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Wed afternoon---the hospital

Steph watched as her husband paced around the room. "Who are you trying to call now?" She demanded.

Paul looked up from his phone. "Oh, no one." He answered trying to hide the guilty expression on his face. He snapped the phone shut. "Did you want something?" He asked loudly. Taking a deep breath he tried again in a quieter voice. "Is there anything I can get for you?"

She folded her arms across her chest. "I want to know who you're trying to call."

He raised his eyebrows at her tone. "I was just checking up on something." He walked closer to the bed. "Are you feeling alright? You seem a little stressed out tonight."

"I would like to know why you're keeping secrets from me." She demanded.

Paul eyed the monitor beside the bed as it beeped. "You need to calm down. This can't be good for the baby."

Steph almost came off the bed in anger. "Don't you tell me to calm down. I'll calm down when you explain to me what's going on."

Paul closed his eyes as the monitor let out a high squeal and several beeps. Almost immediately a nurse walked in and silenced the alarms. "Are you feeling all right Mrs. Levesque?" She asked as she checked a blood pressure.

"No, I am not alright. My husband is a lying cheating son of a bitch who doesn't care anything for me or this baby." Steph snapped before bursting into tears.

Paul raised his shoulders helplessly to the nurse when she turned to look at him. "She's had mood swings all day. The baby must acting up."

"Oh yeah, blame everything on the baby." Steph cried as she scooted down in the bed. "Just leave me alone for a little while."

"I'm not leaving." He argued placing his hands on his hips.

"I think it might be a good idea for you to at least leave her alone for a while. She shouldn't be upset like this." The nurse suggested, standing between the two.

Paul nodded as he struggled with the decision. "I'll be in the lobby. Let me know if she needs anything."

The nurse waited until he had left the room before she began working to calm her patient down.

One hour later

"Dave I need you to do something for me." She said speaking into the phone.

"Steph? Is everything all right? Where's Paul?" Dave asked in concern.

"I need you to bring Jayden here." She said ignoring his questions.

Dave hesitated. "I don't think I can do that." He paused as he thought of how to word the next part. "She broke up with me."

Steph stared at the phone is surprise. "She did? When? Are you okay with that?" She asked filing the information away.

"Hell no. And I have a few things to say to her but I'm not ready yet. I want to be able to do it without strangling her and its going to be a while still."

Steph bit her lip. "I'm sorry Dave. But I really need to see you both."

"No." He said adamantly. "I won't do it."

"Please Dave. I wouldn't ask you to do this unless it was an emergency." She pleaded.

"Damn it Steph. Why can't you just call her? Or have Paul go get her?" Dave asked. Steph could hear him gritting his teeth over the phone. She remained silent knowing he would give in.

"Fine I'll bring her. But you had better have a damn good reason or as soon as that baby is out I'm kicking your ass." He threatened before slamming down the phone.

Steph looked at the picture she had received two nights ago. "I think it's a pretty good reason." She whispered as she hung up the phone.

Cena household.

"Hey midget." Randy greeted the eight year old as he walked through the door. "What in the world are you wearing?" He asked as he studied her outfit.

"It's part of my Halloween costume." She replied giggling. "It's not finished yet."

"And it won't get finished if you don't get back in here." Journey called out from the living room.

Randy followed as the little girl raced down the hallway. He raised his eyebrows at the sight of his friend on the floor surrounded by yards of material. "Are you trying to actually make her costume?" He asked trying not to laugh.

"Shut up Randy." Journey responded without looking up.

He turned to where John was sprawled in a chair reading a magazine. "You do know they sell costumes in the store right?"

John shrugged. "I'll have you know I searched every damn store in the city and could not find what my daughter wanted." He looked pointedly at the little girl. "Because she's so damn picky."

"It'll be fine." Journey spoke up as she treaded her needle.

"You're going to spoil her." Her boyfriend advised as he shook his head.

"John, it's the first Halloween she's going to be able to dress up and act like a child. Let her have some fun." She sighed in frustration as the tread knotted.

"Does that mean I can eat all the candy I want tomorrow night?" Ari asked as she bounced around the room.

"No." Both adults answered simultaneously.

Randy cocked his head as he studied the pouting girl. "Can I just ask one question? What is she supposed to be?"

"Randy!" Journey snapped at she threw her pattern book at his head.

