The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

A/N: As you know, thoughts are in italics and speech is in regular font.

Chapter 111 (Reunion: On the Hunt)

After the welcome announcement, the three women that had been in the truck were standing around and discussing some important topics. The youngest woman was the same age as Robert Shay, born in 1967. She had brown hair that went down slightly past her shoulders and she looked much younger than her actual age. The eldest woman, Veronica Benson, had grey hair that was up in curls. The woman next to them was around the same age as Veronica, but had blonde hair going slightly past her chin.

These girls weren't dangerous in the slightest bit, they were just looking around for something important. "So, somewhere in this large crowd, we're going to find him," The blonde woman said in a quiet and slightly disbelieving tone of voice. There had to be nearly one hundred people in the building. If anything, it wasn't going to be easy sifting through the masses. "Not only that, how do you expect to find him? I haven't seen him in years, I don't even know all that much on what he looks like…"

"He looks like Elaine," Veronica stated while pointing toward the younger woman. "It's not that hard to figure out. Though I do see your point about finding one person among the many, Angeline…" Elaine was searching the room with her eyes, trying to sift through every person she could find. She shifted her eyes over to Angeline and Veronica then back among the crowd. They saw the person they were looking for once before, during the welcoming speech, but then they lost him. "Either way, we'll find him around here somewhere."

"Let's try in this room," Elaine said while walking toward another room. The trio entered and spotted Carl talking to some people about his days in the war. They would have stayed to listen, but they were too busy to waste any time. Besides, it wasn't all that interesting to Elaine. "One hundred year old man telling war stories…how appropriate." She sighed and glanced over at the other women. "He's not in this room, let's look elsewhere!" Angeline and Veronica nodded their heads and followed Elaine out. The young woman seemed real determined to find the person she was looking for, her eyes were even watering. "This is the closest I've ever gotten to him, and after three years of searching…I don't want to lose him again."

"We'll find him Elaine, don't worry." They spotted Era walking with her great granddaughter, Kendal Ford. Kendal was living with Era since both of her parents and grandparents were deceased. Her parents died early and she moved in with Era when she was only eight years old, she was now twenty one, born in 1990. She chose to go about finding a spouse the usual way, not through arranged marriage. Era was just fine with that. "In fact, why don't we ask those two if they've seen him anywhere? Could it hurt?"

"Nah, it couldn't hurt." Elaine moved over to Era and smiled. The two women looked at Elaine and returned her smile. "Hey, I'm wondering if you've seen Robert er…Shay around here anywhere?"

"He's here, but I'm not sure what room he's in, exactly," Era responded while rubbing her chin. She had just seen him a few minutes ago, so he could still be in the art room. It wasn't really an art room so much as it was where Annie was opening her portrait stand. "I know he was just helping Annie Puckett set up her painting booth…she has paintings for members of the family."

"Yeah, it's going to be down that hall and to the right," Kendal said as she pointed to a hallway. "Once you turn right, it'll be the first door you see, you can't miss it."

"Thank you!" Elaine smiled and her eyes brightened, she was going to find him! She was finally going to meet him, after all these years. She rushed over to Veronica and Angeline, smiling brightly. "He's probably in the room with one of Sam's relatives! Come on, let's hurry!" The three women hurried down the hall and opened the door, they spotted only Annie and Greg, setting the paintings carefully along the wall. The two stopped and glanced over at the three older women.

"Hello, is there something we can help you with?" Annie asked in a kind voice. She wasn't sure who these people were. She had photos of all the Davidson relatives, but she hadn't seen any of these ladies. "I'm Annie Puckett and this is my brother, Greg." Greg smiled and waved his hand in the air.

"I'm Elaine Hudson…or you could get my birth name if you wanted." Elaine sighed and closed her eyes, she wasn't going to give up on finding Robert. If it took any longer though, she might get upset. "I'm looking for Robert Shay, have you seen him anywhere? We were just told he was in here."

"He was here a little while ago," Greg said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Right now, we're not entirely sure where he is. I thought he said he was going to talk to the kids of Zamira Davidson. They're a nice bunch. You know, I think there are a lot of Davidson family secrets roaming around, it's great for Sam!"

"Yeah, thanks…do you know where they are at?"

"Sure, they're probably in the main foyer," Annie said with a nod of her head.

"Thanks!" The three women once more rushed out of the room and headed into the foyer. They spotted five people, but not Robert. Angeline and Veronica both sighed in frustration, but they weren't about to give up. They were equally determined to find Robert as Elaine. "Zamira's children, they all look nice…" Elaine pointed and counted the children off. "That's the oldest, Megan. The one next to her is her twin brother, George. The talking to them is the next child in line, Dennis…and the two women talking over there to the right are Terry and Amy."

"You've researched them?" Veronica asked as she raised a surprised eyebrow. Elaine nodded and smiled briefly.

"Yeah, and I've always wanted to know why Terry chose to never have a child…" Elaine walked over to Terry and Amy, smiled and waved. "Hi, how are you?" The women looked over and smiled politely.

"Hello, I'm Terry Adams, Wilson's my maiden name. This is my baby sister, Amy." Amy smiled and shook Elaine's hand.

"Can we help you with something?" Amy asked.

"Yes, but first…I've always wanted to know, if it's not rude to ask, but…how come you decided to never have a child, Terry?" Terry frowned and shrugged her shoulders.

"My husband is a mean person, I decided to never have a child that had to suffer his anger." Elaine frowned and slowly shook her head, that was truly a pity. Why would someone be so cruel? It just wasn't right, or fair. "Nobody except my sister knows, though…I fear they'd try to intervene. I do still love my husband."

