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The Point of No Return

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                                                 The Point of No Return

The wedding day was on a beautiful spring day at the old church held in New York City. Carly and I said our vows as the power invested within the church and the priest made us husband and wife. The years passed as I've become much older, and finally I started my own family raising a daughter Carly and I had together.

My daughter Laura is now eighteen just graduating high school. I never told my daughter the truth of my past with my real last name. I was still concealing my true identity with the false name Zodcoff, as my daughter would frequently ask about her family's history considering she didn't have many other family relatives like most of her friends.

I'd tell her the little things like about my mother and brother but I told her things that were half true. I felt bad as now I understood why my mother hid my father's involvement with the mob so many years ago. Once you have a family of your own everything changes you'll do anything in your power to keep them safe.

My wife Carly would also tell Laura half true facts about her side of the family. Laura knew that my wife came from Germany and about Carly's life before she joined her family's secret business. She told her about her brother Jessie and her father but like me she gave Laura false information like her maiden name, how Jessie died, and her father.

Laura is currently dating a young man named Craig Walters, he used to go to high school with my daughter but he graduated two years before my daughter did. From what I know about Craig he's a musician, has a band with three of his buddies, some of his family relatives live in London, England, but him and his parents moved to United States in the state of New Jersey when he was little and moving to New York later on in his early teens.

Craig is two years older than my daughter; he's a kind gentleman that has been with my daughter for quite some time. His parents however, aren't around anymore for they both died in a car accident while he was in school during his junior year of high school. That's how I figured my daughter and he became close when she heard on the news that Craig's parents died.

Life was going well I still have my job at the NYPD and Carly still had hers being a writer for the New York Times. It was my daughter's graduation ceremony as I've never seen anyone look more happy than today.

"What do you think Dad?" asked Laura with a bright smile on her face twirling herself around showing me her graduation robe she had on. Carly and I took the day off for this special day as I couldn't help but smile seeing my daughter in those robes.

"You look beautiful sweetheart I'm so proud of you" I replied. Laura gives me a hug as Carly comes into the parlor with a camera. "Smile you two" she said with Laura and I standing close together by the fireplace smiling. Carly took the picture and next Laura went over to take a picture with her mother.

I took the picture of them both smiling. We weren't living in the small apartment anymore for after the Jones Hunter case I got a raise and it was enough income with Carly's to live in a house for three. Soon the three of us hear a car coming up our driveway with the sound of the car shutting off along with the car door slamming.

Laura got excited for she knew who it was "he's here!" she replied heading out the front door. Carly and I walk behind to follow looking through the front door window as we saw Craig Walters coming toward the house giving Laura a loving hug.

"I'm so happy you're here!" said Laura. "I wouldn't miss this for the world" replied Craig as you can hear the slight British accent with a charming smile showing his dimples. Soon Carly and I came out the front door and both Laura also Craig turn to face the door. I still had the camera in my hands and I got ready to take a picture.