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Chapter 16
"I never came."
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"Cole are you going to tell me what's going on?" Prue asked.
After Phoebe, it was Prue's turn to interrogate him. Phoebe, was in the kitchen with the kids, talking about their day at school.
Cole looked down.
"Listen, Cole, I'm not spying on you, it's just that sometime I'm just checking to be sure everything's okay and I saw what you did and I know something's wrong so tell me what's happening with you."
"I... it's hard you know." Cole told her.
Prue put her hand on his shoulder and said: "Talk to me Cole, let me help you."
"Last time, when I was in the basement in the manor, I dreamt about Brad, at first I thought it was just a nightmare, but today, I realized he entered my mind. I don't know how he did that, but... he makes me see what he saw when he raped Phoebe." He explained sadly, not looking in Prue's eyes.
Prue didn't say anything but just hugged him tightly.
"I don't want Phoebe to know it, she'll be so bad, I don't want her to know about that." He said.
"I won't tell her, but you know, she'll be bad knowing that something's wrong with you." Prue said.
"I know, but I only have flashes when we are very close, this bastard is trying to pull me apart from her." Cole said.
"You'll go through this, I know it, you're strong." Prue said.
"Thanks." Cole said.
"Daddy!" Liz shouted.
Prue and Cole both smiled and the walked in the kitchen to join Phoebe and the kids. Cole wrapped his arms around Phoebe and kissed her in the neck.
"Stop doing that Daddy, you were with Mommy ALL day." Liz exclaimed.
Cole smiled, walked next to Liz and picked her up.
"Look at my little shimmering jealous baby." He said, kissing his daughter on the cheek as she wrapped her arms around Cole's neck.
Phoebe gave him a look and Cole sighed.
He put Liz down and told her: "I'm very proud of you baby, it's really great that you can use your powers, but you can't use it in front of people, you can't use your powers at school, even if you want to see Mommy or me very much."
Liz nodded and asked: "Can I use my powers in the house?"
Cole looked at Phoebe, searching for an answer. Phoebe nodded and Cole looked back at Liz and said: "Yeah you can."
"For example, I can be in my room and shimmer in the kitchen." Liz said.
"Yeah you can do that." Cole said, nodding.
"And I can be in my room and shimmer in your room?" She asked again.
"We have to knock to come in Mom and Dad's room, except if the door is open, you know that." Tom told her.
Liz sighed and said: "But I can be in our house and shimmer to the manor to see Auntie Paige, right?" She asked.
"Yeah you can do that, but you can't shimmer outside where somebody might see you." Cole said.
The little girl nodded and Cole kissed her on the cheek.
"Mommy?" Liz asked.
"Yeah baby." Phoebe replied.
"Can we go to Mac Donald's tonight?" She asked.
"Why that, do we have something to celebrate?" Phoebe asked. She knew that the kids loved to go there.
"Yeah, she can use her powers now." Tom said, he also wanted to go.
"Oh... I see... Well... in that case, I think we have to go to Mac Donald's tonight." Phoebe said with a smile.
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The Turner family came back home, after having dinner at Mac Donald's and having a little walk on the beach while eating ice cream. Cole was holding Liz who was half asleep in his arms and Phoebe was holding Tom's hand. They all walked in the kids room to change them into their Pj's.
"Tonight was cool." Tom told her mother.
Phoebe smiled and said: "Yeah, it was cool."
"Can I watch TV for a while?" He asked.
"No honey, it's already late and tomorrow you have to go to school." Phoebe replied.
"But, Mom, I'm not tired." The little boy argued.
"Tom, I said no." Phoebe told him.
He sighed and laid down on his bed under the covers. Phoebe kissed him goodnight and walked towards Liz's bed. Cole kissed his daughter goodnight and walked towards Tom's bed.
"Goodnight boy." He told his son.
"Night Daddy, I love you." Tom said.
"Can I watch TV?" He immediately asked.
"I think Mommy already answered that question, didn't she?" Cole replied.
Tom sighed once again and finally closed his eyes. Cole smiled and turned back to see Phoebe laying next to her daughter, he walked next to them and kneeled next to the bed and kissed his daughter on the forehead.
