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A/N: Thanks to Best-In-Red,Who took the time from her busy schedule to beta this chapter.
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Chapter-3
~~The Jones Family~~~
Efan and Bethan Jones lived a modest and comfortable life on their farm outside of Cardiff. Their greatest joy was their children and grandchildren, and now they had been told that their youngest and only son, Ianto, had been killed in a plane crash.
Bethan Jones couldn't remember the last time she had felt so much pain or loss. How were they going to tell their son's adorable little boy that his tad wasn't coming for him? Her husband, Efan, had tried to be strong and hide his pain, but she could see from his red rimmed eyes and traces of dried tears on his face that he had failed.
Rhiannon had asked to speak to her parent in private. There were important things they needed to know about Ianto, which also involved Steven. Rhiannon asked that they sit outside on the porch. She didn't want the children to awaken and hear them talking.
Efan and Bethan Jones were confused as well as mystified. They were in no way prepared for what their daughter was about to reveal about their son, and why she insisted that they be told now.
Joining her parents on the porch, Rhiannon closed her eyes as a cool refreshing breeze blew across her face. She basked in the calmness to help settle her nerves. Her parents' farm was alway so relaxing and comforting, until today.
Rhiannon watched as her father held her mother's hand as they sat close together, waiting for her to speak.
"Mom, Tad," Rhiannon paused. "I don't know how to tell you this."
Her mother reached out and took her hand. "Honey, I always believed that starting from the beginning is the easiest."
"You're always right, Mom. What I'm about to tell you must be kept strictly between us and must never be repeated. Your son, my brother, was a very brave and courageous man. He was a hero who lived each day with the knowledge that it could be his last." Rhiannon watch as confusion showed on both her parents' faces.
"Rhiannon, what are you saying?" her father asked with a confused and painful expression.
"Tad, Ianto worked for Torchwood." As he heard this, the shock spread across his face and her mother gasped in horror. Everyone had heard the rumor of Torchwood, a secret government agency founded by Queen Victoria in 1879 to protect the earth against extraterrestrial invasion.
Rhiannon went on to tell them about Torchwood One in London, the Battle of Canary Wharf, how there were only twenty-seven known survivors and Ianto was one of them, and how his fiancee Lisa was among the missing. She also revealed Ianto never worked for the Tourist board in Cardiff. It was a cover for Torchwood Three. She talked about his falling in love with his boss, the leader of Torchwood three and later moving back to London. He worked in another government division associated with Torchwood called UNIT, but it was an office job because of Steven.
By the time she finished, her mother was shaking uncontrollably as she thought about all the pain and trauma her baby boy had endured alone. Efan embraced his wife and was overcome with emotion as tears flowed down his face. He wondered why his son had never confided in him. Did he fear that his Tad would reject or disown him? It pain Efan that his son had suffered so much alone. If only he had known.
Rhiannon knew that this was a lot for her parents' to deal with so soon after Ianto death. Looking lovingly into their eyes, she told them how Ianto loved them and how he had told her that he kept this part of his life a secret to protect them. Torchwood dealt with all types of danger and he didn't want it to spill into his personal life. Rhiannon herself had only found out about his job by accident.
Rhiannon knew that this revelation was a lot for her parents' to accept, so she let them sit and try to process all that they had learned about their beloved son.
Closing his eyes and breathing deeply, a still shaken Efan Jones look at his daughter. "Rhiannon, from what you are saying, your brother never wanted us to know, so why now are you breaking his trust?"
Looking at her parents and momentarily forgetting all that they had had to absorb, Rhiannon couldn't believe that they hadn't put it together.
Rhiannon sighed. "Because of Steven. Mom,Tad the person that Ianto fell in love with was Captain Jack Harkness, leader of Torchwood three, and also Steven's father.
"Rhiannon, that's impossible," her father scowled. "What are you implying?"
"Tad, they share custody. Steven is named after his other father, Captain Jack Harkness." Rhiannon knew this was as close to the truth as she could ever reveal.
As Bethan Jones was being comfort by her husband, she cried while whispering, "Will this nightmare ever end?"
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