"Da? Da where are you?" Jo came downstairs after getting off the phone. She had barely seen her dad since he started work when they moved. Now having him home before midnight was an event!

"Da?"

"In here Josephine."

Jo found her father filing some work papers on the kitchen table. When he saw her come in he stretched out his arms, Jo ran to them. It felt like days rather then hours. Her father was a lawyer. He often worked late hours and there really was no telling when he could get home. Sometimes he did have to leave for days at a time. It hadn't been that bad, at least not until Jo's mom died. Since then, Jo and Brent had to pretty much look after themselves at home while there father worked almost over time.

After Brent had graduated high school, he started working part time jobs and looked after Jo and Charlotte. Brent wanted to go to college but had been putting it off. He planned on leaving when Jo could drive and Charlotte was in school.

Ben Calvert hugged his eldest daughter tight "Jo, angel. How was your day?" he asked.

"It was great, Da. You're home early!"

"Yes, the hearing was short this afternoon. I thought I'd come home and we'd enjoy a nice family dinner, you'd like that?"

"Oh yes!"

Brent then came walking in with Charlotte. "Hey Da! You're home!" He smiled.

"Hey Brent. Shooting hoops?"

"Yeah I was."

"Dada!" Charlotte waddled from her brothers arms to her father's.

"Charlotte! How's my little princess?"

"Spoiled rotten, not that that's new. I'm cooking tonight Brent! You're staying in. I'm making your favorite!" Jo headed for the kitchen. "I'll make us roast chicken."

"Wait...family night???" Brent asked, not believing what he was hearing. Jo nodded.

"YES!!!"

Happiness settled in the Calvert home that evening. After the few weeks they have moved in, Jo was finally feeling like she was home again.

~*~

Because of her Dad being home, Jo had canceled the fabric shopping date with Paige and Ashley and told them they would go the next afternoon. The panthers had a basket ball game that day, so Jo said they would go right after.

Jo came up the steps. The team from the other school was just heading inside. Jo turned to see one of the guys on the team eyeing her. He was tall, strongly built, and had blown hair and brown eyes. He winked at her. Jo turned away and headed inside. She didn't like the way that boy looked at her. It was strange for other guys had looked at her before and she could just brush it aside. But something didn't seem right, Jo could feel it.

Jo went into the gym and sat on the bleachers with Ashley. Paige and the rest of the squad came out and started stretching. Since the game wasn't going to start for a while, Jo and Ash went down to talk to Paige. Then both the teams came jogging into the gym. Jimmy and Spinner waved to the girls who waved back. The mascot came up to them, acting all silly, as a mascot should. It was a few minutes before Jo realized who was in there. "J.T.?" The Mascot clapped his big panther paws together and then started entertaining the crowd.

Jo and Ash were about to go back into their seats when they noticed Paige had stopped stretching and was starring at something on the court. Paige looked frightened. Jo and Ash followed her gaze and saw that she was looking at the same boy that Jo had seen on her way in. He was smirking.

"Oh God..." Paige said, trembling. "He's here."

"Wait...he's here!?!" Ashley asked.

"Who's here? Paige who is he?!" Jo looked out and saw that the game was about to begin. Paige shook her head, she couldn't do this. She ran out of the gym. Jo and Ash ran after her. They followed her into the girls' washroom, where Paige hid in a stall. Jo leaned against the door Paige hid behind.

"Paige? Paige...who is he?" Jo asked slowly.

"That..." Paige said. Jo could here her sniffling "His name is...Dean..." Paige started to sob. Jo listened patiently. She looked to Ashley who was leaning against the sink, thinking. Then Paige finally spoke again "He's my rapist."

~*~

"I knew it! I knew there was something wrong about that guy. I knew it when he looked at me like he was undressing me..." Jo said.

"You saw him?"

"Yeah, he gave me the creeps!" Jo hadn't been this angry in a long time. The three of them were still in the washroom. Paige was now sitting on the sink counter. Jo was passing the floor.

"I don't understand..." Ashley said. "I thought he was doing time."

