December 13th
"ha the all mighty Lewis, what a disgrace, how's it feel to be powerless" says Cat
"I should have ended you when I had the chance" says Lewis
"ya well now your life is in my hands and I can't wait to see you dead, you caused me sooo much pain, you have one last chance to repent Lewis" says Cat reveling in her new found power
"I did many bad things to so many girls, you can't save them all" cackles Lewis
"oh can't I, see when people found out the brutality you unleashed on me was all real they went in search of your other victims, you will hold no power over them anymore Lewis, you will die as you were born, powerless and stupid, I'm no longer afraid of who I am asshat, all you sought to destroy lives on, I've found love and happiness, I won Lewis you hear me I WON" says Cat as Lewis looks in shock
"it's time Catarina" says a jail guard
"good he deserves this" says Cat as she starts to leave
"you're not going to watch" asks the guard
"he's used up enough of my time, he doesn't deserve to use any more" says Cat as she leaves
Back at home an hour later
"well don't you seem peppy, he admit to hurting other girls" asks Akina
"yuppers and he'll be dead in six hours, when I told him we were looking for his other victims and that I'd found love and happiness all pride drained from his face, he now knows with hours to live that he spent all that time making girls fearful was spent in vain, I told him he'd die as he was born, powerless and stupid" says Cat
"you didn't hit him once…." says Trina
"ugh David told you about that, no of course I didn't hit him, had I hit him it would falsely prove to him he still had power over me, I hit him during what he did to me to return the pain, what I didn't know at the time was that he wanted me to hurt him, that he knew I'd hate myself for it later" says Cat
"your parents called, they were crying" says Rebecca
"ya I know, David had to fill them in on the proof of what Lewis did to me, they thought my brother was as bad as I'd have it, what has now come out is my brother was trying to protect me, he's still nuts but he has a heart, he did all the stuff he did to give me stories to tell so people would be like don't mess with her she has a crazy brother" says Cat
"so your brother isn't as nuts as they thought then" asks Tori
"no he's still very much nuts, he's so deep in his own head he'll never be normal, I told dad to give him a hug for me and I could hear my brother cry tears of joy over the phone, he said I love you sis, he hasn't said that in years" says Cat
"what is his problem anyway" asks Jade
"schizophrenia and something else I can't remember, autism maybe, what a terrible duo anyway, he has moments of clarity but I think now his biggest fear is over, my safety, he was always checking up on me in my sleep, claiming he hears something in my room and had to check, unless I had someone over he was often in my room like a dog at the foot of my bed, honestly as much as my parents hated it, it was very calming" says Cat
"how do they know he never did anything to you" asks Akina
"well for one he NEVER slid below my blankets, not once, after the first few times I gave him his own blanket and he loves that thing more than his own blanket, I'd wake up in the middle of the night sometimes after a nightmare and see he'd be there and I'd calm down, he'd always be curled up to the left of my feet, he says my room always smells better than his room" says Cat
"so why didn't he do it whenever Tori or I visited or stayed the night" asks Jade
"well for one he was scared of you guys, but he also was the first to know I liked girls, Jade or Tori would be eating and I'd smile at them and he'd look at me knowingly, that cute smirk on his face, he knew when you girls spent the night that I was safe" says Cat
"to be fair I never visited that often, what did you tell him when you stayed the night at my house" says Tori
"I'd say I'm going to my girlfriends house, mom and dad thought I meant girl friends as in two words not one but my brother knew what my end goal was, never in a million years did I expect to get to kiss all three of you" says Cat
"last year you told the sign language lady that you felt like your brother but refused to elaborate, can you elaborate now" asks Akina
"after Lewis I thought I was nuts, only comfortable around girls, I thought this must be how my brother feels, can't say what he wants or feel what he wants, stuck in his own head as I was, I craved Trina's touch and it drove me nuts because I couldn't tell myself why, all I knew was I needed it" says Cat
"your mom said something about your brother finding a girl" asks Tori
"of course she'd tell you Ben found a girl, her name is Abigail and she's non verbal autistic like for real, she can't speak period, they met in therapy and she followed him home up in San Francisco one day which her parents said she's never done before and kissed him, my uncles said the first thing he did was ask her for a dance, they say he's even doing a lot better around her, they ask him every day if he's done her and he scoffs like it's a question that you actually have to ask him, she then hugs him which her parents say is her way of affirming what someone says, when my brother scoffs it means no" says Cat
"so he's found someone who loves him for him, it's adorable" gushes Tori
