Chapter 28

Sophie pov

"Bye I love you" Sian said as she kissed me one last time. "I'll be back" she said trying to imitate the terminator.

"Go, you crazy mare" I laughed.

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"Are you ready to go meet your parents" Nurse Terrence said to me as I nodded. "Jeez, they sure chaperone you more on the kids' floor" I thought as I arrived at a private room.

I frowned "Why aren't we in the normal family room" I thought.

"I'll leave you to it Sophie" she said as she walked off. I went in and was met by a bunch of people: Mum, dad, Chesney even Granddad, except for Rosie. Wonder where she's at" I thought.

"Sophie, aaawh it's so great to see you again" my mum said as she held me tight.

"Yeah, we missed you love" my dad said as he embraced us both.

I shuffled away from them awkwardly as Granddad kissed me on the cheek and Chesney hugged me. "Chesney hugged me, well that's a change" I thought.

"I hear you've been talking again" my mum stated. "Yeah to one of your mates in here right" my dad joined in as I nodded.

I looked around and caught them all staring at me, I was starting to get uncomfortable.

"I also hear you've been transferred to another floor" she stated as I rolled my eyes.

"Look, if you're here to lecture me then you can save it" I huffed. I saw they were all taken aback, but they quickly changed their expressions back to normal. They still kept staring at me.

"What" I asked annoyed at their stares.

"Nothing love, just happy to see you talking again " she said as I narrowed me eyes.

"O for the love of God, will somebody just tell me what's going on" I demanded, but nobody opened their mouths.

"Tough audience" I muttered.

"Okay, okay. I'll tell you, it concerns me too after all" he stated as I furrowed my brows. "What the fuck is he on about" I thought.

"Okay" I said slowly.

"He's alive" he said slowly as frowned and looked to the side.

"Who" I asked him annoyed.

Chesney took a deep breath and pursed his lips.

"Matty" he answered as I my eyes grew bigger with anger.

"Is that supposed to be some kind of joke." I yelled at him.

"No no…" he said as he was putting his hands in front of me.

"That's not funny Ches', that's cruel" I hissed at him.

"Sophie I'm serious" he tried.

"Ughh I don't believe this, Chesney we buried him" I shouted as my eyes began to water.

"Yeah, but we never saw he's body though, we couldn't bare to see him like that remember" I answered.

"WHAT, are you in an extreme faze of denial or summit" I spat at him.

"NO! Look the doctor that supposedly told us he was dead LIED. He was a man who sold children, after telling their birthparent that their baby died" he said as my mind went numb.

"No, that's impossible. He wasn't breathing, I saw it with me own eyes" I told him.

"Well he saved him and then he tried to sell him, but he failed…. thankfully. The police found Matty and traced him back to us. Turns out that man had done the same thing with other 13 babies before; he sold them to couples who were desperate enough to pay money…." I heard him tell the story but interrupted him.

"Where is he" I said blankly looking into space. Nobody was answering me.

"WHERE IS HE" I shouted.

"He's safe, Rosie is taking him for a walk so we could talk" Chesney stated.

"ROSIE, I'm going to get him" I said as stood up but my dad blocked my way.

"Sweets, you can't it's outside the grounds of the institution" he said calmly.

"Don't tell me what I can and cannot do. He's my son and I'm going to get him, now MOVE" I said as tried to shove him aside.

"Love, try to calm down, Rosie will be here any minute" he said pushing me back.

"CALM DOWN! 10 minutes ago I thought my son was dead, now I found out he's alive and you won't even let me see him. Do you have any idea what I went through these last couple of months" I cried.

"Right, I'm going to get Rosie" my mum announced.

"Sal…" my dad said to her.

"No, Kevin she's right" she said sternly as she went out of the room. I fell down and started crying. "I can't believe this is happening" I thought.

"Sophie this is a good thing" Chesney said as he put his hand on my shoulder.

"I know I just…..Have they caught that man" I asked him.

"Yeah, his trial is in 2 weeks" Chesney said clamping his teeth together.

"I hope he goes in for life after what's he done" I spat.

