A/N: Not to sure about this chapter but here it is. Eliza I love your reviews they make me smile and you may not like Jason in this chapter but hell get better promise.

Anna turned to see Jason looking none to pleased. "HI." She squeaked out.

"Morgan." Claudia simply nodded to him.

Jason looked between the pair and the drinks and shook his head what the hell was with the Zacchara family and his daughter. "Get up we're leaving."

Anna bristled at the order, he may be her father but that didn't give him the right to tell her what to do. "No, I'm in the middle of a conversation and you don't get to order me around."

Claudia wanted to laugh at the look on Jason's face it was priceless, he wasn't use to people not just doing what he said.

Jason reached forward and snatched the drink from her hand and slammed it down hard on the bar. "Now, Anna!"

Jason was letting his anger get the better of him, Claudia had never see that before but he was also not paying attention as closely as he usually would or he would have stopped the girl had flinched back hard when he grabbed the drink and when he slammed it down she could see the girls hands shake and her eyes went to the ground.

Anna sat shocked, she could feel the rush of blood in her ears and she realized her mistake, why did she say that, she knew better. Was Jason the same, she didn't want to think that but his anger at her made her think that maybe he wasn't all that different from her step father and it made her want to run.

"Jason." Claudia stood and moved between the father and daughter.

"This has nothing to do with you, so just stay out of it." He hissed out.

"Look at her, Jason."

Jason took a breath and looked over to Anna and fuck what had he done, she was pale and shaking and he had done that, he had lost it and scared his own daughter. Claudia stepped aside, she could tell he had realized his mistake. "Anna, I'm sorry, I should have gotten mad like that." Jason went to lay his hand on her arm and when she flinched back he left bile rise in his throat.

Anna took a breath and smiled a fake, everything is okay smile, and looked to her father. "It's okay, it just startled me." The lie left her lips so easily.

Jason shook his head. "No it's not, I didn't mean to tell at you or order you around." Scrubbing a hand over his face he sighed. "I don't really know how to do this parent thing with a grown kid." It was true he didn't know how to act, he felt this insane protectiveness over her and it didn't seem to come out in the best way.

"Okay." Was all she could think of to say, she didn't know how to do this either.

Claudia had grabbed Jason a drink as he spoke to Anna and offered it to him, giving Anna an odd look he had never seen on her face before except when she was defending her brother. "Drink it."

Jason took the drink and took a swig, he like Anna didn't know what to say. "Thanks."

Claudia nodded. "I've got thing to do and you two need to talk." She grabbed her bag and drained her martini as she stood she step close to Jason and leaned in before speaking her voice low. "Be careful with her, I get the feeling someone else wasn't." With that she slipped past him and to the door.

Anna watched her go and sighed, Claudia was at least a buffer and now she was gone.

"We got to talk, Anna." Jason said slipping on to the bar stool.

She nodded her eyes fixed on her drink, fingers picking at the napkin under it.

"I won't say that I'll never yell again but I can promise that even if I yell that I will never hurt you." He would rather kill himself then hurt her.

Anna wanted to believe that but people promise things all the time then break them, her mother did it all the time so did her step father. It struck her that Johnny had caused a similar reaction last night and she believed he wouldn't hurt her so why was she questioning Jason, was it because she associated her newly found father with her stepfather, that wasn't fair to him but she couldn't help the feeling.

"Anna?" He pulled her out of her thoughts.

"Sorry, I got lost in my head." She gave him a small smile. "I believe you, I just need sometime to get use to you." She did believe that he believed he wouldn't break his word but time would tell.

Jason couldn't help but feel that she didn't actually believe him but no matter what he won't break his word. "It's getting late, can I walk you back to the hotel?"

Anna nodded, it had been a long day and she felt like she could sleep for a week. "Yeah that sounds good."

The walk to the hotel wasn't long and it was mostly silent, father and daughter not knowing what to say when they reached the MetroCourt Jason stopped Anna with a gentle hand on her arm. "I was hoping to talk to you more tomorrow, would you be okay coming to the Penthouse?"

She nodded. "Okay that would be fine, what time?" Jason mentally went through what he had to do tomorrow before replying.

"Anytime after 4pm." Anna nodded again and quickly before she could over think it she wrapped her arms around and hugging him and his wrapped around her tightly and she felt him press what she assumed was a kiss to the top of her head.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Jason said letting her go, as she walked into the hotel he pulled out his phone. "Spinelli, I need you to dig up everything you can on Annabell Lenux and I need it ASAP."