DISCLAIMER

It's still not mine. It still belongs to Fox Family. Except for Belinda of course. And Opal: I don't believe Elaine was ever pregnant in the series, but you're not crazy. And about the way Martin found out about Elaine in the series, I had forgotten about that when I wrote that particular chapter, but I'm going to use it for this story.

Back at Horizon, Scott paced back and forth. Where were they? Why was it taking them so long to get here? He just wanted to get everything over and done with. Unbidden, the memories came back.

Scott had been asleep until the door opened.

"Scotty? Scotty, are you up?" Elaine asked.

"No. Not again," Scott groaned. The woman closed the door.

"Elaine, no," Scott protested as she approached him.

"Ssssshhhhh," Elaine warned, a finger to her lips. She pulled him upright and kissed him. The boy's face twisted in pain.

"No," he moaned when she pulled back.

"Sssssh. He'll hear us, Scotty," his stepmother warned.

"Elaine, please don't make me doing this again. You promised to stop," Scott insisted.

"Scotty, I never said that," Elaine stated, running her fingers through his hair.

"Kiss me, Scotty. Come on. One little kiss," Elaine encouraged. The boy hesitated and his stepmother slapped him.

"Kiss menow," she demanded. He leaned forward

"Scott?" Sophie's voice broke through his reverie and Scott sighed in relief.

"They're here," she told him.

"Good. I just want to get this over with as soon as I can," Scott stated. With that, he followed her to Peter's office.

"Scott, I'm Don Silverman. Do you remember me?" the man asked.

"Yeah," Scott nodded.

"Okay, from what your mother tells me, this is a custody case and your allegations of abuse from your stepmother fueled your desire to be granted into her custody," Don recapped.

"Yeah," Scott confirmed. They're not allegations. It really happened, the boy thought furiously. However, he kept quiet.

"Okay, here's what's going to happen…"

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I ended it like this because I have absolutely no clue what the steps taken are. If you do, please tell me and I'll repost this chapter.