"Ani where are you going" Natalia said getting up off her chair and taking off after

Anissa who had shot down the hall. Everyone was still silent in the waiting room. Eric had been gone for over an hour but they'd still heard nothing.

"Anissa where are you going!" she repeated as she ran down the long hall

"to find Daddy he has my badge!" she called back.

"Hunnie Daddy's busy. You can play with my real badge instead 'k?"

"Daddy's not busy. He's in there with Cal Cal sleeping." She pointed to a window just across the hall from where they were standing.
"What…" Natalia walked across the hall and looked in said window. And there she saw it. Eric lying on the bed beside a sleeping Calleigh stroking her hair, with his lips pressed to her forehead, with tears streaming down his face. And it all hit her. The lipstick, the smell… it all made sense. Her husband was sleeping with his best friend. With her best friend. With Calleigh. She turned back to her daughter.

"Ani you cant go into daddy right now. He's busy. You go back to Horatio now ok." She said.

"But Mommy…"
"Please Ani go now I'll be out in a minute." Natalia snapped. Ani's lip quivered. Natalia stopped short. "I'm sorry darling I didn't mean to snap, mommy just needs to go to the bathroom. The little girl nodded and ran back to the waiting room and sat at H's feet, while Nat went into the bathroom. She sat on the toilet and held her head in her hands. Eric and Calleigh… Calleigh and Eric…me and ryan…

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A half an hour passed slowly and Eric had just held the sleeping Calleigh in his arms. He didn't know what to do. He had been so angry when he'd found out about the baby but when he'd learned that that baby was gone, he'd nearly died. It didn't make sense but even though he'd only known about it for a half an hour he'd still felt it so deeply. He couldn't even begin to imagine what Calleigh was feeling.

"You're still here." Calleigh whispered.

"Of course why wouldn't I be?"

"I thought you'd be mad at me."

"I was at first Cal I mean why couldn't you tell me?"

"I… I was afraid." She looked up at him.

"Of what? How I'd react?" she nodded.

"Cal I… I would have been here for you." He said no knowing what else to say.

"that's… that's what was wrong. I… you cant get a divorce." He sighed.

"Cal… let's not talk about this now. You still have a room full of people worrying about you outside." He sat her up a bit. Calleigh nodded.
"I better talk to them…" she said.

"I'll go get them."

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they all stood up when they say Eric coming down the hall, even Natalia. But she just saw red the second she saw him. She wanted to confront him, but she knew she couldn't. and then he spoke.

"Calleigh wants to see everyone." He said softly and everyone quickly moved down to the room. Natalia didn't know what she'd do if she looked at Calleigh so she just sat in a corner with her eyes on Ani.

Calleigh faced all her friends and co-workers.

"Cal are you ok?" Ryan asked walking towards the side of her bed. Horatio played with his sunglasses.

"Ma'am?" he asked. She smiled.

"Thank you all so much for waiting around. You really shouldn't have, I'm fine. I… I had a miscarriage." Ryan gasped. And Natalia nearly dropped Anissa.

"You what!" she whispered, but no one heard. She could barely breath. She looked towards the bed. Horatio had taken Calleigh's hand Ryan had sat on the edge of her bed and Eric was standing at the head of the bed his eyes glued to the top of Calleigh's head. She stood up with the taste of vomit in her mouth. The room had gone dark.

"I… I'll be back in a minute." She left the room and ran to the bathroom she had been in before. She only just reached the sink when she threw up. Not only had Eric been sleeping with her. He'd gotten her pregnant… oh god. She thought this and got sick again.