A/N: The Penultimate chapter!

Chapter 14: Damaged Goods

Sasha's Apartment – Later

It took Lauren a while to get here, traffic was horrendous. But she finally made it, she just hoped she wasn't interrupting a moment between them. She'd learned that the hard way before, when she walked into Shay's room to get her laundry and found them in an intimate situation.

Never again.

She knocked on the door, it didn't take long for Sasha to answer it. "Hi Sasha, sorry to be a pain. Can I speak to Shay for a second? I need to discuss something with her"

Sasha sighed, "You actually just missed her…" she was still a little confused about the whole thing. "… When she got here I couldn't believe it. She was alive again. Thank you for that by the way"

"It was actually Bella's doing…" Lauren didn't want to take credit for it. Bella went over the mark and she was proud of her. "… So, what'd you mean she's gone? She was so excited to see you" that's the impression she got earlier.

"Everything was fine at first, and then she started acting strange. It was like she was seeing me differently or something. I can't really put my finger on it. When I asked her what was wrong, she got defensive and left. Is she okay?" Sasha was worried.

This was worrisome.

Lauren didn't want to scare her any more. "I just thinks it's the stress of the day. You know, dying, then coming back. It takes a toll. Don't worry, I'll find her. I'll have her call you when I do" she gave her a smile, then left.

Downtown – Later

After checking every place her daughter would've gone, she then realised that maybe those places weren't relevant to Shay anymore. Not now that she had her old memories back. There was only one other place Lauren could think of, and that was the Apartment she lived in with Shay before she knew who she was.

Only, after everything went down; the building was abandoned. No one lived there anymore. Lauren drove down there, she felt nostalgic entering the building. Having spent so much time here once upon a time.

She got to the apartment, and found the door open. She walked inside, "Shay?" Her voice echoed through the room. "Please sweetie, I just wanna talk" she stepped further inside.

Suddenly, Shay walked in from the balcony. "There's nothing to talk about. I'm fine"

"Really? Then why'd you come here?" Lauren asked, she didn't believe her.

"I dunno…" Shay honestly didn't. "… One minute I was with Sasha, and I was happy. And then the next, I kept seeing flashes in my head—" she touched her head again, seeing more. "I saw her bleeding, beaten, and without her wings"

Lauren remembered that day, Sasha was thrown through a portal by Jack after he'd tortured her and cut off her wings. It was an awful sight. "Is that why you left in such a hurry?" She explained that she'd been there already.

Shay nodded, "I couldn't look at her without seeing that image in my head. I had to get outta there. Is she mad at me?" She couldn't bare that.

"No baby…" Lauren shook her head with a smile, stepping closer to her. "… She's not mad. She understands you've been through a lot. We all do" she touched her arm.

There was still one thing Shay wanted to know. "Were you ever planning to tell us?" She meant herself and Ethan. "Or were you just gonna keep it a secret forever?"

Sighing, Lauren decided to come clean. "Honestly? No, we didn't plan on telling you. And you of all people know why, especially now. Look what these memories are doing to you. The knowledge of them is causing you pain Shay. We couldn't do that" she and Bo made a choice not to tell them.

And they believed it was the right one.

"Jack didn't have a problem doing it. Because that's what he does, he ruins people's lives. I remember, every horrible thing he did to me-to us. Because of the memories, I feel like I'm being pulled in two different directions. I'm nothing but damaged goods now" Shay broke, falling into her Mother's arms.

Crying.

Lauren held her tight, stroking her hair like she always did when Shay was sick or upset. "No you're not! Don't ever think that! I know who you are. You're Shay Ysabeau Dennis. You're the strongest person I've ever known. You're my little girl, and I love you so much" she kissed her head.

"How can anyone love someone as damaged as me?" Shay didn't know what to do, or how to go on after this.

