Title: -Betrayal Series.

Author: - Katt.

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Rating: - R.

Series: - Four of ?

Archive: - Archived at the Shield Fanfiction Archive.

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Disclaimer: - I don't own any of the characters of The Shield, they all belong to Shawn Ryan and FX.

Betrayal 4 – Jenny Reborg is betrayed by her dad.

Jenny could hear her mom and dad arguing in the kitchen. They were screaming at each other, it was just like it used to be before her dad had left to live somewhere else. Now though they were arguing about her. She could hear her name being shouted. Her dad had looked poorly when he'd come. She'd seen him before her mom had told her to go to her room. Jenny was sitting on the top of the stairs listening to the shouting. She hated it when her parents fought it frightened her. Even though she wanted to put her hands over her ears, and blot out the noise from the kitchen, she didn't. She wanted to know what they were fighting about, why they were fighting about her. What had she done wrong that had made them both so mad?

Suddenly it went quiet, no shouting, nothing. Jenny slowly crept downstairs, pausing at the bottom to listen to the silence. She thought she could hear her dad crying, and saying her mom's name. That was scary cause grown-ups weren't supposed to cry. As she slowly walked towards the kitchen she could hear her dad whispering,

"Nancy, Nancy…"

over and over.

He was standing by the kitchen doorway, and didn't notice her when she came to stand beside him.

Jenny could see her mom lying on the kitchen floor not moving. She didn't have any clothes on, apart from a cloth that was laid across her hips. Jenny stared at her in confusion for a moment, and then she saw the red blood on her mom's pale skin. That was when she knew her mom was like Charlie's dog Sandy.

Sandy had been hit by a car outside in the street last summer. He'd lain in the road not moving with blood on his yellow fur. Toby had poked him with a stick, but Sandy hadn't moved. Then Charlie had run out of his house, and he'd knelt next to Sandy right there in the road. He'd called Sandy's name and shook him, and then he'd started crying, big, fat tears dripping off his nose to land on Sandy's fur. Jenny had been glad then that her mom had called her in for dinner cause she hadn't liked looking at Charlie as he'd cried and called for Sandy to get up. Now though Jenny thought she knew how Charlie had felt that day. Sandy had been dead and Charlie had wanted him to wake up and be alive again, and as she looked at her mom lying so still on the floor Jenny knew she was dead too, and she just wanted her to wake up.

Just then her dad reached down and grabbed her, lifting her up in his arms. Jenny felt him hug her to his chest, he was trembling. She reached around and hugged him back, squeezing her eyes shut, her dad was here she was safe and he'd make everything all right.

She let him carry her outside and put her in his car. She wanted to ask him about her mom, but she was afraid. If she didn't say it out loud maybe it wouldn't be true. If she didn't say it maybe when her dad brought her home again her mom would be in the kitchen singing Elvis songs while she made Jenny's dinner.

Her dad didn't speak to her, but as he drove he kept turning to look at her. Jenny wondered where they were going. She didn't stay with him anymore; her mom wouldn't let her, not since he'd gotten really sick. After he'd first left she'd stayed with him for a couple of weekends. It had been fun, they'd gone to the park, and her dad had let her have a McDonalds for lunch and dinner, she'd stayed up really late, and he'd let her eat a Twinkie for breakfast. One day though he'd taken her to the park and said he had to see a friend, and he'd only be gone an hour. He didn't come back all day, and Jenny had gotten scared, and hungry, and had started to cry. A lady had called the police and she'd gotten to ride in a police car when they'd taken her home. Her mom had been so mad, and she'd told Jenny's dad that he couldn't have her to stay anymore. Jenny had been sad at that, she'd missed her dad, she loved him. Maybe she was going to stay with him for the weekend, like she used to, Jenny thought, and then when she got home her mom wouldn't be lying on the kitchen floor anymore, and everything would be back to normal. That thought made Jenny smile.

Her dad had said the man was his friend, and that he was gong to look after her for a little while. He'd promised he'd be back soon, he'd said he just needed to get his medicine. Her dad's friend hadn't seemed very pleased to see her. He'd argued with her dad a little, but then he'd given him some money. Her dad had kissed her, and hugged her tight, then he'd told her to be a good girl, and had left. Her dad's friend had given her some lemonade, and had sat next to her on the couch while she drank it. He'd stroked her hair and told her she was pretty, but Jenny hadn't liked him very much, and she'd wished her dad would hurry up, and come back and get her.

If Jenny hadn't liked her dad's friend very much, she liked this other man even less, he was scary. She hadn't wanted to go with him, but her dad's friend had said that he was going to take her to her dad's house. She was sitting in his car watching the lights flick past as they drove along. She'd asked the man if he was her dad's friend too, but he'd seemed angry, and had told her to be quiet. Jenny was sure now that she really didn't like him, and she just hoped they'd be at her dad's house soon. Her dad would look after her and maybe he'd let her have a Twinkie for breakfast.