Jewel had lived her entire life in the Centre trying not to get noticed too much and she had done a good job of staying hidden up until a few months ago when by accident she found her records in the Centre mainframe.
Mr. Parker, her grandfather, had started the project after the scientists had failed to make any progress in the Gemini project. Creating a child from two parents seemed to be much easier that cloning one person, so he choose his two best assets to become parents of what they hoped would be a remarkable pretender. Jarod and his daughter would be the perfect specimens to create such a remarkable child. The only flaw in the project was he could not manipulate the child's sex in those days of genetic science.
When the baby was born and it was found to be a female, Mr. Parker felt like the Centre scientists had failed again. It was found that in most cases the pretender gene was recessive in females, so early training was lessoned in her case, a mistake he never realized he made. Jewel became very good at hiding the fact that she was as gifted as her parents after all she was a very good pretender. Yet every time she was tested as a pretender she failed miserable. It became very much like a game for her to infuriate the men who were performing the tests.
As a result of her failing the pretender tests, Jewel was assigned smaller projects that didn't get her noticed which included computer work and this is what lead her to finding her parents. After doing some routine computer checks she found her name imbedded into a file known as Solomon. In the file contained a detailed record of her creation. She was surprised to find her mother was none other that Miss Parker, the chairman's daughter.
Jewel had seen Miss Parker a few times as walked through the Centre hallways. She had dreamed of finding her family one day much like every child at the Centre did at one point or another, but Jewel was afraid to approach her mother. She had no idea how or what to say to the woman. Miss Parker looked like someone who didn't like to be bothered and Jewel was afraid that her mother would reject her. Rejection being the one thing Jewel would never be able to recover from.
Jewel spent several days debating the best way to break the news to her family when the most unexpected thing happened. Angelo came through her vents and said only two words, "Mother knows". It was like a weight had been lifted from Jewel's shoulders.
Miss Parker took the news relatively well that she had a daughter. When Angelo delivered the file to her, she didn't know what to expect. As she read, tears crept silently down her face. Miss Parker could not believe that she and Jarod shared a child. She stormed out of her office hell bent on seeing her child. Along the way, she met Sydney and Broots, who could tell by her attitude that she would kill whoever put her in that mood. Sydney convinced Miss Parker to calm down and tell him what was wrong with her. She agreed to talk to the two of them before she did anything she would regret but not in the Centre. They would meet at her house this evening.
Miss Parker decided that she could not go home without at least seeing her daughter. With a few clicks from her computer, Jewel was easily located. Jewel was working imputing data into the Centre mainframe from a computer workstation on SL-5. Miss Parker walked casually down the hall leading to the workstation. She had decided not to speak to the girl for fear it would cause the two to them to be noticed by security cameras.
As Miss Parker turned a corner the dark haired girl came into view. Miss Parker recognized her daughter instantly because when their eyes met she was looking into familiar brown eyes. Miss Parker tired to act nonchalant as she walked through the corridor but she couldn't help but stare. At that moment Jewel looked up and seemed stunned to she her mother looking at her and she smiled in spite of herself. Miss Parker was startled back into reality by the smile and realized her daughter knew that she was her mother. She hurried along the hall and out the Centre doors before she fully regained control over her emotions.
Miss Parker waited impatiently for Sydney and Broots to arrive at her home that evening. When the doorbell finally rang she was up and to the door in seconds. The two men could tell that something important was weighing on their friends mind as she tried to find the words to tell them.
"I have a daughter," Miss Parker finally blurted out. "That son of a bitch that I call Daddy has used my genes in a Centre project and that's not the worst of it." Broots and Sydney were stunned as they waited for the woman to proceed. "She is Jarod's child as well. What am I going to do? I don't even know my own daughter and I don't know that I ever will be able to get to know her without endangering her life or mine for that matter." Miss Parker spoke in ragged breaths as the tears began to fall.
