A/N: Okay so i thought maybe i'd give you the next chapter even though i don't think i got enough reviews, wink wink nudge nudge. lol. i hope you like it, i wrote the convo while at work, so i hope it flows okay.

Jack chose to walk to the other cabin, using the time alone to think about what he was going to say. He was furious at his parents. He still hadn't worked out why they wouldn't tell him about his children. Colin's hatred of him only served to fuel his fire.

He was pretty certain there was no way Colin was just going to show up and forgive him for all the time he had missed. It was already obvious the kid had been letting this build for over ten years. Grudges like that didn't just go away. That's all right, though, he wouldn't push him. He knew that was the best way to alienate his son.

The walk was shorter than he remembered it being and before he knew it he was standing at the front door. He hesitated knocking, not sure what he was going to say when he got inside. Actually, he was more afraid of losing control once he got there.

The door opened before he could react, but thankfully all his years of military training kept him from jumping in surprise. He cocked an eyebrow at his father standing in front of him.

"Jack."

"Pops."

Matthew O'Neill stepped back, letting Jack into the house in silence. Jack sat in the chair across from the couch as his father sat down next to his wife, Margaret. The three sat in silence not quite sure what to say, but Jack's rage was starting to show in his eyes.

"Why?" he forced out from between clenched teeth.

"Johnny…" his mother started, sighing in frustration. He could tell she didn't want to talk about it, but too bad for her.

"No!" he growled back. "Why?"

His father spoke up, unusual in and of itself. Matthew O'Neill was a quiet man by nature. "You were sixteen and we'd just moved away, what were we supposed to do?"

"So you just let Karol handle it by herself?" Jack jumped up, pacing in front of the couch.

"We sent her money every month and she had Rick to help her." Matt's eyes were pleading with him, begging him to calm down.

"She should have had me! Rick shouldn't have had to do my job." He couldn't believe what he was hearing!

Maggie jumped up and screamed at her son. "I didn't want you to ruin your life!"

Jack saw red. "Like Dad and I did yours?"

"And Kayli!" Maggie calmed visibly as she slumped back on the couch. "If anything had happened to those boys…"

"I would have been devastated," Jack finished for her. "But I would have gotten a chance to know them." He sighed audibly before his eyes widened in shock as he realized what his mother had said. "Kayli?"

Matt looked up at this point, straight into his son's eyes. "Your sister. She died a few days after the two of you were born."

"And you didn't think to tell me?"

"What good would it have done?" his father answered softly.

"I would have known. Just like I should have known about Colin and Sean." Jack's eyes were pleading now, something never seen from the military man.

"Would you have really wanted to know?" Maggie demanded. "Even after Charlie?"

"Especially after Charlie. Charlie could have had the chance to know his brothers and meet his nephew just once before they both died."

"Jonathan, you were too young!" his mother shouted. "Just like we were."

"Oh and Karol and Rick weren't? At least I'd always wanted kids. You never even wanted me, us," Jack shouted back at her. This was not how he had wanted to do this, but he figured if either of them were going to be on his side in this it was his father. It'd always been the two of them, especially when he was little, which was why it had hurt so much when he'd thought it was his father that had kept everything from him.

"Jack, we really thought it was for your own good. I'm sorry we never thought far enough ahead to see what it was doing to you."

"My own good? Colin hates me! He's never met me, but he hates me. He thinks I abandoned them." Jack rested his elbow on his knee, put his head in his hands and sighed. "The only reason he agreed to come up here was to talk to Sean."

"He knows nobody ever told you!" Matt was upset about how his grandson had turned out. He never wanted the boys hating their father.

"That doesn't mean anything to him." He shook his head. "You know what, it doesn't matter right now." The rage grew in his eyes again as he thought of all the lies he'd been told by his parents. "What about the letters?"

"I didn't want her telling you about them before you were ready." Maggie sat forward on the couch. She'd never wanted her son to give up his life so early, like she'd had to.

"Did you keep her from reading my letters, or did you just steal hers?" Jack accused. "What about the phone calls? She could have told me at any time."

"But she didn't." The smug look on his mother's face made Jack's blood boil.

"You never would have told me. You would have gone to the grave and never said a word."

Maggie stood up and stared straight into her son's eyes. "You're right."

"No he's not. You know I wanted to tell him from the day we found out."

"Shut up, Matthew."

"No." Matt faced his wife defiantly, something Jack had never seen from him before. His father had always been a quiet, gentle man. He supposed that was part of the reason he'd decided to go into the Air Force. He didn't want people walking all over him, like his mother did to his father. His father continued before he could think any more about it. "You thought his life would turn out just as miserable as yours. You didn't want him to be bogged down like you were. You never wanted them. You would have given them up if I hadn't begged you to marry me!"

Jack was shocked. Throughout all the years he grew up with his parents he'd never seen this side of them. They'd never fought, but now that he thought back on it, they'd hardly ever talked either. His mother had always been distant, but never mean. His father had always been the one at the hockey games, the only one there for him besides Karol and her family.

"Enough!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. He was getting fed up with not getting anywhere. "Colin's going to show up here soon and I don't think I should be around when he does." Jack stood and left the cabin without another word to his parents. He was furious, mostly with his mother. He slammed the door as he left.

His dad flew out the door and chased after him. "Jack, wait!" Matt fell into step next to his son. "I'm sorry, for everything. Your mother…"

"No, you don't need to be making excuses for her anymore." He'd finally realized just who had been behind everything from the start.

"You mind if I go back with you? I think we need a little break." The man winced as he spoke, knowing this point could either make them or break them.

Jack shrugged as he walked. "Sure."

A/N: So, there it is, hope you liked it, PLEASE review. Colin's coming up soon!