She drove home and picked up the phone ringing her brother Mark for support,
"Hello Mark Carter"
"It's Sam"
"Hey how are you?"
"I've got a problem" she said understating the issue
"Need me to bail you out again?" he joked
"Mark I was 16" she laughed alongside him forgetting her problems till she remembered why she was arrested.
"Yes and dad would have still killed you if it wasn't for me" he bragged baiting her but Sam wasn't in the mood.
"It's Alex" Sam said wanting to talk to him about it,
"Alex? What? How?" he asked stunned
"She is here where I work, I've been ordered to work with her" she couldn't stop the first tears escaping trickling down his face,
"Ah, so how is that going?" his tone understanding
"It's not," Sam admitted not to Mark's surprised
"O"
"We discussed the Jonas issue, it wasn't just the once it's why he left me" Sam found herself sobbing slightly
"Could have guessed that still she did you a favour getting you to realise what a bastard he is,"
"I guess"
"Have you talked about….well you know?"
"No, I can't"
"Sam" he scolded
"And say what?"
"The truth"
"What the whole truth, that although dad forgot to pick her up it was your fault you got into trouble again she caught the cab to bail you out without dad finding out, you killed mum"
"Maybe not phrased like that"
"Or should I tell her about what happened after that mum's funeral"
"She needs to know" Mark reminded her
"I was 15"
"Yes"
"The next time any of us saw her was when I was engaged to Jonas and you know what happened then"
"Sam you need to forgive her" his voice held pity, understanding, but was firm.
"I can't, Mark you don't know the half of it I got to go"
"Sam wait"
But he was talking to the dial tone
Sam hung up and started crying the conversation with her brother had brought all the memories back to the surface.
She got in the shower allowing her tears to mingle with the water; she heard the phone ring several times but ignored it,
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