The tour seemed to go rather quickly. Time seemed to fly from Adams' first birthday in April to Mike, Sam and Morgans' second birthday in May, and then to Babsies' flight, early June.
"Hi Cassie!" Babsie said, giving her a hug. "Zac asked me to give you a big kiss for him, but I don't think it would be the same coming from me."
Cassie laughed.
"Ooh, here, lemme get Xavier." She said.
"Sure, go ahead."
"Wow, he's so big now."
"He'll be one next month."
"Wow."
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Later that day, the girls were in the lounge room, with Xavier playing with some of his toys on the floor.
"He's so cute." Cassie said.
"Yeah, it makes me wonder if there was a mix up at the hospital - none of us are cute." Babsie joked.
Cassie giggled. There was quiet for a moment as Cassie watched Xavier.
"What's wrong?" Babsie asked, noticing a tear drip down her face.
"I, I'm never gonna see my baby grow up."
Babsie (for once) didn't know what to say.
"I don't know... I don't know if I done the right thing or not."
"Why would it be the wrong thing?"
"I, I don't know..." Cassie couldn't say any more, she burst into tears.
Babsie hugged her.
"Hmm, you know, Zac spent a lot of time crying, although he's probably deny it if you ever confronted him."
Cassie let out a choked laugh.
"Cass, this little baby is a piece of you. And better a piece of the pie than nothing at all. I think it may be worse without little junior here. You were right."
Cassie sniffed.
"Thank you Babsie." She said, sniffling. "Was he really crying?"
"Like a baby. No, actually not like a baby, because unlike a baby, he wasn't screaming as well. In fact he kept telling himself to stop. I don't think he listened."
Cassie laughed. Babsie grinned at her.
"Don't worry. Everything will work out fine."