Chapter Two

"What's wrong with Jessica? Was she is an accident?" Marty asked as she sat up.

"No…it's nothing like that. She's sick Marty…she's got D.I.D.," Todd explained.

"Are you sure?" Marty asked.

"I'm positive…I know the signs Marty. I'm at a club right now and I'm watching her throwing herself at a complete stranger. She's wearing skanky clothes and she told the guy that her name was Tess. She's got D.I.D…I'd be willing to bet all my money on it."

"I specialize in rape counseling Todd. I'm not a specialist with D.I.D., but I can refer you to somebody."

"Screw that...I don't want another shrink…I want you, please Marty. I don't trust shrinks but I trust you and I know that you love Jessica just as much as I do. Will you come home to Llanview and help her out?" Todd asked.

"I'll see if I can find a flight out of here tonight."

"Don't bother…I'll have my pilot pick you up at the Los Angeles airport in an hour, so just be ready."

"I will be, I'll see you soon," Marty stated as she hung up the phone.

XOXOXO

Antonio returned to his loft after hours of sitting in his car outside of a warehouse that he and Talia were staking out. It ended up being a complete waste of time so he went home to find Jessica, only her car wasn't in the parking lot.

"Jessica?" He called as he entered the loft but she wasn't there and he was beginning to get worried. What if something happened to her again? She hadn't been the same since Seth died…she had been traumatized and he needed to find her and make sure that she was safe.

"Jess, baby…it's me Antonio. I'm home and I'm wondering where you went…Please call me, I'm worried," Antonio stated as he hung up the phone.

XOXOXO

Todd wanted to wait for Marty before he confronted Tess, but he couldn't just watch as she danced exotically, grinding against the slobbering drunk and his pathetic friends. There was a part of her that reminded him of the way that Marty used to be. This Tess was wild and had the same self-destructive look in her eyes…the kind of look that Marty used to have when they were in college together, before he had shattered her life into a million pieces. He was terrified that if he didn't act now…Tess would lead Jessica into a whole lot of trouble with the men that she was recklessly throwing herself at. He took one last drink and then stood up from the table and headed over to where his niece was dancing.

"Let me take you home baby and we can really party," Todd heard the drunk stutter.

"That sounds like a plan, lead the way baby," Tess stated as she grabbed his hand.

"She's not going anywhere with you," Todd growled as he pulled him away from Jessica and shoved him to the ground.

"Who are you? Are you her boyfriend or something?" the drunk asked as he stood up.

"No and neither are you," Todd stated as he punched him in the face.

"Uncle Todd…I didn't see you is just a friend from school…he's had too much to drink so he called me to be his designated driver," Tess lied.

"Save it Tess…I know who you are and we're going home and we're going to talk to your mother," Todd said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the exit.

"Who's Tess…I'm Jessica, Uncle Todd. Maybe you've had way too much to drink. Are you really going to bother my mom with your drunken ramblings when she's trying to recover from her heart transplant?"

"She needs to know that her daughter suffers from the same mental illness that she does, let's go Tess," Todd said as he pulled her to the parking lot and into the back of his limo.