Chapter 25

Cameron's eyes widened, "What do you mean she told you?"

Kay shook her head, "I know it sounds crazy but I think when I... when I flat lined, I went somewhere where I... I saw Caroline. I hugged her, I talked to her. Then Fiona just appeared."

"She appeared?"

"I-I don't know what to tell you. I didn't even remember any of it after I woke up but then I saw the letters in sketchbook."

Jonathan looked confused, "And that's what set off your... memory?"

Kay nodded, "I know that this sounds impossible but what are the odds of my remembering about two unmarked envelopes hidden inside of a black sketchbook with a silver spiral binding and finding two unmarked envelopes hidden inside of a black sketchbook with a silver spiral binding?"

"She's right. It's..." Jonathan chuckled, "It's pretty impossible."

Cameron nodded, "So.. she knew about us?"He asked.

"I-I think so." Jonathan and Cameron both looked at each other with somber expressions, thinking that their sister must have thought they didn't want to see her. Kay had a feeling as to what they were thinking about, "She remembered meeting you Cam."

Cameron's eyes widened, "She did?"

She smiled, "Yeah... you know... she said her main concern was that her daughter was going to grow up like she did."

Jonathan gulped, "Without a family."

Kay nodded, "But she's grateful that Farrah has the both of you." She let out a chuckle, "God, I must sound insane."

Cameron shook his head, "No, I mean... you have no reason to lie." He gently took the letter that Kay had in her hand as he motioned for Jonathan to pick up the other, "So... do you know what in these letters?"

She shook her head, "All I know is that they're for you guys."

As Cameron and Jonathan opened up the envelopes, they each pulled out a letter along with printouts of photos attached to the bottom. In Cameron's letter was a picture of Fiona wearing a red sweater and holding Farrah who looked to be around a month old at the time of the picture wearing a little baby Santa outfit and wrapped in the knitted blanket Fiona had made. In the letter, she had written:

Dear Cameron,

Hi, I'm Fiona Jonbroni-Blanc. I am twenty-five years old, I have a wonderful husband and a beautiful daughter, and... there's something I think you should know...

You see, I grew up without a family and I never thought that I would have a family of my own but I did. I knew who my mother was but I grew up never knowing who my father was. So I few months ago I managed to find my birth certificate and under where my father's name would be was the name "Sebastian Black".

That sounded kind of familiar so I did I little research and... I think we might be siblings. Well, half-siblings, if you want to get technical.

I do know that you're this big-name illusionist and the first thing I want to make clear is that I'm not writing this letter because of your fame or anything, I was just hoping that maybe we could meet up sometime... or meet up again. You see, a little while ago (while I was still pregnant), you came into the cafe I work at and we had a short conversation and I like to think we kind of got along.

I know about what with your our brother, Jonathan and I want you to know that based on what I've read about what happened, I don't think he did it. I know that details are foggy but I don't know... something in my gut is telling me that he's innocent. I really wish I could meet him just so I could tell him that. I know this might sound cheesy but I know how hard it is to hope when it seems like the world is against you.

I hope we get the chance to meet someday. I'm not expecting anything from you but I want you to know that I would be happy at the chance to talk to you again and maybe you could meet my daughter (I know I sound bias but she is just the cutest thing in the world).

I hope to talk to you soon.

Your (possible) sister,

Fiona

P.S. If you wanted to get a DNA test done to confirm our being related, I would not be offended at all because I'm still unsure about it myself.

Cameron's eyes glazed over as he finished reading, "She..." He felt his throat close up and being unable to speak. Kay quickly walked over to his other side so she could place her arm around him. Cameron gave a broken chuckle, "Sh-she thought Johnny was innocent. She wanted to meet both of us Johnny." He said looking to his brother who seemed to be having trouble keeping his composure, "Do you want to read yours?"

Jonathan gulped, not knowing what to expect but nodded. He opened the envelope and inside his letter was a printout photo of Fiona wearing a pink sweater holding a three and a half month old Farrah wearing a tiny matching version along with tiny red pants with white hearts on it. He couldn't help but smile at the picture, inside the letter was written:

Dear Jonathan,

Hi, I'm Fiona Jonbroni-Blanc. I am twenty-five years old, and... I know this might not be a great time but... there is something I think you should know.

