A/N – Hi! Firstly I need to apologise for the lack of updating in the next week – I'm on my holiday in Wales at the moment and there is literally no 3G never mind WiFi – it's really hard to get hold of. I have 30 minutes free wifi at the moment so I'm uploading this REALLY SHORT chapter (I'm sorry about the shortness) but it's a really important one! I have no time to write here either… This may be the last update for a week, I don't know. Sorry!
Thanks for your patience, and I hope you're all enjoying your summer!
Daisy:D
The waiting room was silent as Sam, Freddie and Benji sat down. It was Benji's birthday (anyone could tell by the giant badge he was wearing) and they were waiting for the test results. Benji had had his blood taken, and the doctors were working to see if it matched one on their database. The only way it would is if the parent had had their blood taken for some reason, where someone needed a DNA record of them. Benji had had a great birthday so far – he said so himself – but this was his final wish.
Freddie was worried – what if his father was a physco? What if Benji preferred his real dad over him? Sam was also worried – what if his dad wanted him back? Would Freddie then leave her?
The wait wasn't long, as they were called through ten minutes later. "It was positive." The doctor said. "We've found his father."
"Yay!" Benji said.
"Who is it?" Freddie asked, also interested.
"Carlo Savino." The doctor read. "He's from Italy… he has quite a record."
"Can we have his details?"
"Yes, I'll print off all I have."
"Thanks so much." Freddie smiled.
"Thank you!" Benji repeated.
"It's okay." The doctor printed off the files and placed them in an envelope. "Now, if you could just sign out at the desk and then you're done."
"Thank you again."
"It's fine. Oh, and happy birthday, Benji." The doctor smiled.
"…Happy Birthday to you!" Sam, Cat, Freddie and Robbie finished singing the 'happy birthday' song to Benji. After the cake was eaten, it was finally time for bed.
"But I don't want my birthday to be over!" Benji whined.
"You have school tomorrow." Freddie said.
"And you only have to wait 364 days for your next one!" Robbie added.
"Okay." Benji said.
Once he was in bed and they were sure he was asleep, Cat and Robbie made their way to bed as well. Sam and Freddie sat next to each other on Sam's bed and opened the envelope.
The first page was all information about him; his name, age, place of birth, that kind of stuff. The man in the picture looked familiar to Sam. Freddie was sure he recognised the name. They turned the next page to see the title of 'Criminal record'.
Carlo Savino has been charged with two accounts of rape, but only one was proven, so he served six years in jail. At the age of 16, he was charged with manslaughter of his girlfriend by accidently setting her house on fire, killing her, though there was evidence towards it being murder, but he was never proved guilty.
"Well, his dad seems, erm…"
"Evil?" Sam suggested.
"He could have changed." Freddie said. "We won't know until we meet him.
"I just know that guy from somewhere." Sam thought as she turned back to the front page… "Carlo Savino…"
"I have no idea-"
"FREDDIE!" Sam suddenly sat up straight. "Carlo Savino! That's Carly's boyfriend!" Sam looked through her old emails on her pearphone until she found it. Carly had sent her that exact same photo of Carlo.
"There's no way…" Freddie started. "Carly has a child?"
"It seems so. It does make sense though."
"How?"
"The Italian last name, the looks, the eyes… the face that it was dropped on your doorstop."
"Why didn't she give him to you?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Sam sighed. "I can't believe Carly had a child!"
"It is strange to think about. I didn't think she wanted children."
"That's probably why she abandoned him…"
"I think we need to talk to her."
"Shall we ring her?"
"No, I think we need to invite her round!"
"From Italy?"
"Yeah. It's summer vacation soon, we could invite her to stay for a few weeks."
"I like that idea."
"Then we can catch up, talk to her about Benji."
"I still can't believe she had a child." Sam sighed.
"Carly got… Carly got pregnant."
"You jealous?" Sam smirked.
"No." Freddie said. "You know I'm over her."
"Have you ever…" Sam trailed off.
"No. I'm still… clean." Freddie awkwardly said.
"Me too." Sam smiled.