He threw up his hands to protect himself. "What? It was an honest question."

Jayden's apartment

Grim faced Dave pounded on the door, leaning against the frame as he waited for her to answer.

Jayden blinked in surprise to find the big man waiting on her. "Dave. You're probably the last person I expected to be here."

"Trust me. It's the last thing I had planned for tonight." He snarled.

She narrowed her eyes at the anger in his voice. "Then what are you doing here?"

He gritted his teeth against the words he wanted to say to her. "Steph sent me. She wants to see both of us."

Jayden raised her eyebrows. "That's pretty lame, using her to try to get us back together." She watched as his hands balled into fists. "Tell her I'm not interested."

He slung one of those fists into the doorframe. "It's not about us. Trust me f I wanted you back I wouldn't have to use someone."

"But yet you are here." She pointed out quietly.

Dave pounded on the doorframe a second time. "She said it was an emergency or else I wouldn't be in this position. Maybe if you answered your damn phone once in a while she wouldn't have had to call me."

She resisted the urge to check his hand for damages. "I've had my phone turned off because I was working. Has something happened?" She asked worriedly.

"I don't know." Dave answered shortly as he walked away from the door. "Are you coming?"

"You go on ahead. I need to change and I want to try and call her." She murmured distractedly as she turned back into the apartment. "I can drive myself."

"I promised Steph I would bring you." The big man said as he pushed the button for the elevator. "And we're leaving now."

"No we are not. You are and I will follow when I am ready." She answered stubbornly, crossing her arms as she watched him.

"You are getting in that car if I have to tie and gag you." He threatened softly.

She raised her eyebrows. "You are deliberately being as rude and mean as possible because I broke up with you aren't you?" She asked ignoring the very real threat of violence in his eyes.

Shaking his head Dave started back for her with the intent of tossing her over his shoulder. Realizing what he was going to do she made a quick grab for her purse and darted into the hallway. "Are you coming or not?" She called over her shoulder as she sailed into the open elevator.

Hospital ---a little later

Paul looked up as the two entered the Maternity lobby. "I didn't expect to see you two tonight. And especially together." He raised his eyebrows at Dave's growl.

"Your wife summands and we come."

"Is she alright?" Jayden asked as she walked up behind the two men.

Paul shrugged. "She kicked me out and won't let me back in." He gestured to the nurse at the window. "And nurse ratchet in there won't tell me anything."

Ignoring Dave's frustrated sigh Jayden went to the window. "Hello. We're here to see Mrs. Levesque. She called us to come up."

A nurse looked up from where she was studying a chart. "The doctor is in with her right now but you can go back in a couple of minutes." She looked pointedly through the window at Paul. "All of you."

"Thank you." Relaying the conversation she took a seat, making sure it was on the opposite end of where Dave had sprawled.

After five minutes of tense silence she turned to glare at him. "Did you even bother to follow up with the trainer about Randy's wrist?"

Dave sighed as the stared at the ceiling. "No. I'm trying to show him I trust him to behave like a grown up."

Paul smirked. "How's that working for you?"

The other man closed his eyes. "I'm practicing patience." He looked over at Jayden. "Did you take care of it or do I need to address the situation?"

She shook her head. "I got it. He's got a stress fracture and will be in a cast for a couple of weeks."

Dave nodded as he folded his arms across his chest. "Journey got her midterm back. She tried to call you but couldn't get through."

"I'll have to call her back." She answered stiffly.

Paul laughed. "You two sound like a married couple discussing your children."

Dave growled as he turned to glare at Jayden. "Well then we'd better stop. Because that's the last thing Jayden wants." He said before storming out of the room.

"Well I don't guess he's staying to see what Steph wants." She said sadly as she eyed the lobby door.

"Speaking of Steph, I think they're going to let us in." Paul observed as he watched the nurse come towards them.

Stephanie looked up as they entered her room. Frowning she looked behind them. "Where's Dave?" She demanded.

Jayden grimaced. "He stormed out. He's a lot angrier than I thought he would be." She offered.

"You broke his heart, what did you expect?" Steph asked bitterly.

"I'm just doing what I thought was right." The red head insisted. She frowned. "I didn't think his anger would make me so sad." She turned to look at her friend. "And why are you so mad at me? You've been biting my head off the last couple of days."

