Hello again! Managed to get the next chapter done for you all, I couldn't leave you on such a cliff-hanger that would just be mean ;) Taylor showing up out of the blue...will this really go down well? For those who have asked, yes I will be posting something based on the year anniversary of the crash, I've been working on something recently but I've hit writers block hence the reason it hasn't been posted yet, if anyone you feel like giving me some inspiration for the anniversary of stories you would like to see that would really help :') Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter, and tonight's Casualty, Kayxxx :)
That's what's in me – Chapter seven
Taylor stood before him, at her side was an incredibly well groomed man, if there was a male version of Taylor - this was it, he was beautiful. Taylor on the other hand, looked even more gorgeous than Cal remembered. He hadn't seen her in months; his memory of her had evidently given her no credit whatsoever. For a few split seconds she had completely robbed him from the ability to string a sentence together, this was something that never happened to Cal, he was great when it came to women, but there was something about Taylor that just completely turned him to jelly.
"W-What the hell are you doing here?" he managed to splutter out.
"I'm here to collect my daughter" She replied easily as she played with her blonde hair slowly slipping it through her fingers capturing Cal's gaze instantly.
"What?" Ethan spat out from behind reception snapping Cal from Taylor's seductive ways.
"This isn't daddy day care Taylor you can't just come and pick her up whenever you please, you're not fit to be a mother, you said it yourself in the letter you left with her, you left her on a doorstep in the ice cold weather, she hasn't had any of her injections, she nearly died because of you" Cal shouted as anger built up inside of him.
"But I knew you'd make her better, my sexy doctor, that's why I left her with you" She spoke seductively as she slowly walked towards him and pinched his cheeks together, her touch sent butterflies shooting around Cal's stomach.
"Get off me" he mumbled as he turned his face away from her.
"Hello my little Tobi how have you been darling? I've missed you" she smiled as she turned the baby's chair so it was facing her and away from Cal. Tobi let out a wail as she saw her, Taylor stood back in shock.
"And get off her too" Cal he warned as he turned the baby back to face him.
"She's my daughter Cal, and it's time to go home" Taylor spoke calmly as she grabbed hold of Tobi's chair once more.
"You won't look after like I do" Cal protested as he too grabbed the chair.
"Like you do" Taylor scoffed in reply, amused at the thought of Cal even attempting to be a good father.
"I've changed Taylor, she's changed me, I've become a better man because of my daughter" Cal explained.
"Oh this is so sad, I almost feel bad for admitting this, I don't know how I'm going to say this but...She's not your baby Cal" Taylor stated, acting as though she didn't want to admit it, but it was evident to her and those around them that her words had caused Cal's heart to shatter into a million pieces, it amused Taylor to see this. His friends gasped, Ethan held his head in his hands but Taylor smirked, "Hmm, I suppose it wasn't as hard to say as I thought it would be" she whispered sternly.
Cal shook his head, "Of-of course she's my baby Taylor she-"
"Cal..." Ethan cut him off to save his brother from embarrassing himself.
Cal turned to look at his brother desperately, "What?" he asked in dread having heard the tone his younger brother had used, Ethan slowly shook his head in reply, "no..." Cal whimpered as tears built in his eyes, "You knew?!" He roared angrily, never had he felt so betrayed. "No! I don't believe you; I don't believe any of you! Tobi is my daughter I don't care what you say" he shouted in protest.
"Do you honestly believe I would be stupid enough to have a baby to a waste of space like you?" Taylor asked amused at Cal's gullibility.
If words could physically cause pain, those would have felt like a bazooka being shot right through his heart. "The months don't even add up Cal" she laughed in his face.
He couldn't find any words, this couldn't be happening...could it?
"I'm married, have been for nine years now, we con together" She informed him as she took hold of the hand of the man who stood beside her.
Cal shook his head in disbelief; he couldn't take in anything that was happening, "Why, why would you torture me like that?" he asked as tears escaped his eyes.
"Because you got me arrested Cal, out of all the men throughout all the years you, and only you were the one to get me caught, so I thought I'd have a little fun whilst getting my revenge" Taylor explained easily as if it were the norm.
"By using a tiny little innocent baby?!" Cal roared as his tears now turned to tears of rage.
"Starting them early" Her husband stated causing Taylor to chuckle.
