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Caleb pulled into the parking lot at Social Services, and instantly spotted Veronica Hastings waiting in her car. As soon as she spotted them, she got out and rushed over to the driver's side to meet Caleb.

"Caleb, please explain to me why you've called me out to Social Services early in the morning…" Veronica said, concern in her voice. She looked in the backseat of the car and smiled, in relief that this had nothing to do with the Rivers children.

Caleb began unstrapping a sleeping Nathan from his car seat, picking him up, as he turned to face Veronica. "This is about Kayleigh, Veronica. Not sure if you've seen or heard, but Tia is dead…." Caleb said, attempting to cover Nathans little ears with his free hand.

He turned to Hanna who had just picked Amy up out of her car seat, and pushed the door closed with her free hand. Hanna's eyes immediately dropped to the ground as she made her way over towards her husband and Veronica Hastings.

"We came to make sure she was ok…. To find out what's going to happen to her, that's why I called you out here. Seeing as though I'm not her father, what rights, if any do I have to her until her grandparents come to get her?" Caleb asked as they began to slowly make their way towards the building.

Hanna looked around the parking lot, noting how full it was despite the fact that it was still fairly early in the morning. The closer they got to the building, she began to fill a knot forming in her throat, and an empty feeling in her stomach. She thought for sure she'd be sick.

Veronica led the way in, walking right up to the clerk at the front desk. Caleb was glad he'd called Veronica out, he knew he could count on her to use her name, social status and connections to get results.

Veronica stopped at the clerk's desk and plopped down her briefcase as she cleared her throat. Before the clerk could even look up, she began "Veronica Hastings here, following up on Kayleigh Lynn Lewis, please."

The clerk shot up out of her seat and said "Of course Mrs. Hastings, right this way please" as she led the three adults and 2 children towards a back room. Hanna noticed all the children and police officers sitting around in the lobby, most of the little children clutching some sort of stuffed animal or blanket.

The officers sat next to them or kneeled in front of them speaking softly as they offered encouraging words and gentle smiles.

Hanna sighed. Caleb stopped, placing his hand at the small of Hanna's back. He gently rubbed up and down as they slowly approached the room. There was huge window next to the closed door. The blinds were drawn down, and damn near shut, but Caleb could clearly see little Kayleigh sitting at the table, her chin resting on her folded arms. She held clutched a khaki colored bear in her hands, its feet dangling a bit in the empty space between the table and Kayleigh's small body.

"Kayleigh," Caleb called out. Hanna looked at her husband, tears began to well up in her eyes. The clerk knocked twice on the door, and as it opened, Kayleigh spotted Caleb and Hanna, and leapt out of her place at the table and made her way to the door.

She was stopped by the social worker. "I'm sorry, my name is Janice Ray, and I'll be the case worker assigned to Kayleigh. May I ask what is your relation to her?"

Veronica immediately responded, holding up a hand to Caleb and Hanna indicating that they were to not say a word.

"My name is Veronica Hastings, and I represent this family. They are friends of the Lewis family, and probably the only people in the town of Rosewood Kayleigh is familiar with. As soon as they heard, they came down to see about her. What is the status of her placement, if you've even gotten around to seeing about it?"

Janice nodded, and stepped to the side. Caleb knelt down, still holding on to Nathan and opened his left arm to Kayleigh who ran in and hugged him tight. He closed his eyes and sighed as he wrapped his hand around her waist and stood, turning to look at Hanna.

Again, Hanna's eyes snapped to the floor, she had nothing to say, a feeling of guilt was burning deep.

Hanna, Caleb and the kids sat with Kayleigh about an hour as Veronica discussed Kayleigh's situation with Janice. Finally, Veronica entered, Janice followed behind her. Veronica had a sad look on her face, it was not a good sign at all.

Janice walked over to Kayleigh, holding out her hand as she said "Kayleigh, I'm sure you have to go potty, it's been a while since you've gone. I'll take you back with Officer Jones so these 3 can talk."

Kayleigh shook her head no, and scoot in closer to Caleb and Hanna. She did not want to go. Hanna looked at Kayleigh quickly, and whispered "It's okay Kayleigh, we'll still be here when you get back!"

Kayleigh took Janice's hand and allowed her to lead her out of the room. Veronica waited for the door to close behind them before she began, "We've gotten in contact with her next of kin…Tia's parents. They've indicated that prior to Tia's moving to Rosewood, there was a couple of incidents that took place between them that did not end well. Kayleigh was not part of their lives, she does not know them, and they do not want to seek custody. They would like to waive their rights to Kayleigh. We also inquired about her father, and they stated they had no idea who he was. Tia always insisted Kayleigh was yours, Caleb. So now, given the paternity case that had been filed and closed against you after the DNA test proved that you were not her biological father, you cannot claim custodial rights to Kayleigh as her legal guardian based on paternity. As of now, she is considered a warden of the court of the State of Pennsylvania. She will be placed into foster care until they can find a permanent residence for her, basically until she is adopted."

"Absolutely not!" Caleb blurted. Hanna looked at him in shock.

"She can stay with us until then, until you find someone to adopt her. Veronica, you know I was in foster care, and…. I don't want her to have to bounce from home to home. Can you please get paperwork or whatever is needed started so that we can take her home with us?" Caleb said.

