Looking for a Place to Land
By: Michele Bouchard
Chapter 2

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

Authors Note: Here is the second chapter. Please leave me a review to let me know what you think.

It is a cool fall morning in the Florida home of the Home for troubled teens. Rob walks in to a sparsely furnished office and has a seat. A tall thin man follows suit and also has a seat in his chair.

"Thank you for seeing me Mr. Pryce. I understand that my sister is being released today. I was wondering if there was anything that I should know that she has not told me?" he asks

"Not that I can think about at the moment. I am very glad to see Rachel getting out. She has most certainly had a very trying time. Between the whole reason that she was brought here and the fact that her mother wants nothing to do with her, I am truly surprised that she is alive today. She was on suicide watch for the first six months of her time here. I will send with you a detailed report of her psychiatric visits and any other incident reports that I have on file. May I ask why you have never come to visit your sister before now?" Mr. Pryce inquires

"Up till a month ago, I never knew that any of this happened. I have called my mother every week, and she never breathed a word about it.

~~Flashback~~

"Hello."

"Mom its Rob, how's everything going?"

"Fine dear just fine. How are things going with the WWF?"

"Great, Rachel's birthday is coming up, do you think that I could fly her out so we can spend a couple of days together before school starts back up?"

"Rob dear I am sorry but, I have to go we will talk about this later."

"Mom, wait is something *click* wrong. Well damn."

~~End Flashback~~

"Now that I think about this, it makes perfect sense. I just do not understand why my mother would want nothing to do with her. This is so not her fault." Vents a perplexed RVD

"I can understand where you are coming from. I did some extensive research about her case. The DA painted her as a child who was in love with her Step -Father and killed him because he rejected her. I personally have never believed that story. It just does not ad up. When she came into our facility, she was unreachable. All she kept saying over and over again was,

~~Flashback~~

"Kayla, I cannot let him hurt Kayla. Not like he hurt me. I am bad Kayla is an innocent child. Have to save Kayla"

~~End Flashback~~

"We then found out about 2 months later that Rachel was pregnant. I had our doctor examine her and she determined that Rachel had been the victim of years of abuse. She has scars over most of her chest and abdomen. That was the straw that broke the camels back for me. After that there was no question that she was justified in what she had done. If there is anything that I can possibly do to help her please do not hesitate to ask. I have a daughter who is about her age. If anything happened to her I do not know what I would do." He hands Rob a card with his home and cell phone number on it

"Thanks Mr. Pryce. I will definitely call you if I need anything." Rob shakes his hand

"Please call me Wesley. I mean that too if you two need anything do not hesitate to call me. Now why don't I take you to Rachel's room, so we can get her on with her life."

Wesley leads Rob to a small room at the end of the corridor. He opens the door and blur of curly long jet black hair jumps on him.

"Rachel sweetie, oxygen is becoming an issue. I am not getting any." Rob gasps

"Oh Robbie I am so sorry." She apologizes

She then hauls off and punches him dead in the jaw sending him flying black in a heap on the door. Rob staggers up and looks at Rachel with wide eyes in shock.

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Ok how am I doing? Should I continue? Let me know, does it reek of awesomeness or reek of sucktitude?

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Michele

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