"You can go to bed now Mommy." Liz said, looking at her mother.
Phoebe kissed her on the cheek and got up and Cole did the same.
"Goodnight baby." Phoebe said.
"Goodnight Mommy." Liz replied.
Both of Cole and Phoebe walked out of the kids' bedroom to go in their room. They closed the door and Phoebe hugged Cole.
She started to kiss him in the neck and asked: "Do I have to get change into my Pj's or will you take care of that for me?"
She slid her hands under his shirt and continued to kiss him.
Cole knew exactly what she meant, but the horrible images sent by Brad were still very present in his mind, every time Phoebe was too close too him it kept coming back. It was awful for him but he was doing his best to act as if everything was fine but in fact, he wanted to scream and to cry, to hit his head against the wall to make it stop.
"Baby I..." He started, he knew that she wasn't going to like what he was about to say, but he just couldn't make love to her, not with those awful pictures in his mind, not with the threat to have new ones haunting him.
"I love you but, we should be resting tonight." He quickly said.
Phoebe stopped kissing him in the neck and looked at him.
"Why?" She simply asked.
"Because tomorrow we'll both have to go to work and I want you to be resting properly." He made up.
"Oh." She said and with that she walked in the bathroom.
Cole looked down, he knew she was probably mad at him now. He sat down on the bed and waited for her to come back in the bedroom.
After some minutes, she finally went out of the bathroom, wearing her Pj's. She sat down next to Cole and took his hand.
"Is there anything wrong? Anything you want to tell me about?" She asked.
He didn't answered and just looked down.
"Cole, you can tell me everything, don't hide things from me, please." She said.
She used her free hand to caress his back up to his neck and finished by running her fingers in his hair.
After a long silence, Cole finally looked up with tears in his eyes.
"I... I know I'm disappointing you, I know you want to be with me and don't get me wrong, I want to be with you as well but... tonight... I just would like to hold you in my arms." He said.
"You're not disappointing me honey, not at all." Phoebe replied and kissed him on the cheek.
"I just want to know why you're acting like this... Maybe it's my fault, you know I'm pregnant and a little bigger here and there each days, not the very attractive kind of woman." She added, she had tears in her eyes as well. The thought that maybe she wasn't attractive to Cole was really hard to stand for her.
"Phoebe, no, don't think that, you're perfect." He said.
"You're pregnant with my little baby, our little baby, it's the most beautiful thing on earth, you're beautiful honey, I love you." He added, placing his hand on her belly and looking straight in her eyes.
"You don't have to be worry by getting bigger, it just means that our little one is getting bigger in here as well." He said.
Phoebe nodded and Cole kissed her forehead, her cheek and finally kissed her on the lips.
"I love you." He whispered.
"Love you too." Phoebe replied.
"Come on, let's go to bed." He told her.
She nodded and got up and slid down under the covers. Cole took away his clothes and went to bed only wearing his boxer. He laid down next to Phoebe and held her in his arms from behind.
His left arm was under her neck and his right hand was resting on her belly, under her Pj's. He was tracing invisible forms with his finger on her skin around her belly button. Phoebe relaxed in his arms and closed her eyes, still wondering what was wrong with the guy that she loved so much.
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During the night, both of Phoebe and Cole were woken up by Liz's cries.
Phoebe turned in Cole's arms and kissed him on the lips and she said: "You stay here, I'm going to see what's wrong."
Cole slightly nodded and Phoebe got up and walked in the kids room.
"Hey Lizzie, Mommy is here." She said as she sat down on her daughter's bed.
Liz who was curled up like a ball immediately sat up to cuddle up in her mother's arms. Phoebe wrapped her arms around her and kissed her on the forehead, waiting for her to calm down.
Once the little girl calmed down a little Phoebe asked her: "Did you have a nightmare?"
Liz nodded. Phoebe needed to know more about this nightmare because she knew here daughter was having premonitions while she was having dreams or nightmares.
"Do you want to tell Mommy what is was about?" She asked.
Liz nodded once again and said in a still sobbing tone: "I... I was in a forest... It was all dark, really dark, I was all alone, looking for you and Daddy, but you weren't here, I was all alone and scared..."
