AN: I'm sorry this is shorter than normal! I'll have more by this weekend. If anyone has any suggestions for me, I'd gladly take them. I am so glad you all are enjoying this! Well,, without further ado, here it is!

Chapter 11

I scooped up Gracie and followed Vaughn off the airplane. I grabbed Frankie from one of the airline attendants. Vaughn got all of our luggage and we hurried through the airport. We saw someone holding up a sign that read Lindsay'. We hurried over to him.

"We are the Lindsays." Vaughn said quickly, out of breath.

The man nodded. "Ok. Follow me."

We followed him out to a limo. We all got into the backseat and the man said something to the driver in French. He crawled back over to us.

"Ok. So obviously you know that you're new name is Lindsay, right?" He asked. "By the way, I'm Agent Kaplan."

"Hi." I said. I pulled Gracie into my lap. "And yes, we do. That's really all my father told us."

"Ok. Agent, you're new name is Patricia, and Agent Vaughn, you're new name is Jason. Gracie, you're new name is Tessa."

Gracie looked at me, confused. "Gracie, from now on we're gonna call you Tessa. It's just going to be for a little while. We all get new names. My new name is Patricia and Daddy's new name is Jason. You're gonna have to call us those names all right? Haley, Dave, and Gracie are gone. Ok?"

Gracie nodded he head solemnly. I pulled her closer to me. "I'm sorry sweetie." I whispered in her ear. "This will be over soon."

Agent Kaplan cleared his throat. I looked at him and smiled apologetically.

"Sorry. Continue."

"Here are your new passports and everything. Your father threw in some money as well." He handed us a yellow envelope. He pulled out a bracelet and watch. "These were created by Marshall."

He handed the watch to Vaughn and the bracelet to Gracie.

"They have tracers in them, but they cannot be located if anyone tries to find it." Agent Kaplan looked at each of us. "Any questions?"

"Yes. How will we know that Sloane won't come after us?" Vaughn asked.

"We'll contact you." The limo came to a stop. "Be careful." He said, as we exited the limo.

"Frankie!" I whistled. Frankie bounded out of the car and jogged over to my side. The driver got out and placed our luggage on the curb. Agent Kaplan stepped out and walked over to us.

He shook Vaughn's hand. "She should be waiting for you. She'll have more information for you. All right?"

"Ok." Vaughn replied.

We all waved as we watched the limo pull away. Vaughn gathered our luggage.

"Follow me." He said.

"What was that about?" I asked him.

He stopped and turned to me. "As much as I hate to say this, I can't tell you."

He began to walk again. I grabbed his arm.

"Vaughn!" I exclaimed.

"You'll just have to understand Syd. I can't tell you. I'm sorry but I can't. You'll find out soon enough."

I sighed as he began walking again.

I scooped Gracie into my arms as I followed him. We walked up to a run down house. Vaughn searched his pockets and found a key. He opened the door and went inside.

"Kat? You here?" He called.

"Vaughn, who's" I stopped as I saw a dark shadow appear in the hall.

"Quickly! Come inside." I heard a female voice say. She had a heavy French accent.

Gracie and I were shoved into the house and the door was slammed behind us. The woman began locking the door. I noticed that there were several locks on it.

Vaughn set our luggage down by the front door. I couldn't see much else because it was so dark.

Vaughn grabbed my arm and led me into another room. He turned on one light. The house was nicely furnished inside. He walked over to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.

"Want anything to drink?" He called.

"No." I replied.

Gracie jumped up and down. "I wanna Sprite!"

I smiled and sat down on the leather couch in the family room. Gracie hopped up next to me.

"Where are we Mom?"

"I haven't a clue." I said.

Vaughn rummaged about and finally came over to us, bearing a cup of Sprite.

"Thanks Dad." She said. She took a long sip of it, and a tiny burp escaped her lips. She blushed. "Excuse me."

"Vaughn, what's going on here?" I asked.

"I can explain that." The woman appeared in the doorway. Vaughn rushed over to her and embraced her in a hug. He placed a small kiss on her cheek.

"Kat, I missed you so much."

"I missed you too Michael." She kissed him back.

I sat there, my mouth hanging open. "You're not cheating on me are you?" I managed to say.

Vaughn pulled away from the woman. He walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder. "Of course not Syd!"

"Then who is she?" I demanded. I looked at her. She had light brown hair that was very long and she had bright green eyes, just like Vaughn's.


"Syd, I'd like you to meet my sister, Katarina Vaughn."