Escape Artist

Christmas Baby

Anastasia
I have news for Christian and it involves us having a baby. I just found out that I am pregnant and it is due on Christmas Day. Grace already figured it out. We are looking at Collin jr in the nursery, Kate has been busy working and taking care of Elsa and her pregnant self that we didn't realize how close it was to her due date. Christian is hugging me when I tell h8m we are going to be parents and the due date is Christmas Day. We are friends with her and Collin. Kate said Ethan brought Kristen to visit her and Collin jr. She was a bit put off by the whole thing, but decided to let it go. She said her mom was okay with it and it really won't matter to her if they get involved with each other.
Christian
I kiss Anastasia and smile at her after she tells me the best news ever. We are expecting our first child on Christmas Day. I can't wait as we look at Collin Jr. I think of our baby and what it will look like and hope it looks like Anastasia. She is very beautiful. We follow little Collin jr to his mothers room and the room is full of visitors. All waiting to see Collin jr. Enid, Ethan and Kristen another of Eamon's ex wives. The man can't keep it in his pants but is on wife number three. It looks like Ethan is getting close to Kristen and they might be dating. I guess they are not allowing societal issues rule their private lives. We leave after we visited and held the new baby and gave them a gift. Collin asked if they could use my island home in six weeks time and I give him an okay. I tell him to talk to Jason and get him to schedule everything they will need. He agrees to it. We take our leave without telling anyone we are expecting. The baby is adorable and looks like both Kate and Collin.
Elliott
Ash and I are trying hard to get pregnant and we can't seem to. So we are getting checked out and we decide to go the adoption route like mom and dad did. We think her time being held had something to do with her not being able to get pregnant. We had mom give us information on adoption and a good place to start. We had no idea they would start so quickly, but we started going through all the home studies and filling out all the papers to get on the list to adopt. Mom and apparently already knows what to expect and gives us an idea what to expect.
Ashleigh
Elliott really has been very supportive in all of this and we have found out that we are both in the normal range and it is just going to take time to get pregnant is all. We are all good at the attempting creating a tiny person. Things were a bit off with Collin especially after I caught the news about the bomb that went off at the hotel they were meant to stay two weeks at the day after they arrived home. I decided not to ask any questions because of Kate being pregnant. There is no need to upset her unnecessarily. I did notice security was not only tight but under covers were mixed into the employees. Hard not to see the unseen when you have been held hostage for most of your life. Elliott has noticed that I am keeping alert to those around us. I tell him that I am when it comes to babies since I know how easy it was to kidnap me and many others. It was then he realized that security was very tight. We have never been to Kate and Collins home and I don't think many have been there. Dad and Christian has been there for meetings but not much else. I have just now realized that Collin stays out of the limelight. He also makes sure Kate does as well. Their wedding announcements were blurry. We arrive home just as we get a call from our caseworker. They have a special circumstance adoption and we are who they thought of first. They give us the details and we agree to the adoption.
Caseworker Carrie Douglas
I have a case drop into my lap that is quite odd and I am told to get them out if the system as soon as possible for their safety. They are delivered to me little suitcases and car seats. I look them over and ask officer Cortez where they were found?
Cortez
By their parents dead bodies, they have no relatives left. He told me they were hidden in a safe room. No one knew that this couple had children. He heard the babies crying and he made sure they were safely removed and then they removed any sign of the babies in the home so no one would kill them as well.
Carrie
He has never steered me wrong on these things but I ask him about what danger the adopted parents might be in if they adopted them. He said he had erased any and all documentation of them being born to the couple. So he handed me what looked like birth certificates and they used Jane and John Doe on both birth certificates. In other words they were born to homeless people.
Elliott
We sign everything and take the baby boys home with us. They are a month old and need their shots in two weeks. We name them Robert Elliott and Timothy Raymond Grey we decide to burn anything attached to their previous life after hearing of the special circumstances. We hired extra security as well. We are told just what we need to know. Mom however is another matter, she knows these twins. She says that and she has told us that everything she did was not in the system and was never going to be. She can't and won't tell us any more than that.
Ashleigh
Grace recognized the babies but I decided not to ask her, but Elliott being inquisitive questioned her immediately. She told him what she could and no more than that. We have hired more security for our new family members. The birth certificates now gave our names as the mother and father on them. If they dig deep they will find Jane and John Doe on the original birth certificates.