FrankElza: Thank you for the review and for checking the chapter over. You'll see how the couple and Denny react to the news in this chapter. You'll also see if Denny has any further complications.
Part Of Me?
Chapter 36.
"Well?" Brax demanded.
"There's no easy way to say this," Nate said. "Your babies have been swapped. I'm sorry"'
"What?" Brax asked, this had to be a sick joke.
"What I mean is," Nate said, slowly. "Denny was given Ricky's son and Ricky was given Denny's."
"How is that possible?" Ricky whispered, in shock.
"It's rare, but it can happen. " Nate explained.
"Who was on duty?" Brax snapoed.
"Nurse Harrison," Hannah said, she remembered seeing Jessica around in the corridor when supporting Denny.
"Tell me where she is!" Brax shouted.
"Making threats isn't going to help, Brax" Nate said.
"I don't care" Brax thumped the desk in front of him in frustation. Nate, realising that Brax wasn't going to give up on his threats, headed out of his office.
"Nurse Harrison, can I have a word?" Nate requested.
Jessica was standing at the Nurses Station. "Yes, Doctor Cooper"
Nate held the door open for the nurse as Brax's eyes focoused on her.
Brax stood up and pinned the nurse to the wall in anger. "How can you swap two kids?"
"Brax, leave her" Ricky said.
Jessica took a deep breath, relieving the horror which led her to make the mistake that fateful day.
"I was a paedietric nurse at Holby, I left Holby after the death of my son" She started to explain, biting her lip.
"What happened?" Ricky asked.
Brax threw Ricky an annoyed look for interrupting.
"He drowned. After leaving Holby, I went to America with my other children and an old friend. I got a job as a nurse in America, before deciding to relocate over here. It was similar to Holby, until the night you girls gave birth. The boys reminded me of Harry, that's my son, and as memories of Harry come come over me, I got confused and most have put the boys in the wrong cots. I'm so sorry" Jessica whispered.
As Jessica come to the end of her story, Brax growled. "I want her sacked"
"There will be an investigation" Nate said. "Brax, Ricky could you leave Denny and Hannah and I alone for a minute?"
The couple nodded and stood up, Brax taking Ricky by the hand.
Leaving Denny and Hannah with Nate, Brax lead a quiet Ricky in to the corridor. She hadn't said much but now she burst in to tears.
"Brax"
"I know, Rick, I know"
"I don't want to give Issac up, he's mine" Ricky whispered.
"I know"
"No, you don't. You didn't give birth"
Brax stared at Ricky. "This affects me too, you know, Ricky, not just you"
A tear rolled down her cheek. Feeling guilty at what he had said, Brax pulled Ricky in to his arms. "Come here, come on"
Ricky walked slowly in to Brax's arms. "We will get through this, I promise"
Back at Nate's office, he cleared his throat. "When I was taking your blood, I discovered you tested positive for cystic fibrosis "
Denny's face had turned pale, before she looked at her aunt.
Hannah swallowed, this was what she had feared. She turned to Denny to explain. She knew this was going to be hard.
"When my sister, your mum, was battling cancer. She found out she had the gene for cystic fibrosis, she knew there was a chance she would pass it down to any children she may have."
"Oscar and Evie?" Denny asked, not wanting her siblings to have this dreaded gene.
"I won't know until I test them, " Said Nate. Denny hoped they wouldn't have it.
"What happens now?" Hannah asked.
"There's no cure, but we can give you antibiotics " Nate explained.
"I didn't mean that, I meant in terms of Mathew and Issac" Hannah said.
"We'll, that's up to you and Ricky, you can choose to continue to raise Mathew as your own or you can hand him to Ricky" Nate said.
"I don't know" Denny whispered.
"I think you and Ricky should decide that between yourselves" said Nate.
Brax and Ricky were driving home, in a state of shock.
"We should tell the boys," Said Brax, standing outside the flat.
Ricky shook her head as she started walking towards the door. "Not just yet, Brax"
"He's not their nephew" said Brax, unlocking the door.
Ricky snapped then. "I know, I don't need you to keep saying it, I just need time"
"Don't push me out, Ricky " Brax said.
Ricky ignored him. Brax heard the cry of issac then, but moments later, he heard a door slam as Ricky burst in to tears. All Brax felt was anger and unhelpness.
Hannah drove Denny back to the house. Her shoulders shook as her body shudded with sobs, unable to believe her son had been swapped with her friends.
Hannah pulled in to the drive and glanced over at her niece who was staring blankly out of the window. Hannah got out and went round to the passnger side. Seeing that she wasn't going to move, Hannah reached over and undid her seatbelt, guiding her to the front door. Maybe if she'd told Denny about her mum sooner, the mix up about the boys could have been picked up on.
Oscar opened the door to his aunt and sister. He spotted Denny's wet face.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Denny's had a shock" Hannah said, steering Denny through the hallway and in to the living room where she sat her down on the couch.
"Evie, get Denny a cup of tea" Hannah said.
Evie walked to the kitchen area and boiled the kettle, getting a mug out, adding the teabag, pouring the water and giving it a stir.
Denny's hands shook as she took the mug off her sister. Oscar and Evie sat down as well, wondering what was going on. Hannah knew that Denny wouldn't be able to tell her siblings the terrible truth so decided to tell them.
"Oscar, Evie, I have something to tell you: Mathew isn't Denny's son."
Oscar and Evie stared at each other, before looking at Hannah, their mouths open in shock.
Hannah prepared heself to tell the story Nate had told.
Thank you for reading.
Next chapter: Hannah tells Oscar and Evie the terrible news, while Brax calls a "Braxton Meeting" to inform his brothers what has happened.