Chapter 5

It's been a couple days now. The results still aren't back. I have school today so I am in school.
I see Lena walk into my classroom and talk to my teacher.
"Ok Callie. Your going home. Here are a few things for homework. Turn them in tomorrow. Have a good rest of your day," Timothy says.
I grab the paper, "you too Timothy."
I follow Lena out to the hall before I speak.
"They called mom. They have your results back. But she sounded on edge, she said to get there as fast as you can, she didn't tell me or Stef anything, but that," Lena says.
I figured it would be them. Lena never comes in my class.
"I'm going with you guys," Lena says as she opens the door to her office. "Let's go babe."
Stef follows us to Stef's car as we get in.
"I texted the kids. I said your key is in your office and Brandon can drive them home," Stef says as she turns on the car.
Lena nodded. I look out the window as the scenery changes from the beach to downtown where Quinca's office is. We pull in and I get out. I dust off my butt as I walk through the doors to her firm.
"Oh great, you guys are here. In the first door to your left," the receptionist calls out.
Lena nods and guides us to the office. I don't see Robert it his lawyer there. So it must be bad. I must not be getting adopted.
I take a seat in the middle of Lena and Stef and look up to Quinca.
"Ok. So her dna results came back, Robert isn't the father," she starts to say.
I interrupt her, "what? It says it on my birth certificate though."
"I know. But hear me out. So it cake up a perfect match for someone who you are close with," the lawyer says.
"What do you mean? Who is her father?" Lena asks her patiently.
"Listen, her mother isn't her real mother either," I hear her say. That caught my attention.
"What do you mean she isn't her mother?" I hear Stef say. "Who is her father and mother then?"
"It came up positive... Mike is her father," she exclaims. I move back some. Mike? How? "And Stef, you are her biological mother. Brandon is her twin," she addresses.
"No. That can't be right. The doctors told me I only had 1 child. I even saw on the ultrasound one child. She printed out one child's picture. I only had one child," Stef rocks her head back and forth.
"Stef, you don't remember this because you were out cold when they had to birth Callie and Brandon. Because something was wrong. So I brought the doctors in for some questioning. They were all working under Justina Marks. Who allegedly took Callie from you guys. She paid them more for Callie. A family wanted a girl and well you were having a girl and a boy. So they took one and kept the other. I know it's a lot to take in..."
I get up from my seat and run out of the building. How could I have not known? I saw Justina Marks on one of my moms envelopes in the mail on the island when I was little. It was a check with a long paragraph. I didn't know how to read at the time I my own, so I didn't read it.
I take off running. This can't be happening. This can't be happening.

Stef PoV-
"Callie?!" I yell after her but she took off running. Lena put a hand on my back. "It's ok baby. She'll come back," she kisses my cheek as I sit down with Tera in my eyes.
"Yep me everything you know and tell me it know or else I will fire you," I bellow to her.
"Ok. Ok," she told me what she knows. And I cry. Lena puts her hand around me and holds me close.
How did my daughter go through all that? How did I not possibly know that Callie was my daughter? Or that Callie was Brandon's twin? I'm a bad mother. I knew they looked alike with Brown Hair, brown eyes, same height. I should've suspected it. But instead, I didn't.
"Babe, It's a lot for Callie to take in. She is going to come back. I know it. Okay? And if she doesn't come back before 9, then we will go look for her. I promise," I hear Lena say.
"Can we just leave?"I ask her. She nods and we leave. I look down the toad for Callie but she isn't there. I shake my head.
Lena drives us home while I text Callie.
Callie, we are going home. if you don't come by 9 we are putting a police file for a missing person. I don't want to, but I will have to. Come on home. I love you, Stef XOXO
When I am done texting her, we are home. Lena's car is there so the kids are home. I look at the clock in my car and it reads 2:30.
I get out and walk up to the door. I open it and Lena closes it behind me.
Mariana, Jesus, Jude, and Brandon are all there waiting.
"Where's Callie?" Jude asks.
"We don't know. She took off. But right now, your mom needs to take a break. She just found out Callie is her biological daughter and Brandon's twin. So she needs time to rest," Lena says and Brandon looks at me.
