"You're lying! You gotta be!"
"Well I'm not, let's go NOW!" James said yanking her by the arm.
As he stormed, off with Cassi & her bag.

"Dad I think he beats her, did you see the bruise on her back?" Stacy asked after he climbed in to the car. Jay & Tony on the other side, they stared at him.
"I think it's more than that Stacy." Said Jay
"By what she said I think they took her, they beat her they just said it just to cover there tracks." Ron added, "But there's nothing really we can do, we have no proof."
"There's gotta be something Mr. Peralta, I saw a glimpse of that bruise, and we have to find a way to get her back." Said Tony enraged.
"& what happens if they catch on Tony? They could kill her!" shouted Ron.
Stacy sat there on the verge of tears, "But Dad…" he said finally letting them go.
"I know Stacy I know, I want to stop them as much as you do. But we have no evidence, nor a choice."
Ron Said, trying to hide his own tears as he started the car.

It was hard to believe it had been beautiful most of the day, but now if you just glanced out the window, all you could see was pouring rain. Stacy just stared out the window, Cassi was constantly on his head, memories, thoughts of her, never seemed to cease. He let go of a heavy sigh, he had barely got to know her when they were recovering, just she love to play Gin, liked Cher, wanted to learn how to skate & surf which Jay had promised to teach her once they left the hospital.

His parents, were just out for the evening, went to see some movie.
He suddenly was startled by a knock at the door.
"Who would be out in this weather?" he thought getting up.
"Cassi?" He said opening the door, she was soaked to the bone, and you could barely see the tears on her face.
"I couldn't stay there with them Stacy not after this."
"After what?"
She turned around the back of her shirt soaked with blood; Stacy took her by the hand pulling her in side.

"I'm going to call Tony; his dad is the best with this ok, Cassi?"
"He said he hated me, that he would kill me." Cassi sobbed
"Who baby?"
"James my so called father!"
"Hey, calm down, calm down; let's get you out of this so I can see ok?" Cassi nodded.
He helped her carefully take off her shirt just as his parents entered.

"Cassi? Stacy, what's going on here?" Demanded Ron.
Stacy carefully helped her up turning her back to his parents, Cassi's back covered in slash marks & blood.
"My God" He said turning away.
"Who did this to you?" Asked Katie holding back her tears.
"James did it." Stacy said, he held her close as she sobbed.

Tony's father Julio, had finished the last of Cassi's 178 stitches; seven shallow slashes a cross her back.
Stacy still held her the way he had before as she slept in his arms.
"Be careful of what she does Stacy no picking up, heavy things at the most."
Stacy nodded, "Yes Sir."
"Hey dad? Could I stick around for awhile?" asked Tony, Julio nodded.
Katie open the door Jay soaked from the rain came in, Philaine behind him.
"Hey we heard what happen." Philaine glanced over; tears stung her eyes seeing the helpless girl a sleep, one long slash straight down her spine, three on each side.
"Monster." was all Philaine could say, she began to cry softly Jay took her in his arms. Holding back is own tears.
"I'm surprised she didn't bleed to death." said Julio, as he & Stacy began to carefully wrap her up in gauze, & not to wake her. After they finished Stacy carefully slipped on one of his old button down shirts.
"There's no way he's getting her back this time." Stacy said. He ran his hand over his head only a bit of fuzz.