She started to cry again and Phoebe tightened the hold on her and kissed her on the top of the head.
"Was a bad guy following you?" She asked, she really needed to know if it was a simple nightmare or a premonition.
"No, it was just me... I was calling you and Dad you know, but I was all alone." The little girl said.
Now Phoebe was sure that it was just a nightmare, some of those that kids have because they are afraid to loose their parents.
"You're not alone baby and you'll never be alone, Mom and Dad will always be there with you." Phoebe said.
Liz nodded and said: "But it was all dark."
"Okay, let's forget about this bad nightmare, do you want to sleep in Daddy's arms?" She asked, knowing that her little girl will feel better once she'll be with her father.
"No, in your arms." Liz replied which surprised Phoebe a little.
"Okay, let's go." Phoebe said.
"Teddy bear." Liz mumbled, she was already falling back asleep.
"Which one?" Phoebe asked.
"Little one." Liz mumbled again.
Phoebe took the Teddy bear that Liz was talking about and walked in her room with her daughter in her arms.
Once she was close to her bed, she put Liz on it, next to Cole and laid down next to her.
"Here, you're with Mom, Dad and your little Teddy bear, everything's fine baby." Phoebe told her?
Liz nodded and fell asleep.
"Nightmare or premonition?" Cole asked.
"Just a nightmare." Phoebe replied.
Cole nodded and said: "Go back to sleep honey."
Phoebe nodded and they both fell asleep.
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Next Morning.
Liz woke up, she was lying between her parents who were both already awake.
"Morning little baby." Phoebe greeted her.
"I'm not little." Liz argued.
Cole and Phoebe both smiled, she was supposed to argue about the fact that she wasn't a baby.
"The little baby is in here." She said, pointing at Phoebe's belly.
"No, in fact, she's a tiny baby." Liz corrected.
"She?" Phoebe asked.
Liz nodded vigoursly and said: "I want a little sister and if it's a little brother, I won't talk to him anyway."
"And why that?" Cole asked.
"Because he'll be with Tom against me." She stated.
Phoebe and Cole looked at each others and shared a smile.
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Later that day, the kids were at school and Phoebe and Cole at work.
Phoebe couldn't concentrate on her column, she was way to much wondering what was wrong with Cole.
She picked up her phone and dialed the manor's number.
"Hello." Paige said.
"Hi, Paige, it's Phoebe." She said.
"Hi sister, how're you doing?" She asked.
"Not, very good, can you orb in my office, I need to talk to you." She said.
"Sure, I'll be right there." Paige replied and she hang up the phone.
She appeared in Phoebe's office.
"What's wrong?" She immediately asked.
"It's Cole." Phoebe said.
Paige sat down on the chair and waited for her big sister to tell her about what was bothering her.
"You know him very well and... I was wondering if you know what's wrong with him, coz there's something definitely wrong with him." She said.
"And what's wrong with him?" Paige asked, she didn't know what Phoebe was talking about.
"Well... he's... distant with me lately." Phoebe said.
"He didn't talk to me about him feeling bad or something." Paige said.
"Do you think he's cheating on me?" Phoebe asked with tears in her eyes.
"Coz you know... I... maybe I'm not attractive for him anymore." She said.
"Listen to me honey, he's not cheating on you, he loves you, to tell the truth, this guy loves you so much that I never so that before, even Leo doesn't sound as much in love than him. Every time he's talking about you or the kids his eyes are shinning." Paige said.
"You don't have to worry about that, he won't cheat on you, he loves you too much." She added.
Phoebe looked down.
"You know, you should talk to him. I know he won't tell you what's bothering him at first coz he'll be scared to hurt you or something, but if you take your time, he'll tell you." Paige said.
Phoebe nodded and said: "Thanks Paige."
"Sure, that's why sisters are there." Paige replied.
"Love you." Phoebe said.
"Me too." Paige replied hugging her sister and she orbed back to the manor.
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Cole was sitting in his office, not able to concentrate on his work. Suddenly he decided to call Paige.
"Paige, hi, it's me, Cole." He said.