Sydney regained his composure before Broots did and quickly tried to comfort his weeping friend. "Miss Parker one way or another Broots and I will help you find a way to get to know your daughter in a way that won't endanger either of your lives."
Soon the three people had devised a plan that would have Jewel assigned to the pursuit of Jarod, which was the only way Miss Parker would have any reason to speak to the girl without getting noticed by the Tower. The plan worked like a charm and soon Jewel was assigned to the project. Miss Parker could never be too sure about a safe time or place to broche the subject of Jewel parentage until one day it became necessary for her to accompany her on a trip to find Jarod. Mr. Parker was reluctant to allow Jewel to go on the trip but his daughter convinced him that Jewel was becoming a valuable resource in finding Jarod, so he agreed to let Jewel go on the journey. Besides he wasn't worried about the connection between his daughter and her daughter, Jewel was expendable and could disappear if need be at the drop of a hat.
Miss Parker, Jewel, Sydney, and Broots were soon far away from the Centre chasing a phony lead on Jarod's hereabouts. Jewel didn't know how to react when she left the Centre. She had never been anywhere without being surrounded by Sweepers and even then she never was over a mile from the Centre walls. As the group checked into a shabby motel, the two men left mother and daughter to talk and connect.
"I don't know how to tell you this," Miss Parker slowly said choosing her words carefully, "but I'm your mother. I only found out about your existence about a month ago." Jewel didn't know what to say. All the time she had been working with Miss Parker, she had been afraid that her mother would reject her but she didn't. Slowly Jewel said, "I've known about you for awhile but I had been afraid to tell you. I didn't know how and plus I was afraid you wouldn't want me." Despair was slowly making its way into her voice and tear began to well in her eyes.
Miss Parker suddenly realized what it must have been like for her daughter to grow up in the Centre without anyone to love and comfort her. At least Jarod had Sydney when he was growing up. Suddenly Miss Parker's maternal instinct kicked in and she felt the need to comfort her daughter yet she wasn't exactly sure how to do this. She hesitantly walked the few steps to where Jewel sat perched on the corner of the bed and enfolded her daughter in their first hug. Jewel hadn't been expecting the hug and sat for several seconds stunned. She quickly came back to reality and wrapped her arms around her mother and cried. Miss Parker rocked her daughter as if she where a baby and quietly whispered "Momma's here now, don't cry baby. Don't cry. I promise nothing bad will happen to you."
The emotion reunion had taken its toll on mother and daughter and they quickly fell into a comfortable sleep. They were awakened the next morning by Sydney knocking on the door. They arose and answered the door.
"Miss Parker we will be expected back in Blue Cove soon" Sydney said sadly. "I hope the two of you had time to talk last night" the psychiatrist said. "Don't worry Sydney, Jewel and I talked and she understands that when we go back to the Centre we have to act like nothing has happened eventually we will find a way to leave the Centre for good. She understands Sydney, after all Jewel is a very bright girl just like her father." Sydney smiled at the last comment motherhood seemed to be agreeing with his friend.
So they returned to Blue Cove and acted like nothing had happened while they were gone. Jewel continued to work on the team to find Jarod while her mother worked on coming up with a plan to get the two of them safely away from the Centre. Occasionally Jewel was allowed to go on a trip to catch Jarod and mother and daughter would spend this time talking and getting to know one another.
This is what eventually led to Jewel being beaten at her grandfathers request. He felt that she was getting to close to her mother. Miss Parker and Jewel had never did anything to make him believe that either one of them knew the truth but he felt that it his daughter did know about the child she would try to get vengeance on him for the beating.
At first when Miss Parker had wanted to barge into her father's office and shoot anyone and everyone in the room after she saw what had happened to her daughter. It was Sydney who finally convinced her it was a test to see where her loyalties laid.
So Miss Parker slowly realized there was no other way around what she had to do. She would have to contact Jarod and let him know that she need his help in protecting their daughter.
