Parker curled herself up on the couch. She had just told Hardison they needed to talk, she had to tell him.
Hardison sat down next to her, and unlike usually Parker didn't touch him or even smile at him. She just looked down and spoke. "I need to tell you a bit about my past, well really I need to tell you my entire past." Parker began meeting Hardison's eyes, he nodded.
"I need you to believe what I'm saying, because it's one hundred percent true even if it doesn't sound like it."
"Ok it's true, I believe you." Hardison said, Parker relaxed a bit at that.
"Ok," She breathed out, "I killed my parents in an explosion when I was young, then I lived on my own for a while. When I nine, after a year of living on my own, I was taken off the street and put into an orphanage. I lived there for a year.
"I survived because of a friend, his name was Lou. He had run away from home, thinking he was clever at the time, but wound up where I did. I was transferred from house to house as a fake foster scam, like the one Luca was in." Parker said recalling the job they had done.
"Then one day, people burst into the orphanage and told us to follow them. We were so desperate to leave that we all went with them. This is where it gets hard to believe." Parker warned Hardison.
"I'm there with you girl, I'm listening." Hardison reassured her.
Parker took a deep breath and continued "They took us to a large underground home. This place was like a city and ran like one too. They had all kinds of criminals, thieves, fighters, hackers, grifters, all types. They took us all in and examined us. They made sure we were healthy, and then they did a test to see who would benefit from which training. Lou and I were both placed in thief training.
"It didn't take long before we both became very well known in the Organization, which is what they all called it. They gave me to the best trainer they had, Archie; he said I had lifted his wallet and that's how we met, but he lied. By the time I was twelve I was doing thousands of lifts and robberies, and I was good, really good. Lou was too, and I found myself growing closer to him.
"Then Lou and I, we had the honor of being part of the Elite. Only the best of the best get into the Elites. Thousands of breeders try to get good enough kids to get in there but not many do."
"Wait a second, breeders, like people actually bred people to have them thieve and commit crimes, wow." Parker smiled at Hardison, because out of all of this he pauses at the breeders, not the giant underground (literally) crime Organization, but the breeders.
"Yeah, people only want the best in the Organization. Lou and I, we were the best. We were also the only kids, which kind of made us extremely famous in the Organization's eyes. When I was sixteen, I was queen. I was royalty to these people; they wanted to know everything, even though they already did."
Parker paused and looked at Hardison, who was fixed on her.
She took another deep breath and could almost feel the tears in her eyes. "Then when I was seventeen," Another deep breath, "Lou and I," She began twist the cuffs of her jacket. "We found out we were expecting" She pushed it found, finally she had told someone!
"Parker, you have a kid?" Hardison asked, worry in his voice. Parker nodded "She lives with her dad in the Organization; I haven't seen her for years. I've been in and out of her life so much she probably hates me." Parker said the tears beginning to stream down her face.
Hardison leaned forward and wiped them away with his thumbs. Then he lifted her face towards her. "Why don't you and I go find her? Let her know how much you love her!" Hardison said, trying to make it better.
"How old is she?" Hardison asked. "Eleven" answered Parker, "Good see, you know her; I bet she wants to know you too!" Hardison said letting go of her face. "I don't want to go back to the Organization though, I have too much of my past there. I don't want to go back." Parker said.
"Ok," Hardison answered. "Thank you, Hardison thanks for listening and believing me." Parker smiled.
"I'll always believe you." He answered kissing her head.
