EPILOGUE

"Roquette, badge number 20130702. this is Rowson-Roquette, badge number, 20140714. We are here to interview a young lady by the name of Alissa Swarek. She is ten years old. What is her room number?" Max said, giving the nurse at the front desk of the Pediatrics desk, Olivia and his information.

"Alissa Swarek, room 1041, down this hall and her room is the last room on your right. Just knock before entering, she may be asleep." The nurse, Jennifer Reed, said not looking up from her paperwork that she was working on. She knew it was Max before he said his name and badge number but didn't say anything.

"Thanks, Jen." Olivia said to the women. Jennifer nodded. The detectives left the nurse and walked down the hall and knocked on Alissa's door. They heard a faint, "come in." They walked into the little girls room and stepped up to her bed.

"Hi, can I help you?" Alissa asked.

"We are here to take your statement. This is my partner/wife Detective Olivia Rowson-Roquette and I am-"

"Maxwell Roquette, I know. I've met both of you before, I just can't seem to remember where and when I met you. It's nice to see you both again." Alissa said to the two detectives.

"That's not important at the moment, after Olivia here takes your statement we can chat, then tomorrow we will be back, OK?" Max said, to the ten-year-old.

"Of course." Alissa said to Max. Max nodded and left the room, but before doing so he asked, "Liv, text me when you are done so I can't come back in. K?" Liv nodded and he left the room to go to the cafeteria.

"Okay, can you state your full name and birthday for your file?" Liv asked the ten year old. She was hoping Alissa knew her full name and not her "adopted" name that Addison gave her.

"My real name is Alissa Megan Swarek. My adopted name is Alissa Megan Reilly. I was born on July 14th, 1996. Can I ask you a question, Detective?"

"Of course and please call me Liv."

"Was I kidnapped?"

"Um, yeah, you were, ten years ago."

"Oh, do you know who my real parents are, and if I have any siblings?"

"I do, but how about I finish taking your statement then I will let Max know and you can ask him these very good questions. Okay, sweetie?"

"Okay."

An hour later, Olivia was done taking Alissa's statement. She texted her husband to let him know that she was all set and that he could come back into the little girls room. She also informed him that Alissa had a few questions of her own. He answered her right away and was on his way up, that he was in the cafeteria. When he got up to Alissa's room, he could hear a little girls' giggle and his wife's laugh. he smiled, as he knocked. he heard a chair and footsteps coming toward the door. The door opened to reveal his wife and a smile on her face. He smiled back at her and entered the room.

"Miss Alissa, I see you are enjoying my wife's company? How are you feeling? I heard you had a few questions to ask us?" Max said, as he sat down in another chair next to Liv.

"I'm ok, I guess. Yeah, I wanted to know more about my real family. Who are they?"

"Well, your biological mother, Renesmee, passed away when you were only a few hours old. You have two older siblings. A brother, Samuel Chase Swarek, and a sister, Jessica Skyler Swarek-Hale. Jess is the oldest. She just had her first daughter, her name is Julianna Abbigail Hale. Jessii is also married to Brandon Alexander Hale. And Sam is married to his high school sweetheart, Jazmyn Violet Patterson-Swarek. They have their first son, my godson, Samuel Maxwell Swarek, Jr. I am Jazzy's uncle, too. Is there anything else you would like to know about?" Max asked, letting Alissa absorb the information she was just given.

"What about you and your wife?"
"What about us?" Liv asked.

"Do you have siblings or kids?" Lis asked.

Liv looked at Alissa curiously, then said, "Yes, we both have two siblings but no kids yet. I have two brothers, my twin, Elliot, and my adopted brother Cristofer. Max has a older brother and a younger sister. Katie, his younger sister, is married and has one kid from a previous relationship. Her name is Brooklyn, but everyone calls her Brooke. Then there's Patrick, who is married and has five adopted children who are from his wife's twin sister. His adopted children are Jazmyn, or Jazzy, is the oldest, then you have Jerry, and Lucas or Luke. and then last but not least the twin girls, Gabrielle and Hannah-Belle." Liv stopped for a second to let the girl absorb the information.

"So your sister has a daughter, how old is she?" Lis asked Max.

"She is the same age as you, sweetie." Max said, he lit up talking about his niece. Brooklyn Madeline Roquette is 10 years old, the same age as Alissa Megan, but is younger than her by a few months.

"Can you bring them here?" Alissa asked shyly.

"Of course." Max said pulling out his phone to call his brother, who was still at his niece's house. Patrick answered the phone.

"Hello."

"Heyy, man. I have a little girl who would like to meet her long lost family." Max said to his brother. he could hear his brother smile and a shout on the other end of the phone.

"Of course, the family is on speaker and they all said they would love to meet this special young lady. We will be there soon." Patrick said and hung up. Alissa smiled at the thought of meeting her long lost family and siblings.

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The next day, Alissa was discharged from the hospital and was brought to Lilly and Patrick's house by Max. She was brought there to live until her kidnappers were put in jail.

In the weeks that followed, Alissa Megan Swarek was enrolled into Clifford M. Granger Elementary school and was put in the 4th grade, met the rest of her family, and made some friends. She was sitting in her math class when a hot guy came walking over to her desk. He sat down next her.

"Hi, I'm Malcome, what is yours?" Malcome asked Alissa.

"Mine is Alissa Megan but everyone just calls me Lis." Alissa said to Malcome.