I do not own the fosters. I wish I did because it is an amazing show and is very inspiring.
IMPORTANT DETAILS for this story:
Callie got Adopted the same day as Jude, her biological father is Donald.
Callie did go through the ordeal with Liam but she kept a few things hidden from everyone.
LENA got the principals position and lost the baby.
I don't know where Sharon, Dana and Stuart live. So Im saying that Sharon lives in the California area. While Dana and Stuart live in Florida.
Previously from CH 26
So in CH 26 we saw Rylan be comforted by her Moms as she had a nightmare. Stef ended up rocking Rylan to sleep in a rocking chair.
Previously from CH 27
And in CH 27 we got Officers Morales and Jones side of things with arresting Liam and interviewing him.
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Stefs phone rang as she was pouring a cup of coffee. Picking up her phone with one hand and her coffee in the other, Stef sat back at the table where she was currently doing paperwork.
" Stef Adams Foster" Stef said before taking a sip of her coffee, not even bothering to look at the caller ID. She waited for someone to talk as she slid her glasses higher on her nose and continued to do her paperwork while she waited.
"Hello Officer Adams Foster. Its Officer Morales here, just updating you on the case." Officer Morales Voice pierced through the phone and Stef stopped what she was doing so she could listen properly to the officer on the other end.
"Oh, hey Officer. What have you got for me?" Stef heard Officer Morales take a deep breath and then some paper shuffling before she spoke.
"Ok, well we picked up Liam Olmstead a few hours ago. We arrested him and has been interviewed and now is currently being processed." Stef smiled before screaming 'finally' in her head.
"Please you can call me Stef. What did he say?" Stef didn't care about the officer part right now, she wasn't at work now and so Stef was fine.
"He admitted to everything actually. He didn't clam up at all. He admitted to branding the girls, we found pictures of Callie and your family in his room, it was like a shrine, he had been stalking you guys for a while." Stefs jaw dropped. He had willingly confessed to hurting her two girls. 'Wait stalking?' Stef thought with a frown before she voiced it.
"So hes obsessed with Callie?... I feel that there is something you aren't telling me. What is it?" Stef could tell that the officer was leaving something out, she could hear it in the officers voice and she wanted answers.
"Yeah it would seem so. I think his obsession of her has made him a bit crazy but thats my personal opinion anyway. Well actually I have some good news, Liam confessed to Raping Callie and we have a full confession on it. He thought he couldn't be tried again." Stef burst out laughing at that. Wouldn't his lawyer have told him that before he spoke? obviously not. Stef heard steps on the stairs and when she looked up she saw her little girl standing on the stairs rubbing her eyes. Looking at the time Stef knew the little girl would be hungry.
"Thats excellent. My girls can get their justice. Thank you for everything you have done. Keep me informed." Stef was smiling into the phone, she was just a little bit happy and now she had some incredible news to tell her wife and daughter when they got home.
Rylan had made her way over to her mom and was now holding her arms out signalling to be picked up. Sticking the phone in the space between her neck and shoulder, Stef was able to lift Rylan onto her lap and settling her in before grabbing the phone properly.
"Its not a problem Stef. I am glad it has turned out the way it has. I am assuming you have a lawyer that will be working things out with you. They will get a court date and everything?" "Damn, How could I forget about that?" Stef thought as the words lawyer were spoken. She had forgotten to call their lawyer.
"Yeah, im going to give our lawyer a call very soon. Fill her in on things. Thank you again." Stef was trying to hurry up the phone call so she can get back to her little girl and then call her lawyer.
"As I said not a problem. Bye Stef." Stef hung up and put her phone down before looking at her daughter. Rylans hair was all messed up from where she had been sleeping and her small body covered in her pyjamas and Lenas sweater.
Stef wouldn't tell Rylan, she knew the little girl tensed at hearing Liams name and she really didn't want to give the girl nightmares if she is reminded of the man that harmed her. Instead she focused on getting the girl lunch.
"What are you hungry for baby girl?" Rylan shrugged, she wasn't hungry right now but she knew her Mom would make her eat, it was something the moms made them do so they would have energy to go, or something like that. They were only looking out for their health and safety afterall.
"Not that hungry huh? How about just a snack plate? " Rylan nodded. She could deal with that. Stef stood up, placed Rylan on the stool before getting to work on the food.
"Where grandma?" Rylan had gone to nap and Sharon was still here and now that she had woken, Sharon wasn't here.
"Shes gone to go get some milk, we ran out." Rylan nodded. She like spending time with her grandma because she was just like her mommy but nothing was better then her mommy.
"Did you have a good sleep baby?" Rylan nodded.
