Jade knocked on the Vega's door, understanding that an unannounced visit was probably not a good idea; but she didn't know what else to do. Cat was with her, ready to see how the family was holding up.

For all the slack Jade was being given by Beck, he had decent advice. "She needs a friend," Jade whispered, "So we're not going to bombard her with questions or anything like that." Cat nodded slowly.

"Do you think she wants to see us?" Jade wasn't sure what to do with that matter. The door slid open and Trina's head poked into view. Her eyes scanned the girls up and down while her mouth remained tightly shut. She opened the door farther. "Come inside and set your purses by the door."

"Okay." They followed Trina in and obeyed her words without resistance. They didn't want to upset her any further than she already was, or at least, they didn't want to earn any ire.

Once inside, they saw Tori seated on the couch with Andre. His arm was draped around her shoulders and he was peering down at a photoboom in Tori's lap. Tori was tracing a photograph with her fingers and gazing at it with misty eyes.

After a while the girl looked up at them, but said nothing. "Sorry we didn't call ahead, Tori." Jade walked over with great caution, and Cat soon followed suit. "We just wanted to check in on you."

"Thank you." Tori looked at Jade. Trina walked past the back of the couch and into the kitchen where a pot of water was boiling on the stove. A box of spaghetti noodles was next to it and a second pot held sauce with meatballs.

Andre's hand slowly ran down Tori's arm. He looked to the girls, speaking softly. "We suck as friends, we should have seen the signs that he was so controlling."

"There wasnt any signs," Cat remarked as she took a tentative seat beside Tori. Tori wiped a tear from her face and a tiny smile broke one her face. "Im sorry Tori"

"It's ok " Tori's voice was hoarse, and her hands were shaking. "Im away from him now." She whimpered and shut her eyes. "I thought, I had hoped…" Jade looked towards the kitchen where Trina was, the woman was facing them and leaning slightly over the island countertop. Her left hand was balled up on the surface while her right clenched around a mixing spoon. Her jaw was locked and her eyes held a similar sorrow but an anger as well. "No Tori, dont make excuses for that scum"

Jade looked back. "Yea," she whispered, "Trina is right Tori." She looked towards Cat, wincing at the felt her heart trembling from within, her throat tightened and she slowly closed her eyes. "I'm truly sorry Tori. I couldn't imagine what it was like."

"It was hell." Tori reclined her head and Andre looked over, motioning at her with a finger.

"We should have never given Jason Devlin a second chance."

"Oh yeah." Tori rolled her eyes and smiled.

"Yea." His eyes narrowed. "He was two timing Tori with Carly, after that we shouldn't have let him back in."

"Carly was so disgusted, and yet we are good friends now." Tori leaned her head onto Andre's shoulder and started laughing. After a while, the laughter faded and she stared in silence at the photograph. "God, I miss her so much." Tori raised her head and looked over to her sister. "Does it ever stop hurting, Trina?" Her voice broke and Trina slowly closed her eyes. "Tell me it stops. I know the answer, but please…lie to me."

"You know I can't do that" Trina stood straight and let out a heavy sigh. "It might ease in time, but the scars will probably always remian."

Jade furrowed her brow and shared a confused look with Cat. "I'm sorry to pry." Jade turned towards Trina, who arched an eyebrow at her. "But, you talk like you've been through something like this."

Trina's fingers curled into her palms and her body began to tense. "A similar situation, yeah. I had a good friend, Travis. His family blames me for what happened."

"Do you mind if I ask-"

"You can ask." A sigh rolled away from Trina's lips and she glanced back to the pot on the stove. "I'll say a little, but it's still difficult to talk about."

"I understand. Did he go missing, though?"

"No. He died trying to protect me. We had an encounter with a weird water creature." Trina's breath grew heavy and her body began to shake as she pushed her hands forward on the countertop. "It attacked, Travis took the hit, he was bleeding everywhere."

Trina inhaled deeply, Jade cupped her hand over her mouth and felt a tinge of tears begin to flood her eyelids. Trina closed her eyes. "And yet I couldn't protect Tori."

Jade closed her hands into fists and looked off to the side, her entire body was trembling and anger had grasped her heart. Cautionary tales, that's what these tidbits of experience and advice seemed to be. They weren't saying that Jason was a danger or threat, but they were warning her to be careful because they themselves had faltered-at least in their mind. Because Jason could make the, pay the ultimate price.

Looking towards Cat, Jade wanted to swear she wouldn't make the same mistake. Perhaps, perhaps then she would take the Vega sisters' advice to heart. Perhaps she would not pry in areas she had no business prying; but that was difficult to do. One thing still rested on her mind. Was Jason coming for Tori? The clues seemed to be there, but the pieces of the puzzle weren't altogether.

She wanted to ask, but she was afraid she wouldn't be given the answers she sought. Even now, all they told her was due to their emotional state of mind. In other circumstances, they wouldn't have given her any of this information-she knew that much.

At least, for now it did.

However Jade felt there was something bad coming on the Horizon, that this with Jason wasn't over yet.