At the label with Brenda the next day

"as I've told Victoria we can't legally do that, Rome is set to be her biggest show, we can't just change venues like that, not without a very good reason and Victoria didn't give us that" says Diane Patricks

"that's because Cat, my daughter and Victoria's beloved girlfriend won't tell her why because the reason is the cause for her PTSD and extreme stagefright and general fainting issues, she hates talking about it because it causes nightmares for days, so here's the deal I'm an FBI lawyer, what I say here doesn't leave this room, am I understood" says Brenda sternly

"why do I get the feeling I'm going to have nightmares after this" asks Diane

"you didn't trust Victoria, an artist that is quickly becoming one of your most popular, who as far as I can tell has NEVER asked for a venue change her entire career, so ya you're going to get details that will absolutely make your skin crawl" says Brenda

"ok just go ahead" says Diane

"when Cat was seven we went to Rome to meet my brother, who has made Millions and millions writing sex books, he's also a prolific gun owner, we went there so he could teach Cat about gun safety, what actually happened was he locked him and Cat in his bedroom and stuck his fingers into her mouth while he forcibly undressed and 'played' with her 'kitten' as she calls it then he raped her, he had her in his room for two days before we got the police to break down the door and get her out, they took him into custody which only lasted two days because he bought off the police chief, his last words to her were and I quote 'oh I can't wait till she's older, she's going to make tons of money for me' the 'older' part meant when she turns eighteen, she only just turned twenty-two, she RAN away to LA from Victoria's quaint property in fear of him, you denied the venue change, she didn't feel she had a choice" says Brenda

"can't you do anything" asks Diane

"not once she steps foot in central Italy, he's paid off almost all the cops in that area, they effectively work for him, that's why she ran, you denied Victoria's request and basically threatened to steal from Victoria if she even asked to move another venue, Cat will not risk anyone's career for what she sees as a super traumatic family issue that people shouldn't have to worry about, she's contemplating just ending the relationship with Tori over it, it's THAT bad for her, she would literally rather dismantle her own happiness than have other people understand her problems" says Brenda

"I can maybe delay it a few days but it would be a significant burden to Victoria's central Italy fans to move it to another venue outside Rome" says Diane

"give me a week delay and I can get something going" says Brenda

"I can try but what's the plan, Victoria's fans will hang me if they think I'm responsible for them breaking up" says Diane

"his daughter, my niece Cassandra has been inappropriately touched by him as well, she was born here in California so legally speaking she is a US citizen, she's been wanting to charge him for years but never truly had a reason, she'll probably jump at the chance, they already know about what he did to Cat, he's on a watch list because of it but they need another victim to come forward before they'll request he be extradited from Italy on serial rape charges" says Brenda as she gets out her phone and dials Cassandra

"I'll give you the room" says Diane leaving as Brenda nods

"ugh you do know what time it is right auntie" asks Cassandra groggily

"yes but I know he's asleep and you can talk freely, if I sent you an FBI blank form with his name could you fill it out, explain what he did" says Brenda

"I'm not exactly free to talk, he installed cameras in my bedroom and the bathroom" says Cassandra clearing her throat

"that's worse than I thought, can you escape on a plane… by that I mean can you get on one this instant headed for LA" says Brenda

"you know Cat and I have PTSD battles, is that really the best idea, we barely get along anymore" says Cassandra

"this is for your safety Cassandra Melody Valenti, Cat doesn't even know I'm doing this" says Brenda

"ok I'm buying a plane ticket, the problem is he'll follow me, Cat's going to kill me for showing up unannounced, I meant it when I said we have PTSD battles, it's almost as if she's stuck back in that time when I'm around" says Cassandra as she quietly packs bare essentials

"I'll explain everything when you get here, I'm enacting the savior protocol now because Cat is with Victoria Vega, her next tour is in Europe, Cat slowly got more and more terrified about the stops in Italy, to the point that she left the property Tori bought, she basically told Tori 'nope goodbye I'm not putting my life ahead of your career" says Brenda as Cassandra leaves the house

"ok I'm out, see you in LA and hope he doesn't follow me" says Cassandra

"oh believe me I'm hoping he does, you're a grown adult, even if just barely, him following you to California would constitute stalking and he would be arrested on the spot, all you'd have to say is 'my dad followed me here without my consent' and they'd take him away where the FBI can lay down serial rape charges against him, anyway keep in touch, let me know when you're getting on the plane" says Brenda

"will do auntie, wish me luck" says Cassandra

"good luck" says Brenda as she hangs up and Diane walks back in

"well how'd it go" asks Daine

"good, the first step is in motion, how long do I have to get this under control" says Brenda

"you have eight days, if it's not solved by then then the tour will have to go on as planned just with only two stops in Italy instead of three" says Diane

