Chapter 10- Same Blood

Reid's P.O.V

I was standing in the corner of my dorm watching Ellie scared on the bed as Caleb talked to her. I took a trip to my parents house yesterday and looked threw some of my mother's old things in the attic. I found a photo album full of pictures from her high school years. The strange thing was a picture of her and my father next to Caleb's father and another girl which wasn't his mother. I saw this girl in a few other pictures before she disappeared and Caleb's mother started appearing. I don't know what this meant but it had to be something. I was sick and tired of waiting around for more clues I wanted the answer now.

I walked out telling them I had research also and headed to my house.

"Mom!" I yelled as I walked through the large front door.

"Reid?" She asked coming in from the living room.

"I need to talk to you" I said before motioning her to follow me onto the back balcony.

"What's going on? Is something wrong with your brothers or you?" She asked looking worried.

"No." I sighed. "Look I know you hate me snooping around."

"You're good at that." My mother said knowingly.

"Well I was looking threw you high school photos for…well just for…Hmmm let's say fun." I watched her give me a look and I smiled. "Caleb's mom wasn't always there was she? There was someone before her?"

My mom looked shocked for a moment and then her face went soft. "…Kathleen." She said softly. "What's this all about Reid?"

"Someone had more than one child. Someone had two didn't they?" I said hoping for a truthful answer.

Her eyes went huge and she grabbed my arm. "What have you heard? Reid this isn't funny."

"Mom! I don't mean for it to be funny. No one has to know but us it's just a question I want an answer to." She had begun to walk away. "I could always ask dad."

She stopped and turned around and looked at me. "Come inside, this might take a while."

I smiled triumph and followed.

I sat down at the kitchen table across from her as she put on a pot of coffee on. I hated coffee but I drunk it so she didn't have to drink alone. She looked as though she was about to tell something so secretive it might ruin her.

"You know that I met your father in high school, we all met each other in high school." She started and I nodded. "Caleb's father was more of a playboy at times and he had gotten his girlfriend pregnant with Caleb first. When Caleb was 2 months old they got into a fight and he went out to a local bar."

"Mom it's okay you can go on I'm not 12. You don't have to sugar coat it for me."I reassured her so I could get the whole story.

"Kathleen was my best friend which is why you saw her in a lot of those pictures. She was also a fling of Caleb's father before he met Caleb's mother. He went out the night of the fight and cheated on her with Kathleen." She rubbed her head and took a sip of her coffee. "A few weeks later she came to me telling me that she was pregnant. I couldn't believe it and tried to convince her it had to have been someone else she had intercourse with. As you know the ones with The Power can only have one child, a son."

I nodded. I couldn't believe what she was telling me right now it didn't seem to make any sense.

"She swore up and down that she didn't have sex with anyone else and that he was the first in months. I believed her, I could tell how scared she was and how honest she was being with me. I took it upon myself to let Caleb's dad know what he had done. It had to be known because no one thought it ever could. This caused a stir within the Covenant and everyone was on edge. Of course it got back to Caleb's mother but she knew that she was the one with a son, and she was in love. She stayed with him after he pleaded for months."

She poured another cup.

"Kathleen informed me she was moving to Maryland and never coming back to Ipswich again. She stayed in contact with me for a while sending me pictures of the daughter she had. She named her Eleanor, after her great grandmother."

"How old would she be right now?" I asked.

"I'd say Eleanor is about seventeen now. She is living with Kathleen's sister and her husband Mike Ryland. She sent me a few photos from under that last name. When Eleanor was a year old her mother began to go crazy, no one knows why this happened. She started talking about how she wanted to kill herself, and ever since she had her daughter she became depressed. Well she ended up committing suicide that month. September was when I got the call telling me the situation and what was going to happen to Ell. I told Kathleen's mother it'd be best if Eleanor didn't know about her mother and father. It would be best if Sharon just took her in as her own. And that's what happened. Sharon was 4 years older than Kathleen and had already been engaged to Mike for a year. They were both successful in college and could take Ell in."

My mother had a few tears running down her cheek from the story she just told.

"I used to show you pictures of her when you were younger; telling you this was your god-sister. I stopped after a while. Knowing your father would get mad because it may cause problems within the Covenant."

"I still wish I could see Eleanor. Kathleen always said that I was her godmother even if not told in the church." She wiped the tears away. "Why are you asking this Reid?"

I felt bad for asking now. Seeing my mother this way and now having to answer her questions. I could lie but that wouldn't be fair considering she just told me the whole truth. "I don't think Kathleen's daughter is living in Maryland with her aunt. I think she's the new student at Spenser."

When I said that I could see the surprise on my mother's face. It was full of happiness and confusion. "Do the rest of the Son's expect anything?"

"No."

"Can you keep it that way please? Reid I want you to go now. You have studying to get to. Your father should be returning soon and then we will have to deal with his questions. I think there have been enough of them today."

I nodded and got up to leave I kissed my mother good bye and headed out to the Hummer I had stolen from Tyler.

"REID!" My mother called form the porch.

"Yea?"

"Can you maybe bring her by sometime? Just so I can see her?"

I smiled and nodded before making my way back to Nicky's.

I wasn't going to tell anyone. Not yet. But I don't know if I could live with such a secret from my brothers.

It seemed wrong.

But breaking someone's heart seemed worse.

This wasn't the Reid I knew ten minutes ago.

My mother really cared about Ellie, and she was my God-Sister. Family almost. There were enough ties to call it that. Maybe.