"You're sick" Cal spat out as he wiped away his tears with the back of his hand.
"Perhaps, but I'm sure you can make me better eh, Doctor Knight?" she spoke in her seductive tone once more as she moved he body closer to his and grabbed his crotch, but this time she laid hands on him he felt disgust, there were no butterflies in his stomach or stumble for words, just utter disgust.
"Save some for me" her husband called.
Cal grabbed her hand and pushed it away from him. "I can call social services and tell them you're not fit to be a mother" he spoke through gritted teeth.
"And I'll call the police and tell them you robbed my baby..." she paused to act, "my beautiful little girl you took her away from me!" she shouted sounding distort causing the surrounding patients to look on in concern.
"You wouldn't call the police, the things you've done you could get a lifetime in prison" Cal spoke lowering his voice.
"Okay maybe I won't, but if you call social services I'll tell them I don't want you anywhere near her ever...you're dangerous and harmful!" she replied mischievously, raising her voice once more as she said the last bit.
"What?!" Cal shouted ferociously, he would never even dare to think about causing harm to a woman never mind a tiny baby!
"You stabbed me in the leg and left me in a park toilet for dead, but then you felt bad and patched me up...I've got the scar to prove it" She winked; he was completely speechless, was there any point in fighting a con artist? She had worked out an answer for every single possibility under the sun.
Once again she turned Tobi to face her and her husband, she pulled off her pink blanket and inspected her, "thanks for looking after her Cal; oh; look he's been playing dress up with our daughter, how cute! These new clothes are alright, but I would have thought you would have least have bought her some designer labels? You are a doctor after all, what else are you wasting your huge wages on?" she asked; "Anyway, she's got plenty at home" she shrugged.
Cal held his head down in defeat, there was no way out of this, "I'll just go and get her things from the staff room" he sighed.
"Cal?!" Ethan called in shock.
"That was actually easier than I thought" Taylor smirked. Cal picked up Tobi's chair and turned to the staffroom, "leave the baby" Taylor called after him.
"No, I'm taking her with me because I know you'll leave without letting me say goodbye" Cal replied, his voice sounding mournful.
"You can see right through me now can't you? It's actually a bit of a turn on, you'd make a good con artist yourself you should consider starting up Cal" she spoke as if she were praising him.
"I'd rather die than become a sicko like you; I don't know what I ever saw in you" Cal snarled her in reply.
"I think we all do Cal, let's be honest..." she replied as she motioned up and down her body.
"Cal what are you doing? Are you going to hand her over just like that?" Ethan called as he followed his brother to the staffroom.
Cal sighed deeply, just the sound of his younger brother's voice angered him instantly, "I can't even look at you Ethan, you knew all along she wasn't my daughter?! You're just as bad as Taylor" Cal snapped in reply as he placed Tobi's chair down on the counter in the staff room.
"I got the DNA results from the test you did" Ethan explained sheepishly.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" Cal roared as he spun around to face him for the first time.
Tobi let out a wail in fright at Cal's tone.
Ethan backed away slightly, the last time his brother had used this tone with him was ironically the day Taylor got arrested and the pair ended up wrestling on the ground, "You forgot about them, I couldn't bring myself to tell you because I knew it would break your heart, like how hearing all that out there did then" Ethan replied hoping to get through to his brother.
Cal held his head in his hands, "Shh Tobi, I'm sorry I scared you, shh its okay, I'm so sorry" Cal whimpered as he gently rocked her chair back and forth.
"What's the plan?" Ethan asked warily, "You can't surely be giving her up to Taylor?" Ethan asked surprised.
"She's nothing to me Ethan" Cal whispered as Tobi slipped off to sleep with Cal's rocking comforting her.
"Caleb don't say that, sure you're not related by blood but you love her – more than Taylor and her con artist husband ever could" Ethan protested, Cal sighed deeply, it was as though his body completely deflated and he was drained of all will power in him. "No Cal, this isn't you- you don't give up that easily. Come on you've got to fight back, that little girl needs you" Ethan urged having visibly seen his older brother give up.
Cal took in a deep breath and looked up at Ethan, "I've only got one plan in mind, the only thing that's in me..." he stated.
"Run and hide?" Ethan asked knowingly.
Cal nodded "Run and hide." he replied.
