Again I'm so sorry it's been SO long since I last updated!

This is quite an emotional chapter, and they're likely to continue this way for quite awhile!

So, it has to be asked! Who saw the Season Finale!? It was amazing! I won't say too much because of the countries that are slightly behind the Australian showing!

However I do want to know your opinions on the finale? On Heath, Jamie, Brax and Natalie, Leah, Adam,Bianca, Casey and Sasha, Casey and Tamara? I want to know! I really love all of your reviews left on this story and I'm flattered by the alerts and favourites it's being given!

Anyway, thank you very much for reading! I hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think!

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Ashley blinked; she was staring at a white tiled ceiling.

"Oh how cliché" She thought.

She lifted her head slightly, wincing at the protesting thump at the back of her head.

"Y'know I heard once that every time you hit your head you lose five brain cells," Ashley looked to see Heath standing in the doorway, his hands dug into his pockets.

He eyes were red rimmed, a tell-tale sign that he had been crying.

"Do you remember anything?" He asked her, walking into the room and sitting on the edge of her bed.

Ashley winced slightly but this time it wasn't because of the pain in her skull.

She remembered everything; she just didn't know how much Heath knew.

"I got a phone call from Brax, telling me to get to the hospital quickly," She looked up when she heard Heath chuckle.

"And in true Braxton style you made an entrance," He shook his head, studying the tiles on the floor.

"Yeah I guess I did," Ashley sighed, closing her eyes for a few moments.

Neither of them spoke, sitting there in silence, both of them were so full of questions that they didn't know how to ask.

"Dad's dead," Heath said, his jaw clenched tightly. Ashley opened her eyes and look at him.

He glanced at her from the corner of his eye which was now filling with tears. "Because of Casey,"

Ashley noted how the last part was filled with bitterness.

Surely Heath was glad his father was dead. From what she heard since she arrived Danny had given them nothing but grief their entire lives.

"I know it's a terrible thing to say but isn't it kind of good that he's gone, you guys have peace now,"

Ashley shrugged.

She knew instantly that she had said the wrong thing. Heath stood up from his position on her bed, turning to glare at her.

"He was out flesh and blood. He was our Dad, no matter what he did!" Heath exclaimed, his voice raising.

"And so is Casey!" Ashley shouted back, she could barely believe what she was hearing.

At that Sid and a team of nurses rushed into the room, forcing Ashley to lie down again.

Heath walked out of the room, glaring in Ashley's direction one last time.

Ashley convinced Sid that she was repaired enough to be able to walk around the hospital.

It wasn't long before she found Brax, sitting on a blue plastic chair staring at the opposite wall.

Without saying anything she took a seat next to him, facing the same wall.

"What made you think you had to do it?" Brax asked, his voice cracking.

Ashley didn't answer, she knew what he was talking about. Obviously he knew about the club and the dancing.

"I was paying you for working at Angelo's, you didn't need to buy much anyway," Brax shrugged. His lips tugging down at the corners as he shrugged.

"I just don't understand it,"

"It wasn't that bad Brax," Ashley tried to tell him, her voice barely above a whisper. She jumped slightly when his loud response hit her ears.

"But you didn't have to do it, Ash!" He shouted, causing some heads to turn.

Ashley spoke to the floor, she didn't know why but she didn't like seeing Brax angry at her.

"Brax I didn't do anything wrong, I wasn't selling myself to anyone," She tried to fight back but he cut her off, finally looking at her.

"Was he paying you? Was that scum paying you to get up on a stage in non-existent clothes and dance around so sleazy men could drool over you like you were a piece of meat,"

She didn't answer, her eyes were glued to the floor.

"Have you heard from Xavier?" She asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, I have," He answered just as loudly. "He's pretty heartbroken Ash. He told me you were wrapped around that David guy when he arrived there. Talk about adding insult to injury,"

Tears rolled down Ashley's face. She wiped them away angrily.

"Where's Casey?" She asked, trying to change the subject.

"In the police station being questioned,"

"Why aren't you there?" Ashley asked, looking at him, he was staring at the wall again. "Why are you here, Brax? Dad is dead isn't he? Why aren't you with Case?"

Ashley didn't give him time to reply, she stormed out of the hospital. Thankful that Sid seemed to have gone on a break.

When she arrived in the police station Casey was being escorted out of the interview room. Ashley's heart sank when she saw the handcuffs binding his arms behind his back.

He looked up at her, stared at her but it seemed like he was in a daze as he barely held an expression.

Ashley felt her eyes water again. She collapsed onto a chair as Casey disappeared through a door leading to the cells.

With her head in her hands she sobbed.

She sobbed for the desperation Casey and Brax were feeling.

She sobbed for the pain of loss Heath was feeling.

She sobbed for the pain she had put Xavier through.

She sobbed for herself.

Of course the cops knew who she was. They were notified straight away when a new Braxton arrived on the scene.

The name itself posed a threat.

None of them took any notice of her. They walked by her, carrying on with their daily lives.

Once she had recovered she lifted her head from her hands.

Blinking the left over droplets away.

She stood to leave, momentarily glancing around the station. Subconsciously, she was looking for him. For Xavier.

But she left, not seeing any sign of him in the small room.