Cordy held the chubby hand of her son as he walked across the hotel lobby. He had just turned a year old and was about ready to walk on his own.
"Da" The baby said when his father walked into the room.
"Come here little man." Angel said as he squatted down to his son's level and held out his arms.
"Mama?" He asked as he looked up at his mother
"Go ahead. Go to daddy." Her son let go of her hand and slowly wobbled over to his father.
As soon as he walked into his father's arms he giggled. He turned and looked at his mother and smiled.
"Good job baby."
"Mama, excuse me." Cordy stared at him. She wasn't sure that she heard him right until he began to repeat the phrase.
"Excuse me Miss?"
Cordy was jogged out of her dream by a voice. She was manning the desk while the gang was out killing something. She must have dozed off while waiting for them to return. As quickly as a seven month pregnant woman could move, she wiped off the drool from the side of her mouth that had accumulated during her nap and headed to the front desk.
"Hi, how can I help you?" Cordy asked the dark hair girl standing at the desk.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you." The client said with an Irish accent
"Oh, please, don't worry about it."
"When are you due?"
"8 more weeks."
"Wow. How exciting for you."
"It is. So what can I do for you hon?"
"I need to find my brother."
"Well that's not exactly what we do, but I could give you the numbers of some agency's that could help you."
"Is this Angel Investigations?"
"Yes it is but we investigate, well other things."
"Like demons?"
"Yes, like demons. Is your brother a demon?"
"Well he is half human and half demon. Just like me. Want to see?"
Cordy nodded and what she saw brought back lots of memories and shook her to the core. She knew exactly who her brother was.
Fifteen minutes later the crew came back from the field all laughing and talking at the same time. Cordy and her guest were waiting in Angel's office. As soon as Cordy saw her friends, she excused herself and went to Angel.
"Hey beautiful." He greeted her and her growing belly with a kiss.
"I need you in the office." Angel raised his eyebrows. "There is someone that you need to meet." Cordy grabbed his hand and led him to the office.
"Angel, this is Ciara Doyle. Ciara this is Angel."
"Nice to meet you Ciara." Angel said as he held out his hand to her.
She took his hand. "You also."
"Irish accent. I was born and raised in Ireland."
"Angel, she is here looking for her brother."
"And you think that we can help you with that?"
"Yes sir, I do. He used to work for you."
"I beg your pardon"
Cordy sighed; Angel could be so dense sometimes.
"Angel, Ciara Doyle, is half human and half demon like her brother who used to work for you."
It took a minute before what Cordy said clicked in his brain. Cordy smiled as she saw the recognition in his eyes.
"Doyle. I didn't know that he had a sister." Angel said softly.
"That doesn't surprise me. He's a private kind of guy. His letters stopped coming a few years ago so when I turned 18 I decided to come here and find him."
"Why did you come here, to us?"
"He told me about his job with Angel Investigations so I thought that I would start with you first."
"You didn't tell her?" Angel asked Cordy
"I wanted to wait for you." Cordy answered " Here hon, sit down."
"Do you know where my brother is?" Angel and Cordy looked at each other, neither one not wanting to answer her question. Finally Cordy took Ciara's hand and began to speak.
"Sweetie, I'm so sorry. Doyle died a few years ago." Tears began to fill Ciara's eyes.
"What happened?" She asked as the tears fell.
"He was very brave and he died with honor."
"What happened?" Ciara repeated and Angel took over speaking.
"There were a group of demons that had a machine that would kill anything that had human blood flowing in their veins. Once it was turned on, the only way to stop it was to destroy the wires, but to destroy it someone had to get to the machine, be exposed to what was radiating out and die doing it. I was going to do it myself, but your brother took me by surprise, punched me in the face and did it himself. He saved so many lives that day."
"Doyle, also had been given visions from The Powers That Be. Visions of people that were in trouble and needed help. He shared the visions with Angel and the three of us were able to help many people. He believed in helping people so much, that before he died he passed his visions to me so we could continue to fight the good fight." Cordy finished.
"He never told me any of this. He just told me that he had made some wonderful friends, had a great job that he loved, and he had a prospect for love. Do you know who the girl was?"
"It was me." Cordy answered softly
"I can totally see that. You are beautiful. Were you two happy?"
"We never got a chance sweetie. Towards the end, we both were attracted to each other, but we never acted on it because I never got the chance to ask him out and Doyle wasn't sure how I would react to the fact that he was half demon. He never told me and I never knew until the end."
"How would you have reacted?"
"I would have been fine with it."
"So his letters weren't all bull. He was really happy at the end?'
"He was." Cordy responded softly
"Well, thank you so much for all of the information. I have kept you long enough. It was a pleasure meeting you." Ciara said
"What about your parents?" Angel asked
"They are both gone."
"Do you have any family?"
"No, it's just me now. That's why I was hoping to find Allan."
"What are your plans now?" He asked
"I guess I'll go back home when I get enough money together."
"You don't have any money?"
"I have some. My plan was to stay with Allan and never return because I have nothing in Ireland left for me there."
Angel and Cordy looked at each other. Without speaking they both knew what they had to do. For their friend Doyle they had to care for his sister.
"You know, we have this big hotel here and lots of room. We would like for you to stay here with us." Cordy said.
Ciara looked at Angel. He smiled and nodded his head in agreement.
"I think that it's what Doyle would have wanted." He said to her.
"I don't want any charity." She said proudly.
"That's understandable. I actually have a position for a receptionist open right now, because my current one has been slacking on the job." Angel said as he winked at Cordy.
"Hey, I'm not slacking."
"I've busted you sleeping many times dear." Cordy crossed her arms across her chest. "Ciara, your room is one of the job benefits and I will pay you. Does that work for you?"
She nodded her head with tears in her eyes. "Thank you so much."
"No, thank you. Believe me you are helping us out. It doesn't look good for the receptionist to be sleeping on the job." Cordy stuck her tongue out at Angel.
"Come on, let's go meet your co-workers and get you settled."
"What if they don't like me?" She asked panicked
"Trust me, if they like Mr. Brooding here, they will definitely like you." Cordy said as she took Ciara's hand and led her to the lobby for introductions.
After the introductions were made Justine and Fred took Ciara upstairs to choose a room. Angel and Cordy stood in his office watching Connor. From the moment that Connor and Ciara were introduced they haven't taken his off of each other.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Cordy asked Angel smiling.
"My son's first crush?"
"I think that the crush may be mutual."
"God help me." He said smiling.