This takes place about a month after the end of Season 2.
I don't own anything to do with the CW or DC comics only the idea of this story is mine.
A Mother's Betrayal
She couldn't believe it. It couldn't be happening. All she was trying to do was do a little research to find a new job and now this. She stood up staring at the computer screen not moving.
Oliver had been watching Felicity become more and more agitated. When she stood up and didn't move he stopped working out and walked over to her. He put his hand on her shoulder and she turned around and laid her head on his chest. He was surprised but he wrapped his arms around her. She was very tense so he pulled her even closer. She started crying and then she just sagged against him sobbing hard. He leaned down and picked her up and carried her to her chair and sat down with her in his lap. He looked up at the clock in their new lair and realized she had been sitting in his lap for almost 30 minutes. He knew she would tell him what was wrong he just didn't have it in him to disturb her. He really liked how holding her made him feel.
Digg had come in without Oliver realizing it. He touched Oliver's shoulder and he looked up and mouthed, "crying" to him. Digg looked at him with a raised eyebrow and Oliver smiled and mouthed, "Not Me! Don't know why." Digg pulled up another chair and sat down. Another 5 minutes went by. Felicity finally lifted her head and looked at Oliver and thanked him. She looked over to Diggle when he gave her leg a squeeze and gave him a smile as well.
She took a shuddering breath and said, " I guess you're wondering why I'm crying. I am too. I didn't expect this reaction out of me. I was doing some research trying to find a job and I found this." She leaned over and tapped her keyboard. A picture of a man came up. He looked like he was in his 50's and he was standing by a desk with his hand resting on a small statue that looked to be between 10-12 inches tall. There were over 30 pictures of the statue from every angle. She took another breath and said, "I knew what he looked like but when I saw the statue I was intrigued, you know me and my love of mysteries. I wanted to know what it was. The more I looked the more upset I became. I recognized the statue. Not that I've ever seen it before but because I have seen the picture."
"This picture," she said as she again tapped on her keyboard. It was a picture of a young girl aged 5-7 years old resting her hands on a large old computer. The girl had 2 braids going down her back and wearing a dress, knee high socks that were not quite up to her knees and wearing MaryJanes. Her head was tilted up looking at a man on the other side of the computer screen and she had the most joyous face. The older man was smiling and looked like he was laughing. A cat was on the desk with its head on the keyboard and a dog lay at the girl's feet. She didn't have to confirm it but she said, "That's me. I put this computer back together after my father tore it apart. It worked." Pointing she said, "This was my cat Thoreau and my dog Rodin, he always looked like he was thinking about something. The man is my father. It is the only photo I have of him. I remember when he gave it to me. He told me to hide it and keep it safe. I didn't understand why until shortly after he left. Anyway, I did facial recognition with my picture and his face now and it came up a match. Why would he have that statue made yet leave me and never get in touch with me again?"
Digg asked, "Why did he have you hide the picture?" She said, "I believe it's because two weeks after he left my mom threw away every picture she had of him and I think he must have known she would do that."
Oliver, who was still holding her said, "Would you like to ask him why he made the statue? I can arrange a meeting with him. Digg and I can come with you or not it's up to you." Felicity looked at him, "You would do that for me?" Oliver looked at Felicity trying to stop all the thoughts and emotions that were going through his mind right then. He wanted to kill him for upsetting her this way for leaving her and not coming back, "Or I can invite him to dinner and we could talk to him that way." She sighed, "Do you know him personally?" "Yes I've been to his house on many occasions with my parents and he has been to many at ours while I was growing up. I've actually seen the statue but I don't know the story behind it." He said. "Would you call him now? I couldn't do it today because I'm still in the state of shock but any other day would work," she said smiling. Oliver swiped his finger across his phone and scrolled through his numbers and made the call and arranged a meeting at her father's office the next day.
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Oliver and Digg were dressed in suits and Felicity had on a blue dress with a scooped neck, cap sleeves and a wide skirt as well as her favorite blue four-inch heels. She wore her hair down and curly.
