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Two

Caleb sighed heavily and swept his hand across his face in frustration. How could he explain?

"OK…I'm going to tell you everything but first I want you to know I tried so hard to stop it all from happening in the first place" Chloe nodded in reply as she took a seat on the bar stool beside Pogue.

"We all tried to stop it Chlo" explained Reid as he shot a warning look at Caleb. After a moments silence, Caleb finally spoke making Chloe wonder just how bad the truth was.

"They sent you away to supposedly protect you" by 'they' Chloe knew more than her mother was involved in the decision to send her away. She shook her head in confusion

"protect me from what exactly?"

Caleb looked at the boys for reassurance.

"Caleb" Pogue hesitated " You can't just blurt it out man!"

"Yea, I know Pogue but how else do you expect me to tell her?" shouted Caleb. Chloe sighed and stared at the black worktop before her. But something caught her attention.

"Wait! When you said 'they' before who did you mean?" she questioned.

"I mean Mother and Father" he answered calmly. Chloe stopped and thought about this

" But dad? I mean that doesn't make sense, I mean, I was only sent away after Dad died, but he" Chloe paused as the shock and pain hit her. She focused her eyes on the worktop again.

"Dad was in on it too…" she whispered low enough that the boys thought she was talking to herself.

"So, they planned to send me away to protect me" she urged Caleb to continue, she pushed the pain in her heart aside - she'd deal with that later.

"But" Caleb started "He died" Everything remained silent.

"Caleb, man, I really think you should leave this to you mom!" suggested Pogue.

"Pogue, you know as well as Caleb that she won't tell her anything. She'll just deny it. At least this way she's told the truth" stated Reid angrily. Caleb and Tyler nodded in agreement. Pogue raised his hands in defeat "ok" he sighed.

"You remember how Dad always 'used'?" asked Caleb. Chloe nodded sadly, she hated to see him or any of them use, for one, as a child it made her feel left out and two, she didn't like the risk it put on their lives.

"Well" Caleb started again, trying to phrase his next sentence.

"Mom knew that Dad was an addict to his power. She couldn't stop him, so they decided to send you away to stop you from being involved with living with…the effects that using had on him. Chloe he knew he'd over used all his life. Do you remember what I told you about the power?" he asked. Chloe thought hard "hmmm…you just said that when you turn 18 the power becomes your life." Caleb nodded, his eyes were focused on his confused looking little sister.

"Yea, so every time you use you are basically destroyed parts of your body. Using ages you.. "

Chloe gulped "That's why dad died then, because he used too much?" Caleb shook his head.

"No, mom, dad and the others of the Covenant realised that Dads too quick aging would draw too much attention and would probably end up causing too much trouble. So in order to stop that from happening, they decided that the best thing to do was to put dad into hiding from everyone by" Caleb sighed, taking a deep breath "by faking his own death"

All eyes focused on Chloe as they watched her reaction. Anger crossed Chloe's face.

"That's not funny Caleb that's sick and mean" she shouted.

"Chloe" he pleaded "I'm not lying." Chloe stood up from her stool with tears in her eyes, her face blank.

"Caleb…You are lying! You have to be" she shuddered "Because our father is dead. He died three years ago." Chloe paused in disbelief

"We, all, went to the funeral Caleb" she whispered. Chloe moved towards his now silent sister to hold her but she pushed him away as he told her the funeral was a set up. Chloe shook her in disbelief, choosing not to accept reality, she felt dizzy and unsteady. She raised one hand to her head to try and stop it from spinning.

"I don't feel so good" she groaned as her eyes fluttered shut. In her mind, memories of her dead father came into view and made Chloe feel light headed. She couldn't speak long enough to ask where her father was now. As the dizziness washed over her, Tyler only just managed to catch her as her legs gave way making the marble kitchen floor swirl towards her face.