I grew up without a family and I never thought that I would have a family of my own but somehow I ended up with one. I knew who my mother was but I grew up never knowing who my father was. So I few months ago I managed to find my birth certificate and under where my father's name would be was the name "Sebastian Black".

That sounded kind of familiar so I did I little research and... I think we might be siblings. Well, half-siblings, if you want to get technical.

I know about what to you Jonathan and I want you to know that based on what I've read about what happened, I don't think you did it. I don't know... something in my gut is telling me that you're innocent. I really wish I could meet you just so I could tell you this in person. I know this might sound cheesy but I know how hard it is to hope when it seems like the world is against you. I know it is so not the same but I know what it feels like to be invisible but you can't let it get to you, you have a place in this world, you just might not see it yet.

I hope we get the chance to meet someday. I'm not expecting anything from you but I want you to know that I would be happy at the chance to talk to you.

I hope to talk to you soon.

Your (possible) sister,

Fiona

P.S. If you and Cameron wanted to get a DNA test done to confirm our being related, I would not be offended at all, I'm still unsure about it myself if I'm being completely honest.

"I should have looked for her..." Jonathan whispered.

"What?" Cameron asked

"I should have looked for her! I should have... I don't know, I shouldn't have let myself forget about her!"

Kay let go of Cameron so he could go over to his brother, "Johnny, it's not your fault."

"But it is! If... if she had been with us, we could have protected her! I could have protected her! She could have had a home with us in the archive whenever she needed it!" In that moment, for the first time, Jonathan broke down as tears started to run down his face. It took Cameron a moment but he quickly took his older brother in his arms as Jonathan hugged as if his life depended on it, "Maybe sh-she could've run here, maybe she could still be alive a-and Farrah would still have her and she w-would still have at least one of her parents."

Cameron felt his eyes glisten but swallowed in order to stay strong for Johnny, "Hey, hey..." He whispered, "It's okay, it's okay. What happened to Fiona is not your fault." He had only seen his brother break down like this a handful of times. Jonathan was also so busy looking after Cameron that sometimes Johnny forgot to look after himself.

Kay looked on with a pained expression. In being upset with Jonathan, she had forgotten just how much baggage both these two men carried with them. She might still have trouble trusting him personally but she sure as hell could trust that he loved and wanted what was best for his family, just like Cameron. Just then Jordan walked in with Farrah in his arms and a smile on his face, "Alright, so we got a fun dance playlist for the little kicker and-" He suddenly noticed the atmosphere of the room and his smile faded, "Hey, what's going on?"

"Jordan, why don't we give them a moment?" Kay said as she led him into the kitchen. When they got there, Kay asked him if he could put Farrah in her high chair, "When was the last time she ate?"

"Well, she had a bottle about two hours ago but she hasn't had solid food since lunch." Jordan said, still wondering what had happened.

"Then I guess, she should probably have some dinner." Farrah gave a little squeal as Jordan put a bib on her, Kay smiled at the child, "Yeah, you're going to have..." She took a tiny box of baby food, "Some mashed sweet potatoes and a little bit of chicken, how does that sound?" She didn't get a response but Farrah gave her a big smile and a little giggle.

"So what's going on with them?"

Kay sighed, "They found letters that Fiona had wanted to send them and turns out that this whole thing... it's harder on Jonathan than we thought it was." She attempted to open the baby food but with her arm in a sling, it was near impossible, "Jordan, could you help me with this?"

He nodded, taking the baby food from her and opening the lid, "You know it's weird."

"What is?" Kay asked, taking the food back and placing it in front of Farrah and took out a little spoon.

"Well, I just never pictured Cameron taking care of a kid; I just assumed he would be the kid everyone took care of."

"People can surprise you." She said taking a spoonful of sweet potatoes and feeding it to Farrah.

"I know, it's just... kinda surreal right now."

Kay nodded, "I know what you mean." Farrah stopped eating and started pushing Kay's hand away as if to say she didn't want food. Kay furrowed her brows in confusion, "You sure she's only had a bottle since lunchtime?"

