She sat at her desk going over a stack of papers from the research she and David had been doing when the phone rang. "Andrassy Foundation, Dr. Alexandra Marick speaking." She answered.

"This is Maria Wesly from children and youth services London, England. I need to ask you a few questions."

"May I ask what this is concerning?" Alex asked unsure of what was going on.

"We have a child who's birth certificate had your name on it."

"Okay, I've delivered a few children while I was a resident over there a few years back. Is there a problem?" Alex asked, wanting to know who or what this was about.

"We have a little girl who is entering kindergarten, but the birth certificate couldn't be found, and the grandparents had no idea there was a father involved. When we checked with the hospital she was born at, their records showed that there was indeed a father." As she listened to the woman explain, she felt her stomach drop out. She never thought anyone would find out what she had done. "A David Hayward is listed. Do you know why there isn't one listed on the copy the grandparents have?"

She wasn't sure how to answer that. She knew why, but she had filled out the birth certificate herself, she had left the father part blank. She had done all of this to protect a little girl, and in memory of her friend. "It's been a while, I'll try and remember. What was the name of the mother?" She said feigning innocence.

"Siobhan Ewing. Birth was on July 20th, 1994. Do you recall this patient Ms. Marick?" The lady asked, hoping Alex had the answer to her question.

"Yes I do. It was one of the sadder cases. Ms. Ewing came into the ER, she had overdosed on narcotics. We did everything we could for her but she didn't make it. Though we were able to save the child." How did they get David's name. She thought to herself. "She never mentioned a father and a friend who came in to identify her told us the guy was a fling and he left, never thought twice about being a father. I have no idea how a name got onto the hospital records."

"I see. That is sad. So you don't know of this David Hayward or how his name ended up in the hospital records?"

"No I have no idea, I'm sorry. I only remember that the child was given to the grandparents who I believe had agreed to raise her." She finished.

"Yes, that's what I have here. The grandparents had enrolled the child in school for this semester. She wasn't in the system though and it raised a red flag. All children in the school system must have a birth certificate. We don't want any children to get lost in the shuffle. If you remember anything, could you give us a call? Or if we have any more questions may we call you?" The woman asked.

"Sure, anything I can do to help." Alex said with a fake smile plastered across her face, even though the lady couldn't see through the phone.

"Thank you for your time Ms. Marick. Good day." The lady said sweetly before hanging up.

It wasn't a minute after she hung up the phone when David walked in the office door, dragging behind him Erica Kane. "Sorry Alex I didn't know you were in here."

"I was just leaving." She said as she quickly gathered her papers and headed out the door.

"Just as friendly as usual." Erica said as she rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry about Alex. She'll be out of here soon. It's obvious that she can't even take sharing office space with me."

"What's obvious is us David. If we don't keep a lower profile around here people are going to know something is up with us. People being Alex Marick."

"Alex doesn't even pay attention to us, she hates me too much. And besides we already came out to the world. I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know by now." He laughed.

"David, I understand that people know, I just rather we not put it out there. I don't want to have to read so many sleazy stories in the Exposer. There enough already." She told him, looking through the slim window on the office door.

"Erica, we're safe in here. I promise. Now what did we come in here for? Oh that's right." He said as he grabbed her waist and pulled her to him, her back against his chest as he kissed her neck and sucked gently on her earlobe.

"David." She said trying to pull forward, but she always melted into his touch. "David, please. Let's go somewhere, more private." She said breathily. He didn't say anything but he agreed, quickly dragging her out the way they just came in.

How did David's name get on the birth certificate? She thought to herself. No one had even know about him and she never mentioned his name to anyone but the board of Ethics that she had reported him to. Even that was after the fact. She had only trusted one colleague to help her get the child to the grandparents. No one else knew. Hopefully he didn't know about the little girl. He couldn't, could he? If he did, why would he have left her with her grandparents? Either David had no idea or really never wanted that child to begin with. She was going to make sure that if he didn't know he wasn't going to find out.