Chapter 42

It was a couple of day's before Cody could come home, but for Mabel the journey for survival was still going on. Cody got permission to stay at the hospital for as long as she needed. It was the same everyday, Cody would sit in the room with all the other babies that were in incubators but would only look at her baby. Nothing ever really happened. Mabel would get a few tests done and then the doctors would leave again. Everyday Dr. Myers would drop by for an hour or two to make sure Cody and Mabel were okay.

"Is there any progression in her state of health?" Dr. Myers asked as he looked at the little baby.

"They say that she is doing better, but they still don't know what's going to happen." Cody said as she put her hand on the glass separating her and her baby.

"You know, I'm really proud of you. You went through something that is very hard, and you know that I'm always here." Dr. Myers said as he sat on one of the stools.

"Thanks dad." Cody sat back down on her chair.

"Cody, why didn't you tell me about him…Jake, you could have come to me." Dr. Myers turned to his daughter.

"No dad I couldn't have come to you. You…being my dad, would have flipped out, and I really didn't need that." Cody didn't look at him.

"I mean mentally. Cody you went through a lot. I just wish you had come to me…that's all."

"Well, I'll keep that in mind." Cody looked at her dad.

After an hour or so, Dr. Myers left, leaving Cody all alone in the room. Cody was used to it, she had been spending the nights here for at least a week now. It wasn't a big deal. Then the door opened behind her and Cody merely thought it was other parents that wanted to see their child, but then she heard a voice.

"Hey Cody, how is our little baby?" Then guy said. Cody wiped around and saw the one person she didn't want to see.

"Jake get out of here, or I'll call security, and then you will be arrested for leaving jail." Cody got up from her chair.

"No, I'm out of jail now, doing community work." Jake walked towards her.

"Then I'll still call security because your breaking the restraining order that was given to you." Cody backed up more.

"Come on, you wouldn't do that. I've just come to see my baby." Jake looked at the little incubator with Mabel in it.

"Jake, you get out of here, now." Cody warned him. Jake ignored her and walked over to the little incubator. He put his hand on the top of the box.

"This is ours?" Jake said very calm.

"Yes, yes it's our baby…now please just leave." Cody said as she walked over to the baby and took his hand off the incubator.

"Why does she have little blonde eye brows then? I don't have blonde hair, you don't have blond hair… is this really my baby?" Jake turned to her. Cody hesitated to answer that…finally the secret that she had been keeping in for months was about to come out. The secret that only her and him knew…only her and Squib knew.