AN: Hey guys! So this is Chapter 10, honestly I go by reviews for how you guys are liking a story and if I stick with it. So if you want to keep reading this, please review and let me know. :) as long as at least one person is wanting to keep reading I'll keep writing til the story concludes. Other wise I feel like I'm just polluting the site with none sense nobody really wants around lol

By Monday morning, Lynette was well enough to go home. She found herself surprised however when the driver turned a different way from the hospital.

"Uhh, my house is the other way," Lynette spoke up, though she had to force herself to. Realistically as far as she could get from that house the happier she'd be.

"You're not going back to your parents house, love," Jagged stated from his seat across from her in the car.

"What?"

"Jagged is your godfather, and as such temporary custody has been shifted from Sabine Cheng over to him," Penny clarified.

"But the tour?! You still have over half of your venues to go to," Lynette objected.

Jagged gave a small shrug, "It's not like I take time off regularly. My fans understand that something private has come up and I'll be making it up to them somehow. I've already got a few ideas. How psyched out do you think they'd be to star in one of my music videos? It's a contest we're thinking of having in compensation. The grand prize is staring in my next music video, other prizes would be things like the usual. Backstage passes, front row tickets, free merchandise. You get the idea, yeah?"

Lynette's mouth hung open for a moment before she objected again, "You can't put your life on hold for me, Jagged!"

"Why not? That's the oath I made when I took on being your godfather, you know? You agree to be a godparent, you're saying that if that young child ever needed someone and their parents either weren't able to or weren't fit, you'll step up. Here I am, Lynnie. I'm staying put," Jagged explained.

Lynette lost her voice at that point and instead elected to watch the scenery stream by until they got to Jagged's estate.

"Penny'll show you your room, and she'll be staying with us the next few months. Doctor said it'd be best if you had a woman you could speak with, well Penny's volunteered, so has Mrs. Cheng if you'd rather speak with her, and your friend Kim's mum has offered as well," Jagged stated as he left the car.

Lynette hesitated this was it. This was her out. Why had she put this off?

"Are you coming?" Penny asked, her smile instantly faded away when she saw Lynette's expression.

"Sweetie, what is it?"

Lynette's voice shook as she spoke her thoughts, "I just wanted out. The past three years. That's all I wanted. I wanted out of that house. I never thought to pick up the phone cause—cause he's so important to so many people. I barely know him. How could I possibly be important to him?"

Penny's smile returned to her face but there was an added softness to it.

"You know, you may not realize it, but he's made a point of making sure you always had the best birthdays. For each accomplishment you ever made, if he couldn't be there he made sure someone was there to record it for him. There were times when he'd get so worn out from touring, and then he'd get an e-mail with a video attachment of one of your swim meets, or a track you did background vocals for, or even at times all it took was me buying magazines that had your modeling photos in them and he'd get his vigor back. You're his everything, Lynette. His whole world. His fans are important, yes, but so are you," Penny revealed.

Lynette blinked a few times before leaving the backseat of the car, she was amazed that there was no paparazzi to deal with.

"Jagged let the wrong date slip," Penny explained as she walked with Lynette into Jagged's house. The house was more or less a mansion. Lynette was used to living in a high end two bedroom condo with her parents.

The large double doors were opened and Lynette blinked at the sight in front of her, there were parquet floors from the entrance way leading to two sets of spiral staircases with what looked like white marble railings. In fact looking around she was willing to bet that any one thing in this place would pay for an average student's tuition.

She followed Penny down a lavishly decorated hallway arriving at the second door on the left.

"Jagged said that you like purple, pink and pale blue," Penny said as she opened the door to the room. Lynette's confusion instantly lifted when she looked inside, the walls were painted a pale baby blue while the floor was the same parquet flooring in the hallway, there was a queen sized canopy bed at one side of the room with pink sheer drapes hanging from the canopy, the bed spread was a beautiful lilac colour and the furniture its self was snow white.

Lynette looked around the room, mesmerized by it.

"Do you like it?"

"I love it," Lynette replied, she turned back to the short haired woman, "You out did yourself, Penny."

Penny smiled and gave a small shrug, "It isn't anything too special. Still lots of room for personal touches here and there."

Lynette nodded in agreement as she glanced around once more, still mesmerized by it all.

"There's also an indoor pool, in the backroom," Penny hinted.

Lynette chuckled to herself as she nodded, "I still love swimming."

"That's why he knows you were never depressed," Penny confessed.

Lynette glanced to the woman with a curious expression.

"Oh your parents tried to argue that they were acting in your best interests. Jagged had them describe your behavior to him and he looked like he would've killed them if murder was legal. Essentially called them too stupid to be raising a child and that they'd made you suicidal and depressed. He's completely intending for you to stay here for as long as you want or need, no matter if that means you leave when you're eighteen or thirty-eight," the kind-hearted woman recanted.

Lynette blinked and cleared her throat, "But what if I'm—"

"there's a room right across from this one that would be suitable for a nursery if needed," Penny answered the unfinished question.

Lynette smiled as tears began to cascade down her face but these weren't the tears she'd grown used to shedding, these were tears of happiness.

"Thank you," Lynette nearly whispered.

Penny shook her head as she turned to leave the room, calmly replying, "No thanks necessary. We're the adults. It's our job to make sure that minors are taken care of."