"So, leave us alone" Jade said.

"Oh my god" Tori whispered shocked

"This isn't happening" Beck said as he covered his face.

"It is, now get out before she comes back, you'll just upset her" Jade affirmed.

"Lorraine, why are you doing this? Jade said you'd changed" Ana commented and Jade looked at her annoyed.

"Don't you even talk to me, you stole my daughter and tried to turn her against me" She responded "But she is fine now, we are together as a family and she doesn't need you anymore"

"What were you doing with that man?" Ana asked sadly.

"I'm doing what I have to do to help my child, we are a team" Jade affirmed and Beck shook his head at the floor, it was devastating to see her like that.

"You think Jade wants you to trade sex for money?" Ana asked

"She doesn't have to know it, but what she makes at the club is not a lot, so I decided to start helping, she's done enough as it is and I've done this before anyway, at least now she gets benefis from it too" Jade said sadly and looked down, so they looked at each other mortified, it was so heartbreaking to hear her.

Jade really believed Lorraine loved her and wanted the best for her, she'd made her a loving supportive mother in her mind and she was acting it out. They hadn't seen that facet of her illness before, so it shocked them but it also made sense, her mind had to come up with ways to keep up the lie and protect itself from more suffering.

"How about we help you both?" Mr. West.

"Now that's a surprise" Jade said sarcastically "Since when do you care about me or your daughter?" she asked.

"It might be hard to believe, but I don't like the thought of my daughter ending up as a stripper, Lorraine" Mr. West said.

"Jade is fine without you, so just leave and forget we ever existed" Jade demanded.

"No, that's not happening" Her father said as he stepped towards her, so she chuckled.

"You miss me, don't you darling?" Jade asked and smiled as she got closer to him "I bet your new wife doesn't make you as happy as I did" She said and stroked his face, so he pushed her back gently.

"That's enough" He said coldly and Jade stepped away annoyed.

"Guess I misread that, you still don't care" She responded disappointedly

"Come with us, you and Jade" He demanded.

"Get out, Jade is an adult and she doesn't want to go with you" Jade affirmed.

"I want to hear her say it" Beck said and Jade rolled her eyes.

"What are you even doing here?" She asked.

"Jade is my girlfriend" He informed, it was so bizarre for him to talk to her about herself in third person.

"You don't seriously expect me to believe you're really into her, do you? I mean, come on…she is a stripper, no guy wants that kind of girlfriend" Jade commented and Beck sighed sadly, he knew that's how she felt deep inside about their relationship.

"You don't know me" He said "She is my girlfriend and I love her"

"Sorry honey, she chose me" Jade said and took a breath calmly "But you can wait for her, she'll tell you herself"

"Okay then, we will" Ana said and the gang looked at each other, they didn't know how long that would take.

"In the meantime, I'll go get some fresh air" Jade said and walked out of the room.

"We have to follow her" Beck said.

"She is worse than I remembered" Tori admitted.

"Well…she's been alone, I guess that made it worse" Andre said.

"I'll go after her, we can't lose her" Beck said and rushed out of the room, she was walking calmly so he caught up to her quickly and simply observed her. She stepped out of the building and lit up a cigarette, she started smoking and he watched her to make sure she stayed there, he just needed her to react, but she didn't give any signs that she would.

"Why are you spying on me?" She asked when she saw him.

"I'm just waiting for Jade to arrive" Beck said awkwardly and she rolled her eyes.

"Sure" Jade said and dropped the cigarette, she simply stepped on it and took a breath as she stared at the street. There was silence and Beck didn't know what to do, she was just standing there looking at everything but she didn't move or say anything, she was just contemplating.

A few minutes passed and then Jade's phone received a notification, so she reached into her pocket to grab it, she looked at it confused and then pressed a button to make a call, so Beck just watched her.

"Hey, what does that text mean?" Jade asked annoyed "No, you can't do that, I need the job" she said but she sounded more like herself, so Beck stared at her confused. He hadn't noticed her change, she'd just been there doing nothing.

