This is the third update of the day.
Thanks so much to everyone who has been reading and reviewing.

I own Rosalyn, Garrett, Tommy, Phoebe, Bailey, Eric and Lily in this chapter.

This chapter contains some parts that may be distressing to some...

The blonde had a scared look on her face. He took a step closer to her.

"What are you doing?" Rosalyn asked shakily.

"I could ask you the same question." Tommy replied angrily.

"You don't understand…" she pleaded.

"You've made me look like a fool!" he yelled.

"I didn't mean to." She shook her head.

"Playing the innocent girl when all this time you were sleeping with a guy who's almost your brother… I should have known you were a whore." Tommy clenched his fists by his sides.

"I'm not. I swear there was only him once before you." Rosalyn explained.

"Well, it can't have been that good if you came running back to me." Sneered Tommy.

"You're scaring me…" she whimpered.

"How do I know you haven't done this other times?" he asked her.

"I haven't. I told you." The blonde pleaded with him.

"Maybe you're just that easy that you'd let Garrett have you whenever he pleases…" Tommy ranted, grabbing her wrist.

"Let me go." The blonde pleaded.

"You can't get away with this." He replied menacingly.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you…" she shrugged and sighed.

"Well you did…so now I'm gonna hurt you." He replied.

Rosalyn cowered as she saw Tommy pull back his fist to punch her face. He stopped and gave a thoughtful look.

"No, we don't want to damage that pretty face." He shook his head.

"Thanks you." She sighed.

"The body however…" he smirked.

The blonde let out a piercing cry as his fist connected with her ribcage. He continued to rain down punched on her stomach, back and ribs. Pain overwhelmed Rosalyn as he threw her battered body to the floor. She couldn't even see straight for the pain. Tommy picked her up and led her to the window, where she could see that Garrett was knocking on the main door and calling her name. She was terrified of what Tommy was going to do next.

"Open the window. Tell him you are fine and that he should go home." Tommy ordered her.

She was too scared to argue, and she was in danger of passing out with the pain. The blonde clung to the windowsill and opened the window outwards. Garrett looked up when he heard the window open.

"Rosalyn!" he yelled.

"I'm fine. Please, go home." She yelled down to him.

"I won't leave you." He replied.

"Tell him to leave." Tommy hissed behind her.

"Garrett, please just go. I'll be fine." The blonde nodded.

"Now shut the window." Tommy commanded.

"I'm going inside now." She replied and closed the window.

Tommy immediately grabbed her by her hair. He pinned her on the bed and looked on menacingly.

"I said close the window. You shouldn't have said anything." He growled.

"I'm sorry." She whimpered in her delusional state.

"Sorry isn't good enough." Tommy shook his head.

Rosalyn groaned with pain as he climbed on top of her and went to pull her underwear off. She waved her arms frantically, but not enough to have any impact on Tommy. Part of her was screaming for her to fight back, but the pain was so unbearable. The blonde was certain that he was going to rape her. She screwed her eyes shut and tried to channel her way through the pain.

"Hey, anybody…" John walked in and saw everything.

He saw what his son was attempting to do to Rosalyn. He saw the fresh bruises appearing and the blood from where she had been split open. John saw the fear in the blonde's eyes and the look in his son's eyes as he leered over her.

"What the Hell do you think you're doing?" John yelled and pulled his son away,

"Leave it dad. It's between me and her." Tommy shook his head.

"Is this what I created?" John yelled.

"I haven't done anything wrong. It was all her fault." His son replied.

"Hitting women is damn disrespectful." John frowned.

"She deserved it." Tommy hissed.

"Go calm down, now." John warned his son.

Tommy left the bedroom, punching the wall as he left. John shook his head and glanced across at Rosalyn, who was in a lot of pain and currently half naked. She sobbed silently as he walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, come with me." He told her.

"No." Rosalyn shook her head.

"I'm gonna take you to the hospital." He told her.

The blonde thought about this and nodded her head. She pulled on some simple clothes and pulled her hair into a ponytail. John led her out to his car and opened the passenger side door for her. She got into the car and sat in silence as John drove them to the nearest hospital. When they arrived he helped her out of the car and led her to the reception desk. She gave her name and details before they took their seats in the hospital waiting area.

After a while a doctor called her in and examined her. Luckily, nothing was broken. She had two bruised ribs and substantial surface bruising. The doctor prescribed some painkillers and bandaged her ribs. He asked what had happened, which was when John cut in. He told them that someone tried to mug her, but had fled when he appeared. Of course, he was going to save his own son's skin.

"Why did you lie?" Rosalyn asked as she sat in the car.

"You know why. He's an ass, but he's my son." John replied.

"Could you take me home please?" Rosalyn asked him.

"Sure." He nodded and turned on the engine.

He dropped her off at the DiBiase residence. She walked in and saw her mother and father talking in the kitchen. They turned to see her and smiled. Bailey rushed forward to greet her daughter. Rosalyn winced as she hugged her mother, something that did not go unnoticed by her father. Ted would ask questions later. Bailey was happy that their daughter had returned home of her own accord. The doorbell rang and Eric went to answer it.

"We have the Runnels family over for dinner." Bailey told her daughter.

"Don't worry, we have room for you." Ted whispered.

"Great." Rosalyn nodded.

Phoebe spotted the blonde as soon as they walked into the room. Garrett's head snapped up as soon as he heard her name. He was shocked to see her standing there in front of him. Lily hugged Rosalyn, who tried her best to hide her discomfort. Her ribs were still quite painful, although the doctor had given her a painkiller at the hospital. Bailey set an extra place for her daughter at the table and they all went to sit down.

What do you think?

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Do you think that Ted suspects something?

Did John do right to protect his son? (I think I know the answer to this one)