Kliff came to us tonight. It's time. My DNA was a match, and now I'm sitting in the back of his car with Duncan and Nana. Phase two is starting, which is giving me a lie detector test. Only we can't even do it in the state because of how far Peter's corruption is rooted. I thought everyone in this God forsaken town was just stuck up and rude towards the homeless, hell, even their own people; however, I'm starting to realize maybe it's because they have so much pressure to perform and act exactly how Peter wants them to act. Hell, sometimes I wonder if he knows that I was still out in the streets, and that's why everyone stopped helping my people after my parents died. All the shelters got shut down, which I've found out my mother was the head of all of them. I really wish to understand how power and money can make someone kill two people who did so much good, but then again, Peter is an evil son of a bitch, just like his son. Duncan and Nana are alseep, my head is leaning on the window as I watch the trees blur pass and the stars shine above me. I know they're with me, I've felt them more than ever, I just wish I had guidance that I'm doing the right thing. Even if we send Peter to jail for all of his crimes, I doubt Duncan, Nana, or even Kliff are ever going to able to be apart of their society again, and me? I'm going to be the one to put their leader in prison. Or if the judge will even be fair and send him to prison. This could all be just for nothing, and here I am putting three innocent lives in danger! If anything were to happen to Duncan...no amount of redemption for my parents could ever be enough to know that I'm the reason he got hurt, or worse. They didn't ask for this, I didnt ask for this. My stomach has been in knots the past two weeks waiting for the results. A part of me wanted to not be a Jacobs and that it was all a dream. Now that it's my reality, I do feel like I need to finish what Peter started ten years ago. He took my family away...

I look over at Duncan. He is curled up, asleep on my lap. I run my fingers through his jet black hair, his face looks peaceful. I look up to the passenger seat and see Nana asleep, laying her head on the window. I also notice Kliff holding her hand, but I won't say anything. I look at Kliff, he is focused driving down the highway, he must be exhausted.

"Am I really willing to risk my new family over my family who is dead and gone?" I feel tears slip down my cheeks.

"Kliff..." I sniffle. I see him take his hand away from Nana's, but I'm not gonna mention that.

"Gwen, I thought everyone was asleep..."

"No...I can't sleep...I don't know if I want to do this anymore..." The silence in the car is astounding, I don't want to let anyone down.

"We need to stop for gas soon. I'll talk to you when we get there about this honey." I nod and sit back in my seat. I hope he isn't angry with me...

About ten minutes pass and we get to the gas station. I maneuver myself from under Duncan, and surprisingly he doesn't wake up. The gas station has a donut and coffee shop in it, so Kliff decides to take a coffee break so we can talk. I get a frozen frap and he gets his coffee black, along with a box of dozen donuts for the road.

"What's making you second guess this, sweetheart?" I look down.

"It's just...am I willing to risk Duncan and nana's lives for this? My parents are long gone, and you guys are my family now. Am I willing to risk losing my family a second time?" Kliff takes a sip of his coffee, and nods his head.

"I can't imagine how scared you are, especially for being so young, but I understand the fear of Peter hurting them. I've known Duncan since he was a tot, and Brown eyes I've known since we were young. They're my family too. If I didn't think this was worth it, and if brown eyes didn't think this was worth it, we wouldn't be here. We know what consequences could happen, but we also know how everyone in the town, hell, the state, is petrified of Peter. Peter has done many wrong, but he's too powerful for anyone to even speak up. It's not that him and his son are so loved and that they'll back him until the day he dies, it's everyone is so scared of the power he possesses. Everyone on the force, except for husslebottom, hates him. They're helping me, Gwen. We're all risking our lives because we believe in you. You've been the answer to everyone's prayers, sweetheart. This is the only way we're ever going to stop Peter's madness. However, I understand if this is too much for you to do. I can imagine the weight, and I know that is isn't going to be an easy burden to carry. It's just up to you to decide if you want to hold onto it for just a bit longer, or if you want to say it's too much to risk and we will leave tonight and move on with our lives."

I sit and take this all in.

"Can what he's saying be true? I mean, I knew Peter had to have stepped on some toes, but to have a whole town secretly rooting for me? A street rat? Okay, not the whole town obviously, but a good chunk of it? Me? I'm only a sixteen year old girl, do I really have this power to take down such a power house? I know Kliff, nana, and Duncan do, but what about everyone else? It sounds like there are people rooting for me..."

"If you don't believe me, there is someone else who I've called to meet us at the polygraph room, but I'm sure I can call him now and you guys can talk." I look at him puzzled.

"Who?" He takes out his old man flip phone and dials a number. He hands the phone over to me.

"Grandpa? Is everything okay?" Holy. Shit.

"Nick?!"

"Oh, Gwen. Is everything okay?"

"But, but, you left! I thought you-"

"I did leave, and again, I'm so sorry for what I did to you. Let me put it this way, Peter threatened to kill me because he knows who you are. When...when John... ya know...it was because his father told him to. To make sure you stayed far away from the city. He knows you went to the school, but he believes with your dissapearing along with Duncan and his grandma, he thinks he's safe. That he's ran you off for good. I've kept in touch with Kayla."

"what does that bitch have to do with this." I sneer. "Sorry..." I hear Nick chuckle.

"I know, I get it. I hate her guts too, but trust me, she's on your side whether she acts like it or not." I remember when John was being horrible to me, she did give me a look of remorse. I just thought it was a fluke or she was on her period that day or something.

"Why would she be on my side?"

"That will come with time, Gwen. It's more than just her dating John. She's more entangled than anyone knows. She's been feeding us information from the time I've left. He has no idea you have your memory back, he has no idea about this operation. Gwen, once you prove to the judge beyond a reasonable doubt, he'll go away. No amount of lawyers, nor bribery can stop him from this. Your parents were so loved, they made the town so amazing. There's a Memorial Day for them every year that Peter steps up and gives a whole sob story how his best friend died. We all tolerate him because "your father had so much belief that he could change the city for the best." I feel my blood boil. The man who killed my parents is saying that shit?!

"Thank you, Nick...thank you." I hang up and look at Kliff, with a new fire in my heart.

"Let's go take the bastard down."

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