"Hello." Mariana said again when no one answered on the other end. "Whatever." She said as she disconnected the call and proceeded to dial Lexi.

Callie gripped the receiver tightly in her hand as she listened to the disconnected tone. Tears slowly poured down her face. It had taken her a lot of courage to make that call and she hadn't even gotten a chance to hear Stef's voice. Just like she thought, Stef had forgotten all about her. She was probably back to her own life and Callie was nothing but a distant memory.

Callie quickly hung up the phone and wiped her face until it was completely dry. She wasn't going to be upset about this; she wasn't going to cry for she always knew that this was how it would end. She decided then and there that she would never again try to contact Stef. That was a part of her past now and she just had to accept it. She would get through these last few days and then go back into the real world where she'd find Jude and maybe the two of them could run away together and disappear where no one would ever find them again.

"Congratulations, you are once again foster parents." The social worker said on Thursday afternoon as she smiled at the two beaming women before they bid her goodbye and closed the door behind her.

Stef and Lena couldn't contain their excitement as they hugged each other and then turned to hug their kids as well.

"Okay, I'll call Bill right now." Lena said. "The paperwork for Jude should be done so maybe he can be brought here by tomorrow."

"And Callie gets discharged on Monday but we can take Jude to see her on Saturday. She would really like that." Stef announced. She'd been in touch with Lucy over the past two weeks and they were rushing to get Callie's papers together as well. Thankfully Bill already knew the two women and was pulling all kinds of strings to get both children into their care as soon as possible.

Lena moved to the kitchen to make the call and find out just how soon Jude could be brought to their house. The faster they got things started the better chances they had.

"Have you talked to her yet?" Brandon asked his mother curiously.

"No, she never accepted any of the calls." Stef said sounding slightly depressed.

"I'm so sorry mom." Brandon said apologetically. "I didn't realise you hadn't told her. I never would have said anything otherwise."

"No B." Stef stopped him. "This was my fault. I should have been honest with her right from the start." Stef said regretfully. "I left my number for her hoping she'd call when she wasn't so mad anymore but she never did."

Suddenly Mariana's ears perked up. "Wait, she'd have to call from the hospital right?" She questioned.

"I guess." Stef answered. "Why?"

"Well when we went shopping on Tuesday someone called you but they never spoke. I didn't pay much attention to it but do you think it could have been Callie?" Mariana asked, wishing like hell she'd thought to tell her mother about the call.

"It could be." Stef said as she hurriedly pulled her phone out of her pocket and searched back for a call from an unknown number. She clicked on it and waited while it rang.

You have reached Sacred Cross Hospital. If you know the extension please dial it now or wait f..."

Stef hung up as she looked at Mariana. "It must have been her." She said. Her eyes clearly showed just how much she regretted missing this call.

"Can you go down there?" Mariana asked, feeling bad that she'd ignored the call but when no one had answered and no one called back either she'd just thought it was a mistake and then completely forgot about it.

"I can try." Stef said, hoping that this meant that Callie would finally agree to meet her. "I'll go down this evening." She said just as Lena came back into the living room.

"Jude is coming in a couple of hours." Lena announced.

"So soon?" Stef asked in surprise. In all her years working with the system nothing had ever happened that quickly in their favor before.

"Bill said he wants to get him out of there as soon as possible." Lena explained. "He said the place was never right for him and asked if we were ready to take him now and I said yes."

"Okay then, I guess we have an extra kid for dinner tonight." Stef announced.