As always, I don't own the characters, all I own is, Father Bill. The following two characters belong to Channel 4 show "HollyOaks "

Esther Bloom: Esther is a teenager, who had a baby for Grace, when she had a miscarriage, after Grace caught her stealing money from her.

Grace Black. Grace is a gangster, her father, and half - sister, are dead. Recently, her brothers have turned up in the village and she pays her brother Liam, to leave the village.

That's just a bit of background for anybody who reads this chapter and doesn't know who Esther and Grace are.

This chapter is set in the year, 2034.

Adam: 83.

Jessica: 57.

Amelia: 18.

Zoe: 59.

Linda: 53.

Esther: 36.

sweet - as - honey: Thank you for the review. I unfortunately can't take credit for the medical detail as that comes from a Casualty episode titled "A Day In A Life " I'm sorry you found it sad, but really happy you liked it, I know I probably say this for all the Cal and Ricky chapters that I write, but it truly was one of my favourite chapters to write, despite it being sad. I felt like Brax and Kyle were being spiteful to Cal by cutting him out of Ricky's grave, but I also felt that Brax wanted revenge on the fact that Cal was raising his kid, and not him.


The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 150.

Amelia Anderson had grown up from the 12 - year - old girl, to a young woman, who at 18, had left her mum's and step - dad's house in Holby and was now studying Health and Social Care, in order to train to become a nurse, like her mother Jessica, who was now retired.


Teenager Esther Bloom was at her shop "Magic Bean " when Grace pushed Curtis's pram in. Esther sighed, knowing what Grace would want.

"Can you mind Curtis, please, Esther?" She asked, rocking the pram in to the café.

Esther nodded and asked Cleo to cover for her, the McQueen agreed and went to Grace's flat to get what she

Curtis began to cry. Esther leaned over to comfort the crying boy"

She lost focus for a minute and in her confusion, she crashed in to the car in front of her.


"Are you guys OK?" Adam questioned the two females in his car. He got a "Sure " from Jessica and a nod from Linda.

A car shunted Adam's from behind again, and this time, the impact caused Jessica to hit her head on the dash board.

"Jess?" Adam questioned as he saw blood, trickling down her face.

He got out of the car and went to see if the other passengers were alright.

Adam's POV

I raced over to the car to check if the other passengers were ok, I was a doctor, I didn't leave people to die, as I opened the door to the car, my heart sunk, there was a baby, he reminded me of Harry, my son was innocent and he paid with his life for an accident which I could have prevented if I hadn't of took that bend too fast, but Jess kept me calm.

I lifted the baby in to my arms and rocked him, the same way Jess had shown me when her and Harry moved in with me.

"Curtis?" The young woman mumbled, tiredly, I then figured that Curtis was the name of the boy I had in my arms.

I knew I had to tell her something. "He's fine, don't worry "

End of Adam's POV.

"Let's go " Adam helped Esther out of the car, by wrapping his arms around her.

He headed back over to his car and pulled open the door, Linda was in the back, her arm was wedged between the back of Jessica's seat and she couldn't move it.


"Adam?" Linda asked. Linda was lying on the ground, looking at her arm.

"What?" Adam replied.

"The car"

Adam realised what she was on about.

"Right " Adam shut his eyes, he didn't want the tears that were storing in the back of his eyes to fall, his mum - before she had died, in a car accident when Adam was 8 and his brother, Alex, was 6, had always said that crying made you weak.

There was a mantra going through his mind. "Come on, Adam, you've saved her once, you can do it again "

He pulled open the door to the passenger side and leant over his wife's side to undo her seat, he slid his arms and tried to pull her out but he realised her leg was stuck. He tried to pull it out, but all he heard was Jessica crying, begging him to stop.

"Hurts..." Jessica whimpered.

"Shhh. " Adam soothed her as he kissed her forehead.

"Linda " Adam shouted.

"It's Jess" Linda said, she knew she had to help her.

Adam knew that Jessica would be drifting in and out of unconsciousness by now.

Unknown to Linda and Adam, a flame had flicked underneath the car, and it wouldn't be long before it had spread to the whole car and she screamed.

There was a bang as the car went up in to threatening flames, Adam jumped back, pulling Linda with him, protecting her with his weight, he couldn't save his wife, but he could keep her memory alive by saving her friend.


Did she know what was happening? Was she scared? Did she feel fear?

Half sentences flew around in Adam's brain, as he said nothing on the jounery back to the hospital, a passenger by had called an ambulance for Esther and Curtis and another one for Jessica's body to be transported back in.

