AN: For some reason this was really hard to write. It is short but there is a lot in here.

Chapter 5 The Ugly Truth

"We'll she has now. She told Tae that it's her fault Logan was killed and that one day Rory was going to figure that out and she'd lose her mom too."

Rory reached for the bottle and poured herself a full glass before looking at Cassie "I want to know everything Tae told you." she said afaid of what she would hear.

"Okay but this is in confidence, you can't let her know Tae told anyone." Cassie said trying to protect her daughter's trust at the same time knowing rory had to know.

"Understood." she said her voice devoid of any emotion.

"When I got home last night Logan was in Tae's bed asleep and Tae was in the bathroom crying. What Tae told me was Logan had a nightmare and had crawled in bed with her. Tae asked her about what it was about and Logan told her it was about the night she got her dad killed." Cassie said taking another drink. She didn't want to know any of this. She wished she could go back to knowing nothing.

"Logan woke up to someone going thru her jewelry box, and he must have heard her while she was trying to get to her phone because he suddenly knocked it out of her hand. And pushed her back onto the bed. They told her if she was really quiet no one would get hurt, and it would be over really soon." Cassie said crying Tae had only gave her a brief summery of what Logan had told her, she couldn't imagine the horrible things those two know about that no little girls should.

Finn had one hand on his wife the other holding Rory's hand and he had never felt more useless than he did right now. He closed his eyes trying to stop the tears he felt forming when Cassie continued. "Logan told her she couldn't be quiet because it hurt to much. What she remembers next is Logan yelling her name, loud chrashes in the hall, and a loud thud. I'm assuming that might have been the guy they found dead on the foyer floor, that had somehow fallen. The cops had it wrong though, Logan was the one that broke in her door not one of the robbers. He was trying to get to Logan. He got shot coming thru her door trying to protect her and she saw it all. She wasn't unconsious at that point like we had all hoped. And Logan saw her like that too. Along with all she is dealing with she is really upset her father saw what they did to her, that he saw her all bloody and naked."

"Is there more?" Rory choaked thru her tears.

"No that's all Tae told me." Cassie said taking another drink.

Rory nodded "I need some air I'll be back." she said grabbing her phone and purse.

"Love, where are you going?" Finn asked holding his upset wife.

"I just need to walk. I'll be back." Rory said getting up. Finn watched as she walked away, he knew he shouldn't let her leave alone but Cassie needed him to. She had been pushed aside more than once in the last two years and if he wanted his marriage to work he had to stop picking her over his wife. They were both upset but Cassie wasn't just upset for Logan but for their daughter too. He never wanted his girl to know about what had happened to Logan and now she knew all the horific details... It was too much for Finn.

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Rory sat on the bench closest to the fountain looking at her phone. She had left a message for her mother but she knew the reception was not good in France. She would be home in a couple days Rory just needed to keep it together till then. She tried Max but he was in a meeting, so Rory did the next thing she could think of. She dug around in her purse until she found the paper she had wrote his contact info on and took a deep breath.

She dialed the number hoping it wasn't a mistake. "Hello?" a young girl answered.

"Is Tristan there?" Rory asked hesitantly

"Unfortunityly, he is. He has Crish pinned to the floor, let me go break them up. May I ask who's calling" the girl said laughing at a loud crash. "Uh, Rory … Rory Gilmore."

Rory could hear a lot of comotion, "Hey dad enough WWF a Rory Gilmore is on the phone for you." as the girl yelled practically into the phone.

Rory looked at the phone wishing she could hang up. She could hear a bunch of awe's in the background and kissing noises then Tristan tell someone knock it off let him take this call. "Hello." he answered hesitantly.

"Did you mean it about helping us?" Rory asked thru her tears.

"Of course. Rory, what happened?" he asked concerned at the way her voice sounded.

"I don't know how to help her. She finally told someone what happened and I'm not supposed to know."

"She'll be okay. Maybe not today but eventually she will be okay. What is your schedual like?" with that small sentence Rory felt hope for the first time in a long time.