Robert's POV

I listened to the message 1000 times. My daughter finally found me. Her family found me…I wonder if Colleen is the one who finally told her. My Colleen…

Umm…Hi…My name is Callie Foster, or uh…Callie Jacob, If this is the right Robert Quinn, I think your my birth father…could you uh…give me a call if you get this message and if you aren't him…then uh…sorry I wasted your time. Bye.

She sounded just like her mom. I picked up the phone and dialed the number she left.

"Hello." I heard a man pick up

"Yes hello I'm looking for Callie Jacob-Foster…" I started, I was more nervous than I first though

"DADDDY!" I heard a scream "Yes, one moment." He set the phone down

I breathed a sigh of relief as I had a moment to collet myself. I looked at the picture in my hand…Colleen holding Callie just minutes after she was born. Another of Callie on her 1st birthday. I got them until she was 10 years old…I never knew why…I thought maybe Donald-

"Hello?" Callie picked up the phone a crying child in the background "June baby…please mommy is on the phone. We can bake cookies for daddy and everyone as soon as I'm done." She sighed

"Hello?" she said again

"Hi…this is Robert Quinn." I told her

"Are you the Robert Quinn, my birth father?" she asked

"Yes…" I told her

"Oh my gosh…I'm sorry I didn't expect a response from you so soon."

"I want to meet you Callie…" I told her

"I…I want to meet you too…when?" she asked

"Can you do tonight?" I asked

"I…I think so." She said

We agreed on a time and a place and I looked at the clock. That was in 2 hours…I can't believe this whole time…12 years and I've lived minutes away from me. "Daddy!" I heard my daughter call

"Yes angel?" I turned around to greet my 4 year old

"I'm awake!" she smiled

"You are princess. Daddy has to meet someone tonight, do you want to go with daddy or stay with grandma?" I asked my daughter

"Stay with daddy!" she declared

I picked Charlie up and hugged her. "Let's go get ready, we are going to get some ice cream and play in the play place okay baby?" I kissed her walking up the stairs in our quiet house.

I sent Charlie to pick an outfit while I grabbed the folder marked Callie from my desk. I opened it and looked at all the pictures…birthdays…thanksgiving, Christmas…everything. I set them back out and went to help Charlie get dressed. I love this little girl so much. I wish I'd known about her in the first place…At least I didn't miss as many years as I did with Callie.

An hour later we got in the car and headed to the ice cream shop where Callie told me to meet her. I sent Charlie to the play structure sitting at a table near it, so I would be able to watch her. "Robert?" I heard a voice so familiar to Colleen say

I looked behind me and if I didn't know better I would've swore it was my Colleen…

"Callie…please sit." I quickly said noticing she was pregnant

"Hi…" she whispered sitting

"Hi. I'm Robert Quinn." I introduced myself

"Callie Foster…" she sighed "How did you know my mom?" she started

"We dated all through high school. Until her parents decided I wasn't good enough for their daughter because I was a foster child…they wanted her with Donald…your father…and I loved your mother more than anything Callie…I still do. Even after your mother and I 'broke up' we continued to sneak around, stealing kisses in the lone hallways at school, sneaking into each other's rooms at night…until she became pregnant the end of senior year…by that time her and Donald had become more serious, and she slept with him…so we didn't get caught. He proposed when she told him and then her parents let them elope." I told her

"What happened with you? You knew about me…but you didn't fight for me…" she whispered looking at her phone

"I couldn't…I saw the way your grandparents treated me and her…I couldn't let them treat you like that…your mom and I kept in contact until you were…10 maybe…but then the letters just stopped coming…I assumed Donald found out and wouldn't allow it anymore. I was heartbroken…I never have received any pictures or anything since." I told her

"You have pictures of me?" she gasped

"Yes…hundreds. I look at them at least once a day longing to meet you…but I assumed your mother never told you about me." I said "I guess she finally did though, didn't she?"

"Robert…my mother is dead…" she whispered grabbing the necklace I hadn't seen for years around her neck

Callie's POV

He sat there staring at the ground…not speaking, or focusing. "Colleen is really dead?" he asked me tears in his eyes

"She's been dead since I was 9 years old…I've been in foster care ever since." I told him

"What about Donald?" he asked

"He was drunk and he killed momma…and two others…he was just released from prison when I was 16, he gave my mom's permission to adopt Jude, I couldn't be adopted." I told him

"Because of me?" he asked

"I wasn't ready…and then when I was 17 I found out I was pregnant…with my foster brother's baby…now my husband." I told him

"Callie…if I had known…I wouldn't found you in a heartbeat…is that the necklace that…" he trailed off as I unclasped my necklace

"You gave this too she when you stopped seeing her didn't you?" I asked

"Yes…" he sighed opening it

"I never opened that until I found out you were my father…I was always so scared to open it…I didn't want to relive memories from my mother…I was scared."

"You look so much like her Callie…" he sighed handing the locket back

A little girl came bolting towards the table. "Can I get ice cream now daddy?" she smiled at Robert

"Of course." He kissed her head "Would you like anything Callie?" he asked me

"Yes please." I told him what I wanted and he and the girl went in the ice cream shop

He had a daughter…I daughter my kids age…younger even…

He came back with 3 ice creams. He gave me mine and the girl hers. "Who is this?" I asked

"This is Charlie, she's my daughter." He smiled

"How old is she?" I asked confused

"I am 4 years old!" she smiled ice cream all over her. "We're going to need to hose you off girl." He laughed wiping her mouth. We finished in silence. Then the girl ran off.

"Is she a foster child?" I asked

"She was…a friend of mine, we were close and her daughter was pregnant when her mom went to take her to the hospital when she was in labor…they both died in a car accident…but they were able to save Charlie. I was listed on their emergency contact…and they let me fight for Charlie."

"It's great she has a forever home…I never did…" I told him "I need to get home…I'm sorry…let's do this again…soon, you could meet my moms." I smiled grabbing my purse.

"Bye Callie." He hugged me "You can call me dad."

"Bye…dad." I said liking the sound of it

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