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A New Family, a New Future-Part 20:

Louisa had begun her second round of therapy and it was already more intense than the last round had been and the teenager wasn't saying much and always just shut herself in her room when she got back from her sessions.

"Why won't she tell us anything?" Jane sighed as they'd just got home from picking Louisa up from therapy.

"Because I get the feeling that this one is going to bring up stuff she thought she'd forgotten or stuff that is too painful to talk about," Maura said, "we only know what Hope and Paddy have been able to tell us since she arrived in Boston. We know nothing about what happened in Chicago only that Sadie was murdered there. When she wants to talk to us we just need to be there and listen to her when she wants to talk to us."

Jane sighed. She could see Maura's point but she also wanted to be there for Louisa and she couldn't see a way of doing that without knowing what was going on in the girl's head.

"But…"

"No buts Jane…"

"Louisa?" Jane interrupted Maura as she saw Louisa walk into the kitchen.

"Cailin has invited me to stay with her for the weekend and I wanted to say yes but thought I'd better check first," Louisa said.

"Yes you can go. I'll take you there myself," Maura said.

"What the hell are you playing at?" Jane whispered, "how do we know she'll be safe…?"

"Because Frost can go and hide and we can tell everyone else without Lousia finding out," Maura whispered to Jane before the detective realised what she meant and nodded. Louisa smiled and nodded and hurried off to tell Cailin the good news.

Friday afternoon came and Maura was able to pick Louisa up and drive her out to campus and gave Louisa a talking to about behaving herself and doing as she was told.

"Yes mother," the teenager smirked before she saw Cailin and got out of the car and grabbed her bag before she went up to Cailin and smiled before she headed inside with her.

"Had the lecture?" Cailin asked as they walked into her apartment.

"Of course I have," Louisa said, "does she really think I wouldn't behave myself for you?"

"It's Maura. Yiu should know what she's like," Cailin said before looking, "we're going to my favourite pizza place."

Maura arrived back pleased that the whole group, minus Frost, were sat there waiting.

"Where's Frost?" Hope asked.

"Keeping an eye on the girls," Jane replied, "only way I felt comfortable with Lou on that campus."

"What we are about to tell you does not go outside of this house," Maura said changing the subject quickly, "you cannot tell anyone, especially Louisa."

"Why? What is it?" Angela asked.

"Chloe's family are in Witsec after her mother witnessed the murder of Sadie," Jane said before falling silent so everyone could digest the news.

"How…?" Hope managed to breathe.

"Jane asked me to look into it and I had to drag Nina into it but that's what we found out and, for obvious reasons, we don't want Lou finding out because it'll bring up stuff that she's not talked about at therapy especially her mother's murder," Frankie said. Maura then spoke,

"But we told the mother that we wouldn't say anything which is why we are telling you know that you cannot say anything to anyone because if this gets out…"

"Then Chloe's family will be in danger and Louisa will get hurt and feel betrayed by Chloe and you don't want that," Constance said, "what the hell have you two gone and done?"

"We honestly are just as shocked as you at the result but we spoke to Chloe's mother and cleared the air," Jane said, "but we have to keep it a secret from Louisa…"

"And Cailin," Maura added, "we will be letting Cavanaugh know that Jane and I know but not you lot," she said, "so we are trusting you all with this."

"You know I where I stand," Korsak said.

"Yes we know and we also know why you won't say a thing," Jane said before the two sat down and the group discussed the matter further.

"Now this is my favourite pizza place on campus," Cailin said, "the pizzas are massive and we can get fries and a coke. Sharing the fries as they are massive but we have our own drinks," she said walking into the pizza parlour and headed to a table and sat down with Louisa before ordering for them.

Louisa looked around and saw some students walk over and Cailin quickly introduced Louisa to her flatmates before they headed off and the food arrived. Cailin laughed at Louisa's reaction when she saw the size of the pizza and the fries.

"I did tell you that the fries and pizza were massive!" she laughed, "you normally attempt it with your flatmates but I decided to get as much junk food into you as possible between now and Sunday night."

"You know Jane would love this place," Louisa said as she grabbed a pizza slice and began to eat it.

"Yes so please do not tell her or Maura will find out…"

"Then you'll be in so much trouble. I thought you'd have been more like Maura…" Louisa said.

"I've also had Hope remember but she's not too bad really. I'm allowed to eat this stuff at the weekend," Cailin said, "provided I eat healthy in the week and yes she does check up on me. I think it's with everything that has happened. I can see it in Jane and Maura."

"They'll have someone watching us," Louisa said as she drank her drink, "I know what they're like."

"Well hurry up and eat up and we can go and watch some movies in my room and hope the others haven't eaten the popcorn," Cailin said as she ate her pizza slices.

Eventually the two headed back to Cailin's room and decided that after Louisa's practice they'd go bowling and Cailin could show Louisa around campus as no doubt Maura would hope that she would go there and follow in her footsteps. Hopefully the weekend would be fun. Louisa deserved a break and just to have fun with Cailin and that is what Cailin wanted for Louisa.