Finn looked up at a knock on his door, a pretty young nurse poked her head in and asked, "have you got a moment Doctor Finnigan"

Finn smiled at the young woman, he knew she has a bit of a crush on him, and he's half considering taking her up on her not-so-subtle offers.

"Sure Andrea, what can I do for you?" he says with a welcoming smile as he beckons her inside.

She enters the room and closes the door, "look, I'll be honest, I read about what happened at that fashion show. And, well, with all the flack you've gotten from the press, I thought you should be for-warned. Hope Logan was admitted to the E.R. twenty minutes ago. I was just in the canteen having my morning break with Amanda from the admitting desk down there, and she told me."

At Finns frown she said, "I know right? Well, I hope you don't mind, but I made a few subtle enquiries for you, and I found out that she had collapsed at home or something but, that's not the biggest news, and this is huge."

At Finns raised eyebrows she quickly adds, "Apparently the hospital has received a court order allowing us to take a DNA sample from her, her husband, Liam Spencer, and their daughter Beth. On top of that, some other woman has already been in and given her own sample. The rumour is that this other woman is really the kids' mother, and Hope Logan and Liam Spencer might have actually stolen her!"

She took a deep breath, "I thought I'd better warn you in advance. I know the press have been hounding you for a story about what happened, and I didn't want you getting poleaxed by this as well. It's not fair on you, the way they keep dragging you into their messes!" She said as she gazed at him covetously.

Finn leant over and covered her hand with his, "thanks for telling me, Andrea, I think I better go down to the E.R and see what's going on for myself. Thanks to you I now have a pretty good idea of what's happening, but I better make sure."

He took his hand away and Andrea stood back up, she was smiling engagingly at him.

"You know I'm here for you Doctor. Anything you need, I'll be there, always."

Finn smiled and thanked her yet again, then she left, a little disappointed that he still hadn't taken her up on any of her subtle offers, but encouraged he seemed genuinely happy at the effort she'd made to protect him, and keep him informed.

Finn stared at the closed door for a moment, still smiling as he thought, what have you been up to Hope? And does this mean I get to see Liam suffer yet more pain and humiliation?

He took a deep breath, it was time to see what was going on, and if he could insert himself into it to cause yet more chaos in Liam Spencers life.

As Liam and Beth were heading off to have their DNA tests done, Finn was just entering the E.R. After a brief enquiry and a little flirting at the nurse's station, he found that Doctor Marshall is Hopes treating Physician, so he immediately set off to find him.

Luckily for Finn he catches up to him as he's about to go to see Hope about her test results.

Finn smiles at the harried man. "Dr Marshall, I'm glad I caught you." He said ingratiatingly. "Look, I know that Hope Logan is your patient, but would you mind if I took a quick look at the results of the tests you ran?" He asks hopefully.

Doctor Marshall stopped for a moment, and seeing no real harm in having a consulting Doctor peruse the tests he hands them over. "It's pretty obvious what made her faint, too much pressure on top of the obvious. I was just on my way to tell her now."

Finns' eyes widened in growing shock as he read, "I know this isn't exactly policy, but would you mind if I delivered the news?" He asked as he finally lowered the papers to look at his colleague.

At Doctor Marshalls frown he quickly adds, "As you may already know, she's a "friend" of mine, and I think this news might be better coming from me, and on the bright side, it will free up some of your time, I know you're hammered down here today."

The Doctor shrugged, "Not sure what you're talking about as I don't keep up with the gossip around here, I'm lucky to get a meal break let alone any news, but this is my last shift before my break, and I could do with a hand before I hand over to the next shift. I'm just surprised at how quickly she got seen, considering everyone else in here." He nodded at the test result in Finns hands, "So, be my guest, and thanks." He said with a faint smile before he turned hurried off to his next patient.