"How did you not know about her? How did I not know? Oh my god," Brandon paces around the room.
"On the plus part, she can't get pulled out of this house anymore," I say.
Jude looks down. Oh shit. He though Callie was his sister. Oh lord. Jude has a tear rub down his face. I walk over to him. "Hey bud?"
He looks up at me. "Callie is your sister. And always will be. Just because she is not blood, does not mean your not siblings. She is your sister. Loyalty and trust is something that a family portrays. And Callie is loyal and she trusts you and she is protective. So yes my baby, she still is your sister. Plus now that I found out, I can finally change her birth certificate. But she's been lied to her whole life. She will never have to be ripped out of this house again."
I looked to my family.
Brandon speaks very quiet, "I kissed her. That's why she ran."
I looked to Lena with a disgusted face. "Did he just.."
"Wow Brandon.. you really screwed this family. Why did you kiss her? Your own sister your twin?" Mariana yells.
"Mari... don't start.. I didn't know she was my sister. Or else we wouldn't have. It was a stupid mistake, god," Brandon gets abruptly from where he was sitting and left the room.
I put my hand on my mouth. I think for a second. I look to Lena and shake my head. Wow. I can't believe my twins kissed each other. That's disturbing and disgusting. "Kids, go. I need to talk to mama," I say to Mariana and Jesus. They nod and go upstairs.
I turn to Lena as she sits down next to me. She Rubs her hand up and down my back.
"Honey, Callie will come back. Brandon didn't mean to kiss her. I can tell. They will be fine. I promise baby. Come here," Lena says as I cry into her shoulders for a good minute.
Me and Lena heard the door open but we didn't bother to see who it was. The door closed and someone came behind me and wrapped their arms around me.
"I'm sorry for rubbing like that. I just needed to clear my head," at Callie's voice, we both turned over and saw her hugging me.
I kissed her forehead, "We know baby. We were just so scared. You could have been raped... or worse..." I winced.
"I know. I'm sorry I worried you. I just ran because..."
"Brandon told us. Did you do anything else with him?" Lena asks Callie.
"Nope. I promise," Callie said truthfully.
I nod at her. "Babe, why don't you go upstairs and change. Then get your siblings, we have to talk about something."
She nods and follows the same footsteps as Mariana and Jesus. "I love you moms," I could faintly hear come out of Callie's voice.
I am shook. Callie called Lena mom. Most of all, me. I look to Lena and she laughs, "Did she just?"
"Yes. Ahhh!!" I squealed and hugged her. I can't believe Callie called us mom. I can't believe it. I wipe a few tears from my eyes as I look to Lena doing the same. I get up and grab a coffee and lean on the counter holding my coffee in my hands.
Lena looks at her phone. "Why is Katrina calling me?" I look up from my coffee and go up to her.
"Hello?" Lena says. "Ok. Ummm.. what day are you?.... alright.. so does that mean...? Alright.....bye good luck."
Lena looks at me. "I'm the principal until they find another one!" She jumps up clapping and jumps on me kissing me.
"Eww Moms! Disgusting," Jesus came in the room followed by Mariana and Jude, and Brandon. We back up from each other and go into the living room with the kids.
"Where's Callie?" Lena asks.
"She's using the bathroom. She'll be down in a minute. That's what she told me," Mariana snided looking at Brandon.
"Ok! Enough!" I yell looking at Mariana and Brandon. "Brandon didn't know she was his twin."
"Yeah but it's disgusting to kiss your foster.."
"Mariana! Mom said enough!" Lena says back to her.
"Listen, Miss Thang. Brandon shouldn't have kissed her anyway because it's illegal to kiss your foster sibling, or your twin..." I shrudders.
"I thought she was my sister," Jude says looking down. "I mean she acted like my sister. Yeah she has known me my whole life, but we aren't biological siblings. And we have always thought that we were.. but I guess we were wrong."