"I'll make sure of it Soph" he uttered as the door went open. Rosie came in with a little boy in her arms that was sucking on his soother, dark blond hair, piercing blue eyes. She was holding Matty, my Matty.

"Hi" I cried as I took him in my arms, he was babbling happily. He put his little hands to the back of my neck and clenched to small pieces of my hair like he used to. I hugged him tighter as I was sobbing. It was like the weight of the world that I used to feel was replaced by his weight on my shoulders. The whole in my stomach was suddenly filled again when I breathed in his smell.

Chesney approached us and joined the hug. I laughed through sobs and sniffs. "He's gotten so big" I whimpered as Matty giggled.

"Yeah" he laughed. "I missed his smell" he said as he came closer to Matty.

"Me too" I said as I started kissing Matty's face.

"Sophie, you're gonna drown him if you continue doing that" he joked as I snapped my head up.

"Don't joke about things like that, I can't believe we lost him and then got him back" I cried once more.

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Matty was sitting on my lap as I was cradling him; we gave him some colour markers to tincture as I talked to Rosie.

"I mean, what kind of person does that. Taking kiddies" she stated.

"Yeah" I sighed. My mind was exhausted of the day I just had.

Rosie smiled at Matthew. "Thank god he's okay" she said as I smiled back at her and kissed Matty's head.

"Thought you didn't believe in God" I smirked.

"Yeah, well if he can bring this one back from the dead, suppose I can start believing a bit" she stated as Matty threw his marker at Rosie and started giggling.

"Oi, I just had my hair done. Don't mess it up" she sniggered at Matthew as I started laughing.

"Rosie I've got to ask" I said as I stopped laughing. I swallowed hard.

"Did he do anything to Matty" I asked nervously.

"No, the police found Matty in his apartment, when they arrested him for selling children. They figured Matty had been kidnapped to and started looking for his parents and here he is." She said.

I smiled as I saw Chesney making his way over to me. "Hey guys, visisting hours are over in 5 minutes so we better get going" he said as fear washed over me. I didn't want to let Matthew go.

"Soph, can I have him" he said as I started panicking.

"Sophie, its okay I'll come back tomorrow." He stated.

"You promise" I asked as he nodded.

"Okay just give me a sec" as I got up and held Matty in my arms.

"Hey you, mummy has to go now, but I promise you'll see me tomorrow. And when I get home we'll give you the best birthday party you've ever seen, since we missed your birthday." I said to him.

I hugged tightly, breathing in his smell. "You behave okay, don't give your dad too much trouble" I said as I gave him to Chesney.

"As if, he takes too much after his mum not to give me much trouble" he smiled.

"I love you baby" I said to Matty as I kissed him on the cheek.

"I'll see you tomorrow okay" Chesney said as he left the room and waved with Matty's hand at me.

"Yeah, better get going too. See ya babes." Rosie said as she hugged me.

"Bye love, make sure you talk about this with doctor Wittmore" she stated as she kissed me on the cheek.

"Bye guys" I waved them off as they went.

My mind was ranting on my way back; I couldn't believe the day I had. It was still sinking in. I was so scared that I was going to wake up and it would all have been a dream.

I entered my room and saw Sian sitting on my bed with a weird expression her face. "What's going on" she asked me.

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Sian pov

I wanted to surprise Sophie with a romantic dinner and succeeded to convince Nurse Terrence to let me. She was a bit younger and didn't listen as much to the rules as Gertie did.

As I was passing the hallway I could hear lots of people in a room. When I looked thought the small window on the door, I saw Sophie.

"I love you baby" she said to a boy that was holding a child in his arms. The words kept echoing in my mind 'I love you baby' jealousy started to ripple through my heart. I desperately wanted to know who the guy was she was saying that to.

I can't believe I told her I loved her, when all along she loves somebody else. I made my way to her room and waited for her to come back.

When entered the room she quickly closed the door behind her. "What's going on" I asked her.

"What do you mean" she said as she came over to sit next to me.

"Sophie don't play with me mind, you've already done enough with my heart" I stated.

"What" she smiled.

"Who was the guy you were saying I love you to" I demanded as Sophie started smirking.