Episode 2 Ch.2 Free Me From This Pain I Feel
Jenny is sitting on Jake's couch. "I can't believe my dad would just leave before saying goodbye."
"At least he wrote you a letter."
"A letter isn't good enough. He should have told me goodbye. I have no idea where he is or even if he is okay."
"I'm sure that he's fine. He's a smart man."
Jenny sighed and stomped off to the back room.
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Keith and Peyton walk over to see Case. "Hey guys, are you ready for this?"
"Yeah, I know what I'm going to do." Keith told them both.
"I thought you said you were going to let it go to trial."
Keith thinks back to two nights before.
Keith was sitting on his bed when Elizabeth came in. "Hey how ya doing?"
"How do you think I'm doing?"
"I think that your life sucks right now, and I'm sorry about that."
"I knew better. I shouldn't have even gotten involved with those guys."
Elizabeth sat down beside him, "Tell me the truth please. Did you kill that guy?"
Keith shook his head, "No, I had absolutely nothing to do with his death."
"What's the chance that a judge and jury will believe you?"
"They might but then again they might not." He shrugged. He wasn't sure what his future held for him.
"So this thing could be long and drawn out, and you could still go to jail."
"Yeah pretty much."
"What if you accepted the plea bargain?"
"I wouldn't do any jail time, but I would have a crap load of community service, anger management classes, and it would be on my record forever."
She looked at him and took his hand, "I think you should take the deal."
"Elizabeth I thought you believed me."
"I do believe you Keith, but a trial would be really hard on mom especially with dad being an ass about it all. It might paint you in a bad light, but you wouldn't do jail time. If you went to jail mom would die. Do this for her Keith." Elizabeth pleaded with him.
"I'm gonna plead guilty."
Peyton looked shocked, "Are you sure this is what you want to do?"
"Yeah it is what I have to do."
"Then I stand behind you." Peyton hugged her son.
"I'll go talk to the DA." Case walked off.
"Keith," Peyton was nervous. "You're sure?"
"I'm positive that this is what I want. I want do jail time, and this way I can take responsibility for the mistakes that I have made."
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Noah and Elizabeth walk into the café holding hands. Ashton sees them. "Hey guys." She waves them over.
"Hey," Elizabeth smiled at her. "What's up?"
"I was just taking a break from the hospital."
"Oh, I'll be right back I need to talk to Andy," she was honestly just avoiding the conversation.
"How is Tyler?" Noah asked.
"He's doing better, but Noah you need to know that Tyler's going to fight for her. So you better be ready if you plan on keeping her."
Ashton walked off, and Noah was a little worried.
"Hey babe where's Ashton?"
"She had to go." Noah didn't want to tell her why Ashton really left.
"Oh well too bad. Andy said we could have whatever we want to eat."
"Cool," he was still worried about what Ashton had told him.
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Breanne is holding Carter and crying. "I can't believe you are taking him home today. I was supposed to go home with him."
"I know, but you'll get to go home soon, and I promise I won't take over the role of mom in his life."
"I know….I just wanted to go home with him. I love you little man."
"I'll write down everything he does. I promise."
"When you put him to sleep make sure you tell him how much I love him."
"Oh I will tell him every second of every day how much you love him, and we'll even come and visit until you get to come home."
Breanne holds back her tears, "You better take him home. I love you CJ." She hands Jacey her son.
"He loves you too." Jacey took the baby in the carrier that she had bought the day before.
Breanne watched as Jacey walked out with her son. She was saddened. It was not the way that her son's life was supposed to start.
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Lucas, Lily, and Spencer walk into Lucas' home, and she is shocked. "Where are we?"
"We're at home."
"This isn't my home," she was getting upset. "Where's our house?"
"Lily this is where you live now. We don't live at the other house anymore."
Spencer decides not to tell her that he owns the house. He knows that it might be a little hard for her to handle.
"I can't believe that everything that I know has really changed. God my life sucks."
Lucas just rubbed her shoulders. He didn't know what else to do.
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Nathan comes out of the closet wearing a nice shirt and tie.
Brooke has Sophie and Millie on the bed with her. "Wow girls daddy looks good doesn't he?"
Millie smiled, "Yeah daddy you look like sexy hot stud muffin." Both Brooke and Nathan looked shocked that those words came out of her mouth.
"Where did you hear that from young lady?" Nathan asked his six year old daughter.
"Nanny Deb," she told him honestly. "She didn't know I heard her, but she says it all the time about the mail man."
Nathan shook his head, "Don't repeat anything that she says okay."
"Okay daddy," she said so innocently.
"But she's right honey you do look like a sexy hot stud muffin." Brooke smiled. "Where are you going anyways?"
"I'm going to support Keith today. He and Peyton need me since Lucas is being a jerk."
"Ooh daddy you said a bad word."
"I'm sorry but Uncle Lucas really is being a jerk." Nathan was so disappointed in his brother.
"Is he not going to go to the hearing?"
"No," Nathan shook his head. "And it really," he covers Millie's ears, "Pisses me off."
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Peyton and Keith walk into the court room. "This is my future."
Peyton holds her son's hand. "It's gonna be okay. I promise." She didn't know that for sure, but she wanted him to think that. She wanted him to feel safe again. She wanted to feel safe again.
Alright so that's Ch.2.
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