Janitor: What are you doing here? Everyone left, (then he saw Loren half naked) oh my good gracious God. What happen to you? Loren just shook her head like she don't know who did that.
Please you should know who did this. The principal is not here but I think we should call the police.
Lo: No please don't. Loren said and got up from the floor trying to cover herself by pulling her top down.
Janitor: Ok I will leave so you can have your privacy to put your cloths back on. (The janitor leave and close the door behind him and then called the principal and told her what has happened) he came back to find that Loren was gone.
There was a knock at the Tate's residence and Nora went to open it.
Nora: Hey girls wha-
Mel: Where is Loren? Why did she leave without telling us she was coming home?
Nora: What? Loren is not home, I thought you were supposed to bring her home
Mel: Yes, until she ditched us
Nora: Mel, be serious, Loren is not here. Cassie, Kim tell me you girls are joking
Kim: No Mrs. Tate, Loren left us at the school while practicing
Nora: Oh my God TT, please come. Did Loren tell you she would go somewhere?
Trent: No she didn't. why? What is going on here? Girls where is Loren?
Cassie: We thought she is home
Nora: No she is not here
Trent: Kim and Melisa get into the car we are going to look for my baby girl.
Nora: I am going with you, Cassie stay in case she comes home
They got the school and saw the principal talking to the janitor.
Principal: Good you are here, how is Loren and did she tell you what happened to her?
Trent, Nora, and the girls: What happened to her?
Janitor: I think she was sexually assaulted
Trent: What do you mean my baby was sexually assaulted? Who would want to harm my girl?
Principal: Mr. Amos here found Loren in the janitor's closet half naked and when he asked Loren about it, she won't answer him and won't let him call the police either so he decided to call me instead.
Nora: No that did not happen to my baby. Where is she?
Principal: I was hoping you knew.
Mel: If we knew where she was, would we be here now? Then Nora's phone started ringing.
Nora: Oh it is Cassie, hello Cas
Cassie: Loren is at home and won't tell me what happened, rather, she is crying and locked herself in her bathroom
Nora: we will be home soon just keep an eye on her please
Cassie: Will do that.
Nora: Loren is at home and she has locked herself in her bathroom
Principal: Please let me know what happened and who did it and if there is anything I can do to help let me know. Do you think we should bring the police into this?
Nora: No, we have to know what happened first and if it is true that someone really raped her, you will see the colors of me. I will kill the person with my own bare hands.
Principal: Let's not come to the killing itself, if the person is a student here, he will get expelled.
Trent: Thanks we will let you know what happened
They got home and Loren was in her bathroom and they could hear the water running
Nora: Loren Baby, please open the door
Loren did not answer them so Trent came to the door and called her several times without answer so he threatened to break the door down and within a few minute, the water stop running and Loren opened the door.
Trent: Oh my God Loren (Trent hanged her so tight). What happened? Loren couldn't talk but cried harder and just let her dad held her. Nora and girls all started crying because they all knew by now that what he janitor said was true. He lifted Loren up and went and sat on the bed.
Trent: princess, who did this to you?
Loren: I don't know him daddy
Nora: Trent, we have to call the police. Loren quickly said
Loren: No please
Mel: Why not Lo? Are you sure you don't know the person?
Loren: Yes I don't know and I don't want people to know about this. Looking up at her dad. Daddy, remember your reputation.
Trent: I don't care about my reputations, all I care about is the safety of my family and whosoever did this should pay for this.
Cassie: I think Loren shouldn't have washed the evidence away. We don't have anything to trace us to the rapist. Did you at least see his face?
Loren: No, Loren said getting sick in her stomach and she run to the bathroom and started vomiting. Mel run in there to hold her hair from falling into the toilet.
Mel: Loren, I know you are not telling us everything but I will let be for now.
The girls spent the weekend with Loren and on Monday, everyone has heard about it, which made Loren uncomfortable because some of students looked at her and felt sorry for her while others talked behind her and laugh.
Eddie and his friends were sitting in front of the school building
Tyler: Who did that to that sweet innocent girl?
Ian: I feel sorry for her because Mel said she was a virgin when she got raped
Adam: That is bad, I can't believe what she went through.
Eddie was quiet all this while
Tyler: Man, why are you quiet
Eddie getting annoyed, why? Can't I be quiet?
Tyler: We are talking about the girl who refused to come to your recordings and also rejected your proposal of taking her to the prom.
Eddie: Ok rob it on my face, yes she refused me so what do you want me to do? Hide myself in my room?
Adam: So are you happy that happen to her?
Eddie: No, not a million times would I wish that to happen to my worse enemy. I am just thinking who would do that to her and if I find that person, I kill him myself.
Ian: Mate, are you really into Loren?
Eddie: I don't know
During break, Loren refused to join the group and Alex refused to even see her because he felt it was his responsibilities to protect Loren and he did not do a good job to protect her.
The principal, friends and family of Loren tried everything to let her talk but she refused to tell them what really happened to her and who did it. Loren kept quiet during the prom and finals and when she was elected the prom queen and Eddie the Prom King, she hesitate on dancing with Eddie and Eddie have to pull her by force to dance the queen and king slow dance with her.
After the finals, Loren begun feeling somewhat sick, vomiting in the morning and couldn't stand strong perfume. She went and bought pregnancy test and the test was positive.
Loren: Now what I am going to do? My scholarship to Brown. OMG! My parents what are they going to say? I am only 17 and pregnant.