"Yes, you napped too?" Rylan looked up at her mom waiting on a reply before she slid off the stool carefully and walked over to the fridge and got her water which had been placed on the shelf she could reach.
Stef placed the plate of food on the table, lifted Rylan onto the stool and then went to make herself a sandwich as she answered her daughters question.
"I had paperwork to do baby girl. I wished I could have napped with you." Stef pouted making Rylan giggle as she slowly nibbled away at a piece of watermelon.
The plate Stef had made her contained a few crackers, a slice of cheese, some grapes and a slice of watermelon. As long as Rylan was eating something, Stef was happy.
As Stef got comfortable at the table again with her sandwich, Sharon entered with bags of groceries. Stef raised her eyebrow.
"I thought you were just getting milk?" Stef looked at her mom, she had always gone overboard. Sharon placed the bags on the counter and started to empty the bags.
"I did get milk, and a few things for dinner." Sharon said as if it was nothing. Stef was too tired to really care and waved it off. Sometimes her mother was a godsend and others, well yeah.
"You want Lasagna for dinner tonight?" Sharon looked at her daughter before heading over to place a kiss on Rylans cheeks to greet her.
"Uh Stef, shes got a fever again." Sharon looked to her daughter with concern. Stef was immediately up and over to her daughter, placing a kiss to her head. 'Dammit.' Stef thought as she grabbed the ear thermometer from the medicine box and placed it in Rylans ear. Looking at her daughter more carefully now, she could see how pail Rylan was and how she was more tired looking then normal.
They had been checking her temperature all the time and she had her medicine at the correct times. Stef heard the beeper go off and sighed. 100.2. It wasn't too high but it definitely was a fever.
"You have a fever baby girl. Is that why you weren't hungry?" Rylan nodded as she drunk her water bottle.
"Im sorry baby, I should have known." Stef said as she lifted Rylan into her arms and kissed her temple. Rylan laid her head on her moms shoulder as she continued to drink her water slowly before just holding it in her hand as her mom swayed from side to side, like she normally does without even noticing.
"Stef you couldn't have known, her fever just randomly popped up. You have been checking regularly. Its not too high so no need to panic, just keep checking it to see If it gets worse." Sharon knew that with Rylan being sick and having had surgery, Stef was on high alert and with not having a lot of sleep Stef was tired and over reacting.
"I know mom, I know." Stef whispered as she let out a tired breath and kissed Rylans cheek.
Sharon's heart broke for her daughter, for her whole family. They had been through a lot, it was a wonder that Stef hadn't broken down earlier, but knowing her daughter Stef had been strong and now it had all bottled up and was now slowly releasing and thats what Sharon was witnessing now.
"How about you finish your sandwich and then you can go have a nap while I watch little miss here." Stef sighed, she knew her mom was right, as always. Handing Rylan over to her Mother, Stef sat back down and slowly ate her sandwich.
Sharon held Rylan on her hip. The little girls head on her shoulder, water bottle clutched in her arms and eyes just looking around. Sharon was able to hold Rylan in on arm as she used her other to place the groceries away.
It had been years since Sharon last held a child like this. Brandon was all grown up now and she never thought that her daughter would have another child. She was excited when Mariana, Jesus, Callie and Jude all got adopted because that meant more grand babies to spoil, hug and kiss. Now with Rylan she got to do all those things but now she could go back to the picking up and cuddling stage that she had missed.
"Alright at 1 can you give her some medication. Times and what medication she needs are written on that notepad, be good for grandma ok baby." Stef whispered as she kissed Rylans cheek and then her moms before slowly heading upstairs for a much needed nap. Stef was silently thanking her mom really hard in her head for the help.
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With Stef upstairs napping and the groceries put away, Rylan and Sharon sat on the sofa cuddled together watching transformers. Sharon had given Rylan her medication, made her eat a little bit more so she wouldn't feel nauseous later with nothing in her stomach and now the girl was content with just sitting in her grandmothers arms.
"My bee." Rylan mumbled as she looked at the tv screen. No matter how many times she had watched this, it would never get old.
Sharon smiled as she listened to her youngest grand child mumble to herself. Not even halfway through the movie, Rylan had fallen asleep.
Sharon stood up, being careful not to wake the little girl in her arms, she headed up the stairs to the master bedroom where she knew her daughter was sleeping.
Opening the door carefully with one hand, Sharon could see Stef curled up, sound asleep. Moving quietly into the room, Sharon turned down the covers on what looked to be Lenas side, placed the little blonde in the bed and pulled the covers up.
