The Journey's Just Begun
A/N - Please read my authors note at the end of this chapter! Thanks!
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Chapter 4 -
Summer pulled the car over to the curb, her eyes transfixed on her daughter. Madison hadn't told Summer anything over the phone, she just couldn't. How can you tell somebody over the phone that you had just been raped? Though Madison hadn't said a word, Summer knew what had happened. Summer didn't know if it were her daughter's tousled hair and wrinkled clothes, or just the face full of pain and fear that displayed on her face, that gave away what had happened. Summer just sat in the car, staring at our scared daughter, unsure of what to do. She got out of the car, slowly but surely, and instantly wrapped her arms around her daughter. At first, Madison flinched, who wouldn't? You've just been touched in places you didn't want to be touched. But she finally gave in to her mother's touch and hugged her back, sobbing into Summer's shirt.
"Mommy..." Was the only thing Madison was able to whimper, as tears spilled down her face uncontrollably.
"Shh..., it's gonna be okay. Let's go home, okay?" Summer said, still hugging her fifteen- year- old. Madison just nodded her head, no words coming out.
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"Hey, what happened?" Seth asked, as Summer and a still hysterical Madison entered the house.
"I'll tell you later." Summer said quickly as she led Madison upstairs.
"Baby," Summer started after they arrived in Madison's bedroom, now sitting down, "You wanna talk to me?," She asked, wiping away a tear that was running down her daughter's face. Madison didn't answer, "Maddie?" Again she didn't answer, not even to say 'My name's Madison, not Maddie!', because now more than ever, she wanted to be that little five-year-old girl whose name was Maddie. Maddie was an innocent little girl who would have never gotten raped, but Madison, Madison is who she's now, and Madison had gotten raped. "Baby, please talk to me."
"He.. He...," Her voice cracked, "He raped me, mom."
"I know, I know." Summer said sadly, wrapping her arms around her daughter.
"I feel so dirty," She finally spoke up again, "I feel disgusting and I feel violated."
Summer just nodded her head slowly. What was she supposed to do? Her daughter had just gotten raped and now she was so frightened.
"I should of listened to dad..."
"Sweetie, do not blame yourself. Because, this is NOT your fault, and you have to understand that."
"Yeah, but if I had just listened to him. And if I didn't beg you guys then you would have never said I could still se him."
"This is not your fault, and it's not my fault either. It's Eric's fault, you said no."
"It doesn't matter."
"Madison, it does," Summer said sternly, "Now listen, I need to ask you some things."
Madison nodded her head.
"Did Eric use... did he use protection?," Madison thought for a second, letting her tears fall down, then she nodded her head, "Are you sure?," Summer asked once more. Once again, Madison nodded her head, "Okay. Now, we're going to have to file a police report on this guy-." Summer started but was cut off.
"No."
"No? Madison, we need to. You are not going to let him get away with this."
"Mom, I watch a lot of tv and I know that the rapists always get away with it. There's always not enough evidence and they deny it. I'm not going to go through with all that just for the judge to find him not guilty." She said through sobs.
"I think you watch a little too much tv."
"Mom," She sniffled, "Please. I think it will only make things worse."
"Madison, you actually want him to get off the hook? He raped you baby, that's a crime."
"I know. But I don't want to."
"Madison, is there something you're not telling me? You need to tell me everything." Summer said, wondering why her daughter wanted the rapist to get away with it.
"I told you everything."
"Okay, I believe you. I'm gonna go talk to your dad, okay? Let you have some rest, you'll talk to me more about it tomorrow. And please think about telling the police, please."
"Okay mom," She said quietly, "I love you." Summer was taken aback by these words. Teenage Madison rarely used those words to show affection towards her parents. This incident really affected her.
"I love you too. Dad and I are just next door if you need us," Summer said, kissing her daughter's forehead, "We'll talk more in the morning."
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"Summer, what happened?" Seth asked, as Summer stepped into their bedroom.