Jordan nodded in confusion, "Yeah... and Farrah's not a picky eater."

"Come on Farrah, sweet potatoes, you love them." Kay cooed trying to get Farrah to eat again but it didn't work. She got worried about the little girl when she refused to eat. Kay put the little spoon down and placed the back of her hand on Farrah's forehead, "Jordan, can you get the guys in here?"

Jordan nodded as he went to get Cameron and Jonathan. A few moments later, the three men came into the kitchen. Kay noticed both Cameron and Jonathan's tear-stained faces. Damn, they were really identical. Cameron cleared his throat, "What's wrong?"

"Farrah's not eating and she hasn't eaten any solid foods since lunch time."

Jonathan furrowed his brows, "That's not like her." Kay nodded. He walked over to the high chair, "Hey Farrah, it be dinner time little girl. You need to eat." He took the little spoon and brought it up to her mouth but she pushed the spoon away. Jonathan furrowed his brows again, "That's weird, she loves sweet potatoes."

Cameron walked over to his niece, "That is weird. Maybe she just wants you to put in a little show" He joked picking up the spoon of food, "Hey Fairy, here comes the airplane..." He tried feeding her the food but she pushed his hand away and gave a little whine. The four of them looked at her with concern.

Jonathan picked up his niece from her high chair, "Cameron, can you get the digital thermometer?" Cameron nodded and went over to the kitchen cupboards. Jonathan kissed Farrah's cheek and felt that she wasn't warmer than she should be.

Cameron came over with the thermometer and checked her temperature, "Her temperature is fine."

Farrah started to fidget in Johnny's arms and started to lightly hit him as her face grimaced in pain. Just then Dina and Mike came into the archive, "Hello? Where is everyone?" Dina called out.

"In here." Cameron called back.

Mike and Dina walked into the kitchen and right away Mike noticed Farrah's discomfort, "What's wrong with Farrah?"

Jonathan sighed, "No idea. She won't eat but she doesn't have a fever and now she looks like she's in pain... I don't know what it could be."

Mike thought for a moment, "Could be a stomach ache."

Kay raised her eyebrows in realization, "A stomach ache."

The male agent nodded, "That's the most likely thing."

"What should we do?" Cameron asked.

"Well, in my experience, best thing to do for a baby her age is to swaddle her and rock her in your arms or swaddle and walk around with her. A pacifier might help too."

Cameron smiled in appreciation as he took Farrah from his brother, "I'll try the swaddling approach." He turned to Mike, "Do you think you could show me how to swaddle a child?"

Mike chuckled, "I'm a little out of practice but I think I can help." A little while later, Mike came back into the kitchen, "Okay, turns out I was more out of practice than I thought but we got it."

Dina smiled, "Thank you Mike. You're the only person we know who has actually dealt with a child."

"You guys should probably go sit down on the couch, Gunter should be back soon." Jonathan said.

As they left the kitchen, Jordan said, "Man I hope he doesn't get the tangerine chicken, that sauce does not taste like tangerines."

Dina chuckled, "If you don't like the tangerine chicken, just don't eat the tangerine chicken."

"I like tangerine chicken but what we get is not tangerine chicken"

As the others walked away, Kay stayed back and turned to Jonathan, "Are you okay?"

Jonathan nodded, "I'm fine."

"You sure?"

He nodded, "Yeah, it's nothing."

"You know I was wrong about you." Jonathan gave her a confused look, "You aren't the selfish jerk I thought you were."

"Thank you?"

"What I mean is... your family clearly means everything to you, just like it does to Cameron. I'm sorry I couldn't see that before."

Jonathan gave a small smile, "I don't blame you. I didn't exactly give you the best impression." They were both silent for a moment, "So I'm given to understand that you're dating my brother now."

Kay chuckled, "What? Are you trying to give me the big brother talk?" She joked.

"Oh no, I don't need to. No, no, I am just genuinely curious... as to what the hell you see in my brother." Kay laughed as did Johnny, "I'm serious! I mean... good looks aside, you might be Cam's type but he certainly doesn't seem like your type."

Kay gave a soft smile, "He makes me happy."

