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Chapter 26
"Who is it?" Rae asked again, when Dave didn't answer.
"It's Randy." Dave replied, not sure what to say to Randy if he did answer.
"Dave you can't tell him. Manda is already going to kill me when she find out I told the cops, that it was Rene that raped her." Rae started, as Dave hit the answer button.
"Hello." Dave said, knowing he have a hard time not telling his best friend that the love of his life was raped.
"Hey man. I didn't wake ya did I?" Randy asked, with a laugh.
"Nah man. I'm just sittin' here with Rae." Dave replied, glancing over at Rae.
"How is Rae doing?" Randy asked, wondering if the most temperamental of all his friends, had turned into the bitchy pregnant lady yet.
"She's okay. Still a little too soon for mood swings I think." Dave replied, laughing at the look Rae shot him. 'Or not.' He thought, but keeping that opinion to himself.
"Anyways, I was wondering if you and Rae would want to double with me and Amanda tomorrow night?" Randy asked, as Dave started to flip out.
"Uh, well, um. Let me get back to you on that. Well I gotta go now, I'll call you later." Dave said, before shutting his phone off.
"Dave, what was that last part about?" Rae asked, moving over by Dave.
"Randy wanted to know if we would want to double with him and Manda tomorrow night." Dave answered, as Mark walked back into the room.
"They're letting her go home tonight. Shawn is down there signing her release papers. Rae, can you go and see if she needs any help?" Mark asked, looking from Rae to Dave.
"Yeah dad, I'll be right back." Rae said, the look her father kept giving Dave not going unnoticed.
"Mark, what's going on?" Dave asked, noticing something not right with the older Calloway.
"Dave, we may have a slight problem." Mark replied, sitting down to tell Dave what he just found out.
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Amanda had been trying, unsuccessfully, for 10 minutes to get the clothes on that Rae had gone back to the house to get. "Damn it!" Amanda yelled, throwing the t-shirt at the door.
"Woah. Watch where you throw shit girl." Rae said, catching the shirt, before it hit her face.
"Sorry." Amanda mumbled, trying to stand up and pull the warm up pants on.
"Girlie, do you need any help?" Rae asked gently, walking towards the bed.
"No, I'm fine." Amanda replied, a bit more harsh than intended. "Rae, why did this have to happen to me? Did I look at him a certain way? Did he think my clothes screamed I wanted this?" Amanda asked, sitting back on the bed, crying again only this time the tears wouldn't stop.
"Amanda, you can't blame yourself. You blame that fuckin' asshole, who should be damn lucky that I'm pregnant, otherwise my fist and his face would be meeting." Rae replied, sitting down next to her friend and giving her a hug. "Girl, you've got so many people in your life that love and care about you, and will help you get through this. The two biggest, being your dad and Randy." Rae finished, hoping she could get Amanda to understand that this wasn't her fault.
"Rae, I can't be with Randy now. Why would he want to be with me? I mean, I let another guy touch me in a way that was meant only for Randy." Amanda said, as Shawn came back into the room.
"Sweetie, you're all signed out. Are you ready to leave?" Shawn asked, walking over to Amanda and helping her up.
"Yeah dad. Let's just go home now." Amanda replied, walking out of the room, leaving Rae and her dad wondering just how much of Amanda was gone after this.
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"Jeff, I'm gonna call Rae and Amanda, and see if they want to go shopping with me and AJ. Think you'll be okay here this afternoon by yourself?" Heather asked her boyfriend jokingly, as she reached over him to grab the phone.
"No Heather. I don't think I can handle an afternoon by myself. I don't know what I'm going to do." Came Jeff's sarcastic reply.
"Smartass." Heather grumbled, waiting for Rae to answer her phone.
"'Lo." Rae's tired voice mumbled.
"Hey Raezy. Did I wake ya up?" Heather asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yeah, you did. Now what do you want?" Rae asked, hoping Heather would get to the point quick.
"Well AJ and I are going shopping and I was calling you and Manda to see if ya'll want to tag along." Heather replied, in an annoyingly perky form, for 10:30 in the morning. Heather mentioning Amanda's name, caused Rae to have to think quick.
"Chica, Amanda's sick. She wasn't even going to work today, she was just going to sleep all day." Rae said, hoping her friend bought it.
"Well, what about you? You wanna go?" Heather asked, almost positive of the answer she would get.
"Hell no! I'm going back to bed." Rae said, before hanging up on Heather.
"I'm guessing it's just you and AJ." Jeff said laughing, knowing Heather had to have woke Rae up.
"Yeah, Rae's going back to sleep and she said Amanda's sick. In fact, Rae sounded weird herself. I think she's hiding something. You don't think Amanda and Randy ran off and got married, do ya?" Heather asked Jeff, grabbing her coat from the couch.
"Honey, only if Randy has a death wish, would he go and convince Amanda to get married at 18. Shawn would hunt them down and kill Randy." Jeff tried to reason with his girlfriend.
