A/N: Sorry sorry sorry! It took me so long to update this because I got stuck and life interrupted. I'm sorry :/. TRIGGER WRN: Suicide Attempt. There's a huge twist in this one!


Chapter 29: In Crisis

Over the next few days Alex and Olivia watched as Gen became worse. Worse in the sense she began to isolate herself, eat even less and sleep very little. One morning at breakfast they had finally had enough.

"Maybe we need to put you someplace." Alex said worriedly.

Gen snapped her head up and looked at her Mothers with wide eyes. "What?" She snapped.

"You heard your momma. You're getting worse. We've been watching you. We know something is going on." Olivia said.

"I'm fine." Gen said, pushing away from the table. She didn't want to have this particular conversation with them. She knew how it would end. She was just tired. She had given up on herself. No matter how many people loved her, she just couldn't accept it. The only thing she felt for herself was hatred. She stormed down the hall towards her room and slammed the door shut behind her. Locking it. Then she began screaming and punching the wall.

Olivia and Alex looked at each other and raced towards their daughter's bedroom. They both started knocking on the door. "Gen? Genesis? Sweetie? Open the door." Olivia said.

Gen stopped punching the wall and kicked the door. "FUCK OFF!" She shouted.

"Genesis Iyana Benson, you open this door this minute! Do you hear me?!" Olivia said, raising her voice. She was worried and scared at Gen's behavior.

"Gen please open the door. We just want to help you." Alex said.

Gen then screamed at the top of her lungs. "I'M DONE! I'M DONE! DON'T YOU GET IT?! I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ANYMORE! I'M RUINED!I HATE MYSELF! I'M A WASTE OF SPACE! FOR FUCK SAKE! GIVE ME YOUR GUN AND I'LL PUT MYSELF OUT OF MY MISERY!"

Alex looked at Olivia who mirrored her own expression of pure devastation and tear streaking their faces. "Liv, we can't keep it up like this. We are going to lose her. She's in crisis."

Olivia nodded. She knew Alex was right. Gen was really fragile right now. She was suicidal and the smallest thing could tip her off. They needed to get her help and fast!

"You keep her talking and I'll call Melinda over to give her a sedative so we can take her to the hospital?" Olivia asked through her sobs.

Alex nodded and turned her attention towards the door. "Gen, we're going to help you baby."

"SHUT THE FUCK UP MA!" Gen shouted. She more than hated herself for the way she was treating her parents, but she wanted to end herself. She couldn't take anymore. She was finished. Since the night she had almost slit her wrists but chose the bottle of aspirin instead, Olivia and Alex swept her room and removed all her razors. She wanted to cut so badly. She wanted to bury the blade into her arm and watch all her blood pool out. She just wanted to slip away. Then she got an idea, she would just hang herself from her ceiling fan. She walked over to her desk and slid her chair underneath the fan. Then she grabbed the belt from her bathrobe and tied one end around her neck. 'Perfect' She thought. She stood on the chair and tied the other end of the belt to the ceiling fan. She tugged on it a few times to make sure it was secure and then she placed one foot on the back of the chair. Just as she was getting ready to tip it her mother's and a woman she didn't recognize burst into the room.

Olivia was devastated and horrified beyond belief when she burst into Gen's room, finding her getting ready to hang herself. She rushed over to her just as the chair went from underneath her. "Lex! Hurry! Untie it or get a knife and cut it!" She shouted. Tears streamed down her face and she held Gen's squirming 89 pound frame against her. "It's going to be ok baby. Calm down! Shh!" She said. Alex returned with the knife and cut her down. Olivia lowered her to the floor and held her down. "Melinda, hurry!" Olivia begged.

Melinda kneeled down beside Gen and opened her medical bag. "This should calm her 'll drift off immediately" She said. She pulled out a syringe and an alcohol swab and placed them on the floor.

"Mom? Mommy? Who is she?" Gen asked, while she squirmed to get out of her mother's grasp.

Melinda raised her sleeve and began looking for a vein. When she found one she swabbed the skin. She raised the syringe and pulled the cap off, then tapped it to make sure there were no bubbles.

"What is that?! I don't want that! No!" Gen said, struggling more forcefully.

"Oww!" She cried as Melinda stuck her with the needle. Tears streamed down her face as she fell asleep almost immediately.

"Thank you Melinda." Olivia said tearfully. She grabbed the blanket off the foot of Gen's bed and wrapped her in it before lifting her into her arms.

"You're welcome. She reminded me of someone just then." Melinda said sadly. She followed Olivia and Alex into the hallway and towards the door.

"Who?" Olivia asked, as she looked down at her daughter cradled against her.

"My sister. She lost all three of her little girls. She drowned them." Melinda said with a sigh.

Olivia stopped and looked at Melinda with wide eyes.

"What? Olivia? What is it?" Melinda asked worriedly.

They were now at the car and she was placing Gen in the backseat.

"Your sister, is she still alive?" Olivia asked.

"Yes. She's back in the city actually. Why?" Melinda asked.

Olivia swallowed deeply and looked into Melinda's eyes. She could see a slight resemblance in the woman and her child. "Melinda I think, that uh...Genesis could be your niece..."

"Did you just call her Genesis?" Melinda asked, shocked.

"Yes." Olivia said.

Melinda looked over Olivia's shoulder at the sleeping girl in the backseat. "Oh my God! She didn't die?!" Tears started streaming down her face while she continued to stare at Gen with bewilderment and love.

Review me! Gen's birth mom may or may not be here to stir up the pot even more. We shall see.