A/N: New chapter! I know that was fast for me, haha. I hope all of you like this chapter. It was hard to decide where to end it, hopefully I picked the right spot. Please let me know what you think. THANK YOU to all of you how continue to review every chapter I really do appreciate it. Disclaimer: I do not own GLEE or any of it's characters. GLEE belongs to it's creators and FOX.

Ch.31

She tried to ignore the fact that her whole life was in her car again. Well that wasn't exactly true-her school books and leisure books, her computer and camera, all her picture, most of her clothes were all in a blue medium sized room on the second floor of a convert garage apartment. Her life in the care consisted of her cell phone and a blue and yellow Belleville cheerleading duffle bag of essential winter clothes. Thank God she hadn't finally unpacked like she had planned to do later that very day.

A light steady stream of liquid sorrow trickled down her cheeks. Her heart ached more than it ever had when her father kicked her out. She'd been shocked, scared, nervous, and confused at the time but there'd been a sense of relief as well. Even though she was only sixteen, pregnant, living out of her car and all alone with no clue what to do next she'd been free finally. She wouldn't be hit, whipped, or locked in a closet any more.

As she drove down the rode Quinn felt none of that relief, dread and fear, loss and grief prevailed like a vice grip on her soul.

She was alone again.

When she pulled up to the large apartment looking building she sighed. This was her last hope, even if it was just temporary. Grabbing her bag she walked through the door. An old woman with gray eyes that were once blue smiled at her, "Quinn we haven't seen you in a few weeks."

Putting on her mask Quinn smiled brightly, "I know, I'm sorry my school work has kept me busy."

"Well I am sure Winston will be happy to see you."

He opened the door almost instantly like he knew she was going to show up today.

"Spencer" she whimpered.

"Grace," and she was in strong safe arms again.

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Judy drove around Lima or 12 straight hours. She checked the park, the homeless shelter, the library, the high school, Santana's Brittany's and Noah's houses. She even drove to the Mellville mall but Quinn was nowhere to be found and finally Judy was to tired to continue searching safely.

Leroy was waiting or her when she returned. He didn't even ask how she was he just wrapped her in his strong arms. Closing her eyes she prayed Quinn had someone to hold her too. The despair threatening to pull Judy down into the abyss she'd fought tooth and nail to scale out of eight years ago was overwhelming. The desire to curl up into a ball was never as strong as it was now. She'd only felt like this twice first when the girls had been taken from her and then when Frannie died. This time it was different, she'd tried everything to fight for her girls the first time, and Frannie's death had been a tragic accident and nothing Judy could control, but this time losing Quinn was sole her fault. She'd broken the fragile trust she'd spent months gaining between herself and Quinn. They were finally starting to understand one another, Judy felt they were becoming closer, like the family they always should have been, but now that was all gone, because Judy let her mothering curiosity get he best of her. She'd betrayed Quinn and it wasn't something that Quinn was likely to forgive anytime soon.

"We'll find her." Leroy eventually whispered.

"I should report her missing." The shaking of Leroy's head surprised her. "No we can't."

"Why not? Lee I have to find my daughter, the police can help." Judy pleaded.

"I know they can, but Judy you don't have legal custody of her, if they find her they will take her back to Russell." Judy felt like she'd been punched in the stomach. That monster had been abusing her baby girl for 10 years. There was no way Quinn could go back to Russell.

"They can't, we'll file a child abuse complaint, they'll bring her here instead." The pity in the depths of Leroy's chocolate brown eyes was nothing Judy had ever seen directed at her.

"We could do that Judy but there would then be an investigation, I am sure Russell's lawyers will argue that there is no way to prove that the journal was written by Frannie and not you in an attempt to frame Russell. And even if we could prove it, they won't bring her here, Judy. She'd be put in the system. You lost all rights and you'd have to file to get your rights back and that could take months. Judy I am sorry to say this but if we call the police Quinn will either end up with Russell or in a foster home."

With those words Judy's will broke and she collapsed into a trillion pieces. "I just want my daughter." She cried.

