"I know I've messed up! I'm trying I've been stuck in one space for the six years I've dreamt of being a father to these amazing children, and I don't know how to all I know is that I want to be nothing like Mikael."

"The way he would treat you was terrible Nik he'd hurt you and say some pretty messed up shit to you, and all that hatred you felt towards him is what our daughter will feel for you, but right now she's heartbroken and you should have saw her sat on the bed crying her eyes out saying you didn't love her and I couldn't do anything to make her feel differently."

"I do love her I love her and hope with my whole heart and I always will because they are my daughters."

"I don't even know if I believe you, How do I really know if you actually love our daughter."

"That's ridiculous, of course I love her she's my flesh and blood."

"Yet you treat her as if she is not, I will not sit by and watch you destroy my daughter, I will deal with this hollow with her, if you want to leave with the family you can."

"I will not leave your side when our daughter is plagued by this, do you take me for a coward for running from his daughter."

"I actually may Niklaus, especially with the way you treat her."

"I understand I've treated her badly these past two days."

"That's it, you understand? That's all you want to say? Not that you'll try or that you'll do better, Or that you'll earn her forgiveness?"

"I will do all of that if it means you will also forgive me."

She only looked at him her look of annoyance written on her face before she spoke again, "I will never forgive you for treating our child this way."

"My love-"

"As soon as she's better I don't want you in our lives."

"No, you're my wife and she's my daughter I refuse to leave you."

"Should have thought about that before, you treated my daughter terribly."

"I'm sorry," he spoke and only earned a scoff from his wife as she walked into the room where Marcel Elijah and a Vincent where stood.