A/N 1: I realized that I have not updated this story in awhile...Here is the next chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter Nine: Out in the Open

Renee

I was brought into the interrogation room for some unknown reason. I requested that only Ryan do the questioning I knew was coming up; since I felt so close to him and felt I could tell him anything and everything about myself.

"Renee, can you tell me everything that happened to you from day one?" Ryan asked.

"I was five years old when my mother started to date again. This was a hard thing to do because of my father's death. When she brought Jamie Williams home, I knew something was not right about him; even at that young age. Not even an hour after my mom and step-father returned from their honeymoon, Jamie started to hurt us emotionally. He screamed and yelled at us for no reason at all. Then he went up a step. He began to use me as his ashtray. When my mom threatened him with a gun to his head, he grabbed her arm with both hands and with a seemingly effortless twist; my mom was on the floor knocked out cold. I thought he killed her.

"When I reached the age of ten, Jamie…raped me…several times a week. I wanted to behead him and hang his head on my wall with pride.

"I had a baby brother until Jamie had gotten a hold of him. At the time, my little brother had an ear infection. When my brother would not stop crying, Jamie took him out of his crib and shook him like a rag doll until he stopped crying. That is when I realized my brother had stopped breathing and was dead. I could not believe I had witnessed a murder.

"My mother and I were abused in every way you can possibly think of for an entire decade until mom nor I could handle it any longer. Mom filed a divorce and recieved a restraining order against Jamie.

"I had that same creepy feeling that I did when I met Jamie when I met mom's new boyfriend, Matt Anderson.

"I told my mom that this marriage would end before she even knew it. The result of that was not going on a honeymoon. Matt slapped me across the face when I simply bumped into him or made a noise while eating soup. My mom filed yet another divorce and restraining order.

"I suggested that mom and I move to Miami for a fresh start. One day, she was reading the newspaper like she always did in the morning when she saw a picture of you, Ryan. She wanted to find you because she knew you could help us with her past two husbands. We were just outside of Miami when a truck rammed into us twice and made us hit a nearby light pole. Next, a buff man opened the driver's side door and stabbed my mom in the heart with a knife." Once again, I told my life's story but with twice the detail this time around.

I looked towards the window of the interrogation room and saw Calleigh and Natalia. I could see tears stream down their faces. By looking at their facial expressions, I could tell they felt extremely sorry for me and wanted to help.

"Do you remember the structure of your mother's murderer?"

"How could I forget? I made sure I had it memorized. He was about six feet tall, the ski mask stuck to his face like glue, his face shape was square-like, he had muscles but nothing serious, and if I had to guess at his weight, I would say around two-hundred pounds."

"What had was the knife in?"

"Right."

"Where did he go after stabbing your mom?"

"He ran in front of the blazer and I thought he was coming to my side to kill me, too. He just kept running until I could not see him any longer."

"What did he run like?"

"Like a normal person would run."

"No hop, limp, or skip?"

"Nope."

"Do you know anybody who would want to hurt Ryanna or yourself?"

"Besides my two step-fathers, nobody that I can think of, Ryan."

"Okay."

As Ryan walked out, Horatio walked in and asked me, "Are you sure you are not just making all of this up, Renee?"

"No. Why would I even think about doing that, Horatio?" I answered with a question and a puzzled face.

"I am just asking. I have to consider all of the possibilities, no matter how much I do not want to."

"That is understandable, Lieutenant."

He nodded his goodbye and walked back out.

I followed Ryan out and he promised me that both Jamie and Matt will get what they deserve no matter what he had to do to fulfill that promise.

There was yet another thing I kept to myself.

Jamie killed my sister, Allison.

My mom just thought she was missing because Jamie told her that Allison ran away. Truth be told, Allison upset Jamie and he killed her. I was secretly standing in my doorway looking into her room as I saw him murder her like an animal. I also know where she is buried. Jamie does not know that I know about Allison's murder, but I have no more worries.

I will be able to breathe freely again.

What goes around comes around.

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