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Spencer left her be that first day and Quinn was grateful, she couldn't talk about it right now, it hurt to realize that this was it, she and her baby were alone. Her baby, the little girl that was due to brighten this world in three short months, would only have Quinn to depend on and that scared Quinn more than anything. She loved her daughter already, she wanted to keep her with everything inside of her, but now it wasn't possible and Quinn knew it. Her daughter deserved the best of everything including parents. The loss of Judy and the impending loss of her daughter was crushing and paralyzing; to Quinn her life was over.

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With barely four hours of sleep Judy found herself back in her car, she rechecked all the places she'd gone to the night before but there was still no sign of Quinn. It was time to expand the search. Leroy had been right last night, much to Judy's dismay, she couldn't envolve the police, it would only cause Quinn more pain. So she called on her friends for help. Carole and Finn agreed to head to Belleville to check to see if Quinn had gone back to her friends there and scope out Russell's house for her. The Lopezes were going to head west toward Fort Wayne checking Delphos and VanWert, the Pierces were going to head north towards Toledo via Findlay, Noah and his Mom were going to go South to Melleville and then onto Dayton, while Judy and Leroy headed south east to Columbus. Judy wasn't sure where Quinn would go, small town or big city so they picked the most likely towns on the way to the larger cities in a two hour radius of Lima. Judy didn't care how long it took; she would find her daughter. Judy prayed a heavily pregnant sixteen year old would not be to hard to find.

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It was the morning of her second day with Spencer when he came in with some toast, a banana, and some orange juice. He set the plate down on the little night stand next to the bed. "Good thing I ignored my son when he said I didn't need a two bedroom apartment in this old foogies home." Quinn tried to smile but her heart wasn't in it. "I'm sorry to drop in on you Winston."

He quirked an eyebrow at her "Since when I am Winston?"

"Since I burdened you with my presence." Quinn replied self-deprecatingly. Deciding she didn't want to see the disappointment in his eyes or whatever emotion would be there Quinn turned her face into her pillow. It smelled like Spencer, Old Spice and mothballs.

"You my young darling could never be a burden. You know that I would let you stay here forever if I could." He rubbed her shoulder in gentle circles.

"How long?"

"They'll let you stay one, maybe two more nights before you have to go. I am sorry but that is the policy of this place, visitors can't stay over more than three nights, but everyone loves you here so I could probably squeak out four."

Quinn nodded into the pillow, "Don't worry I will get out of your hair as soon as I figure out my next step." The hand on her shoulder stilled and pressed down harder, though it wasn't hurt but rather to reassure. "Stop that now Lucy Quinn Fabray. You will never be a nuisance or any crazy thought you have in your head right now. Quinn you are more of a daughter to me than my son was ever a son to me. He pays for me to stay her and drops down on my birthday and Christmas and that's it. It is always an inconvenience to him or a burden. But you, you come at least twice a month, you stay all day, and never once have I felt you are doing it out of obligation. If anyone should be the burden in this friendship it is me."

Quinn looked up into his kind wise old eyes, "Never Spence."

"Never Grace." He smiled and Quinn felt a little better until he asked the inevitable question. "What happened Quinn, you were really settling in with Judy, just two weeks ago you were telling me how much you feel like your becoming a family."

Quinn squeezed her eyes tight, "She betrayed me."

"What? How?"

Quinn could barely speak of it, "I came home and found Judy, Rachel, and the Berry men reading Frannie's journal."

Spencer sighed, he resumed rubbing her shoulder, "I know how important that is to you, but Quinn why is it so bad if they read it?"

Quinn turned onto her belly and looked up at Spencer for a moment, should she tell him the truth, tell him what was written so delicately in her sister's journal, the horror stories thoroughly detailed by an elder sister desperate to save her little sister anyway she could. Could she trust him with her past? "My secrets." She muttered and that was all she could say, she maybe able to trust Spencer, in fact she knew she could, but she would not impart that knowledge to him, it would weigh him down, brake his heart and she couldn't do that to him. He tried to get her to talk more but Quinn was done, she shut down. When it was clear Quinn was done talking Spencer stood up and walked towards the door where he paused, "For what it's worth Quinn, Judy loves you, I could see it the day we met, and I know through the stories you have told me, she loves you and whatever is in that journal would never change that. I won't force you but I think you need to go back. Give her a chance, a real one this time."

