Chapter 1

"Mommy", yelled the little boy. He knew it was coming.

He always came after him. Nancy Parker ran.

"Baby we have to run, your father is coming", said Nancy grabbing her son.

"Nancy", yelled Jeff slamming the door open.

Nancy Parker clutched her little boy in her arms. She knew this was the end. Jeff Parker had been hurting them for years. Her oldest daughter left the house begging Nancy to let her take little Kevin but Nancy refused. Now she knew she did her son a disservice. Jeff Parker was drinking and that meant pain.

"Daddy", yelled Kevin as Jeff's fist hit him repeatedly.

The force that Kevin hit the ground Nancy knew. Her little boy was dead. She saw his head snap.

"No", yelled Nancy running towards her little boy.

She never even knew that h had a gun. One Two Three steps.

"Bang".

Jeff Parker's eyes cleared when he saw his wife's body slam to the ground. The force of the bullet knocked her off her feet. She hit the ground and form the vacant look on her face, he knew she was dead too.

"Noooooooooooooooooooo", yelled Liz running into the room.

She looked at Jeff Parker. Her brother and her mother dead.

"I'm sorry Lizzie", said Jeff running out of the house with the gun in his hands.

Jeff Parker, the man that beat them and hit them took their lives and now Liz Parker was alone. She hit the floor sobbing.

"Daddy's coming", said a young man running into the room.

He looked at the small little girl crying out. He looked at her face.

"No come on baby", whispered Zan.

He looked at his little girl. He reached over and took her coat wrapping it around her small body.

"Daddy", yelled the little girl holding a hand over her chest before closing her eyes.

"NO baby come on stay awake for daddy", whispered Zan.

He wanted to cry but he had to stay strong for his little girl. Ever since she was born she had a heart condition. The doctors told him that she would need a heart transplant soon. He was scared because even though she was on the donor's list, getting a heart was slim and getting a match was even slimmer. Her mother had died at birth. Ava wasn't a great person however, she smoked throughout her whole pregnancy. Zan would yell at her for that but she never took care of herself. Now their daughter suffered because of it. He was just a mechanic and he worked all the time to pay for their daughter's hospital bills, but it just kept piling up. He cursed Ava once more when he saw his little girl's pal face.

"Angel", yelled Zan when he saw her little eyes rolled into the back of her head.

He started CPR.

"No don't yous take my little girl for me", yelled Zan crying.

It was a sight to see. Because Zan wouldn't be the person you expected to cry. He was New Yorker in ever sense of the word. He grew up raising himself because his mother died and his father abandoned him. Tattoos covered his muscular body. That was one of the many reasons that Ava found him attractive. They weren't in love that's for sure. He slept with her and got the shock of his life when she told him she was pregnant. He was scared that's for sure. He was going to college. It was shocking really. He wanted to make something of himself. So he decided to go to college. He was in his third year of college. So when Ava told him she was pregnant he rushed to finish school as quick as possible. He was now working at a law firm as a paralegal. He wanted to go to law school but he knew that he wouldn't able to especially since he had a sick daughter to take care of. After his job at the law firm he went to work on cars. His boss was lenient and allowed him to bring his daughter Angel to work. That was one thing that Ava gave their daughter, a name. She requested from him before she died that she wanted her daughter to be named Angelina after this famous actress she liked to watch. He let her have that much. He hated her that day especially after he found out because Ava was doing drugs and drinking during her pregnancy their daughter was sick. Zan the bad boy hated her.

Liz Parker sat at the police station with a coat wrapped around her body. She stared ahead numb really.

"Ms. Parker", said the Captain.

Liz looked up with tears in her eyes. The Captain sighed. He hated cases like this. He took her hand and gently steered the young woman towards his office. He shut the door behind him making Liz jump.

"When can I see them?", asked Liz in a tiny voice.

The Captain had her sitting there for 20 minutes.

"Are you sure, I mean", began the Captain.

"I'm sure", said Liz looking him directly in the eyes.

"PLease God I'll do anything, please don't take my little girl, she's all I gots", said Zan slipping into his New York accent.

He had to get rid of it when he got hired in the law office. But when he was at home or scared or when emotions were running high, it would slip back in. Zan sat in the waiting room of the hospital. His heart was pounding. He was scared to death that he would lose his little girl.

"Zan", said Doctor Valenti.

She was Angel's doctor since the beginning.

"Serena, how's my little girl", asked Zan.

"Not good, but I have good news however, we have a donor", said Serena.

Zan sighed in relief.

