"What the hell did you do to her?" Mark yelled as soon as he saw his father stood in the ER, pacing up and down in the waiting room as he had his arms folded and his face was pale white as he saw his son storming towards him as soon as he had left the room which Hannah had been in. She was awake and with Don and Jess as they sat and comforted her after receiving the news. Geoff looked at his son as he stood a few paces away from him, his face red with anger and hatred.
"I…she wasn't listening…I didn't mean to…what happened?" Geoff garbled as Mark shook his head at his father;
"So you beat anyone who doesn't listen to you then?" Mark raised an angry brow, his arms flapping out to the side in pure hated of the man in front of him.
"No…don't be stupid…things got heated…" Geoff defended himself and Mark simply shook his head
"Well you got your wish" he said spitefully and Geoff frowned at his son
"What do you mean?" he wondered and Mark shook his head in disbelief
"She's lost the baby" he said "and you…you caused that!" Mark snapped and he began to walk over to his father who backed away to the wall. Mark stopped in front of him and held eye contact with him.
"I never meant to harm her or the baby" Geoff raised his hands in surrender
"But you wanted the baby gone, didn't you?" Mark checked "you should be happy"
"I'm not happy" Geoff spat "how could you think that of me?"
"Because it is true!" Mark roared and Don walked out from his daughter's room to see Mark and his father stood face to face, the tension boiling up.
"Mark" his father began
"No!" Mark cut him off "don't bother…if you just listened to me…instead of being arrogant than…you had no right to go and see Hannah! And tell her to do what you did…you're sick"
"Mark!" Don shouted, walking over to him and resting a hand onto the boy's shoulder;
"Don't do anything stupid…not here…not now" Don warned the boy, who was still looking at his father, his teeth gritted together.
"You stay away from Hannah…" Mark said "just stay away from me too…" and he allowed Don to plane his hand onto his shoulder and turn him around, moving him back down the waiting room as Don's head remained turned around and his eyes glaring at Geoff;
"It was an accident…stupid girl couldn't keep her balance" he complained and Mark shook his head and moved back to Hannah's side whilst Don went back to talk to Geoff;
"How many times do I need to tell you?" he snapped as people began to watch them as they waited in on the leather seats "I think you've managed to cause enough damage"
"She slipped" he defended himself "it was icy and she fell…if she had just done as I had asked then the baby would still be here"
"Maybe if you had stopped threatening her then she wouldn't have lost the baby! Maybe if you had listened to your son then you would have backed off and been a father to him"
"Don't lecture me on parenting seeing as how your daughter has turned out to be a no one in life!" he snapped back and Don hit him once again across the jaw, Clarke doubled over and his hand flew to his face as Don grasped onto his knuckle;
"I warned you never to speak of my daughter like that!" Don yelled as security moved forwards towards him. He brushed them off, showing them his badge and Geoff stood up again;
"Just stay away from my little girl" he said and then left again.
….
Jess took the stairs slowly up to Hannah's room, unsure of what to do, but knowing she had to say something to her stepdaughter who had locked herself away in her room for the past few days. Knocking on the door she received no answer and so she took it upon herself to go inside, moving slowly and looking for the teen. She found Hannah sat on the floor of her balcony, the double doors open and the room cold from the January air. Jess shut the door and walked over to Hannah who was sat on the floor; she awkwardly crouched down and rested a hand onto her shoulder;
"Hannah…darling you'll freeze out here" she said
"I don't care" the teen whispered back "it doesn't matter"
"Hannah please" Jess said "you'll catch a cold…" she said and picked up the teens jacket which was on the back of her desk chair and she draped it over her shoulder's helping her to stand up and walk back into the room. Jess allowed Hannah to sit on her bed before she went over and shut the balcony doors;
"What were you doing outside? It's freezing" Jess said and Hannah shrugged
"I needed air" was her only words
"We're worried about you Hannah…you don't want to see anyone…Mark and your dad are going nuts…you're worrying us all" Jess said and the girl began to burst out crying. Walking over to her side, Jess wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her to her side;
"What is it?" she asked her
"It's so stupid" Hannah sobbed
"What is Hannah?" Jess asked her "You can talk to me"
"We didn't even want a baby" Hannah said "but…not to lose one like this…it was a life…and the baby has gone"
"I know Hannah" Jess said
"I knew Jess" Hannah whispered "as soon as I fell…I knew I had lost it…I turned cold…and felt empty…"
"Oh Hannah" Jess said, not being able to imagine what she was going through
"And…it's my fault" Hannah murmured and Jess sat up straight and looked at the teen
"None of this is your fault Hannah" Jess said sternly but Hannah just shook her head
"It is" she protested "the baby was inside of my body Jess…I couldn't protect it…"
"No" Jess shook her head "you did all that you could Hannah. You were not the cause of losing the baby"
"But it was part of me…a part which I hurt…"
"Hannah" Jess began "what happened to you was a horrible accident and one that was not brought upon by yourself. You are not the one to blame for any of this and the loss of your baby is not your fault…you did all that you could possibly have done…don't blame yourself…it's not your fault…and your child will know that, okay?"
"But Mark…" Hannah worried
"Sweetie" Jess placed a hand onto her cheek
"He's been acting odd with me…the way he looks at me…" she shook her head
"He's worried about you…he doesn't blame you for what happened…he blames his father and…what he wants is for you to talk to him Hannah…you need to talk to him more and open up…"
"I'm scared Jess" she admitted
"I know" she wiped away her tears "but Mark is not angry with you…he loves you and wants to make sure you're alright…we all do"
