Charlotte returned from her honeymoon and was greeted by Victoria and Sara. Sara grinned at her.

"Hey welcome home."

Charlotte hugged her. "Thanks. Where is my beautiful nephew?"

"Upstairs napping."

Victoria hugged her then grinned wickedly. "Well soon you'll have another beautiful niece or nephew."

Charlotte was confused but then she noticed Sara holding her stomach. Her eyes widened.

"Wow. Congratulations."

She was hugging Sara when Daniel walked in. He smiled.

"I take it you know our good news?"

She nodded and hugged him. "I'm so happy for you guys. Chris will be an amazing big brother."

After Charlotte unpacked she went downstairs and was about to walk out the backdoor when Daniel spoke from the kitchen counter.

"Tell Emily hello for me."

She sighed and turned to him. "Still not letting that go?"

He turned his stool and faced her. "I had lunch with her husband last week."

Charlotte was stunned. "Why?"

"The day you left for Tahiti you had left your phone on the counter when you went to get your suitcase. I found Emily's number in your phone and I texted her to meet me. But Stephen showed up instead."

"And?"

"And you were right. I need to keep my distance. Some things that he said...they got to me. Those girls would not be better off with their world being turned upside down. And if I go near them that means Emily will get lawyers involved and I don't want that either. So i'll back off and enjoy my son and new baby."

She smiled and hugged him. "Thank you. I really didn't want to be in the middle of you two."

"And you're not. Emily is your friend and the closest thing to Amanda you have left. I will not take that away from you."

She nodded and walked out the door. When she made it to Emily's she found Emily sitting on the back porch while Josie and Tierney threw a bright pink ball back and forth. Tierney saw her aunt and squealed.

"Auntie!"

She launched herself at Charlotte who caught her and hugged her tight.

"Oh I missed you girls so much."

She hugged Josie before walking onto the porch. Emily hugged her and then handed her a glass of lemonade.

"How was Tahiti?"

"Amazing. We had a great time. When we decided to actually leave the condo."

Emily laughed. "Well we missed you guys."

"I missed you all too." She glanced over and made sure that the girls were distracted before dropping her voice. "I heard about Stephen and Daniel's little meeting. I am so sorry I didn't know that he took my phone."

"It's fine. In a way it was a good thing. We all know where eachother stands."

She nodded. "But still i'm sorry."

Emily smiled. "Well if you need some good news..."

She handed Charlotte the sonogram photo. She was surprised.

"Wow."

"Yeah."

"Were you guys trying?"

"No total accident, but a good accident."

"Well congratulations. Do the girls know?"

"Not yet."

"They're going to be so excited."

"I know. Stephen is beyond excited but he wants us to tell the girls in some huge way."

"Oh boy."

"Yeah."

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Stephen came home a few nights later and poked his head in the door. Emily looked up at him.

"What?"

"Where are the girls?"

"Upstairs."

He nodded and carried something inside. Emily looked and gasped. It was a chocolate lab puppy. He had a big red bow wrapped around his neck. Emily petted him and looked at Stephen.

"What...?"

"You told me how much you miss Sammy. I figured it was time we bring a new dog in. Besides it will give the girls a friend while we're busy with their baby brother or sister."

She smiled and kissed him. She then walked to the foot of the stairs. "Josie? Tierney?"

The girls came down the stairs and saw the puppy. They squealed and ran over. Stephen handed the puppy to Josie and watched as she set him on the floor so that both she and Tierney could pet him. Tierney looked at her mom.

"What's his name?"

Emily knelt down. "That's up to you girls."

They whispered back and forth before grinning. Josie looked at her mom.

"Bailey."

Emily smiled. "Good choice."

Tierney looked at them. "Can Bailey sleep in our room?"

Stephen smiled. "Sure he can. But can we talk to you two for a minute?"

They nodded. Emily smiled.

"Mommy has a baby in her belly."

They both gasped. Tierney grinned.

"Really?"

"Really."

Josie hugged them. "I want a baby boy."

Tierney nodded. "Me too."

Stephen looked at them curious. "Why?"

"So we can blame stuff on him."

They rolled their eyes.

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Emily was walking around the farmers market with Josie. The little girl was skipping next to her in a dark blue maxi dress with starfish on it and clear jelly sandals. Josie looked up at her mom.

"Mommy can we get strawberries?"

"Sure we can."

They reached one stand and Emily filled a canvas bag with vegetables. They reached a fruit stand and Emily started looking. Josie spotted a baby boy struggling to reach his toy that was on the counter. Josie grabbed it and handed it to him. The lady with him turned and smiled.

"Thank you..."

Her smile dropped when she saw who it was. Daniel looked at why Sara spoke and paused. Josie smiled shyly. Emily looked up from the apples she was picking and her eyes widened. She spoke loudly.

"Come back over here Sweetie."

Josie ran back over to her mother and Emily led her away. Josie looked at her curious.

"What's wrong Mommy?"

"Nothing Baby I just like the fruit over here better."

Josie shrugged and dropped it.

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"Fetch it Bailey!"

Emily smiled. She was walking down the beach in her red polka dot bikini while the girls threw small sticks for Bailey. They were in their pink ruffle one piece swimsuits. As they walked Emily helped the girls collect some seashells. She didn't know that Victoria Grayson was watching her. She suddenly saw a familiar image in her mind. Little Amanda Clarke with her puppy on the beach. She watched as Emily laughed and threw the stick for the dog. That's when it hit her. Emily was Amanda. She decided to disclose this to Daniel. He was finishing his dinner late and looked at her.

"Sorry did I wake you?"

"No I was waiting up for you. I wanted to talk to you about something."

She sat down and dropped her voice.

"I know we agreed not to talk about this but...what did Emily tell you about her past?"

Daniel looked a little taken aback. "That her parents died in a car crash, she bounced around foster homes for a while then when she killed her foster father she spent a few years in juvie. Then she traveled until coming here. I thought you knew all of this?"

"What if that was all a lie?"

"What do you mean?"

"I saw her today and I am not positive but...what if she is truly Amanda Clarke?"

Daniel chuckled. "That's a good one Mom. Considering we killed Amanda Clarke."

"She could have paid that girl to say that she was Amanda Clarke."

"But she married Jack Boyle. Do you really think that they could have gotten a marriage license without that being her real name?"

Victoria sighed. "Maybe but it would explain so much."

"What do you want from me?"

"Your blessing to look into this."

"Fine you have my blessing but you are not going to find anything Mom."

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