Back at the party she spent another couple hours just standing around to try to keep the perfect face. She deliberately made herself boring to keep people away; she even stood against a wall so no one would see her back. Eventually Mrs. Paige saw this and went to speak to her daughter.
"Are you feeling alright dear? Would you like to go upstairs, my it's been such a long day for you." She cheerfully asked Brooke.
"Yes could I go upstairs and sleep, I'm feeling a little over whelmed by everything so fast." She nodded and tried to keep a straight face to stop from puking at such a vile woman who would sell another human.
"Of course you can honey, I'll make sure no one disturbs you in the morning so you get a good rest. Good night Brooke, it's so nice to have you back again." She smiled and hugged her.
Brooke tried to return the embrace but found it hard to do; she excused herself and went upstairs to her room. Once inside she went straight to the private bathroom inside and threw up from all the bad feelings inside her. She did as Bradley said to do and packed a suitcase in the dark, finding it more reassuring than turning on any lights anyways. She wished to never see her room again since it reminded her of everything she had heard in the backyard from Bradley. As she was finished packing up most of her clothes, such as jeans, tee shirts, shorts, skirts and many other clothes she found in her huge closet she heard the last car leave from out front of the house and the last person fall into bed. She almost jumped as the door opened and in came Bradley.
"Are you all ready to go now Brooke?" he asked her in a hushed voice as he quietly let the door close.
She nodded than felt silly since he could barely see her. "Yes I'm ready; I've packed everything I hope I need." She replied going over to glance out the window.
"Okay than I guess that's everything done. Follow me quietly just in case." He told her holding out his hand for her to take as he grabbed her suitcase.
They made their way through the dark and empty hall to the stairs, they went down and made he led her to the kitchen.
"You can take your car, it's already as far away from the house near the alley as possible so hopefully no one hears it." He explained as they went out the back door and followed the path through the backyard.
"Thank you so much for everything Bradley, I hope I see you again soon in a better atmosphere." She hugged her brother as he threw the suitcase into the back seat of the convertible mustang.
"You will don't worry I'll need to go somewhere to be safe from mom once she knows I helped you leave. I hope you don't mind the roof's down, it was down already in the garage." He kissed her cheek as he opened the driver's door for her and smiled as she didn't change out of her dress.
She smiled at her mistake and started the engine, it came to life almost without a noise and she gave one last glance at the life she would never return to again. She waited until she was out of the alley before turning on her lights and really putting her foot on the gas pedal.