A/N: What's this? AN UPDATE TWO DAYS IN A ROW? Yup!

Chapter 26

He thought for a minute, thinking of the best way to tell to tell the girl about her mother. "Lilly, do you remember your friend Angela?" He asked. She nodded, thinking of her friend. The one that had gotten in an 'accident' and had missed a whole week of school. "You know she had to go to hospital right?" Again, Lilly nodded. Her teacher had them all made get well cards for her. "Do you know what happened to her?" This time, she shook her head. Nobody would answer her when asked what had happened. Nobody ever told her anything. "Lilly, your friend Angela-" He stopped suddenly, not sure if it would do more bad than good to continue. He tried to form the right words, tried to find the right words to tell her that her own mother had backed over her best friend with her car, that she had been arrested for it. She was almost released, but was then charged with murder. The child, Angela, had died only hours before Lilly had been admitted for her concussion. How do you tell this to a five year old? He didn't know what reaction his next words would cause, but he said them anyway. "Lilly, do you know what an angel is?" She nodded and smiled.

"An angel is someone who went to heaven." She said, then registration sunk in. "Is Angela an angel?" She asked, tears appearing in her eyes. Gibby nodded sadly.

"Yes, Angela is an an angel know Lilly." He knew that this was enough for know, he couldn't dare to tell her how her friend had become an angel at the tender age of five.

Sam drove home, the image of her daughter stuck in her head. She knew that she wasn't crazy, that there was a glimmer of hope in what was once tragedy. All she had to do was wait for her to come home and finally complete their family. She could see it, the image of her perfect family. Freddie, her, Charlotte, and their new baby. Her mind wandered to the baby. they had found that he was in fact a boy, another reason for her trust her instincts. She had known from the beginning that this was a boy, it was only confirmed by the doctors. She had known the minute that she set eyes on that girl, that this was her child.

After returning home, she realized that she couldn't tell Freddie about this. She had to pretend that she dropped the matter, that she was focused solely on their family now. Then, when it was confirmed that Charlotte would be coming home, she would tell him. She would surprise him, tell him that she had someone special that she wanted him to meet. Someone that they should have met five years ago.

"Where were you?" Freddie asked her when she walked into the apartment, a hint of suspicion in his voice.

"No where. I was-no where." She said, trying to hide her emotions. Her mind chanted over and over, Don't say anything...Don't say anything...You can't tell him anything. Freddie wasn't convinced, but he dropped the subject anyway. "What are you watching?" Sam asked quickly, moving to sit next to him.

"Uh...nothing!" He said quickly, changing the channel. Sam smiled slyly and grabbed for the remote.

"Come on! What were you watching?" She asked again, pulling the remote out of his hands. She flipped the channel back and laughed. "Your watching 'A baby story'?" She smiled. Freddie put his hands up in defense.

"Its educational!" He defended, prying the remote away from his wife. Sam scoffed at him,

"What more do we need to know? Did you forget, we did this twice before." Sam said, taking the remote away from him again.

"Yeah, but look how those ended. Maybe this can teach us how to prevent-you-know." He said before he could stop himself. She started to answer, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Go get the door." She demanded, her mood going from happy to bitter in mere seconds. Freddie sighed and pulled himself up.

"What ever you say dear." He mumbled, walking towards the door. The last thing he expected to see was Carly and Emma standing in the hall with a pile of suite cases.

"Hi Freddie." Carly said simply, "Can we come in for a minute?" Instead of replying, Freddie sighed and motioned for them to come in. He realized a little too late that this was probably not such a good idea, Sam was still steaming at Carly for the incident at the hospital and he didn't want her blood pressure to go shooting back up.

"Why is she here?" Sam asked bitterly, trying to keep herself calm. Carly looked hurt for a second, but soon masked her emotions and smiled.

"Sam, I'm so sorry for how I acted. I was so scared, and-and I didn't mean any of the things I said." Carly said quickly, "And we kind of need a place to stay." She finished, grinning guiltily. Freddie threw her a confused look.

"What happened?" He asked her. Instantly, she broke down and starting sobbing, getting a sympathetic look from Freddie and an eye-roll from Sam. Carly threw herself on the couch next to Sam, and pulled Emma onto her lap. Sam wouldn't hurt her if Emma was in the way.

"First, there are some things you should know." Carly said, preparing to tell them the whole truth. "His name is Jordan Richards, he's Emma's father, and he's in jail for kidnapping." She started slowly. After spilling the whole truth, she sat back and hugged Emma close while silence consumed the room.

Gibby sat back and watched Lilly, who had suddenly grown quite. At first, he thought she was going to cry, he assured her that it was OK. She didn't cry though, just become increasingly silent. "Are you OK sweetie?" He asked her, then scoffed at himself. Of course she wouldn't be OK. She hasn't seen her mother in weeks, she was ripped away from everything she had known, and know she's been told that she'll never see her best friend again. That's a lot for a five year old to have to hear in one day, that's a lot for anybody to hear in one day.

The door opened suddenly, and the women detective came back in. "OK, we've got someone ready to take her in for the night." She said quickly. "Come with me." She didn't seem to have any emotion in her voice. Lilly slid off of her seat and followed the women out of the room, leaving Gibby sitting alone.

He figured his next moves carefully, knowing that there was a lot of things that needed to be solved before Lilly could be reunited with her parents. He knew one thing, there was nothing he could do until he knew who Lilly's parents really were. He was going to need a DNA test.

A/N: Only three chapters left :( But...Things are getting better for Sam and Freddie! (Atleast for now...)

MUAHAHAHA... :) (Alright, that was wierd)