"Yeah, I know you're right, but something just doesn't seem right." Heather answered, before leaning down to give Jeff a kiss before she left.
"Don't worry. I'm sure everything is okay. Just go have fun on your shopping spree." Jeff said, pushing Heather out the door.
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After trying unsuccessfully, for close to an hour, to go back to sleep, Rae finally got up and went downstairs.
"Mornin' darlin'." Mark said, tossing Rae her usual breakfast bar.
"Mornin'." Rae mumbled.
"I didn't think you'd be awake yet." Mark told her.
"Well I didn't either, but Chica butt made sure I couldn't sleep late today." Rae answered, sitting down across from her dad. "Dad, what were you and Dave talking about when I came back out from Manda's room?" Rae questioned, knowing it had something to do with Amanda.
"Darlin', the police can't do anything to Rene. Amanda has to be the one to say who raped her." Mark replied, not wanting to tell Rae, but knowing he couldn't lie to her either.
"Why? For fuck sakes, Dad she's not going to tell anyone. It was bad enough trying to get her to tell me." Rae shouted standing up and punching the wall.
Raechel. You need to calm down. It's not good for you or the baby." Mark said sternly, as Rae just looked at him. "Now the officer said that the reason they can't take your word for it, is because you could just name some random guy you hate." Mark tried to explain, which caused Rae to start laughing.
"If I wanted to do that, I coulda said John did it, but no I said the truth." Rae said, trying to calm down.
"I know that. Just try and get her to want to press charges. Be there for her like I know you will be." Mark suggested, getting up and hugging Rae, before going out to the garage to work on his truck.
"How can any of us be there for her, when she is shutting us out?" Rae questioned out loud, even though nobody could answer her.
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"So do you have an idea of what you want to wear tonight?" Heather asked AJ, as the two walked around the mall.
"I figured I could find a skirt, and maybe a halter top that ties around my neck." AJ replied, as the two stopped in front of Forever 21.
"Well let's see what they have in here." Heather suggested, pulling AJ into the store behind her.
"So did Rae say what was wrong with Amanda?" AJ asked, finding a skirt that she liked.
"No. All she said was that Manda was sick. I told Jeff this, but I think there is more to it. Rae isn't a very good liar, but Jeff thinks I'm crazy for thinking something's not right." Heather answered, as the two went over to the tops.
"What makes you think she's lying though? I mean, it's kinda hard to tell when someone is lying on the phone." AJ pointed out, while Heather searched the racks for the right top.
"I don't know. There was just something in her voice that was off. What about this top?" Heather asked, holding up a dark red halter top. The previous conversation forgotten for now.
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"Dad, I'm gonna go over and check on Manda." Rae yelled, coming downstairs.
"Okay darlin'. Just remember what I said." Mark replied, looking up from his bike magazine.
"Alright dad." Rae answered, grabbing her coat and heading out to her truck. "If you think you're going to get away with this you French bitch, you got another think coming." Rae said aloud, peeling out of the driveway.
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"Hello." Shawn greeted the person on the other end.
"Um, hi Mr. Michaels. I thought you were gone for the weekend?" Randy answered, a little surprised that he was home.
"Well I managed to finish it up yesterday, so I just came on back home late last night." Shawn replied.
"Oh, well is Amanda still home? She said she'd call me this morning before she went to work, and I never heard from her." Randy asked worried, because he hadn't talked to Amanda since the night before.
"Yeah she's still home. She wasn't feeling good so she called off work today. I think she's still asleep. Did you want to leave a message?" Shawn asked, not sure what else to say.
"Could you just have her call me, and tell her I love her." Randy said, sighing as Shawn said he'd give her the message. "Okay, well thanks Mr. Michaels." Randy replied, hanging up after Shawn said good bye too.
After Shawn put the phone back on the charger, he turned around and noticed Amanda standing behind him. "Mornin' Princess. You want me to fix you some breakfast?" Shawn asked walking over to give Amanda a hug. When he did this however, it caused her to back away.
"Princess, I'm not going to hurt you." Shawn told her, slowly backing away. All Amanda could do was nod, as images of what happened the night before haunted her. "Sweetie, let me fix you something to eat." Shawn said, as the doorbell rang. "Go ahead and sit down. I'll go see who is at the door." Shawn finished guiding Amanda over to the table, before heading to the front door.
When he answered the door, he was greeted by Rae's somber face.
"Hi Mr. Michaels." Rae said politely.
"Hi Rae." Shawn greeted, stepping aside to let the young woman in.
"Is Manda awake yet?" Rae asked, wanting to know how her best friend was.
"Yeah, she's awake. I'm not sure how much sleep she actually got though. She's in the kitchen, I was just getting ready to fix some breakfast if you want some?" Shawn said, as the two headed towards the kitchen.
"Sure thanks." Rae answered, when Shawn pulled her back from the door.
"Try and get her to talk about this. She hasn't said a word since we left the hospital last night." Shawn told her, as Rae looked at him and said.
"I will do my damndest to get her to talk about it." Rae vowed, meaning every word.