"Maybe it's the fact that you're trying to steal my husband." Steph taunted as she folded her arms across her chest.

"What?" Jayden exclaimed as Paul choked on his cup of coffee.

"What the hell makes you think that?" He roared.

"You two go from not being able to stand each other to being best friends. You've been spending large amounts of time together and people have reported seeing you two whispering and conspiring together." Steph announced triumphantly.

"What kind of drugs do they have you on?" Paul asked exasperated with his wife. "We've bonded over a project we're working on together."

"Then how do you explain this?" Steph asked smugly as she held out the photograph she had received.

"Where the hell did you get that?" Paul demanded as Jayden took the photo.

"It was sent to me Monday night, the same night you were absent from my side." His wife accused.

Paul threw up his hands as he paced around the room. "I can't talk to you about this."

"Someone's been stalking you." Jayden said simply as she sat down next to the bed. She ignored Paul's warning growl. "He's been sending you gifts all designed to upset you and hurt the baby."

Shocked Stephanie looked over at her husband. "Paul?" She asked, her eyes wide and unblinking.

Ignoring her he glared at Jayden. "Are you out of your mind?" He put his hands on his hips.

Jayden shrugged. "I think we are at the point that we have to tell her. Obviously we're not doing a good job at concealing it. Look at her blood pressure." She said indicating the monitor.

Steph pounded on the side of the bed to get their attention. "Someone had better start talking."

Paul sighed as he slumped into the other chair. "Almost since the beginning of your pregnancy someone has been sending you things. At first it was it was just irritating. About once a month a card would come in the mail. When you started having problems with the baby they escalated. They started coming more frequently and were more grisly. Since you've been in the hospital it has escalated even more."

"Something comes almost every day now." Jayden put in.

"They're designed to frighten, disgust and irritate you. Upset you enough that you will have serious problems with the baby. We've tried to intercept them so that you wouldn't be worried. But some have gotten through. The pink roses, the doll that I told you was from Randy and Shelton." He explained.

Steph frowned. "Then where does this come in?" She asked holding up the photograph. "You two have only started working together in the last couple of days. Before that you couldn't stand each other." She asked confused.

Jayden shrugged. "I was angry at him. He spent so much time obsessed with this thing that he completely ignored you. Which in turn caused you more stress and accomplished exactly what the stalker wanted."

"And you've changed your mind?" Steph prompted.

"I guess I realized that he was scared and didn't know how to handle the situation. He was doing the best he could and if I had let him know that I was involved sooner it could have goon a lot smoother." She admitted as she looked over at him.

Paul nodded. "I was so distrustful of everyone and I even accused her of being a part of it." He looked at his wife apologetically. "None of us handled this very well but we had the best of intentions."

"What happened on Monday?" His wife asked.

"I knew Jayden was supposed to check out a couple of leads and when I couldn't get a hold of her I was worried. So I went over to her apartment." Paul started.

"I had had a really bad day. One of the mothers I work with called. Afterward I just broke down. All I could think of was Cassy and Dave. I couldn't function by the time Paul showed up." She continued. "He must have been following Paul and saw it as a good opportunity to cause you some pain."

Steph nodded sadly. "I would say it worked." She looked over at her husband. "Do you forgive me for thinking you were cheating on me?"

Before he could answer Jayden leaned forward. "Hey what about me. You honestly thought I would with do that with Paul?" She asked in a disgusted voice causing everyone to laugh.

Once they had calmed down Steph spread her hands. "So what now?"

"We find him and stop him." Paul answered as he took her hand in his.

"But what happens if you don't catch him before I have this baby. Do we have to worry about him escalating to kidnapping?" She asked frantic at the thought.

"Actually I think I know who he is." Jayden spoke up. "I had an idea based on the information from the volunteer and from the lists Paul gave me." She looked at Steph. "You received a gift on the day or day after a doctor's appointment. And Mrs. Pervisey said he worked for his father the doctor."

"You went to the ob office." Paul prompted, trying not to let his impatience show.

She nodded. "It's not Dr. Ross, he doesn't have any kids and has never had a complaint against him. His partner however looks favorable. He had a 19-year-old son that helps him out in the office. I'm hoping to meet with him tomorrow."

"I want to go with you." Paul demanded.

Jayden thought about it. "That might not be the wisest idea. You're not the calmest person right now."

"I'm going." He said with finality.