"I have a daughter," Tommy said in disbelief.
"Yes, you do," Nikki answered.
"I never dreamed that when I started looking for you, I'd end up with an instant family," Tommy replied.
"Does that mean you're ok with this?" Nikki questioned.
"Of course, how could I not be, I've always wanted to be a father," Tommy insisted.
"That's great because she's always wanted a father," Nikki concluded.
"Wait, she thinks I'm dead doesn't she?" Tommy questioned.
"Yes, I told her that her daddy was in heaven, she had this picture of you that sits by her bed and she even took it with her when I sent her away with Bruno," Nikki explained.
"She's only three years old, how is she going to understand all of this," Tommy pondered.
"I'll find a way, she'll be so happy to have her daddy in her life that I think the how it happened won't matter so much, she always asks if her daddy would have liked her, it always broke my heart to hear that," Nikki declared.
"She's my little girl how could I not like her, I don't even know her and already I love her," Tommy promised.
"Actually, she's more like you than anything, I have pictures of her, she looks so much like you," Nikki said getting out of the bed and going into the other room. Tommy followed her and waited while she searched her bags.
"She's beautiful, it's my little girl," Tommy said as tears welled up in his eyes.
"I can't wait for you to meet her," Nikki told him.
"How soon can we leave for Italy, Abby and I have lost enough time as it is," Tommy declared.
"She's pretty upset with me right now, she didn't understand why I had to send her away," Nikki explained.
"Because of Anton?" he questioned.
"Because of my fear, because of me you lost precious time with our daughter, you've missed so much of her life," Nikki concluded.
"Hey, you listen to me, none of that matters, not anymore, we're together now and I'm never going to let you go again, we will be a family with our daughter," Tommy promised.
"I just miss her so much, these past few weeks have been torture, I've never spent this much time away from her," Nikki told him.
"I'm sure Anton would lend us his plane, he owes us at least that much, we could leave now if you want," Tommy replied.
"I do want to leave as soon as possible but if we left town now without going to see Haley she'd never forgive us," Nikki told him.
"Ok, so we'll get dressed, go see Haley and then leave for Italy," Tommy said.
"I spoke with Anton and he's ordered his pilot to be ready with the plane as soon as we're ready," Tommy informed Nikki once she came out of the shower.
"Did you tell him about Abby?" she questioned.
"Yeah, he was surprised to say the least but now he understands why you disappeared," Tommy answered.
Tommy drove his jeep into the parking lot of Haley's Cyberspace and parked the car.
"Wow, this place is amazing," Nikki said as they walked through the front door.
"Hey, is Haley around," Tommy asked the guy who was standing behind the counter.
"Yeah, she's in the back taking inventory, I'll get her for you Dr. O," he said and left.
"Dr. O?" Nikki questioned.
"It's what my students started calling me," Tommy informed her.
"You know I still can't get over your being a teacher," Nikki told him.
"After the explosion on the island I felt like I needed to slow things down a bit, Haley told me they were looking for a science teacher at the high school, so I figured why not," Tommy explained.
"Hey Tommy, Kevin said you wanted to see me," Haley said as she appeared from the back.
"Actually, I'm the one that wanted to see you, I figured I owed you an apology for all those times I hung up the phone on you," Nikki revealed.
"Nikki!" Haley exclaimed and ran from behind the counter to hug her friend.
"It's so good to see you, I love your place," Nikki told her.
"I can't believe we finally found you after all this time," Haley replied.
"Believe me I couldn't believe it either at first but she's really here," Tommy said grinning from ear to ear.
"We have so much to catch up on," Haley said as she led them over to a table.
"You don't know the half of it," Tommy told her.
"Am I missing something here, it seems like you have a secret or something," Haley said.
"Do you want to tell her or should I?" Nikki asked him.
"Nikki isn't the only person I've found, it turns out that I have a daughter," Tommy informed her.
"A daughter, you can't be serious?" Haley questioned.
"That's the reason I couldn't come home from Thomas' memorial service, I was pregnant and my doctor wouldn't allow me to fly, my pregnancy is also the reason that I fled London after Mesogog attacked me," Nikki explained.
"But Nikki, why didn't you just tell me you were pregnant, I could have helped you," Haley told her.
"I was in so much denial about Thomas being gone I couldn't think straight and I got so scared I felt like I had no choice but to run," Nikki replied.
"That's ancient history now, all that matters is that I have Nikki back and soon I'm going to have my daughter back as well," Tommy told them.
"I'll bet she's beautiful just like her mother," Haley said.
"See for yourself," Tommy said handing her the picture that Nikki had given him.
"There's no mistaking who's daughter she is, Tommy she has your eyes, and your nose, your ears," Haley said.
"Her name is Abigail but we call her Abby," Nikki spoke up.
"We?" Haley questioned.
"I've been raising her in Italy with the help of Bruno, he's my bodyguard and Abby absolutely adores him," Nikki replied.
"She probably thinks of him as her father," Tommy concluded.
"Oh Thomas, Abby does care for Bruno very much but she knows in her heart who her daddy is," Nikki told him.
"Don't worry Tommy, now that you've found her, you and Abby will have lots of time to get to know one another," Haley promised.