Finn tucked the results under his arms as he thought for a moment about what to do. After standing there for a minute or so pondering his options he took out his phone and rang the lab, and, after talking to the technician for a short time he hung up, before he too hurried off. He now had a few things to do, before he went and broke the news to Hope, he just hoped that Liam was there when he did.

Hope looked up as Liam entered her private room. "Liam, what are you doing here? Where's mum? And who is looking after Beth?"

Liam didn't answer her, he just walked over to her bed and stared at her, as if he were seeing her for the first time.

Finally, he said, "Beth is getting something to eat with a child services officer, because I told her we needed some privacy to talk. I should imagine Brooke is at the police station giving a statement – who knows. I just want to know one thing. Did you know?" he finally asked.

"Liam, please . . ." began Hope.

"DID YOU KNOW!" he bit out with barely controlled rage.

Hope looked at him with a mixture of fear and anger. "No, of course I didn't know! I just found out a short time ago. I thought mum had gotten the test done, just like you did! She just told us that she had been running late for appointments and got distracted, and that she just knew Beth was ours anyway, so she just told us she'd had it done and that the test proved it. I swear to you Liam, I had no idea until Detective Baker came to mum's house."

She looked up at him beseechingly. "You must believe me Liam, please. Oh god, what are we going to do? They might try to take her away from us! Our daughter Liam! Our baby!"

"But she might not be ours Hope, she might be that other poor girls' baby! The girl who has gone through this entire time thinking her child is dead. Do you honestly think she's just going to hand her over to you? Besides, there is no "us," you made sure of that! There is now only you, and if it goes to court, there is no way that I can see a judge handing you custody of Beth, when she's not even your child to begin with."

He ran his fingers through his hair shakily, "I can't believe it's come to this! Your bloody mother has caused all of this! All to get you the child you wanted!"

"No, Liam, mum would never do anything so cruel!" said Hope as she tried to defend what Brooke had done – or failed to do.

Liam snorted in disgust, "Oh please, Brooke would do whatever it took to who-ever it had to be done to, to get you - her precious daughter Hope – exactly what she wanted, when she wanted it. Just look at what happened with Douglas! And Me! Stupid, idiotic fool, me! I never knew half of what the pair of you had planned and done, and yet, even after finding out, I tried to make excuses for you." He gave a bitter laugh, "and all because I wanted to believe in you. I needed to believe the fantasy I had worked out in my mind about you and our life, I wanted our marriage to work, so badly that I closed my eyes to reality!"

He shook his head as Hope lay there, tears of pain and anguish streaming down her face as she listened to Liams tirade.

"You know what's really ironic in all of this? Brooke has ended up causing you more pain than me, Steffy, Thomas, or Douglas ever could. Every time you've listened to her, every time you've manipulated and connived with her, it's all come crashing back down around you until now . . . here we are!" he said, his arms opened wide as he looked around the small room. "Trapped in the ruin of your life's achievements. And it's all thanks to you and your mothers inveterate scheming!"

Hope gasped at the last cruel barb. "Stop it, Liam, please, I can't take much more, especially not now. I know you're angry, but I am too. Beth is my child, no matter what some stupid test says, I can't lose her Liam, I can't!" She reached out and grabbed his hand, "please Liam, come back to me, we can re-marry, we'll fight this case together, as husband and wife, well win custody, and we'll be a family again."

Liam looked up as a nurse entered quickly followed by Finn. Liams face turned bright red as he wrenched his hand from Hopes and took a step towards him, his fists clenched.

Finn held up his hand, "I've only come with your tests results, Doctor Marshall is swamped at the moment, and I knew you might want to hear them," he said, while taking note of the quick way Liam had dropped Hopes hand and had taken a menacing step towards him.

Liam stopped and took several quick beaths while tried to compose himself.

"Get on with it Finnigan, I gather it's all from the stress she's been under." He said as he glared at him.

"Yes and no." said Finn as he smiled at Liam.

He looked at Hope as he lifted the test results up in a kind of acknowledgement.

"Hope, did you know you're pregnant?"