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.....Daniel Baron hadn't touched a beer in over fourteen hours and it was killing him. He knew that needed to look like a respectable man who had been spending years to look for his long lost daughter. Daniel walked into the Douglas County Human Services Building for his meeting with Martha Bidderman. He walked up to the front desk, where a lady sat typing on the computer in front of her.

.....“I have an appointment with Martha Bidderman,” he stated more calmly then he felt.

.....“Have a seat, she’ll be right with you,” the lady said without looking up from her computer. Daniel glared at the lady, but she didn’t budge from the screen, so he went and sat in one of the chairs provided. Daniel was only sitting there for a few minutes when a plump woman came out of one of the offices.

.....“Mr. Baron?” the lady questioned. Daniel nodded before following her. They sat down in her office and just stared at each other for a moment. “What can I do for you, Mr. Baron?” she finally asked breaking the silence. Daniel stared for a moment longer before taking the newspaper out that he had found. He flattened it out the paper and laid it before Miss Bidderman.

.....“I have reason to believe that she is my lost daughter,” Daniel said, pointing to the girl in the pictures. Miss Bidderman stated at the picture before sighing.

.....“Mr. Baron, this girl,” Miss Bidderman paused, “This child has been placed with a family. When she came into our services there was no family to come and claim her. She was officially placed as a ward of the state. How are we supposed to believe that she’s your daughter?” Daniel pulled out the picture that he had to scrounge for in his house.

.....“My wife and I were going through the process of divorce when they both suddenly disappeared. At the time, my daughter Mikayla Lynn,” he spat the name, “was five at the time. Six months later I was informed by police that they found my wife and daughters bodies in the nearby river. Both bodies were too mangled to get a clear I.D. but it was clear that it was them. Imagine my surprise when I found this,” he pointed to the newspaper article. “This Kylie Martin is my daughter…I am sure of it,” Daniel explained adamantly. He then slid the picture of his wife with the five year old child. “This is my wife with our daughter. Compare the two and you’ll see that this girl looks just like her – my former wife.” Miss Bidderman looked down at the picture and gasped.

.....“Mr. Baron, you’ll have to take this case to court. I can’t just hand this child over to you. She needs a lot of care, which will require the state to decide whether or not you can handle her and the financial burden that will come with her. You’ll have to prove that she is your daughter, and the state will have to look thoroughly into your background. Until then she will stay with the family that have been granted custody of her.” Daniel glared at Miss Bidderman, but she refused to back down.

.....“Fine,” he said with a growl as he stalked out of the room. He walked outside and cursed loudly. This Kylie Martin had it coming. His bitch of a daughter was going to die for leaving him – whether she was willing or not.

***

.....Ashlyn was sitting silently on the stairs as she listened to Kevin talking to Dani.

.....“…I just don’t know what to do,” he was saying with a sigh.

.....“We have to remember that Ashlyn has been through a lot. We can’t expect her to be a happy-go-lucky teen, it’s unfair to assume that what happened to her didn’t affect her,” Dani replied with a concerning sigh. Kevin groaned.

.....“I know that Dani. But we can’t let her continue this attitude binge that she’s on.”

.....“I understand that Kevin, but I don’t know what it is that you want to do about it.” Kevin once again sighed.

.....“I just don’t know; she’s pushing everyone away. Joe’s about ready to just write her off and I know if he did that, it would kill her.” Ashlyn gasped silently. Joe couldn’t do that, could he?

.....“If Joe does that, then it will be his loss. Joe and Ashlyn have been best friends for far too long, for him to just forget about her. Most of his childhood memories involve Ashlyn,” Dani said reasonably.

.....“Well if Ashlyn doesn’t fix her attitude, then Joe may have no other choice. Everyone is too concerned over Kylie right now, to have to deal with Ashlyn as well.”

.....“So again, what is it that you want to do?”

.....“Maybe we could go…as a family…and speak to someone?”

.....“You mean like a psychiatrist?”

.....“Yeah, maybe they will be able to break through her.”

.....“You honestly believe that sending her to a shrink is the best answer?” Dani asked in disbelief.

.....“No…not the best answer…but maybe it’s the only answer,” Kevin sighed. “Dani, I just don’t know what to do…she’s so hateful to everyone I feel like she would have been best left with the California Human Services,” his voice breaking. Ashlyn mouth popped open. He honestly couldn’t believe that…could he?

.....“Oh Kevin,” Dani said, her voice breaking from the tears. Ashlyn had heard enough. She got up and walked toward her room. She took out the cell that Kevin had bought her and starred at it for a while, before opening it up and searching for a number under ‘J.’ She pushed the dial button and carefully placed the phone to her ear.

.....“Hey, its Joe’s phone…I’m not here, leave me a message,” his phone went right to voice-mail.

.....“Hey Joe…its Ashlyn…listen call me…whenever really. I just need to talk to someone,” Ashlyn said and then hung up the phone. She threw the phone onto the bed and once again sighed. She was tired of people telling her that there was something wrong with her.