Cal was led to the Relative's Room where upon opening the door he saw there was another lady with a small child in her arms. Ms. Winters walked over to the other woman and the little girl.

"Cal, this is Lucy Jones and I presume you know who this little one is?" Ms. Winters inquired as she turned around to face him.

Cal stood shock in the door. His eyes were wide and he couldn't speak for a few moments. Finally after processing the view in front of him a smile began to appear across his face and his eyes lit up.

"Hello, little Toad." Cal spoke fondly to Matilda as she was handed over to him.

Matilda gave a small happy gurgle when she was comfortable in Cal's arms. Cal smiled down upon the little girl whom, he had grown to love as if she was his daughter. Although he was completely happy to see his little girl confusion swept over his face.

"May I ask why is she here? Has anything happened?" Cal asked worriedly.

Ms. Winters quickly shook her head in response. Cal would have hoped her response would have placated the worry from his mind but, it hadn't. In fact it had caused him to worry even more.

"Then why have you wished to see me?" Cal inquired.

"It would seem that the family that were going to adopt Matilda can't under unforeseen circumstances. And since you are her only family that we know of since we can't track down her mum, we were wondering if you would like to become her official guardian?" Ms. Winters explained.

Cal was left speechless. He didn't know what to say. Of course, he wanted to become Matilda's official guardian, but he wasn't sure how he would be able to give her the home she deserved because of his job. And he couldn't really think about it not when Ethan was lying upstairs. He would need to think and talk through with his brother. Ms. Winters saw something was troubling him.

"Cal, I understand that your brother, Ethan Hardy is currently in a serious condition so if you need time to discuss this through with him when he wakes up I am always happy to wait a couple weeks. I know this is going to be a difficult decision to make and you'll need all the support you can get if you do decide to adopt Matilda." Ms. Winters.

"Thank you for your understanding I would like to discuss this with my brother so if you wouldn't mind if I get back to you once I have had a chat with him." Cal replied.

"Of course. Contact me on this number and we can make an appointment to go over the important details when you do decide."

Smiling gratefully at her Cal placed a quick kiss on Matilda's head before handing her back over. As soon she was away from Cal's arms Matilda let out a small whimper. Cal gently stroked her hair and smiled.

"It's okay, Toad. I'll see you again soon."

When the two social workers left Cal collapsed onto the sofa. He sighed. Although he knew Ethan would love to adopt Matilda as would he, he still thought it would be better to talk with him since he knew would happened if he didn't. He'd learnt that from what had happened to them so far when he decided to not talk to him about their birth mum and her condition. Cal was brought out from his thoughts by a small knock at the door. He turned around to see Charlie standing in the door way.

"Was that Matilda I just saw with those two social workers?" Charlie asked choosing to remain where he was standing.

"Yeah." Cal answered as he stood up.

"What did they want?" Charlie wondered when Cal came up to him.

"They um, told well, asked me if I wanted to adopt Matilda."

Charlie smiled. He knew when Cal had first set eyes upon her he fell head over heels in love with the little girl. And when Matilda was given to social services when he discovered he wasn't the father Charlie saw how broken Cal was about losing her. The whole department had taken a shine to baby Matilda and they would always be there support both Cal and Ethan if they needed it.

"So what did you say?" Charlie asked.

"I told them I would discuss it with Ethan first."

"Oh, Cal." Charlie sighed. "What's there to discuss? You know Ethan would love to adopt Matilda."

"Yes, but I thought it would be better if I discussed it with him beforehand. You saw what happened when I kept something from him."

Charlie nodded his head in understanding and left Cal to tell Ethan the news.