"Kelly! You're going to kill him!" Nina screeched and all I could do was fumble around searching for something to cover myself. The commotion in the room was more terrifying when I couldn't see what the true damage was. All I heard was shattering glass, crumbling and of course the thud that I knew was Randy hitting the wall in my bedroom where he ended up after my father jerked him from my bed.

"Daddy! Stop it!" I felt the garment I pulled from the floor. I felt it until I was sure it was a shirt and I slipped it on. I felt along the edge of the bed for my end table for some sense of where I was, but it was no longer there. I bent down and I felt its legs and realized it was on its side. I felt glass beneath my feet but I still tried to move around the room, one hand touching anything for guidance and the other reaching far out in front of me hoping to find my father's shoulder.

"How long! How long have you been taking advantage of my daughter!" My father was a large man and I remembered that my hand still fit inside of his even at my age. Randy was strong, but I didn't believe he could survive my father's rage. "I can't believe I trusted you."

"Tom, you better get over here!" I heard Nina cry and faintly I heard Randy's mother's voice on the phone.

The noise moved all around the room until finally it was no longer in my room.

I slowly made my way over the debris and felt my way up the hall way.

"Let him go, Kelly! You're choking him!" The shrill scream escaped Randy's mother's lips and I could easily envision her tiny hand fluttering to her throat as she often did when she saw or heard something unpleasant.

I could hear the air swish through the air as Randy's father rushed into the home to hold back my father. Tears streamed down my face. This was the biggest disaster I could think of.

"What has gotten into you… Wait, why is he naked?" Instantly Randy's father put it the facts together.

"Get out of my house!" My father screamed.

"Kelly, calm down." Nina tried, but my father wouldn't be calmed.

"No. No. His parents just walked in on him with the new neighbor girl two days ago! He gets grounded and what does he do? He comes into my house and seduces my daughter!

"What?" It couldn't be true. Randy wouldn't have put a ring on my finger if he had other girls in his life. Would he?

"He's running all over town, spreading his seed."

"I care about Cory." Randy defended.

"What? You want to knock her up too? You think she'll have a miscarriage like the Martin girl?" So many things I didn't know about my best friend. So many things no one ever mentioned. "Ya, you really cared about her. Didn't even bother to think of protection or how hard her life already is without adding a baby …"

"Daddy, we're getting married." I wanted them to know that Randy meant what he said.

"Married?" Tom was never surprised by anything, but our engagement shocked him and it was plain in his voice. "I thought you and Laurie just got back together. You're taking a trip to the university with her next weekend."

"Randy?" My presence had momentarily been forgotten.

"Cory," I felt him touch my hand.

"What are they talking about? What's going on, because I'm really confused right now?"

"I …"

"My mother's ring." His mother interrupted. "You took it from my jewelry box?"

His mother had no idea that Randy had gotten the ring to give to me. Randy was the person I trusted the most in this world and my head was spinning. I felt weak and I felt my knees give.

"Get your hands off her!" My father raged, refusing to let Randy hold me from hitting the floor. "Get your clothes … and get out of my house."

"No. I want to talk to him!" My voice had to be heard. I was sick of everyone protecting me. In a few months I would be eighteen and I had been treated like a child since the accident. This moment was serious and the most mature situation I had ever been in and I wasn't going to let my parents or Randy's parents decide what I should do for me. "Alone."

"Oh, no. You're never going to be alone with him again."

"I'm not a child! I lost my sight. Yes. But my mind still works!"

"Kelly, this really should be worked out between them." Nina, the usual voice of wisdom. "She's right. They're not little kids anymore."

I could hear Randy's mother sobbing softly and I felt my way toward the sound. I slipped the ring off my finger and with a little fumbling placed it in her hand.

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Oh, sweetie. You are the one I always wished … I have to go home and lie down." She was a fragile woman. The little stress would strip her of all energy and I knew she would soon have a migraine.

The room grew quiet, but still had the feeling that my father remained within ear shot.

"Randy." I reached out and found the sofa and sat down, knowing that was where I had left him. I reached out until I found him, but I couldn't find the words I wanted to ask.

"I have a problem, Cory." His voice cracked. "I'm addicted."

"Addicted to what Randy?"

"Please don't make me say it."

I cupped his face in my hands, feeling the lines and reading his expression with my fingertips. I felt angry. He was the one I always thought I could trust and he had used me. Played me.

I lashed out; taking my hand away briefly and bringing it back with as much energy as I could collect. I heard my slap echo off his skin and I heard him cry out from the shock, but I was hoping that it hurt him emotionally more.

"I don't want you to come back … ever."

I wanted to run out of the room, but hurrying away from anything was not an option for me any longer and I was stuck stumbling my way back to my room, closing my door and falling on to my bed the moment I found it. My heart broken in more pieces than the knick knacks that had lined my dresser.