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Chapter 4

Sara slowly turned around. Lindsey lay on her back, her eyes wide open.

"Hey," Sara softly said. "Have you been able to sleep at all?"

"A few minutes," Lindsey confessed.

Sara sighed for a moment. She wanted to help the young girl, but at this point, there was nothing she could do.

"Lindsey, you do know that you will have to tell your mom soon?"

Immediately, all the fear was back. "No! No, Sara, no she may never know!"

"Honey, I'm sure she won't hate you or anything! She's your mom, she loves you!"

"No, Sara, no, I don't want her to find out!" Lindsey shouted.

"Okay, calm down," Sara said, shocked. She sat up. "Okay, honey, what do you want to do today?"

Before Lindsey could reply, there was a knock at the door. Sara got up to see who it was. "Oh, hey, Cath."

"Right, Sara, I want some answers. What's going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, for goodness sake, Sara, you're calling Greg at work and he rushes over right away, he's suddenly avoiding me and you were carrying a pregnancy test around!" Catherine said. "What's going on?"

Sara started laughing. What a misunderstanding! How could Catherine think she and Greg…? She stopped laughing when she saw Lindsey's sad face.

"Linds, what are you still doing here? Come on, I'll take you home," Catherine said.

"No!"

Catherine and Sara exchanged worried looks. Lindsey ran to Sara, hiding her face. "Please, Sara, don't make me go home!"

"It's okay, honey, you can stay here a bit longer. Go and take a shower, I'll see if I've got something you can wear," Sara said. Lindsey left them alone. "Cath, I'll take care of her, I'll make sure she's alright."

"She's my daughter, Sara!"

"Yes, but clearly she doesn't want to talk to you."

"What else is new, she can drive me crazy sometimes," Catherine sighed.

Sara looked directly at her. "I think now's not the time to be mad at her, Cath. Go home and get some sleep, okay?"

"Sara, if there's something wrong with my daughter, I'd like to know," Catherine said.

Sara sighed. She knew Catherine had the right to know everything and she did want to tell her. But she had promised Lindsey. If she broke that promise now, Lindsey might be mad at her too. Then she had no one to help her get through this.

"I'm sorry, Cath, I can't tell you," Sara told the older woman. "Lindsey will tell you when she's ready."

Catherine left, not happy, of course. Sara felt bad for her, but Lindsey was more important now.

In her closet, Sara found an old skirt and top Lindsey could wear.

"No, I don't want to wear a skirt ever again!" she yelled after seeing the clothes.

"I'll take you to the mall then, but you can't go there dressed in that shirt," Sara said.

After more words, Lindsey finally gave in and she came with Sara to the mall. Sara bought her a new pair of jeans and a sweater, which the young girl immediately changed into before they went to the ice cream store.

"Okay, what flavors do you want, Linds? Lindsey?"

She turned around, seeing Lindsey frozen. "Lindsey? What's wrong, honey?" She turned to see what Lindsey was staring at. "Lindsey?" The girl was staring at a boy who was smiling a bit evil at her. "Lindsey, is he the guy who did this to you? Lindsey, answer me!" Her tears told Sara enough. She quickly grabbed her cell phone and called Greg. "Greg, the guy is at the mall right now, get down here with a cop! Now!" She hung up the phone and grabbed Lindsey. "Honey, go into the ladies room and stay there. Lock the door if you have to, I'll handle this!" Lindsey immediately ran away. Sara saw the guy was about to go after her, but she stopped him, pulling him back roughly. "You jerk, how could you do that to her!" she shouted.

"I don't know what you're talking about," the boy said. "Let me go now! Just wait till my father gets here, he'll tell you!"

"Shut up, I know what you did to Lindsey!" Sara said, feeling angrier every second. She knew she couldn't, but she'd love to beat up the guy.

"Oh, what did she tell you now? She's such a drama queen, just like her mother!"

Sara couldn't control herself anymore, she slapped the boy in his face. "How dare you talk about Lindsey like that! You're not getting away with this!"

"Hey!" She was pulled back by a man. "What do you think you're doing to my son? Wait, I'll call the police!"

"You do that, then we can immediately arrest that son of yours for rape!" Sara shouted at him.

"What are you talking about, woman?" the man said. "Just you wait, my girlfriend works for the police, I'll call her!" He took out his cell phone and dialed. "Hi, honey, it's me. Yes, some kind of woman is trying to arrest Jason here for rape! Great, the cops are here already, get to the police department."

Greg, who had arrived with two cops, pulled Sara towards him. "Calm down, Sar, this isn't working. Did you hit him?"

"Do you have any idea what Lindsey is going through?" she shouted.

"Yes, Sara, I'm doing here case and I've seen her!" Greg said. "Calm down, I know, Sara! Where is she anyway?"

While the cops took Jason and his father to the police department, Greg and Sara got Lindsey. "Come on, honey, we have to go now," Sara softly said. Lindsey looked at her, her eyes filled with tears. "I have to tell my mom now, don't I?"

Sara couldn't say it any other way: "Yes."

Lindsey let her head hang down. Greg put his arm around her. "It's okay, Linds, Sara and I are there for you. Come on, we'll make sure you're okay."

"Catherine? What are you doing here already?" Sara stared at the older woman.

"I could ask you the same thing," Catherine said. "What are you doing here with Lindsey? Why is she here?" She turned around, seeing Jason's father standing there. "Kevin? What's going on?"

"Wait, you know him?" Sara exchanged a worried look with Greg, she started to feel sick as she understood why Lindsey didn't want to tell her mother anything.

"Catherine, is Kevin your boyfriend?"