Thank you sooo much all the people who are saying nice things about this, I went on a road trip and this is all I got to, but I'm working, I'm a little A.D.D.ish so the story might not continue. I'll try though!

Oh, you see that skin?
It's the same she's been standing in
Since the day she saw him walking away
Now she's left
Cleaning up the mess he made

Is it your step dad who hits you? Caiden didn't look at her, tears were forming in her eyes.

Caiden didn't know what to say. She looked up at Dr. Lockhart and nodded slowly.

Caiden, do you want to tell me about it? Dr. Lockhart asked with a strong desire to hunt this guy down and arrest him. -No KILL him.

I don't, but I guess since you have the gist of it, I should tell you the rest of it. She wiped her tears away and replaced them with a look of determination.

That's good thinking, but only if you're ready. You know I can't actually do anything about it, just help you get over the first time telling of this. The first time is the hardest time.Okay here goes. Five years ago, my mom married Kurt. Kelly was 13 and Braedin and I were eight. At first Braedin and I liked this guy because he replaced something we had never had, a father. Kelly hated him, I never knew why. Then one day I saw him... Caiden trailed off not knowing whether or not to say what she saw because it was Kelly's thing.

What's wrong? Dr. Lockhart said hoping Caiden would continue talking.

I don't know if I should say what happened.Did you see him touching her or what?Yeah. Kelly tried to get away, but she couldn't. When she found out I saw what happened she felt bad and had to explain to me why what I saw was bad. I think I was the only eight year old who knew what rape was. It caused me to hate Kurt, possibly more than even Kelly did. A year after they were married, my little sister was born. I thought that this would cause him to stop, but he didn't. Three years went by I was 12 and he started to pay more attention to me, in the way he had paid attention to Kelly. My little brother Derrick was born at the same time, and I would pray and pray that Derrick would end Kurt's fetish. Kelly was 17 and would graduate in the spring, once she could drive she would wake up and leave for school early and not come home until 9:30-10 every night. Her post graduation plans were only known by Braedin and me, she had always been interested in medicine and had gotten a full scholarship to NYU for both premed and med. school.Your sister wants to become a doctor?Yeah, she was obsessed with science all through high school, but always pretended that she loved history and law, so that Kurt would believe her when she told him that she had plans to go to Berkeley and study law. She would and still will do anything to keep him away from her. Caiden paused reminiscing on all the times she saw the open science books in her bedroom and having to shut them and hide them so that Kurt wouldn't know.

Any ways, my mother left two 12 year olds a four year old and a not even one year old with Kurt. When this happened Kelly packed her stuff and moved in with her friend. This caused Kurt to turn to me as an object of lust and sexual favors. Caiden had never told anyone any of this. She doubted that even Braedin knew the whole truth.

Well he would try to rape me whenever the baby wasn't crying and Chelsea wasn't hanging on him. Caiden looked down.

Did he ever actually, Dr. Lockhart couldn't bring herself to say the word. Caiden was such a sweet, charming girl. Dr. Lockhart couldn't believe that anyone could possibly want to do that to any child, yet alone this one.

No. Oh gosh no. I was smarter than that. He had a few close calls, but nope, never. That made him mad. He started to hit me, thinking that I would break, but I refused to give into any of that or him. He had other weapons though. You see, he's the football coach at South, after weeks of him hitting me and no results, he told the team that if any of them saw me around they could feel me up and try to have sex with me. He got a lot of takers on that offer, for a time period the entire defensive line would give me cat calls in the halls, it wasn't until the quarterback followed me into the bathroom that I started to ditch out on school. Kurt knew that the football team wasn't helping his cause, so he had his guy neighbor friends come up on his offer, they only hit me though because they knew what was at stake if they got caught. I called Kelly and she said that I needed to get out of there, it wasn't safe. She reassured me that Braedin could handle Chelsea and Derrick without me. My friend Amber helped me escape and I've been running ever since. Caiden finished her story.

Dr. Lockhart was shocked to hear the story it was an awful one that she solemnly swore she would try to prevent in the future.

How long has it been? Dr. Lockhart said slowly and softly.

Since when? Caiden asked confused.

Since you left. She explained.

Oh, well I haven't been to school in, gosh, almost a year and a half and I left home in January so two months after that. Caiden figured.

Really? You're going to be behind when you get back to school. When did you get those injuries? Dr. Lockhart was semi-shocked at the ability Caiden had to take care of herself.

No idea, all I remember is this one time I was cornered in an alley by a couple of Kurt's friends and they took turns hitting me in the ribs, I must have been hit 100 times. I guess that's how my ribs got broken. My cheek was on the same day as I came in. Kurt found me and he was in his car with a gun. He shot at me to try and get me to stop the bullet grazed my cheek. I sprinted round and found myself here. Caiden ended.

You know your story is enough to have your step dad arrested. Dr. Lockhart suggested, hoping Caiden would consider.

I know, I've thought about it a lot. The only problem with the idea is my siblings and I would most likely be separated. Our mother doesn't want us, so we'd go into an orphanage, Derrick being one would be adopted and Chelsea would have a chance at being adopted, but not Braedin and me. We'd be separated forever. Caiden said worriedly.

What if there was a guarantee that you wouldn't be separated, would you do it? Dr. Lockhart asked.

Yeah, I suppose I would. Caiden decided.

Okay, I'm going to give you my word that you and your siblings won't be split up if you decide to do this. Dr. Lockhart promised. Caiden had been promised a lot of things in her 13 year life, she had been promised mommy would always be with her, daddy would one day come home, a broken promise made her stop believing in Santa Claus at the age of seven, but as Caiden looked at Dr. Lockhart, she knew somehow that this promise wouldn't be broken.

Okay I'll do it. Thanks Dr.-Abby, just call me Abby.Okay thanks Abby. Could you tell Dr. Carter, the police and everyone who needs to know what happened to me because I don't want to, not again? Caiden pleaded.

Caiden I can't tell the police, but if you want I'll tell Carter for you. Abby said apologetically.

Oh well. I heard from a smart person that its hardest to say it the first time. Thanks for getting me over the time through my story, Abby.