Here we go, the chapter you've all been waiting for!

As it got closer to the day that Diane and I had planned to leave, each day seemed to last longer and longer.

With each passing day, I got more and more nervous about leaving. I always tried to distract myself from my anxiety by talking with Adam.

But, eventually the day came.

As the clock struck midnight, I quietly slipped out of my bed. I pulled my suitcase out from underneath my bed and slipped out into the hallway. I went quickly, but paused when I got to my mother's room. I knew that I needed to leave before I lost my nerve, and that Diane was waiting for me at the end of the driveway.

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

Even though she kept one of the biggest secrets of my life from me, I still loved her. I don't know why she did it, but I'm sure she had her reasons. There's no way she didn't spend hours or even days balancing all of the possible consequences. But, now it was my turn. I had to know the truth.

I left quickly, but quietly, and met Diane at the end of the driveway.

"Thank you so much, Aunt Di." I said as I got in.

"Analeigh Sternin, I don't know how I let you talk me into this." She sighed as she pulled out.

"All I'm asking is for you to take me to the airport." I reminded her. "That reminds me, you have my ticket, right?"

"Yeah it's in my purse." I reached into her purse and found my ticket, but there was an extra.

"Why are there two?"

"Did you really think I was going to send you across the country alone?" She asked. "Analeigh, you're only fifteen. And I'm not questioning your capability, but San Francisco is a big city and you need to be chaperoned. Lilith is probably going to have my head when she finds out that I helped you, and I don't want to know what she'd do to me if you got hurt."

I guess she was right, To be honest, I was glad that she was coming with me. I don't think I'd want to be alone when I meet my father.

We drove to the airport and caught our flight. Since it was so early, it was a pretty quiet ride.

With a seven hour flight, I had a lot of time to think. I thought a lot about my mom and why she did what she did. I still had no answer.

I thought about Diane, and how she seemed to have her life together pretty well. She managed Cheers while writing children's books on the side, she seemed to have a pretty good romantic life seeing as she was always dating someone, she had a great friendship with Sam, too. That impressed me because I knew that story.

I met Diane when I was about three. She had come back to Boston from California. I was playing around the bar while my mother sat at a table with a cup of coffee working on a paper or a patient file or something. We did that a lot when I was younger.

Diane came in and I remember thinking that she was really pretty. Sam had told me that whenever a pretty lady came into the bar, I should tell them to go see my Uncle Sammy.

Sam was facing away from us, talking to Cliff and Norm, their faces were frozen with shock.

"Uncle Sam, look there's a pretty lady here!" I said as I ran behind the bar next to him.

He turned around and as soon as he saw her, he dropped the glass that he had been drying. The glass shattered and I screamed as a small shard flew into my leg.

My mom came running over, picked me up and set me on a bar stool to look at my leg.

"Lilith, I am so sorry! I didn't see her there, she's so small, you know?" Sam apologized.

"It's fine, Sam. Will you hand me your first aid kit?" She said, preoccupied with looking at my leg.

"Diane, what are you doing in Boston?" Sam asked.

"I've decided to move back for a while." She said, sitting down at the bar near me."I hope I still have friends here at Cheers."

"Of course." He said.

My mother had extracted the glass from my leg and put a bandage over it. She put the first aid kit back behind the bar.

"Mommy?" I said as she picked me up.

"Yes, sweetheart?"

"Who's that lady?"

"Her name is Diane." She said. "She's a friend of Uncle Sam's."

"Oh, Lilith!" Diane said. "I do regret not being able to see you the last time I was in town. I hope we're still on good terms."

"Of course." My mother said.

"I'm sorry things didn't work out with Frasier." She went on. "You know I visited him not too long ago. He talked a lot about your son, Frederick. He didn't mention that you were remarried."

"I'm not." My mother started to seem a little nervous.

"This is your daughter, isn't she?"

"Yes. Her name is Analeigh."

"Forgive me, but I don't think I understand."

"It's a very complicated situation I'd be happy to tell you about later. But, right now I need to pick up Frederick from school."

I guess they talked later that night. All I know is that I saw Diane a lot after that.

"Diane," I asked, coming back to the present. "How come you and Same never got back together?"

"We just weren't right for each other. It took us a while to figure that out, though." She said. "We were just better off being close friends."

Our plane landed about an hour after that. We grabbed out luggage and caught a cab to go to a hotel. On the way there, my mom called.

"Analeigh Danielle Sternin, where are you?" She asked.

"I'm with Diane. Everything's alright." I said.

"Where are you?"

"I'm not exactly sure. We're somewhere west of Boston." Way west of Boston. "She picked me up this morning and we decided to go shopping. We'll probably be back really late tonight, so she said it was okay for me to crash at her place."

"Oh, okay." She started to calm down. "Well, next time, please let me know ahead of time. And call me when you get back."

"I will." I said. "I love you, Mom."

"I love you, too. Have fun."

We got a room and chilled out for a while. After about an hour, we went to see Frasier.

I gave the cab driver the address and we were off. My heart was pounding the entire way there. I couldn't believe it was actually happening: I was going to meet my father.

We walked into the lobby of the apartment building.

"Excuse me, miss?" The desk clerk asked. "May I help you?"

"I'm here to see Dr. Crane."

"I'm afraid Dr. Crane is out of town for the holiday season. He'll be gone through the New Year."

"What?" I said in shock. I didn't come all this way for nothing. "Where is he?"

"I'm not allowed to give out that information."

"Please, I need to know."

"I am not permitted to give out the whereabouts of our residents to anyone but family."

"I'm his daughter." I blurted out.

"Dr. Crane never said anything about having a daughter." He looked puzzled.

"Because he didn't know. In fact I didn't know until a few weeks ago." I said. "Besides, why would he tell you? Now then, if you don't mind, I'm on a time crunch and I really need to know where he is."

He thought about it for a minute. Eventually, he sighed in defeat.

"He's visiting his brother, Dr. Niles Crane."

"Where?" I urged.

"Seattle."

You have got to be kidding me.

Oooh! Plot twist! That's what happens when I don't get any reviews! :)