The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

A/N: This chapter is a brief break that's designed to help refresh memory about who is who in the family

Chapter 132 (Understanding Family History)

"Sam talk to us," Valerie said as she nudged her friend lightly. Sam slowly shook her head and muttered something under her breath. Did everyone have some bad branch in their family tree? It sure as hell seemed like that. Carly had Lionel, whom she didn't know about yet. Freddie had a few. Hell, Tyrone was part of the Davidson family tree! Now she had an Aunt, thought to have been dead for sixteen years, alive and with her twin sister. This wasn't right, it wasn't fair! Valerie turned her eyes towards the baby's play room and called out. "Freddie! Jonah! Come out here now, please!"

In an instant, Freddie and Jonah came barging out of the room. Jonah had Aaron cradled in his arms. "What's going on?" Freddie asked with a rapid voice. He took note that Carly was here, so he couldn't very well hold Sam without Carly suspecting something. "Sam? Are you okay?" Sam's heart started pounding erratically as tears came to her eyes. She lifted her eyes to him and immediately felt like crashing into his arms.

"My twin sister never died at birth." Valerie's eyes widened and Freddie felt a chill running down his spine. "Evidently I have an Aunt that everyone thought was dead…she has something to do with it all."

"Dear god. Sam..."

"Aunt Violet says we need to go over there now, everyone has to talk." Valerie sat next to her and hugged her, rocking gently as Carly sat on the opposite side. She put her hand on Sam's shoulder and closed her eyes, breathing out calmly. "I need to call Aunt Maggie, if she doesn't know already."

"Neither your Aunt Violet or Uncle Brian knew they had a sister still alive?"

"No one knew." Carly rubbed her chin and sighed, trying to get a hold on what was going on. She didn't want to do or say anything inappropriate, but she was having a difficult time understanding certain things regarding Sam's family.

"I know this might be the wrong time to ask this, but…can you explain your family a little?" Sam raised an eyebrow as her thoughts were pulled away from the shock for a brief moment.

"Yeah sure…My mom was Sarah Puckett, my Dad was David Puckett. My mom has one brother and one sister that we knew about, and evidently one sister that we thought was dead. She's been missing for sixteen years now. Uncle Brian, married to Aunt Madeline, their son is Leon. He was born in 1986. Aunt Violet is married to Uncle Travis and they have an eighteen year old daughter, Venus. Aunt Lucy is the one who vanished. Dad's side, I have Uncle Morris, married to Aunt Maggie. You've met their kids, Greg and Annie."

"Right, I remember them…"

"Then there's Uncle Buzz, his son is Garth. My great grandfather, Carl, is still alive, he's one hundred and one years old, born in 1910. You know me, and apparently my twin sister…who is still alive…"

"Okay. I'm a bit afraid to ask Freddie to explain his family tree." Freddie laughed and Sam chuckled nervously, wiping her tears away.

"Want me to explain them? Because I can, I swear to god there were so many at the reunion, I've memorized every one of them!" Carly laughed, pleased to be calming Sam down at least. She was definitely interested in hearing a little more, considering Freddie's family tree was now hers too.

"Sure, go ahead."

"Okay then." Freddie raised his eyebrow and sat down, Jonah did the same. They were interested in seeing what would happen, but it would be fine as long as Carly wasn't confused any longer. "Well first, you have Dirdan 'Dan' Davidson, Freddie's Great, great grandfather. He was married to Lisa Marie Calcutta, they came over here from India and kept some of their culture intact. Such as the arranged marriage stuff…" Carly nodded and started wondering if she needed to take notes. "His children consisted of Birim Davidson, who died at three years of age. Dalmat Davidson, who lived to be twenty-nine, he married Ciara Ellison, but they never had children. Then there was Drita Davidson, who hated marriage and men…"

"Why?"

"She was…" Sam furrowed her brow and looked to Freddie in question, he slowly shrugged his shoulders and leaned back in his chair. There was no harm in telling Carly the truth, but he did consider it might be best not to tell her about Devlin Shay, her ancestor that harmed Drita. "She was sexually assaulted." Carly's heart sank and she bowed her head. "She had a son, that son was taken away by the man that did that to her…There was a lot of hatred between that man's family and the Davidson family, in fact, it was due to that man or his father that Birim Davidson died…"

"Oh my god…" Sam closed her eyes and slowly nodded her head, she would go no further with that information.

"The other two children of Dirdan was Edon Davidson and Era Davidson. Era married one time, she's also still alive. She's one hundred years old. She had a daughter and then two granddaughters, they didn't have long lives…"

"Okay."

"Edon is the direct, Freddie's great grandfather. He married Alice Easton. He had five children, Zamira, Arian, Besim, Vera, and Agim. Zamira married three times, the third time was in her elder years…Her first husband was Clint Wilson. Together, they had five kids. The second husband, whom no one was certain about until she revealed it in the reunion was a man who left and took the child they had with him. This man was named…Mark Peeloff."

"Mhmm…wait a minute…" Carly froze up and Sam closed her eyes, she could see the instant recognition flashing through her friend's expression. "Peeloff? My birth mother, I just met her…her name was Linda Peeloff."

"Yeah, that's her."