Sharon couldn't help the smiled as she watched Rylan crinkle her nose and then slowly scoot over into Stefs side. Without waking Stef had pulled the little girl into her closer, not once did either of them wake. Though as soon as Rylan was in Stefs arms, she let out a sigh of content and buried her face in her moms neck.
Sharon slid her phone out from her pocket and snapped a picture, no doubt Lena would want to see this later. Making sure the two girls wouldn't wake, Sharon slipped out of the room and back down stairs to turn the transformers movie off and then clean up the lunch dishes ready to prepare the lasagne, but first she had to call Lena.
Sharon placed all the dishes in the sink before hitting Lenas number, bringing the phone to her ear, Sharon waited.
"Lena Adams Foster speaking." Sharon chuckled, both her daughter and daughter in law never checked the caller ID before answering when they are doing something.
"Hey Lena, How are you going dear?" Sharon spoke as she took a seat at the dining table.
"Sharon? I am alright, just catching up on paperwork, the boring stuff as usual. Where is Stef?
"Thats the job of a principal I suppose, cant be all fun and games. Shes upstairs napping with Rylan. Stef was exhausted. Rylans temperature spiked to 100.2 around 12ish and Stef broke down because she should have predicted it. I told her to go sleep." Sharon looked towards the stairs as she said Rylan and Stefs names, hopfully the two would remain asleep for a while, they both needed it.
"That it is, its nice being a principal but I sometimes wish I was back teaching again. Thankyou Sharon. My poor girls. Ill be home as soon as I can, could..."
"Ill go pick the kids up later on." Sharon spoke cutting Lena off, knowing that Lena would be coming home very shortly and would bring her paperwork home.
"Thank you sharon. It means a lot to us that you are here, helping us is a bonus." Sharon smiled a knowing smile as Lena let out a sigh of relief. Her daughter and daughter in law were both too stubborn to ask for help.
"No problems dear. Im happy to help, you know that." Sharon said, knowing the conversation was going to end very soon, she got the ingredients out of the cupboard and fridge ready to start Lasagne.
"I do but I still appreciate it, we still appreciate it."
"Ok again its not a problem, now im going to be making lasgana for dinner. That ok?" Sharon changed the subject.
"Life saver thank you, the kids will enjoy it. I got to go. Ill be home shortly." Sharon heard someone knock on the door from Lenas end.
"No problems bye dear." Sharon spoke, waiting for the line to go dead or for Lena to say something else to her.
Bye mom." Sharon smiled again for the hundredth time today, she hadn't expected to hear 'Mom' come out of Lenas mouth. Hearing Lena call her mom was a special moment and she loved it just as much as she loved when Stef calls her mom. She was lucky to have two daughters, Three grand daughters and three grandsons, her life was completely full of love.
"Alright, Lasagne making time." Sharon talked to herself as she prepared to make a lasagne that would feed 9 people.
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As Lena entered the house, the smell of lasagne filled her nose and made her mouth water, she had skipped lunch because of the various phone calls that she had to make and the various phone calls that she received. It had been busy and if she didn't get out when she did, she would be there till late at night.
Placing her bag and paperwork down on the bench in the study nook, Lena walked further into the kitchen and greeted Sharon.
"Hey dear, they are still asleep, Im pretty sure they Stef will need to be woken up or she wont sleep tonight. Rylan will probably sleep anyway since she is tired and sick, so I wouldn't wake her up." Sharon said as she chopped up salad stuff for dinner.
"Thanks again for everything." Lena says as she places a kiss on her mother in laws cheek as she passes to grab a water bottle from the fridge.
"Oh I look at this picture I snapped." Sharon stopped Lena before she could leave. Wiping her hands on the hand towel, Sharon grabbed her phone and walked over to where Lena was near the fridge.
"Naww. Send me that please." Lena smiled before opening her water and taking a sip.
"I will. It was adorable. I placed Rylan next to Stef and In her sleep Rylan had crinkled her nose and searched out for Stef. By the end thats what they looked like." Lena couldn't wipe the smile off of her face at the explanation. Her wife interacting with their kids always makes her really happy and her heart race.
"We have come to realise that she only sleeps if she can smell one of us, lately shes been wearing my sweater if you have noticed and then cuddles up to Stef."
"Sounds to me that she loves her moms." Sharon smiled and ran a hand up and down Lenas back as Lena continued to stare at the photo.
"I think its more of her safety blanket. If she smells us then she relaxes...Im gonna go get them up." Lena shrugs at her own explanation before taking a drink of her water bottle, then setting it on the bench as she goes to the medicine box before heading upstairs to check on her sleeping wife and daughter, ear thermometer in hand.