Jonathan paused for a moment, "Well, damn, I didn't know you were going to get all sappy on me, you're worse than he is. You know what I think I'm starting to see the reason now. You're both really cheesy."

Just then Gunter came back to the archive with bags of takeout, "I come bearing human fuel in the form of Chinese takeout! Luckily they got our order right this time!"

Jonathan raised his eyebrows, "I'll go help set the table, you go see how Cam's doing."

"Sounds good." She nodded.

Kay nodded as she and Johnny went in separate directions. Kay walked over to another room where Cam was. He was sat down on an old but comfortable-looking couch as he held a swaddled Farrah in his arms and gently rocked her to try to sooth her. It seemed to be working too. Cameron looked up and noticed Kay walking towards him. He smiled and her as she sat down, "Hey."

She smiled back, "Hi... Gunter's come back with the takeout, you in the mood something that Jordan claims is not tangerine chicken?" Cameron chuckled, "So how your little girl doing?" She asked as she took her good arm and reached over to stroke the baby's cheek with her finger as Farrah's eyes started to droop shut.

My little girl... Cameron thought to himself. He knew that he could never take Shawn and Fiona's places but he hoped he could be a decent enough substitute. Farrah was his little girl now. He smiled softly, "I think she's doing better." He chuckled, "God, I seriously have no idea what I'm doing."

Kay took her hand from Farrah who seemed to have fallen asleep and placed it on Cameron's cheek, "You know for someone who claims he has no idea what he's doing, you seem to be doing a good job so far." He gave her an unsure smile, "Or have you forgotten that you're the Amazing Cameron Black?"

He chuckled, "I guess I did for a minute." Cameron looked back down at his niece as Kay stroked his cheek with her thumb and smiled down at the child as well. "It's her birthday next month."

Kay smiled, "Her first birthday..."

"They never got the chance to celebrate their daughter's birthday..."

Kay pursed her lips and thought for a moment, "I can think of one thing we can do."

"What's that?"

"Remember how in the first home video we saw of Shawn and Fiona, Shawn said he wanted to give Farrah ice cream on her birthday?" Cameron nodded, "What if we got her an ice cream cake?"

Cam smiled, "That's a good idea." He leaned in and lightly pressed his lips against hers, "You're amazing Kay..." He rested his forehead against hers, "I love you."

Kay closed her eyes and sighed contently, "I love you too."

"Oi lovebirds!" Gunter called out, walking up to them, "Are you two going to join us for dinner or is the tangerine chicken going to get cold?"

"This is not tangerine chicken!" Jordan called out from the dining area.

Gunter rolled his eyes, "Shut up Jordan!" He shook his head at the two adults and baby in front of him, "Are you guys hungry or not?"

"Well, I know I'm starving." Cameron said, "How about you Kay?"

Kay chuckled, "Oh I could definitely go for some not-tangerine chicken."

"I think they use oranges." They heard Jordan say.

"Jordan!" They heard Dina exclaim, "No one cares Darling."

Cameron laughed as he, Kay and Gunter made their way over to the dining area. Gunter brought over Farrah stroller and placed it next to Cameron's chair so they could all keep an eye on her, just in case. Cameron placed the little girl in the stroller and then sat down. For the first time in long time, they were all just smiling and laughing with each other which made Cameron feel slightly melancholy as he thought about the fact that his sister and her husband's funeral was next week and there was still so much to do. Generally, every funeral has someone to do the eulogy but how do you write a eulogy for the sister you never knew? Then it hit him, kind of literally when Johnny threw a fortune cookie at him that was aimed at Jordan. Much like how he was now kind of Farrah's adoptive father... Fiona had a kind of adoptive mother in Marigold, the sweet cafe woman but could he really ask her to do that?

WHEW! Well, that took far longer than I thought it would have! I hope this chapter was worth the wait. I wanted to break your hearts, make you laugh and give you the feels all in one go this time.

Next chapter, Cameron... and possibly Jonathan, will be taking Farrah to see Marigold, the woman who had given Fiona a home. There will be some feels (hopefully) next chapter and Cameron and Jonathan will learn a little more about their sister as they try to prepare themselves for her funeral... so I hope I can make you cry.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please let me know what you thought!

Stay tuned for Chapter 26!