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Chapter 10 - Betrayal

"Jude!" Victoria tried again. This time Tommy heard her calling and opened his eyes, fear immediately taking over him. Jude did the same. She pulled away and quickly wiped her cheeks.

Victoria got out of her car and started towards the two.

Jude started to panic and looked at Tommy for help, but he also didn't know what to do.

"Tom, get away from her." Victoria said, in her calmest voice. Jude shook her head, slightly. Tommy did as instructed.

"Miss Harrison please-"

"Jude, get in the car." Her mother cut him off and pointed towards her vehicle. Jude backed away from the table and from Victoria.

"Jude. You heard me, get in the car!" She said once again, this time more intently.

"No mom," She pleaded. Victoria grabbed her arm, accidently pulling her sleeve up. Tommy watched this go on before him, his mouth agape.

"Jude.." Victoria's tone softened.

There were freshly made marks on her arm and there was a new bandage wrapped over one of them, blood seeping through. Jude jerked her arm but Victoria had a firm grip on her.

Tommy couldn't say anything, he just kept staring. She was hurting herself? Why would she do something like that? Why didn't he know about it?

"Honey..you said you stopped." Victoria said, brushing her fingers over her daughter's scars.

Jude started to break down again.

"Its not that easy," She managed to get out inbetween tears. Victoria pulled Jude close to her and guided her to the car. Tommy watched the two drive away and he wanted Jude to look back at him so he could tell what she was feeling, so he could show her he cared. She never looked back.

The drive started out silent..Victoria drove with her eyes fixed on the road and Jude cried silently into her hands. Everything was messed up again. They were back at square one and this time she had betray her sister. Victoria finally built up enough courage to look over at her daughter. When she did her heart broke..she could finally see how horrible things actually were. Jude was so thin..her wrists looked like they were nothing but bone. How come she hadn't been able to tell in the last few months? She seemed to be getting better..looking better. Victoria's eyes fell on Jude's cheeks. They were sunken in.

"Jude?" She asked, shakily.

Jude looked up with her red puffy eyes. She didn't even look the same. Everything about her was different.

"I'm going to take you to the doctor," She continued. Jude shook her head.

"Mom, please, no."

It was killing victoria..the pain and need in Jude's voice, but she didn't know what else to do for her. Nothing seemed to work and she couldn't trust Jude's judgment anymore.

"I'm so sorry honey.." A single tear escaped Victoria's eye before she pulled into the hospital's parking lot.

-Meanwhile

Sadie forced a smile as she walked around the living room with the other girls. She had opened most of her presents already. Getting everything from clothes to cradles, she wouldn't have to go baby shopping for a while.

She heard a knock on the door so she excused herself for a minute to answer it. Looking through the window, a smile crept on her face. Sadie opened the door.

"Hey-"

"Why didn't you tell me Sadie?" He cut her off.

"Tell you what?" She asked, letting Tommy make his way into the house.

"You know exactly what,"

Sadie eyed him for a minute, trying to figure out what he was talking about. Everyone from the living room was watching the two and some were whispering things about Tommy and how cute he was in person.

"Tommy, what are you talking about?" She asked, still not getting it.

Tommy looked over at everyone and realized why Jude left. They were all gaping like they had never seen a guy before. He smiled politely at them and then pulled Sadie outside and let the door close behind them.

"What Tommy?"

"Why didn't you tell me Jude was hurting herself?" He asked, concern dripping from his words. She stared at him for a moment in disbelief. Jude told him?

"How did you-"

"Victoria came to get her and..I just seen it, okay?" Guilt started to flow through his words.

Sadie's eyes fell to the ground and she grabbed his hands. She rubbed his in her own and tried to keep the tears from falling.

"She said she had stopped..I thought she did," She said, weakly. Tommy watched Sadie struggle to find the words to say.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, still trying to get down to the bottom of this.

"She didn't want the world to know, Tommy." She said, looking up at him.

He looked hurt from that comment. Didn't want the world to know? It was him..she could tell him anything.

"Sadie-I gotta' go." He said, pulling away from her. She said nothing, she knew where he was about to go. It was hopeless to think that Tom would ever be over Jude..of course he cared, she could understand that, but it was a different care. The kind of care that she, herself, longed for. She only wished he felt the same for her.

Watching Tommy walk to his car, Sadie stood thinking. Her eyes began to water but tears dared not to fall. He got into the car and Sadie watched the love of her life drive away. He was going to her.

Sadie walked back into the house, sadly.

"Babyshowers over." She said, walking up to her room.

A/N - See? Kinda short..but..what did you think? I would've written a little more but..I'm about to go shrimping! hehe..yeah I know I'm weird lol. So, Good or No?

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