Disclaimer: I don't own the mentalist, I own emails from amazing reviewers though!

A/N wow, it's soooo windy here! I think it may have something to do with the hurricane off Fiji at the moment or something. I am hoping no trees fall into my house, as that would suck. I have my I pod on shuffle and am finding some amazing songs! Like Grace Kelly by mika, epic song! Anyways, I am rambling, so please, as always, read and review...

It had been a week since Grace had been discharged from hospital when she had convinced her mom that she and Teresa were fine looking after the kids, and that they would call her or the police if something went wrong. She convinced her mom to go a singles party with a friend, and just relax for a night. Her mom had come back at 4 that morning, with her new boyfriend, that Grace, a month after that night, still couldn't trust. She had told Teresa and Autumn about the way she felt, and they agreed.

'There is just something about him, that I just can't trust' Grace said

'Ay, I get the same thing, he gives me the shivers' Teresa added

'Hayley is scared of him too, she said he hangs around the door of her room at night' Autumn said

'What? When did she say that?'

'Like, 10 minutes ago'

'Right, that's it, I'm sleeping in her room tonight!' Grace said angry

'That's a good idea, do we tell mom?' Autumn asked

'I don't know, she seems to really like this guy, but don't the safety of her kids come first?'

'Yea, but we do need to money, she can't feed 10 mouths on her own'

'And she can't put her kids in danger, I vote we tell her' Grace said

'I second that notion' Teresa said

'I vote we have a kids meeting, we need to get everyone involved' Autumn said

'Even Hayley and Kyle?'

'Yes, get everyone in here'

All the children assembled in Grace and Teresa's room to discuss the matter at hand

'Ok, everyone, what I need to say first, is what is said in this room, stays in this room, ok?' Grace said

'Yes Gracie' Hayley said

'Ok, and secondly' she said picking up a bottle of nail polish on her dresser 'This is the talking nail polish, you can only talk if you are holding it, only me, Teresa and Autumn can talk without it, so, I will pass it around and each of you will say what you think of mom's new boyfriend' she said, giving the boys the evils as they laughed at the word 'boyfriend'

'I will start' she said 'I think that he is a bit creepy, but if he makes mom happy, that is ok, and he doesn't beat us, Teresa?' passing the nail polish to Teresa.

'Ok, well I think the same, but the whole outside Hayley's room thing scares me'

They passed the nail polish around, and all agreed that he was creepy, and they needed to talk to their mom about it, Grace took it off Hayley, who was trying to open it, but dropped, and it rolled under the desk by the door. She bent down and picked it up, seeing two black men's shoes by the door, that hadn't been shut properly. She walked back, and changed the subject completely.

'So, who saw the Simpsons today?' she asked

'Grace' Teresa whispered 'Is everything ok?'

'He was listening'

'Shit!'

'I know'

'Ok, what do we do?'

'Act normally, he doesn't know we know, I'm going to say I have to get a drink, and he will leave, then get everyone out of here'

'Good plan'

'Ok Autumn, I'm going to go get some water, do you want some?' she said loudly

'No thanks'

Grace went downstairs, and just as she had predicted, he had gone, she saw him running down the street, and flipped him off behind his back. She was about to go back upstairs, when her mom came in the back door.

'Oh, hello Grace, how are you?'

'Good' she started

'Great, I have to go out again, sorry love, be right back'

'But' she said, but her mom had already gone 'I need to talk to you' she said quietly

She saw her mom's car driving down the street and sighed and decided she actually needed water. She poured herself some, as she heard the front door opening again, to see Brandon, her mom's boyfriend, coming back in.

'Hello Grace' he sneered

'Hello, are you looking for mom?' she asked, as if she hadn't heard his tone

'Yes, is she in?'

'No, you just missed her I'm afraid'

'Oh, that's too bad, looks like I might just have to wait here then'

'Fine by me, would you like anything?'

'No, I'm fine'

'Ok, well, I better get back upstairs, I have math homework' she said, backing away

'Better not keep you from that then'

She smiled awkwardly and went back upstairs

'He is back in the house, he left, then mom came, and she left before I got a chance to talk to her, and he came back' she hissed as she came back into her room, where Autumn and Teresa sat

'We need to talk to mom before he does' Autumn said

'I have an idea, you know that door alarm Matt got for his birthday last year?'

'Yea, what about it?'

'We hook it up to the back door, and when mom opens the door, it goes off, we get her to come up here, and tell her'

'Yea, but what if he is waiting for her too?'

'The likely hood of that is 10 to 1, besides, he doesn't know we know'

'True, I will go hook it up' Autumn said walking out of the room

'You really think this will work?' Teresa asked

'I'm hoping like hell it will'

Autumn came back up and gave the thumbs up sign and sat on the bed. 10 minutes later, they heard the alarm go off, and Grace darted down the stairs 3 at a time, and skidded round the corner, almost crashing into her mom.

'Mom, I need to talk to you!' she said, hoping she hadn't seen Brandon

'Of course darling'

'Ok, come up to my room'

Grace lead her mom up to where her siblings and Teresa's siblings all sat

'Mom, we believe Brandon is a bad man, and we think you should leave him' Grace said

He mom dropped her jaw

'What, and why do you think this?' she demanded

'Hayley, tell mommy what you told Autumn and all of us' Grace said sweetly to Hayley

'Hayley, what's happened lovey?'

'Some nights, Brandon stands outside my room for a very long time, and I find it scary, he looks in my door and sometimes he is smiling really scarily' she said quietly

'Aw, baby, I'm so sorry, I'm going to ring him right now, and tell him to leave' she said hugging Hayley

'Um, mom, he is here right now, that's why we had the alarm, he listened into our conversation earlier when we deciding what to do'

'That's right' a voice said, they spun around to see Brandon there, with a knife

'Mommy!' Hayley said

'Hayley, I told you that my bed time visits were our special secret'

'My teacher said that if a secret makes you feel bad, you need to tell someone you trust' she said bravely

'Hmm, well here is another secret, shut up or I will kill you'

'Gracie, I'm scared' she said hiding behind Grace

'I know baby, we all are' she soothed

'But you are never scared'

'Everyone gets scared at sometime'

'What we gonna do?'

'I don't know, I just don't know'

'Here's what you are gonna do, shut the fuck up, kapeesh?'

They all did so, and Grace text Wayne behind her back, telling him to call the police to her house, before they were all killed, sincerely believing that was what was going to happen, if something wasn't done, and done soon.

A/N haha, cliffhanger again!!! I am hoping to keep this story going for as long as I can as I really like it! Any ideas to lengthen it are appreciated, and it is at your gain! =] reviewwww...