"Gen has learned to know you better than you know yourself, mate. That's what marriage and commitment is all about. That's why shit didn't work out for you with Ali. You never let her get close enough to the real you. You didn't know the real you until you had kids. You spent many years band-aiding over issues with booze and being a workaholic. I know it's still difficult for you to let yourself be emotionally vulnerable but you knew from day one the only way you could be Justin's dad was to understand how to be so you could show him it was okay." Sam pushed the bottle of water in Mark's direction. "I need to talk to Alexis about everything. I'm not sure if I have the strength to figure out how I should be feeling about the issue of fertility preservation in the short window of time to get everything sorted. But I can't make any decisions without her. We want to make a life together and I want her to be involved in my treatment every step of the way. She's so upset about Justin, though. I know what will be going on in her heart. She still doesn't feel like she has a place of active input into his family life. Our family life. She told she knows she's not the one Justin reaches for when he's in pain and she's okay with that but deep down, I can only imagine the mix of emotions she's dealing with right now. I've been trying to help her with that."