A/N: So I'm just going to go out on a whim her and say you guys really like this story. 18 reviews from last chapter and I get more faves and follows each day. You ask so you shall receive here's chapter 4 of Stepdad enjoy!

Kendall, Katie, and Carlos currently occupied the Diamond's guest room. Katie still couldn't believe what Thomas did to Carlos and even worse she couldn't believe that their mom practically allowed it to happen. Katie knew that Thomas had some weird secret crush on her, the way Thomas would stare at her for hours on end proved that. She was thankful that Kendall knew and he said that he would protect Katie for as long as he lived. Katie was thankful for having such a caring and protective older brother like Kendall. The way he would drop everything for Katie and Carlos is the one thing that Katie loved most about Kendall.

Kendall watched as Carlos slept on the guest bedroom. When he woke up Logan took another look at his ribs they were still pretty bruised but Carlos assured them that it didn't hurt nearly as much as before. Just to be safe Logan gave him another pill and he was out like a light in a matter of minutes. Katie was sitting on the corner of the bed unknowingly rubbing his back as he slept. Kendall knew that Katie was scared and she had every right to be.

"Whatcha thinking about" Kendall asked his baby sister. Katie just huffed and kept staring at Carlos. "You know he's gonna be fine right, I bet you when he's wakes up he's going to be bouncing everywhere and saying a thousand words a second." Katie cracked smile because most likely it was going to be true. She loved Carlos but sometimes it seemed like he didn't know the meaning of the phrase "shut up".

"There's a smile" Kendall said as he wrapped his arm around Katie. Together they sat on the bed in a comfortable silence. No words needed to be said there presence was comforting enough, but that soon changed as Carlos began to stir. He let out a few moans of pain as he sat up.

"You ok buddy" Kendall asked as Carlos sat up. He look liked he wasn't in as much pain as before but he still looked like he was having some problems.

"I'm fine" he whispered all the screaming earlier that day left his voice hoarse. The three siblings fell into a comfortable silence. They felt safe knowing that Thomas the man who is slowly ripping their lives apart was nowhere close to them. Perhaps the scariest thing about Thomas was the fact that he somehow had their mother wrapped around his finger. No matter what Kendall, Carlos, or Katie would say to their mom she would always side with Thomas.

"So what are we gonna do now?" Katie asked cutting the comfortable silence in the room. Kendall didn't what move to make next he didn't want to go home and have to worry about Thomas being around Carlos or Katie, on the other hand they couldn't stay in James' guest bedroom forever. Kendall didn't know what to do, it felt like he was playing a deadly game of chess and he was quickly running out of moves, soon Thomas would call checkmate then it's game over for him and his younger siblings.

His silence said it all Kendall didn't know what to do and that fact right there worried Katie to no end. Kendall always had the answer to everything but now the one time she needed him the most his mind drew blank. How she wished Thomas and her mother never met. Katie knew in some weird twisted way Thomas made their mother happy and she had no clue how he did it.

"Knock knock" a voice rang from the other side of the guest bedroom door. The door opened and in walked Logan and James. "Hey guys how you feeling?"

Kendall took breath he honestly didn't know what to feel. Scared, mad, sad nervous and whole bunch of other emotions. "I don't know, I know eventually mom is gonna come looking for us but I refuse to sleep in that house with that man, one of us got to go and the way things are going right now it seems like it's going to be me"

"Kendall don't talk like that" Logan said inspecting Carlos side. The bruise still looked pretty vicious but he wasn't moaning and groaning in pain like before. He would still let out an occasional hiss but nothing to serious. Logan still didn't understand how Mrs. Knight could allow something like this to happen right up under her nose.

"Don't worry buddy I explained everything to my mom, she's on her way now to talk to Mrs. Knight everything is going to get straighten out" James said. He didn't believe his own words partly because he had never been in a situation like this. He only ever seen something like this happen in the movies and usually they had a happen ending. He only prayed that his best friend would have his own happy ending.

"I hope so" Kendall sighed laying back on the mattress.

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Brooke Diamond was on her way to the Knight household. She couldn't believe what James told her, her and Jennifer had been friends since high school and in all the years she knew Jennifer she would have never thought she would put a man before her own kids. Especially when said man is an abusive pedophile.

Brooke pulled up to Knight house and got out of her car and headed towards the front door, she didn't know how their conversation was going to go but her and Jennifer were best friends right? She would believe her right? From what James told her it sounded like Jennifer was blinded by love, but how can she love a man that nearly beat her adoptive son to death and wants to rape her 12 year old daughter. Well rape wasn't James exact words but Kendall told her how Thomas always stared at Katie and what he said when they were on the stairs, that was all the proof she needed that this man was dangerous.

Brooke knocked on the front door and waited, she heard shuffling on the inside and a man's voice was it Thomas?