"What the hell are you talking about? I haven't seen you today" Jade commented upset "You don't have to lie, just tell me…What do you want me to do?" She asked and then shook her head angrily "Go to hell" she said and hung up on him, she turned around to go back into the hotel and saw Beck standing there, so her eyes wide opened.

"What…what are you doing here?" Jade asked nervously and he exhaled in relief, she was back as herself.

"I came for you, we all did" He responded and smiled.

"Who's all of you?" She asked and then saw her father, her friends and Ana stepping out of the hotel, so she moved back.

"All of us" Beck repeated and she started taking little breaths to remain calm, she had not expected to see them there.

"How did you find us?" Jade asked nervously.

"Honey, why don't we go home and talk about this?" Ana asked sweetly but she shook her head.

"No, I'm fine here" She responded.

"Jade, where were you a few minutes ago?" Mr. West asked and she looked at him coldly.

"Why are you even here? Go to hell" Jade said.

"I want to know as well, where were you?" Beck asked and she thought about it, the truth was she'd just found herself standing on the sidewalk and she didn't remember why or how she'd arrived there, but she was usually so tired or high that she wasn't surprised, she'd been through that before.

"That's none of your business" Jade responded "Now go back to California and leave me alone"

"We are going back, but you're coming with us" Beck informed and she laughed as she turned around to walk away, but she saw an ambulance and three paramedics standing there so she stopped.

"What the hell is this?" Jade asked upset as she faced her friends and Beck sighed.

"Help, it's the help you need" He responded "We are going home"

The paramedics had to sedate Jade because she was freaking out and they drove her to a hospital, she needed to get the drugs out of her system and a psychiatrist had to examine her properly. By the time they were done, it was almost 11PM so the gang, Ana and Mr. West missed their flight but that wasn't the biggest problem, they needed to hear the doctor's diagnosis.

"How is Jade?" Ana asked when they saw the doctor walking to them.

"Not happy" The lady said "She demands to her mother, who, as I understand, is dead right? That's what the nurse told me" she commented.

"That's right" Beck said and she nodded.

"Well, she's been taking lots of drugs so that doesn't help but I'm assuming something else triggered this" The doctor said.

"But is she gonna be okay?" Tori asked anxiously.

"She needs to accept the truth first, so do you have proof that her mother is dead? She is delusional, but from what I got to see, she understands things…so I think the best way to approach this is to be straightforward and force her to face the facts" The doctor commented

"I have proof, I brought her death certificate and morgue file" Ana informed and she nodded.

"Well then, go ahead…"

They all went to the room and found Jade sitting on the bed staring at them coldly, she looked angry but she was restrained to the bed so she couldn't leave.

"I hope you are happy" Jade said angrily

"This is for your own good" Mr. West affirmed.

"Fuck you" She responded and looked back to Ana "Where is my mom? I want to see her now"

"You know where she is" Ana affirmed.

"Are you going to keep lying to me? I've been with her all this time, she is NOT dead" Jade responded angrily "And I'm NOT crazy, I was fine, we were fine before you found me"

"You were working at a nightclub" Beck said coldly

"It was the easiest way to make money, I've never done anything else, but I don't expect you to understand" She said annoyed

"You also started taking drugs again" Ana said sadly and Jade rolled her eyes.

"I can control it, okay? It's no big deal" She affirmed it.

"Sure you can" Beck said sarcastically "You are going back to rehab, Jade"

"No way, never" Jade said "You can't make me"

"Yes, we can" Her father informed.

"I'm eighteen, I can decide for myself" She said.

"No, you can't if you're not mentally fit to make a rational choice" He said coldly.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Jade asked defensively "I'm not crazy"

"Jade, your mother is dead" Beck informed "You've been on your own all this time"

"That is ridiculous" She responded "My mom is alive and I want to see her"

"I didn't want to have to do this, honey but there's no choice, you have to face the truth" Ana said and sighed as she reached into her bag, she took out a folder and opened it for Jade to see.

"What is this?" Jade asked without looking at it.