"Hi Cole, what's up?" Paige asked.
"Are you busy right now? I'd like to talk to you, it's important." He asked.
"Sure, where do you want us to meet?" She asked.
"Where are you?" Cole asked her.
"In the attic." She said.
Cole immediately hung up the phoebe and shimmered in the attic.
Paige jumped in surprised and Cole said: "I need your help."
"For what?" Paige asked.
"To kill Brad, we have to find a way to kill him for good and make him suffer a lot in the same time." Cole said.
"How do you want to do it?" She asked.
"I don't know, maybe we could summon him and fight him or make a potion or something, you're the witch, you find it. I... I can't stand it anymore, I... I can't live like this." He said.
"What? What's happening?" Paige immediately asked.
"This... this is this whole story about him, it's driving me crazy." He said without looking at her which made her understand that he was lying.
"There's something else, spill it Turner." She said.
"Do you know that you sound too much like Prue when you do that?" He said, trying to change the subject.
"Cole, there's something wrong." Paige said.
"How do you know about it?" He asked.
"I simply guessed." She lied.
Cole sat down on a chair and said: "I see the images or her rape."
Paige looked shocked.
"Every time I'm close to her, it comes back to my mind." He added with tears streaming down his cheeks.
"You have to talk to her about that." Paige said, still shocked.
"No, I won't, it'll hurt her and bring back old memories." He replied.
Paige sighed.
"Please tell me you'll find a way to vanquish him so that everything will stop... the pain will stop... please." Cole begged.
Paige nodded and said: "I will."
She hugged him tightly and said: "You should take the afternoon of and go to the manor and rest a little, you don't look very well." Cole nodded and thanked her before shimmering back to his office to say to his assistant that he'll take the afternoon off.
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The evening that followed was much like a normal evening in the Turner house. The kids were both in bed and Cole and Phoebe were watching TV in the living room. They were both sitting next to the other and Phoebe decided to rest her head on Cole's shoulder.
"Why don't you go to bed?" Cole asked.
"I just want to be with you." Phoebe replied, wrapping one of her arms around his waist.
Cole closed his eyes as images were coming back to him.
He got up quickly and Phoebe looked at him with sadness in her eyes.
She sighed and looked down.
"Is it me?" She asked, with tears in her eyes.
"No, no it's not." He said.
"Then, what's wrong?" She asked.
"You're like avoiding me lately, not kissing me, not making love to me..." She added.
"I'm sorry." He replied, looking down.
"Sorry?" She asked as she got up.
She was angry because he was hiding something from her but she knew that yelling to him wasn't the solution.
She slowly walked towards him and looked in his eyes.
"Tell me what's wrong Cole, I love you." She told him as she brought her hands on his cheeks and wiped way his tears with her thumbs.
"I can't tell you." He said with his eyes closed.
She kissed him on the lips but he backed up and said: "Don't do that Phoebe... Please... it hurts."
This time she couldn't contained her anger and she almost yelled: "How am I supposed to help you if you don't tell me what's wrong?"
"Don't yell, you're going to wake the kids up." He told her.
"Don't tell me what to do." She was yelling this time.
"We're not supposed to lie to each other but all you do is lying. You think it's to protect me, but maybe you're screwing someone else because I'm disgusting you." She yelled again.
"You know you're wrong." Cole said.
"Oh yeah, really." She snorted.
"Why don't you prove it to me?" She challenged, she was still angry.
"You really want to know?" He asked, angry as well.
"You really want to know why I can't kiss you when I deadly want to?" He asked.
"I'm not screwing someone else, the truth is that every time I'm close to you I see the day he raped you." He finally said.
"I see everything Phoebe, I see him holding your fist, I see him tearing off your clothes, I see you crying, I see him hitting you, I hear you calling out my name, begging me to help you, begging him to stop." He broke out crying.
Phoebe stand still, she didn't know what to say, she was too shocked, he legs were shaking, she couldn't move.
"You were begging me to save you and I never came." He said.
Phoebe didn't say anything. She walked close to him and hugged him as tight as she could.
"I never came." He repeated slowly, sobbing in her arms.
