They all stare at Phoebe silently, then Brax asks: "What on earth are you on about?"

Phoebe starts to cry as she realises she had just done the one thing that Kyle had made her promise not to do.

Heath ignoring the crying girl turned back to Nate: "Kyle can't have this CKD thing as he is perfectly fine."

Nate puts his hand up to stop Heath from talking and then looks at Phoebe: "How long has Kyle been suffering from CKD?"

"Since he was six years old." Phoebe speaks through the sobs "The doctors discovered it the day he was bitten by the snake."

"Hang on, Kyle said that didn't happen." Brax remembers.

"He lied."

Nate asks her: "Is this why there were pages missing from Kyle's medical file?"

"Yes, it's why we go to Melbourne every six months for his check up and to get a refill on his medication."

Ricky completely shocked by the fact that the two teens had lied to there faces, spoke: "So you both lied to us about the trip?"

"Not exactly Ricky. We do see friends and family while we are there as it's Kyle's parents who take him to see Dr Thomas."

"I tried calling that very doctor but as it turns out the guy is on holiday till the end of the month. So we have no way of getting a hold of the pages from the file." Nate explains the phone call.

Phoebe remembers what Kyle had once told her: "Kyle's parents have copies!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Nate I'm sure. They had copies just in case they ever needed them."

"Do you there is anyway we can get them?" Nate asks her.

"Yes, I will go call them now." Phoebe answers as she gets up and walks out the room to make the call.

Hospital – Corridor

Once in the corridor, Phoebe takes her phone out her pocket and unlocks it. She searches through her contacts until she lands on the name, Louise Taylor.

Ring Ring

Ring Ring

Louise: Hello.

Phoebe: Hi Louise, it's Phoebe.

L: Oh Phoebe this is a surprise as I wasn't expecting to hear from you as Kyle mentioned you were going camping for his birthday.

P: We did but there was an accident.

L: Is Kyle alright?

P: He was but…

L: But what?

Phoebe doesn't speak as she knows what she is about to say will make the women on the other end of the phone upset but then she knows that she has to tell her so they can help Kyle.

P: Kyle is suffering from CIN. I had to tell Kyle's brothers and his doctor what is wrong with him as he is not able to.

L: Why isn't he able to tell them Phoebe?

P: Kyle is not breathing on his own Louise. I'm so sorry!

L: Oh my! Is he going to be okay? Why didn't the doctor know about Kyle?

P: The pages with the information on are missing from Kyle's medical file as he sees Dr Thomas in Melbourne and obviously Kyle hasn't told anyone here in Summer Bay. The problem is now we can't get the pages from Dr Thomas as he is on holiday.

L: What hospital is it?

P: Yabbee Creek Hospital.

L: Right I will see you soon as I will book the next flight out and be there as quickly as I can. Bye!

P: Bye!

Phoebe waits for the phone to make the sound of the line going dead and then returns to the waiting room.

Hospital – Waiting Room

Phoebe re-enters the room: "Kyle's mum is going to get the next flight out of Melbourne."

"I thought Kyle was in Foster Care." Brax quizzed.

Casey speaks up: "Kyle calls his foster parents mam and dad as he has been with them since he was like 10 and half years old."

Butting in as he needed to get back to his patient Nate says: "As soon as we have all the documents that are missing from the file, I will be able to tell you what we are dealing with in terms of how bad Kyle is. Now I'm going to go check Kyle's GFR."

"GFR?" Ricky asks.

"Sorry, it stands for Glomerular Filtration Rate." Nate explains as he walks away.

Once Nate had left the room to go check on Kyle and do more tests the other occupants of the room turned to Phoebe.

"Why did neither of you say anything?!" Brax demanded to know.

"Kyle was worried how you would all react if you found out." Phoebe says without looking up at the angry Braxton.

"What are you on about?"

Phoebe gulps then tells them what Kyle had said to her: "When Kyle told your dad about it, Danny that he was weak. Which is why he didn't want you all to know as didn't want you to treat him like that as well."

Heath doesn't understand why Danny would say that: "Why would dad say that to Kyle, his own son?"

"It might have something to do with the fact that Danny was a horrible human being who only cared about whether someone could do the job or not." Brax says as he thinks of how disgusted he is with what Phoebe had just told them.

