They sat there in the waiting room silent and oblivious to the noise around them. Their hands and feet were folded neatly and not a single tear fell from their guilty eyes nor single thought of regret lay in their thoughts. For they all believed emphatically that she had brought this all on herself; especially the young woman sitting three chairs down from her best friend.

The young woman sat unemotional waiting for the news. Her fate lied in the doctor's and nurse's hands that October morning. She knew it. They knew it. The cops knew it. Her best friend knew it. That day and the events leading up to that day were ingrained in her memory for life. There was no going back. The past was bleak and the future was bleaker.

(Past)

The crisis that the tsunami had brought was finally over and so was the relationship between Fox and Kay. It seemed as though everything had gone back to normal. Fox had learned about Mile's paternity from Chad who was all too happy to reveal the truth to Fox. Ivy and Sam had renewed their relationship and were planning on marrying in a month or so. Martin had left Pilar for good this time and Katherine had left Alistair. She was planning on divorcing him and marrying Martin. Gwen and Ethan were still with holding Jane from Theresa.

The most remarkable part of this whole disaster, according to the folks of Harmony, was the fact that Fox had come to Whitney's rescue. When he had found out about Mile's paternity, he had been a bit angry but in the end he had understood. He understood why she had to do it. Whitney had felt trapped. The humiliation of giving birth to her brother's child was just too much for her. So, after some time Fox had gone back to Whitney and she had excepted him back into her life. In just a month he had proposed to her. Everyone was happy over the engagement; everyone, except for Kay Bennett.

She wasn't quite sure why she wasn't happy but she knew that the feeling over their announced engagement was definitely not happiness. The phone began to ring but Kay wasn't in the mood to pick it up. In the months that Miguel had left, Kay had sat by the phone waiting for him to call her and tell her that he'd given up on Charity for good. Miguel never called her. Days had turned into weeks and weeks into month and now it was almost two years since she had seen or heard from Miguel. There was never one check from him nor did he ever call his mother to check up on his daughter. After a while, Kay's hope that Miguel was truly a good father that would give up on Charity and come back to her; but now that feeling was beginning to fade at a fast pace. The message machine picked up after three rings, it was Whitney Russell. Miss perfect was inviting her to a family dinner. Oh this was perfect! Now she was going to have to spend two hours with Whitney and her fiance and the rest of the Russell clan. Maybe she could get out of it. Maybe she could just say that Maria wasn't feeling good and she didn't feel right leaving Tabitha with the responsibility of carrying for her own child.

Kay was really starting to turn her life around. She was working full time at the tuna cannery and soon would be enrolling in school at the local community college. She was planning on studying criminal justice and becoming a paralegal. Her father was pleased with her decision and gave her 1500 to cover the cost. Her full time job at the cannery would soon only become a part time thing. Instead of pulling 40 tough hours she would only be working 30 hours. Every thing was finally beginning to work out; or so it seemed.

Why hadn't she dealt with the situation more subtle? Why did she have to be so harsh and so truthful? Things were beginning to work out. Why did she have to get in the way and make them worse. This was all her fault. Yes, that was going to be her defense. When the judge asked her why she had done it, she would just explain that she didn't mean to her. It was HER FAULT!

(Past)

Dinner would be served around six o'clock with appetizers at 5:30. Whitney had planned the whole meal according to this schedule. Her mother and Julian would be showing up around 4 o'clock. Soon after her father and her aunt Liz, then the Bennett's, followed by her fiance Fox. Chad wasn't going to be invited to this dinner. Whitney had made the mistake of sleeping with him again during the tsunami. Although she had told Fox about the mess and Mile's she hadn't told him this little bit of information. She wasn't planning on telling him about her and Chad. If she did get pregnant, she was planning on this time getting an abortion. She would go out of town to do it so that no one knew about the horrible child she was having with her brother again.

Fox Crane sat back in his chair tired from an twelve hour shift at Crane Industries. Ever since he had begun his bitter feud with Chad, he had been spending more and more time at work. After Whitney had dumped him, he didn't know if he'd ever forget about her. For some time, it was hard for him to forget about everything that had happened; until she had come along. Kay Bennett had manage to take his mind off of Whitney for awhile but just as quickly as the tsunami was over so was their relationship. Whitney had admitted everything to him that fateful night. Miles was not his son. He was not a father. Anger had first overtaken him and he told Whitney to stay away but after a while, he had grown to understand Whitney's mistake and agreed to give their relationship another shot. His love for Whitney was back and Kay was soon out of his heart but not for good. He never quite got around to telling Whitney that he had slept with Kay Bennett and he wasn't planning on telling her. It was information that she really didn't need to know. Maybe part of it had to do with the fact that it was the only connection that he still shared with Kay Bennett. It was their little secret and no one else's. Yes that was what it had to be.

