LOSING AND FINDING DREAMS
Based on the TV Show "Pretender"

Errr ::Blushes.:: .I was just informed the whole custody battle thing was a little confusing I will just give a brief summary of what happened:

Miss Parker and Jarod got back from Carthis a little over a month before this. Jarod went off looking for his mother for a few weeks before he lost her trail. Miss Parker, about three days after she got back, found out that Raines and Lyle were trying to get custody of T.K. Unwilling to let the little boy fall into their hands, knowing what they could - and would - do with him, began fighting for custody as well.

I hope that clears things up a bit. Thank you so much for reviewing! Here is the next part! It is a bit shorter than the last one, but it is very important and it really starts what is to come. When it starts it is at the same time as what is going on at the hospital.

~*~ Elsewhere ~*~

Jarod sat at his laptop, he had just broken into the Centre's mainframe, searching for answers, for the truth.

He scanned through file after file, not really paying all that much attention, until on file caught his attention. Nothing about it was really that remarkable, however maybe that was why it caught his eye. It was called "Shade."

Jarod clicked on the file. After hacking through all of the security measures, of which there were many, he finally got in.

He read what he had found and felt anger boil in his blood.

He took some calming breaths to regain control of his anger. Then he reached for his cell phone and dialed a well known number.

~*~ The hospital ~*~

Ms. Edwards had just left when Miss Parker's cell phone rang. She walked just outside of the door and answered it.

"What?"

"Broots's death wasn't and accident."

Miss Parker's head shot up. "What?" Sydney walked over to her.

Jarod normally would have made a witty comment about how she had said the same thing twice in a row, but this was too serious. "I found a file in the Centre's main frame that was heavily protected. It didn't say much except that he had discovered something that they didn't want anyone to know so they rigged the whole 'accident.'"

"Oh my." Miss Parker's voice trailed off. She placed her hand over her mouth and her eyes widened with realization.

"Miss Parker?" Jarod's tone was worried.

Miss Parker swallowed hard. "The night before he died, Broots called me to say he had some very important information to give me the next day."

Jarod's lips became a thin, hard line.

"He died trying to get me information." Miss Parker's jaw clenched. Then she swallowed her pride. "Could you find out what it was he died for?"

Jarod made no smart comment about her asking for his help. "Of course."

Then he hung up.

Miss Parker closed up her phone, looked over at Debbie, who was engrossed in a checkers game with T.K. Sydney gently touched her arm; she turned to him. He opened his arms; Miss Parker accepted the invitation. In a rare demonstration of emotion she buried her face in his shoulder and silently cried tears of guilt, pain and loss.

~*~

Debbie, meanwhile, had heard the whole conversation. When Miss Parker had closed up her phone Debbie had quickly had looked back down at the game, biting her lip, an unsure look on her face.

~*~

There we go! I hope you liked it. Please continue to review!

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