"Hanna, are you okay with this?" Veronica asked as she looked between the two of them. Hanna looked up quickly and nodded, avoiding eye contact with Veronica. Veronica looked from Caleb to Hanna once more, obviously picking up on Hanna's strange behavior. Hanna offered a smile and looked down at Amy who'd began to stir in her arms.

"Saved by Amy" Hanna thought, and leaned down to plant a soft kiss on her daughter's forehead.

Veronica nodded and said "Very well, let me make a couple more calls. Peter happens to be gold buddies with the Judge that normally handles Child Welfare cases, and I don't see why he wouldn't agree to at least giving you rights to emergency placement. That gives us at least 120 days to get you licensed to foster Kayleigh until someone is willing to adopt."

Veronica excused herself to make some calls, leaving the Rivers family waiting for Kayleigh to return.

"This is going to be interesting" Hanna said as she reached out and smoothed the hair out of Nathan's face.

Caleb looked at his wife oddly and said "We'll be fine, it's only temporary, Han….and thank you, for agreeing to let her stay with us until she finds a home."

"Sure" Hanna said coolly, an awkward smile spread across her face.

They stayed at Social Services about 3 more hours waiting for the okay from the judge, filling out paperwork, and talking with Kayleigh's grandparents and their lawyers before they were finally allowed to take Kayleigh home with them, under the condition that they purchase a car seat for her first.

It was a quiet car ride home. Caleb looked in the rearview mirror at the three kids in the back seat. Nathan, Amy and Kayleigh. He couldn't help but smile. They all looked so peaceful. His heart broke for little Kayleigh, she still had no idea about Tia. From what he was told, the social workers were called when Tia failed to come pick Kayleigh up from the sitters 3 days ago.

Caleb quickly glanced over at his wife who was asleep in the passenger's seat next to him. He reached out and caressed the side of her face with the back of his right hand. Hanna's eyes slowly fluttered open, and she looked over at him and smiled. She took his right hand into her left and they locked fingers. They rode the rest of the way home just like that.

It had been a little over 48 hours since they brought Kayleigh home. Hanna was still acting weird, and Caleb was beginning to get frustrated with her. He sat in his office on the computer trying to get a little work done while the kids played in the backyard, Hanna and Amy sat on the porch watching.

Kayleigh was adjusting well, she and Nathan clicked instantly. Nathan loved the idea of having someone he could run around with and actually play with, Amy was far too small and fragile, and "all she does is sleep and cry" he complained.

Caleb noticed it was almost lunch time, and decided to take a break and make lunch for the kids and Hanna. He thought it'd be fun to make little sandwiches that the kids could eat outside on the grass, a little picnic.

He'd rounded the corner into the kitchen and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Hanna.

"Are you freaking crazy?" he spat.

Hanna jumped, dropping the glass she'd just drank from to the floor. It shattered on impact, the loud noise causing Amy, who slept in the bassinet in the other room to begin to cry.

"What the hell are you doing Hanna?" Caleb said again.

"The baby's crying" Hanna said dryly, and started towards the den. Caleb stepped into her path, blocking the doorway.

"Answer me, what the fuck are you doing drinking at 12 o'clock in the afternoon? Have you lost your mind?" Caleb spat again.

Hanna looked at him with tears in her eyes and attempted to push past him. Caleb stiffened his body, again blocking her from exiting the kitchen.

"Caleb, MOVE! Amy's crying" Hanna yelled.

"You're not touching my daughter drunk, that's for sure. You take care of that glass, I'll see about Amy, and afterwards, you and I need to talk…." Caleb said as he turned and headed to the den to see about Amy.

As he picked up his crying daughter, he looked out at into the backyard, Nathan and Kayleigh were still running about, not a care in the world. He kissed Amy on her forehead and bounced her around, gently whispering "It's okay sweetie, daddy's got you…" Eventually Amy calmed down, and he placed her back into her bassinet.

He headed back into the kitchen to find Hanna on her hand and knees with a dust pan and hand broom sweeping up the shards of glass. She reached out to pick up a big chunk and yelled "Ouch, Shit!"

"Hanna?" Caleb called out to her. She stood and looked at him, tears rolling down her face. He grabbed a paper towel from the island and was at her side instantly, grabbing her hand and holding the paper towel over the cut as he applied pressure to it.

Hanna continued to look down, tears still rolling down her face. Caleb reached out and pulled her into him, she began to breakdown.

"Sssshhh… it's okay princess! Hey, what is it?" Caleb said softly, brushing his hands through her long blonde locks.

"Caleb…I can't!" Hanna said in between tears.

"You can't what baby? Talk to me? What's gotten into you? You've been walking around her acting with for 2 days, Han. You won't look Kayleigh in the eyes, you freaked out when I asked you to bathe her, are you uncomfortable with her being here?" Caleb asked.

Hanna nodded, unable to say the words. She broke down even harder, trying to catch her breath she said "I…. I just feel guilty! I… Tia…. there's something I need to tell you, I can't take it anymore!"

Caleb pulled back and lifted Hanna's face so they were now looking each other eye to eye. He wiped her tears with the pad of his thumb.

"Tell me…." Caleb said.

"I was the last person to see Tia alive!" Hanna blurted, her eyes wide with fear.

Will Hanna tell Caleb what really happened with Tia? What all does she know? How Guilty is she? What do you think of their temporary situation with Kayleigh? How will Nathan get along with yet another kid popping up in his life? Is this all too much for Hanna and Caleb? Who do you think killed Tia? Leave us your thoughts... and as always, thank you for reading!