Tom hadn't slept since the moment Chloe left. He kept thinking how could the redhead do this to the family, on the other hand, Chloe stood in front of her apartment door, not knowing what to do, she took a deep breath and decided to ring the doorbell. Tom jumped and opened the door to find Chloe, he just stared at her, not knowing what to do he let her in and entered the living room. Chloe walked to the other side of the living room and looked at him as he took a sip from his drink. He sat up straight and took a deep breath.
"In all my life I never imagined that I would be in this position. Especially with you Chloe. I never thought that you'd be capable of doing such a thing." He shook his head. "Can a person live with someone for thirteen years to discover that you don't really know him." He suddenly stood up and stood in front of her. "Who are you? WHO ARE YOU?"
"I-"
"Don't speak, there is no need to reason with me, beside's you are very late to talk about it. I told you don't let me know, tell me, but you stayed quiet. Now you want to talk about what? Look at how you look! Dirty! Instead of spending our night together and coming home together you preferred spending your night.."
"In the hospital!"
"Say it! You were with her! Don't be ashamed of it! Instead of being with your kids you were with her! Why? For what! What is it that you need? When did I ever do to you? Everything you asked for I got it. Since the time we got married, my life was for you, for your kids. I work hard to secure your future, I was always beside you, I never left you, Chloe! I sacrificed my life for you! I gave up everything for you. That's how you repay me? By going out with someone else?"
Chloe tried to speak but Tom cut her off quickly. "I'm not done yet! Everytime you lied I knew, I allowed you to lie because I didn't want to hear the truth, because it doesn't suit you anymore. I knew and I stayed quiet, I thought it'd pass but I was wrong. I thought I knew you, but I don't. Didn't you consider the years? The love that we used to have? Is she worth it? Is that how much you love her?" He said getting angry at her, he raised his hand to hit her but refrained himself, he just left her and went out of the house. Chloe broke down sobbing.
Stacie was looking through the hospital window, deep in thought. "Stacie," Beca's voice came through. She whipped her head and sat beside her. "They have five minutes to let me out of here,"
"Honey, calm down."
"How do you want me to calm down when she's with him? What if he hurt her? Tell me how do you want me to calm down? I should have gone with her."
"Are you crazy? You would have made it worse Beca!"
"Call them let them get me out of here!" Beca said getting angry.
"Beca! Calm down! I just talked to them,"
"Give me my phone,"
"What do you want with your phone?"
"I want to call her!"
"I am one hundred percent sure that you are crazy, you will get her into trouble Beca! When she can, she will call you."
"I can't wait any longer, Stacie! I want to call her! Give me my phone or tell them to let me go! What do you expect me to do? Just sit around and wait and I am the one who put her in this position." The newspaper owner sighed. "I know what to do." She said trying to get up as she removed the IV and oxygen."
Chloe was on the floor still crying when her phone rang, she looked at it and sighed.
"Hey," She said in a broken voice.
"Baby, where are you?"
"At home,"
"What about him?"
"He left,"
"What happened?"
"Nothing,"
"Did he hurt you? Did he do anything to you?"
"No, nothing,"
"Then I'm passing by now to take you."
"Don't, I don't want the kids to come and not find me,"
"We'll take them with us,"
"I don't want them to start asking questions."
"I'm scared that he'll hurt you,"
"He left so that he couldn't hurt me,"
"What if he came back?"
"He won't, he left so that he won't come back."
"Who's with you at home?"
"No one,"
"Call Aubrey, let her pass by."
"Okay,"
"Promise me you'll call her!"
"I promise," Chloe said hanging up and calling her sister, telling her to pass by. As soon as Aubrey hung up, She and Clair were worried sick about their sister, they drove as fast as they could to reach her. Aubrey wasn't happy with how her sister sounded.
Back in Stacie's car, Beca was still worried about the redhead. Stacie sighed. "Why are you still worried?"
"I won't stop worrying till she's beside me, away from him."
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have called her last night as you asked."
Beca shook her head. "I shouldn't have asked you to do that, it wasn't right for me to put her in that position. I didn't know what was I thinking, all I knew was that I needed her beside me."
"What about Diane?"
"The only thing I should have done in years."
Stacie sighed. "Where do you want to go now?"
"Take me to John's," Beca said firmly.
"No Becs!"
"Either you take me to John's or I'll take a cab!"
"What do you want to do there!" Stacie yelled at her sister.
"I want to kill him! He raped my baby girl!"
