Chapter 28
Jarod could feel he was being watched. Maybe it was a lifetime of living under the glare of cameras, that made him so keenly aware of when it was happening.
He turned from Mallory, who he kept praying would just wake up, towards the window of her room. What the hell was Catherine Parker doing out there?!
Jarod reluctantly let go of Mallory's hand and stood up. He walked out into the hallway, taking off his mask.
'What are you doing out here?' he asked, struggling to keep his tone civil.
'Jarod...I need your help. I need to get out of here, just for a little while.'
Jarod clenched his teeth together.
''A little while' being long enough until Ethan and Emily leave?'
'Jarod, I know what you think of me...and your father....'
'You really think the answer is to slip out the side door here? You are going to have to face what you have done. What both my father and you have done. I just pray you tell the whole truth!'
'Jarod, please! You are...were a Pretender! You can get out of any situation! Help me! I'm doing this for Mallory!'
Jarod began to back away a bit.
'You really are sick! How the hell does running away from the truth, help my wife now? Never mind! I don't want to hear it! It's over! Ethan was going to learn the truth anyway, since Mallory and I invited him here for Thanksgiving. And I wasn't about to sit through dinner and lie to him not another minute! And Emily will learn how you came in between my mother and father!'
'Jarod, your father left your mother because she was a spy! I know you hate hearing that, but it's the truth! Just like Mallory had illusions about what I was really like, you will have to accept what Marina really was!'
'I don't have to accept any 'truths' from a woman that could not even spell the word! Now I suggest you go and face your son and step-daughter.'
Catherine began to cry!
'Jarod...Jarod I can't face Ethan! I can't! He wouldn't understand!'
'How both of his parents were together and just chose never to look for him? Yeah, he may have a difficult time with that. Now, I'm going back into my wife's room. You're on your own. Don't make your problems ours.'
'Jarod! Please, I'm trying to get out of here for the good of the family! We don't need this trauma now, not with my daughter in there fighting for her life! Just show me how to get out of here!'
Jarod had been about to turn away, when his mother-in-law had the colossal nerve to utter those words!
'If you were really concerned about that, then you wouldn't have come. You had to know that Emily and Ethan might show. Why did you come here?'
Catherine was at a loss for words. Jarod cleared his throat.
'Sidney told me about what you tried to pull with Abigail. Do you know, that there was a moment when I actually thought about sending Brian back to my father and you? Did you know that?'
Catherine, who was still crying, shook her head. Her make-up was beginning to streak and the lines that had scarred her face were beginning to show. But Jarod did not say anything to her about that. Ethan and Emily would have to learn about her medical problems as well.
'But I'm looking at a woman who would rather sneak off into the night, instead of owning up to her mistakes. That is why Brian will never live with you. Ever. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back in to see my wife...your daughter. You haven't even asked how she is. Probably because you're too caught up in your own lies to notice.'
Jarod turned away from her abruptly. Catherine put her hands up to her face and realized that her make-up was streaking. She looked around for the nearest bathroom. She decided to stay in there until it was safe to come out and be with her husband and Brian again.
****
'What is it, Daddy? What do you want to tell us?' Emily asked. Ethan and her were sitting in another waiting area, away from Brian and Sidney Bristow.
Major Charles tried to quell the knawing fear inside. The fear that his son and daughter would not understand what he had to tell them. After all Jarod and Mallory had not.
'Daddy, does this have to do with Brian? Look, let's just forget about all that for now. The point is to be here for Jarod and Mallory.' Emily said, reaching out to touch his hand.
But Ethan just stared at Major Charles.
'No, Emily. I think we need to hear what our father has to say.'
Emily looked over at her brother.
'Ethan, you can see how distraught our father is here...'
But Ethan put a hand up to halt her from speaking.
'Jarod and Mallory invited me here so I could spend Thanksgiving with them. You refused to come.'
'Ethan, you know I couldn't! I mean, Daddy is the one that has been raising Brian all of this time. I know he's not doing well in school and...'
Ethan suddenly glared at her!
'That is not what I'm talking about!' he snapped. 'Something else is going on here! Jarod is not an unreasonable man. He was perfectly content to leave Brian with our father until something changed. And that something has brought us to this point where I'm the only one in our family having Thanksgiving with Mallory and Jarod.'
Ethan then looked at his father.
'Tell us. Tell us what's going on.' he said.
Major Charles cleared his throat. Both of his sons were right. This could not go on.
'Well the first thing I have to tell you is that I got re-married.'