"That can't be, that means…" Carly looked at Freddie and he gave a slight shrug of his shoulders. She quickly shook her head and returned her attention to Sam, she would have to stomach that fact later. She rubbed her temples as Sam breathed in. "Okay, move on to the next, please."

"Okay, Freddie's grandfather is Arian. He had two children, Jennifer Davidson and Emily Marissa Davidson."

"I know the next part…" Sam watched with an empty feeling as Carly's eyes drooped down. "She was supposed to marry Dad then, wasn't she? She had given birth to Spencer…and apparently it was Granddad that took him away." She wasn't sure if she was ready to comprehend or believe that her grandfather could have done something so vile. Sam and Freddie slowly nodded their heads as Carly decided to ignore the growing pit inside her. "So mom has two, or three now, children…Spencer, who is married to Sasha, Freddie, who I still haven't been told who his wife is!" She looked to the others, hoping for something, but they were still quiet. Sam fiddled her fingers together in her lap as Carly let out a soft sigh. "Go on…"

"Okay, Jennifer has two children. Erin and Stephanie Grant…On to Arian's brother, Besim Davidson…He has two children as well Tricia and Jasmine. Trica passed away in 2006, she had a son. Jasmine has one daughter, that's Amanda."

"The Amanda you told me about who was actually Freddie's cousin."

"Yes."

"Okay, glad we cleared that one up…Next?"

"Their sister, Vera Davidson…She had one son, who claimed never to have married, but it turns out that he had a daughter…both his wife and daughter were murdered by a serial killer within their family…"

"Oh my god!" Carly's hands flew to her mouth and her heart began rising. Why did she feel like she was in danger? Who was this serial killer, would it impact her in any way? "Did they ever catch the man who did it?"

"No…but Carlos, Vera's son, made it well aware that he had met this killer and been told to keep to himself or he might die…" Carly swallowed hard as Sam leaned back against the couch cushion. "This man's name is Lionel, I believe." She didn't want Carly to be afraid, she didn't want to tell her right now. It was too bad of a time. "Every ten years in a month of Friday the 13th, he murders a family member…Connie was his sister and his final victim, she died in 2003. His next victim won't be until 2013…"

"Assuming there is another victim." Fear and pain flashed through Sam's eyes and her face fell. She couldn't bear the truth, and that truth was, there were two victims left. Tyrone and Carly were both potential victims in 2013. "Who all died, besides Connie?"

"His niece, Connie's daughter, was killed in 1993. His father, Keyton in 1973, and his grandfather, Devlin, in 1983…The only true relative remaining is his uncle. His uncle's son was adopted, so I don't think he counts…I think that saves that man's children…"

"Oh god, I hope they're safe." She put her hand to her chest and breathed in as a surge of pain ran through her body. She really didn't want to hear anymore about this man, she was beginning to become way too afraid just thinking about this killer. "Please move on…"

"I will. Agim, Arian's youngest brother…Agim's entire family died because of one man's ignorance with his culture." Carly's eyebrows rose curiously as Freddie and Jonah looked away from her. "All except Agim's wife, who passed away on her own. He had two children, Adam and Tricia. Tricia was murdered in 1980 at the age of seventeen by someone who was trying to prevent her from participating in arranged marriage." Carly felt her heart wrench and moved her eyes to the side. Why the hell did she feel so guilty? "In 2000, in an attempt to flee to India, Agim took his son, son's wife, and son's children on a boat, but…the same man who killed Tricia years before hired someone to destroy that ship somehow. Only Adam's wife, Helen survived long enough, but she committed suicide later."

"Oh my god, I can't believe…all that history is…" Carly's eyes started to water as she slowly stood up and moved over to Freddie. He tilted his head to the side as she tangled her index fingers together at her waist.

"Help me to understand…why would someone hate your grandfather's culture?"

"He's your grandfather too," Freddie said quietly. "In a way…Some people are completely ignorant. Do you remember Jake's murder last year?" Jonah's face tightened and Carly slowly nodded her head, how could she forget that experience? "He died because a hired thug thought he was Jonah."

"W-What?" Jonah crossed his arms and shut his eyes tightly, trying to push away the memory. He wasn't completely over that guilt.

"Someone was gunning for me because I was Freddie's friend, they wanted to send Freddie a message by killing his closest friend, and instead…they found Jake. He told them that he was the one they were looking for and then…the man killed him." Carly remained in shock, this was way too much to take in!

"I…I don't understand."

Sam bowed her head and slowly rose to her feet, gripping her phone tightly in her hand. "Learn something new about your family tree every day…" The others surrounded Sam as she dialed a number and put the phone to her ear. As the phone rang, she turned to Carly. "Hey, do you have anything to do?"

"Well actually…I do have a job interview I need to get to…"

"Okay, well go do that. I don't mean to rush you out, it's just…with the recent stuff going on, I don't want to keep you and all…"

"I understand." Carly hugged Sam and waved off the others, then slowly left the house. It was fine, she had plenty to think of.

Marissa answered the phone and Sam's eyes started to water again. "Hey, you need to come to Aunt Violet's with us…"

"What's wrong?"

"Just…just come, we'll explain when you get there."

"Okay, I'm on my way."

Also what would REALLY help is if you take a look at my "GREATEST SECRET FAMILY TREE" that's been uploaded as a separate oneshot a long time ago.