Chapter 1: The Parker Legacy
"Sydney!" Spotting the aging Belgium man Broots picks up his pace in order to catch up with him.
"What is it, Broots?"
"Have you seen Miss Parker? It's like she left again; I can't find her anywhere."
"Have you tried calling her?"
"I called her cell phone and her home phone, no answer."
"Perhaps, she has just taken the day off. After the last few days that she's had it wouldn't be unexpected. Still, maybe we should be worried. After experiencing traumatic events, a person's state of mind could be clouded. Try her phone once more, and if she doesn't respond we'll got check on her."
Not needing any further encouragement Broots dials the ever familiar number. One ring, no answer. Maybe, she's asleep. Two rings, still nothing. Any minute now she'll wake up. By the sixth ring Broots gives up hope of Miss Parker answering, and hangs up.
"Nothing, it's not like Miss Parker to not answer one of her phones. Something's wrong, I just know it."
"Broots, calm down. I'm sure she's fine, she's probably just asleep."
"At three in the afternoon?"
Without conversing any further the two friends leave the office to go check on their fallen angel. That's what she is. A fallen angel. Once a person so pure in soul, only to be faced with the true horrors in the depths of hell. To be manipulated into another creation of the evils in the Centre. No longer is she the 'Angel' that Catherine had made her to be. Now she is only what Mr. Parker made her to be.
"Jarod, are you okay?" Jerking awake Jarod is surprised to find his and Miss Parker's little brother standing over him.
"Ethan! How did you find me?"
"She told me where to find you. She's worried about you. Both of you."
Jarod doesn't need to ask what Ethan is talking about. His inner voice led him to Jarod. But who else is Catherine worried about? Jarod and who? Is Miss Parker in trouble?
Miss Parker! He left her alone. He hasn't even called her to check up on her. Is she okay? Of course she's not okay. The man she called her father turned out to be a fraud and jumped from a plane taking her answers with him. Who would be okay?
"Miss Parker? Is she okay?"
"I don't know. She's not really telling me anything about my sister, but I can tell she's worried." Sitting up on the side of the bed Jarod runs his hand through his hair.
"Give me a minute to get dressed and I'll head back to Delaware to check in on her."
"No. The Centre will be looking for you. I just wanted to make sure you were okay before I went to see her." Shaking his head Jarod bends down to get his shirt off the floor and pulls it on over his head.
"You're not going to Delaware. I can't risk you being caught. I can get in and out of there without being caught."
"Jarod, she's my sister. I'm not going to let her be alone right now. Something happened on Carthis. Something that really has her lost. She needs her family now more than ever."
"Fine, but I'm coming with you." Giving in with a relieved sigh Ethan nods in agreement.