A Bundle of Secrets

Chapter Twenty Six

Chapter 26

Cameron woke up in the middle of the night. Something in his gut was telling him that he needed to be up. He got up from bed and walked over to Farrah's crib. Her crib was originally in the other room but after everything that happened, he was a little paranoid so he had moved it into his room in case she needed him. He looked into the crib and saw that Farrah was sleeping soundly. Her blanket had just been kicked aside. He took the blanket and tucked her in once more. Despite his drowsiness, he couldn't help but smile at his sleeping niece. This little girl had flipped his world upside down and inside out. He still couldn't believe that she had captured his heart the way she did and that someone so little and innocent was in his care now. "Couldn't sleep?" Jonathan's hushed voice came from the doorway.

Cameron shook his head, "I just had a feeling, turns out Farrah had just moved her blanket."

"Well, I guess with the weather getting colder, I don't know why she would. Babies are weird..." Jonathan said walking up to the crib, also taking a look at his baby niece, "Is she feeling better?"

"Seems that way."

Jonathan was silent for a moment, "Do you think there will be any trouble with the adoption?"

Cameron furrowed his brows, "Why do you ask?"

"Didn't Shawn have siblings too?" Cameron nodded as Jonathan continued, "What if they come for Farrah before the adoption goes through?"

"Well, it's been almost two weeks. If they haven't come for her by now, I don't know if they ever will." Cameron looked on as Farrah turned her head from the left to the right in her sleep, "But if they ever wanted to see her, I wouldn't prevent them from doing so."

"You're a good guy Cam." Jonathan yawned, "So, we're going to the cafe that Fiona worked in the morning?"

Cam nodded, "Marigold's known Fiona since she was nineteen, there's probably some stuff she can tell us about our sister."

"Then we'd better get a little more rest." Jonathan said as he backed away, "Good night."

"Night." Cameron replied as he took one last look at his sleeping niece before going back to bed. His eyes quickly closed as his head hit the pillow and he fell into a deep sleep. He was woken up the next morning by a tiny hand slapping his cheek before the hand grabbed his nose. His eyes cracked open and he saw Farrah who was wide-awake and laughing, wearing a long-sleeved orange shirt, dark blue overalls, yellow socks, and a yellow headband, "Wha-really Farrah? Even when I'm sleeping?" Suddenly, it clicked in his mind, "Wait a minute. How'd you get out of your crib?"

"Jonathan let her out." A familiar voice said. He blinked a couple of times and looked up, and saw Kay sitting on the edge of his bed, keeping hand close to Farrah so she wouldn't roll off, "Good morning Sleeping Beauty." She lightly smirked.

"Morning... what time is it?"

"Just after 8:00."

"How long have you been here?"

"About five minutes. You were pretty out of it" Farrah rolled over to face Kay, "Hey baby girl." She cooed at the small child as Farrah grinned at her and rested her head on Kay's right hand; Kay looked back at Cameron, "Are we going to take Farrah to see Marigold?"

"You don't have work?"

Kay shook her head and chuckled, "Deakins said she doesn't want me back at work at least until my arm is out of the sling."

"When should that be?" Cameron asked, sitting up.

"Should be in a few days, but even then, it'll take a while before I have a full range of motion."