Chapter 9: Tears Are Not Enough.
Bo paced the apartment then took a seat on the couch about to make another phone call trying to find Raven. He sat the phone down as Raven walked into the apartment around 2:00 a.m. Bo shook his head angry, "Where have you been! Were you with Rex!" Raven shook her head, "No, I wasn't." "Don't lie to me!" Raven looked hurt that he didn't believe her, "Daddy I wasn't I swear." "Then where were you I called everywhere no one has seen you. I couldn't get a hold of Balsom. I looked everywhere I could think of and I came back here hoping you might be home and you're not." Raven looked down at the ground not saying anything. "Are you going to tell me?" Raven shook her head, "I just wanted to be alone." Raven said tears streaming down her face. "Alone where?" He continued when it seemed she wasn't going to answer. "Well, until you decide you can tell me where you're grounded you can't see Rex, you can't go anywhere except school and you will go straight there and come straight back. Nowhere else." "But Dad that's not fair!" Raven cried. "Tears are not enough Raven either tell me where you've been or you're grounded." "I hate you!" Raven cried. Bo looked extremely hurt by her words, "Go to your room!" "With pleasure!" She walked into her room slamming the door behind her. The next morning Raven got up and put on a pair of black sweat pants with two white stripes running down each side, a black spaghetti strap t-shirt, and a sweater that matched her pants. She put her hair up in a clip and came out of her room holding her school books and car keys. She walked past Bo who was sitting at the table drinking his coffee and reading a paper, "Good morning." Raven rolled her eyes and headed to the door. "Raven aren't you going to eat breakfast?" Raven turned around, "I'm not really hungry." She turned to leave. "Where are you going?" "School remember? The one place I'm allowed to go. Is that ok with you warden?" Bo set his coffee down, "As a matter of fact it's not. I'm taking you to school. Until you're punishment is over I'm taking away you're car." Raven scoffed, "Just because I came in late last night?" Bo shook his head, "No, not just that. It's more the not calling and telling me you were okay, not telling me where you were, and lying to me. Remember all of that?" Raven's mouth fell open, "Lying to you? I didn't lie." Bo didn't respond to this, "Give me your keys." He said walking over to her holding out his hand. Raven held out her keys and purposely dropped them on the ground missing Bo's hand. "Really mature." Bo said as he bent down and picked up the keys. "Well, apparently I'm a little kid who has to report to you everything I do every second of every day." Bo shook his head she was definitely trying his patience. "Let's go." Raven walked out the door shutting it behind her Bo opened it back up and walked out taking Raven to school. That afternoon Nora picked Raven up from school because Bo was busy. "Sorry you're Dad couldn't make it." Raven rolled her eyes, "I'm so heart broken." Nora looked surprised, "Raven why are you so angry with him?" "He's so angry at me and he called me a liar." "Well, you came in late and you wouldn't tell him where you were." Raven shook her head, "I didn't do anything wrong." "Don't you think you should have called?" Raven shook her head, "I wasn't thinking clearly it didn't even cross my mind. I didn't realize how late it was." "Sweetheart where were you?" Raven started to cry, "I was at a clinic." Nora look worried, "Why were you at a clinic?" Raven said nothing to she just cried. "Sweetie, what's wrong? What happened?" "I wasn't feeling good so I went to a clinic I thought I might be pregnant after the rape you know?" Nora hesitated, "Are you?" Raven sobbed harder nodding her head. She hugged Raven tightly. "Everything's going to be ok honey." Nora took Raven home with her so she wouldn't be alone at Bo's and she'd have someone to talk to if she needed it.