Chapter 7
"I…I don't know what else to think, Nash." Sonny admitted. "I've never said it…I've never told anybody what I suspected before. I don't want them to go to jail. Mom's in her late sixties." He sighed. "Dad just turned seventy 3 months ago." He shook his head. "I understand if you're angry. And I would get it if Dad was angry. But…they gave me a good life. I can't see punishing them for it. And, since it happened in California, and they crossed state lines…many state lines…. The first line made it a felony…."
Nash looked at his brother. He was a little rusty on his kidnapping statue of limitation laws. He would have to look those up. But, he wasn't angry, and that kind of surprised him. He should be angry. He had every right to be angry. He had been robbed of knowing he had a brother. He had been robbed of over 3 decades of life that they could have spend together. But he agreed. Why punish these people? They had taken very good care of Sonny. And, if he really thought about it, Nick struggled to raise 3 kids alone. How much different would it have been if he had had another mouth to feed?
Nash shook his head as he put his hand on Sonny's arm. "I'm glad you had the parents you did. I wish we could have grown up together. But…."
Sonny had looked away. When he looked back at Nash, there were tears in his eyes.
Nash smiled and shook his head. "There is no proof of Joe and Rita Crockett doing anything wrong. And, Nick and Virginia Bridges, our birth parents, never took you anywhere." He paused. "We have no idea how you got to Florida."
"Thank you!" Sonny replied, relieved.
"Wait! What?" Cassidy asked.
"If a birth certificate is fake, then all the information on said certificate is considered false." Nash explained. "So, theoretically, anybody could have put any name on there that they wanted."
Cassidy looked at both her dad and Sonny, unbelieving. "But… they took you away from your rightful parents! They…!" She shook her head. "How is that okay?"
Sonny shook his head. "It's not okay, Cassidy. There's nothing about it that's okay." He paused and sighed, trying to find the right words. "Sometimes, wrong things get done for the right reasons."
Cassidy shook her head again. "I don't get that!"
Sonny looked to Nash for help.
"Maybe, in their minds, they were not taking a second child away from two loving parents." Nash offered. "Maybe they were helping out a young couple who was about to be overwhelmed with taking care of two newborns."
"Who are they to make those decisions for other people?" Cassidy asked as she crossed her arms and leaned back on the couch.
Sonny grinned. "Where does she get her argument gene from?"
"Her mother." Nash said, a little too quickly.
Sonny chuckled. "Yeah, that's what I tell people, too."
Nash just looked at his brother and shook his head.
A few moments later, Evan showed up with Lisa. He nodded to Nash and then headed back to the elevator and out of the building.
"Nash, how long is it going to be this time?" Lisa asked, as soon as she started down the stairs. "You know I have events. And, you know I can't cook in your kitchen. How…?" She just stood and stared for a moment when she saw Sonny.
"Oh, Dear God! There are 2 of you!" Lisa said as she stepped off the bottom stair. She looked at Nash. "You never told me you had a twin."
Sonny chuckled and grinned. "Is she number 1 or number 2?"
He looked at Sonny. "Number 1, how did you know?"
Crockett shrugged. "Sounds like something my ex would say."
Nash laughed. "Lisa, this is Sonny Crockett. Sonny, this is Lisa Bridges." He paused. "And this is Sonny's partner, Riccardo Tubbs, Rico."
"Nice to meet you." She said to Rico. "And good to see you too, Joe."
Lisa extended her hand and Sonny shook it. She was still in a bit of shock as she held on to Sonny's hand. He was a bit taller than, Nash, a bit tanner, and his hair looked was much lighter in color.
Lisa looked at her ex. "How did you not know?"
Sonny answered. "Our dad was told that one I died at birth."
Lisa looked at Sonny. "Wow, the same voice and everything." She covered her mouth and blushed. She had not meant to say that out loud. "I'm sorry…this is just…. Nick thought you had died. That must have been…." She sighed.
Sonny nodded.
"Nick still doesn't know." Nash stated. "He's still at the senior center. But, he's due home any minute now."
"That must have been so hard for him." Lisa said. "I can't imagine losing a child." But, she didn't dwell too long. She launched into her questions. "How long have you been here? Where are you from? What do you do?"
Sonny chuckled. "Well, in order. 22 hours. Tallahassee, Florida. Currently a private eye, formerly a detective with Miami's Vice Squad."
Lisa shook her head. "I'm sorry. This is just…." She thought for a second. "…that's just eerie. Both of you in law-enforcement, both become detectives. And Joe and Nash jus started up a private eye business, on the side."
"Really? Must have missed that in our research. Sonny admitted. "We've been Crockett and Tubbs Investigations for 5 years."
Sonny looked at Nash. "Look, I'm…I'm serious. If you think that our father can't handle this…."
Nash shook his head.
"What?" Cassidy looked at Sonny. "You've got to meet Grandpa!" She looked at Nash. Daddy!"
Nash nodded. "It's gonna happen."
"Nick is going to want to meet you." Lisa added. "Why wouldn't he?"
"My paternal grandmother had the same…mental issues." Sonny stated. "She declined slowly…and it was very painful to watch. She was very easily confused. And it made her very anxious and a little unpredictable."
"I'm sorry you had to go through that." Cassidy replied.
Sonny nodded. "Thank you, Sweetie."
Sonny held up his hands. "I didn't' come here to disrupt anybody's life. I…I just wanted to meet you." He said to Nash. "And, I am very glad to meet your family. But…."
"But, what?" Cassidy asked. "You would just leave?" She shook her head. "You can't do that!"
Sonny looked at her.
"I'm not gaining and losing an uncle in the space of one day!" Cassidy stated.
"You're not going to lose me, Baby Girl." Sonny replied.
Cassidy smiled. "I like that, Baby Girl." She paused. "That's sweet."
Nash smiled, too. He was very glad Cassidy had taken to Sonny so quickly and easily.
Sonny looked at Nash. "I have a son. But I've always wondered what it would be like to have a daughter."
"She's a brat!" Nash told him.
"Daddy!"
"She's strong-willed, independent and opinionated. But, she is also very generous, loving and kind-hearted."
Sonny smiled. "Billy is 17-going-on-30, very serious about everything. He volunteers at the local homeless shelter. He and his band play concerts to raise money for the shelter. He's strong-willed, and opinionated, too. But, he's a great kid."
"Wow, I have a cousin!" Cassidy loved that. And she loved that he played in a band. "What's the name of the band?"
"Billy and the Raiders." Sonny shook his head. "He's heard me talk about all the fun I had with my band. I guess he decided…."
Nash, Cassidy, and Lisa just stared at him. Nash had never sung a day in his life.
"Nash gets annoyed when I sing." Joe spoke up.
"We sing all the time." Rico told them. "Hit the karaoke bars every Thursday, after work."
"I started singing in church. I was 5 years old when I stood up and sing with the choir." Sonny reminisced. "We sang Amazing Grace.' I started playing the piano at 6. And I had the guitar down by the time I turned 14. I played electric guitar in college." Momma said she didn't want that 'devil music' in her house." He chuckled.
TBC
END NOTES: I added this because Don Johnson can sing, very well. Check him out on YouTube sometimes. Don started singing at the age of 5, and it was in church. (I heard that many years ago.)I don't' know if Don can play any instruments. I have never seen him play anything. But I have seen a picture of him holding a guitar. If you don't know, I like to take little known facts in the actor's life and weave them into the character's lives. It makes them even more alive, to me. JL