Chapter 15

Kay looked chocked at Cameron's remark, "What? What are you talking about?"

"I had forgotten all about it..." Cameron whispered, staring down at the plate.

"Cameron? What had you forgotten about?" She placed a hand on his which got his attention, "Tell me."

Cameron looked at her with a sorrowful expression, "It was a little over a year ago... Johnny had just been taken to prison and I was kind of in a bad place." Kay gave his hand a reassuring squeeze, "I don't know... one day I had just decided to take a walk around, I didn't know where I was going, I just wanted to be alone..."

Thirteen months ago...

Cameron was frustrated, Jonathan wasn't a killer and Cam knew in his gut that Johnny was innocent but all the evidence seemed to suggest otherwise. He sighed as he walked along the sidewalk when he came across a small coffee shop called Marigold's Cafe. He needed a coffee. He went into the cafe and went up to the counter. A heavily pregnant woman with dark curly hair and bright blue eyes came up to the counter, "Hi there. I'm Fiona. What can I getcha?"

"Could I get a coffee please?"

"Just the coffee?"

Cameron sighed, "I-I don't know..." He couldn't think clearly.

"Hey, is everything okay?" She asked with a concerned look.

"Is it that obvious?"

"I don't mean to pry but it looks like you're not having the best day." She said pouring the coffee into a cup and passing it to him.

"I'm not. Not really." He took a sip of the coffee, "You're good."

"Always had a sort of sense about these things" She suddenly felt a kick and clutched her stomach, "Sorry about that. This one's a kicker."

"Congratulations. Boy or girl?"

The young woman smiled causing familiar dimples to appear, "Girl. I thought I was excited about it but you should see my husband, he keeps coming home with new stuff for the nursery, it's crazy." She cringed, "Sorry, you said you were having a bad day."

Cameron chuckled, "It's fine." He took another sip of coffee, "To be honest, I don't know what I can do about it."

Fiona thought for a moment, "Well, you know what Marigold, the owner of this place, always says?"

Cam shook his head and laughed, "What?"

"Cheesecake can always make you feel better."

Cam laughed, "Does it?"

Fiona shrugged, "She really loves The Golden Girls and our cheesecake is pretty great because it's kinda unique."

Cameron nodded his head, "Then I will have a slice of cheesecake then."

"Coming right up." Fiona went and got a nice slice of cheesecake putting it on a plate and brought it over to him.

"Thank you. ...Sorry to ask but aren't you tired?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean being pregnant and all the while still on your feet working."

Fiona let out a laugh, "Well, I'm not the only working pregnant woman in the world but I can tell you that while it may not be comfortable at times, I do love working here so... it's worth it."

"Sorry. I didn't mean to offend you in any way."

Fiona waved her hand, "Oh no, don't worry about it. You know, it's sweet that a complete stranger would be worried, kinda restores my faith in the world. It makes me feel a lot better about the life I'm bringing into it."

"That's a good way to look at it."

She nodded, "Well, go on, try the cheesecake!"

Cam laughed, "Alright, alright." He took a bite of the pastry, "Oh, that's good cheesecake. It tastes a little different from other kinds of cheesecakes that I've had."

Fiona looked around, "Can you keep a secret?"

Cameron nodded and chuckled, "Better than you might think."

"We use cottage cheese in our cheesecake, gives it a little extra something."

"Well, it's good."

"Glad you like it."

"Well, this cheesecake may not be the answer to my problems... but it has put me in better mood. Thank you."

Fiona gave a dimpled smile that anyone could see matched Cameron and Jonathan's smiles almost exactly, "Glad I could help."

"I...I can't believe I forgot about that." Cameron said still looking down at the cake.

Kay gave him a sad smile, "Hey... you didn't know."

"She called me a complete stranger... I didn't know"

"She didn't know and neither did you."

"No Kay, I didn't. That's the problem. I had a conversation with my sister a-and I didn't even realize it."

"But you had a conversation with her." Cameron gave her a confused look, "Cameron, I know that this whole situation is certainly not ideal at all but... now she's not just the sister you never knew. You have something to remember about her. Something to tell Farrah. You may not have met her as your sister but you got to meet her as a person."

He gave a small half-smile, "Yeah, I guess I did... I know something about my sister that I can tell her daughter..." He leaned over and kissed her cheek, "Thank you."

Kay smiled at him, "Thank you for sharing it with me."

