A Bundle of Secrets

Chapter Twelve

Chapter 12

Kay and Cameron pulled up to Fiona and Shawn's apartment. As Kay turned off the car, she looked over to Cameron, "You okay?"

Cam looked to her, "Yeah, yeah, of course. It's just... I'm about to see where my... sister had starting raising her daughter, I mean... this was Farrah's first home. I just... I feel bad."

"Well, hey, we don't have to go in right away. Take all the time you need." She said, placing a hand on his.

"No, no, let's go. Maybe I can get a sense on how Fiona and Shawn want Farrah to be raised." They both got out of Kay's car and headed inside the building.

When they went into the lobby, they were greeted by the landlord, "Oh hey, you're that FBI agent right?"

Kay nodded, "Kay Daniels."

"Yeah, great. Did you figure out who killed Shawn and Fiona?"

"Not as of yet, why?"

"Look, they were good kids and I just can't imagine why anyone would want to hurt them especially since they had a kid for God's sake."

"Did you know them?" Cameron said, frowning.

"As well as any landlord knows their tenet. Who's this guy?" The landlord asked.

"Cameron Black, unofficial FBI observer, magician, and Fiona's brother."

"Her brother?"

"Well, half-brother, if you wanna get technical. If you don't mind, the best solved cases are the one that aren't rushed." Cameron said, "Which is their apartment?"

"Uh, third floor, apartment number three."

"Thank you." Cam said going up the stairs.

Kay sighed sympathetically at him, "Thank you sir." She said to the landlord as she walked to catch up with Cameron. Once they got to the third floor, Kay opened the door and they went inside. The apartment had a pretty standard look to it but it was the personal touches Shawn and Fiona had added that made people who entered feel like it was a home. Kay smiled at the photos of Shawn, Fiona and Farrah everywhere, she looked over at Cameron who had this unreadable expression but his eyes were glazed over, "Cameron?" He didn't answer her, "Cam?" She asked again, hesitantly taking his hand in hers, "What's wrong?"

Cam cleared his throat, "Uh, n-nothing. Nothing. It's just... God, this was their home, this is where Farrah came home after she was born... this is... where they started their family."

Kay gave him a sympathetic look and squeezed his hand, "Hey, take a look at this." On the wall in front of them were three pictures, the one in the middle was of Fiona and Shawn in the hospital with a newborn Farrah. Not only could anyone see the happiness on their faces but they could see it in their eyes too despite their tired expressions. On the right was a picture of a kid Shawn, maybe ten years old, wearing a fancy school blazer, messy dark brown hair, giving a small smile but he wasn't smiling with his eyes. On the left was clearly an old, slightly damaged picture of a young Fiona, probably not much older than nine or ten years old, her dark curly hair framing her little face making her blue eyes pop and wearing a clearly worn pink cardigan and green top. Fiona was giving a shy smile in the picture but her eyes had a certain sadness behind them. "She has your eyes." Kay said, breaking the silence.

"Had. She had my eyes... she was beautiful wasn't she?" He said smiling at the old photo.

Kay gave a sad smile, "Yeah... she really was. Farrah looks a lot like her."

"You think?"

Kay nodded, "But she has her father's eyes."

"I really wish I had met her. I just wish if she had known that if Johnny and I had known, we would've taken her in. She was family... you know what's really crappy?" Kay gave him a curious look, "We haven't been that far from each other for the past two years or so... hell, we could've walked past each other on the street and I never even knew."