UNKNOWN POV.

There they stood, silence filled the air. Amelia on the side witnessing the love unfolding not only between father and daughter but the unbreakable tie between Hanna and Caleb.

Hanna stood in fear of what Caleb was thinking.

Caleb stood with a heavy heart, feeling conflicted. His love for Hanna was evident but with a slight feeling of betrayal it was now tainted. His love for his daughter was undeniable.

Amelia cleared her throat breaking the tension for a split second dragging everyone out of their mental debates with themselves.

"Caleb, give me the car keys, while you talk to her."

Caleb finally realised the depth of the situation. He nodded his head and handed over the keys silently thanking Amelia forgiving them this time to just be with each other and for him to try and make sense of all of this mess.

Hanna was now sitting down, silently sobbing while her shoulders shook. She was scared of rejection, she was scared of his anger and she was scared of being unloved by the one person she thought would always have love for her.

After Amelia leaving them alone, Caleb silently sat down with Malia in his arms. She was content with being with her father.

"Hanna?"

She refused to look at him, she shut her eyes tight, almost wishing this was not happening to her right now.

"Hanna, we need to talk about this, I don't even know what really happened and what to think right now, I know how we have let things that were left unsaid and unexplained just destroy us, let's not do that again"

With that Hanna looked at him. She already thought they were destroyed.

"That's a good sign, you finally looked me in the eyes since I saw you after a whole year."

With that she looked to the ground again. Scared.

Caleb sighed, knowing this was not the approach he would most likely win answers out of her. When Hanna felt cornered, she simply shut down and that would not help the situation at all.

"I'm sorry, can you begin at the beginning?"

"I'm so sorry Caleb" Hanna cried.

Malia sensed her mother's sadness. She immediately reached out to be held by her mom. Hanna just gave her a sad smile and kissed her forehead but continued to let Caleb hold her.

Taking a deep breath Hanna started to recount the past year.

"I don't know where to start… Just before I left I found out that I was pregnant. Finding out was a shock to me and my mom. She had forced me to go see a doctor since I was getting sick every day and after two weeks she had enough. We found out and I was forced to decide what we were going to do. I immediately knew that I was keeping her. Abortion was definitely out of the question and I knew what the fostering system was like so giving her up was never an option.

My mom wanted to know what my plan was, we decided that we I would live with Grams and return in a year when I had gotten into the swing of things. I wanted to tell you but with you getting the job in New York and things finally falling into place, I did not want you to sacrifice anything else. I wanted you to go through with what you had planned and when I returned I would have called you and told you about her.

Throughout our relationship you have saved me and protected me, this time I had to do something to ensure your happiness.

There were nights where I called and was ready to tell you, but as soon as you picked up I would draw blank and just listen to your voice until I hung up again ashamed.

I begged my mother to not say anything, she would tell me how you came by often asking for me but she had to lie to you constantly, it hurt both me and her. I went through a lot of guilt over the next few months of my pregnancy and then the depression set in. Ultimately, she was my life line.

You have to know that it was never my intention to keep her a secret and away from you. I was going to tell you as soon as I knew that you had everything that you wanted to achieve and that we would not have caused destruction in your plans."

Hanna finished off crying softly.

Caleb was stunned and could hear the regret etched in her voice. He knew she had his best interest at heart but he still felt that hint of betrayal and distrust and worst of all, the hurt in his heart.

He wasn't sure if he should comfort her or not, but he knew he was not ready for that yet.

"What's her name?"

Hanna looked up and stared into his eyes.

"Malia, her name's Malia"

Caleb looked at her stunned.

"You named her Malia?"

"Yeah, that was the name we decided on and I was going to stick to its. Her full name's Malia Shae Rivers."

"And my last name?"

"Caleb she's your daughter, of course she has your last name. She was always yours so I wouldn't have thought of naming her anything else."

"Shae?"

"I spelled it S.H.A.E. after the girls, Spencer, Hanna, Aria and Emily."

"It's perfect" he looked down at the baby and smiled.

"Caleb, I'm sorry. I really am."

"Honestly Hanna, I do not know what I feel right now. This is a lot and I can't even think straight. I need time to get my head around all of this and just breathe. I have a daughter… that's a lot."

"Yeah I understand…"

"It's getting a bit chilly, let's get you home."

"It's okay, we walked."

"Hanna pack up her stroller, I'll drive you both home."

Hanna knew better than to argue with him, so she nodded and started packing up their things.