Summary: Colm Fahey, father of Jesper Fahey comes for a visit and- why am I making this so complicated? Kaz finds out he and Jesper are related!
There, was that so hard?!

Kaz leaned back in his chair. Jesper had told him his father was coming and had practically begged Kaz to let him stay in the Slat.

Usually Kaz would have glared at him and told him that it's his own problem to take care of, but after a long discussion with the Crows (aka Jesper and Wylan begging, Nina and Inej giving him Puppy eyes and Matthias scolding him) he agreed.

The others insisted on going with Jesper and bring Colm to the Barrel.
They had asked Kaz to come along, but he told them that he would prepare a room and would make sure that Mr. Fahey was protected in the Slat.

Jesper was so grateful that he forgot Kaz's 'no touching' rule and hugged him.

Kaz of course froze and later yelled at him. (when Inej asked he simply said "He deserved it")

Of course he still kept his word (in exchange for a few kruge) and prepared the Slat for Colm's arrival.

Kaz sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. Why am I doing this?

Of course, this is the point Jordie's voice starts lecturing him in his own mind...again.

You have a heart, that's why! Can't you stop denying that and be happy for once?!
Ah yes, he loved his brother too.

He rolled his when he heard a knock at the door.
"What business?"

Inej came in with a big, very Nina-ish, smile on her face ( She spends too much time with that woman. Oh well..., Kaz's thoughts everytime).

Kaz raised an eyebrow. "Well?"

Inej's smile only seemed to grow. "You should have seen Jesper's face! I think I have never seen him so happy to see someone, besides Wylan of course! And the delight in his eyes when he could tell his father that he could stay here!"

Kaz rolled his eyes.

Emotions.

Good for nothing. (Okay that's a lie, but Kaz is too stubborn to admit it)

"I ask again, what business?"

Inej's smile turned into a blank expression as she rolled her eyes at him. "Would it hurt you to feel happy for anyone for once in a while?"

"What. Business?"

"Okay, okay! No need to get all Dirtyhands on me!"

"I-!"

"The others are on their way here with Mr. Fahey, they should be here in-"

Right in that moment a small explosion could be heard at the end of the corridor. Right where Wylan always experienced with his bombs.

"-right about now..."

Kaz immediately sprang to his feet, took his cane and sprinted down the hall. Inej a few feet behind him.

When he reached the door he opened it loudly and stared at the mess in front of him. And at the four people in the centre of the room.

"What in Ghezen's name is going on here!?", the anger in his voice made three people out of four flinch.

"Now, now", a voice from besides Kaz said, it was Colm Fahey. "it was an accident, no one got hurt and this mess can be cleaned up in a few hours."

Kaz stared Colm in the eyes before returning to glaring at the Crows on the centre of the room again.

He raised an eyebrow. "Well?"

Matthias too a step forward, hands raised. "I told them it was a bad idea!"

"I don't care!", Kaz barked.

Nina went to Matthias' side. "We uh, we wanted to show him what Wylan was- um, working on...and Jes-Jes and I we thought it uh-", her eyes darted to Jesper who rubbed his arm in embarrassment.

The Sharpshooter took a deep breath. "We thought we could show him with a small explosion. So we took one of the bombs and...I guess the rest is obvious...?"

Kaz's eye twitched. "And why did you think thIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?!"

Jesper opened his mouth only to be interrupted by Nina. "Wylan said it would be harmless!"

She pointed a finger at the boy whose face was bright red as he looked at Kaz fearfully. "It - it was one of m-my experiments but I - I...er apparently miscalculated..."

"Yes, apparently!", Kaz snapped making the boy flinch slightly.

He took a deep breath and turned to Colm. "I'm sorry that you had to witness this. They usually know that they shouldn't be playing with weapons no matter how -"

Colm held up a hand. "It's alright. Mistakes happen, we will just clean this up and then we will be able to pretend this never happened. Does that sound good?"

Kaz nodded slowly, then narrowed his eyes at his friends. "This will never happen again", he said in a low voice that sent down shivers everyone's spine. (Besides Colm, I like that guy)

Kaz turned. "I hope you're finished before dinner."

Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and immediately tensed, he turned around and faced Colm, who had a stern expression on his face.

"Not so fast young man. You may not have caused this mess yourself, but you could at least help us clean it up!"

Kaz opened his mouth to protest.

"I'm sure we will be finished much sooner with your help."

Kaz just stared at him then looked over his shoulder, only to find Inej gone.

"Very supportive...", he mumbled under his breath.

