Story Finally Told

"It's okay Craig if he is involved in her life he has the right to know what we are saying."

Not hearing the door open they saw Mrs. Santos there listening in on the conversation. Sitting down she filled J.T. in on the story of a few years ago.

"I was married to her father for ten years (divorced after flashback happened) and he had been prone to a violent temper, but I had no idea how bad until one night only two years ago. Craig was supposed to come over to take Manuela on a date like every other Friday night I; however was not home because I was in Arizona on a business trip. Mr. Santos was drunk and seeing Manny dressed up, forgetting why he began to yell at her…"

Taking a breath tears streamed down her face.

"She struggled against him all she could, but was not strong enough, and he beat her till unconscious, and raped her. Craig came in to find Manny naked, and battered. Her father had run until he was caught by the cops and put in prison for a year or so. Some how he got put on probation recently. We filed a restraining order against him as soon as he got out, but from what the doctor told me he found her again in the park is my guess."

"OMG, Manny…I had no idea she seemed do held together at school."

"People can put on facades if necessary." Craig told him his eyes no longer having any tears. "Finding her that way filled me with a passion so deep that I wanted to kill whomever did that to her. When I saw her in the park I knew he was back, and she was to scared to tell about it, but I chased after her knowing he was close by just watching."

"What did the doctor tell you Mrs. Santos?" J.T. said trying to ease his thoughts.

"He told me that she was pregnant, and lost the baby because of what her father did. Hopefully he will be caught, and put in prison for good this time."

"She was pregnant?" Craig knew instantly it was his, and all of a sudden his tears were no longer dry, and couldn't seem to stop. Running from the room from his embarrassment he found himself in Manny's hospital room.

Wearing a gown and nothing else he noticed the bruises all over her he sat next to her bed. Crying until sleep staying in the chair the entire night.

Mrs. Santos was in the door way and she was shocked to see him asleep in the chair holding an unconscious Manny's hand ever so tightly.

A/N Read and review. Do chap. 7 & 8 flow well.