But Lauren wasn't standing for that kind of talk. She held her face, pulling back to look at her. "Hey! What did I just say? You are not damaged!" She wasn't letting her think that. "You're perfect. Okay? Don't ever think less of yourself. You have a strong heart, just like your Mom. The heart of a Warrior"

Her kids had much of Bo in them. Including her will to keep fighting, no matter how bad things got.

"I don't think having a Warrior's heart is gonna help me much now…" Shay turned away from her, "… I feel like my brain is tearing into two separate pieces. One, is the person I've been for the last two decades, and the other is the person I was when I came back from the future. How can I live like this?" She really wanted an answer.

The more Lauren heard how she was feeling, the more she wanted to undo what Jack had done. "Maybe you won't have to. We can find a way to suppress those old memories. But, you need to tell me how you got them in the first place. What did Jack do to you?"

Shay hadn't told anyone yet. "He sprayed me with this stuff, one of the ingredients was Unicorn blood. Apparently, they're fifth dimensional creatures or something" she wasn't an animal person, so she didn't know about this stuff.

But Lauren did, and if she wasn't so angry with Jack for what he did then she'd be impressed. "So, I'm guessing you inhaled the spray?" She got a nod. "And the Unicorn's blood, made it possible for you to live two lives at once. That's why you have your memories back" it was complex.

But also genius.

"Is that even something that can be fixed?" Shay honestly didn't want to live like this.

"It might be tricky, but there's always a way…" Lauren wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "… And I'm not gonna stop until I find it. So, what'd you say we get outta here?" She just wanted Shay to come home.

Their family had suffered enough.

It was time for things to go back to normal.

Or something close to that.

Shay nodded, taking one last look at the place. Her old place. "We had a good time here, didn't we?" She glanced at her Mother. Who said yes. "At least that's something I guess. Let's go" she walked out of the apartment with her Mother.

She was ready to go home.

Dennis Household – Later

Bo didn't say anything to Shay when Lauren brought her home. It didn't surprise her that Lauren was able to get Shay to see sense. Things never changed around here. Bo remembered the days when her kids were little, and Shay always favoured Lauren. It didn't bother her, because she knew Shay loved her too it was just a deeper connection she had with Lauren.

Like Bo had with Ethan. It was just one of those things. Bo missed those days though. And she made that known to Lauren while they laid in bed after their long day. The kids were all sleeping soundly, thank god. Even Shay, which was a blessing.

"Do you remember that morning a couple years ago, when we had Ethan's birthday breakfast? And after the kids went to school we had a little party of our own?" Bo looked at Lauren while she was going over some paperwork.

Something she did frequently before bed.

"A couple of years?" Lauren revealed a smirk, that was an understatement. "You mean nineteen years ago, when Patrick was one, Charlie was three, Shay was five and Ethan was seven? Yes, I vaguely recall it" she kept writing in her notes. She had to get this done.

Bo gasped, "Vaguely? Ouch! Way to hurt a Succubus' ego!" That one stung.

Lauren scribbled down her signature on the bottom on the form, and placed the papers on her nightstand. "Sorry babe…" she gave her a kiss to apologise. "… Let me start over. Yes, of course I remember. How could I forget the day Bella was conceived?" That was a really good day.

"Okay, well aside from the earth shattering encore we shared; do you remember what it was like to have the kids at those ages?" Bo missed it. "It was so much fun back then"

"And easier" Lauren loved it too.

Bo had to laugh thinking of it. "There was no back talk, no arguing, no tantrums—well, only when we took their toys away. I wish we had that again"

Suddenly, Lauren's smile dropped. "Umm, are you getting at something here? You don't want another baby, do you? Because as much as I love you, I think five is a really solid number for us" she didn't know if she wanted another child, just yet.

They were good right now.

"I'm not saying that. You're right, five's a good number. I just, miss the days when I was their whole world-sorry, we were their whole world. Now, everything seems scattered" Bo sighed, sinking into her pillow.

