*~COMPLETE~* Clay likes to keep certain aspects of his life a big secret, that includes Shane...his daughter. That is until he is looking for some downtime but refuses to let his team know where he is going which leads them all to track him down and...
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"Come on Shane come out with us." My friend Ariel said standing in my living room.
"Girls, I'm fine really. I have work and things to keep my busy." I said and they both groaned.
"Besides work what will keep you busy?" Callie said as my German Shepard, Ace came running in and I smiled.
"Ace." I said and they shook their heads.
"It's the beach! Come on, one weekend. Leave the dog with your neighbor and come with us. I'll pack your bag! Let's go!" Ariel said and I shook my head.
"Girls, go to the beach, have fun, send me pictures but I just feel like I need to be home right now. I'm having one of my feelings." I said and they looked at each other.
"Shane....like a feeling we shouldn't go?" Callie asked worried and Ariel laughed.
"Come on Callie, she is just saying it." Ariel said and I rolled my eyes.
"No, I'm not. It's more about me than anyone else. Just go. Have fun. I will go next trip, I promise." I said and started shooing them to the door.
"Okay fine but we will be calling to check up on you." Callie said and I nodded.
"You have officially ruined her happy mood. Do you know how many drinks she will need to be happy again?" Ariel said and we all laughed.
"She will be fine. At least she believes my feelings." I said and Ariel sighed.
"I believe in them, I just don't like when you have them Shane. Usually they bring trouble." Ariel said.
"Not the last time. The last feeling got me Ace." I said and she shook her head.
"Yeah, yeah..." Ariel said as I opened the front door and they walked to the porch.
"We will still be checking in." Callie said and I nodded.
"Please do." I said. I gave them both huge hugs and watched them walk to their car and pull away. I sighed and shut the door. I didn't really have a feeling, I did a few days ago but it died away and I knew exactly what it meant, it meant he was gone, dead. Something I had to come to grips with and knew if I had this dead feeling inside me, he was gone and I would never get to say goodbye. I hadn't seen him in almost 3 years...3 years since I got Ace when he told me it would be safe and security for me. I was trained in combat by him for my own safety but that was it. I was alone now, me and my dog....and my girls, the girls I just sent to the beach on vacation. Ariel and Callie were the closest thing I had to family since my mom was gone and my dad was never around and now most likely gone. I never had a normal family and this is what I was used to. I met Ariel and Callie in college, first day freshman year at orientation, when we are all 3 late and called out for it and become inseparable. No one ever knew my secret because I was raised to never trust anyone . Once I graduated college he set me up in this house, out in the suburbs and alone. He wanted me out and away from him and his life. All I wanted was my father. The girls were told both my parents were dead from a car accident and that's the way it was going to stay. I sighed and knew I needed to get out of the house just for a few, I looked at Ace and smiled.
"Dog park?" I asked and he jumped up on the couch and started barking. I laughed.
"Okay, okay, let's go!" I said and got up and grabbed his leash. The dog park was a few blocks away and we walked all the time and he got to run around and be crazy. Once I got him hooked up to his leash we headed to the park. I was always on high alert of my surrounding which I hated but how I was raised for the short period of my life I was with my dad, he was military after all. Once we got to the dog park I let Ace go and he ran off with a stick he found on the way to the park. I sat down with my untraceable cellphone and started doing any research I could to find out info. Just like my dad though, no traces were found. There was bullshit story of how he died about 5 months ago in a helicopter crash but I talked to him after that for 30 seconds and he said he was fine. I found no information on him at all which proved to me he was gone. I sighed and did something I knew to never do and I dialed the last number I knew I had for him. It rang a few times and then went to a voicemail.
"You know to not call me." The voice said which was the voicemail message I always got when I called this number but just to hear his voice was a small comfort. I pulled out my other normal phone and started looking up photos of me and my dad... Colonel Clay...
"Miss you dad. I never got to say goodbye." I said and looked up from the picture to keep myself from crying. I finally decided it was time to leave and go home.
"ACE!" I yelled and he came running over to me. I put him on his leash and he could sense a problem.
"I'm okay bud, let's get home." I said and we left the dog park. I walked a little slower going home since it hit me about my dad. Once I got home something seemed really off before I even walked in the door. I took Ace off the leash and held his collar as I quietly unlocked the door.
"Ace...search." I whispered and let him in the house. After a minute I didn't hear anything from him and he didn't come back.
"Ace?" I whispered in the house and he didn't come back. I then opened the door and grabbed the gun quietly from the drawer in the small table by the door. I went to sneak into my living room and couldn't see anything.
"You know you should really learn if your attack dog doesn't come back to you, something is seriously wrong..." I heard a voice say and I knew the voice instantly. I took a deep breath and knew it was the only person Ace wouldn't attack. I kept my gun in my hand walked around the corner of the room and saw him sitting on my couch.
"Dad." I said as tears filled my eyes.
"Hey Shaney." He said calling me my nickname. I rushed over to him and wrapped my arms around him in a hug. I heard him grunt proving he was hurt but I didn't care when he wrapped his arms around me in a massive hug.
