Huck smiled when he saw Quinn sitting down on the couch staring at something in her hand intently. He walked over and his smile fell from his face when he saw it was the pictures of OPA's newest client, Tara Anderson. Tara is a woman in a abusive relationship and wants to divorce her abusive husband. He hid them in his office so she wouldn't find them but she still somehow managed to find them.
"Quinn..." Huck called out knowing how the pictures probably brought back memories of her abuse when she was with Charlie
"She did this to herself." Quinn says looking up at him with tear filled eyes that held nothing but pain
"I beg your pardon?" He asks sitting down o the couch next to her and wrapping his arm around her and pulling her towards his chest
"These wounds... her husband couldn't have done this to her." She told him wiping her eyes as she sniffled lightly
"I don't understand. You're saying our client did this to herself? Why do you say that?" He asked her slightly confused
"You've obviously forgotten that I was abused for months. I know what it looks like. The marks on her back aren't sever enough to be as painful as they would be if someone, most likely a man, did it, the hand prints around her neck aren't purple enough to be done out of rage, the cuts on her wrist look like they were done with a razor blade instead of a kitchen knife and I know that because they're not deep enough to leave scars and look at her face. The only marks there is a cut on her forehead and a red hand print which should be a dark shade of purple." She sighed before continuing, "No black eye, no busted lip, no bruises. No anything. It's impossible that her husband did this. I'm not saying he never hit her but these marks on her body... they just don't add up to how strong he husband looks in this picture. Then again... I underestimated Charlie's strength and ended with broken bones and hundreds of hospital visits." She told him placing the file on the table before sitting back and running her finger over her belly where she could feel the usually light fluttering which had gotten intense over the past few months
"Don't think about it. Relax." Huck says
"I want to show you something." Quinn told him leaning over the arm of the couch to pick up a file, "Look a these." She says as he took it and opened it, she saw the slight flicker of anger go across his calm features as he looked at them
"What the hell am I looking at Quinn?" He asked her as he looked at the pictures
"The pictures from all three-hundred and thirteen hospital visits. That's the file is so thick. I always asked for evidence of the abuse because I was always going to have him arrested and put away for as long as possible. But then he begged me not to leave and started talking about how much loved me. And I ended up right back in his arms every time. I was the puppet. And he was the puppeteer. He controlled me. He still does." She said as her mind began to cloud from the pain killers she took earlier
"Why do you keep these? They meant nothing to you but pain so I'm confused as to why you still have them." He says closing the file and sitting it on the table
"I keep them as trophies. Trophies of my survival. Proof of my survival. I was one of the lucky one's Huck. Not every woman is lucky enough to make it out of a abusive relationship. I was lucky. Abby was lucky. Not everyone is determined to survive like me and Abby were. We're all different. I'm different. I;m not sweet little Lindsay Dwyer anymore. To be completely honest... I don't know who I am anymore. That's the same question that runs through my head everyday. Who am I, Huck? Who am I really?" She asked him as she stared off into space not really knowing what was coming out of her mouth,"I mean when I met Charlie I thought I knew who I was. Then Jake happened." She says closing her eyes
"What happened with Jake?" He asked confused about what she was talking about
"Nothing. I already said more than I was supposed to." Quinn says sitting up
"No. Tell me what happened." Huck demanded and just as she opened her mouth to tell him not to worry about he subject Haley started calling out for her
"MOMMY! MOMMY!" Haley called out making Quinn sigh as she stood to retrieve her
"Coming my little angel." She said as she climbed the stairs
Huck followed her up not wanting to end their conversation about abuse and how Jake even came into the conversation. He immediately forgot about the entire conversation and smiled at his daughter's beauty that resembled her mother's own beauty. The same hair, the same eyes, the same nose, and the same mouth. Not to mention the same laugh. She even had freckles that Quinn had as well but you would have to see her without make-up to notice them.