Emily removed her hand from her father's. Ethan looked at his sister.
'You got re-married, Daddy? When was this?'
Major Charles coughed.
'Uh, well, honey, it wasn't recently.'
'Meaning?' Ethan asked. He didn't like the way his father was beating around the bush.
'A little over thirty years ago.'
Emily jumped up! Major Charles stood up as well.
'Emily, please sit down.'
Emily looked down at Ethan, who was still staring at Major Charles.
'You....you never divorced Mom!'
'No, not really, no. But Cathy and I were so in love...we were married in our hearts.'
''In your hearts'?! Emily began to yell. 'Mom knew, didn't she? Didn't she? You two not getting back together had nothing to do with the Centre, did it? Oh my God! How she must've suffered!' Emily cried, as tears began to run down her face.
Ethan now stood up.
'I have never seen you with a woman! Ever! Does Brian know her?'
Major Charles nodded morosely. Ethan squinted at his father.
'Brian has seen her? But I haven't? What the hell?! Do you hide her whenever Emily and I come around? God, is she the reason Jarod and Mallory feel the way they do about you?!'
'Oh my God!' Emily cried out again. 'Jarod didn't want to badmouth you when I took your side! He was waiting for you to tell us the truth! Oh God! How could I have been so mean?!'
'Honey...I know this is upsetting...but...but...' Major Charles began, but faltered.
'But it gets worse, doesn't it, Dad?' Ethan asked, his sixth sense kicking in. And he found that unsettling. Because that had been connected to his mother, the late Catherine Parker. And somehow, Ethan had the bad feeling that what his father was about to tell them, had something to do with her.
Major Charles felt a tear run out of the corner of his eye. But, he had come this far. It was time to tell the truth...all of it.
'The woman I married all of those years ago, that you have never seen, is Catherine Parker.'
There was a silence. Emily began to shake her head.
'Mallory and Ethan's mother? What are you talking about? She's been dead for...'
'No, honey! She had to hide, for her own safety and her daughter's.'
'She had to hide from Mallory, for Mallory?' Emily asked, her voice hoarse and disbelieving.
'No....there was a twin.'
'Mr. Lyle...the one that shot Mallory?' Emily asked.
Major Charles shook his head again. God, where was Cathy?! He needed her to help him tell this story! His wife needed to help him tell their son why they couldn't raise him!
'No, honey. Lyle is not Mallory's full sibling. It's complicated.'
'Where is she?' Ethan asked, his tone quiet. Major Charles looked over at him.
'She's around here somewhere, son.'
'You mean she's hiding?! Right?!' Ethan began to yell. Major Charles tried to put his hands on his son's shoulders, but he slapped them away!
'Where is she?! Where is she, Dad?! I want to hear from her how she could've abandoned Mallory and me all of those years ago! Oh my God! This explains everything! Everything! This is why Jarod and Mallory don't want their son raised with you! Isn't it? Two liars!'
Emily folded her arms and began shaking her head.
'How could you have done this to my mother?! She spent her whole life looking for ways to bring down the Centre and find Jarod...so we could all be reunited one day! You said you were doing the same thing! But you weren't, were you?! You were playing house with a woman who had run off and left her kids!'
'Why didn't you two come back for me?!' Ethan hissed, angrier than he had ever been in his life! Why the hell didn't Jarod just tell him this?! There was a part of him that suspected that his big brother and sister had wanted his parents to tell him the truth, but looking at his father now, Ethan wondered if he ever had plans to tell him anything at all!
'The Centre was always watching! We couldn't go back and Catherine was sick! The Triumvirate had infected her with something...our lives were not spent playing house, kids! I had to look out for your mother, Ethan, and your sister.'
'What sister? What are you talking about?' Emily asked, her eyes wide with horror. She still couldn't believe what she was hearing!
'Lyle was not Catherine's...she had twin girls. Lyle is just another part of the Centre lie....Ethan, Mallory and you have a sister named Melanie and...'
'And you raised her, hey?! Where is she?' Ethan asked tersely.
'Your sister lives in New York, son...'
'No, Dad! Where is my mother?! Where is she?!' he hissed. He wanted to look his mother in the eye himself and hear why she had left him!
'I'm right here.'
Ethan, Emily and Major Charles turned around, as Catherine Parker, devoid of any make-up and scarred, walked towards the trio. A few people nearby tried not to stare at her bizarre appearance, but failed miserably.
