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Ianto stood in the conference room of Torchwood London. Owen had advised him to sit down to help him recover from the shock but Ianto was too nervous to sit down. He began to pace, wondering what was taking Jack and Aaron so long. He and Alis had returned a quarter of an hour ago. Surely Jack and Aaron should have returned by now. Ianto took a deep breath when he heard Jack's voice from the corridor outside the conference room. He had all sorts of questions flying around his head. Questions that he had wanted answers for since he was a child. So why, now that he had someone to answer these questions, did Ianto feel like he wanted to hide? Ianto stopped pacing when the conference door opened and kept quiet as Aaron and Jack entered the room. Aaron looked different to how Ianto had always pictured him to look like. He looked calmer than Ianto had pictured him to be and Ianto could see regret in the older man's eyes. This made Ianto feel braver especially when Aaron sat down in one of the chairs so Ianto didn't mind when Jack left the room and left him on his own with Aaron. There were more moments of silence after Jack had left and Ianto stood rooted to the spot, staring at Aaron. "You can sit down you know?" Although Aaron's statement had been a suggestion rather than an order, Ianto quickly sat down on the chair closest to him but continued to stare at Aaron who was sat on the opposite side of the table to him. "Are you just going to stare at me?" Aaron frowned.

"Oh, erm, sorry," Ianto apologize as soon as he could. "You just look… different to how I pictured you."

"I can say the same about you," Aaron smiled, causing Ianto to return the smile too. All the hatred Ianto had felt towards Aaron had suddenly disappeared but it would soon be back. "What happened to the small and timid Ianto?"

"The one you left in the middle of nowhere?" Ianto anger suddenly returned and the words were out of his mouth before he could stop them. The memories of that long, horrible night returned to Ianto once again but this time he didn't push them away.

"I wish I could explain that properly to you," Aaron sighed and Ianto saw him pull a white envelope out of his pocket. "I really wish I could." Aaron stood up and began to move closer to Ianto who also stood up. Ianto didn't move however and instead he stood and waited for Aaron to reach him. "I wrote this after your mother had… died. I've carried it with me every day in case I happened to come across you or Rhiannon." Aaron stopped in front of Ianto. "I want you to have it." Aaron held out the envelope for Ianto to take. Ianto stared at the envelope for a second, studying it before taking it. "Read it when you're alone. It'll make more sense." Aaron turned and walked back towards the door. "We'll talk again when you've read it." Ianto watched as Aaron disappeared out of view and looked down at the envelope. He walked over to the door, just as Aaron had done however instead of leaving the room he locked the door so no one could disturbed him while he read the letter. Ianto turned around and walked back to where he had been sitting before. He sat down and began to open the envelope. It was more difficult to open the envelope than Ianto had expected it to be as his hands had shook through the whole process and Aaron had made it extra difficult for him by folding the paper in half.

When Ianto had finally managed to open the letter he looked down at the paper. Aaron's handwriting was considerably neater than Ianto had expected it to be. Once again, Ianto took a deep breath before he began to read:

To my beloved Ianto/Rhiannon,

You both probably hate me at this moment but first off what you need to understand is leaving you both was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Please believe me when I say I wouldn't have done it if it wasn't best for you.

I had borrowed money, you see. I needed it to pay for that holiday we went on to France… six years ago now. When we returned from that holiday we had spent all the money we had with barely anymore left. I couldn't repay them and it turned out they weren't any normal loan sharks either – I really should have looked into it more before I had borrowed the money. One night they sent a man to our house to bring us all to them. It turns out they had aliens in their custody and they wanted to use us and preform tests us on and the aliens… the man let me save you two.

You're probably wondering how your mother died now (if you even know she is dead). You probably suspect it was the tests too but in actual fact they never had the chance to perform any tests on us. We managed to escape one year after they had taken us (they didn't need us until the man they were using had died) but they continued to look for us. They didn't want us to tell anyone what we had seen so they shot her dead – I had to leave her there because I wanted to find you two so we could be a family again.

I had no such luck and now three years later I'm working in London. So I'm currently working in an organisation called Torchwood London who found me and helped me get back onto my feet. They told me not to mention the aliens I saw to anyone but you two deserve the choice after everything you've been through so if you receive this letter it probably means I've either seen you in the street but haven't had the guts to talk to you or I've found out where you live but haven't had the guts to talk to you. So if you're reading this please come and see me in Torchwood London – I'm working on floor 14 by the way.

I hope you can understand why I left you both now. It was for your own protection. I hope to see you both again sometime soon when I find the guts to talk to you both.

Lots of love,
Dad.

Ianto stared at the letter in disbelief. He remembered that holiday in France perfectly but he could never have guessed Aaron had borrowed money to get them all there. Everything Aaron had gone through made Ianto feel sorry for him. He remembered how scared and amazed he had been the first time he had seen an alien but couldn't imagine how he would feel if he had known Torchwood London had wanted to perform tests on him and an alien. The next thing Ianto couldn't believe was that Aaron had worked on the floor above him for the years Ianto had worked in Torchwood London for and Ianto had never seen him. Had Aaron ever seen him?

Ianto sighed and folded the paper back up and placing the letter carefully back into its envelope ready to give to Rhiannon the next time he saw her. Perhaps Aaron would be with him then. Not that they'd be a proper family again – there would have to be a lot more discussions before they even go to that conclusion. As Ianto went to put the envelope into his suit pocket, something on the back of the envelope caught his eye. When he turned the envelope over he realised it was writing. It was scruffier than the writing on the letter he had read but Ianto could see that Aaron had written it too. Ianto could also tell Aaron had written it in a hurry but this made sense to Ianto when he read the sentence:

The man's name was Captain Jack Harkness – don't trust your boss.

Ianto stared in horror at the sentence he had just read and had to re-read it just in case he had read it wrong. Anger returned to Ianto but this time he wasn't angry with Aaron – he was angry with Jack. Ianto jumped to his feet and ran out of the room, running down the corridor towards the main room where he'd hope Jack would be. Ianto stopped at the top of the stairs which led down to the main room pretty much like the ones back in Torchwood Cardiff. It didn't take Ianto long to find Jack - he was sat round the computer screen with Tom, pretty much ignoring Aaron. Ianto stood at the top of the stairs and watched for a minute before making his presence known. "Jack!" He bellowed.