Sorry this is a bit later than I intended for it to bebut thanks for all the reviews I didn't really expect that and they mean a lot so a big thank you to all of you and here you go! Hope you enjoy it!

'Matt, what happened?' asked Christine, concerned for her brother's welfare

'Callum…he turned up here. He found me, I don't know how.' Explained Casey his voice shaking as he said this.

'Oh…Matt. I'm so sorry you're okay right? He didn't hurt you did he?' asked Christine.

'No, he didn't get the chance.' Replied Matt.

Suddenly Christie caught sight of the two men flanking her little brother and stopped talking knowing that her brother wouldn't want her to reveal what had happened to him as a kid to anyone without his permission unless it was completely necessary.

'It's okay, I told them.' Assured Matt recognising the look on his big sister's face as she saw Boden and Kelly on either side of him. 'They um, well they saw the scars on my back. So I told them about Callum.'

'How much did you tell them?' asked Christie not wanting to divulge more of Matt's background than he was willing to admit.

'Almost everything…' said Casey in reply.

'Wait, what do you mean, almost everything?' asked Kelly not sure what information Matt was leaving out of the story he had told.

'I just, there are some things I would prefer to keep to myself…' stuttered Casey.

'It's okay Matt, it's fine. I didn't mean it like that, I'm not taking this personally.' Assured Kelly, trying to keep his friend's fragile trust.

'I think we should take this conversation back inside.' Said the chief nodding towards the small collection of men from the second watch gathered near them.

The next time the four of them left chief Boden's office was over a half an hour later when they went into the kitchen to get some lunch making small talk with the rest of the truck and squad team members.

'Okay, guys, I'm going to say this and I'm only going to say it once.' Started Casey standing up and facing his men as silence once more fell on the room, 'The guy in here before, Callum, he was my stepfather from when I was four years old and he abused me when I was a kid. I don't really want to go much more into it than that but the scars that you saw earlier, they were from him.'

When Casey was finished one by one his crew came up to him and embraced him in a hug, showing their support for the usually stoic lieutenant.

'Thanks guys, it means a lot.' Said Casey.

'Don't sweat it lieutenant.' Replied Hermann 'We know you would do the same thing for us.'

A few days later everything at the firehouse had calmed down, Christie had moved closer to Matt so she could help him with the Callum situation, even though he hadn't been seen or heard from since the day he turned up at the firehouse. Christie was currently at the firehouse with Matt helping him to cook dinner for the rest of the firehouse when their mother walked through the door.

'Hey Matt, Christie.' she said as she entered the room surprised to see both of her children present.

Matt and Christie looked up at the sound of their mother's voice and saw her standing in the middle of the room.

'Hi mom,' said Matt shocked to see her standing in his firehouse, 'How did you get here I thought we were coming to pick you up tonight after my shift ended?'

'I got a ride.' Replied Nancy curtly.

'With who? You just got out of prison after fifteen years.' Asked Christie confused by her mother's sudden arrival.

'Callum, he came and picked me up.' Said Nancy shocking both of her children, taking in their horrified looks at the thought of Callum being in the fire station again. 'We had an interesting conversation about you, Matthew.'

'Wh-what did he say?' said Matt stumbling over his words fearful about what Callum had told his mother about his encounter.

'He told me that you've been mouthing off about him to your friends, again.' Stated Nancy nobody missing the underlying venom in her voice. 'That you've been lying about him again, trying to get him in trouble.'

'I wasn't lying, mom.' Replied Matt in a quiet voice.

'Oh come on Matthew. You were over-exaggerating, Callum was only trying to toughen you up.' Shouted Nancy. 'I think you should go and apologise to Callum after your shift, after everything he told me you said.'

'Mom, there is no way that he's is going to go and apologise to that sick bastard of a man!' shouted Christie angrily, drawing the attention of both the chief and Kelly who entered the room as soon they heard the raised voices.

'Please, can you both just stop it!' replied Casey the room falling silent as the usually quiet lieutenant raised his voice for the first time that many of the those present had heard him speak above his normal tone apart from when giving orders.

'Matt, I'm sorry but it's just…how can you just listen to her come in her and say these things to you after everything that happened. All because she married Callum.' Said Christie grabbing her brother's shoulders and forcing him to look her in the eyes, something he hadn't done in years. 'Please Matty just…'

'Don't call me Matty!' snapped back Matt interrupting his sister. 'Sorry, it's just that's what Callum used to call me before he would, you know…' he finished only his sister getting the hint as the rest of the people in the room stood around confused.

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I completely forgot I didn't mean it.' Replied Christie apologetically realising exactly what Matt had meant.

'What's she talking about Matt?' asked Kelly apprehensively 'You didn't say anything about that before.'

'I told you that there were some things I didn't want to talk about…well that was one of them.' Stated Casey hoping to shrug off Kelly's advances.

'What are you talking about Matthew?' demanded Nancy angrily, 'Stop feeding lies about my husband to all your friends. I never saw Callum lay a hand on you and if he did then he was just trying to toughen you up, your dad and Christie had made you too weak. You should be grateful that he tried to be your father, he was stricter than anyone had ever been with you and you needed that.'

'What are you talking about mom, he wasn't just trying to toughen me up do you call this…trying to toughen me up.' Replied Casey showing his mother the scars Callum had made on his back in an effort to get her to finally listen to him and realise what she had let her husband do to him when he had no chance of defending himself.

His mother looked momentarily shocked by seeing the torture she had allowed her own son to be put through, however she quickly regained her composure as Matt pulled his shirt back down and hoped he had finally gotten his mother onside after the years of abuse he had suffered through silently.

Nancy's next statement was enough to shock everyone in the room to the core and force them into silence, 'Well you probably deserved it, didn't you.'