Emily looked the woman over. This was the woman her father had walked out on their mother for! Even if Catherine Parker had not been scarred, Emily failed to see what her father would've seen in this woman, that would've made him forsaken the sacred vows he had made to her mother. She had no intentions of accepting this marriage, ever!
Catherine walked up to Ethan, her eyes full of tears. She reached out slowly to touch her son's cheek.
'Hello, son. I've loved you forever.' she said.
****
Jarod had been deep in thought, when Mallory began to stir. He looked at her face, as her eyes opened. He could see her eyes take in her whereabouts, before focusing in on his familiar face.
'Hi.' she said weakly. Jarod, who was already holding one of her hands, kissed it.
'Don't try and talk. I'll go and get the doctor.' he said, as he began to let go of her hand.
But she gripped it.
'Brian? And Abigail? Lyle didn't shoot them too?'
'No! No, honey, everything is fine. Sydney and Michelle are watching Abigail, and Brian is out in the waiting area.' he said. Jarod decided not to say anything about their parents being there. It would only upset her.
Mallory tried to nod, but it was an effort.
'He was very brave...our son.'
'Yes, yes he was. Let me get the doctor, okay?' Jarod asked again, trying to disengage his hand from hers. But Mallory kept a tight grip on it.
'And Lyle? Did he get away?'
'No, he's been detained by my cousin Sidney and Michael Vaughn. He won't get away again, I promise.'
'Where is Bobby? Jarod, we have to find him. Lyle may have killed him...' she began to sob and her heart rate started to rise.
'Honey, please calm down, okay. I promise you, we'll find Bobby. We'll raise him as our own, I promise. But you have to stay calm, okay?'
Mallory nodded and let go of his hand. Jarod half smiled at her, before turning away and leaving the room to get the doctor. But once outside, he allowed himself to cry tears of relief.
Michael Vaughn walked up to him. Jarod jumped, since he had not seen him coming. Michael saw his tears and assumed the worst.
'God, Jarod...is it Mallory?'
'No! No, she's awake. I'm going to get the doctor now. Has Lyle told you anything?'
Michael shook his head.
'It's like it's worth it for him not to cut a deal, if he can keep Bobby's whereabouts from us.'
'I don't want you to cut a deal, Michael. He's murdered too many people...you know, I just promised Mallory that Bobby would be found and that we would raise him. If that boy is dead, it will just kill her.'
'I know, Jarod. We're doing everything we can, but you know Lyle better than I. He's tough...except for when it comes to his mother.'
Jarod raised a brow.
'What do you mean?'
'I mean that he keeps talking about Mallory 'lying to him' about his mother. He does not believe that Catherine Parker was not his mother.'
So, Lyle did have an Achilles Heel! Jarod thought. In a sad way, he could relate to the monster! There was a time when he himself would've done anything for just a scrap of information about his own mother.
Jarod and Michael walked up to see Sidney walking up to them. She touched Jarod's arm.
'Broots arrived with his daughter Debbie. I left them with Brian. How is Mallory?'
'She's awake and anxious about Bobby. And I just thought of something that might break Lyle.'
'We're open to anything.' Vaughn said, putting an arm around Sidney.
'Well, if Catherine Parker hasn't made her getaway, then I think we ought to send her in to Lyle.' Jarod said.
Vaughn looked at Sidney, who looked equally as puzzled.
'I don't understand.' Sidney said. 'What good could she do? Lyle already knows she's not his real mother.'
Vaughn began to nod.
'But he doesn't believe it.' Vaughn told her.
Jarod gave them both hard looks.
'We'll send Catherine Parker in to to tell Lyle that she is indeed his real mother. She may be the only one that could get him to tell us where Bobby is, or if he's even still alive.' Jarod said grimly.
****
Ethan pulled away from Catherine Parker. He had nothing to say to her. Emily just stared at her as well.
'I know this is a shock to you both. But please believe me when I tell you that I had reasons for everything I did. Ethan, in many ways, you were better off without me.'
'Yeah, I'm beginning to realize that.' Ethan said sarcastically. Catherine flinched.
Jarod, Vaughn and Sidney walked up to them. Emily walked over to Jarod.
'Jarod...' she then began to cry. Jarod put an arm around her. There was no need for her to say anything. He knew how devastated his sister had to be. But, at least the truth was out there now.
'Is it Mallory? Do you have news?' Major Charles asked.
'She's fine. I found the doctor and he's with her now. I'm headed back,but...'
Jarod let go of his little sister and walked up to Catherine Parker.
'You have a chance to redeem yourself. Help us with Lyle and you may be saving a child's life.' Jarod said to her.
