Chapter 4
I'm glad it Friday, I stayed up way too late last night. Lack of sleep, and a kicking child are not a good combination. Not to mention the morning sickness. I ran into Weiss on my way in. He's taking the lead on Vaughn's investigation. I needed a break, it was starting to get to me. Not knowing truths from lies. I really want to believe that he isn't a bad guy, but all the intel is leading us to the conclusion. Dad actually took me off the case until I have the baby. He doesn't want his granddaughter to come out mad at the world. He had a good point. Plus, I was on a new mission, one that would finally bring this family some happiness.
I made my appointment for 10:00 a.m. with Chase. Enough time so dad and I don't cross paths. I think I'm going to solicit Dixon for help on this one. Former SD-6 along with myself and dad, I think that he's a great person to have on my side. Not to mention, he needs a change of pace too. He's been on desk duty for a couple of months now. I'm sure he's as bored as I am.
Dixon, got a minute?
For you, of course.
I handed him a copy of the newspaper clipping. I think his jaw hit his desk.
Is this for real? God, SD-6 did it didn't they? Sloane. I hate that bastard!
Yes and yes and me too. I found this trunk with all my father's personal belongings in it from when he was younger. Apparently he wanted out, and SD-6 didn't want to let him out. So they made it look like he and I both died in that plane crash.
Dixon, I need your help. I'm going to talk to Director Chase in a couple of hours. I'm going to see if the CIA will assist in talking to dad's family. I think it's time for the agency to fix some this for my dad. He's literally given them his life. It's time for them to give it back to him. I think he deserves some happiness for once.
I totally agree with you Syd. Jack and I never really spoke much about personal matters. But I have the highest respect for the man. He's obviously sacrificed a lot. It makes sense how he's so shut off from personal matters. I don't know what I would have done if SD-6 would have done that to me. I think I probably would have died emotionally knowing that everyone I loved thought I was gone and that I had no one to share my life with. No one to talk to or to love what so ever.
My meeting with Chase and Dixon went really well. Director Chase was appalled that this had happened, and that it went on this long. She seemed eager to fix things. I was a bit surprised since I thought she hated my dad. Guess not. She gave Dixon and I access to dad's level 6 files only. I guess Only God gets level 10 access. I was amazed at the information in there. The missions he went on, only a few were failures, the vast majority, however, successes.
Later that night I went home to find that dad had beat me. That never happened. He was sitting in front of the fireplace reading the letters from Caitlin. He looked so sad. But what he didn't know was that very soon, he would see her in person. We chatted a bit. I told him I was exhausted and that I was going to bed and that I needed to go into work this weekend to do some paperwork. He just smiled at me and told me not to work so much. I kissed him good night and went to bed.
For two days Dixon and I put a portfolio together about Jonathan Donahue Bristow. Information that Chase was going to share with them. We worked the entire weekend on this. I think we had a pretty good overview of info for Chase.
Monday afternoon she reviewed the information. In turn she gave me a file on what she found out about dad's family.