History Repeats Itself
Chapter Two
Maggie and Bianca pulled up to Erica Kane's apartment in silence. Maggie turned the engine
off and still not a word was spoken. Bianca looked at the glove compartment as if she was staring
through it. Maggie took her hands off the wheel and placed one on Bianca's shoulder. Bianca
looked up at her. She choked on the words she was about to say.
"Maggie, I don't know if I can do this."
The sound of hopelessness in Bianca's voice brought Maggie to tears.
"I know it's going to be hard. But you have to confide in your mother now. She understands."
Bianca didn't say a word, she just nodded.
"You'll come with me?" Bianca asked. Her timidness was like a child meeting a new person for
the first time. Maggie nodded.
Bianca hesitated a moment before she pressed the buzzer button to her mother's apartment.
"Yes?" Erica's voice came through the intercom.
Again, Bianca choked, but quickly regained herself and responded, "Mom, it's Bianca."
Erica didn't hesitate, she pressed the unlock button that allowed Bianca and Maggie into the
building. Bianca caught her breath as the elevator came to her mother's floor. Erica was
waiting for her when the door opened.
"Oh, Maggie, I didn't know you were along as well, come in, come in," Erica said.
Maggie was surprised at Erica's response to her presence. Since the failed wedding ceremony,
Bianca had been spending a lot of time away from home, and Erica blamed Maggie for it.
The three women walked into Erica's apartment.
"Would you like something from the kitchen?" Erica asked the girls.
"No thanks, Mom." Bianca replied quietly.
Maggie shook her head in agreement. They stood there in awkward silence for a few seconds.
"Mom, I need to talk to you." Bianca said.
"Ok, honey." Erica said, she was smiling, a grin from ear to ear. She had no clue of the
bombshell that was about to be dropped on her.
"I think we should sit down," Bianca said, staring at the couch, then glancing at her mother.
Maggie saw the look in Erica's eye and knew that Erica realized there was something wrong
with her daughter. The girls sat down. Bianca sat facing her mother on the large couch, and
Maggie sat on the couch opposite of theirs.
"Mom, you remember the night of the storm?" Bianca asked.
"Honey, how could I forget? It was a revelation of a night. I was brought back to my
nightmarish rape, and Kendall was there to help me." Erica said.
Bianca hesitated and looked at Maggie. Maggie solemnly nodded.
"That night," Bianca choked once again. She took a moment to catch herself. "That night,
Michael Cambias ra-...raped me."
Chapter Two
Maggie and Bianca pulled up to Erica Kane's apartment in silence. Maggie turned the engine
off and still not a word was spoken. Bianca looked at the glove compartment as if she was staring
through it. Maggie took her hands off the wheel and placed one on Bianca's shoulder. Bianca
looked up at her. She choked on the words she was about to say.
"Maggie, I don't know if I can do this."
The sound of hopelessness in Bianca's voice brought Maggie to tears.
"I know it's going to be hard. But you have to confide in your mother now. She understands."
Bianca didn't say a word, she just nodded.
"You'll come with me?" Bianca asked. Her timidness was like a child meeting a new person for
the first time. Maggie nodded.
Bianca hesitated a moment before she pressed the buzzer button to her mother's apartment.
"Yes?" Erica's voice came through the intercom.
Again, Bianca choked, but quickly regained herself and responded, "Mom, it's Bianca."
Erica didn't hesitate, she pressed the unlock button that allowed Bianca and Maggie into the
building. Bianca caught her breath as the elevator came to her mother's floor. Erica was
waiting for her when the door opened.
"Oh, Maggie, I didn't know you were along as well, come in, come in," Erica said.
Maggie was surprised at Erica's response to her presence. Since the failed wedding ceremony,
Bianca had been spending a lot of time away from home, and Erica blamed Maggie for it.
The three women walked into Erica's apartment.
"Would you like something from the kitchen?" Erica asked the girls.
"No thanks, Mom." Bianca replied quietly.
Maggie shook her head in agreement. They stood there in awkward silence for a few seconds.
"Mom, I need to talk to you." Bianca said.
"Ok, honey." Erica said, she was smiling, a grin from ear to ear. She had no clue of the
bombshell that was about to be dropped on her.
"I think we should sit down," Bianca said, staring at the couch, then glancing at her mother.
Maggie saw the look in Erica's eye and knew that Erica realized there was something wrong
with her daughter. The girls sat down. Bianca sat facing her mother on the large couch, and
Maggie sat on the couch opposite of theirs.
"Mom, you remember the night of the storm?" Bianca asked.
"Honey, how could I forget? It was a revelation of a night. I was brought back to my
nightmarish rape, and Kendall was there to help me." Erica said.
Bianca hesitated and looked at Maggie. Maggie solemnly nodded.
"That night," Bianca choked once again. She took a moment to catch herself. "That night,
Michael Cambias ra-...raped me."