Jarod could feel he was being watched. Maybe it was a lifetime of living under the glare of cameras, that made him so keenly aware of when it was happening.
He turned from Mallory, who he kept praying would just wake up, towards the window of her room. What the hell was Catherine Parker doing out there?!
Jarod reluctantly let go of Mallory's hand and stood up. He walked out into the hallway, taking off his mask.
'What are you doing out here?' he asked, struggling to keep his tone civil.
'Jarod...I need your help. I need to get out of here, just for a little while.'
Jarod clenched his teeth together.
''A little while' being long enough until Ethan and Emily leave?'
'Jarod, I know what you think of me...and your father....'
'You really think the answer is to slip out the side door here? You are going to have to face what you have done. What both my father and you have done. I just pray you tell the whole truth!'
'Jarod, please! You are...were a Pretender! You can get out of any situation! Help me! I'm doing this for Mallory!'
Jarod began to back away a bit.
'You really are sick! How the hell does running away from the truth, help my wife now? Never mind! I don't want to hear it! It's over! Ethan was going to learn the truth anyway, since Mallory and I invited him here for Thanksgiving. And I wasn't about to sit through dinner and lie to him not another minute! And Emily will learn how you came in between my mother and father!'
'Jarod, your father left your mother because she was a spy! I know you hate hearing that, but it's the truth! Just like Mallory had illusions about what I was really like, you will have to accept what Marina really was!'
'I don't have to accept any 'truths' from a woman that could not even spell the word! Now I suggest you go and face your son and step-daughter.'
Catherine began to cry!
'Jarod...Jarod I can't face Ethan! I can't! He wouldn't understand!'
'How both of his parents were together and just chose never to look for him? Yeah, he may have a difficult time with that. Now, I'm going back into my wife's room. You're on your own. Don't make your problems ours.'
'Jarod! Please, I'm trying to get out of here for the good of the family! We don't need this trauma now, not with my daughter in there fighting for her life! Just show me how to get out of here!'
Jarod had been about to turn away, when his mother-in-law had the colossal nerve to utter those words!
'If you were really concerned about that, then you wouldn't have come. You had to know that Emily and Ethan might show. Why did you come here?'
Catherine was at a loss for words. Jarod cleared his throat.
'Sidney told me about what you tried to pull with Abigail. Do you know, that there was a moment when I actually thought about sending Brian back to my father and you? Did you know that?'
Catherine, who was still crying, shook her head. Her make-up was beginning to streak and the lines that had scarred her face were beginning to show. But Jarod did not say anything to her about that. Ethan and Emily would have to learn about her medical problems as well.
'But I'm looking at a woman who would rather sneak off into the night, instead of owning up to her mistakes. That is why Brian will never live with you. Ever. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back in to see my wife...your daughter. You haven't even asked how she is. Probably because you're too caught up in your own lies to notice.'
Jarod turned away from her abruptly. Catherine put her hands up to her face and realized that her make-up was streaking. She looked around for the nearest bathroom. She decided to stay in there until it was safe to come out and be with her husband and Brian again.
****
'What is it, Daddy? What do you want to tell us?' Emily asked. Ethan and her were sitting in another waiting area, away from Brian and Sidney Bristow.
Major Charles tried to quell the knawing fear inside. The fear that his son and daughter would not understand what he had to tell them. After all Jarod and Mallory had not.
'Daddy, does this have to do with Brian? Look, let's just forget about all that for now. The point is to be here for Jarod and Mallory.' Emily said, reaching out to touch his hand.
But Ethan just stared at Major Charles.
'No, Emily. I think we need to hear what our father has to say.'
Emily looked over at her brother.
'Ethan, you can see how distraught our father is here...'
But Ethan put a hand up to halt her from speaking.
'Jarod and Mallory invited me here so I could spend Thanksgiving with them. You refused to come.'
'Ethan, you know I couldn't! I mean, Daddy is the one that has been raising Brian all of this time. I know he's not doing well in school and...'
Ethan suddenly glared at her!
'That is not what I'm talking about!' he snapped. 'Something else is going on here! Jarod is not an unreasonable man. He was perfectly content to leave Brian with our father until something changed. And that something has brought us to this point where I'm the only one in our family having Thanksgiving with Mallory and Jarod.'
Ethan then looked at his father.
'Tell us. Tell us what's going on.' he said.
Major Charles cleared his throat. Both of his sons were right. This could not go on.
'Well the first thing I have to tell you is that I got re-married.'
