Star woke up in the bed alone and it made her feel a little strange, rejected almost. She didn't know why David hadn't stayed with her, especially being her first night here, but she didn't like it. Looking around, the sun was casting deep orange shadows in through the cave entrance and she sat up and got dressed. She figured while the boys were still asleep she would try to call Tee again. She left the cave and hitched a ride down to the Boardwalk and called Tee's house and Tee's mother answered.

'Hello?!' She sounded stressed.

'Hi Alice, it's me. Are you OK?' Star asked.

'Oh My God! Where have you been?! Everyone is looking for you! Where is Toni?!' She practically screamed down the phone.

'What do you mean where is Toni? I'm ringing for her. I haven't seen her since the concert. Did she not come home?' Star's heart sunk into her stomach. She knew something had been wrong when Marko had told her that story and she should have listened to her instincts.

'No and her jacket was found down at the bay covered in blood. Why did you split up?! You never split up, you know that!'

'I know, I'm sorry. She went off with a man then got into a car with some friends and that's all I know. Alice, what do you mean covered in blood?' Star's knees went weak and guilt began to blanket her.

'Where are you? You need to come home, the police need to speak to you. There's something else.'

'I'm in Santa Carla staying with friends. What else?' Star didn't like her tone.

'The police went to your house looking for you when we reported Toni missing and they found your dad and your brother. Honey, they're dead.'

'They're what?!' She began to shake. 'Alice, say that again?' Star couldn't believe what she was hearing.

'Your dad and brother were found murdered in your house. I'm so sorry sweetheart.' Star went numb. 'You need to come back and speak to the police.' Tee's mother began crying and Star struggled to truly comprehend the magnitude of what was being said to her. She had to get off the phone and she promised to call the police and she said she would contact her again soon but said she couldn't come back to San Francisco again then she hung up. Almost instantly, she went into a state of shock and found there were way too many people on the Boardwalk for her comfort right now so she made her way down to the beach to process what she'd just heard. Toni was missing. Missing. And her dad and brother were dead. She couldn't believe it. Despite what her father had done to her, he was her only parent and she began to cry then, thinking of her brother, she cried harder and dropped to her knees on the sand sobbing. What the hell had happened to her life? Lightning flashed out above the Pacific Ocean and she heard the crack of thunder making her look out at the thick black clouds rolling in. She tried to pull herself together and piece together what she knew to be true about the last week. She knew Tee had gone off with Marko and she knew Tee had gone off with someone else in a car… no, that was what Marko had told her. She didn't know if that was true or not. She knew David and the boys had been back to her house to collect her things and David had said he had 'dealt' with her father and that her father would leave her alone from now on and she was not going to return to San Francisco. Both of these incidents led her back to David and his boys. Could they have done this? Could they have killed her friend and family? Why would they do that? Well, she could understand why David would hurt her dad but not kill him and not kill Tee or Nick. She felt sick thinking that she could potentially be living and had slept with a guy who could orchestrate the murder of her whole family. She thought of Marko and, although he was so young and innocent looking, there was something hiding in his demeanour that she didn't trust. It was in the way he smiled that made her blood run cold, she didn't trust him that night and she didn't trust him now. What was she going to do? If it was true and they had killed her family and Marko was responsible for Tee's disappearance, she couldn't stay there with them. She would have to go but where was she going to go? She had nowhere to go now. She felt scared and cold and as she stood up, she noticed the wind had picked up and was blowing her hair and skirt around. The sun was now gone and the moon was darkened by the water filled clouds and she wished she had a jacket as she began to slowly walk back to the Boardwalk before it started raining.

'You're their bitch.' A voice spoke to her and she turned to see some young punk looking surfers behind her laughing at her.

'Sorry?' She asked.

'You shouldn't be hanging out with those tools' a different voice told her and they laughed again.

'I seen you on the Boardwalk. You should be with a real man' the blonde one said, 'not those pansies you ride with. I'll give you a decent ride.' He laughed and as he spoke his friends began to circle around her and she began to panic.

'I don't know what you're talking about.' She said trying to back away but one of them pushed her back towards the blonde.

'I'll show you what you're missing…' He said reaching out to grab her.

'Fuck off Greg.' David appeared behind her and Greg laughed, his boys backing away. Paul, Marko and Dwayne stood near David and looked at them with stone cold expressions. She realised she was in the middle of a feud that actually had nothing to do with her and she didn't like it. Greg looked from David back to Star.

