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Malachi Barton booked the biggest role of his career before he ever knew Freya Jones was pregnant.
By the time they found out, it was already too late to back out.
He promised he'd be home before the baby came.
He promised he wouldn't miss anything.
He promised he'd be there.
But life doesn't care about promises.
A few weeks before her due date, Freya developed preeclampsia and was rushed to the hospital. Malachi was still in Vancouver - stuck behind filming schedules, contracts, and producers who wouldn't let him leave early. And when Aurelia Daniella Skye Jones Barton was born, Malachi wasn't there.
He arrived the next day, straight from the airport, guilt already eating him alive.
Freya recovered. Aurelia fought.
And Malachi stayed as long as he could - four weeks - before he had to return to set.
Now Aurelia is one month old, and Freya is learning how to be a mother without him.
Late nights. Early mornings. Bottles. Tears. Healing.
Her family and MK help, but it isn't the same.
Malachi is back in Vancouver pretending everything is normal.
The cast doesn't know about the baby.
The world doesn't know about the baby.
And every day he feels the distance growing between him and the two people he loves most.
When he finally comes home months later, Aurelia is almost six months old - smiling, reaching, recognizing faces.
And he realizes he's missed more than he ever expected.
But when he leaves again for Coven, and something happens back home, Malachi makes one phone call - to Orlando - and the entire Camp Rock cast drops their Hawaii trip to fly to LA and be his support system.
Some secrets break you.
Some secrets save you.
And some secrets... change everything.