AN: Hey guys sorry it took so long to update. I didn't get back till
Monday night. Anywho here's the enxt part.
Duncan looked at Dri with wide eyes. Tears were streaming silently down her face. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying so much.
"I never knew you had a brother."
Dri shrugged. "Not many people do."
"Why didn't you ever tell me?"
She sighed. "Because it was on a need to know bases and you didn't need to know."
Duncan let that part go. He wasn't about to get into an argument about that right now. One problem at a time.
"What was his name?"
"Adrian," She replied sadly. Her eyes got a distant look to them.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?"
"Not really. I've told you enough already."
"Have you?" Duncan asked skeptically. "Maybe you haven't told me enough."
"Maybe you should mind your own business," She shot back angrily.
"You are my business."
"I can change that you know." Dri stated.
"Oh and what are you going to do? Run away again? Live on the streets?"
"I've done it before!"
"And look where it got you," Mac said.
Dri looked around her room. "I'd say it got me into a pretty good place."
Mac sighed. "Before I found you, you were hungry, exhausted, scared. Besides what if you had stolen from someone else? You got lucky and you know it."
"I can take care of myself. Even if you hadn't come along I'd have.."
"You'd have what?" Mac asked, raising his voice. "Ran from Alec forever?"
She stood up. "Look I never asked for your help so don't act like I owe you anything!"
"I'm not asking for anything except the truth Dri. The truth, that's all."
She sighed. "I don't want to talk about it right now. Please Duncan, don't push this."
The Highlander stood and pulled her into a hug. She tensed a little under his touch, but slowly she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I don't want to push this, but you won't tell me on your own. I want you to know that I am here for you. You can't keep everything in all the time."
He pulled back and looked her in the eyes. "I mean it Dri. Don't keep me locked out."
She nodded just as Connor knocked on the door.
"I hate to interrupt, but I need to speak with you Duncan."
Mac nodded. "I'll be right there."
Connor walked out and closed the door. Duncan turned back to Dri and pushed her tangled hair out of her face. "You don't have to run anymore. Richie and I both love you and here for you."
"I know. Go see what Connor wants," She said pushing him to the door.
Duncan glanced at her one last time and then he walked out of the room. Connor was standing just outside the door.
"Is she all right?" Connor asked.
"I hope so," Duncan replied. "What did you need to talk to me about?"
The two men walked over to the couch and sat down.
"McDaniels called."
"How did he get this number?" Duncan asked.
Connor held up a cell phone. "He didn't. He got this one."
"Since when did you get into electronics?"
Connor smiled. "Since Rachel introduced me to them."
Mac laughed. "You never could resist her Connor."
"You're one to talk my friend. You have a young girl sitting in the bedroom who means just as much to you as Rachel does to me."
Duncan changed the subject. "So what did McDaniels want?"
"What else," Connor said. "Me."
"When?"
"Tonight at the bridge."
"It could be a trap," Duncan said nodding.
"Could be," Connor agreed mimicking his movements.
"But you're going to go anyways." He made it a statement.
"Yes."
"Do you want me to come with you?"
Connor stopped nodding. "No. You need to protect the girl."
"McDaniels doesn't know where she is."
"Not yet, but if I don't go tonight McDaniels has already threatened to come after Dri."
Duncan crossed his arms. "All right. I'll stay here."
"Good," Connor walked for the door. He stopped before he walked out and turned back to Duncan. "If things go wrong my friend."
"I'll take care of him," Mac finished for him.
Connor nodded and walked out. Duncan sighed and fell back onto the couch.
"Where's Connor going?" Dri asked from the hall way.
He looked over his shoulder. "He had some thing to take care of."
"Oh," She said and started walking towards her room.
"Dri,"
"Yeah?"
"Come over here I want to talk to you."
She sighed. "Haven't we talked enough?"
He gave her that 'don't be a smart ass' look.
"I'll take that as a no." She walked over to the couch and plopped down beside him.
"You know you've already started telling me about him. I don't see why you shouldn't finish."
She glared at him for the corner of her eye. "You're not going to let this go are you?"
"Not a chance," He said with that goofy smile.
"Let what go?" Richie asked coming in the front door.
Duncan glanced at Dri. "Are you going to tell him?"
She shrugged. "Might as well. The cats out of the bag as it is and if I don't tell him you probably will."
"Tell me what?" Richie asked.
"Sit down," Dri said tiredly. "I'm only going to tell this story once."
Richie sat down in the recliner and exchanged a glance with Mac.
"Adrian was my twin brother," She began.
Richie's eyebrows shot up from that statement.
"Yeah I know," She said to him. "You weren't expecting that."
"Not exactly," Richie said.
"Adrian and I would do everything together. If one of us got into trouble the other one would be standing right there taking half the blame." She smiled at the memory. "He was what kept me going for a long time when dad died. He would take the brunt force of what my mother would dish out."
"So what happened?" Richie asked.
Dri gazed up, blinking back tears. Richie was shocked to see her eyes were misted over. He had never seen her cry.
