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Hannah ended her phone call with Ray and he seemed annoyed. "What is it boss?" One of his handymen asked. "Naah…nothing. So you showed those pictures to town planning committee and their response was what?" Ray asked. "You're not going to like this boss" man continued. "What do you mean…Mike again?" Ray asked. "Mike again all right. He has sold everyone of those tree buildings for townies so that we couldn't continue our project." Man said and Ray seemed frustrated and angry. "You know how much money is hanging in these sketches." Ray said and tore down all the sketches from the board. "Yeah, believe me I know and I have a plan." He answered. "You better have. I have wedding on the way and no time to get my hands dirty." Ray said. "Yeah, boss. Live this one to me." He said grinning.
Charlotte straightened herself in her hospital bed as Nick, Leslie and Ronnie came in. "Charlotte. Unbelievable, you are the donor?" Nick said and Ronnie looked at her dumbfounded. "Yeah, it's me and please no fuss guys, please, please, please." Charlotte asked. "No fuzz. We promise. Are you feeling okay, scared? Do you need anything?" Leslie asked. "Could I have a moment with Ronnie?" she asked. "We're out of here. We come to see you after the operation." Nick said. "Good. Good." She answered. "May God and his angels look after you, my dear child and our gratitude…I hope you know…"Leslie said and Charlotte nodded smiling and touching her hand. Nick and Leslie went away from the door. "This is huge." Ronnie said and squeezed his friend for long time. "Ronnie, Ronnie. I need air." Charlotte said. "You guys are my family away from my family you know. Those e-mails that your dad sent when I was back in Australia, they were so special. He is one special man." Charlotte said. "He is" Ronnie nodded and tenderly smoothed her arm. "And the way you lost your mother so young, Ronnie. There's no way we give up on your dad without one hell of a fight." Charlotte said smiling. "You know….you are sunshine in my life...that's why I'll always be around…" Ronnie started singing. "No, no, no…Wonder moment is coming…now, when I'm totally helpless in my bed." Charlotte laughed. Ronnie got up from the bed and started this foolish dance and continued his singing as Charlotte tapped the bed and laughed out loud. "You are the apple of my eye, forever you stay in my heart. I feel like this is the beginning 'though I have loved you for a million years and if I thought our love was ending I find myself drowning in my own tears. You are the sunshine…" they both sang together and Leslie watched from the door smiling and crying happy tears. Then Charlotte grabbed Ronnie to sit next to him. "You always make me feel good and forget worries of the moment but I have some worries we need to talk about." Charlotte said seriously and Ronnie focused to hear her out.
Hannah sat next to Nick and Leslie and for a while they didn't say anything. "We had this idea to get married as soon as possible. The life we always have wanted together ahead of us." Leslie said. "When", Hannah asked. "End of the next week, just me and Rob, boys and my father from New York and maybe my daughter Hope. Nothing big, nothing fancy." Leslie answered. "Well, dean, what do you say if we have wedding here at the hospital? Let's say after couple of days." Nick made a motion and Hannah started to get exited. Leslie looked at them for a moment with disbelief. "Your serious." She asked. "Yeah, we could pull it off." Hannah said smiling. "Then I say yes, let's make it happen. But Nick, I want Hope to be here and you have to get her from Hampton, please. You have to talk her over. Hannah, maybe you should go with him. I mean you could get her to understand why and how we are doing this now." Hannah looked a bit hesitant. "Maybe we could leave after the operation tomorrow and we would be back before night and I am sure your husband to be could watch after Sam." Nick said. "Yeah, guess so." Hannah half accepted. "Great. Thank you so much, both of you." Leslie said happy.
Eddie came home late at night and seemed upset. "Where have you been? We were worried." Andrea asked but Eddie just ran towards his room and slammed the door behind him. "I think things are really getting to him." Phil said. "Yeah. And he has never been good in getting stuff out of him with words anyway. I go and try anyway." Andrea said and followed her son. Andrea slowly opened the door and switched the light on. "I don't want to snoop or anything but I think you should talk to someone before you explode." Andrea said sitting next to Eddie who was leaning to headboard. "You know me mom. Talking just makes me more nervous than I usually am. It doesn't help." Eddie said. "Well what about an itsy-bitsy chat, no heavy talk?" Andrea asked and Eddie smiled a bit. "Something happened between me and Hannah Jane that summer when Nick left to Europe. Hannah had this idea that he wasn't coming back and after a while she transferred that idea into my head also and then it happened. I slept with her. We were young, drunk and so stupid and we did it. Not only once. Tree times in one week. And then we agreed that we would forget everything that happened and wouldn't ever tell Nick. But when Nick came back all the secrets just came to surface again and I just can't hold them in me much longer. And it deals with Sam too." Eddie said. "Eddie…" Andrea said quietly. "He could be my son or Nick's. I didn't know that Hannah get pregnant after that summer. She moved with her parent to Portland for a year and she came back with Sam. All the questions came running into my mind when I saw them, but they had this perfect cover story that her parents had invented. But after the years I revealed the truth witch is that Hannah found out her pregnancy after month we had sex and Sam could be mine or Nick's." Eddie said and was relieved he had now told the whole story to someone. "So you have known this for years and not know what to do because…" Andrea said but Eddie interrupted her. "Because of Sam, Hannah, Ray, myself and Nick. There are so much people in this same family portrait." Eddie shook his head. "So this is why you are upset and angry and look like you have experienced some heavy defeat." Andrea said. "Well…Janet didn't know anything about this before this day and she overheard me and Hannah and I have been looking for her all night without succeeding." Eddie said. "Oh. That startled her, no doubt. She need just time and then I think you guys are ready to talk everything through." Andrea said. "There is so much burden in our friendship…relationship…because past mistakes." Eddie said. "I don't know everything but I know that Rory has been only a phase. You have used her, she have used you to get past something. But now, you have to start to reach for future what ever it holds for you. And you start by talking with Janet. You both deserve that much, all right." Andrea said. "Yes, mother. Now, please, this itsy-bitsy chat has tired me out. I'll get some sleep. Good night." Eddie said and Andrea left her with kiss to cheek.