"I assume you lied to her fans about this" asks Brenda

"yes, while Tori has just under a month till the tour I told them she's dealing with stomach problems that might delay the tour by a few days each stop, I said if they couldn't make it if the shows are delayed to just shoot Road manager Reiner an email and they will be refunded in full, including any taxes they paid on the tickets" says Diane

"Mrs. Patricks this label has been accused of working against the lgbtq+ community, do you genuinely support Victoria being gay" says Brenda

"that ruling came out before I took over, the prior CEO was definitely working against the community, vastly limiting our pool of potential artists, I can't change the past Mrs. Valentine, I can only look to the future, Victoria's fans openly supporting her at that Vegas show showed us that not everyone in the lgbtq+ community will come out and say they're part of it, Victoria never explicitly said she was dating Catarina yet they all saw how she put that blanket on her, that sent a clear message to her fans, I've been in polyamorous relationships before, two with only girls so I fully support Victoria, yes I'm bisexual" says Diane

"if Cat were to apply to be an artist would you sign her" says Brenda

"I'd rather add her to Victoria's artist agreement than sign her separately, I've been sent many videos of them signing together, most of them being on two occasions, one of them seemed to be a prom event, they harmonize well, her fans agree" says Diane

"why not sign her as her own artist" asks Brenda curious to the reason

"did you see that Vegas concert, Victoria kept going over to lay beside Catarina, I don't see Victoria taking a break if Catarina had to go on tour by herself, besides Catarina has that stage fright thing you mentioned, I don't see her going on stage but IF she did want to I would absolutely sign her as Victoria's duo, Victoria has always wanted a second person to sing with at concerts" says Diane

"the stage fright mostly has to do with a conversation she overheard about her amazing voice, she'd gotten approved to be in a commercial, they recorded the commercial and aired it for a week before pulling it over 'complaints that she wasn't dressed appropriately', she was in a one piece bathing suite, which by the way was the only thing she'd wear out of the house for a year when she was little, anyway she'd overhead the commercial people tell me that Cat wasn't really all that talented anyway and to expect her to be a live in daughter, that nobody besides us could ever love her, that incident was two years before the rape incident, she'd apply to be apart of then drop out of all the school talent shows, her favorite line to use was 'I'm not at ALL talented, I don't understand why my teachers insist I sing for these stupid talent shows, I'll never win anyway so why should I even try', it's stuck with her through everything, nobody has ever really given her a chance to prove she can, it only reinforces her idea that she isn't good at singing or anything, if you told her she has a chance to make music, even if it's just for Tori on the side, you'd show her it is possible" says Brenda

"I can put feelers out but Victoria's music is different, it tells a story without being specific, for example one song makes mention of a sister long missing, another talks about growth, another talks about loss, it makes her very relatable, that said I'm surprised how quickly her following has grown even in the past few days since that Vegas show, we had the concert in Venice that hadn't by any means been very popular, we'd almost considered cancelling that concert simply because there didn't seem to be any demand, well that's changed, now there are more buyers than tickets, same goes for the Madrid and Barcelona stops, they went from half filled venues to too many people wanting a ticket, I'm not certain that Cat's music style would allow Victoria's fanbase to grow or if doing so would make it shrink, however that being said I will definitely ask but only if this situation is solved" says Diane

"oh believe me it won't take long" says Brenda

Later that day at LAX

"well well Christian, it would seem you're not as smart as you look, following Cassandra here was clearly a mistake" says Brenda

"you did this, where's your loyalty to your family" says Christian clearly enraged yet cuffed

"family loyalty only goes so far when you start raping said family, along with several girls back in Rome, the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna has seized your home brother, they've found the videos, the Italian government demands justice, once we're done here you will go back home where you will be charged with creation of child p**n and the enslavement of the Italian youth, as well as blackmail, you will not be a free man" says Brenda

"there's the statute of limitations Brenda, it's been too long, the court system here won't let this go forward" says Christian almost smirking

"nobody said anything about a public hearing brother, this situation falls under the same laws that allow a murder to be caught years after he committed the crime, plus there's the whole thing back home, enslaving girls to do sex videos for money Europe takes that very seriously, Italy even more so, Cat's willing to testify to what you did to her, she's an American citizen as is Cassandra and Americans love guns but in California Rape will ABSOLUTELY not fly, even if you don't get convicted here you will more than likely when you return home for the trial in Rome, oh and your accounts have been frozen so don't think about paying off the jury" says Brenda

"ugh you will pay for this" says Christian

"I pay for it every damn day by simply being related to you, EVERY time I meet an new FBI agent they always ask me if I'm a criminal who touches my kids, literally the first question they ask every time so don't go on with this S**t about me paying for your arrest, maybe you should have thought twice before raping my family or forcing children to get naked and make sex videos with you because you have a lean on their parents, I don't commit crimes Christian, I prosecute criminals and I've had enough with your pompous ass getting away with criminal activities, take him away boys" says Brenda hugging Cassandra tight