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Chapter 16
"I never came."
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"Cole are you going to tell me what's going on?" Prue asked.
After Phoebe, it was Prue's turn to interrogate him. Phoebe, was in the kitchen with the kids, talking about their day at school.
Cole looked down.
"Listen, Cole, I'm not spying on you, it's just that sometime I'm just checking to be sure everything's okay and I saw what you did and I know something's wrong so tell me what's happening with you."
"I... it's hard you know." Cole told her.
Prue put her hand on his shoulder and said: "Talk to me Cole, let me help you."
"Last time, when I was in the basement in the manor, I dreamt about Brad, at first I thought it was just a nightmare, but today, I realized he entered my mind. I don't know how he did that, but... he makes me see what he saw when he raped Phoebe." He explained sadly, not looking in Prue's eyes.
Prue didn't say anything but just hugged him tightly.
"I don't want Phoebe to know it, she'll be so bad, I don't want her to know about that." He said.
"I won't tell her, but you know, she'll be bad knowing that something's wrong with you." Prue said.
"I know, but I only have flashes when we are very close, this bastard is trying to pull me apart from her." Cole said.
"You'll go through this, I know it, you're strong." Prue said.
"Thanks." Cole said.
"Daddy!" Liz shouted.
Prue and Cole both smiled and the walked in the kitchen to join Phoebe and the kids. Cole wrapped his arms around Phoebe and kissed her in the neck.
"Stop doing that Daddy, you were with Mommy ALL day." Liz exclaimed.
Cole smiled, walked next to Liz and picked her up.
"Look at my little shimmering jealous baby." He said, kissing his daughter on the cheek as she wrapped her arms around Cole's neck.
Phoebe gave him a look and Cole sighed.
He put Liz down and told her: "I'm very proud of you baby, it's really great that you can use your powers, but you can't use it in front of people, you can't use your powers at school, even if you want to see Mommy or me very much."
Liz nodded and asked: "Can I use my powers in the house?"
Cole looked at Phoebe, searching for an answer. Phoebe nodded and Cole looked back at Liz and said: "Yeah you can."
"For example, I can be in my room and shimmer in the kitchen." Liz said.
"Yeah you can do that." Cole said, nodding.
"And I can be in my room and shimmer in your room?" She asked again.
"We have to knock to come in Mom and Dad's room, except if the door is open, you know that." Tom told her.
Liz sighed and said: "But I can be in our house and shimmer to the manor to see Auntie Paige, right?" She asked.
"Yeah you can do that, but you can't shimmer outside where somebody might see you." Cole said.
The little girl nodded and Cole kissed her on the cheek.
"Mommy?" Liz asked.
"Yeah baby." Phoebe replied.
"Can we go to Mac Donald's tonight?" She asked.
"Why that, do we have something to celebrate?" Phoebe asked. She knew that the kids loved to go there.
"Yeah, she can use her powers now." Tom said, he also wanted to go.
"Oh... I see... Well... in that case, I think we have to go to Mac Donald's tonight." Phoebe said with a smile.
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The Turner family came back home, after having dinner at Mac Donald's and having a little walk on the beach while eating ice cream. Cole was holding Liz who was half asleep in his arms and Phoebe was holding Tom's hand. They all walked in the kids room to change them into their Pj's.
"Tonight was cool." Tom told her mother.
Phoebe smiled and said: "Yeah, it was cool."
"Can I watch TV for a while?" He asked.
"No honey, it's already late and tomorrow you have to go to school." Phoebe replied.
"But, Mom, I'm not tired." The little boy argued.
"Tom, I said no." Phoebe told him.
He sighed and laid down on his bed under the covers. Phoebe kissed him goodnight and walked towards Liz's bed. Cole kissed his daughter goodnight and walked towards Tom's bed.
"Goodnight boy." He told his son.
"Night Daddy, I love you." Tom said.
"Can I watch TV?" He immediately asked.
"I think Mommy already answered that question, didn't she?" Cole replied.
Tom sighed once again and finally closed his eyes. Cole smiled and turned back to see Phoebe laying next to her daughter, he walked next to them and kneeled next to the bed and kissed his daughter on the forehead.
