A/n: This chapter has alot and I do mean ALOT of connversation...please bare with me. I am trying to get the story rolling along.

It was Mikey. He was sitting on a limb in the tree and he was tapping my window. I opened up the window.

"Mikey, you scared me. What are you doing here at this hour?"

"Patience, I need you to meet me tommorow morning."

"I have school"

"Skip it. Meet me at Denny's."

"Why can't you just tell me here?"

"Its about your mother"

"My mother? What about her?"

"You'll find out. Meet me there at 7 am." he said as he climbed down my tree

I couldn't get back to sleep anymore. I picked up the phone in our room and dialed Jeff's number. I know it was late, but I am scared and upset. He would understand or at least I hope. It rang 4 times before he picked up.

"Hello?" He answered sleeply.

"Jeff" I sobbed

"Patience, whats wrong?"

"I'm scared."

"Why baby?"

"I was sleeping and I heard a noise by my window. I looked out and Mike was tapping at my window. He says he want to meet me tommorow becuase he has to tell me something about my mom." I cried.

"WHAT?!?" He said in shock.

Jeff yelled what so loud he woke up Matt.

"Jeff what's going on" Matt said while rubbing his eyes.

"I'm scared of what he might tell me Jeff."

"I know you are baby. Listen I'll call Vince and ask for some time off and then I will get on a flight and get home to you"

"No, don't do that Jeff. You are on thin ice with Vince already."

"It doesn't matter to me baby. You are scared and I wanna be there for you"

"I feel alittle better after hearing your voice. I think I will be ok now"

"Are you sure because I can come home."

"I'll be fine now. I'm sorry I woke you up"

"You can wake me up anytime you're scared okay?"

"Okay, love you."

"Love you too babe"

"Bye Jeffy"

"bye"

I hung up and went to sleep. Meanwhile...Jeff sat down his phone and crawled into bed. He told Matt what happened and then they both fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning, I went to take a shower, eat breakfast, and then headed out the door acting like I was going to school, but I headed to Denny's. There I saw Mikey. I walked up to him and sat in the booth.

"I'm here. So tell me what you know about my mother"

"Patience, I don't know how I can tell you this. Its all happening so fast. I just found out last night about it"

"What are you talking about?"

"Patience, I'm your brother"

"WHAT!?"

"Your dad is my dad"

"You're lying! Why would you lie about something like that"

"Patience, I'm not lying to you. Our uncle told me last night."

"Which uncle?"

"Uncle Jimmy"

"I don't have an uncle Jimmy"

"He's our dad's brother. Patience, I know this is hard for you."

"This can't be right. It can't be"

"It is. I can prove it to you"

"How? How can you prove something like this"

"Follow me and I will show you"

I got up and he took my hand. We got into his car and took off to I don't know where. Meanwhile...dad was at home. He took the day off. He was on his way to get a bite to eat from the kitchen when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Mr Hardy?"

"Yes this is him?"

"I'm the assistant principal for the seniors here at Cameron high (I don't think there is a school like that). Patience Corbin is in your care correct?"

"Yes, what about Patience"

"Well, she didn't come to school today and no one called her in sick. So I was wondering what is happening"

"What do you mean she didn't come to school today? She left this morning to go to school."

"Apparently she didn't get here. Now either she skipped school or something happened to her on the way here"

"Patience would never skip school."

"Well then something happened to her"

"Okay, I'm going to call the police and then take my car and look around for her. Thanks for calling me and telling me"

"I'll have the school officers go out looking for her too. "

"Okay bye"

"Bye"

Before Gil left, he called up Jeff.

"Hello?"

"Jeffrey, we got a problem"

"What do you mean we got a problem?"

"Patience is missing"

"WHAT?!?! What do you mean missing?"

"She never made it to school this morning"

"This has something to do with Mike her co-worker"

"How do you figure?"

"Last night she called me and told me she was sleeping and she heard a noise by her window. She looked out and Mike was tapping at her window. He told her that he wanted her to meet him becuase he has to tell her something about her mom."

"Okay I am going to call the police back and have them find him too."

"I'm going to get some time off and come home."

"Son that won't be nessesary. We'll find her"

"I want to dad. I love her"

"I know son. If its what you really want then you can come home."

"Thanks dad I'll be home in a few hours. Bye"

"Bye son"

Gil hung up and called the police while Jeff talked ot Matt and they both got off and went to the airport to catch a plane to Cameron. While all that happened, Mikey and I pulled up to a 2 story house. He stopped the car and let me out of my side. We walked up to the door and knocked. A man opened the door and something about him scared me.