Chapter 1: Tommy Finds Out

Tommy went to check his mail like any other day and he found he had a letter from Kimberly, but there was no way she could have his new address. Then he realized that Zack had written the address on the envelop and that razed his suspicions that something might be wrong.

He went inside to read the letter and was stunned and horrified by what he read. The way the ink was smeared only added insult to injury, and the timing couldn't have possibly been worse, he had a lot going on there, but Kimberly was his first priority. Then he realized that he couldn't respond to this now, he had to go to work.

The day was rough for Tommy, he wanted so much to be holding Kimberly in his arms and taking care of her himself, not putting his love as a burden on Zack.

Kira instantly caught on to his anxiety and began to get suspicious that something was going on that he was telling no one about. She didn't pry or anything, she knew that he'd only get mad, especially in the state he was in, his nerves were shot.

"Kira, do you think something is up with Dr. O?" Conner asked

"Yeah, Conner, I do" Kira replied

"I think so too" Ethan said "he is acting pretty suspicious"

"Do you think we should ask him?" Conner asked

"No" Kira said "Don't bring this up to him, he's obviously taking whatever this is very hard and this is difficult for him to take, the last thing we want to do is burden him with questions. He doesn't need us to make it worse for him than it already is".

Aisha and Trini had arrived in Florida to discover that Kimberly had been raped. Aisha was beyond ticked off and Trini really didn't know what to think. The girls told Zack that he could leave and do whatever he came to Florida to do that they would take care of Kimberly, she needed to be around other women at this time.

"Aisha, what do you think we should do?" Trini asked while Kimberly was asleep.

"I couldn't begin to tell you Trini, all I know is we need to be here in case Kimberly needs us" Aisha replied

"Should we contact Tommy, he might be able to help?"

"Yeah, Trini, that sounds like a good idea... I'll go a head and call him, you stay here with Kimberly, okay"

"All right"

That afternoon, Tommy looked at the letter again and it tore at his heart. He couldn't believe anyone would hurt Kimberly especially in that manner.

The phone rang and Tommy answered it to find Aisha on the other end.

"Tommy, have you heard what happened to Kimberly?" Aisha asked

"I've heard and don't think I liked it, I don't" Tommy replied "what kind of lowlife scum would do something like this?"

"I have no idea, I know that Kimberly has taken this very hard"

Tommy gave a frustrated growl, "I'll make whoever hurt her wish they had never been born!"

"Whoa, easy Tommy, Kimberly needs you to keep your head together."

"I know, I just wish I was there to take care of her" Tommy said settling down.

"I understand that" Aisha paused "I know you care about her, maybe you're just the person she needs right now?"

Tommy leaned back against the wall, this was true, she needed him, that would mean taking time off work and catching the first flight to Florida to be with her.

"Guys, I think the longer Kimberly remains in Florida, the worse off she is" Trini's voice came from a third phone "because there is always the chance that whoever did this to her could try it again"

"You've go a point, Trini" Aisha said

"Maybe she should come to Reefside" Tommy suggested "she can stay here with me"

"Yeah, at least with you, we all know she's safe" Aisha said

"True" Trini added "but this is up to her, after all"

"Yeah, it's up to her where she ends up... but for her own good I'd say Reefside is the best choice" Aisha said

Then Trini realized Kimberly was awake.

"Guys, she's up"

"I want to talk to her, privately" Tommy said

"Okay" Aisha said and hung up her phone

Trini covered the mic on hers

"Kim, Tommy wants to speak with you" she said to her friend

"Okay, give me the phone" Kimberly replied a little less than amused Trini handed her the phone quietly and then left the room.

"Hey, beautiful," Tommy said smoothly "are you okay?"

"No," she replied "Tommy, why haven't you called me"

"Listen, I'm sorry I haven't been in touch with you, it's just that I didn't think that you wanted to hear from me after that letter" he said

"What letter?" Kim asked in confusion "I never got around to writing to you until recently"

"You mean, you didn't write me at all until just a few days ago?"

"Yes"

"Then where did I get that breakup letter?" he was completely baffled and so was she.

"I'd say someone forged it" she replied off hand

"Me too" Tommy shook his head, he was getting angry. He wondered if the guy that hurt her didn't have something to do with the fake letter. "Kim, I was wondering what you wanted to do about this?"

"Listen, I want to leave here, but I can't, I don't have any place else to go" she sighed somberly.

"Now that isn't true, Kim, you do have somewhere to go"

"What are you thinking, Tommy?" she asked

"That maybe you would come to Reefside and stay with me for a while... at least until you can get your life back together."

To Be Continued...

a/n: I know, cliff hanger, but I couldn't help it, it seemed like a good place to cut off.

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