'I'll see you around.' He smiled and blew a kiss into the air in her direction then, looking back at David, he laughed along with his mates. David just stared daggers back at Greg before he looked back at her and almost gave her the same look.

'Where have you been?' He was pissed off with her and she stood there and glared at him for a minute before feeling her stomach tighten and tears beginning to well up and she realised she couldn't do it and she turned to walk away. 'Star, answer me.' She heard his words and took a few steps then abruptly turned around, she was going to have to confront him.

'What did you do to my dad?' She stood there scrutinizing his reaction to her question.

'What do you mean?' He asked her.

'My dad. He's dead, so is my brother.' She said, single tears falling down her cheeks. 'What did you do to them?'

'I didn't do anything to them. We just went there to get your stuff and told him to leave you alone from now on.' His voice was unnaturally calm and he narrowed his eyes at her. 'Star, how do you know they're dead?'

'I rang to talk to Tee and her mother told me my family were found dead in our house and that Tee never came home from the concert.' She shot a dirty look at Marko. 'Her jacket was found down by the bay with blood on it.' Marko just gave her a dead expression. 'What did you do to her?' She spat at him and he kept his expression.

'I told you, she took off with some other people. I didn't do shit to your friend. She was a pain in the ass.'

'I have to call the police, they're looking for me to ask me who Tee left with and I am going to tell them she left with you.'

'Fuck off!' Marko cut her off. 'Don't you tell any fucking cops anything about me!' Marko exploded and David interjected.

'Marko, calm it. Star, you're not going to talk to the cops about anything. We haven't done anything and neither have you. You will stay in Santa Carla and won't be talking to any fucking pigs.' David was trying to shut this whole situation down but she didn't want to hear it.

'I have to, Tee is missing.' She went to walk away again and David stopped her.

'Don't you defy me Star, you've done it once already tonight now, you're pushing it.' He was warning her and she stared at him struggling to believe what he was saying and why he was saying it. Why would he not want her to talk to the cops unless he and his boys had done something wrong? As she had the thought, a shiver ran up her spine and she felt scared. 'What did I say to you at the motel?'

'To not leave without you.' She said quietly, feeling like a little girl being told off.

'Did you think I was fucking kidding?' He glared at her and she looked down and shook her head, more tears sliding down her face. 'You stay away from Greg and his mates and you never leave the cave unless I am with you or I know where you are. Got it?!' His words were harsh and it seemed like he cared more about the fact she had left the cave alone than about her family or best friend being murdered. 'Let's go.' He grabbed her upper arm roughly and pulled her alongside of him. 'And stop crying, your dad was an asshole anyways.' He was angry. Angry she'd called home, angry she'd not done as he'd said, angry she was upset. She didn't like him when he was angry. He took her back to the cave without the boys and she went straight to her bed while he sat in his chair and had yet another cigarette. Paul came back about an hour later and David leaned over her and spoke to her.

'You're mine now and you will do as I say. Stay here with Paul.' She didn't look at him, she just heard him leave and she lay there and cried, her tears wetting her pillow case. She finally calmed herself and found herself staring at her mother's dolphin and the reflections of the fire bouncing off of it. She didn't know how long he'd been there but she became aware of Paul next to her bed and she looked up at him.

'Are you OK?' She gave him an exhausted nod. This night had just been too much for her.

'Why won't he let me call about Tee? I have to help the cops find her.' She said to him, sitting up and he looked at her, hesitating for a second, before sitting on the edge of her bed.

'Look, we have had our fair share of interaction with the local law and David is none so keen on having a chat about a murder he has nothing to do with. And Marko has nothing to do with your friend either, I was with him when she took off.' She looked at him shocked.

'Why haven't you said anything?' She asked him.

'I didn't have to. Why didn't you believe him?' He shot back and she looked away thinking before she answered him.

'Because something about his story didn't ring true to me.' She said honestly. 'Tee wouldn't just leave me there alone.' He sat there and looked at her, impressed at how correct her instincts were.

'Let me give you a few pointers about being here. Never question David, what he says goes. Don't ask, it's just the way it is. And if I were you, I wouldn't be going anywhere without him, he just about lost the plot not knowing where you were tonight. You belong to him and he's very jealous and protective of his possessions. You'll get used to it.' He got up smiling but she didn't smile back, she really wasn't in the mood for niceties right now. 'Another, heads up, don't cry. He hates dealing with chicks crying. The rest you can work out for yourself.' He walked away leaving her alone on her bed and she lay back down thinking about what he'd said to her until she fell into a deep sleep.