Callie came into view. She crouched down to Jude's height. "Hey bud. You know I will always be your sister right? No matter what. Listen, you have been through a lot in the past, and this... this is just a bump. Look, when I found out today that you weren't my brother by blood, I broke down. That's why I ran. Not because Brandon kissed me. Because I wasn't your sister. Listen. I love you. Brother or not thats not going to change. And no matter what, I will be here for you. Like I always have. No matter what bud. Come here," she pulled him into a hug as I wiped my cheek from a tear. "I love you so much. Nothing is gonna change that." She kissed his forehead. I looked to Lena as she had tears in her eyes as well.
"Ok babies. Come sit around us," Lena motions for them to sit around us. They sit.
"Ok.. so we can't adopt Callie," I said.
"Wait. Why can't we?" Jesus asked us.
I looked to Lena. "We will not ask Mike to give away his rights. Her real birth name is Callie Quinn Foster. Callie? Here," I handed her a packet with her new birth certificate.
She opened it and read the birth certificate. She smiled and hugged the hell out of me. "I love you mom," she says.
"Now you won't get pulled out of our house again. I love you too baby," I hugged her back with a kiss on the forehead. She snuggled up close to me and laid her head on my shoulder.
"Ok. So..." I rubbed Callies arm. "Since we have more kids, and Mariana and Jesus are arguing about who gets what room. We are going to convert the garage into a room. I'm assuming Brandon will want it since we keep complaining about his piano."
"Hold up, you give the prized child this?" Mariana asks us.
I shake my head, "He is not the prized child. You all are. Do you want to sleep in the garage?"
"Eww no," Mariana sneezed.
"Alright. Then it's settled." I noticed now that Callie was asleep on me. I looked down to my little girl, and I can't imagine how I didn't even know I was having twins. But now, I can't imagine my life without Callie.
"Brandon take the kids out. We need to talk to Callie and Mike. Take them out to see.. a movie.. or to dinner or the beach. Here is money," I see Lena grab money out of her wallet and hand it to Brandon. I wait until Brandon leaves before I carefully pick up Callie and lead her to the long couch where I place her down.
Me and Lena go into he kitchen while I call mike. I'm I hear it ring 5 times before he answers. He sounds like he's in a high populated area.
"Hi Mike?"
"Yes?" He says into the phone.
"I need you to come over. Right now. It's urgent," I say into the phone.
This seemed to get him tensed. "Is something wrong with you or Brandon?"
"No. But we need you here now," I heard faintly a car door slam and the engine start.
"I am on my way, bye," Mike says as he ends the call. I plop my phone on the island and turned to Lena.
"What if he just hands over his rights? What if he doesn't want to get to know Callie? What if he does?" Lena questions.
"Then I don't know. I will be happier.. cuz she gets your last name love. Don't worry. We will be fine. She will be fine," I say to my wife and you with her hands until the door bell rings. Lena walks up to the door and opens it, "Hi mike. Come on in," Lena says.
He walks in and sees me. "So what's going on?"
He looks to Callie asleep. I go to wake up Callie.
She grabs my sweatshirt and holds it close to her. She feels safer when she smells my scent. "Cals. Hon wake up," I say as I rub her back. She slowly opens her eyes, squinting. She looks to mike and she sits up more in the couch and leans back so the back of the couch is touching her.
Me and Lena sit besides her and we put a hand on her knee.
"What's going on?" We hear mike speak.
"Sit down," I motion for him to sit across from us. He does. "Sooo..."
"So, remember when I was under when I gave birth to Brandon?" I ask him. 
"Yeah. They told me to go get some sleep because I was dozing off," mike voiced.
I breathe in, "Well... the doctor who was helping me give birth to Brandon, took my other child and sold her. I forget the name. But it was their plan all along, they told me I was only having a boy. Not a girl as well."
Callie rubs my back as she scented that this was a topic that wasn't my favorite.
"So what does this have to do with Callie?" I hear Mike ask.
"Because she is your daughter, Mike," Lena says.
"Hold up, Brandon and her are twins?" Mike asks us.
"Yes. We just found out today."
"Well where's the papers. I'm terminating my rights. I don't want to be the father to this.. ungrateful... brutal girl," he scoffs.
"Yeah well maybe I don't need you either. I don't want to get to know you," with that Callie just ran upstairs.
"I'll get her," Lena says as she gets up from her spot on the couch and jogs after her.

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