"Kimiko wait a minute." Shawn started trying to keep all of the anger out of his voice.

"What Shawn?" She demanded shortly, looking up into his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I don't know why-

He was interrupted when her cell phone rang, he sighed and rolled his eyes.

She tried to ignore the response. "Hold that thought." She said holding her hand up and flipping the cell phone to ear with the other.

"Hello?"

"Hey Kim," She heard Clay say in his usual manner.

"Hey Clay,"

"What's goin' on Kim? You sound mad."

"To say the least. What's goin' on Clay?" She said looking at Shawn and pulling her antenna up.

"Just callin' to check on Aiden and ya'll."

"Aiden's just fallen back asleep. He had a good day , he almost stood all the way up today." She said all giddy-like.

"He's tryin' to stand?"

"Oo, sorry Clay, I thought I'd already told you." Kimiko said mentally kicking herself. She'd gotten so wrapped up with Shawn she'd completely forgot about Clay and how much he knew about Aiden's development.

"Don't worry about it hun,"

"No Clay, you shouldn't of found out like that. I'm sorry,"

"Look, it's my fault for not bein' there. None of this is your fault okay?" He said with absolute seriousness.

The last thing Clay needed was Kimiko thinking that it was some how her fault that he'd royally fucked things up.

"Okay,"

"How's Rai n Master Fung n Omi?"

"Rai's friend from Brazil showed up, her names' Rosa or somethin' like that. Nice girl."

"Rosa, huh?"

"Yeah, she knew Rai from school or somethin'." She looked over at Shawn. He looked like he was getting angrier by the second as the conversation continued about Raimundo. Kimiko decided she should probably change the conversation.

"Shawn's here." She said, interrupting Clay's babbling about Raimundo .

"Really? He's bein' nice to you right? Raimundo's not causing any trouble is he?" Clay asked genuinely concerned.

"Yeah, everything's fine."

"Well Kim, I got to get Cat home, I'll talk to you later alright?"

"Cat?"

"Oh, yeah. Catherine."

"Who's Catherine Clay?" She asked not even letting him finish his sentence.

She was afraid he was going to say that said Catherine was his girlfriend. 'Cause if he did, Kimiko would have a stroke right there in the middle of her bedroom floor. He didn't need to be flirting with Texan women. He needed to be getting his act together so he could have Aiden back and they could be a family again. Raimundo, Clay, Omi and her. Or you know, just her.

She shook the thought out of her head. What was she thinking? Clay would never go for her. They were too different. She was an heiress to one of the biggest companies in Japan and he was a down-home Texas cowboy. It would never work out. Even if he was one of the sweetest guys she'd ever met in her life, and didn't throw a fit every time he didn't get his way, she added reluctantly.

"Catherine was one of Calleigh's friends. I saw her at the cemetery today."

"What is she doin' there that late?"

"Kim it's only eight my time." He reminded her, surprised that she'd asked the question in the first place.

"Still. Is she at your house?"

"Yes. I invited her back for a bite and to see some pictures of Aiden."

"Well those pictures are outdated four or five months!" She said walking out of the bedroom and into the night's cool breeze.

"I know that Kim." He said trying to keep his cool.

There was a momentary silence. One not completely sure what to say to the other.

"I'll call you before you go to bed okay?"

"Okay, bye Clay."

"Bye Kim," He said followed by a soft click.

Kimiko held the phone to her ear another second or two, making sure she wasn't the first to hang up and then flipped the phone shut. She sighed and walked back into her bedroom, feeling completely stupid.

"Who was that?" Shawn asked, already knowing the answer.

"Clay,"

He sat and looked at her across the room in another momentary silence.

"So, what do you want to do now?"

"I'm gonna go take a shower, would you watch the baby please?"

"Sure," He said, feeling kind of uneasy. He'd never been left alone with a baby, but how bad could it be? She was just taking a shower, he'd probably stay asleep anyways.

"Thanks." She said grabbing some night clothes out of the drawer and heading to the small bathroom attached to the room.

At the exact moment as the bathroom door shut, Aiden's eye fluttered open. He shakily sat up and looked around and Shawn couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. He looked like he was about to start screaming at any second for Kimiko's lack of presence.

Kimiko was already mad enough at him and it would only get worse if he let the kid cry. He walked over to the bed with a blue baby lamb plushie doll and started playing with it on the bed, giving it commentary as he went along.

"Hi baby. My name is..my name is, uhh-" He look at the doll for a second trying to determine a name. "Blamb! My name is Blamb and I want to play with you!" He said in a happy tone. He was trying to impersonate someone on Nick Jr. or some other children's show. He didn't really know anything about little kids or babies, so he was kind of free lancing it.

He smiled when Aiden reached out for the lamb, giggling like babies do. "There you go little guy, hangin' out with Shawn isn't so bad right?" He said handing over "Blamb".

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Rosa and Raimundo were sitting together outside on the rocks listening to the gentle roar of the water fall only inches away from them. Rosa was thinking about how much Raimundo's life had changed since she'd last seen him. Besides that he was physically taller and more masculine, he was different. He gave into things easier than before, he was more open, he wasn't distant, and he didn't hide behind his witty banter. He embraced it.

He'd finally embraced who he was. She was proud of him for that.

"What are you thinkin' about Ro?" He asked, his eyes boring into her thoughts. He always had been able to do that to her.

"I was just thinkin' about you and, this place."

"Yeah, nobody thought I'd end up here huh?"

"I always knew you were destined for bigger things than Rio, but I didn't think you'd end up in China." She said truly amazed at his accomplishments.

"Ro, look at me."

