A/N - I hope this chapter is not confusing. There is a part where Drew is remembering what happened several days earlier, I hope that comes across okay. I hope you are enjoying!
Drew sat in his hospital room in a chair facing the window. He liked being able to see outside and to observe what was happening in the world around him. He scrolls through his iPad flipping between work emails and checking out the latest news. He was finding it hard to concentrate on anything work anyway and surprisingly, there wasn't much happening in the news. Drew lets out a big sigh and tosses his iPad onto the table next to him. He stands up and walks closer to the window and leans up against the wall as he stares out. He begins to think about the emancipation hearing and wondering what the outcome was. After Kim's "big reveal," in front of the entire courtroom, Drew had not gone back. He still supported Oscar obviously, he couldn't just turn those feelings off, but legally he had no stake in the case anymore and he just couldn't be around Kim.
He thought about that day, after she had exposed her secret, the Judge had adjourned, "in order to examine the new evidence." Drew had been hanging out in the back of the courtroom to talk to Kim, to find out what was going on.
"What the hell?" Drew asked furiously. "Is it true?" He grunted out under his breath.
"Drew just let me…" Kim tried to plead with him to listen to her to let her explain.
"Is it true?" Drew asks again this time with forcefulness. He didn't want to hear anything else from her right now. He especially didn't want any excuses. He just needed the truth.
Kim lowered her head and looked at the floor. Quietly, without raising her head she barely squeaks out, "yes, it's true, Oscar is not your son."
"Who is his father, do I know him? Did I know him?" Drew asks emphatically.
"You know him now. It's, it's Peter August." Kim blurted out hastily.
"Peter? You knew Peter in San Diego? Or is that part about when and where Oscar was conceived a lie too?" Drew spit out with disdain. "You know what, I don't care." Drew puts his hands up by his face palms facing out. "It's not my business anyway," he grunts. "You know what? You are some piece of work lady." Drew was now enraged. "Why me? Why? Because you knew I couldn't remember anything from my past, so I seemed like an easy mark?" Drew folded his arms across his chest and looked at Kim with anger in his eyes. He couldn't believe this was happening again, once again things in his life weren't real, he thought he was done with his life getting turned upside down. Suddenly, as Drew stood there looking at Kim and trying to figure out her motives it hit him. "That's why!" Drew shouts.
"Why what?" Kim asked perplexed.
"That's why you never wanted me to get my memories back!" As he said it he rubbed his hands across his face and then threw his hands to his sides. "Every time, EVERY TIME, I talked to you about getting my memories you discouraged it." Drew said pointing at Kim. "You know, I could never figure it out, I kind of thought you would want me to remember our time together, but you never, ever would tell me anything about it, I mean not really, bits and pieces here and there, but nothing that ever amounted to anything, but THAT'S why. You were afraid I would remember and then your charade would be up!"
"Yes, you are right, I didn't want you to remember." Kim admits hesitantly.
Drew let out a little angry sigh and darted his eyes back and forth. He rolled his eyes to the ceiling and then back to Kim staring at her dead in the face.
"You're evil," Drew hissed. "I can't believe I let you manipulate me like this. I can't believe I didn't catch on to you and your lies. I was just so, so happy to…" Drew cut himself off quickly and took a deep breath in. "You know what, never mind, I'm not going to be sharing anything else with you, EVER!" Drew leaned in close as he spewed his final words to Kim and then quickly turned and left the room, shaking his head the whole time. Drew could hear Kim shouting something else after him but he was too consumed with rage to hear what it was.
Drew was still sitting and remembering his last interaction with Kim, when he heard his cell phone chime. It was a familiar tone and he knew it meant he had a text. Wonder what's up, he thought as he reached for his phone to see who it was from. It was a text from Oscar. "Thought you'd want to know. The judge ruled. I won! Thanks for all your help, Dad!"
Drew smiled as he read the last word, "Dad." It made him happy that Oscar still thought of him that way. Drew didn't care about biology either, he still loved Oscar. Just like he still loved Jake and Danny. Thinking of Danny made Drew think about his baby girl Scout and suddenly he missed her so much. Still holding his phone in his hand he opened his photo app. He scrolled through until he found the picture of Scout from last Christmas, her first Christmas. He was so happy to be there with her that day after being afraid he was going to miss it. The picture was of her half buried in all the Christmas wrap remnants. It made Drew chuckle to think about it again and how Scout wasn't all that happy about the situation. She could be such a grumpy girl, but somehow Drew always knew how to calm her down. As Drew kept scrolling he came upon the picture of him and Sam from their wedding last January. He was so happy that day. He thought he was getting all he ever wanted. He remembered the vows he spoke to Sam, "You gave me something that really is true, you gave me love….I am so thankful to have a future with you." Drew smirks and raises his eyebrows as he thinks about those words. His thoughts quickly turn to the vows Sam made to him and he whispers them out loud, "this is a life that I want to continue to share with you always." Drew places his face in his hands as he thinks about those words and stares at the picture. "I guess "always" wasn't as long as we thought, huh honey?" Drew asks out loud to himself. "Well, I may not have had a past then, but I'm going to have one soon, then I guess we'll see what happens." Drew touches Sam's face in the picture and caresses it with his thumb. He stares at it a few more seconds, then shakes his head and lets out a big sigh. "I've really got to try and get over her." Drew scolds himself. "I can't keep holding out hope, when I know she is with Jason now." Drew begins to gently toss the phone down on the table when the text chime goes off again. "Oscar must have something else to share," Drew thought to himself. As he turns the phone over to see what the message is a smile comes across his face. It was a message from Sam, those always made him smile. His face got a bit serious when he began reading the text, "Hey, it's nothing urgent, I just think Scout is missing her daddy. Maybe when you get a minute you could go check on her with the nanny? Hope you are having a good day." Drew hated to see that his little girl was unhappy, especially when he couldn't be there to comfort her. He needed to do this though, he had to go through with this procedure so that Scout could know everything about him. Drew had known from the beginning of this whole ordeal that he needed to get his memories back but he had let fear and excuses get in his way. Not this time. This time he was going to go through with it, no matter what. Right now though, his baby girl needed him, what could he do he wondered. Then he got a great idea! Drew began to dial the nanny and share his clever plan.
"Yeah, hey Heather? Yeah, it's Drew, I'm hoping you can help me out. I know Scout is feeling a bit lonely for me right now and I was hoping to fix that. I can't just rush right home now because I am out of town but, how about we do a video chat with her?" Drew asked excitedly. He was hoping the chat would make him miss his baby girl a little less and that Scout would come out of her grumpy mood once she saw him.
As the nanny worked to get the call set up Drew waited anxiously to see Scout. He tried not to think about how this could be the last time he saw her and instead decided to focus on cheering her up. After a few moments Drew saw his precious daughter show up on the screen and it lifted his heart when he heard her cry out, "Daddy!" "Hey there baby girl," Drew happily cooed back. Drew can see Scout cheerfully playing with her toys and hears her loudly chattering at him. "Daddy heard you might be feeling kind of grumpy today and I am so sorry I'm not there in person to make you laugh," he says softly with a sad tone. "But, I'm going to see you really soon okay?" Drew quickly changes his tone to a happy one to soothe his little girl. Scout continues to banter with her own unique chatter and Drew is just so happy to watch her play and talk without a care in the world. After a few minutes Scout loses interest in the call and so Drew hangs up with the nanny. He tosses his phone onto the table and walks over to the window again. It was getting late in the day, the sun would be setting soon. He was that much closer to tomorrow. Tomorrow was the day everything would change forever.