Lauren laid down next to her, kissing her cheek. "No it's not. Everything's fine. Admittedly, things haven't been great lately. But, were okay now. Everything's good"

"I know. I just, miss it" Bo held Lauren's hand as she laid beside her. Clearly, she was tired but Bo herself couldn't get to sleep. She just kept thinking about those better days.

But Lauren could sense Bo's sadness. "You're still their whole world Bo, it's just their worlds have gotten a lot bigger over the years. But that doesn't mean things can't go back to way they were. Before all this happened"

"I guess" Bo decided to get some sleep. The threat might be over for now, but it didn't mean there wasn't another one out there somewhere. There always was. She'd need her strength for that, which meant she had to rest.

Living Room

In the time since her Mother brought her home, Shay had been doing some major soul searching. Especially about this predicament she was in. Yes, she had the memories of two separate lives, and no, they weren't fun to experience all at once.

But never the less, they were a part of her now. These memories belonged to her. It didn't matter if that life never happened, to her it did. There was also benefits to keeping the memories too. Like, the added fighting techniques. They were gruesome, but effective.

Although, trying to differentiate between her old memories and her new ones was proving difficult. And being around the people that triggered them, made things worse. So, she finally came to the conclusion that she had to leave.

Just for a while.

She could never leave forever.

She just needed time to figure things out.

So, while everyone slept; she packed a bag. She had enough money to support herself for a while, having worked in her Grandfather's bar since she was eighteen. And if she ever did run out of cash, she always had her compulsion ability.

She'd written a letter to her Parents, and also one to Sasha explaining why she was leaving and that she was coming back. It was just a matter of when.

With everything ready, she left the two letters on her bed upstairs. Taking one last look at the house, she didn't know when she'd be back. One stop she had to make before hitting the road, was to her Grandfather's vault below the Dal. She knew where he hid the key.

The only way for her to disappear completely, was to be invisible to anyone who tried to locate her. Including her little sister. Once they'd noticed she'd left, her Parents would make Bella try to find her with Magic and Shay couldn't let them.

The perfect thing to save her from that, was a charmed pendant made from an ancient iron that her Grandfather kept in his vault. It had the power to render a person undetectable from any and all magic. It was the only way to hide from her sister's spells.

As soon as she got that, she was gone.

It was for the best.

Next Morning

Everyone was at the table in the kitchen, eating breakfast. Well, everyone except Shay. "Patrick? Go and see if Shay's awake, be quiet if she's not though" Bo told him to run upstairs.

"Maybe we should let her lay in…" Lauren said. "… She's been through a lot. Extra sleep can't hurt" she didn't want to push Shay before she was ready.

And Bo understood that. "I get you're worried Lauren, but she's gonna have to deal with life sooner or later. It's bad for her if she hides away in her room—" she stopped talking when she heard Patrick call her name.

Both she and Lauren ran upstairs, fearing the worst. And they were right to. "Where is she?" Bo asked Patrick.

"I dunno. I knocked on the door but she didn't answer. So, I came in and found these. There's one addressed to Sasha, but this one's for you guys" he handed her an envelope.

Not able to wait, Lauren snatched it from Bo's hands and tore it open to read it. Shay wrote about how she wasn't okay, not after what happened. And that she needed some time alone to work through her thoughts. "She's gone" her voice was quiet.

Bo frowned, "What?" She took the note from Lauren, who just took a seat on Shay's bed. Bo read over the letter, seeing the same things Lauren just did. Shay had really taken off. "I don't believe this"

"She's coming back though, right?" Patrick asked.

Thankfully, that was one thing Shay did confirm. "Yeah, she is. Just, not any time soon. Give us a minute buddy…" she told him to go back downstairs. "… Lauren? Are you okay?"

"Am I okay?" Lauren lifted her head, frowning angrily. "My daughter has run away Bo! Of course I'm not okay!" She got up from the bed and walked to the window. "How is it, that even when Jack's dead he still finds a way to destroy us?"

