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Chapter Seven
When they got to the Island, Croquet said "Mr. Pegasus would like you to go to the Library so that Miss Serena doesn't know what is going on just yet." Frank nodded that he understood and so Croquet took Frank to the Library and as he opened the door and walked in there stood Pegasus and he walked over and they shook hands and then Frank said "This is the file on the adoption of Serena Walker."
Max took the file and they went over and sat down at the small table and he opened the file and they began looking at the papers and by the time they were through reading what was in the file they both were in tears because of all the hell this poor child had gone through since she was taken from her home in the middle of the night until she was finally adopted by the woman who would become her mother.
Max then looked at Frank and he said "What do we do now?"
Frank looked at the photos of the little girl that was his daughter but no longer remembers who he was and he said "Has she spoken to you about her past?"
Max swallowed because he didn't want to say anything but he also knew that he couldn't keep quiet so he then said "Today she came to me crying and she was saying that she needed to find her brother and did I know who he was?"
Then there was a knock at the door and as Max walked over to see who it was, there stood Serena and she said "Max, I really need to talk to you and then she noticed a strange man sitting at the table and when he looked at her she started crying and she whispered "Daddy."
Max then opened the door and Serena walked into the room and slowly made her way over to where Frank was sitting and she shouted "WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THEY GRABBED ME AND TOOK ME AWAY, WHERE WERE YOU?" Then she ran from the room crying and tears were streaming down Frank's face and he said "I better go now, it's apparent that she doesn't want to ever see me again."
Frank got up to leave and Max touched his shoulder and he said "You can't blame her for feeling like that, she's so mixed up and she needs time to understand what really happened that night."
Frank knew what Max was saying was right, but he was so hurt that this Serena would actually think that he didn't care enough to stop those people from taking her that night. Hell he didn't even know about her abduction until the next morning and that's when he found his son gasping for breath and he was rushed to the hospital where he nearly died from something that bitch had given him.
He started towards the door when he stopped and turned and said "If she wants to talk to me will you please let me know?" Max nodded that he would and Frank left to walk to the pier where the boat was.
When Serena left the Library in tears she ran right into Croquet who automatically put his arms around her and he softly asked her "what's wrong?"
Serena then said through her tears "That man the one who didn't stop them from taking me is in the Library talking to Max, what's he doing here?"
Croquet then took a deep breath and he said "Frank Wheeler is your father and he's here because he and his son Joey have been searching for you since you were abducted that night."
She looked up into the face of this man whom she had come to love like a big brother and she said "What do you mean they've been looking for me, why didn't they find me if they were looking so damn hard?"
Croquet knew that she was striking out in anger and frustration and he then said "Listen, you really should go back in there and listen to what he has to say and then you can judge him if you want."
Croquet then took her hand and they walked back to the Library only to find that Frank had left a broken man because he believed that she hated him and that she'd never want to talk to him or Joey ever again.
Serena asked "Where'd he go?"
Max told her "he left and I really think that you should go talk to him. Your father loves you so very much and it nearly killed him when he found out that you were missing and for years now he and your brother has been looking for you and you really should go talk to him."
Serena had tears running down her face and she ran to Max who held her in his arms and she looked up at him and she said "Only if you go with me please will you come with me?"
Max smiled down at her and he kissed her forehead and reached for he hand and they walked down to the pier and there stood Frank standing there looking out over the water and his shoulders were shaking because he was sobbing because he felt like he'd lost his little girl for real.
Serena then softly said "Can I talk to you?"
Frank's body went rigid and he slowly turned to find Serena and Max standing there and Frank whispered "I'd love to talk to you."
Serena then said "Why didn't you stop them from taking me?"
Frank then told her "That woman Silvia Keller had put a sedative in my coffee and it caused me to pass out. It wasn't until the next morning when I came to that I found your brother fighting for his life and you were missing. Joey spent three days in intensive care before he was allowed to come home. I had the Police all our friends looking for you and we never gave up hope. Rene, I love you so very much and all I'd do at night was pray that God would let you come home to Joey and I and I'd be the happiest man in the world."
Serena then blinked her eyes and she asked Frank "What did you just call me?"
Frank then said "It's a nickname that Joey gave you when he had a hard time saying Serenity, he called you Rene."
Tears ran down her face as she looked up at Max and she then she ran to Frank who picked her up and finally was holding his little girl in his arms again. Max was crying because he was happy for them but he was also sad because he knew that she'd be leaving the Island and he'd never see her again.
He turned around and started walking back to the main house when Serena turned and said "Please don't go."
She was holding onto Franks hand as they walked over to Max and she held out her hand and he took it and together they all walked back to the main house and as they walked inside Serena looked at Frank and she said "I'm so glad that I've found you again and I really want to see Joey, but I can't leave here just yet I hope that you can understand." Then she kissed Frank on the cheek and ran to her room.
Frank and Max both understood the turmoil she must be going through and Frank said "I'll go for now, but please let her know that if she wants to talk to me or Joey we'll be here for her."
Max shook his hand and then Frank walked with Croquet and together they got on the boat for the trip back to the pier and then Croquet said "She's a very mixed up young girl right now but give her time and she'll come home to you and your son." Frank shook his hand and he went to his car and as he sat behind the wheel he just lost it. Then he wipe his eyes and started the car and drove home to let Joey know that he had found his sister.
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Chapter Eight Coming Up... Serena makes her decision...
