The phone rang for what felt like forever. Sam's heart beat raced. She wished he would just answer the phone. It was typical of Phil to ignore his phone. Why was he not picking up? He was probably at work, she thought to herself. Well that's what the rational side of her brain thought; the irrational side had a different point of view. He's with a woman. He knows it's you, and he doesn't want to know. All these thoughts jumbled around her head. She knew any of them could be possible, but she knew that she also just had to try; if she didn't she'd never know the truth and a family would never get to know each other. A child would never know her father. A man would never know his daughter or grandchildren. And two innocent children would never get to know their grandfather. She waited on the line, listening to ring after ring. Eventually, the rings gave way and his answer phone message kicked in.

'Hi, this is Phil Hunter, I can't get to the phone right now as I'm obviously getting drunk or with some pretty lady getting laid. Either way, please leave a message after the beep.'

Sam smirked at his answer phone message. It was typical him, but she still hoped the bit about the getting laid was wrong.

'Hi, umm.. Phil it's me…Sam. I need you to get in touch with me, there's some things you need to know. Hope everything's ok with special ops. Please call me, it's quite important. Bye.' She hung up. She didn't know how to feel. It felt strange that she had heard his voice after all this time, but it wasn't actually him. It had been a recording. However, the effect was still the same. A slight tingle down her spine, and the hair on the back of her neck stood on end. It was amazing. He could still cause such an affect on her, and not even have any contact with her in months. God knows what would happen if he actually returned contact. Sam placed her mobile back in her pocket and got ready to go to a dress fitting. The wedding was to take place in just 2 weeks so this was the final fitting. Sam couldn't help but be apprehensive about this wedding. After all it was based on a total lie. The bride was pregnant by another man, whom she had fallen in love with and therefore didn't actually love her future spouse. As for the groom, he knew all this and didn't think it was necessary to tell her this. Sam sighed, it was certainly going to be one hell of a marriage; that's if they did get married. Even though Sam felt bad for Stuart, she really hoped that Hunter wouldn't go through with it and that she'd actually fight for the man she really loved. Unfortunately, she appeared to take after her father on that aspect and give up on love if it seemed too difficult or painful. There was nothing more Sam could do. She'd made the call she hoped would change things, now all she could do was wait and hope.

Phil was standing under the shower letting the water wash away his bad day. Special ops, was a lot different from being at Sun Hill. It was more exciting, but also harder work. That day he had had to chase a suspected drug dealer for quite some distance and it had really taken it out of him. Now all he really wanted to do was shower and then sit down in front of the telly with a Chinese. Just as he began to wash his hair, his mobile started to ring. 'Shit.' He thought. Maybe he should answer it, but it wasn't like it could be anything important. Nothing important or exciting happened in his personal life now he's left Sun Hill. Maybe that was because the one person who had been the main source of excitement in his life was no longer in his life. He missed her so much, and wished with all his heart that she would get in touch, but it had been so long now, that he had given up hope of ever receiving that phone call completely.