Bo took full blame for that. He was after all, her Father. "I don't think that's something we'll ever have the answer to. I know this's bad, but she said she's coming back. We just have to wait a while, that's all"

"And what stops me from going insane with worry while we wait for her?" Lauren couldn't be without one of her children, not knowing where they were or if they were okay. It just wasn't right.

"Nothing…" Bo answered honestly. "… But you've got me, and our other four children. Yes, this's scary. And it downright sucks! But we can't begin to imagine how Shay feels. Maybe this'll be good for her" she had to consider it.

Even if it meant not seeing her little girl for a while.

Lauren shook her head, "Being away from her family won't be good for her Bo!" She began crying. "We just got everything back to a good place! What're we supposed to do now?"

Bo hugged her, "We have to let her go…" she told her. "… We have to give her whatever time she needs to deal with her trauma. She'll be back, you know she will" she didn't have a doubt about that.

"When? In a year, or ten?" Lauren didn't even want to think about how long it would be.

"Please, Shay would never be away from Sasha for that long. Or us. If it makes you feel better we can ask Bella to track her with magic" Bo thought it was a good suggestion.

But Lauren knew Shay better than anyone. "No, she's probably already found a way to hide herself. I raised that girl, I know what she's capable of. If she doesn't wanna be found then she won't be. You're right, we have to let her go" as soon as she said it, she felt into Bo's arm.

Realising the severity of their situation.

Their daughter had fled. And they had no way of knowing if she was okay. It wasn't that Shay couldn't take care of herself. Quite the opposite in fact. But Lauren worried whenever any of her children were away for too long.

"It's gonna be okay babe" Bo held her close, pressing a kiss to her head. She wanted to believe her own words, but she didn't have a clue if it was true.

She hoped so.

Suddenly, Ethan entered the room having heard the news from Patrick. "She's really gone?" His Parents turned to him with a nod. "What the hell did your Dad do to her to make her run off?"

When they were kids, Shay threatened to run away so many times. Especially when she'd get grounded or their Parents took something away from her. But she never went through with it. It was all talk.

Bo couldn't answer him without telling him the truth, and she and Lauren had agreed never to do that. Look what it did to Shay. "I don't think it's anything he did particularly. But, being down there can change you. It's a lot to deal with. Your sister just needs time"

"But, if it's a lot to deal with then she shouldn't be doing it alone" He was worried about her.

And Lauren felt the same. "You're right, she shouldn't. But she has to. And we'll be here when she gets home. She'll be okay Ethan" she gave him a side hug.

"Yeah, but do you know who won't be?" Bo picked up the unopened envelope. "Sasha, when she reads whatever's in here. Should we see what it says?" She didn't know what to do.

But Lauren did, so she snatched it from Bo's hand. "No! This's a private letter from Shay to her Girlfriend, and none of us will be peeking. God knows what she's written in here. We should take it to her"

"I'll do it…" Ethan took it from her. "… And I'll also explain Shay's reason for leaving. I'm sure the letter covers it, but Sasha still might need someone to talk to after she reads it. She's bound to get upset" he felt bad for her.

"Good idea. You go do that. Let us now what happens, okay?" Lauren tapped his arm as he left the room. Once he left, she took a look at Shay's empty room. "I'm gonna miss hearing her snoring like a tractor in the mornings"

Bo laughed, she never thought she'd miss that. "Me too. Although, It'll be nice not to fight over the remote. And you know she's the one who eats all the Oreos" there were never any left over.

These were all trivial things, but they made Shay who she is. And they were going to miss it. "She'll be okay, right?" Lauren needed an answer from someone.

Nodding, Bo hugged her again. "She's gonna be fine babe. We just have to trust her. And trust that we've done a good job raising her. Because we have. We've taught her well" she wasn't worried.

"Yeah. We did" With that, Lauren stayed under Bo's arm as they left the room, closing the door after them.

