Chapter 1
Steve paced in front of the door to his office.
"Commander McGarrett?" inquired Max nervously as he entered the Five-0 headquarters.
Steve looked up and sighed with relief. "Do you have the results?" He raised his eyebrows in nervous anticipation.
"Right here," he said, passing Steve an envelope from the lab, inscribed with his name.
"Did you look? D-Do you know?" stammered McGarrett as his eyes flicked across the room, finally settling on the parcel he now held in his brawny, rugged hands. He fought to uphold an air of confidence in this situation that had the power to challenge what he believed about both his own mother and Wo Fat.
"No," stated Max; concern washed over his face.
"Thank you," Steve turned and traipsed directly into his office, where he set the envelope on the short mahogany coffee table and collapsed into a chair beside it. He pursed his lips, clasped his hands, and glared at the lab report concealed in its blanched wrapping.
Mustering every bit of audacity he could, he snatched it from the table and let out an exasperated sigh as he tore at the seal.
SIBLING DNA TESTING RESULTS: 50% POSITIVE.
He couldn't do it. He couldn't finish reading the lab report revealing that he was indeed the half-brother of the infamous, malevolent criminal Wo Fat, whom his mother Doris so fervently fought to protect.
"You killed your stepfather?! MY father? Your mother's husband?!" He slammed his fist into the adjacent cinderblock wall and sunk to the floor, hands gripping his head.
Immediately the glass doors swung open. Danny.
"Steve, you better take a look at this."