I know I said this was going to be a Jacob and Connie chapter, but I had this idea with Cal and Ricky and I wanted to write it before I forgot about it. The Jacob and Connie one - shot will be coming in the next chapter.

Follows the storyline in HAA (Home And Away) where Ricky believed that Brax, the father of her baby son, Casey, was dead, following a transfer to a prison. Brax's car was ran off the road and landed in water. Brax resurfaced and found the officer, but he isn't seen again. Kat, another officer, searches for him and his friend Ash heads to a safe house where Brax is hiding, Brax tells Ash to tell Ricky and Kyle that he is dead, in order to keep them safe.

Ricky gives birth to Casey with Kyle by her side.

Now engaged to a doctor, who supported her when she lost her 1st baby, she finds out Brax is alive.

Brax's brother, Heath, returns to the Bay, in a one - off special titled "An Eye For An Eye" When he realises Brax isn't dead, he punches Ash and when baby Casey is kidnapped by Brax's enemy from prison, Ash, Kyle and Heath, club together to try and find Casey, he is eventually reunited with Ricky. Briefly mentions Brax's and Heath's mum, Cheryl.


The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 144.

Ricky pushed the pram in to the house, she had just taken Casey for a walk and her son had cried all the way, she picked Casey up and placed him in to his playpen.

"Ricky, there's someone here to see you " Cal told her.

"Who is it?" Ricky replied, opening the fridge door, getting out Casey's formula and she started to spoon it in to the bottle.

"Heath?" Ricky questioned when she spotted him.

"Can we talk?" Heath asked.

"I'll leave you two to it " Cal said, kissing her cheek.

"Heath what are you doing here?" She questioned, her eyebrows knitted in confusion. "What do you want, Heath?" She repeated when she received no answer.

"I have something I need to tell you " Heath said, breaking the silence that had descended over the two of them.

"Fine, " She replied, sitting on the couch.

"Brax is alive, Rick "

"What?" She asked, unsure if she had heard right.

"He's alive " Heath told her.

"Just go!" She yelled, pointing towards the door, overcome with shock at Heath's words.

She curled up and cried, angry and shocked tears making there way down her cheeks.


"Rick, were back " Cal said as he walked through the house. No answer. "Rick?" He said again, heading upstairs. "What's wrong?" He asked when he saw her.

Ricky looked up at her partner. "Brax is alive " She muttered, it didn't feel real to her.

"What?" Cal asked.

"He's alive. His brother Heath just told me "

Cal sat on the bed beside her, holding his arms out and Ricky crawled in to them, wanting the comfort of her partner. Cal bent his head and kissed the top of hers. After a while, she dried her tears and pulled out of his embrace.


Ricky knew what she wanted and that was a drink. Cal had tried to persuade her not to as Brax's mum, Cheryl had Casey for the night, and she needed to go and pick him up in the morning. She ignored him, grabbing her car keys and handbag, making her way out the door. Cal sighed.

She headed for the bar. Staff nurse Linda Andrews was also at the bar, it was her day off and she had invited Jessica along, but the nurse couldn't make it, as her daughter, Amelia, had been sent home, ill.

"Can I get you a drink?" Linda asked, seeing the distressed state the younger woman was in; she looked as white as a sheet.

"Sure " Ricky replied. "I'll have a white wine, please "

Linda nodded and signalled to the bar tender that she wanted two glasses of white.

"Thanks" Ricky whispered, picking the glass up and taking a large sip of the beverage, feeling the alcohol go straight to her head. It gave her head a spinny feeling and she then realised it had been her first glass of wine since Casey's birth, and she wouldn't be able to shake off a hangover as good as she used to. But it didn't stop Linda ordering them more, Ricky knew she should go home, but she was in no fit state to drive the car, she would have to leave it here and pick it up in the morning.

Linda looked at Ricky, she was also known for not knowing when to stop drinking, but since she had suffered the loss of her child, due to her partying, she had limited her drinking.

"I'm fine " Said Ricky.

Linda shook her head and Ricky decided to go home. Linda grabbed her coat and walked out in to the cold air, in the direction of Cal's house.

"I brought Ricky home" Said Linda, once he had opened the door.

"Thanks " Said Cal, guiding Ricky in to the hallway.

"I'll bring you a glass of water up, " He told her, directing her towards the stairs.

She nodded and started to climb the stairs, lying on the bed.

Cal walked in to the kitchen and reached for a glass, filling it with water. He also looked in the cupboard for paracteomol. He took them upstairs, placing them down on the side table. He popped one out of the packet and handed it to her, as she put it in her mouth, swallowing a mouthful of water.

"I can't believe he lied to me" Now, she had sobered up a bit, she was beginning to feel angry at Brax.

"I know. " Cal told her.

"No, Cal, you don't " Ricky snapped, narrowing her eyes, shoving him away from her.

"Calm down " He told her, grabbing her wrists.

"I'm sorry Cal " She told him.

Cal shook his head, brushing a strand of hair out of her face. "Don't worry about it, we'll get through it "

Casey started crying. Ricky was about to get up when Cal stopped her. "I'll get him " Heading over to the cot, he lifted Casey in to his arms.

"Hey little man, " He whispered, sitting on the edge of the bed. "What's all this noise for?"

"He probably needs a nappy change, " Ricky whispered tiredly.

Cal stood and lay Casey down on the changing table, and took off his baby grow, before reaching up on to the shelf for the bumper set of nappies.

"I love you " Cal told her, once he had handed her back Casey.

Ricky smiled, returning from laying Casey in his cot. "I love you too "


The next morning, Ricky woke with a sore head. She looked to the left side of her to find Cal's side empty.

Grabbing her dressing gown, she put it on and walked down the stairs.

Sat at the kitchen table, Cal was eating toast while Casey was in his highchair, a bowl of Rusks in front of him, but instead of eating them, he was squashing them with his spoon.

"Oh, Case " Ricky shook her head in a dissopointed manner as she realised she had got it in his hair. She plucked him from his high chair and headed up the stairs, she turned on the taps and placed him inside. "Watch him" Ricky added as she walked back in to the kitchen, Casey dressed in a baby - grow. "Watch him" She added as she picked up her handbag and car keys. She walked out of the house and walked towards the pub. Unlocking the car doors, she got in and put the keys in the engine and then drove home.

As, Cal wasn't in work and she didn't have any shoots booked, they decided to take Casey to the beach and she watched as Cal turned the bucket upside down and patted it with his spade, before pulling it off. Casey giggled.

"I'm going for a surf " She told Cal, as she lifted her surfboard above her head and ran down to the water. She attached the leash to her foot and then lay on the board as she started paddling out to the waves.

"Look at mummy, mate " Cal bounced Casey in his arms as he spotted Ricky expertly surfing a wave, but in a moment of weakness, she tumbled off her board. Cal stared and ran down to the waters edge, Casey in his arms. "Are you OK?" He asked.

Ricky ran a hand through her hair which was stiff with salt. "I'm fine "

"Good" Cal said as he wrapped an arm around her, carrying Casey in his car seat.

Unlocking the door, Ricky headed through the hallway and headed upstairs for a shower to warm herself up, she then headed in to the bedroom to change in to a pair of jeans and a white sleeved top, putting her hair in to a bun, she then headed downstairs to see Cal putting Casey in his Moses basket.

Cal may not be Brax, but she was happy, that she had a man who loved her and would look after her and Casey.