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Judy stared into her coffee at the small café Westerville that she and Leroy had stopped. Three days gone bye and there was no sign of Quinn. Judy was getting desperate. Everyone was still looking but at some point they all had to get on with their own lives. Judy would never stop even if she had to go all the way to New York or Los Angeles.

"You look dead Judes." Leroy said as he sat down from getting them some breakfast. "Have you been sleeping at all?"

"No." She hadn't she spent her nights staring at her cellphone hoping it would ring, that Quinn would respond to one of her hundreds of voicemails or text messages. Whenever her eyes shut she saw Quinn splayed on the cold metal table in the coroner's office. She saw Quinn in pain as she gave birth alone. Nightmare after nightmare played on her eyelids.

"Maybe we should take the day off, relax. It'll help you refocus." He suggested with so much concern but Judy didn't want it.

"If it was Rachel would you take a mental health day?"

"No." There was no hesitation in his reply.

"Exactly. Leroy you realize she has no money, no place to stay, and it is freezing out. Last time she lived in her car she got pneumonia. Do you know the ramification that would have on her and the baby if she got sick again? Do you realize that my 16 year old daughter is out there 6 months pregnant?"

Leroy leveled her with a glare, "I am aware Judy you don't have to bite my head off. I care about you and Quinn so much, I want her back as much as you do."

"Really?" Judy scoffed.

"What does that mean?"

"It's not like you or Hiram have made much of an effort with her. Sure you talk to her when we have dinner together but that's it. You don't interact with her, you don't take her out, its like you are just tolerating her."

Leroy seemed to shake and Judy knew he was furious. "I am going to try and stay calm and let that comment slide because you are tired and scared and worried but don't you dare ever suggest that myself or Hiram do not care about Quinn. We both love her so much, and not just because she is your daughter, but because she is an amazing young woman who has done nothing but help our daughter make friends in school. Rachel has more friends now than ever and that is because of Quinn. Quinn is caring and loving and loyal and we love her." Judy knew she was being unfair, she was hurt and angry and searching for a reason for why this happened other than her own stupidity.

"Leroy I am so sorry. I know you care for her, I just…"

He lifted his hand, "No you will listen and let me finish. We don't care for her we love her Judy. Yes, Hiram and I been more hands off than you most likely thought we would be, but that was for Quinn. It was clear from day one that Quinn has issues with older men, now we know why, but at the time Hiram and I could only speculate to the reasons, and none of those were pretty. We weren't sure if she'd been sexually abused, or hit, or if she just wasn't comfortable with men, so we took a step back. We decided we would let Quinn dictate the pace of our relationship with her. We have been supportive, understanding, and caring, but neither of us thought it was in Quinn's best interest to push ourselves on her. It is clear that men have been taking control and power away from her nearly all her life and we refused to join that list." Leroy was practically heaving now and Judy was speechless. Her heart swelled for her best friend and his husband. In a flash she was around the table hugging him and crying her apology. Eventually she let go and sat back done. "Thank you."

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Quinn stared at the ceiling of Spencer's spare room. She'd have to leave today, last night was her fourth night and Spencer could not risk letting her stay any longer. She felt guilty now that she had to leave. Three days she'd spent in bed ignoring Spencer who was so patient and kind to her. She knew how lonely he got with his son never coming to visit, and she'd taken advantage of his kindness and had not even been at least tolerable company.

"Grace, are you awake?" Spencer knocked on the door.

"Yes." Quinn replied, her croaked from disuse.

"You have company, I am sending him in." Before Quinn could respond the door opened and a tall muscular boy came in a smug smile on his face.

"Noah."

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