Later that Day

"Want me to come in with you?" Angel asked as he sat in his car with Buffy. They were in front of her house, about to go inside and tell her mother the truth.

Buffy looked out at the window at the house, sighing she turned back to Angel. "No, I've got to do this by myself. I'll see you in school tomorrow and tell you what happens." She told him, turning back to the house.

"Okay. Well good luck babe. I love you." He said softly to her back.

Buffy slowly turned to see him. "Thanks." She said as she forced a small smile at her boyfriend. "I love you too." She said as she leaned over and gave him a soft peck on the lips. "Bye." She said opening the door and exiting the car.

Angel watched Buffy walk to her home. She looked so sad and scared, but Angel knew this was something she needed to do for herself. Sighing Angel put the car in drive and headed back to his uncle's house. If only he could fix his family problems.

Buffy entered the house and walked to the kitchen. "Mom?" She called. "Mom you here?"

"Welcome home…bitch." Ethan Rayne said from behind Buffy.

Buffy turned but before she was able to say anything a punch came to her face.

Buffy fell to the floor, blood began to trickle from her lip. "What the fuck?" She yelled.

Ethan only laughed and looked past Buffy, into the kitchen.

Buffy followed his gaze and gasped, tears forming.

There on the floor of the kitchen was her mother, blood everywhere. "What did you do to her?" She screamed at him as she tried to stand.

"I told you I'd kill her. You thought I was lying bitch?" He screamed back as he kicked her back to the floor.

Tears flooded her eyes. She couldn't believe it. She knew that had she just stayed home like she'd planned her mother would still be alive. If only she hadn't let Angel convince her to stay with him and Giles. "You asshole." She yelled as she pulled out a switch blade Faith had given her. She lunged forward and stabbed Ethan in the stomach.

Ethan had been too busy laughing at her that he hadn't expected her to attack him.

Buffy kept stabbing him, each time driving the blade deeper and deeper into him. She hated him. He'd raped her for years and now killed her mother. This son of a bitch was going to die.

Ethan's body went limp but Buffy didn't notice she just kept stabbing him. Screaming at him, "You SON OF A BITCH!"

Buffy didn't know when or how but the next thing she knew she was in the back of a squad car being taken to the Sunnydale Police Station.