"How I mean", asked Zan looking confused.

Serena looked at the young father. He and his little girl were always here. She actually was there the night that Angel as her father like to call her was born. They couldn't save the mother but they did save the little girl. She decided that she would continue to save this little girl, so she became her doctor and continued to help Zan. Her husband didn't understand why at first. Kyle, when he met Zna and Angel finally understood Serena's need. He and Zan as well as their friend Michael and Michael's wife Maria became this tight knit group. Maria and the guys would baby sit when Zan was at work sometimes.

"A little boy, he was killed by his father", said Serena sadly.

She hated those cases. How could anyone do that to their child. Zan's eyes widen.

"God whys anyones could do that to their baby", said Zan looking at Serena.

"I don't know Zan, I really don't know", said Serena.

"The little boy is a match, we are not going to waste any time, we are doing the surgery tonight", said Serena.

Zan nodded his head.

"Can I see her before", said Zan.

Serena smiled and nodded her head. Zan walked to his daughter's room.

"Daddy", whispered the little girl looking at him.

She inherited mostly everything from him. Her dark hair and her eyes were a perfect match. The only thing she got form Ava would be her curly hair and the round ness of her face.

"Hey my Angel", whispered Zan kissing his daughter's head.

"Wanna go home", cried out Angelina.

"I know baby, you will but right now they have to make your heart better okay, so you can run and play and everything just like ever other little girl", answered Zan trying to keep his eyes from misting up.

"Okay daddy, love yous", said Angel closing her eyes.

Zan nodded his head and kissed her forehead.

"I loves yous too, mys Angel", whispered Zan

He closed his hands around the rosary around his neck and prayed.

Liz sat down in her apartment watching some TV. It had been exactly one year since her mother and father had been taken from her. She felt a slice of pain every time she thought about it. She remembered their funerals clearly. All those fake people there. She hated them for faking their way there. Her parents were pretty well off. They had a home in the Hamptons, Long Island New York. Their father had worked on Wall Street and earned a lot of money but that was when he changed also. As soon as he got that job he became this different person, this hateful person. Liz begged her mother to leave but Nancy didn't so Liz begged her mother to let her take Kevin at first Nancy said no but she agreed later on when she found her husband beating Kevin. He used only beat her. Actually the night that they died was the night that Liz was coming to get Kevin. Nancy had been stashing money away and brought Liz an apartment so that the she could live with Kevin. They would eventually move though to another state. Nancy had also been stashing money too so she could leave her husband. Liz often times wondered why Nancy didn't just call the cops. Her mother's response was that the cops wouldn't believe her. And that Jeff Parker had the whole town wired. Now with Nancy and Kevin's death, Jeff Parker was a running criminal. No one could find him. Liz wasn't scared though. Not of Jeff. She wanted them to find Jeff, but she had a feeling her mother was right. Something funny was going on at that percent. Something she couldn't put her finger on.

Liz got up and walked to her mantle. There stood a picture of her and Kevin. He was a small child only 6 years old when he died. Liz closed her eyes from the pain. Sometimes it was too much. She had moved back to this apartment that apartment her mother brought this month so she could solve what she believed was a conspiracy to hide where Jeff Parker really was. She knew that many knew but they weren't saying anything. Liz looked at the stack of papers on her table and reached out to look at it. Even in death Nancy Parker was a giving person. She had arranged that if anything happened to her or Kevin that their organs would be donated to someone who needed it. Liz smiled at this.

"I miss you mom, Kevin", whispered Liz.

She brush her hair back from her forehead and wiped her tears but their steadily flowed down her face. The door bell rang then. Liz wiped her face quickly and went to open the door. She opened it and stared into the eyes of the most beautiful man she had ever seen in his life. He was tall and muscular and his hair was standing up slightly. But none of that matter it was his eyes that captivated her. There were breathtaking and much to beautiful to be on a man but on him it was perfect.

"Daddy", whispered the little girl.

It was then that Liz noticed her. She looked to be about 4 or 5 years old now.

The little girl was beautiful she looked exactly like the man that fathered her.

"Oh can I help you", asked Liz.

Zan was taken back by her beauty. This woman was amazing. She was small but there was this light about her and also this profound sadness in her eyes. She tried to hide it but it was clearly visible.

"Yeah umm are you Liz Parker?", asked Zan.

"Who wants to know?", asked Liz looking at him.

"Umm my name is Zan", said Zan sticking out his hands.

Liz took it and felt the spark. She knew she was in trouble now.