It was Friday. Claire tried to focus on her work once she got to the office but instead found herself telling Zia everything quietly at her desk. She didn't want everyone at work to know all of her personal business but Zia could tell Claire was not her usual perky self and she started to pry. Zia was more than just an employee to her. They were good friends. They had been through a lot together and had grown closer since the incident. Claire told Zia how her doctor's appointment went and the life shattering news she received. Zia told Claire how sorry she was and advised her to talk to her sister too. Claire didn't want her family involved in any of this. She knew there would be a lot less drama if her sister and parents never knew about it in the first place. Then she realized if they started seeing how happy she was with Owen back in her life and now Maisie, they would eventually start pestering her about having more children. The thought of them hovering over her reproductive life and having to tell them at that point would crush them even more so during lunch she decided to call Karen. Claire told her everything. She was sitting in her car, not wanting everyone in her office to hear her, as she did not have the luxury of having her own private office like she did at the park. "Claire, I'm coming out there this weekend!" Claire was not having that. "Karen, listen to me. I'm going to be okay. You are not coming out here. There's nothing you can do about it anyway." Karen was silent for a few seconds before responding to the last statement Claire made. She finally spoke up. "Claire, you're my baby sister. I am obligated to look out for you." Claire never liked being referred to as the "baby sister". She was a grown adult and had been for the past 15 years. "Karen! No! I'm going away this weekend anyway with Owen and Maisie. We already had our weekend planned. I won't be home. I can deal with this on my own. I have Owen to lean on. I didn't want kids anyway, remember? Maisie is the most amazing exception to that but I will be fine if I don't have anymore." Karen knew part of this wasn't true. She had witnessed a change in Claire since the incident at the park a few years prior and knew Claire had a little baby fever in her now and then. Karen assured Claire that if she needed anything at all she could always call her. Claire made her sister also promise not to tell their parents just yet. Karen promised and then tried to lighten the mood on the phone. "So where are you guys going this weekend?" Claire was thrown off. The part about going away for the weekend was a lie to get her sister off her back and to keep her from coming out to San Francisco to "baby" her. They really had no plans to go anywhere over the weekend, except maybe to the cabin and van. Claire responded as quickly as she could, "We're going to the beach." Karen didn't buy it for one second but she played along. She knew Claire was not a fan of the sun, having such fair skin. She wondered how Claire made it all those years on the island without frying but then she remembered Claire spent most of her time in her office or in the control room. She wished her sister well and told her to call her soon. Claire promised she would call her soon and talk to Zach and Gray next time as well. Getting through the rest of the day was a struggle.