Charlie finds Cal by the bar later that night after their shift has finished. Charlie orders the two of them a drink. Drinking a pint, Charlie sits down beside him.
"So you told him, then?" Charlie inquires.
"Yeah. I told him."
"And how did it go?"
"Good. Well, it went as I thought it did."
"So, are you going take him to see her?"
Cal shakes his head. Charlie looks at him a bit confused.
"Cal, if Ethan knows about the adoption, he should go and meet her."
"No, he can't."
"Why not?"
Cal sighs. He should tell Charlie, but then again he doesn't want to. Charlie will only tell him to tell Ethan. Suddenly, it clicks for Charlie.
"You haven't told him, have you? You have told him that she's got Huntington's."
Cal closes his eyes and sighs. He shakes his head.
"How can I, Charlie? How can I tell him that the woman, the woman who's really our mum has an incurable disease that she might have passed down to us?"
"Cal, you know…."
"Don't. There's a 50/50 chance that either me or Ethan has got it." Cal interrupts.
"There are no guarantees. You might not have inherited it."
"Or we might have."
"I would suggest you do a genetic testing if it will help put your mind at ease. But, before you do you need to tell Ethan."
Charlie's right. Ethan needs to know, he just needs to find the right time to tell him.
"Okay, I will. Just give me some time." Cal replies.
It's another day, another 10 hour shift and Cal steps into the department ready to treat patients. He's barely stepped through the doors when Noel hands him a file.
"Patient for you in cubicle 5. Asked Lily to take it before you arrived but, the patient insisted it was you." Noel told him before turning around.
"For me? Why?" Cal asks thinking he knew who the patient is.
Noel gives him a shrug and walks off. Cal takes a few moments to regain his composure before heading to cubicles. Cal reaches cubicle 5 and draws the curtain. Just as he expected he recognised the patient.
"Emilie, what are you doing here?" He snaps.
"I w-w-wanted to meet E-E-Ethan." She struggles to say.
"No. This can't be happening. You can't be here."
"P-p-please, Stephen."
"It's Cal."
Just then the curtains drew back and Charlie enters. Cal turns towards him handing him the file.
"You deal with her. Ethan can't find out like this." Cal tells Charlie.
Before Charlie can answer Cal walks over leaving Charlie to deal with his patient. Charlie watches as Cal walks off, he then turns to Emilie.
"Sorry about that. It's just that Cal hasn't told Ethan about you. Well he has but, not about your condition. "
"S-s-see I told h-him it would h-h-have been better i-i-if he never k-k-k-knew. Now they'll o-o-only end u-u-up worrying about when and i-i-if they a-a-a-re going t-t-to get the d-d-disease." Emilie said.
"But, Cal's right. They needed to know. If something happened to either of them, doctors need their full medical history including any hereditary diseases."
"I w-w-wanted to s-s-spare them b-b-both."
In the staffroom Cal paces up and down. Thinking about how he can transfer Emilie without Ethan finding out she's here. He nearly jumps when he hears the door opening. Relieved it's only Lily Cal goes back to thinking about how to deal with the situation he's in. Inspiration suddenly strikes.
"Lily," He calls. "You haven't seen Ethan, have you?"
"No." comes a blunt reply.
"Well, if you do happen to see him, can you please tell him not to come to cubicle 5."
"Why not?" Lily asks raising her eyebrows.
"Uh..." Cal tries to come up with a good excuse. "I'm surprising him."
Lily doesn't seem to convince with his answer but, just nods. Cal heads backs to his patient and draws back the curtain. He is met with a surprise.