Parker, Jarod and Catherine get to to Jamaica. They find a nice little cottage on the beach to buy. It has been several days and still no word from Sydney. Jarod goes out everyday hoping to hear something. Finally, one afternoon Catherine is playing outside and comes running into the house.
"Mommy, mommy uncle Sydney is coming."
Parker takes her daughter's hand and goes out to meet him. He drives up in the yard. Parker gives him a hug when he gets out.
"I was getting worried about you. I haven't heard from you in while."
"I'm sorry. We had to cover our tracks before we made it here."
"Where are Broots and Debbie?"
"They are coming. They have a surprise for you."
"Really what?" Parker asked wondering what it could be. "Jarod goes out everyday hoping to hear from you, did you not see him?"
"Yes, we saw him. He is coming with Broots and Debbie."
They go into the house waiting for Jarod to arrive. Before long, he comes home.
"Honey, I have a surprise for you." he says as he walks in.
"What is it?" she asked. Knowing Jarod it could be anything.
Catherine runs up to Debbie, "Debbie, Debbie your finally here." She gives her a big hug.
Debbie sits her down and says, "I missed you too."
Angelo comes walking in. "Angelo, what are you doing here?" Parker asked as she looked over at Sydney.
"Daughter is happy." he says he walks up to her.
"Yes, Angelo I am."
Sydney says, "He wanted to be free from the Centre like the rest of us so we bought him with us."
Catherine looks at Angelo. She doesn't know who he is. She runs over to her mother and holds onto her mother's leg. "Catherine this is Angelo." Parker says as she could see fear in her eyes.
Angelo bends down to Catherine and says, "Daughter."
"Yes, Angelo she is my daughter." Parker answers.
Jarod says, "Has she not met Angelo before?"
"No, I kept her away from the Centre." replies Parker.
"That's good. I didn't want her to be correupted." he answers in relief. He sits down beside his wife.
Catherine and Angelo came quick friends. They all stay with Jarod and Parker a few days before they find their own places.
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Parker, 28 weeks into her pregnacy, comes through the front door. She heads for the couch and lays down.
"How was your doctor's appointment?" Jarod asked as he saw her walk in.
"Fine." she answers.
Jarod walks over to her and sits down. "Would you like me to to take Catherine out for a while so you can rest?"
"No, I'm fine."
"Are you sure? I don't mine."
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Catherine comes into the room and climbs in her mother's lap. "Mommy, you're home."
"Yeah, have you been good for your daddy?"
"I'm always good." she answers.
She touches her mother's stomach. "Where is the baby?"
"In there." Parker replies as she pokes on her stomach. The baby moves and Parker says, "Did you feel that?"
"Do it again?" she answers.
"If you wait a few minutes he will move again." Parker replies to Catherine.
Jarod says, "What are we going to name our son?"
"I don't know. I haven't really thought about it." she says.
Jarod gets up and heads toward the kitchen. "I have something cooking. Would you like something to eat?" he says.
"What are you cooking?" Parker asked.
"You'll see." he answers.
Catherine stays on the couch with her mother. "Mommy, did you know that a zebra's strips are different?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I was just wondering if you knew."
"Did you learn this today watching the Discovery channel?"
"No, I read it in a book. Did you know that a Tyrannosaurus is 18 feet tall?"
"No, where are you coming up this stuff?" Parker asked.
"I just know it."
"Have you been hanging out with uncle Sydney again?"
"Yeah, but he didn't know that one."
"Jarod." Parker yells into the kitchen.
"What?" he asked as he entered the room.
"What have you and Catherine being doing while I was gone?"
"Not much. We walked around outside and played in her room. Why?"
"Have you been listening to the stuff she is coming up with?"
"She's a smart girl."
"I know that but I don't even know how to say Tryan...something and she just says it like it is a normal word in her vocabulary."
Catherine looks at her mom and says, "I'm going to be four soon. I should know these things."
Parker looks at her and shakes her head. Jarod just laughs and goes back into the kitchen. There is a knock at the door and Catherine runs over to open the door.
"Catherine, wait. I don't know who is."
"It's Debbie."
Parker opens the door and sees Debbie standing there. "Hey, I was going to the store down the road and I was wondering if I could take Catherine with me."
"Sure, take her." Parker says.
"What time do you want her home? I thought I would take home afterwards."
"I don't care, couple of hours."
"Okay, I will have her home later."
Catherine gives her mother a kiss and leaves with Debbie. Parker goes into the kitchen. Jarod sets the food back in the oven to keep it warm. Parker walks over to him and puts her hand on his chest. She stands behind him and says, "Catherine went home with Debbie for a while."
"Really," Jarod answers as his wife rubs her hands over his chest and down his waist.
"Yeah." Parker replied back softly. She lays her head on his shoulder before taking Jarod's hand and lends him to the bedroom.
"And what do you have planned for us while she is gone?" he asked.
"Let me show you." she says as she kissed him.
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A couple of hours later Debbie and Angelo bring Catherine back. Jarod left Parker asleep in the bed. He takes his daughter out for some bonding time. After a while he bring her back for bath time. Parker wakes up to the noises in the bathroom.
"What are you two up to?" she asked as she enters.
"I'm taking a bath." Catherine answers.
Jarod looks up at her and says, "Are you ready to eat?"
"Yeah, I'm hungry now."
"You can start without us. We will be in there in a minute."
"No, I can wait."
After the bath and dinner, Jarod gets Catherine ready for bed. He wants to help Parker out as much as he can so he lets her rest.
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36 weeks into Parker's pregnacy, she wakes up from a nap to some sharp pains. "It's not time." she says to herself. She tries to get up from the bed and knocks over some things. Catherine hears her and comes in.