They were shown into her father's office to wait as his meeting was running long. Oliver and Digg sat down. Felicity immediately went to look at the bronzed statue, the anger building up in her the longer she studied it. Oliver suggested that she take a seat between them, he could see that her nerves were revving up and he was getting worried about her reaction to her father. She kept fidgeting until her father arrived. Oliver immediately stood up as did Diggle and both shook his hand as Oliver did the introductions. When her father went to shake Felicity's hand she stood up and looked at his blue eyes and said, "Hi, I'm Felicity Smoak." He looked into her eyes and smiled and said, "Hello Miss Smoak, I'm Ted Kord." She shook his hand and held on to it and asked, "Is there a story behind this statue? I'm not trying to be rude it just grabbed at my heart when I looked at it."
He looked at her with the saddest eyes. It made her heart wrench. He walked over to the statue and motioned for her to join him, "When my daughter Meghan was six I had been offered an opportunity to start Kord Industries with some backing from some major players in Starling City." He looked at Oliver and said, "Your father being one of them. My wife and I agreed that I would come here and she would stay in Vegas because Meghan was in school. My deepest regret is that my wife talked me into not saying good-bye to my baby girl before I left. I was not expecting that I would never see her again," he said.
Felicity looked at him and said, "What do you mean you didn't expect to never see her again?" Mr. Kord rubbed the girl's head on the statue and said, "I went back to Las Vegas six weeks later and was met with the locks on the doors not working. My wife had changed them. I knocked on the door until she opened it. She looked at me and said she wanted a divorce and I asked her why. I knew my company was going to work. She wouldn't let me in. She told me to wait outside and came back with divorce papers and a small 6x6x6 inch cardboard box. I asked to see my daughter. I wanted to tell her all about my adventures in setting up the company and my wife told me that the box had the cremains of Meghan and that was why she wanted the divorce."
Felicity's looked at Oliver in shock so he grabbed her hand and could feel the tension rushing through her. Mr. Kord continued, "I asked what happened and why hadn't she called me. She said Meghan had been riding her bike and had been run over by a garbage truck. She had her cremated and was waiting for me to come back home so she could give them to me. I had the statue made when I got back and poured her cremains in it and had it sealed up. She is now with me every day."
Felicity muttered, "Well that explains what happened to Rodin and Thoreau. Why are you missing from the statue?" Ted looked at her as said, "What did you say?" Felicity said, "I now know what happened to Thoreau and Rodin. Mom told me they were killed by that same bogus garbage truck about a week after you left, Dad." Mr. Kord stared at her and said, "But you're supposed to be dead why would your mother lie?" She replied, "I don't know why don't we ask her. Oliver we need to leave I can't process this here. I need to go now. I'm sorry Dad." She turned around and Digg followed her to the elevator and rode down with her to the car.
Oliver remained with Mr. Kord. He was breathing very short breaths and Oliver put a hand on his shoulder and said, "She thought you had abandoned her and that you no longer loved her. She had no idea you were her father until she saw the statue. Her mother destroyed all the pictures except for that one you had her hide. She only found out yesterday. What I don't understand is why her last name is Smoak and yours is Kord?" Mr. Kord said, "I have no idea. I did shorten my name after her dea… after I thought she had died from Kordanski to Kord. I can't believe my daughter is alive. I think if she and I can work this out we will need to go and talk to her mother." Oliver said, " No, I think Felicity, Digg and I will go to Vegas and talk to her. I'll call you and let you know what we find out if that's okay with you." Mr. Kord replied, "Thanks I appreciate that. She seems like she's a fighter." "Oh she is, she's feisty and she's also a genius like you," Oliver replied. "I'm not surprised she was a very intelligent six year old," he said as tears were slowly dripping down his face." I really can't believe it. Thank you so much for bringing her here." Oliver gave him a small smile, "She wanted to come with backup and I happened to know you. Give her time she'll be back in touch once she works this out in her head." He left to go to the car.
Oliver got in the car and asked Felicity, "So when are we going to Vegas?" She smiled, "We?" "Yes we," replied Digg, "You are not in this alone we've got your back."
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Please let me know what you think. The next chapter will be with Felicity's mother.
