A/N: I AM SO SORRY FOR THE SUPER LATE UPDATE! I tried logging in like ten times today, but the internet connection kept going out! I guess it was the site though, because everything else was working. ANYWAYS... I've got it workin now, so here it is:

Chapter 17

By the time he got out of the hospital and to his car, Freddie had cooled down a great deal. As he drove out of the parking lot, he began to feel extremely guilty about how he had treated Sam. Sure, he had been cool through out this entire thing and he deserved to let it out, but Sam didn't deserve to be his target. His mind wandered to their new baby. He knew that it was going to be hard on his wife to be alone with a newborn while he had to go to work, but knowing Sam he knew she wasn't going to let it get the best of her. He hoped that once he came along, she would forget about all of her plans to get what they couldn't have. He knew that it had been hard on Sam to lose Charlotte, it had been hard on him to. He just couldn't see how it helped to have her go around thinking that her death was fake and that she was happy and healthy with someone else. He drove until it got dark before heading back towards the hospital, hoping that Sam had cooled off to.

While Freddie was out cooling off, Sam was only getting angrier. She couldn't understand what why it was so hard for Freddie to believe that their baby was coming home. Even if he didn't want to believe, why couldn't he just let her be happy? Why couldn't he just let her do what she wants, and try to find Charlotte? Her thoughts were broken by the sound of the door opening. Gibby walked in, and stood in front of her. "Glad to see your awake." He said with a grin. Sam looked up at him and noticed that he had changed a lot since graduation. He had defiantly lost weight, replacing his Gibby-gut with what appeared to be all muscle. He now sported a bit of facial hair, and his hair had grown out a little bit so that it almost touched his shoulders.

"What have you done to yourself Gibby?" Sam asked, smiling at her former friend/victim. The man returned her smile, hoping that the news that he had to tell her wouldn't upset her to much.

"Sam, I'm a grown man now, I work in a huge detective office. Do you have to call me 'Gibby'?" He asked jokingly. Sam's smile faded a bit.

"OK then, want me to call you Warenthal?" She asked, recalling how they had learned his first name. He thought for a minute, as if he himself had to remind himself what his first name was.

"Or, you know-Gibby's fine." He laughed, running a hand nervously through his hair. "OK serious time." He said carefully, "Do you remember what happened before you passed out?" Sam sat up straighter and began to nervously play with her hair.

"Sort of..." She trailed off, twirling a strand of hair around and around her finger. She thought for a moment, "You said that your a detective...and that you were working for Cambridge..." Her voice faded to a whisper. Gibby thought for a minute,

"Cambridge had this idea that not every newborn that dies with no explanation really died. When I started working for him, I thought he was crazy. Until I saw it for myself." Gibby said, staring in to space. Sam felt a twinge of excitement. She knew that she wasn't crazy, and she was right! this had happened before, and it ended with a happy ending. didn't it?

"What happened? It ended happy right?" She asked, hoping the story wasn't going to end badly. Gibby looked at her nervously, he didn't want to upset her further.

"Sort of..." He started, trying to find the right words. "The couple had been told that their kid died in a fire. He was only two months old. The mother never believed it because they didn't find his body." He stopped for a second, thinking. "Then, seven years later she went to the police telling them that this little neighbor boy was her's and that she wanted DNA tests.. They closed in on him and the person he was living with." He didn't really want to tell her the end, but he knew she wouldn't let it go.

"And what happened?" She urged, knowing he was about to say something she didn't want to hear. Gibby sighed,

"They got into the house, and found that it was empty. The family had taken the boy and abandoned the house." Gibby stopped, trying to avoid the end of the story. Sam wouldn't let him skip it.

"Tell me what happened to the kid." She said, getting frustrated.

"They found him several days later on the side of the road. The people had panicked and dropped him there when they skipped town. The kid was alive, but very weak." He paused again, getting a glare from Sam. "He passed away in the hospital a few hours after they got him there." He said, a tear sliding down his cheek. He was a tough man, that dealt with many terrible cases, but this one always brought him to tears. He glanced over at Sam, who remained silent. "His real parents did get to see him first though. They told him that they we're his real parents and that they never stopped looking for him." He finished, wiping his eyes. It wasn't going to help if he started crying right then. He had to stay strong and finish telling Sam what he had to say. "Sam, I need you to listen carefully." He said, "We think we found Charlotte." Sam stiffened, had they really found her this time? Gibby continued, "We found a person that fit all the descriptions we could piece together. We followed them, and found that the mother had gotten arrested for backing over a kid with her car." Sam gasped, and starting shaking. "Whoa, Sam calm down. I'm not finished. The kid wasn't her's, it was a neighborhood kid." He said, putting a hand on Sam's shoulder. "She did have a kid though, that was taken into custody and placed with foster parents." Sam stopped shaking and pulled his hand off her shoulder. She put a hand tenderly on her stomach, and looked up at Gibby. "While staying with her foster parents, she got into a little accident with a curtain rod. She was brought into this hospital with a small concussion." He finished, taking a breath. Sam looked at him with a hopeful look in her eye.

