Faith Meeting Her Biological Father
PrevNode LinkNext[ Faith sees a middle-aged man (Richard) who is moderately fat, and balding, and resembles her. ]
Richard: Hello, Faith.
Faith: Hi, who are you?
General Thompson: Faith, this is your biological father, former U.S. Navy Cmdr. Richard Hoffer. We traced him, and DNA tests confirm that he is your father.
Richard: Faith!… I worked as an Electrical and Mechanical technician in the Navy - doing maintenance and fixing equipment that broke. I was good at it and took my job seriously, but was never much of a combat fighter.
Richard: Anyway, during shore leaves I had the unfortunate habit of drinking and ending up waking the next morning with a hangover and a woman by my side, whom I always ended up buying breakfast and leaving my contact details. They were all happy to correspond with me, except one - your mother.
Faith: Oh… [She starts crying.]
Richard: Anyway, I ended up trying to trace the whereabouts of your mother, and was told she and her daughter were killed by criminals.
Faith: My reported death was a cover story… [She Continues to cry.]
Richard: Yes. Something died in me inside that moment, and I stopped drinking after that.
Faith: I don’t drink either…
Richard: Anyway, I heard you saved the world several times. I was told you are a slayer, who helps fight demons. I didn’t witness that first hand, but I heard enough stories so I believe that is the case.
Richard: But I guess it’s true that the apple sometimes completely supplants the tree.
Faith: I’m sure you are a great warrior too. [She moves towards Richard and they hug each other.]
[ They remain hugging for a while. ]
Faith: Dad, your belly is so soft.
Richard: OK, now that that’s behind us, I should admit that I ended up marrying a very nice lady (her name is Gabrielle) and we have two children — a boy and a girl. They are here and want to meet you.
Faith: I’d love that. I think mine are sound asleep now being relieved, but Xander, that’s how we refer to my husband, Alexander Harris, will be happy to tag along and meet your family. I think we can grab some burgers and icecream.
Richard: Sure, that’ll be great. Open commerce day…
[ Cut. ]