Chapter4-He's My Brother

Year One (Collin, Delilah, Marie)

Kaleigh sighed as she and Kyle flipped through the television channels. Henry walked into the room, he stopped and looked the boy sitting down on the couch.

"Kaleigh," asked Henry slowly, "who is that boy, I mean I know he's not your boyfriend because your boyfriend's Nick, so who the hell is this guy."

"Well," sighed Kaleigh getting a sly smile on her face, "how do you know that I didn't break up wiht Nick? How do you know that this isn't my new boyfriend, or maybe I'm cheating on Nick with Ky- him?"

"Because," sighed Henry, "I know you, and I can tell when you're lying... which you are... right now."

"This is Kyle-" Kaleigh began.

"Kaleigh," said Henry testingly, "I need to talk to you in the kitchen... NOW!"

Kaleigh got up and followed her uncle Henry into the kitchen. She turned to him her arms crossed, "What do you want, I didn't do anything wrong."

"You don't just go finding someone you've never met before, " yelled Henry, "you do not know him Kaleigh, for all you know he's a bad kid, for all you know he's done time, for all you know-"

"Uncle Henry, "sighed Kaleigh, "first of all, he's not a bad kid because his mother abuses him and he NEVER hits back, Uncle Henry, the brusies on his face match his mothers rings, and his mother doesn't have a mark on her, oh and Joe took us to Psych, and while we were there I ran a background check on him and he's clean, so what else do you have to use against my brother that you've been keeping from me!"

"Kaleigh," sighed Henry, "I just... I want you to be safe, that's all I'm asking for, you to keep your guard off... like you said his mother isn't a good parent, which means that he's probably not an amazing kid, which means... I want you to be careful, I cannot believe that you spent the day alone with a complete stranger!"

"No Uncle Henry," sighed Kaleigh, "Joe was with us for a majority of the time."

"Right," sighed Henry, "like that's supposed to make me feel better, that you spent your day with a complete stranger... and Joe, if Joe had seen a bug he would've gone running and that would've left you two alone, and you two were alone just now!"

"Uncle Henry," sighed Kaleigh, "we were alone for about twenty minutes, not even Joe just dropped us off and I knew that you were coming home soon, and besides I knew that you took Delilah with you so if he was trying to do something I had an excuse for calling you... you had my daughter with you and besides, Kyle's my brother so I don't get what the big deal is... oh I know... it isn't a big deal!"

"Yes it is Kaleigh," said Henry getting red in the face, "you do not know this boy! For all you know-"

"Give me a break," yelled Kaleigh, "For all you know, he's a really nice guy, so stop expecting the worse things possible."

Henry sighed, "Kaleigh you do not understand, that I want you to be safe, and that's why I'm doing this."

Kaleigh sighed along with her uncle, "Uncle Henry, I understand that but, I mean honestly, you have to give people a chance, you can't just judge people because you dislike their mothers!"

Henry looked taken aback, "How did you know that I dislike-"

"You make it extremely obvious," sighed Kaleigh, "So what did she do to you?"

"Nothing," sighed Henry, "It was what she did to your father."

"What did she do to my father?"

"She did exactly what she's doing to that poor boy now," sighed Henry, "she took control of his life like she's controling his, and she's not going to stop!"

Kaleigh looked down at her feet, "I didn't know," she looked back up getting angry, "and I don't care, because of the fact that he's still my brother and he's not his mother."

Henry sighed, "I know that, I just... don't trust him... can you understand that?"

"No," sighed Kaleigh, "I trust people until they give me a reason NOT to turst them, I swear to you that I will keep my guard off if that will make you happy, but he is my brother, and I just met him and you can't expect to not want to get to know him so get over it!"

"No," sighed Henry, "I'm not going to 'get over it' because you are as good as my daughter and I am not going to let you be alone with a complete stranger that you just met!"

Kaleigh sighed as she looked to her uncle, "then don't leave me alone with him, stay with us, I mean, he does want to meet you that's why we're here!"

Henry sighed, "fine but I'm not leaving you two alone, do you understand me!"

Kaleigh sighed, "sure whatever you say."

Henry walked into the living awaitng to meet his long lost nephew.