She turned her head in his request. He looked at her with fear in his eyes. He wasn't afraid of her, but he was afraid for her. She couldn't help but feel a chill of fear run down her spine. That look scared the hell out of her.

"What is it Rai?" She said, doing her best to keep an even tone.

"Are you in trouble?" He asked, not bothering with how his own voice sounded.

"What are you talkin' about?"

"Ro, you got put into jail for five years on an assault charge. It's only been three."

"Rai,-

"Did you break out Ro?" He asked, afraid of the answer he was going to get. She was on her third strike when she was arrested. He didn't want anything to happen to her, it was hard enough watching her go to prison.

After he didn't get an answer he reworded the question. "Ro, please don't tell me your on the run."

"I'm not on the run." She said, pulling her leg out from under her and pulling her pant's leg up.

"I'm on probation." She told him, exposing the ever-blinking ankle bracelet.

"Are you allowed out of the country on a probation charge?"

"Rai, stop worrying okay? Ro's a big girl she can handle it." She told him slowly as if he were a three year old.

"You can't go out of the country on a probation charge."

"You can as long as someone from the probation hearing goes with you. My probation officer is here too."

"You did all of that to come and see me? Ro, you always said if you the chance you wanted to go to Australia." He said kind of disappointed that she gave up her life's dream just to see him.

"I told you that when I got out of jail we'd see each other again. I always keep my word." She said covering the bracelet back up.

"Sorry I doubted you."

"Don't worry about it Rai, I doubted me too." She said ruffling his hair up before she stood up.

"Where you goin'?"

"I'm tired of sulking, wanna go do somethin' fun?"

"Well, hell yeah." He said standing up.

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Clay pulled up to the house after taking Catherine home. He was tired, and all he wanted right now was to get to sleep. He looked at his watch. 10:30., almost thee in the morning for Kimiko, Raimundo and Omi. He had a good feeling Kimiko was still awake so he dialed Kimiko's number ,so he could keep his word to her.

He listened to it ring three times before Kimiko answered. "Hello?"

"Hey Kim,"

"Hey Clay, it's three in the mornin'."

"Where you asleep?"

"Almost."

"Sorry Kim, I thought you'd still be awake."

"No, everyone crashed out here." She said pulling the covers off of her, being careful not to wake Aiden up, who had finally fallen asleep between her and Shawn.

"Well, I'll let you get to sleep then."

"What's the matter Clay?"

"Just tired."

"You said you met that girl at the cemetery." She said recalling their last conversation. "You went and saw Calleigh didn't you?" She asked cautiously, not sure if Clay wanted to talk about it.

"Yeah," He said swallowing his tears before they had a chance to gather in his eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine."

"Wanna talk about it?"

They talked for the rest of Kimiko's night. He told her about Calleigh's tombstone, and about what they'd talked about, and how Aiden was doing, and how Raimundo had made a fool of himself a long time ago, but they could never bring Catherine into their conversation, as much as the other wanted too.

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Clay woke up the next morning with the smell of breakfast luring him downstairs. It reminded him that he needed to ask his mom about Kimiko, Raimundo and Omi coming for Thanksgiving.

He stumbled downstairs, and took a seat at the table. Jessie was already sitting across from him.

"Hey Clay," She said in a monotone.

"Mornin' Jessie."

Jessie didn't rember anything from the attack she suffered from Chase Young. The attack that triggered Clay to lose his mind and wind up in Texas. All she knew was that he was home and had left Aiden there in China. She wouldn't listen to him when he tried to tell her the truth. So she just went on believing that Clay'd abandoned Aiden ,and in her Texas mind, that was the worst possible thing that he could of done in his life.

He was interrupted from his musings when his dad came down stairs. He hadn't done anything to contradict Jessie's beliefs and that bothered Clay to an extent, but he took in stride. He knew that his dad didn't want to upset Jessie into leaving, and he understood that.

His mom laid out several plates of food out on the table and took her own seat.

"Get somethin' to eat kids, we won't be back until late tonight."

"Mama, can I ask you somethin'?"

"What son?"

"What do you think about havin' Kim, Rai, and Omi home for Thanksgivin'?"

"That'd be real nice son," She said as her face lit up. "How's that Kim doin' anyways?"

"She's been doin' good."

"How about that beau, Rai?"

"He's got a friend from Brazil at the Temple, Kim's supposed to call me with the specifics tonight."

"He should get him a nice girl, I think it'd be good for him."

"Not yet, mama, he's still way too wild to settle down with one girl."

"He ain't cheatin' on nobody is he?"

"Ah, nah, Rai's got too much pride and honor for that."

"Well that's good."

"So it's okay then?" He said standing up and taking his plate into the kitchen.

"Of course son,"

"Thanks mama,"

"Go ahead and get started on your chores son." His dad told him as he walked back into the kitchen.

"Alright daddy,"

He walked out to the barn and started letting the horses out into the pasture to graze for the morning and his cell phone rang. The one Kimiko had given him after he got sent away so she could always get a hold of him. He dug it out of his pocket and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey Clay, it's Catherine."

"Hey Cat, what are you doin'?"

"I was wonderin' somethin,"

"What was that?"

"Wanna go out with me and Austin tonight? Get out of the house?"

"I'm not sure Cat,-

"Come on Clay, just for a little while, what would it hurt?"

Clay wasn't sure why, but he had a feeling that he shouldn't go. What if something bad happened? He rolled his eyes at the feeling, what was he four? He could go out and have some fun and not worry about something bad happening.

"Please Clay?"

"Okay Catherine. I'll be there."

He hung the phone up and the feeling got stronger, but he shrugged it off as his paranoia. What was the worst that could happen?