"Why are you yelling like that?" She asked her daughter placing her on her hip, "What's wrong with my sweetie pie?" She asks as Haley laid her head on her chest. Right over her heartbeat, "You just want some of my attention huh?" She said leaving the nursery to go downstairs and feed Haley
Huck yawned as he laid down on his bed in his 'man cave' Quinn called it. But it wasn't manly to him. The walls were bright sunflower yellow with orange hues mixed in. Quinn had made it for him when she found out she was pregnant so she wouldn't keep him up all night like she did when she was pregnant with Haley. Last night had been one of the worst nights since the kicking in her belly was now two times stronger than before especially since there was four feet kicking against the wall of her stomach. He felt someone watching him and when he opened his eyes he saw Quinn standing over him pouting dramatically.
"What's wrong? Are you okay? Are the babies okay?" Huck asks her satisfied when he got a nod from, "Well then what? Are you feeling sick again?" He sighed as he got another nod from her
"I'm tired." Quinn says climbing into the bed with him. She was tired but she wanted to cuddle with Huck. Especially since they didn't get to do it like they used to
"What's really the problem?" He asked her tucking a strand of her dark curls behind her ear
"We never spend time together anymore. I mean before Javi came we together twenty-four hours a day, sevens days a week and I'm not saying I have a problem with that because he needs his father around. I'm saying it because I miss how we used to cuddle all the time. We don't get to do that anymore." She says honestly sighing
"What do you want to do now?" He wondered leaning over and kissing her cheek softly
"Cuddle." She said scooting closer to him until she realized that was impossible with her belly in the way making her frown and glare at the bulge
"Okay. Come here before you burn holes into your stomach staring at it like that." Huck says pulling her towards
Quinn sighed as they drove towards her father's house. She felt stressed out but she knew seeing her Dad and telling him about her problems would help out some. The usual light fluttering in her belly was more intense then usual and she knew it was because of her uneven heart beat that sped up and slow down every 5 seconds.
"You need to relax. That's why their not calming down because your not calm. You're scaring them. They're worried about you." Huck says reaching over and rubbing her expanding belly hoping to control his unborn children while also hoping to calm Quinn down as well
"Sorry. I was just thinking about a sec- something." Quinn said yawning
"A secret you were going to say. What is it?" He asked her glancing at her before looking back at the
"It's nothing. Nothing I can tell you anyway." She says looking out the window
"Quinn... please. I'm your fiance. The father of your children. I deserve to know what's wrong with my future wife." He told her
"I-I... it's complicated. Look can I tell you later? I don't want to discuss this with the kids in the car." She said as thy pulled up out side her father's house
"Okay." Huck said dropping the conversation until later. They got up and walked into the house and who Quinn saw made her freeze slightly before she walked in further
"Jake. What a surprise." Quinn said when she saw Jake sitting on the couch with her father enjoying a beer
"Nice to see you again." Jake said getting up and walking over and hugging her tightly as she stiffened from the contact. She hoped and prayed Huck couldn't see how uncomfortable she was in his arms as she hugged him back stiffly
"Same here." Quinn said pulling away from him, avoiding the eye contact with him
"Huck. Nice seeing you too." Jake says holding his hand out to him which Huck took gratefully
"Are you still available for the wedding?" Huck asked him frowning when he saw Quinn retreated from the room quickly with Haley in her arms
"Yeah. I should take these up for Quinn. I mean she's pregnant and everything. Hey can you help her Dad outside? He's trying and failing to light the grill for hamburgers." Jake says as an evil smirk came to his face as he watched Huck walk outside to help Ray, he turned and walked upstairs to the bedroom he knew Quinn was in, "You know... you look really beautiful even though your pregnant." He says placing the bags beside the door
"Jake. I don't know what you want from me. I gave you everything I could and more. Just leave me and Haley alone." Quinn said turning around to face him
"I can't do that." Jake says before he pounced on her throwing her onto the bed, he climbed on top of her placing a washcloth of Haley's he found in the bag on the way up in her mouth to prevent her from screaming, "I'm glad you haven't said anything about what happened in the garage otherwise Huck would have killed me by now. So sexy. Such a tease." He said kissing her neck softly before kissing her on the mouth just as Huck came in. He stopped dead in his tracks at the sight of Jake on top of Quinn. But he didn't know what was happening. He though Quinn was sharing a passionate kiss Jake which angered him to the point of no return
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING QUINN?!" Huck yelled causing Jake to pull away from her while also removing the gag from her mouth without Huck noticing
