Sawyer drove Kate back home on Sunday night purposely going as slow as he could, Kate had had to battle with him for hours to get him to take her home, it was only when she had threatened to walk that he had agreed. It wasn't that Kate wanted to go back, that was quite the opposite, she had to go back to see her mother again.

Sawyer and Kate drove in silence as the subject which had hung in the air these past two days circled around their brains, especially Sawyers. Every time he had tried to say something about it she had quickly changed the subject or even pretended not to hear.

As they pulled up at the bottom of Kate's drive Sawyer tried once again to bring up the conversation.

"Freckles are you sure you wanna go back there?" He asked one last time.

"I don't want to Sawyer, but I have too" She said sadly "I have to see my mum"

Sawyer simply nodded in agreement before saying what he needed to say "You can't let him get away with this Freckles" He said softly.

"I have to Sawyer" She whispered "There's nothing we can do, he knows too many people. You don't know how many times I've tried to get my mum to leave him but she won't"

"But if you went to the police yer mom could leave him" Sawyer pleaded "You'd be free Katie"

"You don't know how much I want that Sawyer" She said sadly "Just to go back so my mum never met him, but I cant so I just have to get on with it"

"But ya shouldn't have to get on with it!" Sawyer said, now getting angry, not angry with Kate, but angry that someone could do this to her and worse still get away with it.

"Its just life Sawyer" She said sadly reaching out and touching his hand lightly with her fingers.

"Someone as wonderful as you shouldn't have this life Katie" He said softly, closing his fingers around hers.

"I can get through anything as long as I can always come back and see you after" She smiled.

But maybe one day she won't, a cruel voice in Sawyer head said, maybe one day she won't come back and see you, then you'll be left all alone, all over again. Sawyer shook the voice off as best as he could, but it still sent unwanted shivers down his spine.

"I'll let it go this time Freckles, but only cause you want me too" Sawyer said giving in, it was the last thing he wanted to do but he couldn't disagree with Kate. "But if he even so much as pulls one of your hairs out, it won't be the police he's running from, it will be me"

"I love you" She said squeezing his hand.

"I love you too Freckles" He said squeezing back as he kissed her.

And then he watched her walk slowly up the path to her house before he drove away.

Kate strolled in through the unlocked door and set her dress down on the counter, she was still wearing Sawyer's shirt and had managed to put on his track pants as she had nothing else to wear.

She walked into the living room and saw her mother again on the floor, blood slowly trickling from her lip and she was cradling her wrist.

"Oh mom" Kate half sighed half shouted "Not again"

"Did you have a good time at James's?" She asked as if she was perfectly fine.

"A better time than it looks like you had" She answered helping her mum up.

"I can't do this anymore" Her mum said tears dripping from her eyes. "I've tried so long to protect you and know…"

"Hey mom it's not your fault" Kate said softly tears welling in her eyes too.

"Fetch me a blanket please?" Her mum asked "He's crashed out in the bedroom, I want to stay down here tonight"

Kate nodded and helped her mum to the sofa before bringing her a blanket from the linen cupboard and covering her mum over with it.

"Night mum" She said kissing her head.

"Night Katie" She whispered and within seconds was asleep.

Kate slowly walked out of the room switching off the light when something shiny caught her eye. She scooped it off up the floor and found her necklace. The chain was cleanly ripped in two and the green of the heart was cracked and the back of the silver scratched.

Kate grasped it tightly in her tiny palm and went straight upstairs to bed. She climbed under the covers without even bothering to change, she felt comforted by the faint smell of Sawyer on his clothes. She pulled the covers tightly over her had and laid down with the necklace still tightly in her grasp and she slowly cried herself to sleep.

This place may be where she lived, yet it was anything but home.

How was that huh? Ive got some long awaited revenge up next... review to enjoy it sooner!

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