"That's what worries me...he was. But how could he be here?" Paige asked.

"They probably let him out for good behavior, either that or there was a bale set. Must have had a good lawyer." Jo crossed her arms and leaned against the wall.

"I don't know about good, but he was definitely mean. Kept trying to blame it all on me." Paige thought about the trial. It wasn't pretty...

**Flashback**

"I call Paige Michalchuk to the stand."

Paige slowly stood, head held high she walked up and sat down next to the judge. After she swore to tell the truth, Dean's lawyer walked up and stood in front of her. "Miss Michalchuk, isn't it true that you went to the party that night to see my client?"

"Yes."

"And understand that you drank. You asked for alcohol?"

"He offered to get me a drink and he brought..."

"Yes, but you drank it didn't you?"

"I didn't think..."

"Miss Michalchuk, is it true that you drank, knowing it was against the law?"

Paige took a breath "Yes."

"So you drank. You knew it was illegal but you still took it. Do you have a history of drinking Miss Michalchuk?"

"Objection!"

"With drawn. Miss Michalchuk, you claimed that when Dean led you upstairs, you didn't stop him is that correct?"

"Yes." "And when he brought you to the bedroom, you still didn't?"

"No"

"So, my client had no way of knowing that you didn't want to have intercourse."

"Yes he did! I told him 'No'!" Paige shouted.

"And when was that Miss Michalchuk? After you two were in bed?"

"Objection! Your honor!" Paige's Lawyer stood.

"With drawn. Your honor I have no further questions." He sat back down next to Dean.

**End of Flashback**

"They try to sound mean to make their clients seem like the victims, instead of the bad guy." Jo explained. "It's awful, I know."

"So what are we going to do about Dean?" Ash asked.

"I don't know. But I'm scared. I thought I was safe..."

"You are safe. He's not going to hurt you." Jo said.

"That's right. We'll stay with you. We'll find out what's going on."

~*~

The game was over. The panthers won again. Paige didn't cheer with the squad so Hazel took over just for the game. They didn't see Dean so Ashley, Jo and Paige headed out down the street. They were going fabric shopping like Jo promised. She thought it would take Paige's mind off things.

Jo went down rows and rows of fabric in different colors. "It needs to stand out in the light, but not shiny, something I can afford but not itchy and cheep looking..oh right here! This is perfect guys and it comes it lots of colors."

"I so would look cute in light blue!" Paige said looking.

"That's a safe color to use. Here" Jo held the light blue fabric up to Paige and nodded "Yes that nice. Brings out the color of your eyes. Ok Ashley, what do you like?"

Ashley looked around; she had given up her gothic look over the summer but was still fond of dark colors. She came across a deep violet color.

"Hey that would be cool. Here Ash hold it up." Ashley held it. It was perfect. Now Jo needed to pick one for her self. She didn't like pink, blue was taken she really had two options "Green, or red?" She asked. She really loved red but often tried to avoid the color. Green was nice on her but since the other two colors were blue and purple, red seemed to make the most sense. Paige and Ashley felt the same. "Red."

They got some lovely black fabric for the one part of their costumes that were the same. They were standing in line when something caught Jo's eye at the window. For a moment she could have sworn she saw Dean looking at them through the shop window, but when she looked again he was gone. "Come on lets go."

Jo kept looking behind them one the way back. Something didn't feel right. Paige felt it too. "Are you two ok?" Ashley asked, after catching the both of them looking behind them. "Yeah, fine." Paige said. Jo said nothing. They stopped at the corner waiting for the signal light. Paige kept looking around. They were at an intersection. She across the street to the side, that's when she saw him. There was Dean, leaning against a shop window smirking. Paige gasped "Ashley, Jo!"

"What?"

"He's here! Over there!" Jo and Ashley only got a glance before a bus drove by. When it passed, Dean was nowhere in site.

"Crap. Come on lets get out of here" Jo said urging the other two in front of her while she looked back to make sure he wasn't following.

(A/N: Yes Dean is back and stalking! Ahhh! Review!)