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I looked at Ryan while he was still sleeping on my lap. It has had been a while since someone slept in this

place. I kept playing with his hair. It took us time and a lot of trust to be in this place. If I think back to

the person who put us all in this puzzle, I can see clearly, I do not hate my father. I just cannot do it. I

hate his actions. I hate his way of thinking, and mostly I hate how he destroys his life and other people's

lives. However, for this moment I am really thankful for him.

The phone ringing cut my thoughts. I tried to move without waking Ryan, but I failed. He opened his

eyes while I reached for the phone to answer it. I said "it's just the phone, come on, go back to sleep "

I don't think he was awake even if his eyes were open, because he went immediately to sleep "Cain."

"Hey H ".it was Eric

"Hey Eric. How are you doing "

"I'm actually pretty good. Better than you and Ryan I guess, "he answered me and I laughed, I mean this

situation isn't even funny but I laughed any way. He added, "I heard there was a problem at the station"

"No, everything is fine now, no problem so fare "

"H, if there anything I can do to help please tell me "Eric will always be the first person I can count on.

"I know, and thank you, but for now I'm good, both of us are good. "

"Ok, but if you need something, you tell me first "he answered me

"You know I will Eric "then there was pause for two seconds.

Then he asked, "So … How is Ryan? "

"He is good. He will survive this "

"I know he will, he is tough kid, how about Frank? "

"Mm. He will be here soon, I guess we will know then "

"I don't wanna be in Ryan's shoes right now "he said with relief. Seriously, this time I laughed at his reaction and said.

"No one wants to be in his shoes if that's the outcomes " Eric laughed this time but he managed to say.

"He doesn't deserve that." I'm actually still pretty mad about what he did

"Oh believe me he will get what he deserves." he stopped laughing

"But he really didn't mean to be disrespectful toward frank he was just expressing his anger to the wrong person , "

"Frank will gladly listen to Ryan whenever he wants to talk. You see talk not shout there are differences between the two

words and believe me from experience the actions are not the same either. Moreover, Ryan is a professional and he should

know by now that there are boundaries between colleagues he should not cross. Adding to all that Frank is like a father to him,

there is no excuse for him. He should control himself whatever the situation involves. So yes he deserves what he will get."

Eric sighed loudly.( Another argument, great). "I know, but H you know more than anyone else in the lab or the station that the

last months weren't that easy on anyone and especially not you, and for sure not for Ryan. H people are talking "

"Eric people always talk "

"Yeah they do, but Ryan wasn't the center of attention before. Now people stare at him just walking through the lab.

And that can get to anyone H. They start to ask questions, people start to doubt his ability."

"Do you? " I ask him

"No" he gives it to me without any hesitation "I've known Ryan since the first time he worked on Calleigh's father's case

and he nailed it since then so. I do not need any more proof."

"Good because it's hard enough that a lot of people ask these questions "

"Don't worry H; I got your back and Ryan's too." Although he can't see me through the phone I smile. "Thanks Eric I appreciate it."

"Come on H you don't have to thank me . Believe me when I say that the rest of the team and I are behind both of you.

Beside this wasn't an easy road to cross for both of you guys."

"You think," I even surprised myself when I said it.

"Come on H. He cannot be that bad, he is your little brother."

"I know that, but he also driving me insane, and for sure he is adding more than 10 years above my real age."

It was Eric's turn to laugh he said without the laughing "but he's worth it right?"

"Yeah, every second of it!"

"Thats what I want to I was just calling to check on you guys."

"We are good, but don't forget dinner tonight."

"Well .. I don't think this is a good idea, I just don't want to disturb Ryan."

"Listen to me Eric you are part of my life, you are family just like Ry is , and he should know that by now. I'm not going

to let you go, and I don't want to do it either . So you are stuck with me for the rest of your life ,do I make myself clear young man "

"Yes sir "

"Good see you later then." I hung the phone up while I was still playing with Ryan's hair; it just gives you a nice feeling,

a feeling that you can't even explain to yourself.

Five months before

That cannot be right. A brother beside Raymond, Is that even possible? What a mess

I looked at the picture again the kid looked like Raymond as a kid; he actually had some similarity to both of us.

Seriously, after almost two decades, and something I found that I have a brother.

Wait a minute. Oh my God … with this brother and the way my father acted most or maybe his whole life I might have

another sibling that I don't know about! What the h*** How is that possible?

I get angry I want to shout at someone! I want to scream and curse…Is that really my problem?

So what, I had a brother I didn't know about, of course I will know nothing about him because my

Relationship with my dad was not even a relation if you can call it that. It was a lot of fighting, beating, and shouting.

Did I mention beating and a lot of it. He had his life, and his secret lives and my guessing he ruined it all and in the end

he gets what he deserved.

Why should I pay for his mistakes? This questions was popping like a silly Macarena song, it's actually a silly song ,

but I just keep hearing it whenever am trying to focus and solve a problem.

A brother that I absolutely even know how he look like, or wait is he even alive with all these circumstances? And if he is a live,

does he have a family, or did he just end up where his mother started?

So I found him, what will happened next? What if he doesn't know he was adopted or maybe he

became a criminal. (His genes help him with that). With every solution I found, came another 10 problems.

So I kept providing myself with excuse after excuse to give myself the satisfaction to live with this decision, to forget the whole letter thing.

I kept working in my office until midnight that day. Trying to forget what I read in those lines, trying to punish someone

who knows nothing about anything. Even with the excuses (and they were really good ones) the whole thing seems not right.

Something was off . I'm not feeling good, I'm walking with civil war on my head. At first I did not tell Anyone about the letter.

How I can say something that I do not know if its true or a lie. I just kept working. The whole thing in my head.

After a week of living like a zombie, the truth hit me, I'm not my own dad and I do care about every word that was written in the letter.

I'm not my dad, I had to find the truth about this letter. I'm not my dad, I have to take care of this brother.

The first thing I did was search for Rebeca Anderson. It took me time to locate her, but she could not be helpful for me except

the letter because she died almost month ago. A month ago!

… I just got this letter a week ago! How did this letter end up over my desk?

The doorbell cut my thoughts off