"Sean that kid just said you're her father! What the he*l is going on?" Lenny asked as he watched Sean carry Emily in arms towards his office.

"Nothing, I just need you get that vomit up and then close up shop. Everyone needs to leave now!" Sean ordered as he gently laid Emily on his couch.

"Now Lenny!" Sean demanded once more seeing that Lenny still wasn't moving.

"Gotcha boss," Lenny responded realizing that Sean was not in the mood this time.

(((*****)))

Sean stood still at the foot of his desk and kept his eyes focused on the girl asleep in front of him. It's been about three hours since she's passed out. Luckily, she's breathing and she looked fine. It just looked like she hadn't slept at all from seeing the bags underneath her eyes from where she stood first. She also had some fresh cuts and bruises that was found on her elbow and knees.

It was already eight pm and the shop was clean and tidy and clear of everyone except for him and the girl that was asleep on the couch in front of him. The girl who claimed to be his daughter. This girl didn't look a day over eight years old, and for the last eight years he didn't remember slipping up with anyone he'd slept with.

He was completely responsible and never made any mistakes like this. He was sure if he'd gotten any woman in Wasaga pregnant, he'd known since it was such a small town. Whoever it was, she had a lot of explaining to do. Besides, he wasn't that guy that would ever want to be out of his child's life. He always dreamed of having his own family once he was completely financially stabled and had his life figured out.

"Is this really happening? Am I even awake?" Sean asked himself as he headed towards his bathroom.

He closed the door and took off his shirt and through the ice cold water that seeped through his facet onto his face. He then slapped his face and pinched his own arms multiple times. Once he finally felt awake and in the moment, he'd threw on his wife beater and buttoned up his dress shirt. Once he was adjusted, he made his way out of his bathroom, only to see the young girl that was still laying on his couch.

"This can't be happening." Sean thought to himself still trying to process what just happened.

This little girl came into his shop on her own without an adult and had and looked as if she were hit by a truck only to tell him that she's his daughter and not only vomit on his floor but also faint into his arms.

"I guess I'll be leaving early tonight." Sean thought as he tried to close his eyes to take a quick power nap before the girl was able to wake up.

As much as he tried, it felt completely impossible to fall asleep since the girl's phone had been ringing for the last hour. He knew it had to be her mom or whoever it was raising her, because no one in their right mind would let a little girl stroll through the doors of a car shop filled with men and not be worried.

Sean watched at how peaceful the little girl was sleeping and softly put his suit jacket over top of her. Without waking her, Sean quietly moved her and gently grabbed the bag that was connected to her shoulders. He immediately pulled out the ringing cellphone, only to see a picture and number of his once dear friend Manny Hogart. Right in that moment everyone on that end of the phone was up for a rude awaking.

(((*****)))

"Emily you have five seconds to tell us where the He#$ you are or "

"Or you'll what?" Sean barked angrily with a tone in his voice that was so sharp it cut like a knife.

"Who the He#$ are you?" Jay shot back.

"Take a wild guess, Jay." Sean spat as he stormed out of his office and towards his shop's front door.

"Sean?" Manny gasp looking at Jay.

There was complete silence on the phone which meant everything that was adding up in his head the minute he saw Manny's face and last name on the phone screen was now coming true. Everything was finally making sense to the point where Sean felt every ounce of his anger, rage and the person he used to be, was now coming back to haunt him. After taking one last glance at the little girl that was asleep on his couch, he softly closed his office door and stormed straight through his shop's front door.

It was almost eight pm and all he could see was the night sky and a few cars passing by along with people that walked by. Everyone was about to feel the wrath of Sean Cameron and he didn't care who saw.

(((*****)))

"Look Cam, I can explain," Jay stammered as he took the phone from Manny.

"I don't need an explanation from you idiot! You've had years to tell me what the he#$ is going on and you've said nothing. Put Manny on the phone now! Understand?" Sean ordered in rage as he paced back and forth against the concrete.

"Hold on there, Bam Bam," Jay laughed, stopping his car abruptly after feeling Sean's voice cut like a knife.

"I know you're upset but my wife's almost nine months pregnant and I'll be damned if I let you talk to her like how you're doing now, especially with me not around." Jay threatened.

