Two weeks had gone by quickly. After thinking deeply about what Sam had said about her needing some closure, Marley decided to go to Quinn's wedding. She also wanted to visit her mother, since she hadn't seen her in more than a year.

It was Tuesday, Marley was with Sara in the living room watching a movie when Sam came in from the front door.

"I have an announcement!" She yelled, making the two girls turn towards her.

"Why are you here so early?" Marley asked her.

Sam walked towards them and sat next to Marley. "Because I have a case." The two girls looked at her confused. "I have to go to Chicago. We think a case there might be related to something we've been working on for the past month."

"So you're leaving? When?" Sara asked.

"It could take a few days, it could take weeks. I don't know. They gave me a day to pack so I'll be leaving on Thursday."

"Wow. So you're leaving me alone." Marley said.

"No! Because you'll be at that wedding in Lima."

"Yes, but I'm only going for five days, not two weeks."

"I'm sorry, but, you'll have Sara." Sam said, gesturing at her sister. At that, Sara looked down and Sam eyed her suspiciously.

"Yeah, about that... I'm going to Brooklyn with Erika." She said sheepishly.

"What do you mean you're going to Brooklyn?"

"Well, she was here for vacations only. She lives there and she asked me to go with her."

"Great! Now I'm really gonna be alone." Marley exclaimed.

"There is one good side of this. You'll have the house all to yourself which means that you'll have privacy and invite your girlfriend, and you know..." Sam smirked, Marley understood what she was talking about and put her head between her hands, her cheeks bright red.

"Oh god. Why would you even say that Sam?" She groaned.

Sam laughed at her while standing up and walking to the door. "Anyhow. I'm gonna head to the bar with my friends of the precinct so, tootles!" And she walked out again. Marley rolled her eyes at her friend.

"Well, I'm going to the gym." Sara told her, she was already dressed with workout clothes.

She walked out of the apartment, leaving Marley by herself. She went to her room and took a shower. When she finished, she went to the living room. She had just seated when there was a knock on the door. She stood up and walked to the door, opening it slowly. A young boy, like five or six years younger than her, with messy brunette hair and gray eyes stood there looking nervously around. He had a backpack that he was nervously moving. He didn't seem to notice the door had open.

"Can I help you?" She asked, making the boy look at her.

"Yes!" He practically yelled, before clearing his throats and blushing. "I mean, yes, uh... I'm looking for Marley." He said nervously.

"I'm Marley, who are you?"

He scratched the back of his neck nervously. "I'm Elyan, and I uh... I'm your brother. And I really need to speak to you."

"I'm sorry, what?"

He looked down and let out a nervous laugh. "I'm your brother, well, half brother. It will take some time to explain. Can I come in?"

Marley thought for a moment. He seemed like a nice guy, maybe he was actually telling the truth. Of course, she wouldn't find out unless she let him in. "Alright."

She opened the door slowly and moved aside. He entered the apartment and looked around the place. She led him to the living room, where the two sat down. He stayed in silence still looking around from his seat.

Marley cleared her throat trying to gain his attention. He seemed to get distracted easily. "So, you said you needed to speak to me."

"Right! I have to talk to you about our father."

Marley looked at him confused. "Our father?"

"Oh, yes. We have the same father, Robert."

Marley sighed. "I don't know if the word father is right in my case, since he wasn't in most of my childhood. He left when I was six so that title doesn't work in this situation."

He grimaced slightly at that and looked down. "I'm sorry for that."

"Why are you sorry?" She asked him.

"That you had to grew up without a father because of me. When he found out my mother was pregnant he came to live with us. I was seven years old when I found out I had a sister, I found a picture hidden in the closet of my father with a little girl, you, but he catched me looking and he was really mad. I think my mother didn't know anything because he made me keep it a secret. Then a month later we were moving to California and well, I forgot about it. Until a few months back when I started looking for you."

Marley looked down, taking in the information. She was feeling annoyed. Not at the boy in front of her but at her father, that had cheated on her mom and was the reason of their living condition. She had an urge to cry but she composed herself, not wanting to show her emotion to him. "Why did you came? And how did you know where I live?"

"Because I wanted to know you. He doesn't know I'm here but, he's been looking after you, well not so much, he's been keeping track of you until he found out you moved to LA a few years back. I guess he didn't want you to know he was in California too."

Marley nodded slowly "Why now?"

"I was tired of waiting. He told me I could meet you some day but I knew he was just saying that to shut me up. We never actually had a relationship aside from when we were in front of my mother, he liked to pretend that he was a good father but alone he never really cared about me."