Four Months Later

Things were better.

They thought they'd need a lot longer than four months to get over everything that happened with Ronan and Jack, but things got back to normal pretty quickly. The only downside, was that Shay hadn't returned home yet. What worried Bo and Lauren most, wasn't if Shay was okay; it was that they didn't know what she was up to.

How long could she possibly need to sort out her memories?

But they weren't the only ones who were worried. Things didn't go well when Ethan gave Sasha Shay's letter. She screamed, she cried, she threw things, then she cried a little more before finally realising that maybe it was good for Shay to be by herself. That was when she thought her Girlfriend would've been gone a few weeks, not four months.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything anyone could do. Not that they didn't try. After the first month, Bo asked Bella to track Shay down with magic, but like Lauren predicted; Shay had found a way to cloak herself. So, Bo took the human approach and tried to track Shay's phone, only to find that her daughter had covered that too.

She was smart.

Just like Lauren.

Trick was back to his old self, running his bar and smiling as he was the picture of health. Ethan had decided to help him run the bar in the first few weeks of his recovery. He had nothing better to do. Unlike most children, Bo's decided against attending College for a few years after they graduated High School.

Lauren wasn't happy about it, but her children just figured since they were going to be around for a long time and look the same as they did now, then they could attend College whenever they wanted and still meet the requirements.

All of them, except Bella.

She wanted to go to College now and had applied to a bunch of good schools. Her grades were impeccable so there was no chance of her being rejected. And it wasn't like Bo and Lauren couldn't afford to send her because they'd made a lot of money over the decades.

Of course, Lauren was biased when it came to choosing the right school, she still believe Yale was the best one out of all of them. Bo had no preference since she never even finished High School, so she just told Bella to choose whichever one she wanted.

Bella applied to four schools. Yale, Stanford, Princeton and finally, Harvard. She'd been accepted to all four, which was great. But now came the moment where she had to decide which school was going to be the one for her.

She'd been wrestling with it all day. So much so that she was hiding out in her room. That was until someone knocked on her door. "Come in" she mumbled from under pillows.

Bo stepped inside, "Making any progress?" She knew why her daughter was finding it hard to decide. When Bella just groaned, Bo sat beside her on the bed. "Bella? Can you sit up please?" She waited for her to listen, and saw her frustrated face. "Why the long the face?"

"It's just, I know Mom really wants me to go to Yale because that's where she went; but, I'm not sure if it's the right place for me. I also don't wanna disappoint her" Bella was at a loss.

"Sweetie, your Mom will never be disappointed with you. And yeah, it would be nice if you followed in her footsteps and went to Yale like she did. I mean, look how great she turned out. But, it doesn't mean you have to. And she'd never want you to be unhappy. You know that" Bo knew Lauren wouldn't be like that.

Bella nodded, "Yeah, I guess I do. I think I have it narrowed down to two schools. Do you wanna know which ones?" She'd been thinking about it all day.

Bo was a little worried, mostly because whatever Bella decided would determine how far away she'd be once she left. "Sure"

"I'm leaning towards Princeton or Stanford" Bella said.

"Stanford? That's in California, right?" Bo saw her nod. Okay, keep calm! Take a breath, don't panic. These were things Bo was telling herself so she didn't freak out about her Daughter being half a world a way. "Uh, that's cool. But, what about Princeton?" She knew that was closer.

Bella shrugged, "It's a good school, and it has a good variety of things I can study. But, New Jersey isn't as sunny as California"

Sun?

That's what Bella was leaning towards, Sun?

Bo had to keep her cool, she couldn't freak out. "True, but how much sun do you really need? I mean, you don't wanna get sunburnt while you're reading your textbooks! I'm telling you, Princeton sounds like a really winner!"

"Of course you'd think that, because it's closer to you and Mom. Do you not trust me to be away by myself?" Bella was finding it hard not to take this personally.

