I do not own this show, even though sometimes I wish I did.
Thanks to all of you who reviewed. Your reviews help me to keep pushing to finish. Sorry that it has taken so long for me to add parts, but I have been overloaded with tests and other things.
I hope that you like it!
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Understanding
Shalimar stared at the man who she had once trusted more than anyone else beside Brennan.
"What?" She choked out. Brennan pulled her into his arms and held her. She leaned back into his arms and savored the feeling. Brennan always had a way of making her feel safe.
Adam pulled a chair up across from her and sat down. He could tell that this information really shocked her, but then again who did it not shock. He had kept his secret just like promised. He sighed and looked at the woman who was his daughter.
"I met you mother when I was twenty-three. It was love at first sight, or at least on my part it was. We dated for two months then I invited her to move in with me. She did. I was so stuck on my own world that I didn't realize that she didn't love me back. Two weeks after she moved in she said that she had been seeing someone else and that she was leaving. I was so devastated. I pleaded for her to stay, but nothing seemed to work. The next day when I came home for work I noticed that all of her stuff was gone. I immersed myself in my work, trying to forget her. Until one day she confronted me in the parking lot and told me that I needed to be sending her child support. I laughed and told her that that's funny because she didn't have my child. She called to you and you walked out from behind a car. When I looked at your face I knew that you were my daughter. You looked just like my mother. I was shocked and angry. She had you go back to the car and we fought. She made me promise that I would never see you. I had a private investigator track you guys and when I heard that she had abandoned you I knew that it was my time. I had you picked up and brought here. Of course, I never told you the real reason until now. I wanted my daughter close to me." Adam watched Shalimar closely. Looking for signs of rejection and hate but saw none.
Shalimar pulled herself out of Brennan's arms and stood up. She took a deep, shaky breath and then turned towards them. "I need to think. I am sorry, but I just need some time." Adam nodded and she walked out of the room.
Brennan looked into the eyes of his mentor. The pain and fear were evident in them. Brennan placed his hand on Adams shoulder, "Don't worry. I will talk to her." Then he walked out and walked to Shalimar's room.
Her found her balled up in the corner of her room crying. Pain pierced through his heart. He hated to see this his strong woman like this. His woman. Yeah, he liked the sound of that. He walked over to her and sat down. She looked at his. Her face tear-stained and lips trembling. Saddened he pulled her into his lap and pulled her head down to the crook of his neck. "Shhh…It will be okay, sweetheart. "
"Why did he never tell me? Why did he keep it a secret after being with me for so long." She gasped. His arms tightened around her and rocked her back and forth.
"I don't know." He ran his hands through her hair. That had always helped to calm her before. "Maybe he was afraid to face you. Maybe he was ashamed that he listened to your mother and didn't want you to know about his mistakes. Or maybe he didn't want you to think that you were his mistake, because you weren't. You could never be someone's mistake. "
She gave a soft laugh and stood up. She folded her arms over her chest and gave him a shy smile. "You are amazing you know that."
"I know." He stood up and hugged her. He kissed her long and hard, and then moved to her ear. "You make me that way."
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Sorry if it was too sappy for you, but I am in a sappy mood. Please review and let me know what you think. I am also open to suggestions.
Thanks to all of you who reviewed. Your reviews help me to keep pushing to finish. Sorry that it has taken so long for me to add parts, but I have been overloaded with tests and other things.
I hope that you like it!
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Understanding
Shalimar stared at the man who she had once trusted more than anyone else beside Brennan.
"What?" She choked out. Brennan pulled her into his arms and held her. She leaned back into his arms and savored the feeling. Brennan always had a way of making her feel safe.
Adam pulled a chair up across from her and sat down. He could tell that this information really shocked her, but then again who did it not shock. He had kept his secret just like promised. He sighed and looked at the woman who was his daughter.
"I met you mother when I was twenty-three. It was love at first sight, or at least on my part it was. We dated for two months then I invited her to move in with me. She did. I was so stuck on my own world that I didn't realize that she didn't love me back. Two weeks after she moved in she said that she had been seeing someone else and that she was leaving. I was so devastated. I pleaded for her to stay, but nothing seemed to work. The next day when I came home for work I noticed that all of her stuff was gone. I immersed myself in my work, trying to forget her. Until one day she confronted me in the parking lot and told me that I needed to be sending her child support. I laughed and told her that that's funny because she didn't have my child. She called to you and you walked out from behind a car. When I looked at your face I knew that you were my daughter. You looked just like my mother. I was shocked and angry. She had you go back to the car and we fought. She made me promise that I would never see you. I had a private investigator track you guys and when I heard that she had abandoned you I knew that it was my time. I had you picked up and brought here. Of course, I never told you the real reason until now. I wanted my daughter close to me." Adam watched Shalimar closely. Looking for signs of rejection and hate but saw none.
Shalimar pulled herself out of Brennan's arms and stood up. She took a deep, shaky breath and then turned towards them. "I need to think. I am sorry, but I just need some time." Adam nodded and she walked out of the room.
Brennan looked into the eyes of his mentor. The pain and fear were evident in them. Brennan placed his hand on Adams shoulder, "Don't worry. I will talk to her." Then he walked out and walked to Shalimar's room.
Her found her balled up in the corner of her room crying. Pain pierced through his heart. He hated to see this his strong woman like this. His woman. Yeah, he liked the sound of that. He walked over to her and sat down. She looked at his. Her face tear-stained and lips trembling. Saddened he pulled her into his lap and pulled her head down to the crook of his neck. "Shhh…It will be okay, sweetheart. "
"Why did he never tell me? Why did he keep it a secret after being with me for so long." She gasped. His arms tightened around her and rocked her back and forth.
"I don't know." He ran his hands through her hair. That had always helped to calm her before. "Maybe he was afraid to face you. Maybe he was ashamed that he listened to your mother and didn't want you to know about his mistakes. Or maybe he didn't want you to think that you were his mistake, because you weren't. You could never be someone's mistake. "
She gave a soft laugh and stood up. She folded her arms over her chest and gave him a shy smile. "You are amazing you know that."
"I know." He stood up and hugged her. He kissed her long and hard, and then moved to her ear. "You make me that way."
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Sorry if it was too sappy for you, but I am in a sappy mood. Please review and let me know what you think. I am also open to suggestions.