"Well, he's an asshole." Marley blurted out without thinking.

Elyan chuckled. "Exactly. That's another thing we have in common, you know, beside sharing blood." She smiled at him. "I would really like to spend time with you, get to know each other."

"Yeah, I would like that too."

"Awesome!" He exclaimed grinning. "I should go, though." He said, looking for something in his bag. He took a small paper and handed it to her. "That's my number."

Marley took the paper and nodded. They stood up and walked towards the door. "Do you live far?"

"Sort of, we live in Bakersfield."

"And you drove here?" She asked concerned.

"God no! I came by bus." He smiled.

Marley opened the door and moved to let him through. "It was nice meeting you, I'll call you soon."

"Can't wait." He pushed the button of the elevator and waited. When the door opened he walked in, pushed the button and with a last wave of his hand the doors closed. She closed the door and the mask she had put on immediately fell and tears started to come out of her eyes. She walked towards her room and grabbed her phone, dialing a number. It didn't take long to hear the voice on the other end of the line.

"Hey Mar."

"Kitty." Marley breathed out.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" She heard her girlfriend's concerned voice.

Marley cried over the phone, trying to make her voice clearer. "No, I'm not. Can you come, please?"

"Of course. I'll be there in five."

When Kitty hang up, she dropped her phone on the bed and walked towards the living room, sitting in the couch. Tears kept rolling down her cheeks without stopping, she hugged her legs and rested her head on her knees. And she began thinking.

All the pain she had hold on since her father left came out without being able to stop it. Sooner or later she would have had to face it but not knowing was better than knowing that her father had left her for another family. It was too much. All those years she had kept it to herself because she had to help her mother get through it and now she couldn't hold it anymore.

It felt like an eternity before she heard a knock on the door. She wiped her tears and tried to calm herself down. She took deep breaths while walking towards the door, opening it. She saw Kitty looking concerned at her.

"What happened?"

She didn't answer, instead she fell into her arms and buried her face in the girl's neck. She felt Kitty's arms around her, holding her tightly. Kitty walked them to the couch and Marley sat in her lap while she cried, Kitty whispering soothing words in her ear, although she didn't know what had happened, and gently moving her hand on her back.

Eventually she calmed down. And if it wasn't sad enough, it had started raining outside. Kitty moved a strand of hair behind her ear and moved her face to look at her eyes with concern in her own.

"Are you okay?" Marley moved her head slowly. "Wanna tell me what happened?"

Marley moved off of her lap, but still holding her. She rested her head on Kitty's shoulder, feeling her girlfriend stroking her hair gently.

She took a deep breath before speaking, her voice sounded a bit hoarse. "So... a boy came earlier today claiming to be my brother. He told me that my father left us because his mother was pregnant. He wanted to get to know me." A single tear escaped her eye and Kitty wiped it with her thumb, leaving her hand on her cheek. "I just... For many years I thought I was fine, I never really thought about him because I was so centered on helping my mom. When he left, she just lost it, that's how she gained weight. I tried to stop her from eating so much but I wasn't much help because I was six years old. She started getting better but, well, I guess I didn't feel sad anymore to cry over him. Now I know that it was all buried deep inside me just waiting for something to bring them up." She sighed loudly wiping her eyes. "God, I'm a mess."

Kitty gave her a small smile. "It doesn't matter if it was a decade ago, you can have your time to cry, he was your father after all."

Marley moved closer to her, closing her eyes, breathing in Kitty's scent and relaxing in her arms. "Thank you for coming. I really needed you."

Kitty leaned down and kissed her forehead gently. "I'll always gonna come when you need me, Mar. You can call me at any time and I'll be here as quickly as I can."

In that moment, Marley wanted to tell her how much she meant to her. She wanted to tell her what she'd only told a few people. But she thought it was too soon and she didn't want to scare the other girl by saying that. So she just smiled and let herself fall asleep in the safety of her girlfriend's arms.

"I think it's time for you to go to bed." Kitty whispered, waking her up.

"Can you stay with me? I don't wanna be alone."

Kitty didn't answer for a few seconds, Marley thought maybe it was stupid to even ask that. She was about to say something but Kitty spoke.

"Of course."

Marley grabbed her hand and they walked to her room. Marley changed into her pajamas and she lend Kitty another set. They got into the bed, Marley rested her head over Kitty's chest while Kitty moved an arm around her shoulders and hold her closer, and they slowly drifted off to sleep.