"Mommy, I heard something. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, can you go get your father?"
"Sure. He went outside. I'll be back."
Parker knew there was no way she could make it down the stairs. While Catherine was gone Parker's water breaks. Her labor pains get sharper and longer. Jarod comes in and yells, "Where are you?"
"Up here." she yells.
Jarod walks into in the bedroom. "What is it?"
"Jarod, the baby is coming now!"
"What? He can't come. He is early."
"I know that but he is ready to come." she says as she grits her teeth. Jarod had a flashback from when she had Catherine. He knows she wasn't lying about this.
Catherine comes back in. Jarod says, "Honey, I need you to go get your uncle Sydney. Can you do that for me?"
"Sure daddy." she leaves.
Jarod says, "Do you want to move over to the chair? It might be easier to deliver sitting up."
"Yeah." she says as she breaths in and out slowly.
Jarod helps her to the chair. He sees a lot of blood. He knew it wouldn't be long. "I need to call the doctor."
"It will be to late."
"I know but he still needs to come by." Jarod goes over to the phone and makes the call then returns to his wife's side. "Let me take a look. I need to see if the baby is coming."
"What?" she says not paying attention to him.
"Spread your legs. I need to see if the baby is coming."
Parker sits back in the chair and spreads her legs. She feels another sharp pain coming on. She grabs Jarod's shoulders and digs her fingernails into him. Then she squeezes hard.
Jarod concentrating on the baby's safe delivery doesn't notice the pain she is causing his shoulders. "Okay, you are almost fully dilated. This baby is coming soon."
"I told you that a while ago and you wouldn't listen to me." she said gritting her teeth again. "Jarod, I feel like I have to push."
"Wait. You can't yet."
"I can't wait. I need to push!" she yells as she begins to push anyway.
"Melissa stop!"
Sydney enters the house about the time Jarod yells. He yells out, "Jarod."
"Up here, Syd." Jarod yells back.
He walks into the bedroom and sees Parker in the chair. Jarod looks over at him and says, "The baby is coming now. I need your help." Sydney goes to Parker's side. She grabs his hand and says, "Syd, glad you could make it." She looks back at Jarod. "I have to push. I can't wait." she says testy.
"Okay, push." he says.
He looks down and sees the baby is coming breech. "Wait. Don't push!" He looks up at Sydney. He knew what Jarod was thinking.
Sydney says, "I'll be back." He leaves.
Jarod knew this baby was going to need to some coming out. Parker looks at him and says, "What?"
"Nothing, just relax."
"Relax. I can't relax. Tell me what is going on." She is very cranky by this time.
Jarod takes a deep breath and says, "I have to cut you."
"What?"
"I have to cut you. The baby is coming beech. I was afraid this would happen with him coming early."
Sydney walks back in with something for Jarod to cut her. "I don't care just get him out!" Parker yells.
Jarod says, "Okay, are you ready?"
"Let's get it over with." she replies. Jarod gets ready to cut her and says, "Take a deep breath. Listen to my voice."
"Wait." she says.
"What?"
"Have you ever done this before?"
"I was a doctor once remember." He didn't want to tell her this was his first baby to deliver. Then he says, "Do you trust me?"
"You're the only one. You know that."
"Then..."
"Okay, get it over with." Parker says she tries so hard not to push while he is cutting.
Jarod says, "Okay take a deep breath and concentrate on my voice."
Parker grabs the chair arm and yells when Jarod cuts her. He says, "Push."
She takes Sydney's hand and takes another deep breath. She has a thin sheet of sweat covering her body and her hair is soaked in sweat. She yells as she pushes due to the pain of the tearing. Then, she hears a baby crying.
"It's a boy. You did it." he says smiling. He takes his son and lays him on her stomach until he cuts the cord. Then he hands him to her.
She looks him over, counting every finger and toe. "He looks like you." she says exhausted. "Now he needs a name."
"I think we should name him Kyle after my brother."
"Kyle was a pain in the ass. I think Kyle would suit him." Parker says as she looks up at Jarod. Jarod looks at her funny. "You were a pain in the ass too. We could name him after you?"
"No, I like Kyle." He looks at her and says, "I need to sew you up."
Sydney looks at both of them and says, "I will clean him up. I don't want to be here for that." He takes Kyle and leaves.
"Let's get this over with." she tells Jarod with exhaustion. He could tell she was tired and needed some rest.
After he sewed her up, he helped her back to bed. It's wasn't long before the doctor showed up. Jarod met him at the door.
"Where is the little mother?" asked the doctor.
"Up here." Jarod takes him to the bedroom.
"Mrs. Russell, I need to exam you. I want to make sure everything is fine."
"I will leave you alone." Jarod says.
The doctor comes out later and looks at the baby. "They are both doing fine. You did excellent work on sewing her up. Have you done this before?"
"Once or twice." Jarod replies.
"The best I ever seen. I will run some test on the cord blood and get back with you later."
"Thanks, doc."
"It was no problem. If she feels like it have her come in, in a couple of days so I can do a full check. If she doesn't let me know I can come back. Then I won't need to see her for six weeks."
"Okay."
He leaves. Broots, Angelo, Debbie, and Catherine come in. Jarod bends down to Catherine and says, "You have a new little brother."
"Where?" she asked.
"Sydney has him."
They all go to see the baby. Jarod goes back up stairs to check on his wife. He walks in quitely. Parker raises up. "I just wanted to check on you. I didn't mean to wake you."
"I wasn't asleep."
"How are you feeling?"
"Sore, very sore. Jarod will you do something for me?"
"You know I will. What is it?"