"You can go to bed now Mommy." Liz said, looking at her mother.
Phoebe kissed her on the cheek and got up and Cole did the same.
"Goodnight baby." Phoebe said.
"Goodnight Mommy." Liz replied.
Both of Cole and Phoebe walked out of the kids' bedroom to go in their room. They closed the door and Phoebe hugged Cole.
She started to kiss him in the neck and asked: "Do I have to get change into my Pj's or will you take care of that for me?"
She slid her hands under his shirt and continued to kiss him.
Cole knew exactly what she meant, but the horrible images sent by Brad were still very present in his mind, every time Phoebe was too close too him it kept coming back. It was awful for him but he was doing his best to act as if everything was fine but in fact, he wanted to scream and to cry, to hit his head against the wall to make it stop.
"Baby I..." He started, he knew that she wasn't going to like what he was about to say, but he just couldn't make love to her, not with those awful pictures in his mind, not with the threat to have new ones haunting him.
"I love you but, we should be resting tonight." He quickly said.
Phoebe stopped kissing him in the neck and looked at him.
"Why?" She simply asked.
"Because tomorrow we'll both have to go to work and I want you to be resting properly." He made up.
"Oh." She said and with that she walked in the bathroom.
Cole looked down, he knew she was probably mad at him now. He sat down on the bed and waited for her to come back in the bedroom.
After some minutes, she finally went out of the bathroom, wearing her Pj's. She sat down next to Cole and took his hand.
"Is there anything wrong? Anything you want to tell me about?" She asked.
He didn't answered and just looked down.
"Cole, you can tell me everything, don't hide things from me, please." She said.
She used her free hand to caress his back up to his neck and finished by running her fingers in his hair.
After a long silence, Cole finally looked up with tears in his eyes.
"I... I know I'm disappointing you, I know you want to be with me and don't get me wrong, I want to be with you as well but... tonight... I just would like to hold you in my arms." He said.
"You're not disappointing me honey, not at all." Phoebe replied and kissed him on the cheek.
"I just want to know why you're acting like this... Maybe it's my fault, you know I'm pregnant and a little bigger here and there each days, not the very attractive kind of woman." She added, she had tears in her eyes as well. The thought that maybe she wasn't attractive to Cole was really hard to stand for her.
"Phoebe, no, don't think that, you're perfect." He said.
"You're pregnant with my little baby, our little baby, it's the most beautiful thing on earth, you're beautiful honey, I love you." He added, placing his hand on her belly and looking straight in her eyes.
"You don't have to be worry by getting bigger, it just means that our little one is getting bigger in here as well." He said.
Phoebe nodded and Cole kissed her forehead, her cheek and finally kissed her on the lips.
"I love you." He whispered.
"Love you too." Phoebe replied.
"Come on, let's go to bed." He told her.
She nodded and got up and slid down under the covers. Cole took away his clothes and went to bed only wearing his boxer. He laid down next to Phoebe and held her in his arms from behind.
His left arm was under her neck and his right hand was resting on her belly, under her Pj's. He was tracing invisible forms with his finger on her skin around her belly button. Phoebe relaxed in his arms and closed her eyes, still wondering what was wrong with the guy that she loved so much.
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During the night, both of Phoebe and Cole were woken up by Liz's cries.
Phoebe turned in Cole's arms and kissed him on the lips and she said: "You stay here, I'm going to see what's wrong."
Cole slightly nodded and Phoebe got up and walked in the kids room.
"Hey Lizzie, Mommy is here." She said as she sat down on her daughter's bed.
Liz who was curled up like a ball immediately sat up to cuddle up in her mother's arms. Phoebe wrapped her arms around her and kissed her on the forehead, waiting for her to calm down.
Once the little girl calmed down a little Phoebe asked her: "Did you have a nightmare?"
Liz nodded. Phoebe needed to know more about this nightmare because she knew here daughter was having premonitions while she was having dreams or nightmares.
"Do you want to tell Mommy what is was about?" She asked.
Liz nodded once again and said in a still sobbing tone: "I... I was in a forest... It was all dark, really dark, I was all alone, looking for you and Daddy, but you weren't here, I was all alone and scared..."