She got up from the bed, took shower, dressed up and got into her car and headed to her rapist house. When she got there, he hesitate and wanted to go back when she a woman came out of the house, she knew that the woman has seen her so she got out of her and went towards her.
Loren: Good afternoon mam
Woman: Good Afternoon, how may I help you?
Loren: I am Loren and I went to school with your son, I need to talk to him
Woman: Oh really, I don't want to see you near my son ever, je has a girl and I don't want you to come between them.
Loren: I understand mam, but I really need to talk to him about something important.
Woman: Wait here I will bring him out. I don't want you in my house.
Loren: Thank you
The woman went inside the house and within the a few minutes, the guy came out of the house.
Person: Hi Loren, what are you doing here?
Loren: I want to ask you why you did that to me?
Person: I told you not to tell anybody, did you forget that?
Woman: what did my son did to you?
Loren: Kindly ask him
Woman: What did you do sweetheart?
Person: Anything mum (now looking down with guilt written all over his face)
Loren: So you can even stand in front of your mother and lie. Oh my goodness! I can't believe this. (Loren turned to the lady and said) your son here raped me and threatened to do the same thing to my friends if I tell a soul.
Woman: Did you do that son?
Person: No mum, I didn't, how can I sleep with a trash like her? (Still looking down)
Woman: Look here young lady my son will not go the low the sleep with local girl like you. For your own good, get out of my property before I call the police on you. And don't you even think of coming back here again. (She started pushing Loren) Loren turned and looked at he guy and said
Loren: There is only one thing I want to tell you, karma is no nonsense person and can haunt till he finds the person. Don't say I didn't tell you when the time comes you will look for me but you will not find me. I am leaving and today will be the last day you would ever hear from me. With that she got into her car and left.
Loren got home, wrote a note for her parents and left without her phone. When her parents came home, they went to her room and she wasn't there. When Nora came to the kitchen, she saw the note.
Dear mum and dad,
I am sorry disappointing you, but I have to leave because I don't want to leave and start my own life. Please don't bother looking for me because I will not be in LA. I will call you the moment I get settle. Please daddy, don't be mad at me because I took five hundred thousand from the safe. Love Loren.
Loren called her dad's agent and he bought her a ticket to Minnesota and the moment she got there, she took a bus to Chicago. She found a cheap motel and stay there for about five months. One day while coming from the mall, she felt dizzy and fell. A man and his wife helped her and called for the ambulance and they took her to the hospital and the find out the she was going to have twins. Even though she never went to the clinic for a check up the babies were fine but she was kept at the hospital for three days and the kind lady and husband were always at her bed and took her home after her discharged. Mama Candice was the kind lady's name.
Mama Candice: So what is your name?
Loren: Loren
Mama: Ok Loren, are you from Chicago?
Loren: No
Mama: Do you have family here?
Loren: No, I run away from my family because I disappointed them by getting pregnant.
Mama: If I may ask who is the father of the babies?
Loren: He refused to stand as a man and take responsibilities
Mama: Is there a way we can contact your family about the babies?
Loren: No please don't do that, I will tell them when I am ready
Mama: How long have you be in Chicago?
Loren: About five months
Mama: The doctor said you are eight months pregnant and why didn't you go for any check ups?
Loren: I don't know that I had to do that.
Mama: When you get discharged, I want to know if you would like to stay with us/
Loren: If that would not be a problem to you guys. I have to go back to my motel and get my things first.
After Loren was discharged from the hospital, Mama took her to the motel and she picked up her things went and stayed with mama till the day she went into labor. Loren had two boys, Alan and Aaron. Loren is having a good life with her kids that she totally forgot about LA. It has been four years when the twins were born.
On the other hand, Eddie and Chloe got marriage and things were going on fine with them until the bus, which was taking Eddie and his crew for a tour, got into a fatal accident that the Eddie was unconscious for three months. The doctors later found out that Eddie can't have kids.
Loren was in her room with her kids one night singing to them so they can sleep not knowing they had a visitor who was listening to her.
Kelly: Auntie Candy, Who is that? She have a good voice and song I have not heard it before.
Mama: Oh that is Loren, I will introduce her to you when she comes out, and Please don't ask her anything about the children.
Kelly: Why not?
Mama: Because she don't want the kids to ask questions about their father. She got raped and that was the results.
Kelly: How old is she?
Mama: She is twenty-two, she had the babies when she was seventeen. Hey Loren, are my boys sleeping?
Loren: Yes mama Candy
Kelly: Hi my name is Kelly and I thought my auntie here would introduce me, but I am thinking she is not ready to do that.
Loren: Hi, I am Loren
Kelly: Do you know you have a nice voice? The song you were singing was beautiful. Who's song was that?
Loren: I wrote it.
Kelly: Wow Loren, can I ask you a question?
Loren: Shoot it.
Kelly: I like this girl already. Any way, I am assistance to a music managing company and I would love it if you would want me to sign you up.
Loren: I don't know about that. What do you think mama Candy.
Mama: I think it is a good idea. I always tell you that you have a beautiful voice and you think I was lying; now you heard it yourself. I would good income for you and the boys too.
Loren: Ok when do I come to you office to sign me up?
Kelly: There is one thing that I have to let you know, the office is in California so we have to relocate you to LA.
Loren: That would be a problem
Kelly and Mama: Why
Mama: Loren is that where your family are?
Loren: Yes, and I haven't talk to them for five years
Kelly: will find a way to let them forgive you.
Loren: I don't know about that
Mama: Loren if you like, I would go with you and spend sometime with you before I come back to Chicago.
Loren: Will you do that for me? Thank you. She got up and hanged Mama.