Tommy sped off in his Viper. He couldn't let Jamie take her from him, not again. When he arrived at his house, he jumped out of his car and ran into the house.
"Tommy," Speed said as he watched the man run around aimlessly in the house.
"What?"
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to find Jude."
"Are you nuts?"
"Maybe."
"Tommy, you can't just run out and rescue her like some damsel in distress. You're not Fred and I'm not Scooby Doo."
"So what am I supposed to do Speed? Just leave her with Jamie, and let him do God knows what to her?"
"Look, I'm all for finding Jude and making Jamie pay, but where are you going to look for her? She could be anywhere in Canada, or even the States for that matter."
"I can't just leave her with him."
"Yeah, but you can't expect to just run off and save her."
"I love her."
"Like there's anyone in the world that doesn't know that."
"What if he kills her?"
"I don't know Tommy. You can't think like that though."
That night, back at the warehouse, Jude fell into a fitful slumber, that is until Jamie came back. She kept her eyes tightly closed and listened to his footsteps. She heard a faint scream and her body tensed up. She cracked her eyes open and saw Jamie dragging Lily into another room. She heard wimpers and cries. Tightly closing her eyes again, she attempted to shut out Lily's cries for help.
Around one in the morning, Speed finally convinced Tommy that there was nothing he could do. He thought Tommy was sleeping, but he was really sitting in Jude's room, going through her things.
Tommy knew Jude would literally kill him if she knew what he was doing. But, it made him feel closer to her. Her distinct, peaches and vanilla, scent filled the room. He slowly walked over to her bed and picked up the small black journal she had kept since she was sixteen. He flipped to the middle of the book and began to read.
March 10, 2010
Jamie asked me to marry him today. In front of Tommy yet too. Didn't go over too well to say the least. I miss Tommy, and I wish he was the one asking me to marry him, not Jamie. Jamie's my friend, he's like my brother. I don't love him...yet I said yes. I should really take Kat's advice to think before I speak. I can't break his heart, and besides maybe this is what I need to get over Tommy. It's been almost two years since we broke up...but only a few months since we took our guard down, and made love at my apartment. It's so hard to get over him, and I know marrying another man shouldn't be the answer. But in this one instance, I think it could be.
Tommy sighed and continued to read the journal entries until he neared the end.
April 19, 2011
Tommy knows something is going on, and it kills me to keep it from him. I think he still loves me, and to be honest, I know I love him. I miss the time we used to spend together, and the long talks. I wish I would have never married Jamie. I miss my old life. The life where I didn't have to worry about being hurt and beat on. It doesn't help that I think Jamie's cheating on me. That's what started the fight last night. I wish I'd learn just to keep my mouth shut.
He'd read over thirty pages, documenting Jamie's abuse. It had been going on a lot longer than she had told anyone. The abuse started April 10, 2010, four days after their wedding, and lasted until May 10, 2011. It was May 14, 2011. Tommy mentally kicked himself as he thought of everything Jude had already endured, and what could possibly be happening right now to her.