"See for yourself" Ana responded and Jade stared at her nervously but she decided to just get it over with, she grabbed the folder and the first thing she saw was a photo of Lorraine's face with her eyes closed. The photo had been taken at the morgue and it had numbers at the bottom, which matched the ones on the death certificate under the photo.

Jade looked at the photo and the name on the certificate for a while and they could see she'd finally realized the truth, she seemed confused, scared and sad "This…this can't be real" Jade said and dropped the folder "You made it up, where is she?" she asked anxiously.

"It is, Jade, she died months ago" Ana affirmed and Jade shook her head "I went to see the apartment to tell her about you being in recovery and I found her, she had no pulse but I took her to the hospital anyway, they couldn't do anything…" she commented.

Jade just stared at her as her eyes filled with tears and she looked to the side remembering all that time she'd spent away, all the time she'd spent with her mother and she couldn't believe it had all been in her head. She was crazy, they had been right all along and she couldn't believe it. It felt surreal.

"Your doctor said you're under some meds now, that's why you can't see Lorraine anymore" Ana said but Jade remained quiet just staring into space as several tears streamed down her cheeks. It was horrible to know she had to take meds in order to function.

"I really am crazy…" Jade said scared as she stared at Ana.

"No, you're not" Tori responded nicely. "You just need help, but you'll be fine"

"This is a nightmare, this has to be a nightmare" Jade said as she held her head and then she remembered the day she'd left the city, she remembered being in the back of that truck, she remembered the driver of the bus closing the door to be alone with her inside, she remembered smiling at the man in the car at her next stop, she remembered what she'd felt all those times and the fact it all had been for nothing made her want to die.

Jade was just there crying quietly as she stared into space and embraced herself, so they didn't know what to say. They hadn't planned for that moment, they just wanted her to realize the truth but now that she had done it, they didn't know what to say.

"Jade, it's gonna be okay…" Beck said trying to make her feel better.

"No, it's not…it's never going to be okay" Jade affirmed and looked at him "Do you know what I did to get out the city?" She asked sadly but he didn't say anything "I…I had to let those men…just…" she started but she couldn't even say it and then she closed her eyes as more tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Honey, don't think about that" Ana said.

"I didn't want to do it, but my mom said…she said it was the only way and I, I just…I did it and now you tell me she wasn't there and I never had to leave but I did, I did!" Jade continued, rage and frustration dripping from her voice.

"It wasn't your fault, you weren't okay and that man forced you" Tori affirmed.

"Wait, you know about that?" She asked confused.

"We saw a tape, with the truckman…" Andre explained and Jade looked at Beck nervously, who was only looking to the side upset, he felt rage against the man but she imagined he was angry with her for cheating.

"Beck…" Jade said and he looked at her "I…I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" She said sincerely and he looked down, part of him wanted to leave because he still had a lot to process but he loved her and he knew her wellbeing came first, he couldn't let his pride get in the way.

"It's okay, don't think about that" He said nicely and she stared at him confused.

"What?" Jade asked "You…you're not upset?" She questioned.

"I just want you to be okay, please don't worry about anything else right now" Beck said gently and stroked her hand, so she looked at him with tears streaming down her face. She felt she didn't deserve him.

"I cheated on you" Jade informed "How can you be so calm? Why are you here?" She asked sadly.

"I'm here because I love you and I need you to be okay" Beck responded and she looked down.

"You shouldn't be acting like this, you should hate me" Jade affirmed ashamedly, she couldn't even make eye contact "I was a prostitute, do you understand that?" she asked and shook her head as more tears streamed down her face, so he sighed sadly.

"Love, please stop torturing yourself" Ana said "It's gonna be okay, we are together now"

"Please just leave me alone" Jade said still facing the sheets, she didn't want to look them in the eye.

"We know it's a lot to process, but you'll get better" Tori said nicely.

"Yes!" Cat exclaimed.

"Jade, please look at me" Beck said nicely but she refused to do it "Okay, we'll talk when you are ready" He added and walked out, followed by his friends.

"You need time to think, honey but you're not alone, just think about that" Ana said sweetly and kissed her head "We'll be outside"

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