James felt sick. He watched Amelia take care of the bright eyed little girl, who was so innocent, and he saw her take hold of the little boy by the hand, and she ran outside with him. The silence that ensued was deafening, but with his brother in the room, James was not about to ask any questions. It wasn't until Danieland Ryan were out of the room that he finally swallowed the lump in his throat.

"So that is your daughter? She is about four right?" He asked her, knowing that this little chit chat wasn't going to go through pleasantly, and suddenly he felt so much like his own father that he didn't know how to react. The one person he never wanted to become, he was already becoming. And Amelia was being stoic, like his mother.

"Does that mean what iI think it does?" He asked, his voice almost a whisper. He was beginning to regret things, but he wasn't sure if he would regret this the same way tomorrow. But he felt terrible. He owed four years of child support, and he had a child. A CHILD. One that he was sure he should be a part of her life somehow. Someway. He had to be better than his own father. 

"You know, if you need help, I can help you." He offered. At the moment, financially was all that came to mind because he knew that was the hardest for his own mother. This was a lot to take in... a lot.

*~*~*~*

Ryan was glad that Daniel towed her away, and when they sat outside to watch the children, she.looked to him. He asked her the question she was still unsure about, "I have a hunch that James is... " she stopped herself, looking to the children who were happily playing. "He may be Lily's father if I am stringing this together correctly." She said, and her eyes looked to the kids.

She hoped that Amelia wouldn't have to go through what she did. Custody battles, court dates, CPS visits. Her ex husband had made it difficult, but once he was thrown in jail on assult and reckless endangerment charges, she won sole custody of Ayden. He was her pride and joy, but Ryan never wished the pain she went through on anyone. It was how she met Daniel.

Her ex had taken off in the car with Ayden and crashed, and when Ryan got there, Ayden was crying and screaming for her. She called an ambulance, and her ex had hit her hard enough to crack her ribs. Daniel had been the ER tech for Ayden, who had broken his leg from the impact.

She looked to Daniel againn, "I could be wrong though."

She looked back to the playing children, and she saw Ayden happy, and her eyes softened. He hadn't been that happy when his father was around, so she was glad he was happy now.