Emily removed her hand from her father's. Ethan looked at his sister.
'You got re-married, Daddy? When was this?'
Major Charles coughed.
'Uh, well, honey, it wasn't recently.'
'Meaning?' Ethan asked. He didn't like the way his father was beating around the bush.
'A little over thirty years ago.'
Emily jumped up! Major Charles stood up as well.
'Emily, please sit down.'
Emily looked down at Ethan, who was still staring at Major Charles.
'You....you never divorced Mom!'
'No, not really, no. But Cathy and I were so in love...we were married in our hearts.'
''In your hearts'?! Emily began to yell. 'Mom knew, didn't she? Didn't she? You two not getting back together had nothing to do with the Centre, did it? Oh my God! How she must've suffered!' Emily cried, as tears began to run down her face.
Ethan now stood up.
'I have never seen you with a woman! Ever! Does Brian know her?'
Major Charles nodded morosely. Ethan squinted at his father.
'Brian has seen her? But I haven't? What the hell?! Do you hide her whenever Emily and I come around? God, is she the reason Jarod and Mallory feel the way they do about you?!'
'Oh my God!' Emily cried out again. 'Jarod didn't want to badmouth you when I took your side! He was waiting for you to tell us the truth! Oh God! How could I have been so mean?!'
'Honey...I know this is upsetting...but...but...' Major Charles began, but faltered.
'But it gets worse, doesn't it, Dad?' Ethan asked, his sixth sense kicking in. And he found that unsettling. Because that had been connected to his mother, the late Catherine Parker. And somehow, Ethan had the bad feeling that what his father was about to tell them, had something to do with her.
Major Charles felt a tear run out of the corner of his eye. But, he had come this far. It was time to tell the truth...all of it.
'The woman I married all of those years ago, that you have never seen, is Catherine Parker.'
There was a silence. Emily began to shake her head.
'Mallory and Ethan's mother? What are you talking about? She's been dead for...'
'No, honey! She had to hide, for her own safety and her daughter's.'
'She had to hide from Mallory, for Mallory?' Emily asked, her voice hoarse and disbelieving.
'No....there was a twin.'
'Mr. Lyle...the one that shot Mallory?' Emily asked.
Major Charles shook his head again. God, where was Cathy?! He needed her to help him tell this story! His wife needed to help him tell their son why they couldn't raise him!
'No, honey. Lyle is not Mallory's full sibling. It's complicated.'
'Where is she?' Ethan asked, his tone quiet. Major Charles looked over at him.
'She's around here somewhere, son.'
'You mean she's hiding?! Right?!' Ethan began to yell. Major Charles tried to put his hands on his son's shoulders, but he slapped them away!
'Where is she?! Where is she, Dad?! I want to hear from her how she could've abandoned Mallory and me all of those years ago! Oh my God! This explains everything! Everything! This is why Jarod and Mallory don't want their son raised with you! Isn't it? Two liars!'
Emily folded her arms and began shaking her head.
'How could you have done this to my mother?! She spent her whole life looking for ways to bring down the Centre and find Jarod...so we could all be reunited one day! You said you were doing the same thing! But you weren't, were you?! You were playing house with a woman who had run off and left her kids!'
'Why didn't you two come back for me?!' Ethan hissed, angrier than he had ever been in his life! Why the hell didn't Jarod just tell him this?! There was a part of him that suspected that his big brother and sister had wanted his parents to tell him the truth, but looking at his father now, Ethan wondered if he ever had plans to tell him anything at all!
'The Centre was always watching! We couldn't go back and Catherine was sick! The Triumvirate had infected her with something...our lives were not spent playing house, kids! I had to look out for your mother, Ethan, and your sister.'
'What sister? What are you talking about?' Emily asked, her eyes wide with horror. She still couldn't believe what she was hearing!
'Lyle was not Catherine's...she had twin girls. Lyle is just another part of the Centre lie....Ethan, Mallory and you have a sister named Melanie and...'
'And you raised her, hey?! Where is she?' Ethan asked tersely.
'Your sister lives in New York, son...'
'No, Dad! Where is my mother?! Where is she?!' he hissed. He wanted to look his mother in the eye himself and hear why she had left him!
'I'm right here.'
Ethan, Emily and Major Charles turned around, as Catherine Parker, devoid of any make-up and scarred, walked towards the trio. A few people nearby tried not to stare at her bizarre appearance, but failed miserably.
