Amanda had been walking in the park not too far from the house when she was knocked down from behind, looked up and saw the rage filled stare of Sylvia's abuser, who immediately had his hands on her throat as she clawed at him to try to get free.

"Where the hell is my daughter?!" The man growled, loosening his grip when Amanda kicked him between his legs after he dragged her up.

"You're not getting anywhere near Sylvia after what you've done, how you treated her… you sick son of a bitch." Amanda said, rage lacing her voice and her dislocating his index fingers, causing him to scream and take his hands off her. "She never did anything to you, why did you terrorize her?! People like you shouldn't be anywhere near children!" She yelled, the man looking at her and laughing evilly.

"Well she ain't gonna misbehave anymore, is she? Good as gold, people like me deserve a fucking roll of honour!" The man said after his laughter stopped.

"You're sick… any man who beats children and women is absolute scum!" Amanda says, the man punching her in the face.

"You said it, bitch… it's a horror to society and by the gods, I know it!" The man growled.

"Did you kill Sylvia's mother?!" Amanda asked, remembering what Sylvia said about her mom going away.

"Oh, you poor thing, you misunderstood… I'm not her dad, no way would I let myself be that. My ex woman wanted to adopt, I just went with her, Sylvia's real parents are both dead, accident at a gas station when the girl was just 5. Apparently, very apparently, the psycho docs concluded that it was so horrific to her that her brain opted to completely forget what happened, one day she was with them and the next, poof. Gone like magic." The man explained.

"As... horrific as that is, you didn't answer me." Amanda said.

"Not exactly killed but… I may have had her dealt with. Besides, she actually is probably dead by now." The man finally answered.

Amanda's rage boiled over and her hands were around his throat, choking him… but then she felt the knife plunge into her back and fell to the ground, her eyes slowly closing…

Amanda's eyes snapped open, her feeling arms around her and remembering that after settling in and getting cleaned off, she had fallen asleep next to Finn.

"Where is she?" Amanda managed to ask, shaking with terror.

"With Roman and Galina for tonight. They didn't finish constructing the second bed yet as well as wanting to keep an eye on her overnight…" Finn started to explain before stopping as he saw Amanda's terror and pulled her in closer to him, his more free left hand stroking along her side as he'd laid down on his right side, her on her left so his right arm was beneath her.

"He said… he didn't directly do it. And it just made me so angry that I…" Amanda said before burying her head into his shoulder.

Amanda refused to close her eyes… and when Roman walked in to check on them, that was how he found her.

Roman let them be, heading to check on Sylvia, Joelle and Galina… letting them sleep, he wandered into the living room and saw a text from his cousin Jimmy.

'It's all over the fucking news, how are they?!'

'Staying with me… Sylvia's asleep but I just checked on Mandy and she had a nightmare.' Roman replied.

'That'll happen after what she saw, whoever that guy is, he's all the way messed up!'

'He is, doing that to a child.' Roman replied, seeing a small shadow and knowing it was one of the three… when he turned, he saw Joelle with tears in her eyes.

"Why did that man hurt Sylvia, Daddy?" Joelle asked as Roman picked her up and put her in his lap, his arms around her.

"I don't think there'll ever be an explanation from him as to why, Jojo… but she's safe with us now." Roman says, kissing Joelle on her forehead.

"She's scared, Daddy… she was crying in her sleep." Joelle whispered.

"She was yesterday too… I don't think she can close her eyes without seeing it, but you know what the best medicine for that is? Family, being loved, knowing she can turn to people when it happens. That's all of our jobs, Jojo." Roman says, halfway through the two parting from their hug but his hands still rested on her shoulders as he spoke.

Picking her up, he took her to the room and the two fell asleep next to Sylvia and Galina, Joelle wrapping her right arm around Sylvia and hugging her.

When the morning sun fluttered through the curtains, Amanda didn't even notice it as Roman checked on her and a half asleep Finn.

"You watch out for her at night? Dean does the same thing." Roman says quietly.

"Sleep's not always easy, especially after what happened. Their minds are frazzled…" Finn says, feeling Amanda's head stir around as it was resting on his right shoulder before her eyes opened. Out of habit, Roman tickled Amanda's right foot and she groaned and pulled the covers over her head.

"I'll give you two time to wake up." Roman says before exiting the room, Amanda curling her arm around her sore ribs after Finn pulled the covers off of her head.

"Not any better today…" Galina says quietly after Roman walked into the kitchen and hugged the girls before he and his wife hugged.

"Is Auntie Mandy okay?" Sylvia asked after Roman picked her up into his arms.

It wasn't long before two sets of footsteps were heard and Sylvia jumped down and ran to Amanda, the two hugging.

"What do you feel like eating for breakfast, kiddo?" Amanda asked after they let go.

"I don't know… I don't think I want anything hot." Sylvia answered.

"Okay… how about cereal? Chex Mix?" Amanda asks, Sylvia nodding and smiling.

When Sylvia was eating her second bowl of cereal, Amanda had only eaten half of her own breakfast… she normally wasn't picky when it was pancakes but it was easy to see that she was still worried as Finn put his right arm around her shoulders.

Joelle noticed the two next to each other on the couch and whispered to Sylvia.

"Might not be too much longer…" Sylvia whispered back.

"You think?... I think they'd do well- hey, you okay?!" Joelle started to say, the last part as Sylvia hissed and doubled over, her hands braced around her leg.

"Yeah, just… cramped up… ow…" Sylvia managed to say, her hands holding her knee which was just a few inches away from the stitched gash on that leg.

Amanda headed down the hallway, finding the heating pad that was small enough as Finn helped Sylvia to the couch. When the heating pad was on her leg and set to low heat, Sylvia relaxed when she felt the knots in her leg fading away.

"You okay, kiddo?" Amanda asked as Sylvia's tiny right hand curled around Amanda's left one.

"Yeah… just the nerves fixing, right?" Sylvia asked.

"Yeah…" Amanda says, Sylvia noticing the scar on the palm of Amanda's left hand.

But she didn't say anything about it.