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Unexpected
Chapter Eleven
Savannah dialed Steph's number and prayed that she had turned her phone on since the last time her dad had tried to call.
"Hello," Steph said sleepily after it rang twice.
"Steph it's me," Savannah said. "Dad found out about the bruises."
There was a pause for a moment. "Did he break anything?" Steph asked amused.
"How can you be so amused?" Savannah asked.
"Because it would be your fathers style to break something when he found that someone hurt his little girl. Believe it or not my father wasn't always the bastard that he is now," Stephanie told the young girl.
"Yeah he's why I called. I was trying to deal with the craziness at home and not the things that had happened when I was with the bastard."
"You're going to have to deal with them sometime, hiding things away will only make them worse in the long run," Stephanie advised. "If you don't feel comfortable enough telling anyone the things that happened then writing them down may help."
"Thanks Steph, anyone else would have asked what happened before they gave me any advice," Savannah said. "I don't want to talk about it just yet."
"I didn't think you would. You've barely had twenty four hours t o come to terms with it yourself. Just remember whatever he did it wasn't your fault. You couldn't have done anything to stop it."
"You could do something to stop my dad from going crazy," Savannah said. "He misses you already."
"Savannah," Stephanie said. The teenager could hear the warning in her voice.
"Well at least call him and tell him your okay. He seems to think since your phones been off that you fell off the face of the world and have been tortured and all that stuff," Savannah said remembering the hysterics earlier in the kitchen. "If you don't he's going to drive me crazy."
"Your impossible you know that that young lady," Stephanie teased. "If it means that much to your sanity when we're done on the phone I'll let him know that I haven't been hurt since I got here."
"Steph are you ever going to come back?" Savannah ask seriously.
"Savannah I don't know. I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow, let alone next week or a few months down the road," Stephanie told her honestly.
The only thing that Savannah like about Stephanie at he moment was that she wouldn't lie to her. Almost anyone else would have just said something that she wanted to hear since Savannah had been through so much recently. Despite that she still felt like Stephanie left her.
"I want you to at least come back to the Houston area," Savannah said firmly. "But I'm going to let you talk to my dad so that he can stop pacing around the house like a manic. He's kind of scary at the moment."
"Okay, remember to call if you need anything at all or if you just want to talk," Stephanie said. "Bye."
"Bye."
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Stephanie couldn't believe what the teen told her over the phone. She knew that right now she would be no help at Mark's house despite the fact that both he and Savannah thought that they might need her. She needed to get all the hundred and two thoughts in her head straightened out before she could help anyone.
She did decided to call Mark though. It was only polite to call and let him know that she was okay even if she needed to be away from him for a while. She knew that he would be heartbroken when she told him that, or as heartbroken as he would let himself be.
Right before Stephanie was about to dial Mark's number he brother appeared in her doorway. "Who called you anyway?" Shane asked.
"Just a friend of mine," Stephanie said. She didn't want to explain to Shane about everything that had happened in the last few weeks. She couldn't really explain a lot of things to herself let alone her brother, who would naturally ask a million questions.
"Did you hear about what happened to Mark?" Shane asked assuming she'd been with one of their parents since the morning that her and Paul had fought.
"Yeah, I know what happened first hand," Stephanie said before she could stop herself. She couldn't ever lie to him no matter how hard she tried.
"How do you know first hand?" Shane asked now intrigued. He wondered if it might have something to do with why his sister ended up on his doorstep this evening.
"I called Mark when I overheard Dad say what he was going to do. Somehow I think that Dad wanted me to overhear what he was saying. Then I went down to more or less help balance Mark's temper and irrationality out a little bit. We found Savannah and my work was done," Stephanie told her brother what she could explain which right now were only facts.
"Why didn't you stay there if you were there for almost two weeks? I mean it's not like something like that will go away over night," Shane said remembering the things that his father put his sister and mother though when he couldn't save them for whatever reason.
"Because Shane things got to complicated. I guess I started to care to much, and I don't even want to know what was going on in his head," Stephanie told her brother all that she'd been able to make sense of so far.
Shane wasn't sure what to think. She was his sister and just talking about he man made her happy, but at the same time he could understand what she meant. She was just out of a crazy relationship at the best of times and she didn't trust herself to care to much about any male at the moment.
"All I can tell you is do what makes you happy," Shane told his sister giving her a hug that she looked like she needed.
"I've got a call to make," Steph told him. She knew Shane was right, but what she had to figure out was what would make her happy.
She called Mark and told him that she was fine. She noticed the worry that same that Savannah told her about. There was definitely something that he wasn't admitting to himself or anyone else for that matter. She told him that she needed some time to figure out what was going on before she would talk to him again.
The next morning was crazy. Shane was right when he said Marissa was going to bring Jaden around in the morning. Jaden was there at eight thirty and she was ready to go.
Stephanie couldn't help but to compare her niece to Sierra, of course Sierra was a little bit younger. Having Jaden around really helped Stephanie take her mind off of all the things that were going on in her head.
Shane was happy to have Stephanie around when he was going to have Jaden for supposedly a few days, who knows how long it will actually be. Marissa never came when she said she was then somehow switched the blame to Shane.
