She Walked and Way and Did not Look Back
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on One Tree Hill.
Intro: Sometimes your heart is shattered and your soul is torn apart. There are reasons why this happens though we do not always see them at first. They say time heals but not for Payton Sawyer. She walked away from Tree Hill four years ago and never looked back. But a tragedy brought Payton back could she handle what would happen once she was back.
Chapter 1
Payton's phone rang and she ran to get before it woke Caleb up.
"Miss Sawyer, this is the Coast Guard." "My name is Major Peter Miller." "I regret to inform you that your father Laurence Sawyer was killed when his Dredging boat capsized." the Major told Payton.
Payton could feel the blood drain from her body.
"Miss Sawyer are you there?" questioned the Major.
"I am here." Payton answered with a trembling voice.
"I know this must be a shock to you, but we needed the next of kin to identify the body." "His body was brought the Tree Hill Coroner's office." he told her.
Payton took the information down and hung the phone up. All she could do was stand there not knowing what to do or think. Caleb started to cry. Caleb is three months old and is a product of a violent attack. She went and got Caleb picked him up and held him. Tears running down her face thinking to herself.
"Oh God! What am I going to now?"
Caleb was crying hard he could sense that there was something wrong with Payton. She tried to nurse him that did not work. So she went and got some of the milk she had expressed. Caleb drank the bottle.
Payton dialed a number she knew by heart. It rang once, twice, three times then she heard someone pick it up.
"Brooke…" was all Payton could get out before she started to sob.
"Payton, is that you?" "What is wrong?" "Payton please answer me." Brooke said frantically.
"He is gone Brooke, he is gone." Payton sobbed into the phone.
"Payton, who is gone?" Brooke asked her.
My dad he is gone, they told me he is dead." Payton's voice trembled.
"Who told you, your father is dead?" she asked.
Payton tried to calm down somewhat.
"The Coast Guard did." Payton told her.
"I am so sorry sweetie." Brooke said.
Caleb started to cry again, Payton gently rocked him back and forth. Payton told Brooke everything the Major told her and that she had to come and identify the body. Payton told Brook she was making arrangements to come home. Payton lived in New York City.
"Let me know when you land and I will be there for you." "Payton, I love you." Brooke said as they hung the phone up.
Brooke sat down and put her hands over her face and cried. Larry Sawyer was like a father to her. But all she could think of was Payton and Caleb. And the fact that Caleb will never meet his grandfather.
Brooke's mind was spinning what should she do first. She picks up the phone and dials Hailey's number. She hears it ring and a male voice answers it.
"Nathan, its Brooke." she tells him.
"Not Nathan, its Lucas, hey Brooke how are you doing?" Lucas asked.
"Hi Lucas is Hailey there?" she tried to ask in a steady voice.
Luke knew there was something wrong Brooke did not sound write.
"Brooke what is wrong?" "Hailey and Lindsey went out shopping and Nathan and I are watching the kids." Luke told her.
"Luke have Nathan pick the other phone up." "I need to tell you something." Brooke told him.
Luke walked into the family room and gave Nathan the other phone. He told him Brooke was on the line.
"Hi Brooke." Nathan said.
"Ok guys don't interrupt me because I can only probably say this once." "Payton just called me and told me her father was killed in a boating accident." Brooke's voice trembled out.
Lucas and Nathan looked at each other they were speechless.
"Oh my god." said Nathan.
Lucas had not found his voice yet.
"Anything you need us to do Brooke let us know." We will tell Hailey and Lindsey when they get back." "Tell Payton how sorry we are." Nathan said.
They said there good bye and hung up. Luke just stood there with the phone in his hand not saying a word. Nathan went over and took it out of his hand and shut it off.
"Luke you ok?" asked Nathan.
All Luke could do is shake his head.
"Payton's dad, I can't believe it." Luke said.
"Yeah." Nathan said.
Lucas had not heard Payton's name in awhile but he thought about her a lot.
Flashback
"Payton, I hate you."
That is the last sentence he said to her the last time he saw Payton.
"That means she is coming back to Tree Hill," "What am I going to do?" he thought to himself.
Hailey and Lindsey came home a couple of hours after Brooke called. Lucas still was very quiet he had not said much since Brooke's call.
"Hailey can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Nathan.
Hailey and Nathan walked into the kitchen. Nathan told Hailey about the call Hailey closed her eyes shaking her head no.
"Lucas is upset to say the least." Nathan told her.
"What are we going to do?" asked Hailey.
Nathan and Hailey just looked at each other.