Just the intro. Quite short! Please enjoy!
My sister and my father. The two most important people in my world. The only thing I feel that is missing in my life... is my mother. Most pictures I see of her she's laughing. Every time I see one I want to hear it. My father tells me that I act just like her and Nicole looks like her. But I've seen photos of my dad in a photo album before, but I don't see any of him in either of us. I also saw a girl with him in a few. He told me that she was his daughter a long time ago. I could see that he didn't like to talk about it so I never asked again. My sister on the other hand, asks all the time. She asks about family on Mom's side of the family and why we don't ever see them. We first met Dad's side of the family at his work when we were born. I keep telling her that the NCIS team is Mom's family too, but she won't have it. She wants 'blood family' as she called it. The first time we met Mom's sister was when we were six. I even tried to explain to her that none of them were actually blood family to Dad either, but she still persists. At least once a week the two get into a fight. I'm the peacemaker in the family. There was one night where I found him drunk, working on his boat. He never gets drunk. Ever. He let a few things... slip in that state. I was just glad Nicole wasn't down there to hear him. He was babbling on about how she may look like her mother, but she's just as persistent and manipulative as her father. At first I thought he meant himself. I mean, Dad is pretty persistent when he sets his mind to it. But he went on to say other things that didn't make any sense. I wanted to ask him about it the next morning, but I kept my mouth shut when I noted how terrible he looked. It must've been a rough night even after I coaxed him to go to bed. Nicole took no notice and started in on her morning ranting and whining. Dad snapped. We walked to school that day. That's when I realized that there was something suspicious and I was going to figure it out.