Bo shook her head, this wasn't what she wanted. "No! Of course, we trust you sweetie. It's just, with how our lives are and the things we've gone through; your Mom and I feel the need to be very overprotective. When you guys were little, we didn't take our eyes off you. We were scared something would happen if we did"

Those were dark times. All the attacks she and Lauren had to stop, people who came after their kids just because they were Hybrids. It made them a little paranoid.

And Bella understood that, "I get it Mom, you guys have protected us for so long that it's all you know how to do. But, you can't protect us forever. You and Mom have to live your lives too" she wanted her Parents to be happy.

Holding her hand, Bo smiled. "You guys are our life. And you're right, we can't protect you forever. Not that we need to. You more than anyone have proven how strong you are. I'm not worried about you Bella, I'm worried about not seeing you everyday after you leave" it was the small things.

"Well, it's a good thing God invented cell phones!" Bella chuckled. "You guys can call me whenever you want. Or, texting's fine too. And I'll be home for the holidays and spring break. It's not like I'm leaving forever" she'd never do that.

Bo was in awe of how Bella looked at things, her perspective was so refreshing. "I guess your Mom and I finally did something right when we made you…" she brought her in for a hug. "… If you wanna go to California for school, then I won't stand in your way. It's your choice sweetie, I just want you to be happy"

"I can still be happy at Princeton" Bella said.

Upon hearing that, Bo pulled back. "What? Really?" She hoped this wasn't a trick.

Bella nodded, "Yeah. I mean, it was number one on my list. Stanford's a close second. And before you ask, I'm not just doing this to please you. I've had my eye on Princeton for a while, I think it'll be fun. I can check out where all the Real Housewives live!" She loved that show.

"Yes!" Bo hugged her again. "It will be fun" she was so glad Bella was deciding to go to College closer to home. It wasn't exactly down the road, but it was enough.

"Is it okay if I go to the movies with Parker tonight?" Bella always asked, even though she was eighteen.

Bo was still getting used to the fact that her littlest baby had a Boyfriend. "Sure, just be home before midnight. Deal?"

Bella gave her Mother a fist bump, "Deal"

With that, Bo got up and left the room. And as soon as she closed the door to Bella's room, she slammed right into her Wife. "Jesus! Lurk much?" She knew exactly why Lauren was hovering.

"I do lately. So, has she made a decision? Is it finally time to pass down my old Yale sweater? I've been dying to give it to someone!" Lauren hoped to hear the right words from Bo's mouth.

But it was time for her to crush Lauren's dreams. "Unless that sweater says Princeton, I don't think you're gonna be passing it down to anyone. Not Bella, anyway. Don't look so wounded babe" she tapped her shoulder.

Lauren had to recover from the shock, "Princeton? Of all the schools she got into, she's choosing Princeton?" Call her biased, but in her eyes Yale ruled all.

"What's the big deal?" Bo knew that question was going bite her in the ass in a second.

"Is that a joke?" Lauren frowned at her, "This's a Yale family, not a Princeton family! I'm gonna talk to her—" she went to grab the door handle but Bo pulled her away and dragged her into their bedroom down the hall.

Bo couldn't let her do this, "Lauren, I know you love Yale. And I know it'd make you happy for one of the kids to follow in your legendary footsteps, but Yale was part of your journey. Bella's is at Princeton, let her have this. Besides, it could've been a lot worse"

That didn't make sense to Lauren. "How so?"

"She narrowed down her choices to Princeton and Stanford! I'd rather have her freezing her ass off in Jersey and be close to home, than have her getting a good tan in California and be far away from us. Let's think of this as a win" Bo was happy to admit defeat.

The more Lauren thought it over, it was a good deal. "Yeah, you're right. Bella needs to make her own way in the world. I guess Princeton isn't so bad. And it's still Ivy League, so there's that" she was coming around to the idea.

