"Taylor, we need to ask you something."
Taylor looked confused at them and set her fork down, looking at them expectantly.
"What's wrong?" She asked with a frown.
"This is probably a sore subject, but we need to know the truth, okay?" JJ asked.
Taylor nodded and gulped.
"What happened to your mother?" JJ asked.
Taylor looked down, grabbed her fork and started playing around with her food.
"She uhm, she killed herself when I was 5." Taylor said in a low voice.
JJ and Emily looked at each other sadly.
"I'm sorry." JJ said in a low voice too.
Taylor shrugged her shoulders.
"She just couldn't take it anymore and took the easy way out, I just wish it had worked for me." Taylor said without even realizing what she had said.
"What?" JJ and Emily asked at the same time worriedly.
It was then that Taylor realized what she had just said and her eyes went wide, before trying desperately not to look at either of the women.
"I didn't mean that, I mean-I meant..." She stuttered desperately trying to come up with a cover story, miserably failing.
Emily looked at JJ and knew that JJ was going to have a heart to heart with this girl, so she excused herself.
"Hey JJ, I'm going t take shower and get ready, alright?"
JJ understood Emily's tactics and silently thanked her as she nodded her head.
Emily took off and JJ pulled her chair closer to Taylor's, turning her body so that she was facing the young girl, but Taylor still wouldn't look at her.
"Taylor. Tay, look at me, please." JJ told her gently.
Taylor slowly looked at JJ, but still didn't look her in the eye.
"You don't need to say anything, just listen, okay?" JJ asked gently.
Taylor just nodded.
"My sister's name was Rosaline, but I used to call her Ross. When I was 11, my sister came into my room and gave me her necklace, herfavorite necklace. I was secretly happy because I wanted one just like hers. So she handed me the necklace and said that she loved me no matter what. The next day, I found her in her room with her wrists cut open. I was devastated and I went into severe depression after that. Do you really wish what you said you wished? Do you really want to leave all the people who love you just sitting there, crying, wondering why you left them?" JJ finished with her eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"I'm sorry about your sister, but who would miss me?" Taylor whispered, before continuing.
"I have no family, no friends, nobody. I just had my dad, and now he's gone too, and I don't know why I miss him after everything he did to me." She finished.
"It's normal to miss him, he was the only person you had, but now you have me and Emily. I would miss you. Emily would miss you. We don't know you for very long, but we know you long enough to know that we needed to get you out of that house before-" JJ cut herself off, not sure if she should continue.
"Before he killed me, I know." Taylor said understanding what JJ was afraid to say.
JJ decided to change the subject a little bit.
"Taylor, are you sure you don't have any living relatives?" JJ asked.
Taylor noticed the change of subject and was glad for it.
"I'm sure. The only living relative I had was my grandma, before she died last year." Taylor said sadly.
JJ nodded in understanding. "I'm sorry."
"I loved her very much. She never knew that my father was hurting me, she always saw him as the perfect son, but it's okay, that doesn't change how much I loved her." Taylor said with a sad smile.
JJ smiled a small smile too.
Just then, Emily showed up.
"Hey, so who wants to shower next?" She asked.
JJ looked at Taylor.
"You go first."
Taylor nodded and walked towards the bathroom.
Only when they heard the door close did they turn to each other.
"Hey, are you okay?" Emily asked JJ.
JJ nodded. "Yeah, I'm okay." She smild.
Emily smiled and kissed her.
When they broke apart, Emily put a strand of hair behind JJ's ear.
"I love you."
JJ smiled. "I love you too."