"Brooke!" Jennifer greeted, she wrapped her in a giant hug she hadn't seen her in best friends in weeks. "Feels like it's been forever since we've seen each other how are you doing?"

"I'm fine just stopped by because I wanted to talk to you catch up"

"Oh ok come in there's someone I want you to meet." Brooke stepped in and was immediately greeted by a tall muscular blonde, green eyes, bushy eyebrows and he was actually good looking. In some ways he resembled Kendall and Katie's father. Maybe that's why Jennifer was so attached to him.

"Brooke I want you to meet Thomas, Thomas this is close friend Brooke we've been best friends since high school." Brooke and Thomas eyes met and she saw something flash through them. Lust? Passion? Hunger? How about all of the above. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Thomas was unstable in the head. What's even more disturbing was the fact that Jennifer seemed so happy and content even though she had no idea where her kids were.

"Nice to meet" he said. Thomas had to admit Brooke was looking real good much better looking than Jennifer. He made a mental note to add her to the list of future play toys but first things first he had to get Katie. "I have to get going, work in the morning. You two can have your little girl time and I'll see you tomorrow." he said giving Jennifer a peck on the cheek before he left out the front door. Finally now that he was gone Brooke can now get to the reason why she was really here.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Jennifer asked patting a seat on the couch next to her.

Brooke hesitated for moment; she didn't really know how to say what she was thinking "The man you are currently dating is an abusive pedophile" is not something that comes in everyday conversation. "Um it's about Thomas"

"Sure what about him"

"Um have you ever seen him interact with Carlos, Katie, or Kendall?"

"Sure he adores Katie, thinks she's the most precious thing ever, him Carlos don't really communicate all that much. Thomas said he tried talking to Carlos on numerous occasions, but Carlos just seems to push him away. He said it may have something to do with his biological father or something. Kendall and him I guess you could say aren't on speaking terms because of what happened earlier. Kendall just came through the door and smashed my expensive vase on Thomas' head for no reason." Jennifer said not seeing the point in this conversation. Thomas loved her kids even after all the crap they put him through. Why is it so hard for them to give him a chance? If they actually just give him a chance then they might actually like him.

"And do you know why Kendall did what he did?"

"Kendall was screaming something about 'Don't touch my brother or sister"

"And that didn't send out any warning signs to you?"

"What are you trying to say exactly?" Jennifer said getting slightly offended. It almost sounded Brooke is accusing Thomas of something.

"Jennifer you're blinded by love Thomas has been beating on Carlos. Have you seen his side? And from what they tell me Thomas is also cheating on you and it almost seems like he wants to rape Katie. How can you not see what that man has been doing to your kids?"

Jennifer stood up and turned around first her own kids were telling her that Thomas was cheating on her now her best friend is saying the same thing. Why can't they just give him a chance to prove himself? Figures the one time she finds some type of happiness everybody wants to ruin it.

"Jennifer listen I'm not saying this to offend I'm telling you this because I care about you and Kendall, Katie, and Carlos that man is no good."

"Why is that I can never be happy? Why can't I just for once in my life laugh and have fun like everyone else? Is that too much to ask? Do you know how hard it is to raise three teenagers on minimum wage?"

"Jennifer-"

"No just leave"

"Jennifer just let explain-"

"Get out! Go!" she screamed. If Brooke couldn't support her and be happy for her then they weren't as close as she thought they were.

Brooke grabbed her purse and stormed towards the front door but stopped and turned around "If you ever need to talk you know my number" she said then left. Jennifer slammed the door as she left, why is that all the people she cared about just wanted to see her sad and depressed? Well she was happy and loving life and if they couldn't accept that then that's their problem.

As Brooke started her car she couldn't help but let a few tears fall. She loved Jennifer like a sister and she also loved Kendall, Carlos, and Katie like they were her own children. They were basically family and right now her family was in danger, there is something wrong about Thomas and she was going find out what whether Jennifer wanted her too or not.

As she backed out the driveway she didn't seem to notice the eerie black figure staring at her, studying her, memorizing every move she mad. Thomas heard the conversation between Jennifer and Brooke and he had come to a conclusion. Brooke was no longer on list with Katie as a future play toy; she was now on the same list as Carlos and Kendall as people he would soon destroy. Now it's just a matter of putting his plan into action to get Kendall out of the way, next up was Carlos he had something special planned for Carlos and soon as Carlos was out the way Katie was all his. He loved Katie; some might even say he loved her to death.

A/N: Not much action in this chapter but trust me chapter 5 is going to make up for that, let's just say something bad is going to happen and I'm going to leave it at that.

Once again I'm sorry for the long wait I'm going to try to get better at updating. You guys like? Let me know by dropping a review. Until next time.