"She's here? Really?" She said, trying to hold in her excitement Her excitement faded however when Gibby looked away nervously

"No." He said, "We lost track of her early this morning. The nurse that was supposed to watch her ended up falling asleep and when she woke up, the girl was gone. They called the police, but so far can't find anything." He said, glancing at her. Her eyes glazed over with anger, that quickly faded into sadness.

"So, she's gone again?" Sam cried, more tears blurring her vision.

Carly sat next to her daughter, who lay asleep in the bed next to her. The doctors had said that she was being released the next morning, and that it would be best for both of them if Carly stayed with her. She reached out and smoothed down the sleeping girl's hair gently. "You look so much like your daddy." She said with a smile. "He wishes he could be here with us." She continued in a whisper, trying not to wake the sleeping child. It had been a long stressful day for both of them, and tomorrow would only be longer. She knew that bringing Emma back here was a bad idea, she should have just stayed where she was. Then the problems with her dad came up, and she had to leave the girl with Sam and Freddie. That was the biggest mistake of her life, she should have known that they weren't able to handle it. It wasn't their fault though, Emma hardly ever had problems with her allergies and she honestly didn't think that it would cause problems. Anyway, Emma knew better than to eat something without checking for nuts. The girl stirred in her sleep and blinked open her eyes.

"Momma?" She asked, yawning. Carly smiled at her daughter.

"Momma's here baby." She said, holding the girl's tiny hand. "Do you need anything?" She asked. The little girl thought for a minute.

"I'm hungry." She said. Carly realized that she hadn't seen her eat anything since she got there. She was surprised considering the child's large appetite

"What can I get you to eat?" She asked, "I brought some stuff from home, or I can go get something from the vending machine." Emma thought again for a minute, tapping her small chin for emphasis.

"What did you bring?" She asked, pulling herself up. Carly reached into her purse and pulled out several plastic containers.

"I brought some cookies, a couple sandwiches, and a bag of chips." Carly said, setting the food next to her daughter. Emma looked at the food for a minute, then reached for the chips. She pulled at the bag, trying to get it open. Carly giggled and took the bag from the girl.

"Here, let me help you sugar." She laughed, opening the bag of chips. She took one out of the bag, and handed it Emma, who gobbled the food eagerly. After she finished the chips, Emma quickly ate the rest of the food.

"I'm still hungry!" She complained, getting another fit of giggles from Carly, who leaned over and kissed her head.

The man and the little girl we're in a car, speeding down the high-way. "Where are we going?" She asked for the millionth time. The man turned stopped the car, and turned around to glare at her.

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP?" He hollered, reaching behind him to pinch or leg. He always seemed to enjoy it when he hurt her. She screeched in pain, pulling her legs up under her. "Get your smelly feet off of the seats." He said, irritated with the child. "You'll get them all dirty." He continued driving at an unnaturally fast rate and turned a sharp corner, causing the small girl to tumble over and knock her head against the door. "Would you be careful? your going to break the window!" He cried. A small tear escaped down her cheek. She didn't like her mommy's friend, but she did want to go home. All she had to do was put up with him for a little bit longer, and she would be home. "Are you crying?" He smeared, glaring at her through the front mirror. "You seriously need to grow up. What are you four now?" He returned his eyes to the mirror.

"I'm five." She muttered to herself, careful not to let him hear her.

A/N: I can't believe we're already passed chapter 17! It seems like only yesterday I was uploading the first chapter *tears* These things go by so fast!

OK, I only got 1 review last time :(

(That one was uploaded tuesday by the way, incase you may have missed it)

I should probably tell you ahead of time, sometime after this the chapters are going to be kind of "blockie" meaning that there is going to be a little bit from three diffrent point of views. We're also going to get deeper into where Carly has been and such. Hope you guys continue to love it!

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