"She, she," Summer said trying to think of the right words, "She was raped, Seth."
"Oh my god, oh my god," Seth said pacing around the room, "Who did this to her? What jackass did this to her?"
"Er...Eric." Summer said, knowing Seth's dislike towards this kid, even before he had harmed their daughter.
"Eric?! Eric as in her boyfriend, Eric? Eric who I told her not to see, Eric? What the hell was she doing with him after I told her not to see him?" Seth asked all of these questions, outraged.
"Seth, this is not her fault."
"I told her not to see him, Summer."
"This is not her fault, she didn't know he was a harm to her." Summer said, not believing her ears. Was Seth actually mad at Madison?
"Yes, Summer, but that's not the point. I told her not to see him because I knew he wasn't a good kid."
"How the hell would you know?!," Summer asked, starting to get angry, "'Cause I sure as hell didn't! Otherwise," Summer said, lowering her voice, afraid of Seth's reaction would be towards what she was about to say, "I wouldn't have given her permission to see him after you said no."
"What?!," Seth screamed outraged, "I don't think I heard you correctly. You said she could see him after I said she couldn't," Summer nodded uneasily, "I don't believe you, Summer." He said as he started exiting the room.
"Wait, Seth?," She said, trying to get him to stop walking, "Seth?" But it was no use, he was gone.
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Summer went to sleep without Seth by her side. And when she woke up, he wasn't there either. Summer then got out of bed, knowing where he would be. When they had bought the house, Seth fell in love with it because of this one room in particular. It was a closed off area, where only he was allowed. It was just for him incase Summer was having a rage blackout, the kids were fighting and he couldn't deal with the noise, or in this case, he and Summer got into a fight. Summer tried opening the door, but it was locked. The lock on the door had broke once, and know she silently cursed herself about ever fixing it. She gently knocked on it as quietly as possible, trying her best not to wake up her three sleeping children. There was still no answer from the other side of the door.
"Seth," She whispered, "Seth please open up," She knew he was up, whenever they got into fights he never slept, there was still no response, she raised her voice a little, "Seth open the goddamn door!" Seth, knowing the situation would only get worse if the kids woke up, finally caved in and opened the door slightly.
"What do you want?" He asked bitterly.
"Can we talk?" She asked, moving inside.
"Talk." He replied coldly.
"I know that you're upset at me, and at Maddie, but it's not our fault. It's Eric's, and you're just taking out your anger on us," Summer then got distracted when she saw a pile of pictures on the table, "What were you doing?" She asked motioning towards the pile.
"Just looking at old pictures of Madison. When she was an innocent little girl, now...now, she's a slut."
Those words slapped Summer across the face. How dare he talk about their daughter that way?! "How dare you!? Don't you dare talk about our daughter that way! What the hell is your problem!?"
"I made it blatantly clear that I didn't want her seeing this boy. And you..., you just let her go along with it, regardless of what I said!"
"It's called a mistake, Seth! We all make them!"
"But this was a big mistake!"
"Well, you've made your share of big mistakes too, but I don't bring them up. And I don't understand why you're so infuriated with her. She was raped, Seth. Do you know the definition of rape? She said no, she didn't want it. So don't you dare, dare, call Madison a slut!"
"Leave." He said. Who knew one word could come out so bitterly?
"Excuse me?"
"Leave." He said getting up and opening the door.
"If I remember correctly, this is my house too."
"Get out of here," He said once more, "I didn't ask you to come talk to me."
"Fine, be that way. Be selfish, that's what you do best, Seth," She said as she went through the doorway entering the other part of the house, "Jackass." She then slammed the door, forgetting all about her sleeping children. What had happened? Just yesterday their family seemed perfect, sure Madison had an attitude, Jake was his nosey self, and Riley was an annoying five-year-old that you just couldn't hate, but that was who they were, that was who made up the Cohen family. But now, now it seemed like everything was crashing down.
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