Hi Everyone, Here is Chapter Twenty Seven Part One, currently working on the second part I lost my USB with all my Family Tie chapters on it and only just found it. Also want to thank my new followers love that new people are still discovering my story, and as always I welcome all comments and feedback, Love hearing peoples views :-) .Hope you all enjoy this part of the chapter, Hopefully Part 2 will be up soon.

Chapter Twenty Seven

"Why what happened?" Taylor instantly asked

"Once I had spoken to Brooke I approached Lexi on the beach, I sat next to her I told her that you were ok and nobody was angry at her, I didn't notice her injuries until she turned her face towards me."

"Injuries? What are you talking about she was fine when she ran off" Taylor asked completely stunned she didn't think for one second that the reason Lexi never came home was because she had been hurt.

"She had a few lacerations to her face as well as some marks to her neck. At this point those are the only injuries that we have knowledge off, once she's been examined at the hospital we will know the full extent of her injuries, then when she is ready we can find out the cause of the injuries and take her statement at the station"

"Lacerations from what? "Taylor asked her heart was beating so fast that she could feel it hitting against her ribcage. When Charlie didn't answer her question she shouted "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER?" The power in her voice taking both Brooke and Charlie by surprise

After she got the initial shock of Taylors shouted question Brooke went to speak but was cut off by Taylor again loudly asking a question,

"TELL ME?"

"TAYLOR" Brooke shouted back instantly getting Taylors attention, she pulled her little sister gently by the arms towards her placing her right hand on Taylor's left cheek she said "I know your upset and confused and furious along with a hundred other emotions, but you can't speak to people like that you. I taught you better than that Charlie is doing her job she doesn't need you having a go at her when all she's doing is trying to find the right words to explain"

Taylor softly nodded at Brooke then turning towards Charlie walking towards her and hugging her "I'm sorry Charlie I didn't mean to shout at you"

"It's ok Taylor I understand you love your little sister and you want to protect her" Charlie replied hugging Taylor back, when Taylor released the hug and stepped back to stand next to Brooke

"Charlie you were saying?" Brooke ventured

"Yeah, At this present moment we're not entirely sure of that at the moment; she wasn't responded to any of the questions that we asked she just repeated a man's name over and over again."

"Was the man's name Ritchie?" Brooke instantly asked

"Yes, how did you know that?" Charlie asked slightly taken back that Brooke knew that.

"It's my twin brother's name"

"Oh I didn't know you have a twin brother"

"I don't" When Charlie looked at her confusion clear on her face Brooke continued "He died Eight and a half years ago"

"I'm sorry" Charlie paused for a second she didn't know what to say, "Is there any particular reason that she could be calling his name?"

Taylor and Brooke looked at each other both knowing the reason behind why she was calling out for their deceased brother, Brooke slowly took a breath in and explained "When Ritchie was alive him and Alexis were just as close as me and her are whenever she was scared he'd calm her down, to the point where whenever she was really scared she'd start shouting for him until he appeared. She hasn't done it in over six years," There was a few minutes pause before Brooke continued to speak "So whatever has happened its scared her like nothing before"

"Whatever has happened to Alexis I promise that I will find out and make sure that justice is done" Charlie firmly said without a hint of caution or doubt in her voice.

"We know you will" Brooke replied smiling softly at Charlie "I'm going to drive to the hospital now, I'll drop you off first Taylor"

"NO, I wanna come with you" Taylor firmly replied

"Taylor please, I'm thinking about Jojo and Mel someone needs to be there for them." When Taylor looked at her with a shear stubborn look on her face one that resembled her own she pulled her into a hug and continued "I know you wanna see her but you know as well as I do that I'm the only one that can calm her down, plus Jojo and Mel aren't going to be as composed as us which means that they may need a little more help looking after the twins." When Taylor looked up at her again with the look of stubbornness she again continued "Please Tay for me? As soon as I find anything out I'll call you I promise"

Taylors look began to waver when she looked at her older sister and saw that the worry was evident on her face. After a second or two she replied "Ok, but you have to double promise when you find something out you have to tell me straight away"

"I double promise Tay" Brooke slightly smiled as you replied pulling Taylor into a hug "She's going to be fine Tay" Pulling out of the hug Brooke winked at Taylor "Come on lets go"

As Brooke was about to get into her car Charlie called out to her, "If it's better for you I can drop Taylor off so you can go straight to the hospital, I can also tell Joey and Mel it'll be easier for me to explain"

Brooke looked at Taylor for a response when Taylor nodded she looked over to Charlie and replied "That'd be great. Thank You"

"No problem, I'll check in on Alexis in about thirty minutes. I'll call you beforehand to let you know how Jo and Mel take the news" With that Charlie turned to Taylor "You ready?"

Taylor looked from Charlie to Brooke who winked at her and nodded softly at her with that reassuring movement from her sister she turned back to Charlie and replied "As I'll ever be yeah" She then followed Charlie to her car looking back every few steps to make sure Brooke was ok, climbing into her car she couldn't get Alexis out of her mind wondering how she was and how bad the injuries to her were. She'd been told not to blame herself for Alexis running away but deep down she couldn't help it especially now that Alexis had been hospitalized with injuries that she didn't know anything about she didn't know how bad they were or if they were life threatening, as worried as she was she knew that she had to be strong for everyone else in the family.