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Hannah looked around the room wondering about the two strangers still sitting at the table. She had never seen them before and wanted to know who they were. She looked over at House curiously then back at the table.
"Grandpa who are they?" She asked softly looking back at Chase and Cameron.
"Dumb and dumber…"
House said sarcastically looking back at Chase and Cameron. He reached his left arm out to Hannah and smiled when she just about jumped out of October's arms to get to him. October lifted Hannah up by her waist and put her on House's hip.
Cameron looked at House annoyed with the fact he was willing to risk falling with his grand daughter in his arms. Chase stood up and walked over to the freezer and grabbed one of House's ice packs and walked over to House and handed it to Hannah. She smiled softly at him and looked over at House.
"Put it on your eye…" House said calmly.
Hannah put it on her eye then laid her head on House's chest. She smiled softly at Chase then looked up at House. Cameron stood up and walked over to the group she looked at House and Hannah concerned that both of them were going to get hurt when House fell because he lifted more weight then allowed.
"House shouldn't you sit down with her?" Cameron said trying not to sound too demanding.
House rolled his eyes and glared at Cameron. "I'm not going to drop my granddaughter!" House snapped.
October looked over at Cameron, she was happy that she was concerned for Hannah but not so happy that she thought she would let her dad hold her if she thought even for a second she was at risk. October sighed and looked over at Cuddy. She smiled softly and walked over to her. She hugged her; Cuddy smiled and hugged her back.
"I missed you Aunt Cuddy." October said softly.
"I missed you too sweetie." Cuddy smiled as October pulled away.
October turned around and looked at House and Hannah. "Is Hannah going to be okay?"
"I'm going to order a CT scan to make sure." House replied.
Hannah looked up at House and frowned. "Is that going to be scary?"
"Maybe a little but I'm going to be right there behind the glass making sure no one screws up…"
"Dad…"
House looked up at October and nodded. "Sorry…" House smirked at October then limped over to the table and sat down. "Schedule a CT scan make sure it's within the next fifteen minutes"
Chase nodded and left the room. Everyone else walked over to the table and sat down. October stood in the door way and watched as House, Cuddy and Wilson played with Hannah. She would look over at her and smiled every few minutes to make sure she hadn't left yet.
Cameron walked over to the other side of the table and joined in. October smiled and pulled her cell phone from her pocket it rang four times in the last few minutes she just ignored the vibrations until she had the time to see who it was. She rolled her eyes when she seen the list of missed calls all of which said David.
She thought that he wouldn't call her at all. She hoped he'd just give up and leave her and Hannah. But of course she was wrong he would never leave them alone at least not until one of them were dead which at the moment would most likely be her. House looked over at October. He could tell she was upset and worried about something. He studied her for a few moments before he decided to speak.
"October…"
October shoved her phone in her pocket and looked up at him. "Yeah?"
"Is everything okay?"
October thought about it for a second before she nodded. "Yeah; every things fine dad…Can I use your office for a few?"
"Yeah…Just don't be too long; It shouldn't be too long before Hannah goes in to get the CT scan."
"It'll only take a second."
"Okay…"
House watched her walk into his office and pick up the phone he starred through the glass trying to figure out what was wrong with her without asking. He sighed and looked over at Hannah. He kissed her forehead trying not to seem as scared as he was.
He knew something was wrong with October and her figured it had something to do with David. October picked up her dad's office phone and called her cell phone when the voice mail came on she held one down.
"You have four new messages; message one…Hey October, it's me I called to see how you and Hannah were doing…I'm sorry I hit you and even more sorry that Hannah seen it. Call me and please come home…Message two…October its me again; call me please we need to talk this out!...Message three… October Damn it! I'm tired of you fucking ignoring me. You have my daughter and I want her back! I want you back call me or else…Message four…October if you don't call me I swear I will come down there with a gun and kill everyone you care about and I will make sure you watch them die. All I asked was for you to call that's all and you couldn't even do that you stupid bitch. Hannah is my daughter too, you can't keep her from me. CALL!...You have no more messages."
October hung the phone up and buried her face into her hands. She'd been crying since the third message ended. She tried to think of something anything she could do to get out of it and the only thing that came to mind was going back to him and giving full custody of Hannah to her dad at least until she found a way out.
It was the only way she could keep Hannah safe and out of harms way. She knew he dad would take great care of her no matter what. She would get everything she needed and wanted from him and she would be safe. She would eventually find a way out or get killed by him…either way she would be free and Hannah would be safe.
