Disclaimer; in honour of the end: I don't own any of the CSIs (or Flack). Stephanie's mine, who I've got to admit I'm getting quite attached to, as is her father, Paul, Paul's father, Alyssa, Jennifer (the college isn't mine, I'm pretty sure :D) and anyone else you remember that I dont.
A/N: here it is, last chapter. Epilogue... same difference. I don't like writing epilogues, in case you mess it up and then you don't have a chance to fix it, but I wanted to write this one so... you'll either like it or think I should have left it out. Hopefully the first one. :D
Let me know!
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Alyssa,
If you're reading this, it means something's probably happened to me. Maybe I've disappeared, maybe I'm dead, but I'm not at the college and a young boy has turned up looking for me. There's something I never told you, that I was never brave enough to say to your face, but I have to tell someone now.
That boy's my son, Max. His father is Paul Jacobs, the guy I met at the law firm internship, remember I was telling you he's a nice guy? Well he was, and we started going out, even though he was older than me, since he seemed decent, but – he started getting violent, and he even raped me. I'm sorry I never told you any of this, but I was too scared and too ashamed to tell anyone, even mom and dad.
I know your studies and your career are important to you, but if you could find somewhere safe for Max to go, I'd be grateful. I trust your judgement, and I know that you can make the right decision. Also, when he's settled, can you tell him about all this? I don't want him to be lied to, I want him to know the truth about what happened to me, and the kind of guy his father is – as soon as he's ready, that is. He's a pretty smart kid, i wouldn't be surprised if he already has some idea what's going on.
If you need any help, or someone to help look after Max until he goes to live somewhere else, contact Detective Josh Connelly at the NYPD, he's helped me a lot and you can trust him. He knows what's been going on, and he'll know who you are – I think you met didn't you?
Alyssa, I apologise for not confiding in you before now, and I hope you can forgive me.
Friends forever,
Marcy
Enclosed there was another letter, this one addressed to her parents and written with a shakier hand, with some suspicious wetness splattered in parts.
Mom and dad,
I am so sorry to have disappointed you like this. I know you were getting worried about me, but I was too scared to say anything.
I'm not writing this to worry you, but you deserve to know what's been going on, in more detail than Josh or the police can tell you.
It all started when I accepted the internship and Jacobs & Associates. While I was there, I met Mr Jacob's son, Paul, and we became friends and started dating. I told him I wasn't interested in a serious relationship yet, and he said he understood that.
But then he started changing... he got more violent and i found out that his work was suffering because of the friends he had started making, friends that were criminals and were having a negative influence on him. I'm sure it was their idea for him to talk to me and gain my trust – for some reason (I'm sure it's nothing good) they rape women to get them pregnant and then take the baby away or, like me, persuade them to marry them so that the baby will 'have both its parents.'
He got me pregnant, and I married him for my son, Max's, sake. I don't know what went wrong, but when he found out that I was pregnant again (I tried to keep it a secret from him so that I could keep the baby safe) he threatened me. That's why he killed me, because I refused to get rid of it, but how could I? He can't get me pregnant and then tell me when I can and cant have another baby, inappropriate husband or not he should respect that.
I was doing what I thought was right, and... it's going to cost me my life, I know it is. I had no other choice, I was afraid to tell anyone what was going on in case he hurt them, or they did or said something to make it worse – Josh Connelly is a detective in the NYPD who knows some of it, but when he approached me he assured me that he wouldn't do anything I didn't want him to.
Please, don't be angry with him; I asked him not to get involved, but he did help me out when Max was born, and he gave me the name of a doctor to go to to find out whether or not I was pregnant the second time.
Alyssa will be the girl who shows you this letter, she's a good friend of mine from college. I asked her to contact you and to help look after Max for me. Also if someone could talk to Jennifer Philips, my roomate – if she's been questioned by the police I'd like her to know what happened.
Mom, dad, Alyssa, Jennifer... I'm really sorry about all this. Please don't feel bad that you didn't know, or think that I didn't trust you enough to confide in you, this is the first time I'm telling anyone other than Josh, who only knew as much as he did through knowing about other girls like me. This has only happened because I did – as I was taught – what I felt was right, for both me and my baby. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out as well as it could have, which is probably no one's fault but my own for being too afraid to ask for or accept help.
Goodbye,
Marcy
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A/N: That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed it, I had fun writing it :D you guys are great.
I'm not going to try and thank everyone individually, but I'm sure you've noticed that I've replied to all your reviews, and you know how grateful I am. I love reading your reviews, and I'm happy that you like it enough to take the time to write it. There are probably areas I could improve on, I know I'm not perfect, but I always try my best to make it fun to read and easy to understand.
Anyway... can't wait to hear your overall opinions!
Now that I'm done with this, I intend to review at least one story from every reviewer that's posted before I start on a sequel (if I write a sequel, I dont usually, so dont expect one unless you want to give me some ideas to work with. :p Anything else will probably be a separate story)
So, before this note becomes longer than the story...
Bye and thanx!