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General POV

As Stef was getting closer to the back entrance, a young boy who appeared no older than 12, crashed into her out of nowhere. He was scared and had an expression on his face that terrified Stef. She tried to hold him and even attempted to calm him down, but Jude was trying to get away from her grasp.

"Whoa, whoa. Calm down. You're safe now. What's wrong, bud? What's your name?" Stef said, holding onto him

"Jude... But please help her... She needs help. He's going to kill her. Hurry! Please!" Jude was rushing his words.

"Help who? Callie? Nobody's going to get hurt. Just tell me what going on..." Stef said as calm as she could but the fear in his eyes scared her.

"My sister. She's in the house and he's hurting her. He's going to kill her!"

What Jude said sent shivers through all of Stef's body.

"Ok don't worry. Nothing is going to happen to Callie. I'm going to go get her. Can you please stay out here? No matter what happens, DO NOT go inside. Do you understand?" Stef said trying to get through Jude. And when he nodded, Stef continued.

"I'll bring Callie back. I promise," Stef tried to reassure him. Damn it, Mike. Where are you? What's taking you so long? She couldn't wait any longer; she had to get in there for Callie's sake.

As Stef reached the back door and started to look for any sight of the girl. What she saw was more than she had expected. She was terrified for Callie and herself now. The sight of and adult beating up a child immediately caused her to go into cop-mode. And the only thing she wanted to do was protect this girl from this sick bastard.

Callie's POV

When I turn back to look at him, all I felt was a blow to my face.

Then everything was a blur for a moment.

All I felt was the constant stinging on my stomach every time the point of his foot dug into my abdomen.

I tried to get up and fight back, but he grabbed me and shoved me towards the living room.

Everything hurt as I was trying to get up. I had to use the table that was near to support me.

That's when I felt it.

As he was close enough, I grabbed what appeared to be a lamp and hit him in the head as hard as I could. I tried to run towards the back door but he grabbed me from my arm and spun me around.

"YOU BITCH!" he shouted just before he slapped me so hard that I fell on the floor.

Can it be over already? I can't take it anymore. I'm so sorry that I couldn't take care of Jude the way you wanted me to.

He wrapped his hand around my neck and began chocking me. I couldn't breathe as I felt him taking the air from my lungs.

"Get off me," I tried to say but nothing actually came out. I kept trying to get away from his grasp, but it was pointless at this point. He was much stronger than I was.

"You deserve to die all alone for all of the problems you cause everyone!"

As I was drifting off, I heard a familiar voice. But it couldn't be her. She was dead.

Then I realize it was Stef.

What is Stef doing here and how did she find me?

"Get your hands off of her, you worthless motherfucker!" I heard Stef yelling and before I know it, she's tackling him onto the floor, making them both drop their guns. Immediately afterwards, she started punching him in the face repeatedly.

"HOW DARE YOU LAY YOUR HANDS ON A KID!" Stef said in a voice that scared me.

As I was trying to get up, I started coughing and struggling to get some air back, causing Stef to look at me.

"Callie. Are you, alright?" she asked, getting off of him to face me. Then fear went through all of my body as I saw him get up from behind her.

STEF! WATCH OUT!" I screamed.

When she turned, I saw him punching her in the stomach and then the face. The second blow sent her to the ground. He reached for the gun again and pointed it directly to Stef.

"Oh what do we have here? Two stupid ass woman who don't know when they're out of their league," he said before kicking Stef in the stomach once.

And then twice.

Stef struggled to get up again. But she did. She was just a few feet away from me. My ex foster-father had a creepy yet determined look in his eyes, as he gripped the gun tighter. He was enjoying this and it scared me to death.

But somehow I gathered enough energy to run toward Stef.

"Stef, look out!" I yelled, tackling her to the ground just as I heard a gunshot being fired.

I couldn't let her go down for this.

She has a family.

They almost lost their mom. And Lena was going to lose her partner because of me, I thought.

"CALLIE!" Stef yelled.

Sorry for the short chapter but it was better to leave it in another cliff hanger thank you Freakygreeneyes123 for all you help and support