This is my first story ever so I would appreciate any and all comments you could make in helping me improve my story. Thanks.
Mr. Parker, her grandfather, had started the project after the scientists had failed to make any progress in the Gemini project. Creating a child from two parents seemed to be much easier that cloning one person, so he choose his two best assets to become parents of what they hoped would be a remarkable pretender. Jarod and his daughter would be the perfect specimens to create such a remarkable child. The only flaw in the project was he could not manipulate the child's sex in those days of genetic science.
When the baby was born and it was found to be a female, Mr. Parker felt like the Centre scientists had failed again. It was found that in most cases the pretender gene was recessive in females, so early training was lessoned in her case, a mistake he never realized he made. Jewel became very good at hiding the fact that she was as gifted as her parents after all she was a very good pretender. Yet every time she was tested as a pretender she failed miserable. It became very much like a game for her to infuriate the men who were performing the tests.
As a result of her failing the pretender tests, Jewel was assigned smaller projects that didn't get her noticed which included computer work and this is what lead her to finding her parents. After doing some routine computer checks she found her name imbedded into a file known as Solomon. In the file contained a detailed record of her creation. She was surprised to find her mother was none other that Miss Parker, the chairman's daughter.
Jewel had seen Miss Parker a few times as walked through the Centre hallways. She had dreamed of finding her family one day much like every child at the Centre did at one point or another, but Jewel was afraid to approach her mother. She had no idea how or what to say to the woman. Miss Parker looked like someone who didn't like to be bothered and Jewel was afraid that her mother would reject her. Rejection being the one thing Jewel would never be able to recover from.
Jewel spent several days debating the best way to break the news to her family when the most unexpected thing happened. Angelo came through her vents and said only two words, "Mother knows". It was like a weight had been lifted from Jewel's shoulders.
Miss Parker took the news relatively well that she had a daughter. When Angelo delivered the file to her, she didn't know what to expect. As she read, tears crept silently down her face. Miss Parker could not believe that she and Jarod shared a child. She stormed out of her office hell bent on seeing her child. Along the way, she met Sydney and Broots, who could tell by her attitude that she would kill whoever put her in that mood. Sydney convinced Miss Parker to calm down and tell him what was wrong with her. She agreed to talk to the two of them before she did anything she would regret but not in the Centre. They would meet at her house this evening.
Miss Parker decided that she could not go home without at least seeing her daughter. With a few clicks from her computer, Jewel was easily located. Jewel was working imputing data into the Centre mainframe from a computer workstation on SL-5. Miss Parker walked casually down the hall leading to the workstation. She had decided not to speak to the girl for fear it would cause the two to them to be noticed by security cameras.
As Miss Parker turned a corner the dark haired girl came into view. Miss Parker recognized her daughter instantly because when their eyes met she was looking into familiar brown eyes. Miss Parker tired to act nonchalant as she walked through the corridor but she couldn't help but stare. At that moment Jewel looked up and seemed stunned to she her mother looking at her and she smiled in spite of herself. Miss Parker was startled back into reality by the smile and realized her daughter knew that she was her mother. She hurried along the hall and out the Centre doors before she fully regained control over her emotions.
Miss Parker waited impatiently for Sydney and Broots to arrive at her home that evening. When the doorbell finally rang she was up and to the door in seconds. The two men could tell that something important was weighing on their friends mind as she tried to find the words to tell them.
"I have a daughter," Miss Parker finally blurted out. "That son of a bitch that I call Daddy has used my genes in a Centre project and that's not the worst of it." Broots and Sydney were stunned as they waited for the woman to proceed. "She is Jarod's child as well. What am I going to do? I don't even know my own daughter and I don't know that I ever will be able to get to know her without endangering her life or mine for that matter." Miss Parker spoke in ragged breaths as the tears began to fall.
Sydney regained his composure before Broots did and quickly tried to comfort his weeping friend. "Miss Parker one way or another Broots and I will help you find a way to get to know your daughter in a way that won't endanger either of your lives."
