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Three days later, Grace lay on the couch in Sarah's room and looked out of the window. It was raining in Newport Beach. In fact, it was pouring. Grace would have never believed that it could actually rain in the OC. But it did. Grace leaned back against the pillow and sighed.

The door opened with a burst and Sarah came in, groaning. "Mum told me to ask you if you'd like another bagel", she said grimacing.

Grace threw her an apologizing look. "Sorry for this. I don't want you to have to do all this for me. I'm perfectly fine."

"You're not", Sarah interrupted. "You are angry and sad and disappointed and that's perfectly normal. I want to help you."

"You can't" Grace murmured. "I mean… I shouldn't be. She wanted to protect me, didn't she? She wanted to keep it a secret so I don't leave her to find my dad and maybe meet Volchok. She just wanted me to stay with her." She bit her lips. "But I just… she said he had left her. But it was the other way around. She left him. He wanted her to stay but she couldn't stand the things the people she loved would say. And she didn't want Ryan to get an even worse image. He was still Chino kid and an own kid would only make it worse. So she did the right thing… I think."

Sarah shook her head desperately. "No. No, Grace, OK? She should've told you at least when you came here. It would only have been fair. But she didn't. So you have the right to be disappointed. OK?"

Grace didn't answer. She remembered her mom saying Ryan was her father. She had just stared at her and not said a word. Finally she had turned around and left the house. She drove to Sarah's house and knocked. Sarah had opened and, seeing Grace's expression, only said: "Come on in." Grace had told her everything and Sarah had just listened. They had taken care that neither Summer nor Seth could overhear their conversation and Sarah had told her parents Grace would just spend some time with her. Grace didn't know if her mother had called. She knew her mom; she would leave Grace alone until Grace decided to talk to her.

"Grace?" Grace looked at Sarah. "Hm?"

Sarah looked uncertain. "Mom said Ryan's downstairs. D'ya… like to talk to him?"

Grace froze. "I… I can't."

Sarah threw her a sympathetic look. "I'll tell her you are not feeling well."

"Thanks", Grace breathed.

Sarah smiled and left the room.

Grace thought about Ben. He didn't have a clue, probably, that he was her brother.

It was weird to think that. A brother. A real brother.

Grace had had this feeling… Like Leia in Star Wars, she had thought she loved Ben. But not in a passion-like way. She had had an attachment to him. He had been so cute, from the first minute. But she couldn't really have known he was her brother. How should she have known?

She wondered what Marissa felt when she saw Ben. Anger that the kid wasn't her own? Sadness that she had lost Ryan?

A knock at the door interrupted her thoughts. Grace looked up.

It was Ben. He came in and closed the door behind him.

As he sat down in front of her Grace felt tears in her eyes.

"Hey" Ben said. "Sarah told me you are here. What's going on? Did you… have you argued with you mother?"

Grace looked down. "I'm fine. I just wanted to be at a friend's."

Ben shook his head. "Why didn't you come to me?"

Grace shrugged. "I thought you were busy or something", she lied.

"I'm not." He hesitated. "What happened?"

A tear ran down her cheek. She hastily wiped it away. "I know now who my dad is."

Ryan's eyes widened. "What? Who is it? It isn't Volchok, is it? Do I know him?"

Grace bit her lips. If she told him the truth everything would change.

But maybe that was what she needed.

"Yeah you do", she whispered. "Ben, I'm your sister."

For a long while nobody said a word. Finally Ben croaked: "What? No… How…"

Grace thought maybe he would hug her or something, but he stood up and left the room.

Grace stared at the door. For a moment everything was silent. But then she heard Ben's voice yelling: "How could you leave her like this? You told me she left you…"

Grace hastily stood up and opened the door. Carefully she took at step towards the staircase. Maybe it was time to finally clear things.

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