Chapter 17: Kanan's father (part one)

It was a busy day at the station. Some detectives were investigating robberies, other homicides and others were filling overdue reports. Kanan was at his desk finishing a report when a man walked in. Kanan looked at him and saw something familiar in the man.

"Kanan?" Zeb asked. "Are you fine?"

"Huh?" The young detective asked confused. "Oh, sorry Zeb. What did you say?"

"I asked if you were fine." Zeb answered.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He said. "I thought I saw someone familiar."

"Who?" The older detective asked.

Kanan shook his head. "I don't know, I can't remember."

After a few minutes of silence, Zeb asked "Do you know what you are going to do next week?"

"Yeah, I'm going to send her some flowers." Kanan said. "The manager of the cemetery said he'll put the flowers next to her grave." He answered with a sad smile. Zeb patted him on the back giving him his support.

A little while later, Kanan finished the report and left it in Riker's office. He returned to his desk and smiled at the photos that were on it. He sat down and took the photo of his grandparents and his mother the day of her high school graduation. He felt tears forming in the corner of his eyes at the thought of his biological mother holding Ezra for the first time like Depa had done almost two years ago. He wiped his tears and got up.

"Where are you going?" Zeb asked.

"I need…fresh air." Kanan answered and left.

"Mommy? Who's this?" Caleb asked while watching an old photo.

Nicole smiled sadly. "That's an old friend of mine." She answered.

"Where's he?" He asked.

"I don't know sweetheart, he left when you were born." She answered and sat Caleb on her lap.

"Do you miss him, mommy?" He asked.

Nicole smiled and ruffled Caleb's hair. "Yes, I miss him."

Caleb smiled but frowned when he thought about something. "Mommy?"

"Yes, sweetheart?" She asked.

"Does my daddy love me?" He asked sadly.

Nicole sighed. "I don't know sweetheart." She answered and kissed Caleb's cheek. "He didn't know how to be a daddy but I'm sure he's happy you're with me."

Caleb smiled and hugged his mother.

"Hey Obi-Wan." Kanan said as he walked into Obi-Wan's office.

"Hey Kanan. What are you doing here?" The lab supervisor asked.

"I need your help." Kanan answered.

"Sure, what's wrong?" Obi-Wan asked.

"I think I saw my father." The young detective asked.

Obi Wan looked at Kanan confused. Since Depa adopted Kanan, the young man had seen Obi-Wan as a person he could tell him everything; even there was a time when Kanan was younger and he called Obi-Wan "uncle."

"Are you sure?" The older man asked.

The detective nodded. "I know it's him, Obi-Wan." He said.

"Did you speak with him?" The CSI asked.

Kanan shook his head. "No, Kallus was with him when I saw him at the station." He said.

"I think I know who you're talking about." Obi-Wan said and took out his notebook. "Yes, here is it. His name is Jacob Dume. He's a potential suspect in the case Kallus and I are investigating." He said.

"Did you take DNA samples?" The young detective asked.

"Yes. What are you thinking, Kanan?"

"I need you to take a sample of my DNA and compare it with the ones you took from Mr. Dume." The detective said.

"You want a paternity test?" The older man asked.

"Yes, I need to know if he's my real father and if it's true, I need to know why he never came to find me." Kanan said.

"Okay." Obi-Wan said and took a sample of DNA with a swab. "Okay, results will be tomorrow."

Kanan nodded and left the crime lab. The next day, Kanan was in the break room drinking a cup of coffee when Obi-Wan knocked on the door. "Hey Kanan." He said.

"Hey Obi-Wan." The young detective said.

"I have the results." The CSI said holding a folder.

"And?" Kanan asked.

Obi-Wan sighed and opened the folder. "This is your DNA and this is the DNA of the man Kallus and I interrogated." He said giving Kanan two sheets of paper.

The young detective looked at the papers while Obi-Wan told him the results. "It was a 99% match. Mr. Dume is your biological father." The CSI answered.

The detective took the time so the words could sink in him. After all these years, he could finally know the truth about his father. He could finally ask him why he never wanted to see him. "Thank you, Obi-Wan." He said after a while.

"Sure." The CSI said. "I hope everything goes fine."

A few days later, Kanan had talked with Kallus about the DNA results and told him that, even if Mr. Dume was no longer a suspect, he still had a match in the DNA results and Kanan asked Kallus to speak with this man alone. Kallus was reluctantly to let Kanan speak with Mr. Dume, but after the young detective explained everything to him, he agreed to do it.

"So, this guy is your father?" Zeb asked when he saw a photo of Kanan's biological father.

"Yeah." Kanan answered. "His name is Jacob Dume."

"I remember you once told me your mother wanted to name you Caleb Dume." The older detective said.

"Yeah." Kanan answered. "She wanted that but my grandfather didn't share her opinion." He said.

"Why?"

"He didn't want his grandson to have the last name of a man who never was interested in being a father." The young detective said.

"Wow."

Kanan nodded. He smiled and got up when he saw Ezra running towards him. "Hey, son." The little boy ran into his father's arms and he picked him up. "Thank you for bring him, Mrs. Andrews."

"You're welcome, Kanan." Ezra's babysitter said and left.

"Hey, Jarrus?" Kallus said.

"Yeah?"

"He's here." Kallus answered and Kanan looked at Ezra.

"I have to go pal, but I promise it's going to be fast, okay?" He said and the little boy nodded. "Zeb, can you take care of him?"

Zeb nodded. "Sure."

Kanan passed Ezra to Zeb and the older detective took the little boy in his arms. "Hey kid. What do you say if we go for a big piece of chocolate cake?" The older detective asked and the little boy clapped.

Kanan shook his head and followed Kallus to the interrogation rooms. "Don't take too long." Kallus said and left.

The young detective looked at the interrogation room and saw the man who was his father. He had brown eyes, dark brown hair and a lighter skin tone than his. The young man took a deep breath and entered into the room.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Dume." Kanan said.

"Good afternoon, detective." Mr. Dume said.

"The DNA you gave us eliminated you as a main suspect." Kanan said. Mr. Dume smiled but Kanan looked at him and continued talking.

"However, your DNA gave us a match with another DNA profile. Did the name Nicole Jarrus is familiar to you?" He asked.

"I haven't heard that name in a long time. She was my girlfriend when I was in college." Mr. Dume said. "Wait, did something happen to her?" He asked worried.

Kanan shook his head. "No." He said. "Tell me, Mr. Dume why did you broke up with her?"

"She got pregnant when we were in third year of college. She wanted to keep the baby but I couldn't be a father." Mr. Dume said. "Wait, how do you know all of this?"

"I should have introduced myself earlier." Kanan said. "My name is Kanan Jarrus. My mother was Nicole Jarrus."

Mr. Dume started at Kanan in shock. This young man was…? No, he couldn't be or could he? Before he could speak, Kanan spoke.

"Nice to finally meet you, father."

A/N: Oops! Cliffhanger. (laughs evilly).