On The Radio (Grey's Anatomy Japril fanfic)

Chapter 8

Catherine paced back and forth in her hotel room. Something was on her mind since her little lunch date with April and Lydia. There were too many similarities for her to just ignore. By just looking you wouldn't notice it, but when you observed, it was all there.

Richard walked in, watching her. He could tell she was thinking, and she was thinking hard.

"Catherine......" Richard began

"Can I ask you something?" she asked stopping and facing him

"Uh sure" he answered

"Did Jackson and April ever had............a......relationship?" she asked

"How would I know that?" he asked nervously

"We both know that gossip spreads like wildfire in that hospital. If something was ever going on with April and my son, you would have known right?"

"Well......."

"So, was there anything going on with them?" she asked

"I did hear something about them but......." he began but was cut off

"And you didn't tell me?!"

"I didn't thank you wanted to know"

"You know damn well I wanted to know," she said giving him a look

"Well since you didn't know, I guessed it was because Jackson didn't want you to know" he answered.

Catherine rolled her eyes and continued her pacing.

"Why are you asking about Jackson and April? Are you planning on hooking them up Catherine?" Richard asked

"No," she said shaking her head along with her hands "It's something else"

"What is it?" he asked

She stopped in her tracks. She wondered if she should tell Richard about it. This was indeed a serious matter if it turned out to be true, and her husband should know about it.

She took in a deep breath.

"I think April's daughter, Lydia, is Jackson's"

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Catherine took Richard's advice from the night before and decided to talk to Jackson about her speculations. She met up with him in the conference room, where he had just wrapped up a meeting with the other board members.

"Jackson," she said as she walked in

"Yeah?" he said as he stacked up the papers in front of him

"I need to talk to you about something, are you busy?" she asked

"Does this have anything to do with getting me a date?" he asked raising a brow with a slight smirk on his face. He wasn't in the mood to deal with mother playing matchmaker

"No, it doesn't" she replied in a serious tone

Jackson's face softened as he noticed the seriousness in her voice. This must be something important.

"Well, sure, we can talk," he said

His mother fully walked in and closed the door behind her. She took a deep breath. This was a big deal. She could just come out and say that she thought Lydia was his. She had to take this slowly.

Jackson pulls out a chair for her and she sits down, he then takes a seat next to her.

"So what did you want to talk about?" he asked

"I wanted to talk about April"

Jackson froze for a moment. Did she find out about their past? Why would she ask about April?