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Dressed in a pair of jeans and a green polo shirt, Christian hurried down the corridor.

'Lexa'. She turned around, looking confused 'Oh...Christian,...hello?'. She looked surprised but stopped, turning around as he spoke.

'I need to check something with you'. The teenager narrowed her eyes at the tall, older man.

'Right, well, I'm already skipping class to see my sister in law, I haven't got long Christian'. He nodded and leant against the wall, looking exhausted

'Are you alright? Health wise I mean? I know that you have been alright since the treatment but right now...are you alright?'.

Lexa blinked in surprise

'Yeah, I had some tests done two weeks ago, I'm fine'. She saw the evident relief on Christian's face

'Thank god. The last thing this family needs right now is more worry. If you do get sick again, I have access to the world's best doctors, just let me know okay?'.

Lexa didn't say anything, simply blinking in surprise as Christian walked away down the corridor.

Grace was looking over some notes when Christian came over and rested a hand on her back. 'Mum, you look exhausted'.

She nodded 'I am. It's been a very long day'.

He nodded, leaning against the countertop, looking equally exhausted. 'I know...I think I've aged a hundred years in a few days...'.

Grace smiled slightly 'you're a good parent Christian, don't forget that, okay?'. He nodded slightly, uncomfortable and Grace continued.

'We're lucky Jade didn't really lose too much blood. We would have had to give her a transfusion, did you know she had one in Israel?'.

Christian shook his head slightly 'I didn't want to know any of the details if I'm honest. Will she be okay now?'.

Grace half nodded. 'We have to keep an eye on her, check she isn't losing any blood. It's advisable we take some blood from you in case she is in need of a transfusion'.

Grace saw Christian pale slightly 'what? What's wrong?'.

'Mum...I might not be her father...I might not be able to give her blood, we might not be a match'.

Grace looked shocked and confused 'what do you mean 'you might not be her father' Christian?'.

He swallowed and looked at his mother 'Who else was Elena sleeping with when Jade was conceived?'.

'Lincoln...oh my god. But the DNA test, when she was a baby...?'. He shook his head 'I didn't look at it, just threw it in a bin. If it wasn't me, it was Lincoln James, and the last think I wanted was that little girl going to live with him, after the way he beat Elena up...after my own childhood, how could I send her off to him?'.

Grace looked surprised but nodded, placing a hand gently on his arm 'Does she know?'. He nodded 'She'd known for years, before she even went to Israel. For some reason she said it never mattered to her'.

Grace blinked in surprise but nodded. She had raised three children who weren't biologically her own, she was more than aware that it didn't really matter. However, she couldn't hold back her surprise that Jade had always known, and that there was a chance she had killed her own father.

Callie Sawyer, Luke and Lexa's mother was sitting in the hallway, absently fiddling with an empty paper coffee cup when she saw Jade walk down towards her.

'Oh Jade my dear, I didn't know where I was meant to go- I didn't want to...you know...I-I-I didn't want to get in the way'.

Jade shook her head and smiled slightly, all she was able to manage was a weak, brief smile however.

'No, I want you here. I felt bad that you weren't here when it all…happened. There wasn't any time to call anyone really...I'm sorry'.

Callie shook her head and placed a hand on her daughter in law's arm 'no, don't apologise Jade, I'm serious, it's not your fault. It wasn't expected and there was nothing I could have done if I was here. I wasn't in the City so I had to travel back…I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world Jade'.

Jade nodded and beckoned Callie over to the glass window of the ward and she pointed. 'Fourth one over, that's CJ'.

Jade glanced at Callie, seeing the elder woman tear up slightly 'Oh Jade, he's beautiful. How is he doing?'.

'Better. It's not been long but in the grand scheme of things, he's stronger than they assumed he would be… Faith has been asking Mia if she can see her new brother…I think we should wait a few days first'.

Callie nodded, finally looking away from her grandson and down the corridor, distracted by something behind Jade.

'I agree. Oh, uh- that's Rory's girlfriend'. Jade turned and saw a tall, slim, very pretty nurse with dark red hair and lightly tanned skin was speaking to a female doctor by the nurses station a little way off.

Jade frowned 'How do you know?'. Callie raised an eyebrow 'he's my step son. I'm allowed to do some snooping'.

Jade smiled for the first time in 24 hours, meeting the nurses eye as she turned around. She excused herself from the conversation and walked over to the two women.

'Hi, uh, I'm Allegra Smith, I gathered from your expressions that you know I'm dating Rory. I thought I should come over and speak to you both, I'm one of the attending nurses on the paediatric ward at the moment, I work with Dr Grey as well'.

They both nodded and Allegra smiled slightly, looking between the two 'Rory has spoken very highly of you both, and so has Grace'

Allegra glanced around to check no one was nearby within earshot and spoke with a quiet voice.

'Look, I'm not supposed to say anything but Rory said you would want to know now... Baby CJ is doing well. They've taken him off the highest level of concern, he still needs the breathing assistance, which is understandable, but they can't see any problems with his hearing, brain function or sight…I'm not saying you should get your hopes up or anything. Rory has told me about what your family has been through in the last year or so, and I'm glad I can be the one to give you some positive news'.

I realized that Callie hadn't made an appearance for a while.

So we've met Allegra, and I'm thinking Elena, Jenny, Daniel or Ari should make an appearance soon. What do you think?

Let me know what you thought and what you want to see

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