The Return

A red Triumph Daytona 675 drove across the winding roads of Redwater City, past city blocks, homes and neighborhoods as it headed towards its destination in the Oldtown area of this city.

Reaching the gates to Redstone Manor, the tall forty-year-old man who has light brown hair, hazel eyes and a well-built, muscular body covered in several tattoos and scars, entered the access code and drove up to the entrance of the manor.

Parking outside the manor, Peter Grayson climbed off the motorbike, his boots crunching on the gravel as he looked over to the black 1969 Ford Mustang parked next to him and in a mixture of awe and surprise he stepped towards it, tracing his finger across the hood.

"What are you doing here?" Peter muttered to himself as he recognised his car.

Shaking his head and figuring he will get some sort of answer soon enough, Peter entered his family home where he found Adrianna and Elsa standing in the hallway talking to each other, clearly unaware that he was there.

"Dad?" Peter heard a voice and he looked over to see Phoebe standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Phoebe?" Peter said in surprise, getting Adrianna and Elsa's attention but Peter remained focused on Phoebe as he walked over to hug the teenager.

"I'm not hugging you," Phoebe said, slipping from his grasp before he could hug her and walking past him into the dining room as Peter awkwardly lowered his hands, glancing at Adrianna and Elsa, who exchanged a look.

"Peter, what are you…" Elsa said to Peter as she and Adrianna approached him.

"I'm hungry," Peter told him. "Mrs Fawcett still got some food in the kitchen?"

Peter walked past the pair and entered the kitchen, Elsa and Adrianna quickly followed where they found Peter already opening up a box of leftover pizza, taking out a slice and a bite from the slice of pizza.

"Seriously?" Adrianna said as she folded her arms.

"What I've been on the road since you called me last night," Peter said through a mouthful of pizza. "I'm hungry,"

"You called him?" Elsa said as she looked over at Adrianna.

"Of course I called him. After that mess last night..." Adrianna told the other redhead.

"Speaking of which, you want to tell me what the hell is going on? Cos your voicemail said my son is in trouble. Not my daughter, who's apparently also here," Peter said, indicating towards the dining room. "Which is news to me, since last I checked, I only had Phoebe."

"Tell him, Elsa," Adrianna said quietly.

"Remember that case you and Demi worked together, not long after college?" Elsa asked Peter who nodded. "You and Demi ended up conceiving Caleb together." She hesitated. "And he's exactly like you. Constantly getting in trouble, pissing off the wrong people..."

"I'll say," Adrianna commented.

"I have a son…" Peter said in disbelief. "And Demi didn't tell me… Where is she?"

"Don't even think about storming over there and take it out on her. She's away undercover." Elsa told Peter, stopping him from taking another step.

"And how long have you two known about this?" Peter asked, his tone still a mixture of surprise and anger of the kept secret.

"I found out a few days ago." Adrianna admitted.

"I’ve known since Caleb was born," Elsa slowly revealed. "Demi told me and swore me to secrecy. She didn't want you to know…"

"And does he know? That I’m his father," Peter asked before looking over at the dining room where Phoebe was. "Does she know?"

"Phoebe doesn't know anything. She just got here the other day. Stole your damn Mustang to do it, by the way." Elsa shook her head.

"Of course she did," Peter muttered.

"But I may have told Caleb last night," Adrianna admitted. "He didn't exactly believe me and can you blame him, he's had a perfect father figure in his life since day one and he doesn't want to lose that."

"So, why call me?" Peter asked. "If Caleb already has a perfect father figure, what's the point of dragging me into it now?"

"Because Caleb’s in trouble. Real trouble. Xander McCraven’s been targeting him and Tommy and after last night, it’s escalating. Victor McCraven showed up at the club, sniffing around Lexi. Caleb lost it, Peter," Adrianna told him. "Like you would have when you were that age."

"I didn't want you involved because of my promise to Demi," Elsa admitted. "But now that you're here and whether or not Caleb will accept the truth that you're his father is irrelevant. What is, is the fact that your son needs you, Peter."

"You're right," Peter nodded. "Is Ryan home? Because I'm going to pay him a visit."