that was growing and she didn’t know how to stop it from taking over her entire body.
“Not yet, but he won’t get to you,” Gunner assured her. “We won’t let him.”
Becky looked over at her sister. “What else is there?”
“We think this guy is Damen Cole but we can’t find out where he’s from or who he works for.”
Becky paled. “D-Damen Cole? That’s his name?”
Annie nodded. “We could only find his DMV photo and it isn’t a very good one. He has a Texas driver’s license and a Kansas driver’s license that we’ve been able to recover under that name but we’re still looking.” She paused briefly then added, “But I have a feeling there could be more under other names. We just haven’t found them yet.”
“Who is this guy?” Cobra wanted to know.
“I put the photo we have into a special facial recognition program and it's running now,” Harry explained.
“Why would someone like him be looking for me? I mean I’m no one special,” Becky spoke softly. She looked over at Annie and then at Harry. “So what you are saying is this is something connected to a deal that dad did back in the day?”
Annie tightened her grip on Becky’s hands as she took a deep breath and looked at her carefully. “Well sweetie, that’s just it. We think Dad did something really, really bad, years ago. We’re still trying to run it down but if you want, I’ll tell you what we think happened. Like I said, we think we know what happened but we can’t prove it yet, so it may all be speculation for now.”
“Just tell me.” Becky leaned into Patriot’s arms as he held her close while Annie was still gripping her hands.
Annie let out a heavy sigh then she explained it, “When I was five, I think we were living in Wichita Falls. It was usually just me and mom at the house, Dad hadn’t been home for two or three days. When he came home, he had a baby with him. Mom was fussing at him but he handed the baby off to her and I thought he was covered in red paint at the time. But now, I think he was covered in blood. He and mom had a really bad fight after that. I was holding you and you were crying and it was just nuts around the house that night. Dad changed and left the house and mom was there alone with us. After he left, she told me you were my baby sister now.” Annie shook her head. “I looked after you the best I could being five years old.”
Becky felt so lost suddenly. Everything she ever knew was gone. It was all a lie. What she had believed for her whole life was a lie. The only one who knew the truth was gone and she and Annie were left behind, but that had been their whole life. Randy Sheen always left them behind. The cold she felt earlier was spreading through her entire body now.
Patriot pulled her closer, trying to console her.
She looked over at Annie. “We aren’t sisters?” Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Annie smiled at her as she tried to comfort her. “We will always be sisters. No matter what, you and me will always be family. I’ve loved you since the day you came to us. Nothing and no one can ever change that.”
“But who am I if I’m not Becky Sheen?” she asked with a soul wrenching whisper.
Annie let go of her hands and carefully tucked a strand of Becky’s hair behind her ear. “You will always be Becky Sheen. You will always be my little sister. I will always love you no matter what.”
“Oh god...” Becky cried out as she threw herself into Annie’s arms. “I can’t lose you sis, you’ve always been there for me and I can’t lose that.”
“And you never will,” Annie vowed.
Harry came over and folded them both into his embrace. “You aren’t going to lose anyone kiddo,” he told her.
“You got all of us Becky,” Patriot whispered in her ear.
After a moment, they separated but Becky wouldn’t let Annie go far. She stared at her sister. “What do we do now?”
“We find out the truth,” Annie replied simply. “We track his movement backwards and we find the truth. It won’t be easy because Randy had a lot of secrets but we’re going to find them all and expose them for what they are. Acts of a desperate