Finding Them

Everyone was shocked by what had just gone down. Daniel was furious, both his mother and father kept the twins from him and in turn made them suffer. He was also furious that his mother had hurt his brother and his children. No matter who Bill's mother was, Daniel considered Bill his brother and always would. He was also devastated that his parents could do that to their children, both of them were toxic in their own right and couldn't see the damage that they had caused both of their sons.

Bill was worried that Daniel and his children would see him differently now that Angie had confessed to not being his mother. Bill didn't want to lose his family because the monster in his life wasn't actually his mother. He was glad the monster wasn't his mother after everything she had done but he didn't want to lose Daniel and his kids. Bill looked at Daniel "Dan, no matter what, you are still my brother" Bill choked out. "Of course, you are my brother. That will never change. Why didn't you tell me?" Daniel asked. Daniel was upset that he hadn't helped his brother growing up and that Bill had suffered at the hands of his mother. "She told me if I told, she would do the same to you. I had to protect you from the monster" Bill sobbed out. Bill was so relieved that Daniel still considered him his brother. He would take a million beatings from that monster if it kept his baby brother safe.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I didn't stop her" Daniel said to his brother as he walked over pulling his big brother into a hug. He felt he let him down and also his twins. He could have saved all of them from being hurt if he knew about his mother and if his father had told him of the twin's existence.

"They knew, they knew of Darcy and Dakota. They let them be hurt" Mitchell finally said coming out of his shock. "Oh god. They could have been with us this whole time" Jamie added. "They will never be in our lives again" Daniel said with finality and he meant it. "I'm sorry she hit you guys. I didn't know" Daniel added. He never once suspected his mother of ever raising a hand to anyone let alone his brother or his own children. Mitchell and Jamie both nodded their head in understanding.

The twins held each other, scared of the yelling they heard from inside. The dogs were on high alert not moving from beside the twins watching the door to make sure there wasn't any danger. Hunter and Eddie were sitting on the ground near the twins because the minute they had come outside Dakota wanted down so Hunter had put them down. Dakota felt by being on the ground he was more in control of what could happen. It was easier for him to protect his sister if he had his feet firmly on the ground.

Dakota was still holding onto his sister who was crying. Dakota was wiping the tears from his face that were falling. He was scared the woman was going to hurt Addy, Buck, Mitty and Jay. Darcy hadn't looked up at anyone not wanting to see what was happening. She had her face firmly buried in Kota's chest but her sobs were slowly getting louder.

"Addy hurt" Dakota whispered but Hunter heard what was said. The yelling had stopped a few minutes ago and things seemed to be quiet in the house. "Eddie you need to get Dad out here. I think the twins think he is going to be hurt" Hunter told Eddie speaking softly to him. Eddie nodded his head and walked towards the house. When he got there he saw his father hugging his uncle. "Umm Dad, the twins are worried you are hurt" Eddie told everyone who were now looking at Eddie.

Daniel quickly made his way outside to his children with everyone following behind. When he saw Hunter sitting close to the twins and Dakota holding his sister he knew they were freaking out. He quickly walked over to the twins causing the dogs to sit up from their position to check there was no danger. When the dogs spotted Bill they instantly relaxed. Daniel sat next to the twins not touching them so he didn't scare them more than they already were.

"Hey bud, hey princess. I am right here. No one is hurt. We are all ok" Daniel told the twins. Dakota looked at Addy checking for injury. "No hurt?" Darcy whispered out. "No one is hurt, princess. Did you want a cuddle?" Daniel asked the twins. Dakota was checking everyone before he answered Addy. He scanned their bodies to check for injury. Bill had followed suit sitting down like Daniel, Mitchell, Eddie and Jamie. He didn't want to scare the twins as he could see how scared they were.

Once Dakota had seen that everyone was ok he nodded to Addy wanting to cuddle to feel safe. Daniel scooted closer to the twins opening his arms for Dakota and Darcy. Dakota dragged Darcy over to Addy before flopping into his arms and starting to sob. Darcy peeked at her brother as she wasn't used to Dakota crying very much. Since being with Daniel and the others, he had finally started to be a little kid. Seeing Dakota cry made Darcy cry more but she also pulled Dakota into a hug and tried to wipe the tears. "Kota sad" Darcy wailed which in turn made Dakota cry harder. "Cc sad too," Dakota told Addy. "I think you were scared" Daniel told the twins while holding on to both of them reassuring them they were safe.

Once the twins had calmed down Bill decided to speak up "Darcy and Dakota, I'm sorry those people were here" Bill said. "Buck sad? Buck scared?" Darcy asked. "Yeh, I'm sad princess. I don't like that you got scared" Bill told the twins. "Tuddle?" Darcy and Dakota asked at the same time. Bill smiled and nodded to the twins. Darcy and Dakota let go of Addy and went and gave Buck a tuddle. Darcy even kissed Buck on the cheek to make him happy.

"I'm sad too," Eddie said wanting his sister to kiss him as well. Darcy looked at Dakota and they both spoke a few words in gibberish before nodding to each other and heading over to Eddie. "Tickle" Darcy and Dakota called out as they got to Eddie attempting to tickle his stomach. Eddie was shocked, he wanted a kiss not to be tickled and he began to pout as the tickling wasn't doing anything. Everyone was laughing at Eddie and the twins trying to tickle him.

Darcy stomped her foot, she wanted Eddie to laugh at being tickled but he was just sitting there. "Tickle" Darcy called louder and Dakota was glaring at Eddie for not laughing at being tickled. Daniel got up and walked over to Eddie to help the twins tickle Eddie. When Eddie saw his father moving he knew what was about to happen and quickly stood up to try to get away but Mitchell was up on his feet too. The twins were watching what was happening and didn't see Bill coming towards them. Next thing, Eddie was being chased by his father and eldest brother while Jamie and Hunter along with Uncle Bill who was holding Dakota chased Darcy. Darcy's squeals could be heard over the dog's bark and Eddie screaming for the tickling to stop.