"Huck! You don't understand! He tried to rape me! He's the one that raped me in the ga-" She was cut off by Huck's fist connecting with her face knocking her to the floor in a fit of hysterics
"Don't lie to me! I saw you! You were all over him!" Huck screamed at her just as Ray and Javi came running in. Javi grabbed Haley trying to stop her from crying while Ray picked up his daughter trying to comfort her before she overexerted herself and miscarried
"Jake you get the hell out of my house! Javi take your sister to your room and put her to sleep and Huck when I'm done tending to my daughter I want to talk to you. Man to man." Ray said before guiding Quinn out of the room as she cried uncontrollably
"Daddy. I didn't touch him. I swear. I didn't." Quinn said as her Dad laid her on the bed
"I know. How many times has he actually hit you?" Ray asked her grabbing the first aid kit from the bathroom
"When he gets angry. He's been trying to control it lately but I guess what he saw caused him to snap. I was hoping he'd hit or preferably kill Jake but he hit me instead." She says grimacing as her Dad placed the bandage on her cheek where she had been punched
"He's abusing you, Lindsay." He said kissing her forehead
"No. He doesn't. He has trust issues Daddy. He can barely trust Javi sometimes." She says
"Doesn't give him the right to hit you the way he did."
Huck swallowed the lump in his throat as he walked towards Quinn's old bedroom to talk to her about Jake and what happened. He stopped short not sure what to say to the woman he had punched in the face. He would always end up slapping her or spanking her with his hand or even plucking her on her cheek. He pressed his ear against the door and heard the music coming from the other side.
After all that you put me through,
You think I'd despise you,
But in the end I wanna thank you,
'Cause you've made me that much stronger
Well I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true
Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up
'Cause I've had enough
You were there by my side, always down for the ride
But your joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out in shame
He decided to listen and wait until the song was over so he could knock as he sunk down the floor outside of her room
After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you
But uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, I wouldn't know
Just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making a fighter
He had no doubt that the song was about him and he really felt bad for her as she was raped by her then boss, Jake, abused by her ex-boyfriend turned best friend Charlie, and now he's abusing her basically
Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing
Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game
I heard you're going round playing the victim now
But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave
After all of the fights and the lies 'cause you're wanting to haunt me
But that won't work anymore, no more,
It's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
How could this man I thought I knew
Turn out to be unjust so cruel
Could only see the good in you
Pretend not to see the truth
You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself
Through living in denial
But in the end you'll see
YOU-WON'T-STOP-ME
I am a fighter and I
I ain't gonna stop
There is no turning back
I've had enough
You thought I would forget
But I remembered
'Cause I remembered
I remembered
You thought I would forget
I remembered
'Cause I remembered
I remembered
He knocked on the door after the music stopped blaring and frowned when he didn't hear any movement in the room. He knocked again and still heard nothing, he tested the lock and knew it was locked. He stepped back and kicked the door in, he walked in and spotted her laying in bed sobbing uncontrollably. He walked over and laid down behind her wrapping his arm around her and pulling him to her as her sobs intensified. He didn't like seeing her the way she was because she was like that when she nearly lost Haley form her worries.
"Quinn... Quinn, calm down. You're barely breathing and heart beat is too fast. Calm down." Huck whispered softly in her ear kissing the shell of her which usually calmed her down but it wasn't working, he realized she was having a panic attack. He got up and ran downstairs to retrieve her a glass of water and ran back up quickly nearly tripping over Haley who was playing with Javi in the hallway
"Dad? Is Mom okay?" Javi asked, he decided to let his father deal with it since he was better at it
"Quinn, Quinn, here drink this. It'll make you feel better." Huck told her reaching her side
"Jake. Haley. Jake is Haley's... Jake is Haley's father. He raped me in the garage. Haley is Jake's daughter. I'm raising a monsters daughter. It's all my fault." Quinn managed to say as she struggled to breath
"It's okay. You can tell me tomorrow." He told her holding her tightly trying to calm her down
A/N- I'm back. Again. Sorry for the wait. I got about 8 minuted to post this because Scandal is about to come on so I'll leave the little details for the next chapter. Love you guys!
Snuggy29- Thanks for your review!