Just before Lena opens the door to her room, her phone goes off signalling she had a message. Pulling it out and putting it on silent, she then peaks her head in and smiles at her now awake wife.
"Hey baby." Lena whispers, seeing as her youngest was still asleep, curled up into her mommy.
"Hey my love." Stef replies before giving Lena a kiss when she got closer to the bed. Lena set the ear thermometer on the bedside table and then took a seat on the bed facing her wife.
"Feeling a bit better baby?" Lena asks as she places her right hand on Stefs left cheek, letting her thumb rub soft circles on her wifes jaw bone.
"A little bit. I guess I was just worried." Stef explained, knowing that her mother had called her wife to let her know what had been happening.
"You're allowed to break down sweetie. You don't need to be strong all the time. Sometimes I can be the strong one for you." Lena tells Stef straight out, her hand never leaving Stefs cheek. Stef only turned her head so that she could press a kiss to Lenas palm.
"I know, its hard sometimes, I find it hard to let my walls down and let you be strong for me." Lena chuckled and then receive a confused frown from her wife.
"You sounded just like your eldest daughter then." Stef smiled, knowing she was right. Callie had a hard time letting down her walls aswell.
"Like mother, like daughter." Stef whispered as she looked to her left to see Rylan still sleeping away next to them peacefully.
"Ill try." Stef whispered after a few moments of silence. Lena smiled and nodded before bringing her lips towards her wifes and pressing them against hers.
"That all I ask for baby." Lena whispered. She knew her wife always wanted to be strong, and for her to say that she would try to let Lena take over that role when she couldn't, was a start.
"Moms making lasagne if you haven't already guessed." Stef whispered as she placed her hand on Rylans back and rubbed it up and down. Stef knew she had to tell Lena about the phone call so that they could talk to Callie together.
"It smells amazing. I really love your mom. Oh speaking of your mom, check out the photo she snapped." Lena said with a smile as she pulled out her phone from her pocket. Stef looked at her wife with a smile aswell.
"Look how cute you two are." Lena held her phone out, the picture of full display. Stef rolls her eyes but the smile is still on her face. Lena chuckled and then slipped her phone away before wrapping both of her arms around Stefs neck and bringing her in for a kiss.
Both women releasing from the embrace but managed to keep their hands together on Lenas lap as their focus turned to their sleeping daughter. Stef continued to look at Lena from the corner of her eye, waiting for the moment to tell her about the phone call.
Stef didn't know how Lena would take the stalking business, and the obsession of Callie. Least there was good news aswell.
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"How did we not notice someone taking our pictures, more importantly how did we not notice him photographing our kids." Lena was angry. Liam had violated there privacy and it was the least of there worries and Stef hoped that the news of the rape would calm Lena down.
Stef and Lena had gone outside to the backyard, away from Sharon and Rylan to talk. The little girl was still asleep so they left her in the room and told Sharon to keep and ear out for her and if she wakes to check her temperature and give her medication.
"Lena honey, they got him, he has been charged and there will be a trial. I will be calling our lawyer later on after we talk to Callie...There is something else." Lena raised her eyebrow, she didn't know if she liked the sound of it.
"Do I really want to hear this?" Lena asked as she took a seat on a chair that sat on the deck. Waiting for Stef to give her the new piece of information.
"Its good news. …... Liam confessed to raping Callie and now we can use that against him since the last case was dropped due to a lack of evidence. OUR GIRLS are going to get the justice for what that S.O.B. Did to them." Lena looked up with a smile. She had been angry before but this piece of information was amazing. Lena bounded from her spot on the chair and leapt into her wifes arms. Both laughing.
"Im so happy, Callie is going to be happy. This just made my day." Lena spouts off, still hugging her wife in her happiness. Stef just smiled at her wife.
"When are we going to tell Callie? Are we telling Rylan?" Lena asked after a few moments, still in the arms of her wife.
"When she gets home from school. She needs to know about this. I was thinking no with Rylan. She doesn't need any more nightmares. " Lena nodded, agreeing with both. Lena lays her chin on her wifes shoulder and hugs her tighter, just content at being in her wifes arms.
"I think your baby girl wants you." Lena points out after spotting the little girl looking out the back door through the glass, her Bee toy tucked in one arm and her water bottle tucked in the other. Stef turned from her position hugging Lena and chuckled.
"Looks like it." Stef says as she heads towards the house leaving Lena to watch her go.
Lena watches as Stef scoops the little blonde up into her arms, giving her a kiss on the cheek and heading out of sight
"Shes definitely a mommys girl." Lena chuckled and headed inside.
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