Scott hadn't left the hospital for over twenty-four hours. Madison was in with their baby again, giving Holly her second feed. He'd had a few moments to hold his precious little girl, but he knew Madison needed this more than he did. She had missed all these precious moments with Sara, and he wanted her to spend every second she could with their child.
"There you are!" exclaimed a delighted voice.
Scott looked up to see his dad marching towards him with a giant pink teddy bear under his arm.
"Do you think she'll like it." he asked.
The name Holly had been embroidered onto the bear's chest.
"I'm sure she'll grow into it." said Scott with a grin, taking the large cuddly toy from his father.
"I brought something a little more immediate." said Marion handing over a small gift bag. Scott peered inside to see a tiny knitted cardigan, bonnet and bootees. "There are a lot more where those came from, I love knitting for little ones." said Marion happily. " And I used a special hypoallergenic fibre blend so it should be safe for her sensitive skin."
"I'll let Madison unwrap it." said Scott.
Deciding on baby clothes was something he wasn't quite comfortable with. He was happy to settle on the fatherly duties of build cribs and shopping for the most tooled up baby buggy he could find. He had his eye on a top of the line one that folded at one touch and combined a car seat. He was keen to buy it the moment the all clear had been given to take Holly home.
Helping Adam run Chandler Enterprises now left him with more than enough income to spoil Madison, and now baby Holly, the way he'd always wanted to.
"Where is she then?" Stuart asked, pressing his face close up to the glass. Scott joined him. The nurse was carefully returning Holly to her incubator. Madison stayed close, reaching out to place her fingers in their baby's grasping hand.
"She certainly gets her looks from her mother." Stuart said.
"Thanks for that dad." said Scott with a laugh.
Realising he might have offended his son Stuart stuttered,
"I mean her eyes and her hair."
Scott patted his father on the back.
"I know."
"Do you know when you can take her home?" Marion asked.
"They aren't sure." said Scott. "She is feeding better, but they won't be confident of her ability to regulate her temperature until she's gained a little more weight."
Marion touched Scott sympathetically on the arm.
"That's good news." she said kindly.
Scott nodded. He then grinned as a smiling Madison had noticed them all watching and gave them a wave.
"It is." said Scott, waving back to Madison and Holly with the arm of the Stuart' teddy bear.
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Scott, Stuart and Marion were walking Madison back to her room, the large pink teddy in tow.
Madison was delighted by Marion's knitted creations, and both women were talking about, cardigans and 'little pearl buttons' as if they were the most wonderful thing in the world. Scott just focused on pushing Madison's wheel chair onwards.
There was suddenly a ruckus ahead and a nurse tore past followed by a gurney and a trail of medical staff. The heart monitor was blaring and Jake was kneeling across the trolley doing heart compression on the patient as they hurried to the elevator.
Their eyes followed the all too familiar face that lay on the gurney.
"Adam!" Stuart gasped, staggering slightly as he moved to follow his twin brother; Marion reached out to stop him.
Jackson suddenly came up from behind them. He was short of breath and had clearly been following the gurney.
"What happened?" Scott asked.
"He collapsed at my offices." said Jackson, as they stood and watched the elevator doors closing. "It's his heart."
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