Chapter 6

"Me? My father's name is Marco."
Marco looked at me, "And your mother?"
I swallowed the lump forming in my throat. "All I know about my mom is her name was Callista and she died in child birth, having me." My voice came out choked. I looked away from them.
"My mom's dead too, sort of." Marco said.
I looked at him, tears welling up in my eyes, "Yeah, but you didn't kill her!" I began to cry, "All my father told me about my grandmother was that she died of old age!" Marco's eyes had gone hard and cold,
"At least you did't have to plan on ways to kill your mom!"
I guess Marco and I had a staring contest because we just looked at each other and didn't say a word.
"Raven?"
"What Marco?"
"Am I really your father?"
I looked at him, his eyes had lost their hardness an had gone soft, "Yes, you are. Why ask me that if you know it's true?"
"Because you are exactly like me, but with your mother's soft side. It's scary. I mean I deal with my inner demons and don't ask for help, neither do you, and TJ, He's exactly like Tobias, but with his mother's love for fighting and his Uncle's mind for technology. Then there's Sydney, like her mother in many ways, but very thoughtful, like her father."
I nodded, "Sydney, TJ and I always make plans. We help the police with cases of robbery, kidnappings and such. Syd guesses the criminal's next move or victim and TJ takes his hover board and checks out the area while I do a scan on the criminal's, and the possible victim's, background and records. My Dad, you, taught me how to use computers." I smiled, "I guess it paid off."
"It sure did." He grinned.