Bianca turns to Phoebe curiously: "How long have you known about this Pheebs?"

"I found out not long after we started dating. He had been late to meet at the park and after some digging as I wasn't taking what he had told me for answer he finally revealed everything to me."

"SO YOU'VE KNOWN FOR FOUR YEARS!" Heath shouts "NOT ONCE DID YOU THINK IN THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE BAY TO TELL US ANYTHING!"

"I swore to Kyle that I wouldn't say a word to anyone." Phoebe replies as she starts to cry again.

"HEATH THAT'S ENOUGH!" Ricky shouts at her friend "Phoebe was only doing what Kyle had asked her to do. So getting angry with Phoebe is going to help anyone especially not Kyle!"

15 minutes later…

Hospital – Nate's Office

Nate was sat at his desk starring at the piece of paper in his hand that had the results of Kyle's GFR.

When he looked at them it showed that Kyle's kidneys were currently functioning at 31% meaning that Kyle had now entered stage 3B of Chronic Kidney Disease. This meant that all the symptoms were more likely to make themselves known and that the medication Kyle was currently on no longer works.

Nate sighs just as Hannah enters the room.

"I take it that is isn't good news for Kyle then?" She asks.

Nate passes the results to her and says: "You are correct. Take a look at the results."

Hannah reads the results then falls into the chair behind her: "I can't believe it! You would never for a second guess that there was anything wrong with him."

"I agree but it certainly does explain a lot now." Nate tells her.

Hospital – Kyle's Room

While Nate and Hannah were discussing Kyle's results in his office, a nurse had shown them all to Kyle's room where Phoebe is now sat holding his hand.

"I can't believe this happening." Bianca states.

"What are we going to do now as I don't think any of us know how to deal with something like this." Brax asks out loud.

Phoebe listens to what the others are all saying and finally gets why Kyle did want any of them to know: "Just be there for him like a family is meant to be."

Brax tells her: "We don't know what to do though Pheebs and it might be in his best interest that he goes back to Melbourne."

Phoebe shouts at Brax as soon as he is done speaking: "This is exactly what Kyle didn't want to happen and it is why didn't tell you all!"

"We understand that Phoebe but we are trying to think about what is going to be bets for Kyle now that we know he is ill." Ricky says to her.

Casey who doesn't want Kyle to leave says: "Phoebe is right! We need to help Kyle and we won't be doing that by shipping him off like dad would have done."

Casey stops talking when he sees Nate in the doorway. They all look at Nate and notices the look on his face.

"What is it?" Casey asks.

"Kyle's kidneys are currently functioning at 31% and unfortunately Kyle has now entered the later stages of CKD." Nate tells them all.

"What exact stage is 31%?" Phoebe asks not knowing whether she really wants the answer.

"Stage 3B. This means that Kyle's kidneys are now less able to filter the blood properly, and from the way that Kyle has already had two seizures it is starting to look like he has developed Uraemia."

"Urema, what?" Heath says not understanding what Nate was telling them.

"Uraemia, it basically means that Kyle's kidneys are less able to remove the waste products that are in his system by turning them into urine which means that Kyle now has too much urea in his blood which is why he keeps having the seizure."

"Well then how do we stop them?" Bianca asks.

"Well normally the best way to treat it be to put Kyle on dialysis."

"Do that then." Brax demands.

"As Kyle can't be placed on dialysis until his kidneys are at 15% or less and besides he needs to be awake."

"Well then wake him up so that when they get to that he can go straight on it." Heath says.

"It's not that easy Heath! As Kyle is unable to breathe on his own I want to keep him on the ventilator for as long as possible to take the pressure of his heart and lung. So instead we are going to try something else to combat the problem."

"What will that be?" Ricky asks the doctor.

"Well we will use intravenous fluids and blood transfusions to see if that can wash the toxins out of his system."

"And what if that does work?" Phoebe asks him while not taking her eyes of Kyle still form.

"Well if that doesn't work I will have no choice but to wake him up and place him on the dialysis even if his kidneys are not at that percentage."

"But you just said that you don't want to do that." Casey says.

Nate replies with: "We might not have a choice."

With that Nate leaves the room to get everything that he needs to help Kyle while the Braxtons, Ricky and Phoebe prepare for the long ahead of them.