"See, this's a good thing!" Bo knew she'd be okay with it. "Just think, with Bella in College that's one less kid we have to worry about when we're having our own quality time" she stepped closer to her.

That was a plus.

But the fact that she mentioned that, just made her think of the one kid they'd been missing for four months. Although, it would do Lauren no good to talk about Shay now. She had to be okay with the changes that were going on around here. Not dwelling on the sad moments was one of them.

"You're not wrong, but that still leaves us with the other three…" Lauren fell into Bo's arms. "… Is it too much to hope they'll move out soon too? Then we'd be all alone" she whispered in her ear.

The sheer tone of her voice, sent a shiver down Bo's spine. "I could kick them out, would that work?" She was willing to do anything to have time with her love.

That just made Lauren laugh, "That's so not what I meant. Don't worry Succubus, we'll have our moment soon enough—" she was about to kiss her again when she felt her phone vibrate in her back pocket. Checking it, she saw it was the Clinic. "But it'll have to wait. I gotta go. I shouldn't be too late tonight" she went to grab her things.

"Take your time, go save some lives!" Bo wasn't so naïve as to believe that Lauren's work would ever die down. She was a Doctor. It was the busiest job in the world. "I'm sure I can entertain myself"

"Ooh, that sounds naughty…" Lauren gave her a kiss, "… Well, try not to have too much fun without me. Love you" she began walking to the door.

"Love you too!" Bo called after her as she left. Not long after Lauren left the house, she got a call from Dyson. Telling her about an underground fight club that was generating a lot of buzz within the Fae community. And someone they knew was associated with it. "How reliable is your witness?" She asked him.

Dyson spoke through the mic. "Very reliable. It's a Police buddy of mine. I've known him for decades. He went undercover to infiltrate the club to find out who's running it. He took some pictures and showed me. It's her Bo"

Bo exhaled, this was just perfect. "It just doesn't make any sense, why would Shay be running a fight club?"

"From what my guy said, she's not running it. But she's their top fighter. Also, you might wanna know that the people who go up against her don't make it out alive. Did her time in Hell really affect her that badly?" This wasn't the Shay he knew.

The old Shay, yeah. But not this one.

"I dunno, I thought she was okay. Maybe I was wrong. Where'd you say she was last seen?" Bo made sure to make a note of the address. "Thanks Dyson, I'll let you know what happens. Do me a favour, don't tell Sasha. Not until I know for sure" she didn't want to get anyone's hopes up.

"I won't, the last four months have been hard enough on her. I don't wanna make her worse" he hated that he couldn't cheer his daughter up.

Bo understood that. "Good idea. I'll call you later…" she hung up the phone and turned around, only to find Ethan by her door. "… What'd I tell you about eavesdropping?"

Ethan held up his hands, admitting his crime. "Sorry. But I was on my way to my room when I heard Shay's name. Along with the mention of a fight club. What's going on Mom?"

"I'm not sure yet. It's nothing conclusive. I'm just gonna head to this place and see what I find…" Bo was grabbing a jacket when Ethan told her he was going with her. "… No, you're not"

He frowned at her, "Why? I wanna find her just as much as you and Mom do. She's my sister. And I never thought I'd hear myself say this but, I miss having her around to annoy me" he was taking this to his grave.

"Patrick annoys you plenty" Bo knew because she'd had to break up thousands of fights between them.

"Yes, he does. But it's not the same. Please Mom, let me come with you. I can get through to her, you know I can. Besides, it doesn't hurt to have the extra muscle" he was proud of himself.

Bo sighed, maybe it wouldn't be such a terrible idea. "Fine. But not a word of this to your Mom! Understood?" He nodded. "I don't need her freaking out if it turns out to be nothing. Come on" she led him out of the bedroom, downstairs and out to the car.

It was time to bring her daughter home.

Whether Shay wanted to, or not.

A/N: Will Bo be successful? Leave me your thoughts. And prepare yourselves for the final chapter. *Evil Smirk* LOL!