She started to cry again and Phoebe tightened the hold on her and kissed her on the top of the head.
"Was a bad guy following you?" She asked, she really needed to know if it was a simple nightmare or a premonition.
"No, it was just me... I was calling you and Dad you know, but I was all alone." The little girl said.
Now Phoebe was sure that it was just a nightmare, some of those that kids have because they are afraid to loose their parents.
"You're not alone baby and you'll never be alone, Mom and Dad will always be there with you." Phoebe said.
Liz nodded and said: "But it was all dark."
"Okay, let's forget about this bad nightmare, do you want to sleep in Daddy's arms?" She asked, knowing that her little girl will feel better once she'll be with her father.
"No, in your arms." Liz replied which surprised Phoebe a little.
"Okay, let's go." Phoebe said.
"Teddy bear." Liz mumbled, she was already falling back asleep.
"Which one?" Phoebe asked.
"Little one." Liz mumbled again.
Phoebe took the Teddy bear that Liz was talking about and walked in her room with her daughter in her arms.
Once she was close to her bed, she put Liz on it, next to Cole and laid down next to her.
"Here, you're with Mom, Dad and your little Teddy bear, everything's fine baby." Phoebe told her?
Liz nodded and fell asleep.
"Nightmare or premonition?" Cole asked.
"Just a nightmare." Phoebe replied.
Cole nodded and said: "Go back to sleep honey."
Phoebe nodded and they both fell asleep.
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Next Morning.
Liz woke up, she was lying between her parents who were both already awake.
"Morning little baby." Phoebe greeted her.
"I'm not little." Liz argued.
Cole and Phoebe both smiled, she was supposed to argue about the fact that she wasn't a baby.
"The little baby is in here." She said, pointing at Phoebe's belly.
"No, in fact, she's a tiny baby." Liz corrected.
"She?" Phoebe asked.
Liz nodded vigoursly and said: "I want a little sister and if it's a little brother, I won't talk to him anyway."
"And why that?" Cole asked.
"Because he'll be with Tom against me." She stated.
Phoebe and Cole looked at each others and shared a smile.
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Later that day, the kids were at school and Phoebe and Cole at work.
Phoebe couldn't concentrate on her column, she was way to much wondering what was wrong with Cole.
She picked up her phone and dialed the manor's number.
"Hello." Paige said.
"Hi, Paige, it's Phoebe." She said.
"Hi sister, how're you doing?" She asked.
"Not, very good, can you orb in my office, I need to talk to you." She said.
"Sure, I'll be right there." Paige replied and she hang up the phone.
She appeared in Phoebe's office.
"What's wrong?" She immediately asked.
"It's Cole." Phoebe said.
Paige sat down on the chair and waited for her big sister to tell her about what was bothering her.
"You know him very well and... I was wondering if you know what's wrong with him, coz there's something definitely wrong with him." She said.
"And what's wrong with him?" Paige asked, she didn't know what Phoebe was talking about.
"Well... he's... distant with me lately." Phoebe said.
"He didn't talk to me about him feeling bad or something." Paige said.
"Do you think he's cheating on me?" Phoebe asked with tears in her eyes.
"Coz you know... I... maybe I'm not attractive for him anymore." She said.
"Listen to me honey, he's not cheating on you, he loves you, to tell the truth, this guy loves you so much that I never so that before, even Leo doesn't sound as much in love than him. Every time he's talking about you or the kids his eyes are shinning." Paige said.
"You don't have to worry about that, he won't cheat on you, he loves you too much." She added.
Phoebe looked down.
"You know, you should talk to him. I know he won't tell you what's bothering him at first coz he'll be scared to hurt you or something, but if you take your time, he'll tell you." Paige said.
Phoebe nodded and said: "Thanks Paige."
"Sure, that's why sisters are there." Paige replied.
"Love you." Phoebe said.
"Me too." Paige replied hugging her sister and she orbed back to the manor.
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Cole was sitting in his office, not able to concentrate on his work. Suddenly he decided to call Paige.
"Paige, hi, it's me, Cole." He said.
