There were very few things in his life that Ezekiel Jones was ashamed of but his upbringing was one of them. His mom was always checked out, she didn't have any energy left to pay attention to him. His father was a terribly cruel man that beat both his mother and himself. Ezekiel would always hide the bruises that would remind him of the broken home he came from. He ran away from home when he was only 16 and moved all around the world becoming the person he is today. He was a person who had fake confidence that carried him through life, who only got close to the people who he thought he could get something from, and most importantly a world class thief that normally didn't stay anywhere more than one month.
When he was told to stay in the truth room with Cassie he was afraid that he might have to admit something about his upbringing but so far Cassandra was doing well enough admitting things that he just had to sit there and listen. About five minutes after Cassandra admitting that she hated babies she ran out of ideas and turned to him "You have no other secrets that you don't want anyone to know about? Not even the smallest of thing." Ezekiel sighed knowing what he should admit but not knowing what the others would think of him if they knew his childhood. He saw the door closing and mumbled under his breath his deep and darkest secret " My dad beat my mom and I when I was growing up." The room seemed to be happy and the door flew back open and cracked against the back wall.
Cassandra turned around, shocked. She thought that if any of them were to have a normal family, it would been him. He never talked about his family, so they, Eve, Stone, and her, assumed that Jones had grown up like a normal very smart child but he had rebellious streak a mile long. When she would think about his childhood she saw him in the back of the classroom understanding exactly what the teacher said but still flunking all of his classes. Then sneaking out in the middle of the night so he could experience the nightlife often portrayed in television and movies.
"Yeah, that is how I got into stealing. My dad couldn't hold a job and my mum was always to hurt to work so I would steal food, clothing, money really anything that might help keep my family afloat. I realized how good at it around 16, so I ran away started over, stole made a name for myself. I had a good thing going until I had to come here. So, that is my glamorous life before, the ever so cocky "Ezekiel Jones, World Class thief". You know I wasn't always so annoying and had a huge ego, I was originally a sacred little boy running away from his don't tell Stone, okay?"
"Don't tell Stone, What?" asked Jake as he walked in with the shape shifter over his shoulder. Ezekiel was all to happy to not tell Stone the truth but Cassie wasn't as content to do so. " Ezekiel was beat as kid! Also, he originally stole to help his family!" Cassandra blurted out, happily. "You don't need to sound so happy about my traumatizing childhood." Ezekiel said still ashamed that Cassandra and Stone now knew that he had arguably the upbringing. "Sorry I am just happy that under all of that bravado you are really a good person, and you can't get any worse as we saw from the apple of discord. So really, you are the best person on the team." Cassie said happily after they had bound the shape shifter and were going back to the back door. "Now, let's not carried away, I am not as bad as I may seem but I don't think I am the best person on the team by any means. I still made my choices I didn't have to be the person that I am, it was just the easiest personality, to slip into, and you guys have been the first people I have trusted in years, and I have been afraid to trust again."
As they entered the annex Eve was happy to see all three librarians together and in one piece. Even though Ezekiel seemed different, but she did not ask knowing not to push the youngest of the L.
Having 2 people know his secret it was terribly scary but it was a great weight lifted off his shoulders not having to constantly put on the show. With that thought Ezekiel called for his favorite pizza to eat while watching Frankenstein again.