Kaz looked at Colm again. The man still looked stern and seemed to be determined that Kaz helped them.

Kaz sighed and glanced at his friends again and- oh there was Inej, she gave the Crows cleaning supplies.

When she noticed him staring she smiled and tossed a broom at him, which he caught.

He stared at it for a moment before signing again and leaning his cane on the wall.

"Alright. Let's start."

It went surprisingly well. They even had fun.

Kaz was surprised as he himself laughed at a joke Jesper made. The others stared at him for a while.

He narrowed his eyes at them, well almost all of them, Colm just looked at all of them confused. "What?"

The Crows glanced at each other, Inej was the one to voice their thoughts.

"Well, it's just...we have never really heard you...you know...laugh."

He stared at her, then at the others, who nodded in agreement.

Colm locked eyes with Kaz. "Are you not happy?"

Kaz's eyes widened in surprise. "What?"

"I asked you if you are unhappy."

"Why would I be unhappy?"

Colm shrugged. "How am I supposed to know? You just seem tense all the time and I have to say - I have had my suspicions when it comes to you, not because of your reputation, but because you remind me of someone."

Kaz opened his mouth but was interrupted by Nina.

"Why?", her eyes widened a little. "If you don't mind me asking that is..."

Colm smiled. A sad smile.

"Jesper, have I ever told you about your Uncle?"

Jesper shook his head. "Not really. You only told me I had one."

Wylan's head snapped in his direction. "Had?"

Colm nodded. "Yes, had. My brother died about eight years ago in an accident on his farm I-"

He was interrupted by a loud thud! from Kaz's direction.

His broom lay on the floor, his eyes were wide and his face looked even paler than usual.

Inej took a step towards him. "Kaz? Are you alright?"

Kaz blinked and shook his head. "Yes, yes, I'm fine. What were you about to say Mr. Fahey?"

Colm stared at him suspiciously. "As I told your friends before, call me Colm. And what I was about to say was that when my brother died I behaved in a similar way. Always tense and trying to shut everyone out. Jesper and my wife were the only ones I let close to me. It only got worse when I found out that my two nephews disappeared."

Kaz stared at him wide eyed and cleared his throat.
"I still do not understand what you are implying."

Colm sighed. "What I'm trying to say is that I think you lost someone."

Kaz felt anger burning inside of him. "Just because you-!"

"Hear me out! It may seem impolite since I hardly know you, but you seem to not be letting go of what ever has happened to you."

Kaz looked at him in surprise. No one talked to Kaz Brekker like that!

"You still-"

Colm held up a hand, surprisingly silencing him. "I don't know what you went through, but when I heard that a huge part of my family is gone I had to learn to let go. I still miss the Rietveld's bu-"

Kaz was across the room in an instant and stared Colm in the eyes angrily. "What. Name. Did you just use?"

Colm rolled his eyes with a sad smile on his lips. "Rietveld. My brother, his wife and their two sons. I didn't really get to know them. Actually, I only knew the older one, I even think his wife died at childbirth with the second child."

Kaz closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Do you remember your nephew's name?"

Colm looked thoughtful for a moment before replying. "Jordan. Yes, Jordan Rietveld. But everyone just called him Jordie."

Kaz's eyes were wide and he took a step back. He started pacing and mumbling to himself.

After a while he was starting to talk louder and louder for the rest of the Crows and Colm to here.

"It's not possible, it's not possible, it's not possIBLE, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!", he was screaming now, being hysteric and seemed to be near a panic attack.

Inej went to his side and put a hand on his shoulder, at which he immediately flinched and yelled at her.

She took a step back and let him calm down before putting her hand on his shoulder again. He flinched again but didn't protest.

"Kaz. What's going on? You can talk to us", her tone was gently and soothing, Kaz shook his head and began trembling slightly.

"I - he - Jordie...and...AND-!"

Inej was shushing him. "It's okay. Take a deep breath and then talk, we have time. Take your time and then talk to us."

Kaz followed her instructions and took a breathed in deeply. After a few minutes he stopped trembling and looked behind Inej at Colm.

"Yo-You - I - we're...", he looked at Jesper and swallowed hard.

He took a deep breath again and walked up to Colm and stared at him. His tear filled one's found Colm's concenerd one's.

His uncle's concerned one's.

The thought almost let his tears fall. Almost.

Colm looked at boy. "What is it?", he asked softly.

Kaz closed his eyes. "I'm - no you don't - ugh!"

He ran a hand through his hair frustrated then stared at Jesper.

"Jordie Rietveld was my brother."

"WHAT?!"