Hyde decided to stay put in the room rather than follow out of the basement. She was pissed but he was too. Mostly at himself but it didn't matter, because the bottom line was he was still angry and an angry man made for angry words. He hated feeling like crap and that's exactly how he felt. It was early yet so technically there wouldn't be a circle…but what the hell, he needed circle time.

Jackie opted to go home rather than wake Donna up with her crying, yet again. She walked the streets in the early morning quickly with a far-off stare on her tear-stained face. She was only brought back to her whereabouts when she saw the family car in the driveway. She couldn't believe her luck was starting to change! When she told her mom about having a hard break-up, not including the miscarriage, then they would plan a get-away to feel better, a nice little booze cruise! Jackie's sleep deprivation was leading to some dreamy and delusional thoughts about having her dad bringing cocktails to them and then following them around at the mall carrying their shopping bags…

Mrs. Burkhardt sat on the couch in the living room with a near empty bottle of vodka in one hand and a full glass of it in the other. When she saw Jackie she stood up wobbling slightly.

Mrs. Burkhardt: Jackie, are you just now getting home?

Jackie: Sorry mom, I was at Donna's and then—

Mrs. Burkhardt: Don't lie to me! You were out cruising with some guy? God my life has to go to shits in one night?

Jackie: What? No, well I was out with a boy but I was breaking up with him!

Mrs. Burkhardt: Don't you lie to me, I did not raise you to lie to me nor to slut about the town…but I guess kids just don't listen.

Jackie: Wow, and I wonder why? Could it be that YOU'RE NEVER HERE?

Mrs. Burkhardt got off the couch and slapped Jackie hard across the face and then turned to stalk back to the couch. Jackie stood in shock and while her eyes were starting to clear she spotted police tape where her father's office door was.

Jackie: Where's daddy?

Mrs. Burkhardt: Jail. Stupid cheating son-of-a-bitch was laundering money. (she took a swig straight from the bottle like it was water) Oh, and we're broke too. God, I love life!

Jackie stood back and climbed the stares to her room. She entered and went straight to the connected bathroom and wretched.

Hyde had crashed on the couch after sitting back and letting his problems drift away. Kitty's heels clattering down the stairs woke him.

Kitty: Oh, Steven is Jackie okay?

Hyde: What? How do you know about that?

Kitty: Oh, everyone will know soon, it's in the paper!

Hyde: What the hell?

Kitty handed him the paper and sat down on the couch next to him. Hyde's eyes adjusted and he read the line "Jack Burkhardt Bankrupt!"

Hyde: Damn!

Kitty: Well, no it's worse, he was arrested last night too. I think that Jackie is over at Donna's for the night so you need to go over there and be with her when she finds out.

Hyde looked painfully at Kitty.

Hyde: I'm not sure she wants me there Mrs. Foreman, we broke up.

Kitty stood up and gave a frustrated huff, she began to climb the stairs but marched back down only to smack him in the back of his head and mutter that he was a dumbass.

Hyde sighed heavily and made his out the door and found himself knocking on Donna's door.

Donna: Hyde?

Hyde: Is Jackie here?

Donna: What? No, I thought she was with you. Wait, I thought she was going to tell you about…well you know, don't you?

Hyde: The ba-…yeah I know about that. But did you see the paper today?

Donna: Not yet, why?

Hyde: Her family went belly-up and her dad is facing jail time for some under the table crap. You don't know where she is?

Donna: No. Hyde, I'm worried.

Hyde: Yeah, well…me too.