"Imagine what would happen to Norah if you actually killed him and went to jail!"
"I won't kill him, I just want to teach him a lesson."
"I won't let you do that Beca!"
"STOP THE FUCKING CAR STACIE!" Beca yelled angrily.
Stacie sighed. "Don't teach Norah to take revenge Beca! There is a law for John!"
"What would you do if your daughter got raped!"
"STOP BECA! NORAH IS LIKE MY DAUGHTER! TRUST ME I WANT TO KILL JOHN TOO BUT I WON'T DO IT."
"Take me home, my home."
"But D-Diane said,-"
"I know what Diane said, I'll take Norah with me and go to the police station. After that, I'll take her with me to the mountain house." She said as she unlocked her phone. "I'm going to call the lawyer to send Diane the divorce papers and let him meet us at the station."
Aubrey opened Chloe's house door with her spare key and looked at her sister. The blond and Clair found their sister still sitting on the floor. "What happened!"
"He left,"
"Who left?"
"Tom."
"Where did he leave to?"
"He knows everything, he left."
Aubrey and Clair just looked at each other with wide eyes and hugged their sister, allowing her to cry.
Stacie and Beca entered the brunette's house, as soon as they entered Noah came and hugged his mother. "Momma, where were you?" The boy asked he was clueless on Beca's whereabouts. "What's wrong with your shoulder!"
"I had an accident, I'm fine."
"WHEN?"
"Last night, don't worry Bubba," She said kissing his forehead. "Why aren't you at school?"
The boy sighed. "Norah isn't feeling well, I wanted to stay with her."
"What's wrong with her?" Beca asked worridly.
"After what mom told us last night, she just locked herself in."
"What did Diane say?"
"T-That you are in a relationship with someone."
Beca sighed. "Go get ready, I want to take you guys to the mountain house. I need to talk to the both of you and alone."
"So it's true?"
"I don't know if it's true because I don't know what Diane said to you guys, so just go get ready,"
"Momma, if you went inside mom is going to flip."
Beca smirked. "Don't worry about me," She said leaving for her daughter's bedroom. As she was walking, the master bedroom opened, showing a furious Diane.
"What are you doing here?"
"Diane, lower your voice, Norah is inside."
"You're scared for her? Why didn't you think about it before you cheated on me?"
"PLEASE! SHUT UP DIANE!"
"Leave the house now Beca."
"For fuck's sake, Norah can hear you!"
"I DON'T CARE!"
"I DO! I'M LEAVING! BUT FIRST I'M GOING TO HELP NORAH, BESIDE'S I AM SENDING YOU THE DIVORCE PAPERS SOON! SO JUST LET ME GET MY DAUGHTER AND LEAVE!"
"Of course you are going to divorce me! She asked you to do it!"
"It has nothing to do with her! Can't you see that we aren't happy anymore? Can't you see that I can't live with you anymore? Just make it easy for the both of us and sign the damn papers when you get them, Diane. You can see your kids whenever you want because they will be with me, do you understand me?"
"YOU WON'T TAKE THEM!"
"Yes I will," The brunette said calmly. "Your brother raped our daughter! I'll be damned if I don't put him in jail and take the kids away from you! You never cared about them Diane, you never paid attention to any of them! I always was there for them!" Beca said as she passed Diane and opened Norah's bedroom door to find the girl in a fetal position with her headphones on as she cried. Beca's heart broke at the sight of her baby girl. She hugged her as Norah clung to her shirt for dear life and sobbed. "I'm here baby girl, I promise everything will be okay,"
Norah continued to cry, letting all the pain that she felt out. After what felt like hours, Beca helped Norah change and they all made their way to the police station.
As the night fell upon Chloe, Aubrey, and Clair who were trying to comfort their sister, Tom entered his house and calmly looked at the redhead. Clair and Aubrey excused themselves and left the house. Tom sighed and sat beside the redhead clearly buzzed from the alcohol he has been drinking throughout the day. "I know that I lost you since the moment you accepted the job. I should have stopped you but instead, I insisted on it. So I'm at fault too."
"T-Tom, I-"
"Chlo, I just have one question. Why?"
Chloe sighed. "You were my safety net, but Beca was life itself."
"I slept w-with another woman,"
"W-When?" She asked looking at him in the eyes.
"The night you were out with your sisters, she was at the bar where I was and I slept with her," Tom said sighing. "Let's be mature about it, we should get a divorce. Our marriage ended a long time ago."