Jade was sitting on the floor in the Escala apartment living room area. Faith was lying on the large baby blanket next to her, gurgling at a soft rattle in her little hands. Faith was now four months old, dressed in a red and white polka dot baby grow, she had her mothers grey eyes and her fathers blonde hair.

Jade and Luke had refused to hire a nanny, not really needing one anyway as Jade's work was going to keep her at home. She had spent a lot of time at Escala in the last four months, Luke and Christian were in and out during the day and it meant she wasn't on her own all the time.

Today was another day that Jade had come to the apartment, Luke and Christian were in the City but she enjoyed the relaxing feeling of Escala, and Faith seemed to be calmer there.

Gail had been out grocery shopping and returned to find an exhausted looking Jade cradling her crying daughter on a sofa. Gail put the bags down and watched the mother and baby for a few seconds, the kitchen area open to the living room area.

Jade had cut her hair to her a little and it was in sleek, casual waves. Her body was once again as it had been before the pregnancy; trim and toned to perfection, she looked better than she had in years. Gail knew the reason for this.

Jade was finally happy, it had taken a long time, but Luke was as much her salvation as Ana was to Christian, the new four month old addition had made Jade complete, filled a gap in her life that she wasn't even aware she was missing.

Gail smiled as Faith calmed down, the cries turning into sleepy gurgles. She made her way over 'I love having the two of you here during the day, it's wonderful to see how you are with her'. Jade grinned and sat down on the sofa, Gail sitting on the one opposite.

'There was a time when I thought I'd never see you this happy, I'm always going to be happy you found Luke'. She smiled, looking up from her daughter 'he's not bad is he?'. Gail watched the yawning baby with a soft smile 'soon she'll be crawling and walking, then you'll have a proper handful'. Jade laughed 'I can't wait until she starts talking, that'll be amazing'.'Mmm, 'Auntie Gail', you're right, that'll be lovely to hear'.

Jade looked up briefly 'Don't be silly, she's probably going to call you grandma, you've been more of a parent to me than any other person in my life'. Gail looked both happy and surprised at this, Jade frowned 'if you'd rather not then...' Gail shook her head 'oh god no, I just didn't realise you felt like that?'.

Jade shrugged 'you've always been there for me, regardless, my Mum's never shown an interest. It's not a hard decision to make really'. Faith started making noises again and Jade sighed 'I think she wants feeding, I'll see you in a little bit'. She stood up slowly with Faith and walked out of the room, leaving Gail with a happy look on her face.

Grace made her way over to her granddaughters apartment when he finished her shift later that day. She'd rung ahead to check where Jade was and was greeted at the front door with a huge smile and a tight hug. 'Hi, I haven't seen you in ages, you want anything to eat?'.

Grace smile and shook her head 'I'm fine, it's only a passing visit'. 'Okay, Faith has just fallen asleep finally, she's in the nursery'.

Grace nodded and sat down on the comfy sofa 'you know the Charity Coping Together?' Jade nodded absently 'the one for parents with drug addiction?'. 'Yes, well we are hosting a fundraising ball for them in Saturday night...can you come?'.

Jade shook her head immediately 'I can't leave Faith'. 'What if you had someone look after her in a quiet part of the house, away from the noise? You could go up and see her whenever you wanted. I just think it'd be good for you to spend time with people'. Jade considered for a few minutes 'If you can convince Gail to look after Faith in my old room or something then yeah, I'll probably do that'.

Grace's face split into a huge smile and she hugged Jade tightly. 'Thank you dear, I'll talk to Gail as soon as possible'.

Jade had been in the bath for a long time, totally relaxing for once. Luke had run it for her and offered to look after Faith whilst she was in it. She was in a pair of short black pyjama shorts and a blue shirt of Luke's when she wandered back into the living room area.

Jade stood and watched the sight in front of her for a few seconds, a smile across her lips. Luke was holding Faith in his arms, standing by the huge floor to ceiling glass windows and talking quietly to his daughter.

'That's your Grandad's house over there' Jade smiled, knowing that at night time the lights from Escala could just about be seen from their own building. 'And that's where I met your Mummy, Uncle Taylor told me to stay away from Mummy but I didn't. She's the best thing that ever happened to me, and now I've got you. But no man is ever going to date you Faith, not till you're 50 years old'.

Jade laughed and Luke turned, seeing her in the doorway. 'You sound like my dad now Luke'. He laughed and she came over, kissing him gently 'did Dad talk to you about the masked ball?'. He nods 'Grace came over just as I was leaving to talk to Gail, she instructed me to get you a dress'.

They both laughed and stood watching their daughter fall asleep in her Dad's arms. Luke looked down at Faith and Jade, knowing that he was never ever going to let anything come between the two most important women in his life, especially not Elena Lincoln.

She had been suspiciously quiet for the last four months.

The masked ball was certainly going to be an interesting event.

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We get a bit of Elena drama next chapter