Chapter 3: More Information

Sarah gets up before anyone else does and wakes Mike. They leave a note for Tom and Kate on the table and go to Don's house. (They know where it is because after Nora broke up with Hank she started to go out with Don, then she met Bud and they broke up.) They get to Don's house and ring his doorbell. No answer. They look for Don's car in his garage and they can't find. After waiting for ten minutes his car pulls into the driveway. He gets out and looks at them.

"What are you guys doing here?" Don asked them.

"We want to know about our parents." Sarah said to him.

"Where's Jake?" Don then asked them.

"He's not here because..." Mike started to say.

"He woke up too late." Jake replied from behind them.

Don invites them inside. When they get inside they see that Don's house is just like a normal house.

"Were our parents rich?" Jake asked him as they sat on the couch.

"No. Dad was a Captain in the Chicago Police Department and Mom was a stay at home Mom." Don told them.

"Is that why you became a cop?" Mike then asked him.

"Yeah. And as you can see I just got off from my shift so, if I seem tired that's because I am." Don explained.

"We didn't know you worked the graveyard shift." Sarah said to him. (Graveyard shift is if you work from late at night til early the next morning.)

"You work at graveyards?" Mike then asked him.

"No, Mike. I work from midnight til 6 am." Don yarned.

"We can go if you want us to." Jake said to him.

"Do you guys want to know about our parents or not?" Don then asked them.

Mike and Sarah nod their heads.

"Not really." Jake said to him.

"Then go home." Mike said to him.

"If you didn't want to know about our parents, why did you come here?" Sarah asked him.

"I don't know." Jake snapped at her.

"Don't give me an attitude." Sarah said to him.

"If you guys want to know why we were dumped with the Bakers that's fine with me but, don't drag me into this." Jake snapped at them.

"Jake, what's your problem?" Mike asked him.

"I don't have a problem." Jake roared at him.

"Then stop acting like a jerk." Sarah then told him.

"I don't need this aggrivation I'm out." Jake said as he got off the couch and left.

He gets a few houses down the block and turns around. He knocks on the door and Don lets him back him. Jake goes back into the livingroom and sits down.

"Don, could you please tell us about our parents now?" Mike pleaded with him.

"What do you guys want to know?" Don asked them.

"Where do they live?" Sarah asked him.

"Mom died two years ago and Dad died a month ago." Don told them in a somber voice.

"That sucks." Sarah said as she sat back into the couch.

"They always thought about you guys. They never visited you guys because if they did they wouldn't leave without you three." Don laughed.

"What did they look like?" Mike then asked him.

"Dad was 6 ft like me and had short black hair like me and you Jake before it became short white hair. Mom was 5'8" and had long brown hair just like you and Sarah." Don explained.

"Were they good people?" Sarah then asked him.

"Mom always helped the church with charity events and always did what she could to help the neighbor. And Dad helped bring down the Mafia Boss before any of one of you were born." Don replied.

"Dad, helped bring down the Mafia?" Mike asked him.

"Yeah. He was a great cop. I'm never going to be able to fill his shoes." Don told them.

"I don't know you have pretty big feet, what size shoe are you?" Mike then asked him.

"It's an express dummy." Sarah said to him.

"I'm not a dummy." Mike told her.

"Then why did you say that?" Sarah then asked him.

"I didn't know it was an expression." Mike replied.

While Mike and Sarah are still arguing Don looks at Jake.

"Do you want to know anything about them?" Don asked him.

Jake just shruggs his shoulders and doesn't answer him.

"I can tell you anything about them." Don said to him.

"Why did they dump us with the Bakers?" Jake then asked him.

"They were afraid that Mr. Galleo would send some of his boys to kill you three. That's why they gave you away. They didn't just dump you guys like you think they did." Don told him.

"Why didn't they ever come back for us?" Jake then asked him.

"Jake, they wanted to. But, again if the Mob found out where you guys were they would of killed you three." Don told them again.

"Why didn't they want to kill you?" Jake then asked him.

"I guess because you three were younger then me." Don said to him.

Mike and Sarah stopped arguing to hear why their parents got rid of them.

"You guys hungry?" Don asked them.

"No, we'll eat when we get home." Jake said to him.

"You guys sure?" Don then asked them.

"We're sure. Don, thanks for everything and keep in touch." Jake said to him as he got up and walked out the door.

Mike and Sarah follow Jake out the door.

"What's your problem?" Sarah asked him.

"I don't have a problem. We came here to learn why our real parents dumped us with the Bakers and we found out." Jake said to her.

"You didn't have to act like a jerk in there." Mike said to him.

"I wasn't a jerk." Jake snapped at him.

Mike, Jake and Sarah walk back to the Baker house in silence.