Yeah, its another depressing chapter. I promise, the next ones will be happier. But this has to happen first! The douch bags name is pronounced U-ke-O


Trini sat alone in the middle of her tiny apartment. Her young son, Jacen, was fast asleep, having been put down for his afternoon nap. Trini sniffed softly as a few tears streaked down her face.

She was depressed. She was shamed…all of her honor was gone. She didn't know how or why but it was all gone…over for her. One moment she was happily married with a son and a possible second on the way and living in a small mansion. And the next, she was stripped of all valuables and her bank account was empty. She was barely hanging on. She didn't know what to do.

And worst yet, here she was on what would have been their 4th wedding anniversary, and she was alone. Her husband had forced her into divorce…and had made her choose. She shuddered again and another tear streaked down her face.

I'm so tired of being here

Suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

'Cause your presence still lingers here

And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

She'd thought Yukio was the perfect man. Charming, handsome, so sensitive and sweet to her. He'd saved her from certain ruin, she'd been drugged and knocked up all in the same night. Instead of running to her friends and family for help, she'd chosen to let Yuckio help her, they'd fallen in love fast, and within the year, they'd married.

Things had been great, until the night he'd come home drunk. She'd never seen him that way before, and as it turned out, he was a violent drunk. He'd attacked her son when he'd run up to greet him. And then he'd roughly pushed her in to their master bedroom and attempted to rape her.

The moment he'd torn her shirt off, and pushed her onto their bed, her Ranger instincts kicked in. and she'd thrown him off of her and then beaten him soundly. After throwing on a camisole she'd rushed down the stairs, gathered her son in her arms and had run out taking him to the emergency room.

She'd thought she'd done the right thing. But she'd been dead wrong. It didn't take long for her husband to take his revenge….

When you cried

I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream

I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have

All of me

You used to captivate me

By your resonating light

Now I'm bound by the life you left behind

Your face it haunts

My once pleasant dreams

Your voice it chased away

All the sanity in me

She just couldn't see when he'd stopped being her sweet husband, and became her enemy…she'd always been there for him. She'd held him in bed at night when he'd been upset. She'd always supported and encouraged him when he was unsure of himself. He'd always seemed grateful to her, had repaid her by taking her to the highest hights of passion, lovingly taken her when she'd needed it. He'd been her everything.

But now, that was all gone…

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

She finally collapsed into tears of heart wrenching convulsions as she laid over on her side and pulled a pillow to her chest…

She had nothing now, except for her son. She should have known something was wrong when he started going to long lunches with that intern…

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

But though you're still with me

I've been alone all along

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have

All of me


At the Oliver's house

"So what happened then?" Jason asked in an angry tone of voice. His anger had pushed away the lingering effects from the hangoever.

"That bastard had Trini arrested on charges of child abuse and domestic battery. Her lawyer sucked and did nothing to help her out. None of us had the funds to bail her out of jail. "

"She told us later, that his family came by and offered her a deal. If she signed the divorce papers, and gave up her half of everything, they'd drop the charges against her. If she refused, they'd let her rot there, and she'd lose her son to CPS. Trini had no choice. She signed the papers and let them take everything, but at least she has her son."

Jason's gaze was thunderous. "Just how did he get away with all that BS?"

"Easy, the prosecution took the stance of how the woman is always the victim. That she was always right…and Trini was the one with martial arts training. The jerk had no skills or ways to protect himself. They also brought up the fact that she was drunk when their son had been conceived. They had her painted up as a drunken mother, irresponsible and not to be trusted."

"And the jury believed him?"

Tommy nodded as he took a sip of the soda.

"We didn't find out till recently that he'd been the one who'd drugged her that night, slipped a Mickey into her soda and when she was out she was his for the taking. "

Tommy sighed again. "You have no idea how much Kimberly and Aisha hate themselves for not going to the party with her. It took a solid 6 months of kissing up to CPS to get her full parental rights back. But, it's a done deal. We've offered her a place to stay, here and even that little loft at the home dojo for her to stay. But she's so ashamed of herself, she won't let anyone help her. She's a yellow through and through."

Jason was quiet for a moment. He took another sip of his soda and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

"I'll get through to her. I can't let her hide away like that. I should have been there for her. It's time for me to man up." he looked at his best friend. "Take me to her."

Tommy nodded and grabbed his key from the rack. "Kim, I'm going now. I'll be back later!"

Kim came out from the bathroom. When she bit her lip and looked at Jason, he couldn't miss the haunted look in her eyes. He walked over to her and put a brotherly arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry, Little Sister. I'm gonna go make everything better."

Kim only nodded and walked over to give her husband a brief kiss on the cheek and started to pull away. But Tommy wouldn't have it. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her with a loving passion. When he broke the kiss he looked his wife in the eyes. "What's done is done. It's time to stop blaming yourself. It's gonna be okay, Beautiful."

Kimberly only nodded and then stepped away.

She wiped a tear away as she watched them drive away.


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