"I don't give a damn about any of that! Put her on the phone Jay. Now!" Sean barked in a much lower tone.

"It's okay, Jay I can handle him trust me, just give me the phone." Manny insisted touching Jay's arm softly.

Jay handed her the phone and finally leaving Manny alone to speak with Sean while he stepped out to take a drag of his cigarette.

(((*****)))

"It's been a while Sean." Manny mumbled under her breath.

"Never mind!" Sean shouted trying to skip the small talk and getting straight to the point.

Dancing around the dark
The walls that ground us shaking

"So how old is she Manny?" Sean asked in a much calmer tone trying his best not to yell the woman that he'd once grown up with.

"She's ten Sean." Manny confessed softly, causing a long silence on both ends of the cell phone.

"We took a pregnancy test. Before, I left for the Army, she had her period. There was so many signs showing she wasn't pregnant. She was fine." Sean whispered to himself.

Time feels like it's standing still
Still my mind is racing

"And once you left things weren't fine. More signs started showing up." Manny sighed thinking back to the time she was left sitting on the floor of the bathroom of where her best friend vomited almost every morning.

"She had been sick to her stomach for almost a week. We were worried so we went to see a doctor. Turns out that period she had was just her spotting." Manny added ironically.

"But I came back to Degrassi remember? After my Basic Training? She looked fine. She told me everything was going fine!" Sean yelled into the phone trying to his best to make sense of the confusion that was suffocating him.

We are broken in a way that I can't change
And it hurts too much to hold another day

"Of course, she did Sean. You were only gone for like one month? Maybe two? All women don't look like a pumpkin after the first two months of pregnancy you know?" Manny joked hoping to ease the tension from this whole conversation.

"This isn't funny Manny." Sean said softly leaning against the brick wall of his shop, slowly making his way towards the floor in almost fetal position.

"I know." Manny whispered watching Jay enter back in his car and into the driver's seat.

"Manny, Why the Fuck would she keep my daughter away from me for ten years?" Sean smiled darkly as he muttered the words that seethed through his teeth and allowed the tears to form in his eyes.

With a heart wide open the hardest thing to say

Manny could feel the crack that was escaping from Sean's voice and instantly felt guilt washed all over her body.

"Look Sean, as much as we wanted to tell you about what was going on none of this was our choice." Jay cried out softly feeling every ounce of guilt he had for being part of keep his best friend's child away from him.

"As her best friend, and Jay as my husband we just couldn't say anything." Manny added while wiping the tears that formed in her eyes.

"Look. I just need to speak to Emma. Please, just get her on the phone!" Sean begged trying to catch his breath and readjust himself.

Another wave of silence had fled the car leaving Sean puzzled.

"What! Tell me you're gonna put Emma on the phone!" Sean snapped at the couple as he tried to get back on his feet.

"Look, our only job is to bring Emily back down here safely. We'll just come by Wasaga and pick her up. We should be there in about three hours." Manny assured while adjusting her seatbelt.

"You're out of your mind." Sean shot back. "You two aren't going anywhere with her."

"Um Cameron is this supposed to be a joke?" Jay asked dumbfounded unable to put together what Sean was really trying to do.

"Does it sound like I'm joking?" Sean countered, feeling the adrenaline shoot back up his body.

"Sean, Emma made it clear that she wanted nothing do with you. She put us in charge of her for the time being." Manny warned.

After hearing that, Sean felt hot tears welling in his eyes but refused to let them fall free All he wanted this whole time for the last ten years was to hear her voice. He had no idea how someone that held entire heart in their hands had so much anger towards him.

Is sometimes you can't save what can't be saved

"And leaving you too in charge of her worked out fine right? Leaving a ten year old alone to travel to Wasaga?" Sean argued.

"Look Emma said-

"I don't care. I'll take her back up there myself." Sean bellowed before finally hanging up on the couple and storming back into his car shop.

(((*****)))

"Fuck!" Sean shouted after punching a hole into the nearest wall he wall he found.

Just as he was about to punch another one he locked eyes with a little girl that stood in fear as to what he was about to do next.

We are broken

We are Broken- The Silent Wars