"Yeah, but you really should get rid of him, he's responsible for my son's death and you know that…" Terry sighed and nodded her head. In a way, her husband had been responsible.

"I know, and I'm sorry Amy…" Brian Andrews was eighteen years old when he died, nobody in the family knew the circumstances of his death, but Amy and Terry did. Brian and Ryan Adams had gotten into a fight. Angered, Ryan went to Tyrone and said that Brian was going to get married to his arranged spouse. Then one of Tyrone's men came along and murdered Brian. Both Terry and Amy had figured it out, and when they confronted Brian about it, he said he'd been drunk at the time.

"I don't believe he was drunk at all." Elaine blinked and rubbed the back of her neck, she wasn't sure if she wanted to hear the story or not. Apparently, they were hiding something. Amy and Terry smiled and looked to Elaine with friendly looks. "There are a lot of secrets that mom's family has."

"I bet, aren't there usually a lot of family secrets?" Elaine replied. Terry and Amy chuckled and nodded their heads. "Do you know how Dennis's wife and son died?" Terry and Amy stared at Elaine with cold faces, it wasn't a subject they enjoyed talking about. Elaine swallowed and chuckled nervously, it scared her a bit to see two very friendly women with such frightful appearances.

"It was a car accident, but we don't like talking too much about it," Amy replied coldly. The truth of the matter was that Amy didn't like Dennis's wife very well at all. Long ago, in the year 2001, both the man's wife and daughter were mysteriously run off the road and into a nearby lake. Terry found out, but Amy told her to keep quiet about it.

"They drove off the side of a road and hit a lake," Terry said as she crossed her arms. Elaine blinked and chuckled once, that was a shock to her. "Is there anything else we can help you with?"

"Yeah…do you know where Robert Shay is?" Terry and Amy smiled their friendly faces once more and nodded their heads. They didn't know exactly, but they knew where he had told them he was going.

"Well not exactly, but we think he said he was going into the room where Agim's family is remembered. The room is just to the left and straight down the hall. It'd be good to be silent, since that is actually respectful."

"Right, we'll keep that in mind, and thank you!" The two women nodded their heads as the others left the room. Elaine swallowed and shuddered. "Is it just me, or was that situation very nerve wracking?"

"I felt a little odd," Angeline said as she rubbed her hand. "I mean once you mentioned Dennis's family, their faces just went…ouch…" Veronica nodded and looked toward the foyer doors.

"I wonder what other secrets are hidden in the Davidson family," Veronica said in a quiet voice. "Probably not many…" No one could really tell, but they had their ideas. The three women just figured Terry and Amy grew cold because nobody ever likes having to talk about deceased relatives, especially ones who died early and mysteriously.

"I think the majority of the secrets lie with Zamira's family." Elaine wasn't paying much attention, since she had other things on her mind. They reached a door that seemed a bit fancier than most other doors, it was good for a memorial room.

"I hope he's in here…but also, let's take some time to remember Agim's family," Elaine said as she placed her hand on the doorknob. They knew what had happened to Agim, and they cursed Tyrone for it. "And if you're so interested in Zamira's family, did you know that her son George lost his wife…she died at the age of twenty eight or twenty nine. Except, I think she drowned in a pool."

"Oh, that's horrible!" Elaine nodded and opened the door. As they entered, they made note of the pictures and the soft music being played. There were pictures and paintings of Agim, his wife, his son and daughter in law, and his grandson. All except the wife died in 2000, Agim's wife died in 1997.

"It's horrible what happened to them," Angeline said in a quiet voice. The three women moved about the room in silence, taking in the warm but sad atmosphere of the room. How could anyone be so cruel as to eradicate a whole branch of a family? The idea of the notion was too absurd to think about. Veronica and Angeline had tears in their eyes as they read a small memorial on a podium in front of Agim's portrait.

"This is telling the story of Agim's life and of his family," Veronica stated. Elaine looked over and slowly walked toward the two women. She read the memorial and frowned. Agim had lived a great life. He was the only one in the family to not have been able to go to college, but still he had a good life. He made something for himself and had started his own successful business in the late 1960's. That business was now thriving and was being run by Besim's eldest daughter's husband. It spoke of the tragedy of Agim's daughter's death at only seventeen years of age.

"Such tragedy befell a great man," Elaine said as she wiped her eyes. "It makes me angry to think that someone would kill this man…kill his family…only because they didn't like his culture."

"I know, it's so wrong…I mean, god…" The three women stayed for a little longer, then decided it was time to leave and continue their search for Robert. Just as they stepped outside, they saw Robert heading in their direction. Emily, Sam, Freddie, and Jonah were with him. He had been at the room by himself before, he left to go get Emily and bring her over. Both groups stopped and stared at each other with wide eyes.

"Robert…"

"Whoa, I think I just saw Robert as a female," Freddie said while rubbing his eyes. Robert's jaw fell and his eyes remained focused on Elaine. Emily was staring at Veronica and wondering why John's mother was here. Freddie recognized his grandmother, but that was about it. "Grandma Benson…what are you doing here?"

"This is your grandmother?" Sam asked while glancing over at Freddie. Veronica smiled and nodded her head.

"Yes, I'm his grandmother," Veronica said in a quiet voice. Angeline smiled and waved her hand in the air.

"I'm Angeline Shay." The eyes of Robert and Emily seemed to grow even more, they had always thought Angeline was dead. Angeline and Veronica placed their hands on Elaine's shoulders and sighed. "And this is Elaine Hudson…"

"Robert," Elaine began. Everyone looked to her as she took a step forward, her eyes brimming with fresh tears and her lips curling into a small smile. "I am your sister."

Well this is a shock. Stick around for the next chapter. Hope you liked this one, review ^_^