Chapter number 17. I was switched with my best friend!
"So who am I really, and who the hell is Martha McKenzie?" Martha asked still in shock.
"Look I'm going to get to that. Please be patient with me".
"Sorry".
"No it's ok, I understand that you just want to know whats going on. Ok now, your real parents are..." the nurse paused as she scrolled her way down the paper and Martha sat in complete suspense. "Jack and Beth Hunter".
"Oh my goodness" Martha exclaimed in even more shock.
"Do you know them?" Brett asked, it had been the first time he'd spoken since they entered the room.
"Yeah I do, well I know Beth anyway, Jack died before i came to Summer bay, but the only thing I don't get is how I could have been switched with one of their kids, I mean none of them are the same age as me".
"Stephanie Hunter was only alive for a few days, she was born without a brain".
"Oh my gosh, that would be hard, no wonder she hasn't mentioned it" Martha exclaimed.
"So who's the other one that got switched, and which one had my DNA?" Brett asked rejoining the conversation".
"The other one is the one that has your DNA, her name is Rose DeGarmo".
"Your kidding me" Martha interrupted, shaking her head with shock. In her head she could see the dream repaying in her head, her mum, the baby that looked like Rose haunted her for a minute.
"Princess, are you ok?" Brett asked putting a supportive hand on Martha's shoulder.
"Yeah, can we just go home dad".
"Sure, but are you really ok?".
"Yes... No, but what do you expect, I was switched with my best friend!"
"Rose?"
"Yeah, she was almost like a sister to me back at Sasha's".
"She got herself into that womans business too?" Brett asked in surprise.
"Yes" Martha replied.
"Well come on were going to go and get her out of it then".
Martha smiled, "So she'll be like my sister thats not really my sister?" Martha asked. "Wait that doesn't make any sense".
Brett just laughed, "No it doesn't, but I know what you mean sweaty. Anyway lets get a move on, I'll go get the check book from home and then we can go round to Sasha's, how does that sound?" Brett asked.
"Sounds perfect".
Half an hour later Martha and Brett arrived in front of Sasha's dining hall to find the same rubble Jack had found earlier. "Oh my goodness, this can't be happening" Martha exclaimed.
"What the heck happened?" Brett asked one of the fire fighters as he walked up to where the building once stood.
"There was a fire break out last night, burnt the whole place down" the fire fighter answered.
"Did anyone survive?"
"Yeah" he started, "about half of them escaped just in time before the whole place collapsed".
"Do you know who?"
"No they didn't leave any names, but they've taken all the survivers down to the fire station down the road".
"Ok, thanks for all your help" Brett told him very graciously.
"Your welcome".
Brett walked quickly back to the car an hopped in, "their at the fire station".
"Oh good so their alive?" Martha asked in relief.
"Um, they didn't really say, they just said that any survivers were at the fire station".
"I hope she's ok" Martha said softly.
"Yeah me too" Brett replied.
"Come on Rose, don't let me down" Martha said out loud to herself as they entered the fire station, she began to look around, searching for her, "Come on Rose, please be here". She recognized a lot of faces, there was Jemma and Felicity, talking as usual, "It obviously didn't take a life and death situation to get them to shut up" Martha commented. Further along was Kelly along with Rebbecca, Dani-elle, Helen, Tabitha and Yasmin, still no sign of Rose though.
"Have you seen her yet?" Brett asked.
"Not yet" Martha answered. "I really hope she's alright".
Next time:
Has Rose survived?
Jack said he's not giving up, but could a mystery woman change all that?
Still to come:
Martha and Jack, will they be together?