Chapter 5
Part One
Patrick/Bo/Hope
"Patrick is the father." The doctor stated. Everyone was sitting in Hope's room, and Bo felt a rage he had never felt before bubbling up inside of him.
"You piece of..." He shot up and punched Patrick in the nose. Before anyone knew what had happened, the two men were on the ground, fighting over what could not be changed. Unless someone at the hospital had tampered with the truth, Patrick was the father of Hope's baby.
"Bo...Please..." Hope sat in bed pleading with him to stop fighting Patrick.
"Do you love him Hope?" Bo looked at his wife in almost shock as she stopped him from fighting her one time lover.
"Bo..." Hope's voice trailed off.
Bo pursed his lips and nodded. "Well okay then." He walked out of the hospital, a new feeling being found inside him after this whole mess.
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Chelsea smiled the very same smile Kate did as Bo stomped out of the hospital. "So, you managed to get in there and take care of everything?" Kate asked Chelsea.
"Yep." Chelsea smiled broadly. "I have the right connections."
"How?" Kate whispered and led her out of the building and out to her car.
"Well, I asked Bonnie for her old key to the lab and she gave it to me. I told her what was in it for her, assurance that Patrick would be the father no matter what." Chelsea smiled.
"You are so much like me." Kate smiled proudly.
"Proud of it." Chelsea leaned back in the passenger seat and both grandmother and granddaughter put on their sunglasses.
"So I have to ask," Kate began. "Who was really the father?"
"Bo." Chelsea replied casually. "But only you and I know that."
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Bo wandered around his boat as much as he could, his heart and head aching. "How can this be happening?" He asked aloud. "I can't lose Hope!" He slammed his hand down on the table and then sat down.
"Hey man!" Frankie came down and joined him. "Is this a bad time?" He asked.
"No, no, come on in!" Bo invited.
"Okay, only for a little while. Billie and I, we just moved in together."
Bo looked at him in shock. "You and Billie?" He asked stunned.
"Yea!" Frankie smiled and sat down next to him. "We have both been dumped by people who have 'true loves' so many times that we just decided to date each other. And well, I cant live with Jen forever and Billie cant live with Lockheart, especially now," he frowned. "I'm so sorry man."
"Hey, what can I do?" Bo shook his head. "I just have to win Hope all over again."
"Well, we can brainstorm some ideas on how you could do that and then, go from there!" Frankie suggested.
"Yea." Bo nodded. "Or, I could demand a DNA test someplace else, get a second opinion."
"Yea, that might be good!" Frankie agreed. "We all know how many times the DNA lab here has messed up. Poor Will..."
Bo nodded in agreement to that. "I will suggest it, but I have a feeling that Hope won't go for it."
"Why?" Frankie asked.
"Well, she will think I am in denial and not see the value in it."
"But she might, you never know."
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Kate made the mistake of taking Chelsea out to dinner and letting her order alcoholic bevrages. Low and behold, Abby walked in, Max in tow.
"Hey guys. I played at the hospital today." Chelsea stared into the empty glass that had once held alcohol.
"I think we should go home now, I dont want your mother to find out about this." Kate insisted.
"My mom died in a car crash...Everyone dies in car crashes." Chelsea stated in her drukiness.
"Right. Okay, let's go." Kate paid the bill and came around and took Chelsea by the arm.
"I played with the files at the hospital." Chelsea laughed. Max and Abby both heard and their eyes got wide.
"What are you thinking? You are such a bad drunk!" Kate continued to walk Chelsea out to the car and Chelsea finally shut up. But had she already said too much?
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Abby came home worried that night and informed Jenn of what she had heard that day at the restaurant. "And your sure she wasn't just saying this in her stupidity? You think she really meant she was playing with the files at the hospital?" Jenn asked Abby striaght up.
"Positive!" Abby confirmed. "I think you need to tell Hope, because she just found out that PATRICK is the father of the baby, but honestly, think about it, what wouldn't Chelsea do to get her parents back together?"
"So you think she switched the results?" Jenn asked.
"YES!" Abby nodded and once again begged Jenn to call Hope.
"Okay." Jenn agreed and called Hope.
"Yes?" Hope picked up the phone.
"Hi Hope, its me, Jenn!" Jenn was on the other line.
"Hi! Is everything Okay?" Hope asked.
"Oh yes, well, except that Abby heard something from Chelsea. Chelsea was at the hospital playing with files today and Abby is worried she might have messed with your results."
Hope's eyes got wide. "So, do you think I should get them done again?"
"I do yes." Jenn replied.
"Okay. Thanks so much. I will get ahold of Bo ASAP."
"Hey Hope?"
"Yea Jenn."
"Who do you want to be the father?"
Hope was silent. "Hope?"
"Yes." Hope snapped out of it and came to. "Bo..."
"Yea, I had figured as much."
"Well, I want things to work between us." Hope added. "I need to tell him that."
Jenn smiled on the other end. "Well, you have a good night."
"Thanks, you too." Hope replied. "And thanks for the tip."
"No problem."
Both hung up and Hope thought about what to do.