Soon the three people had devised a plan that would have Jewel assigned to the pursuit of Jarod, which was the only way Miss Parker would have any reason to speak to the girl without getting noticed by the Tower. The plan worked like a charm and soon Jewel was assigned to the project. Miss Parker could never be too sure about a safe time or place to broche the subject of Jewel parentage until one day it became necessary for her to accompany her on a trip to find Jarod. Mr. Parker was reluctant to allow Jewel to go on the trip but his daughter convinced him that Jewel was becoming a valuable resource in finding Jarod, so he agreed to let Jewel go on the journey. Besides he wasn't worried about the connection between his daughter and her daughter, Jewel was expendable and could disappear if need be at the drop of a hat.
Miss Parker, Jewel, Sydney, and Broots were soon far away from the Centre chasing a phony lead on Jarod's hereabouts. Jewel didn't know how to react when she left the Centre. She had never been anywhere without being surrounded by Sweepers and even then she never was over a mile from the Centre walls. As the group checked into a shabby motel, the two men left mother and daughter to talk and connect.
"I don't know how to tell you this," Miss Parker slowly said choosing her words carefully, "but I'm your mother. I only found out about your existence about a month ago." Jewel didn't know what to say. All the time she had been working with Miss Parker, she had been afraid that her mother would reject her but she didn't. Slowly Jewel said, "I've known about you for awhile but I had been afraid to tell you. I didn't know how and plus I was afraid you wouldn't want me." Despair was slowly making its way into her voice and tear began to well in her eyes.
Miss Parker suddenly realized what it must have been like for her daughter to grow up in the Centre without anyone to love and comfort her. At least Jarod had Sydney when he was growing up. Suddenly Miss Parker's maternal instinct kicked in and she felt the need to comfort her daughter yet she wasn't exactly sure how to do this. She hesitantly walked the few steps to where Jewel sat perched on the corner of the bed and enfolded her daughter in their first hug. Jewel hadn't been expecting the hug and sat for several seconds stunned. She quickly came back to reality and wrapped her arms around her mother and cried. Miss Parker rocked her daughter as if she where a baby and quietly whispered "Momma's here now, don't cry baby. Don't cry. I promise nothing bad will happen to you."
The emotion reunion had taken its toll on mother and daughter and they quickly fell into a comfortable sleep. They were awakened the next morning by Sydney knocking on the door. They arose and answered the door.
"Miss Parker we will be expected back in Blue Cove soon" Sydney said sadly. "I hope the two of you had time to talk last night" the psychiatrist said. "Don't worry Sydney, Jewel and I talked and she understands that when we go back to the Centre we have to act like nothing has happened eventually we will find a way to leave the Centre for good. She understands Sydney, after all Jewel is a very bright girl just like her father." Sydney smiled at the last comment motherhood seemed to be agreeing with his friend.
So they returned to Blue Cove and acted like nothing had happened while they were gone. Jewel continued to work on the team to find Jarod while her mother worked on coming up with a plan to get the two of them safely away from the Centre. Occasionally Jewel was allowed to go on a trip to catch Jarod and mother and daughter would spend this time talking and getting to know one another.
This is what eventually led to Jewel being beaten at her grandfathers request. He felt that she was getting to close to her mother. Miss Parker and Jewel had never did anything to make him believe that either one of them knew the truth but he felt that it his daughter did know about the child she would try to get vengeance on him for the beating.
At first when Miss Parker had wanted to barge into her father's office and shoot anyone and everyone in the room after she saw what had happened to her daughter. It was Sydney who finally convinced her it was a test to see where her loyalties laid.
So Miss Parker slowly realized there was no other way around what she had to do. She would have to contact Jarod and let him know that she need his help in protecting their daughter.
This is my first story ever so I would appreciate any and all comments you could make in helping me improve my story. Thanks.