"I hope he burns in hell auntie" says Cassandra

"if there is a God he will pay for his actions, now do you want to go see Cat" says Brenda

"is she back at Tori's property or at home" asks Cassandra

"Tori's property, Tori made a point of going to LA to get Cat, something about not being able to function alone anymore after being around Cat recently, Cat was under diagnosed for the yeast infection causing algae, as rare as it is here in California it does happen when it blooms suddenly, anyway they treated the infection but not the smell that goes along with the algae, it's kinda put the relationship on hold until its dealt with" says Brenda

"there is an old Italian trick to get rid of the smell" says Cassandra

"what Italian trick" asks Brenda not knowing what it is

"ok maybe it's not Italian it does work, tomato juice, salt, garlic and strawberry juice, I know it sounds funny but believe me it works, I had the same problem a few years ago, though not the same type of algae it caused a similar problem down there, the only positive thing about that situation is it caused my creepo father to throw up any time I got near him, anyway taking a bath in that concoction took away the smell, though there are lotions that do a similar thing but if it's as bad as you say she might need…. toys to get the lotion in the right places" says Cassandra

"do you have any of that lotion with you" asks Brenda as they head to her car

"I never leave home without it, though Cat has to be careful, I've 'accidentally' eaten it a few times because it smells good, yeah turns out it isn't meant to interact with saliva, only what's produced in the special place between the legs, she'll kinda need to get it in there and do so for a few days, the time I had yeast infection related bad smells it took a few days, my situation was also caused by swimming in the ocean, usually for longer than an hour" says Cassandra as they leave the airport

"Cat's going to be a bit jumpy seeing you here all of a sudden" says Brenda

"she's always jumpy when she sees me" says Cassandra

"oh that's right i said i was going to explain that, see to understand why you have to understand that first interaction between you and her after your dad touched you the last time then you told me, in her eyes you almost seemed apologetic about it, as if you hadn't been affected by it and were on your dads side, most days she has a hard time keeping that incident from playing back over and over again in her head, she's Bipolar and has at the very least ADHD, maybe autism but she won't get tested for anything else, she refuses to" says Brenda

"I didn't see a point in talking about it, trauma is trauma, once it's done I don't see a point in dwelling on it, I know what dwelling on your trauma can do, I've seen many girls go for a swim and never come back alive after simply talking to creepo, my philosophy is, if I dwell on it I can never be free from it, there are moments when it rears it's ugly head and gives me nightmares but I can live my life, yes my dad has enslaved girls but I've saved many more by keeping them away from him, by warning them, by doing so my trauma doesn't control me I control my trauma" says Cassandra

"controlling how trauma affects you can be good to live day to day but that doesn't mean you're free from its destructive grip, you will be getting therapy, if the therapist agrees that you have PTSD then we can move forward with the trial against him" says Brenda

"i was already diagnosed with PTSD by my doctor in Rome, why do I have to be diagnosed again" says Cassandra as they approach Brenda's car

"you were diagnosed in a city that basically kneeled to your father's will, it's not that they don't trust your doctor in Rome, they need to be sure that it's not something he manipulated you into faking, in order to be absolutely sure the evidence is true they have to be sure he caused your PTSD, don't hold anything back" says Brenda as they get in her car

"so Cat doesn't hate me" asks Cassandra

"no, in her mind you not being at the mercy of your PTSD means you enjoyed what he did to you, also she's linked you to him unfairly in her mind, she thinks you're a spy for him, you running away from him changes that, it will take time for her to adjust, Victoria has a few new buildings on her property planned to be built and where you will stay" says Brenda

"why on her property" asks Cassandra

"it's protected property, not just anyone can walk onto it without permission, Victoria offered until you get settled here" says Brenda

"no no no I have a relationship in Rome auntie, I have a life" says Cassandra suddenly scared

"it's for legal reasons Cassandra, right now you're enemy number one because of your father, because of the news of what he did Valenti's are temporarily banned from entering Italy freely, that includes me, for at least six months, the point is to show them his unwillingness to follow rules and laws is the exception not the rule in our family Cassandra, we need to show them we can follow the law, whoever your with can come here, I assume she lives in Spain" says Brenda

"h-how'd you know she lives in Spain" asks Cassandra terrified

"I have connections to a judge there Cassandra, by sheer luck you're dating her niece, she asked me if it was ok on my end for you to date her, she was afraid your dad was going to kill you if he found out" says Brenda

"dad doesn't know, even if he does he doesn't care, he monitored my room not my phone, that's how ignorant he is, he didn't care who I talked to or dated just so long as I didn't plan to move out, her name is Hailey" says Cassandra

"I'll let the judge know where you are, you deserve to be loved" says Brenda