BPOV.
She has a daughter. Wow. I never knew she had a little girl.
"What happened to her?" Angel asks. Faith looks away and then back to us with tears in her eyes.
"Y'know people always think I feared kakistos because I watched him torture my watcher to knew ends before he killed her but that aint it. Sure I wanted revenge for her death cus she was the mom I never had. That I'll never have." she paused.
"Because she's dead?" I ask. I remember saying something about her being dead.
"To me anyway. She said she didn't have a daughter named Faith, the day she said that she died to me. So yeah because she's dead." she says. "But the thing that scared me is the fact that he was pure evil. I mean I know vampire, no soul, evil he was in a level with pure bred demons. Like I think he was evil before he was turned. Because only someone like that would in anyway harm a child. Megan was only a year old when he took her. I don't know where too exactly but I know he said it was a hell mouth Never said which one. I came to sunnydale to do a personal search my brother, Max, as he likes to be called, is in Australia Boarding school has some advantages. My sister Alex is in Canada and my other sister, Kennedy is in england. Other than that we have private investigators searching everywhere. Hell mouth or not." she says. Wow. Ok lets review, what do I know about Faith...nothing. I never realized it until now.
"What does she have to do with the mayor?" I ask. I really don't know what her daughter has to do with her working for the mayor.
"When you were working for the mayor he paid you didn't he?" Angel asks. She nods. "He paid you a lot and the money you made plus your savings from any other time went towards paying for investigators. Because only the best would cost more than I imagine." Angel says. Its more of a statement than anything else. She nods again. Then she sighs.
"But then again nothin goes like ya plan it. Somethin went wrong he didn't like it no more money. No money means no investigators. My brothers and sisters can't pay for it. Their kids." she said. So that means she has no way of finding her daughter now.
"How much were you paying?" I asked her.
"All together? 6 hundred thousand a week." she says. Holy shit.
"Why so much? I'm sure you can get good ones for a reasonable price." Angel says.
"Not when your last name is Lehane." she says. Angel's eyes get huge. I mean real big like they're going to over take his skull.
"Whoa, THE Lehanes?" he asks her. Is there something I'm missing. Who are the Lehanes? She nods at him.
"THE Lehanes." she says with a sigh. He looks astonished. Then confused.
"Wait there isn't a Faith Lehane." he says. She sighs again.
"Faith is my first name but my parents always had me go by my middle name one of them anyway." she says. He looks at her for a second.
"Oh shit! You're Natalie?!" he asks her. She looks away. Then nods. Ok I'm confused.
"Ok where the hell did Natalie come from and who are the Lehanes?" I ask. Angel looks at me like I'm an idiot.
"Only the richest and most famous family in the history of the United states and a couple other places." he says to me. Ok how come I've never heard of them. I give him a blank look.
"Wait I thought somebody and somebody else where the richest and most famous." he shakes his head.
"They were low key for a while until somebody found out that they are like descendants of some of the most famous icons in history." he says. I've still never heard of them and if Faith's family is so rich then why was she living in that motel room. Honestly right now I don't believe her.
"And we're supposed to believe you're part of that family?" I ask raising an eyebrow.
"I am NOT part of that family. I just got cursed with the misfortune of sharing a last name and DNA with those people. Sure some of them were ok but some of the latter generations are nothin more than money hungry pricks!" she yells getting angry. Well damn.
"Change your last name." I say and she lets out an irritated sigh.
"Wow Buffy I never thought of that. I mean I tried to get emancipated for a reason but I can't remember what." she says sarcastically.
"So what's stopping you now."
"Ya gotta be an adult if you're not emancipated. Or have your legal guardians sign some papers. Me, I'm 17 and anyway its like sealed somewhere in the family vault, with blood I might add, that if your a Lehane your stuck that way for life. Although we do have our aliases." she's only 17?
"I thought you were older." I say looking confused. She lets out a bitter laugh.
