"You should have told me, Emma!" Jimmy yelled.

Emma sat down beside Jimmy's chair and tried to get him to look at her. When she realized that it was a futile effort, she stopped, and tried to explain her way out of this. "Jimmy? I know that you're mad, but please, let me explain."

"Explain what? How you lied to me about Jase's father? You told me you went to a sperm bank! I didn't know that meant the bank of Hogart! You should have told me, from the start!" he stated flatly.

"And I wanted to, but I knew how you felt about Jay."

"You mean the guy who helped to put me in this chair? The guy who got me shot and then moved about his life, without a second glance back at me, whose life he destroyed? He's an arrogant, smart ass! I can't believe you let yourself get knocked up by that snake!"

Emma shook her head, not knowing what to say. Once again, her lies were coming back to haunt her. She hadn't meant to lie to Jimmy, but when she met him, five months after Jase was born, she just wanted a friend. Telling him that she had wanted a baby so much and went to a sperm bank to get it, was just the easier choice. When things became romantic between the two, Emma had just avoided the topic altogether. Jimmy wanted to adopt Jase and that was all that mattered. Biology be damned!

"You didn't, like, plan to get pregnant, did you?" Jimmy asked.

Emma met his eyes and the truth was written there, for all the world to see. She watched as Jimmy's face fell. His disappointment in her was evident.

"I asked Jay to be a donor and that's it."

"So you slept with him to get his sperm and that's it? You weren't 'involved' with him?"

Emma closed her eyes and sighed. "I fell in love with him. But he didn't love me back and he didn't want to be a father. So I left Toronto. Jase is my son, not Jay's. And soon he'll be your's too."

Jimmy shook his head. "You expect me to still go through with the adoption, knowing that it's Hogart's son I'd be raising?"

"I don't see how that has any bearing on this. You love Jase! You've been in his life practically since birth! You'd walk away now, just because Jase's DNA is tied to Jay? How could you do that?" Emma asked.

Jimmy sighed, but his face remained impassive. Emma continued to stare at the man she loved, waiting for him to tell her that everything was going to be okay. But he said nothing, causing Emma to worry, but to also get angry. Jimmy had no right, now of all times, to be so judgemental. She had made a huge mistake, but taking that out on Jase? It was unforgivable.

"Emma, honey?" Spike called. "The doctor wants to take Jase in now. You wanna come see him before the surgery? Jimmy?"

Emma gave her mother a curt nod and got to her feet. Spike, sensing that something was awry with her daughter and her fiance, left the waiting area, heading back to Jase's room.

Emma turned to Jimmy. "Are you coming?"

Jimmy sighed. "Don't tell him that I was here."

"You were here?"

"I thought that I was needed here, but apparently I'm not."

"So that's it?" Emma asked.

Jimmy nodded his head. "I'll try to make things as smooth as possible for Jase."

Emma stepped in front of Jimmy. "As smooth as possible would be for you to put aside your silly pride and come into that room with me. Wish our son a safe surgery. Hold my hand while I wait for news. Come into that room with me when Jase comes out of surgery. Be there for him, for our son."

Jimmy shook his head. "I can't. I'm sorry."

"So am I," Emma whispered.

She turned to walk away and then came back, removing her diamond ring from her finger and placing it in Jimmy's hand. "If you can't love my son then you can't love me," she said through tears, before walking away.

Where will this leave Emma? Will the surgery work? Will Jay be able to help save Jase's life? Will Emma let Jay be involved with his son? Keep reading to find out!

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