I Love You

Family Secrets

Disclaimer: I only own Darcy, all other characters unless otherwise noted belong to someone else.

After their rooftop conversation Darcy told Chuck she'd help with the lady he assumed was his mother. Chuck had explained everything regarding her. They sat in a hotel lobby waiting on some information. Darcy watched a women walk out and she turned to Chuck.

"Is that?"

"Yeah" he nodded and a guy walked over to them with a key card. They headed up to the room and began to look.

"What exactly are we looking for?"
"Any sign as who she is to my father?"

"Sounds good"

"Thank you. By the way."

"Anytime Bass" she said.

After a while she found a locket.

"Does half a locket help?" she asked holding it up and he walked over. "I think you look like her."

"I told her the same thing" he said taking it from her.

They arrived back at the Empire into their shared office.

"You want me to come up?" she asked.

"No I can handle Blair" he said.

"I'm here Bass. We're partners. In crime and in business"

"Partners" he said and they shook hands.

She decided to head home and just relax. When she walked in her dad was standing at the counter.

"Hey Sweetheart" he said. "You were up early"

"Helping a friend" she replied and walked right by him and into her room. She sat on her bed when she heard her door open.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah dad I'm great"

"You're mad at me?"

"Is there something you're hiding from me?"

"Darc"

"Don't Darc me. I know there is something you're keeping from me and it involves this city"

"I have an ex in this city. It didn't end well" he said "That's all you need to know"

"Dad"

"In time you will know the whole story but now. Now it isn't the time"
"When is? Another 19 years?"

"Darc there are a lot..."
"I can't hear you're excuses right now" she said and walked out and down the elevator. She ended up in the park. She sat on a bench as someone ran by her and then they went in reverse.

"Darcy?" she heard someone say and looked up to see Mason.

"Mason? Hey"

"How's Columbia?"

"Amazing. I'm learning lots"

"What are you majoring in? Drama?"
"Um Business"

"What?"

"I own one"

"Oh really where at"

"63rd and Broadway. The Empire"

"Wow a hotel?"

"Yeah, it's a joint business but I really like it. My partner is awesome too"

"Still no Nate?"

"No um we actually just broke up. Thanksgiving"

"Your favorite holiday. That must have been rough"

"I actually don't wanna talk about that. I have like a hundred other things running through my mind. My breakup with Nate is the least of my worries"

"Can I ask? Why? I mean I always thought you really liked him."
"I did. I do. He's amazing and even an incredible boyfriend but I couldn't say it back. It's not fair to him"

"I always thought you'd say it to him"

"I guess not" she said "It was good seeing you"

"Yeah, um if you..."

"Want to talk. No offense to you but I have that taken care of"

"Maybe he'll be the one you'll say it too." He said and walked away. She had no idea what that meant. She sat back down on the bench and began to think about all the things Carter had said. She didn't want to believe it but now she was beginning to and she wasn't quite sure how to handle it.