Joey came out of the bathroom (in the hospital's room) fully dressed and ready to leave. Bessie did not come in the room yet. In fact, it has been almost an hour and the only person who had entered the room was Pacey who stayed Joey.

Joey had no idea what was taking her sister so long. She expected that her sister would have barged in there just to yell at her. Nonetheless, since there were no signs of her sister, Joey decided that Pacey would take her home. If her sister would not come in the room to yell at her, Joey would have to face her sister.

"Ready." Pacey asked.

"I really don't want to go out there!" Joey said inanely. She was afraid that people would stare at her, make judgments about her, or insult her.

"Don't worry," Pacey grabbed her hand, "I'm right by your side."

Pacey opened the door and walked ahead of her. He wanted to protect Joey from whatever walked in their paths. They started to walk down the hall. Joey felt safe since Pacey was right next to her. He was protecting her from her insecurity.

"You can calm down now. You have nothing to worry about." Pacey recommended.

"Easy for you to say." Joey asserted.

"Hey we're both in this same situation so…" Pacey reminded.

Before Pacey could finish his sentence, Bessie came from the corner. She looked so livid and unsteady. She did not say anything but both Joey and Pacey assumed that she knew that Joey was pregnant.

"Bessie." Joey tried to calm down her sister.

Nonetheless before Joey could defend her rights, Bessie vigorously lift her hand and physically slapped Pacey so hard that his head could have snapped backward. After she hit him, her handprint left a mark.

"Joey. It's time to go!" Bessie barked orders to her sister.

Joey did not want to go. She wanted to stay with Pacey. However, Bessie snatched her arm and dragged her out of the hospital. Now that Pacey was gone, she did not feel safe. She felt alone and frighten for her behalf.


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Next Time on Life is complicated: We find out what was wrong with Joey (when she fainted). Also Bessie and Joey face off.