Chapter 3

*3 years laters*

Sam was now an adorable, healthy, little three year old girl. Macey was constantly making sure she was the cutest, best dressed little baby in town. Her dark brown hair was styled and she wore adorable little outfits.

A few months ago, I went on a mission for the first time since the pregnancy. I got in serious danger and was almost captured. I realized I needed to tell Zach if I planned to continue field work. We had all been asking how to contact him for about a month and a half.

I was sitting with Macey in the living room and it was time to get Sammy some lunch. I left and she started crying.

I sighed. "Sam, honey, I'm just getting you food." She sniffled and nodded. Sam had been upset since I left. Now she had a little separation anxiety because I was gone for so long. I made Sam's lunch and came back out. Macey had curled her dark brown hair and put her in a cute blue dress. The next thing I knew, in walked mom, Abby, Joe, Liz, and Bex.

"I brought my famous chocolate chip cookies!" Liz exclaimed. I raised an eyebrow. Why were they all here? I wasn't expecting them at all.

"What's up, guys?" I asked.

"Grammy!" Sam yelled, waddling to my mother.

"Hi, Kiddo! How are you doing?" My mom asked. Sam gave her a thumbs up and my mom picked her up. She looked at me and shrugged. "We thought it'd be fun to go out to lunch today. Liz, Macey, Abby, and Bex will hang out with Sam for an hour."

"Okay. What's this about?" I asked.

"We found him," Mom said. And with that, I grabbed my jacket.

My mom and Joe drove us over to a cafe and we sat in silence. Clearly, it wasn't good news. If it was, they would have told me right away. We sat down and I looked at my mom.

"So, where is he?" I asked. My mom looked at Joe and he nodded.

Mom sighed. "Zach's mission ended about 2 weeks ago. He called Joe last night and he said he's dating his mission partner. They've been dating for almost a year. Her name is Brianna and they're very happy together." I felt tears in my eyes. "Honey, don't be sad. You knew you two probably wouldn't get back together."

I nodded. "I know. I'm not upset about that. I'm happy for him. Well, not really. He was a jerk to me. I'm sad for Sam. I don't know Brianna, but I'm not going to hurt her the way I got hurt. Or Zach. Their relationship would be ruined if they knew Zach had a daughter. It's staying a secret."

*12 years later*

I sat in my office as my daughter skipped into the room.

"Hi, Mom!" Sam said, happily. Sam had grown to be a beautiful young girl. Long, dark brown hair, blue-green eyes, thin, tan, and a smirk to match her father's. They looked so similar it was weird. Joe had received a promotion to what was basically an assistant principal. I was the CoveOps teacher and Joe still came into class quite often.

I laughed. "Why are you so happy today?"

She shrugged. "Classes were fun, I got some creme brûlée at lunch, and I got an A on my COW pop quiz so it's been a good day."

"Hey, Sam," Joe said. "Cam, the new teacher is here. We're all meeting in the teacher's lounge." I walked with Joe to the elevator with Sam following closely behind.

"So," Sam asked, "Is this new teacher nice?" I saw a look on Joe's face that I didn't recognize but he quickly covered it.

"She's very nice," Joe said. "She'll be teaching the language classes."

"Can I go with to meet her?" Sam asked.

Joe and I looked at each other and simultaneously said, "No."

"But, Mom," she whined.

"Sorry, sweetie," I said. "You'll meet her tomorrow at breakfast." Sam moped away back to her dorm room and her friends. We got to the teacher's lounge and my three best friends were sitting at a table with 5 seats, each with a cup of coffee in their hand. Liz had taken over for Dr. Fibs, Bex now taught P&E, and Macey took over Professor Buckingham's classes.

"I'm excited to meet the new teacher!" Liz said.

Bex snorted. "We don't even her name. We just know she's a she. So, how's Sam?"

I chuckled. "Whiney. She wanted to come meet the new teacher, too. How's she doing in your classes?"

"She's got the highest grades in all of her classes. How do you think she's doing?" Macey asked sarcastically. I stuck my tongue out at her.

"How are things with you and Jonas, Liz?" I asked. Liz and Jonas had gotten married about a year ago.

She smiled. "Really well. It's sad I can't be around him during the year but we'll see each other on weekends."

"Okay, everyone. Quiet down," my mom said at the front of the room. I saw a pretty brunette girl standing next to her. I assumed she was the new teacher and she looked about our age. "This is Brianna Evans. She'll be the new language teacher here at the Gallagher Academy."

"Hi! I just wanted to say how excited I am to teach here. I never had the privilege of going to this school so I'm excited to get to teach here," Brianna said with a smile. She seemed really nice. She walked around the room for about an hour before she collapsed on the chair next to us. "Hi. It's nice to meet you all."

"Nice to meet you, too. You must be exhausted," I said.

She nodded. "It's nice to get to know everyone, but sometimes you just need a break. What are your names?"

"That's Cammie, Bex, and Liz, and I'm Macey. Can I just say I love your ring, Brianna?" Macey said.

She smiled. "You can call me Bri, by the way. And thank you. My fiancé bought it. He did an exchange at Gallagher his sophomore year. You might know him. His name is Zach Goode." I'm pretty sure all four of us were stunned into silence. "So, do you know him?"

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