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Unexpected
Chapter Eleven
Savannah dialed Steph's number and prayed that she had turned her phone on since the last time her dad had tried to call.
"Hello," Steph said sleepily after it rang twice.
"Steph it's me," Savannah said. "Dad found out about the bruises."
There was a pause for a moment. "Did he break anything?" Steph asked amused.
"How can you be so amused?" Savannah asked.
"Because it would be your fathers style to break something when he found that someone hurt his little girl. Believe it or not my father wasn't always the bastard that he is now," Stephanie told the young girl.
"Yeah he's why I called. I was trying to deal with the craziness at home and not the things that had happened when I was with the bastard."
"You're going to have to deal with them sometime, hiding things away will only make them worse in the long run," Stephanie advised. "If you don't feel comfortable enough telling anyone the things that happened then writing them down may help."
"Thanks Steph, anyone else would have asked what happened before they gave me any advice," Savannah said. "I don't want to talk about it just yet."
"I didn't think you would. You've barely had twenty four hours t o come to terms with it yourself. Just remember whatever he did it wasn't your fault. You couldn't have done anything to stop it."
"You could do something to stop my dad from going crazy," Savannah said. "He misses you already."
"Savannah," Stephanie said. The teenager could hear the warning in her voice.
"Well at least call him and tell him your okay. He seems to think since your phones been off that you fell off the face of the world and have been tortured and all that stuff," Savannah said remembering the hysterics earlier in the kitchen. "If you don't he's going to drive me crazy."
"Your impossible you know that that young lady," Stephanie teased. "If it means that much to your sanity when we're done on the phone I'll let him know that I haven't been hurt since I got here."
"Steph are you ever going to come back?" Savannah ask seriously.
"Savannah I don't know. I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow, let alone next week or a few months down the road," Stephanie told her honestly.
The only thing that Savannah like about Stephanie at he moment was that she wouldn't lie to her. Almost anyone else would have just said something that she wanted to hear since Savannah had been through so much recently. Despite that she still felt like Stephanie left her.
"I want you to at least come back to the Houston area," Savannah said firmly. "But I'm going to let you talk to my dad so that he can stop pacing around the house like a manic. He's kind of scary at the moment."
"Okay, remember to call if you need anything at all or if you just want to talk," Stephanie said. "Bye."
"Bye."
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Stephanie couldn't believe what the teen told her over the phone. She knew that right now she would be no help at Mark's house despite the fact that both he and Savannah thought that they might need her. She needed to get all the hundred and two thoughts in her head straightened out before she could help anyone.
She did decided to call Mark though. It was only polite to call and let him know that she was okay even if she needed to be away from him for a while. She knew that he would be heartbroken when she told him that, or as heartbroken as he would let himself be.
Right before Stephanie was about to dial Mark's number he brother appeared in her doorway. "Who called you anyway?" Shane asked.
"Just a friend of mine," Stephanie said. She didn't want to explain to Shane about everything that had happened in the last few weeks. She couldn't really explain a lot of things to herself let alone her brother, who would naturally ask a million questions.
"Did you hear about what happened to Mark?" Shane asked assuming she'd been with one of their parents since the morning that her and Paul had fought.
"Yeah, I know what happened first hand," Stephanie said before she could stop herself. She couldn't ever lie to him no matter how hard she tried.
"How do you know first hand?" Shane asked now intrigued. He wondered if it might have something to do with why his sister ended up on his doorstep this evening.
"I called Mark when I overheard Dad say what he was going to do. Somehow I think that Dad wanted me to overhear what he was saying. Then I went down to more or less help balance Mark's temper and irrationality out a little bit. We found Savannah and my work was done," Stephanie told her brother what she could explain which right now were only facts.
"Why didn't you stay there if you were there for almost two weeks? I mean it's not like something like that will go away over night," Shane said remembering the things that his father put his sister and mother though when he couldn't save them for whatever reason.
"Because Shane things got to complicated. I guess I started to care to much, and I don't even want to know what was going on in his head," Stephanie told her brother all that she'd been able to make sense of so far.
Shane wasn't sure what to think. She was his sister and just talking about he man made her happy, but at the same time he could understand what she meant. She was just out of a crazy relationship at the best of times and she didn't trust herself to care to much about any male at the moment.
"All I can tell you is do what makes you happy," Shane told his sister giving her a hug that she looked like she needed.
"I've got a call to make," Steph told him. She knew Shane was right, but what she had to figure out was what would make her happy.
She called Mark and told him that she was fine. She noticed the worry that same that Savannah told her about. There was definitely something that he wasn't admitting to himself or anyone else for that matter. She told him that she needed some time to figure out what was going on before she would talk to him again.
The next morning was crazy. Shane was right when he said Marissa was going to bring Jaden around in the morning. Jaden was there at eight thirty and she was ready to go.
Stephanie couldn't help but to compare her niece to Sierra, of course Sierra was a little bit younger. Having Jaden around really helped Stephanie take her mind off of all the things that were going on in her head.
Shane was happy to have Stephanie around when he was going to have Jaden for supposedly a few days, who knows how long it will actually be. Marissa never came when she said she was then somehow switched the blame to Shane.
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