When Brendan had heard that the agency had located Leah's biological father he was pleased with the information given but had wondered about the mother but the woman who he had been talking to said that Steven Hay; the biological father had lost contact with her a year before but could find a way to get her health records from her parents.

Brendan had asked the woman if there was a chance that he could meet the father and she said that she would let Steven know of his request for a meeting.

Brendan went to bee earlier than usual that night wondering why he felt the need to meet with Steven Hay, curiosity never hurt anyone except maybe a cat.

He woke up early due to his phone ringing, he put the lamp on that was on the side of the bed and then he reached for his phone, he answered the phone in a hurry once he saw that it was the agency calling him back.

"Hello, good morning Brendan Brady here"

"Good morning sir, I just got off the phone with Steven Hay, he said he would like a meeting with you, but first he would like to give you a call sometime this evening if that's alright with you?"

"Yes, yes that's alright by me"

Later on that evening

As Brendan was sitting in his office at chez chez, since Cheryl was watching little Leah, his mobile phone began to ring, he took out his phone from his pants pocket and looked at the number in which he had never seen before, he answered it right away hoping it was Steven Hay.

"Hello, Brendan Brady here"

"Hello Mr. Brady this is Steven, Steven Hay."

Brendan couldn't believe how young Steven Hay sounded on the phone. Was that why Leah was put up for adoption because of how young her parents were at the time. He was very curious.

"Mr. Brady sir" said Steven

"Yes sorry, just took me by surprise how young you sound"

"Yes sir, I get that a lot"

"Enough with the sir business call me Brendan"

"Yes sir, I mean Brendan. Thank you for willing to speak with me"

"Not like I had a choose"

Steven was quiet for a few seconds.

"Oh" said Steven in shock

"Well I just wanted to thank you for taking great care of me daughter"

"She's no longer your daughter, you gave that right up when you placed her for adoption" screamed Brendan

'What is wrong with me I keep putting my foot in my mouth today' thought Brendan shaking his head.

"Sorry I didn't mean that" said Brendan calmly

"Not like I had a choose in the matter" then Steven hung up the phone.

'Damn what was that? Did I just make him cry'

"Shit" screamed Brendan

Steven Hay was in his new deli, Hiya Deli, it was bright and friendly and always with a cheery proposition with loads of smiles to be seen. He owned it with his ex-Doug Carter. He hung up the phone on Brendan and cried. He leaned over the counter with his arms and placed his head on his arms.

He lifted his head up and cleaned off the top of the counter due to his tears and left over crumbs that has fallen on to the counter while lifting up the plants he hand placed there earlier in the day.

He slowly walked to the door and flipped over the open sign so that it read closed and then he locked the door with a key.

He sat down on a metal chair and placed his fingers through his hair ignoring the ringing of his phone.

He closed his eyes and thought about the past 2 years of his life with his girlfriend Amy and his mom and step dad. How badly they treated both Amy and him and how happy he was to have a child his own flesh and blood. But when the day finally came Amy couldn't deal with his family at first she didn't even want to bring the child to full birth but that destroyed Steven deeply. So when she had the baby she said she didn't want any part of the child's life, he secretly wanted to run away with the child he had at first but he decided it was too hard on him a single parent so he put her up for adoption lying to Amy that the child had died. After a while they had another child Lucas and again Amy didn't want the child she only did it to make him happy. Amy decided that she didn't want to be with him anymore that he was nothing and his family was nothing.

This time he wasn't going to put his child up for adoption this time he would stand tall and be the father he always wished he could have been with Leah. This time he moved out of Hollyoaks away from Chester and his family and while he moved away he met Doug, they became best friends and partners in life. Doug helped raise Lucas as if he was his own. He went to culinary school, to make something of himself something that he could finally be proud of.

After a while Doug became jealous over him being a great father and a hard working father once he decided to move back to Chester. It was his idea to open the deli and Doug wanted to help even though they weren't a couple anymore and he was grateful for it.

Steven recently found out that the one who adopted Leah wanted his information, which was fine by him anything for them to know the history of the family to make sure that Leah is well. He grew curious of the man once he said that he wanted to meet in person and Steven wanted to talk to the man on the phone first, he should have just leave it at a stupid phone call, he's rude and violent, Steven was hoping that he was better with children than he was with adults.

Steven got out of his thoughts when there was a knock at the door he looked up and it was Doug outside. Steven got up dried his eyes and opened the door.

"What's going on?" asked Doug

"The guy who's raising my daughter is a real prick"

Doug sat down on a chair and Steven sat next to him

"What happened?"

"I called him and right off the bat treated me like shit like he's so much better than me since he is the one raising Leah like he's looking down on me saying what the fuck is wrong with you" a tear fell down his cheek.

"You are a great father, it wasn't your fault what Amy did, how your family treated the both of you. I wish I had known you back then. I'm sorry about my stupid jealousy over Lucas but so happy that we're still friends" said Doug.

Doug got up and walked over to Steven and Steven stood up and Doug hugged him.

"You still willing to meet him?"

"It's not like I have a choose"

Brendan felt awful the rest of the day after what he did to Steven he called him back several times and now with Leah in his arms he felt worse than guilty but he couldn't find the right word for it.

Brendan felt so bad about what he did he told Cheryl about it and she hit him lightly on his shoulder and he couldn't blame her for doing it not one bit.

He paced back and forth in his living room and couldn't take the silence of the room so he sat down on the couch and called up the agency, to make arrangements for a meeting with Steven.

The day that Steven had to meet with Brendan made him so nervous he didn't know what to do, he was pacing back and forth and sweating in his small flat that he shared with Doug and Lucas, since it would be the first time talking to Brendan since he hung on him and the first time talking to him in person. He felt sick to his stomach. He took deep breaths and sat down next to his son who was sleeping on the couch. Steven rubbed the back of his son's back and kissed his cheek.

"Daddy will be back later love you Lucas"

"Don't worry I'll take care of him while you're out"

"Thanks Doug"

Doug smiled at Steven and Steven got up from the couch put on his coat and walked out of the flat.

Brendan walked into the agency and felt really nervous about meeting Steven for the first time. When he walked into the office once his name was called he noticed a young good looking man.

'This can't be Steven' thought Brendan

Steven got up from his seat and Brendan saw how beautiful a man he was skinny features, flawless skin, bright blue eyes a lighter shade of his own, mouthwatering lips.

Brendan thought he should pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Brendan Brady? I'm Steven…Steven Hay"