Whitney had called him an hour ago to tell him about a big family dinner party. Everyone was invited, except for Fox's family, to dinner. Which would mean, or he hoped it meant, that Kay Bennett would be there with her daughter Maria. This tiny glitter of hope made tonight's event exciting. It wasn't like he loved Kay or was going to cheat on Whitney. He just wanted to see her. That was all.

Kay laid on her bed dreading the phone call she would have to make. She hated lying to her father and friends but she just didn't feel like going to tonight. The further away she was from Fox, the better off she would be. The door creaked open downstairs and she heard Tabitha make her way into the old dark home. Kay ran downstairs. She gave Tabitha an unhappy smile before picking up the phone. Tabitha grabbed the cordless phone and asked Kay to take a seat on the couch.

"Okay Miss. Bennett, what is wrong with you?" Tabitha asked.

"Nothing is wrong. I'm just tired and I have this stupid dinner party to go to tonight and I'm trying to think of a good excuse to use to get out of it." Kay said.

"Just tell them that Maria is sick and you'd rather stay home with her. I'm sure your father would understand." Tabitha said.

"Yeah that was what I was going to say." Kay said.

"Well then what's the problem?" Tabitha asked.

"Nothing is wrong. Could you just give me some privacy." Kay asked the ancient witch.

"You don't have to be so snotty about it. Come on Endorra, let's go check on those wretched mortals." Tabitha said.

Kay dialed Whitney Russell's cell phone and waited to hear the perky self righteous bitch's voice on the other end but what she got was Fox Crane's voice instead. Hearing his voice sent Kay into sudden shock. She slammed down the phone and decided that she better get ready for that dinner party after all.

Fox Crane heard the phone slam down on the other end. He was beginning to worry that Whitney was mad at him for some benign reason. He went back through the call log memory and found a number he didn't recognize. He dialed the phone and was surprised to find Tabitha Lenox on the other end of the receiver.

"Tabitha, hi this is Fox Crane. You just dialed my fiance's cell phone. Is there anything I can do for you?" Fox asked.

"I didn't dial your number. Kay was just calling her father to tell him she won't be coming over tonight. Maria is sick." Tabitha said.

"Why wouldn't she just call Whitney? She's the one holding the dinner party tonight not her father." Fox said.

With a quick sigh, Tabitha had finally realized why Kay didn't want to go to tonight's dinner party.

"Yes, well I told Kay that I would be more than happy to watch little Maria for her. I wouldn't want her to miss out spending time with her family and friends." Tabitha said.

Fox breathed a sigh of relief and told Tabitha he'd talk to her some other time. He hung up the phone and then turned off the lights and left his office. It was time to get ready for the party.

Tabitha made her way upstairs to Kay's room. The young mother was sitting on her bed talking to her daughter Maria.

"Don't worry Maria, your father will come back to us. He'll give up on Charity. Then we'll be a happy family and maybe you'll have a brother or a sister." Kay said to the sleeping child.

"Or you could marry Fox, become very rich and powerful, and have children with him instead." Tabitha said.

"Tabitha, what are you talking about? I'm in love with Miguel not Fox. Where did you get that idea from?" Kay asked her.

"Kay, please tell me why you didn't want to go that party tonight?" Tabitha asked.

"I just don't feel like going over to the Russell's tonight." Kay said.

"Kay, I think you have feelings for Fox Crane." Tabitha said.

"Tabitha you couldn't be more wrong." Kay said.

"Kay, you're going to that party tonight. However, I'm going to make sure that you don't go alone and that you arrive in style." Tabitha said.

"What do you mean?" Kay asked the wife.

"Well, I had Andorra conjure you up a beautiful black dress and a very handsome man." Tabitha said.

"Tabitha, why would you do that?" Kay asked.

"You just wait and see." Tabitha said.

The guests began to arrive at the Russell's house. Julian, Eve, Liz, and T.C had all showed up first. After awhile the Bennett's, except for Kay Bennett, Had made their way to the Rusell's house. Whitney had even invited Theresa and Ethan to join the festivities but only Theresa had showed up.

Fox showed up around 5:20 but he seemed to preoccupied to notice Whitney. He looked around but didn't see Kay Bennett anywhere. He hoped that she hadn't changed her mind. It was now 5:30. That's when the doorbell rang. Fox looked up to see Kay Bennett walk through the door way. She wasn't alone. On her arm was a very handsome talk man. Everyone seemed to be surprised and Whitney seemed to be pissed at how Kay had taken away the spotlight. Kay smiled at everyone and quickly made her way over to her father and her brother ignoring both Ivy and Fox on the way.