Cat felt everything but well at this moment. When Jade and Tori told her about her dad's visit she didn't know if she should be happy or angry at the man. She didn't have time to think about it tough, because the news of her mother being in a hospital was enough to drown the anger. They were now in Tori's car, driving to the hospital. Cat was silent the whole time, which only meant one thing, she was worried, and the girls knew that.
"I know you are worried, but she will be fine." Jade said as she looked back the redhead from the passenger seat. Cat let out a sigh.
"I know she will, but what am I going to tell her? What if she yells at me again or…"
"Cat, Jade and I are going to wait for you in the hall. If she does anything, just go outside." Tori cut her off, knowing where this was going.
"Vega is right. We can leave whenever you want, but you need to see her." Jade assured, giving Cat a little smile.
"Kaykay. Thank you both. For everything."
"Everything for you." Jade answered and Tori nodded in response, making Cat smile a little.
After a few minutes they arrived at the hospital. Cat hated them, especially since they locked her in one time and put those cubes on her hand. Thank god the others got her out. They went inside and into the elevator. 8th floor. She got more and more nervous, but she knew she had to do it. She slowly walked towards the room her mother was in and stopped.
"We will stay right here until you come outside." Tori told her and sat down on one of the chairs, Jade leaning against the wall and crossing her arms.
"Kay." Cat whispered. She took one deep breath and opened the door. Mr. Valentine was sitting on a chair next to the bed in which Ms. Valentine was lying. She didn't have any VI's or anything.
"Catherine, you came." Mr. Valentine lit up and walked over to his daughter, kneeling down and hugging her. Cat was taken back by such a gesture. She couldn't remember the last time her father had shown such care for her.
"I'm here daddy." She responded and looked over at her mother. Ms. Valentine held her hand over her mouth and started trembling. Tears started flowing down her face. Cat was confused and looked back at her father.
"Is mommy okay?" she asked, confusion on her face. Mr. Valentine choked up himself as he sat back on the chair.
"She is fine. She just had blood poisoning from all the alcohol. She can go home in a day or two. The doctors just want to be sure." He responded, holding his wife's hand. Cat still didn't come closer to the bed. She didn't know what to expect from her mother, who still wouldn't look at her.
"Why are you crying?" Cat asked softly, like nothing in the past months had ever happened. Ms. Valentine finally looked at her daughter, into her brown eyes. She saw the pain, hurt and guilt that had been stored there in the past months; all that because of her drinking.
"Catherine… I'm so sorry." The older woman said trough her tears. Cat was shocked. This is the first time in 9 months her mother had spoken to her without bashing, insulting or accusing her.
"Walter told me what happened. I swear I don't remember. I honestly swear I don't remember I did any of that. It's just… Drinking made it easier for me." She sobbed again.
"It didn't make it any easier for me." Cat answered with a neutral tone, making Ms. Valentine look away. Mr. Valentine decided to speak up.
"Catherine, we understand that you are mad at us. You have every reason to be. I'm sorry for leaving every time. I was a coward. I'm sorry you had to deal with all this. I…"
"Do you even know what you did to me?" Cat cut him off, anger taking over. "Do you know how I feel right now? You yelled at me, blamed me for everything. You hurt me in every way possible. I have nightmares to this day about the accident. I have to watch him die every night while I had to take your shit every day. And now you tell me you are sorry? What do you expect me to do? Yell "okay!", clap my hands and be all happy as if this never happened. Well as much as I would love to forget all this, I can't! I simply can't! And all this is thanks to you!" Cat yelled at them, tears running down her cheek. Mr. and Ms. Valentine looked away in shame. They wished someone had confronted them like this before. They had no idea it would have such an impact on her only remaining child.
"I don't expect you to forgive me." Miss Valentine said weakly." I know you hate us right now. But we want you to know two things. Your father and I are going to get therapy. We should have done it earlier, I know, but we were both running away from all this. We want to be a family again, and we would not be a family without you honey. I hope you can forgive me one day for all those things I said. But none of them is true. Not a single one. I understand if you don't want to come home. How could you." She said calmly, yet never looking at her daughter. Mr. Valentine took over.
"I hope that too. If you need anything, let me know. The last thing I want to happen now is for you to be without money or a roof over your head."
"I have enough money for now, and I am staying over at Jade's place. I need time myself to deal with all this. You really hurt me, but I forgive you. You are my parents and I love you both, but I need time." Cat replied, her voice calm this time. She felt some relief, especially when her mother said that none of those accusations were true.
"Thank god she has such good friends." Mr. Valentine told his wife. She smiled a bit.
"Yes, she does. And Jadelyn has a good punch for a young woman." She joked.
"Yes, I really do." Cat told herself silently, thanking god that Jade and Tori are part of her life.
The two girls were waiting outside while Cat was still talking to her parents.
"Hey." The both turned around and saw Andre standing there.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Tori wondered.
"My grandma has to see her doctor every three weeks, so I brought her over. Just to check if she is okay, well as okay as she can get. What are you two doing here?"
"Well… we…"
"We are waiting for Cat. She is visiting her mom." Jade answered, cutting Tori off. She knew that Tori would need an eternity to tiptoe around it.
"Well, thank you for letting me finish." Tori told her sarcastically.
"Thank you for letting me finish." Jade mocked, smirking at Andre who had to prevent himself from laughing.
"Seriously guys. I don't talk like that!" she wined.
"Nice one Jade. But why is Miss Valentine here?"
"Blood poisoning. She has been drinking too much."
"So it's true. Now a lot makes sense."
"What do you mean?"
"Miss Steward, my neighbor, works in the same company as Miss Valentine. She told me once that she had been fired for showing up drunk more than once. She must have done something to Cat too. Cat's not herself for a while now." Andre said. Jade knew he expected an answer now.
"She was. Since Michael died she blamed Cat for it. Tori and I got her away from home just yesterday. We are staying at my place for now. We need to keep an eye on her."
Andre raised an eyebrow at Jade. She pulled up her sleeve and showed the scars to Andre. He understood immediately.
"I get it. Keep her safe, and call me if I can help somehow."
"Andre! I'm done here. Get me away from all those people I don't know!" His grandmother yelled. He just shook his head.
"I got to go. See you two." He greeted them and left. Just as he left, Cat came out of her mother's room. Jade and Tori stood up.
"Hey, how did it go?" Tori asked and placed her hand on Cat's shoulder.
"It went okay. They apologized and offered me to come back home, but I would like to stay with the two of you for now. If I can." She said and looked over at Jade. Jade just rolled her eyes.
"What a stupid question. Of course you can. I wouldn't have let you go home anyway." Jade said with a smirk. Cat smiled herself and hugged Jade around the waist. Jade hugged her back and rested her head on Cats.
"Awww" was Tori's only comment, which earned a "what the hell?" look from Jade while Cat only chuckled.
"And I ruin it again. Way to go Tori." She told herself. She was cut off by a hug herself.
"Awww" Jade mocked. This time it was Tori's round to glare. They started walking out of the hospital.
"And for the last time, I don't talk like that!" Tori yelled at her friend, who just laughed with Cat. Tori simply shook her head at the two, but ended up smiling herself in the end.