Emily looked the woman over. This was the woman her father had walked out on their mother for! Even if Catherine Parker had not been scarred, Emily failed to see what her father would've seen in this woman, that would've made him forsaken the sacred vows he had made to her mother. She had no intentions of accepting this marriage, ever!
Catherine walked up to Ethan, her eyes full of tears. She reached out slowly to touch her son's cheek.
'Hello, son. I've loved you forever.' she said.
****
Jarod had been deep in thought, when Mallory began to stir. He looked at her face, as her eyes opened. He could see her eyes take in her whereabouts, before focusing in on his familiar face.
'Hi.' she said weakly. Jarod, who was already holding one of her hands, kissed it.
'Don't try and talk. I'll go and get the doctor.' he said, as he began to let go of her hand.
But she gripped it.
'Brian? And Abigail? Lyle didn't shoot them too?'
'No! No, honey, everything is fine. Sydney and Michelle are watching Abigail, and Brian is out in the waiting area.' he said. Jarod decided not to say anything about their parents being there. It would only upset her.
Mallory tried to nod, but it was an effort.
'He was very brave...our son.'
'Yes, yes he was. Let me get the doctor, okay?' Jarod asked again, trying to disengage his hand from hers. But Mallory kept a tight grip on it.
'And Lyle? Did he get away?'
'No, he's been detained by my cousin Sidney and Michael Vaughn. He won't get away again, I promise.'
'Where is Bobby? Jarod, we have to find him. Lyle may have killed him...' she began to sob and her heart rate started to rise.
'Honey, please calm down, okay. I promise you, we'll find Bobby. We'll raise him as our own, I promise. But you have to stay calm, okay?'
Mallory nodded and let go of his hand. Jarod half smiled at her, before turning away and leaving the room to get the doctor. But once outside, he allowed himself to cry tears of relief.
Michael Vaughn walked up to him. Jarod jumped, since he had not seen him coming. Michael saw his tears and assumed the worst.
'God, Jarod...is it Mallory?'
'No! No, she's awake. I'm going to get the doctor now. Has Lyle told you anything?'
Michael shook his head.
'It's like it's worth it for him not to cut a deal, if he can keep Bobby's whereabouts from us.'
'I don't want you to cut a deal, Michael. He's murdered too many people...you know, I just promised Mallory that Bobby would be found and that we would raise him. If that boy is dead, it will just kill her.'
'I know, Jarod. We're doing everything we can, but you know Lyle better than I. He's tough...except for when it comes to his mother.'
Jarod raised a brow.
'What do you mean?'
'I mean that he keeps talking about Mallory 'lying to him' about his mother. He does not believe that Catherine Parker was not his mother.'
So, Lyle did have an Achilles Heel! Jarod thought. In a sad way, he could relate to the monster! There was a time when he himself would've done anything for just a scrap of information about his own mother.
Jarod and Michael walked up to see Sidney walking up to them. She touched Jarod's arm.
'Broots arrived with his daughter Debbie. I left them with Brian. How is Mallory?'
'She's awake and anxious about Bobby. And I just thought of something that might break Lyle.'
'We're open to anything.' Vaughn said, putting an arm around Sidney.
'Well, if Catherine Parker hasn't made her getaway, then I think we ought to send her in to Lyle.' Jarod said.
Vaughn looked at Sidney, who looked equally as puzzled.
'I don't understand.' Sidney said. 'What good could she do? Lyle already knows she's not his real mother.'
Vaughn began to nod.
'But he doesn't believe it.' Vaughn told her.
Jarod gave them both hard looks.
'We'll send Catherine Parker in to to tell Lyle that she is indeed his real mother. She may be the only one that could get him to tell us where Bobby is, or if he's even still alive.' Jarod said grimly.
****
Ethan pulled away from Catherine Parker. He had nothing to say to her. Emily just stared at her as well.
'I know this is a shock to you both. But please believe me when I tell you that I had reasons for everything I did. Ethan, in many ways, you were better off without me.'
'Yeah, I'm beginning to realize that.' Ethan said sarcastically. Catherine flinched.
Jarod, Vaughn and Sidney walked up to them. Emily walked over to Jarod.
'Jarod...' she then began to cry. Jarod put an arm around her. There was no need for her to say anything. He knew how devastated his sister had to be. But, at least the truth was out there now.
'Is it Mallory? Do you have news?' Major Charles asked.
'She's fine. I found the doctor and he's with her now. I'm headed back,but...'
Jarod let go of his little sister and walked up to Catherine Parker.
'You have a chance to redeem yourself. Help us with Lyle and you may be saving a child's life.' Jarod said to her.