Marigold came back with a box in hand, "Here's just a box of some old photos and some things that Fiona had left behind when she and Shawn moved in together."

She opened the box revealing some old novels and the photos that Marigold was referring to. Cameron smiled as he went through the photos, "Thank you for this Marigold."

"My pleasure."

"Um... we actually have to get back, we may have found some evidence and I was wondering if we could get a to-go box for the cakes. It'd be shame to just leave them." Cameron said.

"Oh, of course." Marigold went to wrap up the cheesecakes.

"Cam, look at this." Kay showed him a photo of Shawn and Fiona hugging at some sort of gala event, it wasn't clear right away but there was a woman in the background who seemed to be glaring in their direction.

"Who's that?"

"I don't know..." She took out her phone taking a picture of the photo and a close up of the woman in the background, "But we should know soon enough."

"And two cheesecakes to go." Marigold sat coming back with a box. Cameron pulled out his wallet, "Ah. Ah. I told you it was on the house."

Cameron chuckled, "I know but consider this the very least I can do to thank you for not only showing us this but also... giving my little sister a home." He handed the woman a fifty dollar bill which she very reluctantly took from him.

"It was my pleasure to open my home to her... I loved that girl. Like she was my own. Please find the monster who did this to her and her husband."

Cameron nodded, "Of course. They will get justice." As they were about to leave Cameron turned around again, "Hey... would it be alright if... after we catch the person who did this... could we maybe bring Farrah around sometimes? Just so she can get to know one the most important people in her mother's life?"

Marigold's eyes glazed over, "I would love nothing more." Cameron and Kay smiled as they left the cafe and headed back to the archive.

Back at the archive, Farrah had woken up but refused to leave Johnny's side. It was becoming clear that she was becoming more and more aware of the absence of her parents and seemed to be clinging onto anything or anyone that felt familiar. She started kicking her feet as if she wanted to be only the ground, "Okay kiddo, I don't think you're old enough to walk yet." Farrah eyes began to glisten, "Oh no... hey, hey, it's okay, it's okay."

However that was to no avail, tears started streaming down the little girl's cheeks as she started to wail. Just then, Cameron and Kay walked through the door to find Jonathan trying to calm the crying baby. Cameron rushed over to his brother and niece, "What happened?"

"I don't know, one minute she was fine, the next she started tearing up and now she's crying a-and I don't know what to do." Jonathan replied.

"Alright give her to me." Jonathan passed the child over to Cameron, "Hey Farrah, it's your Uncle Cameron." Farrah didn't stop crying and the sound of her sobs, no matter what was causing it, was breaking everyone's heart. Cameron tried stroking her back to calm her down but it didn't work, "Can you take her while I get her a bottle or something?"

"She willingly left my arms, do you really think she wants to come back right now?"

"I could hold her." Kay volunteered.

"Thanks Kay."Cam said walking over to her.

Cameron handed Farrah over to Kay, he and Jonathan walked to the kitchen as Farrah clung onto Kay, "Hey baby girl, it's okay... you're okay..." Farrah cries began to cease as she snuggled into Kay's arms and held her as tight as a baby could hold, "Yeah, you're a strong girl, it's okay to cry... you're okay..."She whispered to Farrah as she held the baby close.

"I think she really misses her mother." Cameron said.

"I think she's becoming aware of the fact that her parents are not here." Jonathan replied. He then looked over to his brother who had this armoured look in his eyes as he watch Kay calm Farrah, "What's with the look?"

"What look?"

"Well, from where I'm standing, the look on your face says that you've got it bad."

Cameron rolled his eyes as he prepped a bottle, "I'm not going to deny it but I think you're reading too much into it."

"Oh please, you looked just about ready to impregnate Kay."Jonathan joked.

Cameron gave his brother a look, "Really? Really?"

As Kay cradled Farrah in her arms and Cameron and Jonathan joked and bickered like brothers do, they were still unaware of the view a certain someone had into the archive. Except now, she was joined by another person, "As you can see Sir, to get to the child, you need to get rid of the people who love her because they don't plan on keeping her out of their sight." She raised an eyebrow at the man looking through the telescope, "That's why it was a shame one of your men couldn't dispose of Kay Daniels properly. If she falls... everything else will fall into place."

The man straightened his tie as he looked away and looked to the woman, "I see your point. Alright. Do with her what you will. Once the dominos fall, you know that I'm just a phone call away."

I told you this chapter would be longer! I hope you liked it! What could happen now? Stay tuned to find out!