"Hi Cole, what's up?" Paige asked.
"Are you busy right now? I'd like to talk to you, it's important." He asked.
"Sure, where do you want us to meet?" She asked.
"Where are you?" Cole asked her.
"In the attic." She said.
Cole immediately hung up the phoebe and shimmered in the attic.
Paige jumped in surprised and Cole said: "I need your help."
"For what?" Paige asked.
"To kill Brad, we have to find a way to kill him for good and make him suffer a lot in the same time." Cole said.
"How do you want to do it?" She asked.
"I don't know, maybe we could summon him and fight him or make a potion or something, you're the witch, you find it. I... I can't stand it anymore, I... I can't live like this." He said.
"What? What's happening?" Paige immediately asked.
"This... this is this whole story about him, it's driving me crazy." He said without looking at her which made her understand that he was lying.
"There's something else, spill it Turner." She said.
"Do you know that you sound too much like Prue when you do that?" He said, trying to change the subject.
"Cole, there's something wrong." Paige said.
"How do you know about it?" He asked.
"I simply guessed." She lied.
Cole sat down on a chair and said: "I see the images or her rape."
Paige looked shocked.
"Every time I'm close to her, it comes back to my mind." He added with tears streaming down his cheeks.
"You have to talk to her about that." Paige said, still shocked.
"No, I won't, it'll hurt her and bring back old memories." He replied.
Paige sighed.
"Please tell me you'll find a way to vanquish him so that everything will stop... the pain will stop... please." Cole begged.
Paige nodded and said: "I will."
She hugged him tightly and said: "You should take the afternoon of and go to the manor and rest a little, you don't look very well." Cole nodded and thanked her before shimmering back to his office to say to his assistant that he'll take the afternoon off.
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The evening that followed was much like a normal evening in the Turner house. The kids were both in bed and Cole and Phoebe were watching TV in the living room. They were both sitting next to the other and Phoebe decided to rest her head on Cole's shoulder.
"Why don't you go to bed?" Cole asked.
"I just want to be with you." Phoebe replied, wrapping one of her arms around his waist.
Cole closed his eyes as images were coming back to him.
He got up quickly and Phoebe looked at him with sadness in her eyes.
She sighed and looked down.
"Is it me?" She asked, with tears in her eyes.
"No, no it's not." He said.
"Then, what's wrong?" She asked.
"You're like avoiding me lately, not kissing me, not making love to me..." She added.
"I'm sorry." He replied, looking down.
"Sorry?" She asked as she got up.
She was angry because he was hiding something from her but she knew that yelling to him wasn't the solution.
She slowly walked towards him and looked in his eyes.
"Tell me what's wrong Cole, I love you." She told him as she brought her hands on his cheeks and wiped way his tears with her thumbs.
"I can't tell you." He said with his eyes closed.
She kissed him on the lips but he backed up and said: "Don't do that Phoebe... Please... it hurts."
This time she couldn't contained her anger and she almost yelled: "How am I supposed to help you if you don't tell me what's wrong?"
"Don't yell, you're going to wake the kids up." He told her.
"Don't tell me what to do." She was yelling this time.
"We're not supposed to lie to each other but all you do is lying. You think it's to protect me, but maybe you're screwing someone else because I'm disgusting you." She yelled again.
"You know you're wrong." Cole said.
"Oh yeah, really." She snorted.
"Why don't you prove it to me?" She challenged, she was still angry.
"You really want to know?" He asked, angry as well.
"You really want to know why I can't kiss you when I deadly want to?" He asked.
"I'm not screwing someone else, the truth is that every time I'm close to you I see the day he raped you." He finally said.
"I see everything Phoebe, I see him holding your fist, I see him tearing off your clothes, I see you crying, I see him hitting you, I hear you calling out my name, begging me to help you, begging him to stop." He broke out crying.
Phoebe stand still, she didn't know what to say, she was too shocked, he legs were shaking, she couldn't move.
"You were begging me to save you and I never came." He said.
Phoebe didn't say anything. She walked close to him and hugged him as tight as she could.
"I never came." He repeated slowly, sobbing in her arms.
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