Adam, Linda, Esther and Curtis headed in to the hospital, Linda went to get her injuries treated by Zoe.

"What happened?" Asked Zoe as she led Linda to a cubicle and told her to sit down on the bed, Linda did and Zoe started treating the burns that she had got when she tried to open the door.

"Adam and Jess crashed " Linda replied as Zoe started to clean and dress the burns.

"Where's my baby?" Grace demanded to know, Curtis was her world, she didn't want anything to happen to him.

Noel looked up from from the computer. "Name?" He asked.

"Grace Black" She replied with a stare, Noël nodded, too scared by her stare, Grace Black had the power to scare anyone.


Adam went to visit Esther, she was sitting on the bed, Curtis on her knee, a peditrician had looked the young child over and declared that he was ok to go home.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"I'm fine" Esther replied.

"Good " Adam smiled, a smile that caused Esther to relax in his company.


Adam walked in to the chapel of rest where Jessica was and shut the door. Usually, dead bodies were taken straight down to the morgue, but Adam had spoken to Zoe, and the consultant had agreed that people could pay their respects to her before the funeral.

She was lying in a coffin, her cuts had been cleared up, Adam could still see how beautiful she was.

He bent down and kissed his forehead.

"I love you" He told her.

Linda was Jessica's next visitor. Linda told her about their adventures while in America and then she told her about one when they were in America.

Linda's flashback

It was 1997, and a blonde girl sat alone, in the canteen, eating her lunch, she was envious of the brown haired girl, who was laughing with her mates.

"Are you ok?" Jessica asked, taking a sip of her water. She didn't know this girl, but she knew that she had to help her out.

"I'm being bullied " She told her.

"Oh" Jessica said, she didn't know what else to do.

Jessica sat with her. She brought her magazines and gave her money, telling her not to worry about paying her back.

End of Linda's flashback.


"Adam?" Amelia questioned as she opened the door to her room and saw her step - father standing in the hallway, he looked like he had aged overnight "Are you OK?" She asked, them 3 little words reminded him of Jess.

"Amelia, I have something to tell you, " He told her as he stepped in to the room.

He knew this wasn't going to be easy, Jessica loved her kids and he knew the kids loved her.

She offered Adam a cup of coffee and left it on the table.

"It's about your mum" Adam

"Hey, it's ok" Adam rested his hand on the small of her back and for a moment, Adam saw the 12 - year - old, who had buried her baby brother.

Amelia had been 8 when her father had taken her and Lucas out of the country because of his wife's affair with Adam, she hadn't understood, why her father had done it, all she knew was that her mummy wasn't going to go be with them.


"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies, " Says The Lord.

"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, neither angels, nor demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us, from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our lord "

"Blessed who these who mourn for they will be comforted "

"We are here today to mourn the life of Jessica Harrison. She was a mother, a wife and a nurse "

"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We now commit our sisters Jessica's body to the ground.

In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life..."

Adam stood up and Amelia squeezed his hand in support as he walked up the aisle, the same aisle he had walked up when he had married Jessica, he had been running late and he had promised her that he wouldn't be late.

He unfolded the paper and looked out to the colleagues that had worked with Jessica, they were: Tess, Zoe, Big Mac, Dixie, Rita.

Adam cleared his throat as he began to talk.

"Jessica was the love of my life. She was a great Nurse and Holby won't be the same without her "

Linda wiped away tears and Adam stepped down from the alter. Zoe gave a watery smile, she liked Jessica and now she would have no one to gossip with.


Adam walked in to the darkened house after dropping Linda off at Zoe's apartment, Zoe knew that Linda needed a friend, and suddenly he felt like he wasn't alone.

Adam stopped still and stared, as for there in front of him, there was a young woman, in her late 30's, in a white dress, hair hung lose, holding a baby in her arms, he knew it was Jessica coming to say goodbye to him.

Jessica spoke softly and quietly. "Goodbye Adam "

Adam felt tears in his eyes as he watched her turn and head up the stairs, she stopped and stared at him from the top of them and then disappeared.

"Goodbye Jess" Adam whispered, safe in the knowledge that she was no longer in pain.


Thank you for reading. I really enjoyed writing it.

Next chapter: Cal and Ricky look after Linda's daughter, Sarah - Louise, for the night while Linda catches up with her old friend, Jessica, but will the night go as smoothly as Cal expects it too? Prompted by LindaAndrewsfan.

I've had an idea involving Taylor and Ricky, but it won't be a love triangle with Cal.