"The police classified it as an accident," She said bitterly as silent tears began silently rolling down her cheeks.
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Duncan looked at Dri with wide eyes. Tears were streaming silently down her face. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying so much.
"I never knew you had a brother."
Dri shrugged. "Not many people do."
"Why didn't you ever tell me?"
She sighed. "Because it was on a need to know bases and you didn't need to know."
Duncan let that part go. He wasn't about to get into an argument about that right now. One problem at a time.
"What was his name?"
"Adrian," She replied sadly. Her eyes got a distant look to them.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?"
"Not really. I've told you enough already."
"Have you?" Duncan asked skeptically. "Maybe you haven't told me enough."
"Maybe you should mind your own business," She shot back angrily.
"You are my business."
"I can change that you know." Dri stated.
"Oh and what are you going to do? Run away again? Live on the streets?"
"I've done it before!"
"And look where it got you," Mac said.
Dri looked around her room. "I'd say it got me into a pretty good place."
Mac sighed. "Before I found you, you were hungry, exhausted, scared. Besides what if you had stolen from someone else? You got lucky and you know it."
"I can take care of myself. Even if you hadn't come along I'd have.."
"You'd have what?" Mac asked, raising his voice. "Ran from Alec forever?"
She stood up. "Look I never asked for your help so don't act like I owe you anything!"
"I'm not asking for anything except the truth Dri. The truth, that's all."
She sighed. "I don't want to talk about it right now. Please Duncan, don't push this."
The Highlander stood and pulled her into a hug. She tensed a little under his touch, but slowly she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I don't want to push this, but you won't tell me on your own. I want you to know that I am here for you. You can't keep everything in all the time."
He pulled back and looked her in the eyes. "I mean it Dri. Don't keep me locked out."
She nodded just as Connor knocked on the door.
"I hate to interrupt, but I need to speak with you Duncan."
Mac nodded. "I'll be right there."
Connor walked out and closed the door. Duncan turned back to Dri and pushed her tangled hair out of her face. "You don't have to run anymore. Richie and I both love you and here for you."
"I know. Go see what Connor wants," She said pushing him to the door.
Duncan glanced at her one last time and then he walked out of the room. Connor was standing just outside the door.
"Is she all right?" Connor asked.
"I hope so," Duncan replied. "What did you need to talk to me about?"
The two men walked over to the couch and sat down.
"McDaniels called."
"How did he get this number?" Duncan asked.
Connor held up a cell phone. "He didn't. He got this one."
"Since when did you get into electronics?"
Connor smiled. "Since Rachel introduced me to them."
Mac laughed. "You never could resist her Connor."
"You're one to talk my friend. You have a young girl sitting in the bedroom who means just as much to you as Rachel does to me."
Duncan changed the subject. "So what did McDaniels want?"
"What else," Connor said. "Me."
"When?"
"Tonight at the bridge."
"It could be a trap," Duncan said nodding.
"Could be," Connor agreed mimicking his movements.
"But you're going to go anyways." He made it a statement.
"Yes."
"Do you want me to come with you?"
Connor stopped nodding. "No. You need to protect the girl."
"McDaniels doesn't know where she is."
"Not yet, but if I don't go tonight McDaniels has already threatened to come after Dri."
Duncan crossed his arms. "All right. I'll stay here."
"Good," Connor walked for the door. He stopped before he walked out and turned back to Duncan. "If things go wrong my friend."
"I'll take care of him," Mac finished for him.
Connor nodded and walked out. Duncan sighed and fell back onto the couch.
"Where's Connor going?" Dri asked from the hall way.
He looked over his shoulder. "He had some thing to take care of."
"Oh," She said and started walking towards her room.
"Dri,"
"Yeah?"
"Come over here I want to talk to you."
She sighed. "Haven't we talked enough?"
He gave her that 'don't be a smart ass' look.
"I'll take that as a no." She walked over to the couch and plopped down beside him.
"You know you've already started telling me about him. I don't see why you shouldn't finish."
She glared at him for the corner of her eye. "You're not going to let this go are you?"
"Not a chance," He said with that goofy smile.
"Let what go?" Richie asked coming in the front door.
Duncan glanced at Dri. "Are you going to tell him?"
She shrugged. "Might as well. The cats out of the bag as it is and if I don't tell him you probably will."
"Tell me what?" Richie asked.
"Sit down," Dri said tiredly. "I'm only going to tell this story once."
Richie sat down in the recliner and exchanged a glance with Mac.
"Adrian was my twin brother," She began.
Richie's eyebrows shot up from that statement.
"Yeah I know," She said to him. "You weren't expecting that."
"Not exactly," Richie said.
"Adrian and I would do everything together. If one of us got into trouble the other one would be standing right there taking half the blame." She smiled at the memory. "He was what kept me going for a long time when dad died. He would take the brunt force of what my mother would dish out."
"So what happened?" Richie asked.
Dri gazed up, blinking back tears. Richie was shocked to see her eyes were misted over. He had never seen her cry.
"The police classified it as an accident," She said bitterly as silent tears began silently rolling down her cheeks.
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