The interesting thing about his current situation was that he never saw it coming.
His childhood had been filled with frustration and ridicule. He'd come to understand that he should be ashamed to not have parents.
He jumped from foster parents to adoption centers to orphanages, but he never really found a real home. He was forced to let best friends run like water right out of his needy hands.
He'd settled with a family that wanted a son. They never loved him like a real child needed, but it was better than living like a gypsy.
He was sixteen when a home was finally found for him. By then, he was stronger then any normal teenager would be. He was fine alone. He was independent.
He was nineteen when he was given the privelege of being found by the world's leading deception detection expert.
He had no clue what the old British guy was even telling him. He just knew that it was a job and the woman who stood beside the British guy had a warm and welcoming smile.
"Sure," he'd said. "I could use a job. What do I do?"
So then it started, and now he found himself at twenty-four, working for Dr. Cal Lightman. A man that had become an adopted father in Eli Loker's eyes. But Lightman never saw it that way. He was Eli's boss and he was a jerk to the boy, but Eli was strong and he took it as constructive criticism.
But now things were changing.
He'd fallen in love with Dr. Lightman's new protege. He had a good paying job and a real life. He was realling getting somewhere.
Things had really fallen into place.
But now things were changing more then imagined.
Lightman came to Eli with surprising news.
"Would you like to meet your father?" Cal asked, stepping into the lab and digging his hands into his pockets.
Eli frowned and looked up at Cal. "I'm sorry...? What?"
"Your dad. You wanna meet him?"
"H-How? What are you talking about?"
"Gillian and I thought that we could help you out a little."
"What do you mean?" He was completely confused now. He wasn't really sure how to react. Meet his father? He didn't have a father.
"We - with the help of Ben - did a little research... and if you'd like... you can contact your father."
Eli stood up and his eyes filled with a childlike innocence that Cal noticed simply. "Really?"
"Yeah..." Cal smiled and then turned around, walking out of the lab.
A/N: What do you think? Thanks for reading.