She whipped away the tears and looked up she jumped when she saw Wilson standing a few feet in front of her dad's desk. She quickly searched for a way to explain why she was crying but couldn't think of one he would believe. She looked over at the empty conference room.
"They took Hannah to go get the scan." October asked quietly.
Wilson nodded. "Yeah, your dad wanted to come in here and talk to you but Hannah wanted him to be with her so he sent me…"
"I don't need to talk…thanks anyways Uncle Wilson…"
October looked down trying not to make eye contact with Wilson. He was one of the few that could tell she was lying just by looking at her. Wilson walked over to her and leaned up against the desk.
"October…Please talk to me? Me and your dad are worried sick that we won't be able to protect you right because we don't know what's going on. We know David hit you, there is no way your injuries would be that bad unless you fell down a three cement stairs and even there you wouldn't have the injuries you have."
"Just drop it okay! I don't want to talk; I don't want to explain how I became a horrible mother and an even worst wife!" October began to sob. "I…I can't handle talking about it right now! Please just leave me alone."
October stood up but before she could go anywhere Wilson stepped in front of her. He tried to think of something to do or say to help her with what she was going through but he couldn't. He couldn't think of anything because he didn't know what she was going through.
She used to tell him and House everything. Even when she skipped school or got into a fight but now they could barley get her to talk about anything no matter how personal or impersonal it was.
It bothered him most that she thought she was a horrible mother. She never done anything to hurt Hannah, even when she misbehaved all she would do was put her in time out. She was always there and she always bought her everything she wanted or needed. She was a better mom then most was. He put his hands on her shoulders to stop her from running.
"October…"
"Damn it Uncle Wilson!" She shoved his hands off her shoulders. "I just want to be left alone why can't you or anybody else understand that?! I understand that you guys care and all but I rather you just leave me alone!"
Wilson went to put his hands back on her shoulders but she shoved them away before he had the chance. He couldn't leave her alone no matter how much she pleaded and screamed for him too. She quickly whipped her tears away and crossed her arms across her chest.
"October, no matter what you say or do we are always going to be here for you even if you don't want us to be. We love you and Hannah way too much to let you two get hurt even if that means that you get mad at us for stepping in."
October rolled her eyes. "Move!"
She tried to shove past him but he grabbed her arm to stop her. She jerked her arm to try and make him let go but he didn't. She tried to pry his hands off but that didn't work either.
"Uncle Wilson! Let me go!" October yelled harshly.
"I'm sorry I can't! I love you too much to let you leave. You are not a bad mother October, Hannah adores you! You've never once done anything to hurt that little girl and you have always put her needs before anyone else's including yours. How do you figure that you are in way a bad mom?"
October jerked her arm a lot harder and was finally able to break free. "Just get the fuck out of my way!"
This time when October tried to shove past him he wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She fought to get him off but couldn't. Wilson hated doing this to her but she needed help. The harder she tried to fight him off the more she cried. She finally broke free but she was still cornered behind her dad's desk.
"Hannah saw everything that fucking night. When I went in to get her David shoved me. I hit my head on the table he kicked me in my rips then started choking me and Hannah had to see the whole thing! And today I couldn't even stop her from getting hurt! That's how I'm a bad mom! No child should have to go threw all this just because her parents couldn't play nice! I was supposed to protect her from this shit but instead I put her right in the fucking middle!"
October fell to her knees and sobbed Wilson knelt down beside her beside her and wrapped his arms around her. She laid her head against his chest and sobbed. He finally knew the truth at least as much as he was going to get at the moment. He rubbed her shoulder with his hand and laid his head on top of hers.
"None of that was your fault…you couldn't have stopped it."
Wilson felt her body trembling from crying so hard. He wanted to make everything alright, to make all her problems disappear. But he knew he couldn't as long as David was alive there was always a chance of her or Hannah getting hurt or even worst killed by him.
He gently kissed the top of her head, he didn't want to risk saying something and upsetting her even more then what he already had. She finally reached up with one of her arms and wrapped it around Wilson's neck.
"I'm so sorry Uncle Wilson! …I never meant to be so mean to you I just didn't want to give him a reason to hurt you or my dad." She started coughing through the sobs. "I love you guys so much I didn't want you to get hurt."
"I know sweetie…but it's our job to protect you not the other way around."
