The last few months of Wyatt Logan's life were the most confusing ones that he had ever lived. The night before they had destroyed Rittenhouse, he had slept with Lucy, it had been impetuous and unplanned, but being with her had felt right. Then after the helped Flynn destroy Rittenhouse, he came back to a world where Jessica was still alive.
Lucy had never been able to hide her emotions very well, especially from him, but she had been stoic when she told him to go home to his wife. She walked out of his life like he had meant nothing to her, and as much as he hated to admit it, that hurt him. Even though Wyatt had been happy to hear about Jess, he hadn't been able to stop thinking about Lucy since that day. He had tried calling her, texting, emailing and even sending her letters, but she never responded.
As much as he missed though, she wasn't in the forefront of his mind today. He had received a strange call from a nurse at a hospital back in San Francisco telling him that he needed to come in to sign some paperwork. Confusion filled his mind. He asked the nurse what the paperwork was for, but she said that it would be better to discuss it in person. He told her that he would be in the next day, and then he booked a redeye flight to San Francisco.
Wyatt carefully considered a cover story as to why he would have to go back to San Francisco. Jess had been asking a lot of questions about what he had done for Connor Mason, questions he couldn't answer. He decided to tell Jessica that he had to go back to Mason industries to finish some forgotten paperwork; she got irritated with him. They had been fighting a lot lately, and Wyatt had been spending less and less time at home. They had spent the last few months trying different fertility treatments, but nothing had worked. Each failure made Jessica more depressed and brought more discord into their marriage. Wyatt didn't know how much more arguing he could take.
After their fight over him going back resulted in Jess storming out of their apartment, Wyatt collapsed on the couch exhausted. He sat for a minute, then pulled out his phone and called Rufus.
Rufus answered after two rings, and Wyatt could hear the smile in his voice. "Hey man! I haven't heard from you in ages. How is everything going with you and Jessica?"
"Not great, but thanks for asking. I just got a call from a hospital in San Francisco telling me that I need to fly out there to sign some paperwork."
"That's odd," Rufus said, confused. "Why wouldn't they just email or fax it to you? And what is the paperwork for, anyway? You didn't go to a hospital while we were time travelling."
"I don't' know what its for, but they insisted that it needed to be dealt with in person and quickly. I'm flying in tomorrow and I was wondering if I can crash on your couch while I'm in town."
"Of course you can! That will give us the chance to get caught up."
"Speaking of caught up, have you heard from Lucy?"
Rufus went silent for a few moments before responding carefully. "I've talked to her and we've emailed a few times, but every time I try to meet up with her she makes up an excuse to get out of it. She won't meet up with Jiya or Agent Christopher either. She's been acting strange since we took down Rittenhouse."
Wyatt didn't respond to that comment. He was sure that Lucy was acting strange because of their night together, but he didn't want to discuss that with Rufus. "My plane lands tomorrow at 6:30 am. I'm going straight to the hospital to sign this mysterious paperwork, and then I'll be to your place around nine. Is that okay?"
"Of course. We'll see you tomorrow."
Wyatt was tired and crabby by the time his plane landed the next morning. He had never really been able to sleep while travelling, and he hadn't gotten much of a chance to sleep before leaving for the airport the night before. He trudged outside to a waiting taxi, and gave the cabbie the address of the hospital. A few minutes later, he climbed out of the cab and made his way to the front desk just inside the entrance.
"Hi, I'm looking for a nurse named Madison Kennedy. Where could I find her?"
"May I let her know who is asking?"
"Tell her Wyatt Logan is here to see her. She is expecting me."
The nurse at the desk paged Nurse Kennedy over the intercom, and instructed Wyatt to sit in the waiting area until she arrived. He slumped down in a chair a few feet away from the desk and closed his eyes. He was just starting to relax when he heard someone approaching him.
"Excuse me, are you Wyatt Logan?" a soft voice inquired.
Wyatt opened his eyes to see a woman in her mid-twenties standing in front of him. He gave her a tired smile. "Yes ma'am. You said you had some paperwork that you needed me to sign?"
Nurse Kennedy shifted nervously. "I have two forms for you to sign." She handed him a pen, and pointed to the bottom of each form. "Please sign here and here."
Wyatt quickly signed the forms without bothering to read them. He handed the nurse his pen and asked, "Is there anything else that you need from me?"
"Let me make you copies of each form and then you are free to go."
Wyatt watched her scurry away, and then he relaxed back into the chair and closed his eyes again. A couple of minutes later, Nurse Kennedy returned and handed him an envelope containing a copy of each form. She hesitated for a moment after he took the envelope, then asked, "Do you have any questions?"
"No ma'am."
"Well then, have a lovely day, Mr. Logan."
Wyatt watched her as she practically ran out of the waiting area. "That's odd," he thought as she disappeared around the corner. He lumbered outside and caught a cab to Rufus's apartment. As the cab pulled away from the curb, Wyatt was overcome with curiosity about the forms that he had just signed. He pulled them carefully out of the envelope and unfolded them. What he saw written on the top of each page made him freeze: Certification of Birth.