Scott stood in front of the door waiting to be beeped through. He could see a smiling Dr Stanhope waiting on the other side. He had come to Oak Haven to visit his girlfriend.

"Scott, so great to see you again." said Dr Stanhope, shaking his hand enthusiastically as he stepped through the door.

Scott was led through to the recreation room where he had seen Madison on his last visit.

"Now as I warned you before, Madison still has a way to come but she is now successfully medicating herself with minimal monitoring by staff. If she can keep to her current regime for two more weeks and has no relapse, then she will be ready to come home.

"Two weeks?" asked Scott. "Will she be safe around the baby?"

"She will need supervision, and we will offer at-home support of course but the medication she's on successfully controls her psychosis. She'll be fine around Holly. She been asking about her, I hope you brought pictures…"

As Dr Stanhope spoke there was a click and the other door to the room opened and Madison stepped in.

Unlike the frail unfocused woman that Scott had seen on his last visit Madison was bright and alert. She looked at him and smiled.

"Scott… oh Scott!" she gasped rushing over to hug him. "Scott I'm so sorry!"

Scott returned the hug, shocked by the change.

"Madison you're you!"

"Almost." she said, stepping back and shaking her head. "How's… Holly? Is she okay?"

"She perfect." said Scott still astounded at Madison's transformation. "Um…" he pulled his phone from his pocket. "I brought pictures from Christmas if you want to see them."

Madison's smile got wider.

"Yes please."

Scott played a video he had made on his cell phone of Holly encountering her first Christmas present. She sat wide eyed and amazed, not sure what to do about the box wrapped in bright coloured wrapping paper. It was the cutest scene ever.

Madison gasped.

"She's so big!" she exclaimed. "I had idea… She looks so healthy!"

"She is." said Scott. "She's becoming a handful but she's still daddy's incredible little girl."

"Our little girl." said Madison, leaning against Scott's side and warmly squeezing his hand.

Scott flinched, her words stung. He had no idea the person he would find here today. He was not expecting Madison to have gotten herself together so quickly. All he could feel now was guilt. If Madison was well then they would be a family again like they always should have been and he had betrayed her for nothing…

"Do you have any more pictures?" Madison asked, breaking his dark thoughts.

"Sure." said Scott, flicking back into his phone to find the photos taken at Marissa and Bianca's Christmas party.

…

When their twenty minutes were up, Madison was escorted from the room and Dr Stanhope patted Scott warmly on the back as he led him back to the security door.

"You got here on a good day." he said, "You can see now that hope is possible. She still has a long way to go. We have good days and bad but the good days are becoming more numerous and right now that's all we can hope for. Don't worry son, soon you will have your family back together. She just needs time."

Scott nodded, thanking the doctor for his hard work. He left the hospital in a daze, still no clearer about what he should do next. He was worried about his future and Holly. He still wasn't convinced that Madison wasn't a threat to his baby girl. He realised he had no choice. He needed to talk to a lawyer. Fortunately one of his best friends was supremely qualified.

Scott pulled his cell from his pocket and dialled.

"Hey Marissa. Do have time for a talk?"

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