Chapter 5 - Lies, lies and more lies

Thea stood frozen. Dig's words still rang in her ears. She had a death sentence on her head, set by her own father? That couldn't be true!

The person who held the answers fittingly enough appeared that very moment on her balcony; fully dressed in black accompanied with bow and arrows. He pushed aside the sliding door and entered. Removing his disguise, which he used to hide his face, he then placed a supporting hand on his daughter's shoulder.

"Thea, are you alright? What did he want?" Malcolm Merlin asked while scanning the apartment.

"Where is Ollie?" his daughter replied coldly, without looking back at her father. "...and is someone out to kill me?"

Silence filled the room. Malcolm looked taken back by the questions, and instead of providing answers he began asking his own.

"What... Thea, what did he-"

"NO MORE LIES! TELL ME THE TRUTH!" she exclaimed so loud and sudden that her father jerked slightly out of surprise and took a step back.

"Thea, if I'm gonna tell you, you must promise me one thing. That you let me tell the whole story without ANY interruptions or questions until I've finished. Agreed?"

She crossed her arms in disagreement, but still nodded reluctantly for him to go on.

Malcolm then began talking; explaining about his previous involvement with the League of Assassins, how they wouldn't stop searching for him until he was dead and how he had made Oliver take care of the problem, so that the two of them would be able to return to a normal life without anyone wanting them dead.

Up until the point when he had mentioned Oliver, Thea almost sympathized with her father, and even began to wonder if she had rushed to judgement about his motives, based only on Diggle's words.

But that of course was when the horrific revelations began.

"-so at this moment Oliver is at a neutral place, facing a trial by combat with the Demon. When he comes out of it victorious, we will be able to live our lives like an ordinary family again. I'm afraid I knew Oliver would not go through this for me alone however, so I gave your brother the motivation necessary to triumph, by having the League coming after you as well. I guess this will be the hardest part for you to accept, but... You're wanted by the League because you murdered their member Ta-er al-Sahfer. That was her name in the League, but you know her as Sara Lance."

Thea had to stop herself multiple times from physically attacking her father during his tale, even though she knew she would definitely lose a one-on-one with him. But when hearing this last piece of information, a large black hole appeared in the pit of her stomach.

"Whatever they think I did, they are all mistaken. I haven't murdered anyone in this League your talking about! Especially not Sara!" Thea snapped back at her father.

Merlyn sighted while he picked up his mobile. After pressing a couple of digits on the keypad he handed it over to his daughter.

Thea couldn't believe her eyes as she saw a recording of herself firing arrow after arrow into the Canary's stomach until the woman plunged of the rooftop.

"H-how-" she stuttered in shock.

"I used a specific drug containing a substance, which made you open to suggestions. You don't remember any of it, but you did it. You killed Sara." Malcolm stated.

Thea didn't know what to do, so she started to pace back and forth. Oliver's words once more came back – haunting her.

I love you, no matter what...

...no matter what...

He knew. Her brother knew she had murdered someone so close to him, but still he would risk his own life for hers. Tears pricked in her eyes, as she turned back to face her father, staring with hatred in her eyes on the one person she thought had stopped lying to her.

"I TRUSTED YOU! BUT YOU'VE LIED TO ME! AGAIN! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Thea screamed with pure poisonous loathe in her voice.

"Thea-"

"NO! I FORGAVE YOU FOR SO MUCH; LIKE THE UNDERTAKING AND FOR KILLING PEOPLE, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR DOING THIS TO MY BROTHER AND ME! I HATE YOU!"

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she escaped out of the apartment, running towards the only comfort she could think of in the absence of her brother; Roy.