"Amazing how much you really do know. Tell me what else did ya think of me. Wait I know that I was a leather wearing, bad talking, bad ass slut who cared about nobody and nothin other than her own well being. And lets not forget you probably thought I was stupid. No I know you did especially when Angel and you pretended to let angel lose his soul. I knew it was fake for a few reasons actually. I didn't have to use the vast amount of intellect that I hide from everybody." so what if I thought that. Not like it wasn't true.
"Oh and you're going to tell me it wasn't all true? C'mon Faith you said so yourself you dropped out of high school ms get some get gone." I say to her. She smiles at me and this disturbs me.
"Never said I was stupid though. Nobody knew why I dropped out. Only my family." she says. Hmph. Like I'm supposed to believe she's some kind of genius who dropped out cause she was too smart. If I had to guess I'd say she's around 137 at the most.
"Why did you drop out?" Angel asks.
"Took an IQ test in eighth grade scored stupid high, got a chance to leave." she says with a shrug.
"What was your score?" she thinks for a moment.
"Don't remember exactly somewhere between 190 and 210." she says shrugging again. Then she gets this concentrated look on her face. "Wait no that's wrong. That was my second test given by the counsel, then it was like 150 something...yeah that's right."she says. She still doesn't seem sure but I guess it sounds close to accurate. Well damn she's smarter than I ever would have guessed. I'm about to say something when there is a knock at the door. Angel goes to get it and comes back in with some woman but he looks beyond pissed.
"You called the police?!" he asks Faith. She nods.
"I'm tired of runnin. I need to pay for what I did." she says finally turning around. "Kate? Whatcha doin here?" she knows this woman.
"You know her?" angel asks and she nods.
"I'm the lead detective on your case. Nobody is with me." skate says to Faith. For some odd reason I don't like how she's looking at Faith.
"Oh. Well I'm ready to go in and make my confession." Faith says holding her wrists out to be cuffed.
"No." kate says.
"What?" Faith asks confused.
"I said no." kate repeats.
"I know. I mean what the hell is wrong with you? I'm a criminal your a cop. Do your damn job." Faith says getting angry. Kate doesn't lose eye contact for a moment. She just shakes her head. "Look kate, you can't play favorites. Its against the law." Faith says sounding irritated. I'm confused. Angel looks like he is too.
"So is lying in a criminal investigation." Kate says.
"Will you just fucking arrest me?!" Faith yells.
"No." Is kate's calm reply. Faith nods and before I know it she has me in a choke hold. I try to break free but she's gotten stronger and I cant budge her.
"If you don't arrest me I will kill her." she says tightening her grip on my neck. When I stop struggling I realize she isn't even choking me. She's holding me in place?
"No you wont." kate says. I am seriously missing something. Oddly though I agree with kate. Faith won't kill me.
"Yeah the hell I will." Faith says. She's the worst liar.
"So what stopped you in sunnydale. C'mon Faith, how long have I known you? I know what you're capable of and pre meditated murder isn't one of them." kate says sounding so sure.
"I've done it once. With that professor." Faith says.
"Damn, has anybody ever told you that you are terrible at lying Erin." kate says shaking her head. Erin?
"I'm guilty of two murders, a few attempted murders assault and torturing another citizen. Wait would that be like battery or somethin? But that aint the point, you don't know shit kate." Faith says.
"I've known you longer than anybody else you've been in contact with and I know you like the back of my hand. Sure you may have tortured a man, threatened to kill people, assaulted a few others and killed a man, but none of them want to press charges. As for the dead man, you already handled that." kate says. I hear Faith sigh and she pushes me away.
"I've always hated you ya know." she says to kate as she flops down on the sofa. Kate goes to sit beside her. For a while Faith sits there with her head in her hands and kate with her back against the arm until Faith leans back into her. She just strokes Faith's arm for a moment before Faith turns burying her face in kate's chest and crying. I swear if she wasn't being helpful I'd beat kate for touching Faith.
Here's a quick update. Was this chapter pointless? Nah you'll see why in a few chapters. Well review like always. Pwease?