DISQLAIMER

"Wait. What's your first name? "Scott looked at me intently. "I mean the name your parents gave you. And why did you kept Brian?"

"That comes later in the story. But first we'll eat. "

My brace was back again. Totally clean and I tried to get him on my knee. "If you go ahead to the dining room. I'll be right there. "

Scott left hanging back just like John. "John I help this time. Go to the rest. " He ordered.

"No. I´ll ..." John began.

I stopped the bickering by raising my hand . "Never mind John. I think Scott has it figured out. Don't you? "

Scott's mouth fell open and he faced John. "You knew?"

"I told you that I would be in trouble for this?" John said and handed me my shirt. "I knew after lunch. I was there in the kitchen."

"Why?" Scott started.

With a sigh, I took off my locket. "For Brian and Lucy. " I said and showed the two boys the photo. "And because it's time to solve everything. I don't want to feel guilty if I see your pictures in the papers. Because I know what has happened with your little brother and you don't. "

Scott hugged me without saying anything. Just like with John he showed some tears.

Now my brace was in his place, I could just walk. Between the two, I walked inside. "The rest should also find out by themselves. It will not be long, I think." I warned the two boys. "just don't say anything."

"Word of honor." they said. In the dining room they seemed annoyed about the fact than I sat down between Virgil and Gordon.

"Can you continue at dinner?" Asked Gordon on my left. "I want to know the end."

'Sure.' I put the script down next to my plate. "The first time ..."


The first time I met Beth, the seventeen year old daughter of Jasper, I was scared to death of her. I was on the couch, asleep, when suddenly I heard screaming.

"And why? It's my choice!" She shouted. "You can´t make me. I'm seventeen! If I say I'm not gonna live with that jerk in one house, then I not gonna live with that asshole. "

"It's your mother's boyfriend. Give him a chance."

"Why can´t I just stay here?" Was shouted angrily.

"I have a guest." Jasper said fiercely. I crawled together. Shouting people are never good. The shrink calls it PTSD. I couldn´t care how it is called. I'm just scared.

"You too? I can´t believe that my parents have both a life and I-... "The voice stopped. I pulled my right leg up and hit my arms around it. The tears began to form in my eye corners. I was a man damn it. I shouldn´t cry or be scared because people raised there voice.

Jasper saw me hidding and he put his arm around me. "B, you don´t need to be afraid. This is my daughter Beth. She won´t hurt you. She is living with my ex and is just coming over for a visit. It's all good. You're safe. I´m here and no one comes past me."

I raised my head. "Hey." Beth whispered and held out her hand in greeting. "I'm Beth."

'Bo ... Brian." I recovered myself quickly. I didn´t come across weak so I hoisted myself up, wiped the tears away and took the hand. "I'm sorry that I've caught your dad away from you. If you want I'll go away. "

"Doesn´t matter. He's big and fat enough to share. I'm sorry that I´ve scared you." She looked back and forth between me and Jasper. "Are you some kind of brother to me now?" she asked and sat on the other side of the couch at my feet.

"Sort of." I said with a shy smile.

"Brian is staying here until his kidnapper is arrested. He´s threatening him and he can not go home. I offered that he can stay here until it is safe to return."

"Okay." Beth bit her lip. I always did that when I had to think. "Are you all ready been outside? It's a nice neighborhood. "

"I'm not sure if that…" Began Jasper.

"Only a little walk outside. We´ll sit in the garden. You can see us all the time. And you can use some sunlight. "She said with a slight smile tapping on my nose. "Then at least I can properly apologize for scaring you because it looks like I´m staying for a while." She looked at her father, with warning. " maybe we can get to know each other."

Grateful I nodded. "That will be nice." And looked at Jasper for permission.

"You stay in the garden." He warned, leaving the room. "I grab crutches for you."

"Crutches?" Beth asked, her eyes wandered to my leg. Her lips formed an O reaction until a smile appeared. "can you hop?" I nodded and Beth placed her arm around my waist. Outside she helped me on the big trampoline and came laying beside me. "I won´t ask what happened to you. But let's just standard stuff questions. Like ... What is your favorite color? "

The whole day we were lying in the sun on the trampoline. Days after Beth took me to see the world. She was in the final year of high school. During the day she attended classes and in the afternoon she came to pick me up.

Jasper warned us never to far away and we had to call every half hour where we were.

Then one day, a few weeks before my nineteenth birthday, Jasper came into my room. He sat at my bedside and said the three words that I was for years on. "We got him." All I could do was nodding and I turned around in fall asleep again.

No nightmare´s this night.

Eric was arrested and had admitted everything to the police. He was in jail awaiting for his trial.

Because I had taken care of most of his inventions and actually was a kind of adopted, nobody knew what they should do about that. My family was still alive and I was adopted under a false name. But still, I got everything under Eric's name.

"So you're wealthier than us?" Scott asked with twinkling eyes. Everyone looked at him surprised. "It is well known that Jeff Tracy the richest man on earth because nobody knows who has inherited everything of Eric van der Waal.'

"That is true. Nobody has to know because, look at you, you have absolutely no privacy. I only need to open a newspaper and I read that John is almost married, Gordon, with his supermodel, has been to the beach, Scott and Virgil are together in New York. It seemed terrible. Continue with the story. Beth took ...

Beth took me out to dinner to celebrate. She began to make plans because now that Eric was locked up I could visit my family.

In the restaurant, I dropped on one knee and asked her to marry me. The same evening we married. I had spoken to Jasper before we, asked if it was okay and he had arranged everything. It was small. Only the three of us. I wore her surname for protection but now Beth was wearing mine. And I decided to take my own name back. "

"Sir. Mrs.'s on the phone." Charlie came walked into the room.

"I'm sorry but this was it for today. Tomorrow the final chapters. Half past nine in the dining room. Then I start at breakfast."

I pushed myself up and walked after Charlie.