Casey watches with barely contained excitement as Trevor enters his office. He looks exhausted, but unfortunately, he's not alone and she has to wait for half an hour before she can talk to him. The moment the doors close behind the visitor, she pops up from her desk, rushing over to his office and bursting through the door.

"Knock, knock!" he yells in exasperation as he looks up from his desk.

"Sorry, Trevor," she replies, "but did Olivia get hold of you?"

"Olivia?" he asks as he sits up straight in his chair. "No, why? What's happened?"

"She rung when you were in the meeting and asked me to tell you that she's in labour."

Rafael stares at her for a moment and then a smile creeps across his lips. He stands up quickly and moves towards the door, grabbing his coat and gloves as he asks, "What time was that, Casey?"

"At one."

"Christ!" he exclaims as he pulls his phone out of his pocket. The meeting has only just finished, but rather foolishly, he'd been so caught up in his urgent conversation with his boss that he'd forgotten to turn his phone back on and check his messages. As he sees Olivia's text message and notices he has voice mail, he silently berates himself for the oversight and hopes that he isn't too late and that Olivia will forgive him, even if he can't forgive himself, for letting her down again.

He opens the text message first and reads, "Looks like your performance this morning paid off. Mel with me, but I'd love you here too. I'll leave my phone on until I arrive at the birthing centre. O xx" He chuckles at her message as he dials his voice mail, thinking back to their early morning lovemaking when he'd apparently made up for his inability to perform the night before. The message was left about an hour ago and it's from Mel, informing him that they are setting off from the house, and he should look for them at the birthing centre. Ending the call quickly, he turns to Casey and says, "Right, I'm unavailable unless it is urgent. Page me if it's urgent. Let the team know."

Casey nods and watches him disappear through the pods.

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