Ch 6- Broken
"Paige?"
"Spinner go away! Why are you even here? How did you find me?" she choked out from behind her bedroom door.
"I took a shot in the dark," he lied, not wanting to get Lisa in trouble.
"Well, go home."
"I can't do that," he said softly. He stood there quietly at her door when he heard crying softly, trying to hide it. He turned the knob slowly and cracked the door open. He opened it to reveal Paige, lying on the bed facing her window, in last nights clothes holding onto her stuffed animal and sobbing.
"Paige?" he asked her getting scared. In all the years they had been together and knew each other, he had only seen her a cry a handful of times, and never as how she was crying then. Something devastating must have happened to her in order for her to break down like this. He inched towards her bed and sat down cautiously on the edge. He touched her shoulder and she shrank back. A little voice told him to try again, and this time, he touched her shoulder, and she rolled over and sank into his arms, still sobbing.
"Sshhh..." she said softly as he rubbed her back. There was no use trying to talk to her. Paige never talked about things that mattered to her until she was good and ready.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." he managed to understand as she sobbed.
"Sorry? For what?" But no answer came, just the sobs that racked her body. Spinner looked up to see Ben and Lisa in the door, looking strangely uncomfortable. They were her best friends, they had all had their turn to be Paige's tissue, so what was the deal?
"Spinn...we need to talk," Ben said softly as he stared at Paige's lower bare back. Spinner maneuvered himself to see what they were talking about. He just stared as he slowly peeled the back of her shirt up. Bright red handprints were all over her back.
"I'm gonna kill him. I'm going to fucking kill him!!" Spinner said in an almost yell. Lisa winced at the loudness from her perch on the counter.
"Spinner, calm down!" she yelled to be heard over him. "We don't even know what happened."
"Well that I think that part's a little obvious Lis. There are bright red handprints all over her fucking back!! Don't tell me Dean didn't do this, don't even tell me!!"
"He wasn't even at the club!"
"How do you know? It took us an hour to find you!! He could've been anywhere!"
"So what are you gonna do? Kick the shit outa him, kill him? Go to jail? Yeah, you'll be real useful there!!" Lisa yelled as her voice rose to match his.
"I'll do whatever it takes to make sure my fiancé is safe!! And if it includes killing scum like Dean, I'm ok with that!!" he bellowed back.
"Ummm...guys?" Ben's voice came from around the corner. A surprised Spinner and Lisa turned to find the whole family there, looking confused.
"What happened?" Mrs. Michaelchuck ventured.
"Sit down Mom. I think I know," Dylan said quietly.
A knock sounded at Paige's door two hours later. Paige turned to see her mom standing there, trying not to cry.
"Mom..." Paige said weakly.
"Baby, I am so sorry!! I'm so sorry," she sobbed as she rushed to her daughters bedside and held her in her arms as they rocked back and forth.
"It happened again Mom. Only this time, he didn't stop," Paige sobbed.
"I know baby," her mother whispered.
"I tried to get him off me and...and...he hit me. Over and over. He wouldn't stop Mom!" Spinner stepped inside the door with a hard look on his face.
"He beat you because you said no?" Paige looked up, surprised that he was there, and broke down even harder to where she couldn't speak. Spinner left, getting the answer he needed, and got into a car, and headed back to Toronto.