"ya another thing they apparently do is change near the laundry room, he points to her clothes then to the washer as if to ask may I wash your clothes, at the beginning she would do it herself but apparently yesterday she let him wash them, she showed him exactly how she wants it done and he did it, she video called me on the phone last week for the first time, she's a real blonde cutie, maybe a little shorter than me, she signed how she's in love with Ben and how she really really loves him and wishes her parents would stop being so scared, so I told her that Ben and I were siblings and our parents were worried about the same things with him, I warned her that he can and will be a bit crazy, she said she's already dealt with an episode from him and that he responded well to her playing piano" says Cat
"does she see a future with him" asks Akina
"oh ya she definitely does, if only you could see the way they look at each other, they put Tori and Jade's loving stares to shame, uncle Carl said Ben has been doing amazing, that he might be able to move back here to LA with her" says Cat
"and you want them here" asks Rebecca
"I mean I've never seen him so happy, none of us have, he's taking his meds, doing chores and making Abigail breakfast, he's never done any of that before like EVER, mom made him a promise, that if they come visit us for Christmas and it goes well, as in he continues on the good path that she'd give him money for an engagement ring" says Cat
"how long have they been dating" asks Akina
"basically since the day he moved up there, like I said she followed him home one day after therapy, they've been together ever since" says Cat
"and her parents are okay with their autistic mute daughter getting engaged that fast" asks Tori
"my mom called them and asked that question, they said that they've NEVER seen her smile so much, even putting on her favorite movie didn't get her to smile like this, her dad said he let her stay at ben's place as a test to see how he'd cope, and trust me they were blown away by how outgoing Abigail became after spending time with Ben, they said she was borderline agoraphobic before meeting my brother, all of a sudden someone got her to go to the beach, to craft stores which happens to be her passion aside from music, ya they said they'd do ANYTHING to keep her this happy, they've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars sending her to different places to visit relatives in places she wanted to go and it never occurred to them happiness for her was miles away instead of thousands of miles away, anyway they're gonna be spending three weeks here and if they can manage our craziness mom wants them to stay here, Abigail asked for an RV because she's afraid that things will go badly and she doesn't think Jade wants to be around her or Ben period" says Cat
"hey I objected to crazy Bennie, if he can stay on his pills and hold in his crazy I have absolutely no problem with them staying in the house, however we can be noisy so having a safe space isn't a bad idea" says Jade
4 days later as Abigail and Bennie arrive
"Bennie, you look amazing" says Cat as she walks outside
"fan you sis" says Bennie as Jade signs to Abigail
"what did you say I don't recognize that version of sign language" says Cat as Abigail signs back
"I said she and bennie are more than welcome to join us inside and use the other guest room to sleep in but can use the RV as a safe space if things get too loud, she said thank you for the offer we'd love to stay inside" says Jade as they head inside to a fully decorated house
"is dat gits fo Abigail" asks Ben as Abigail starts to cry
"yes, her parents said she loved crafts and music, Tori loves playing dress up, Tori is also a musician and she's in need of someone to help her write the music, we figured if this goes how we all hope Abigail could work for Tori" says Cat as Abigail hugs Tori
"hat cood I do" asks Ben
"you like to make food right" asks Akina
"yeah" says Ben
"as of right now Ben you are to do as you have done, take care of and love Abigail, she is your responsibility" says Rebecca
"what de food cedual here" asks Ben
"if she wants food make her food, don't wait for us, cat will show you where everything is, you want to marry that girl Ben, you need to show you can take care of her every need" says Akina
"eu mea like kissy, lovey and sexy" asks Ben
"I know her parents were worried about you and her naked but she told them she wants to try it, the only thing we are allowed to tell you is she's a virgin and to listen to her" says Jade
"s-she wan try….. wit me……., not sur hew" says Ben
"you'll figure it out, she likes leather huh, leather skirt and leather gloves" says Cat
"she lik how it feel" says Ben
"so it's calming then" asks Tori as Abigail nods
"I see a lot of lace on that leather skirt, did you do that yourself" asks Trina as Abigail signs to Jade in response
"she says that she added the lace because she has a thing with lace and lace garments and adding it to the leather skirt and fingerless gloves made it catch her eye and allows her to wear them more which allows her to be calm more often" says Jade
"ahh so she wouldn't wear plain leather" asks Akina as Abigail signs in response
"Abby says she does wear normal leather but that the lace fits her style so she's more likely to wear lacey leather because it catches her eye more often" says Jade