Owen drove the side streets of the neighborhood, she couldn't have gotten far on foot. Maybe she would have calmed down and headed back towards the party. She knew he was there. He turned around and drove down the road, back towards Hope's, continuing to scan the sides of the road, looking for his sister. He reached for his phone. He dialed 911. He reported the party. Someone needed to know Morgan was out, reckless, and drunk and there was no way to do that without reporting the party. He didn't care that Michael was on his way or that Joss seemed to think he was in some sort of mental health crisis. Morgan hurt his sister that night and he needed to face actual consequences.
The snow was falling steadily now and he tried to drive carefully, slowly, so maybe he could spot his sister. However, someone behind him was tailgating, honking, and showing no signs of letting up. The driver of the black car behind him tried to go around him when suddenly police lights were coming at him and the car trying to pass on the wrong side of the road, tried to move back into the lane. He tried to stop, avoid a collision but it was too late. The second car hit his, he spun on the ice, his car went straight into the guard rail and he hit his head on the steering wheel before the airbag went off. In the glare he saw the black car speed off and heard the door of what he assumed was a police cruiser stopping at the scene. He tried to focus, stay alert, but couldn't. His eyes closed; his head hurt. He fell unconscious.
Kristen arrived at the party, parked on the side of the road and got out looking for her brother. She ran into the house. Kids were drunk, the house was trashed and it was seriously getting out of control. She scanned for anyone who might know her brother, when she spotted Sophie and went over to her. "Sophie! Where's my brother? Where's Owen?"
"What?" She said. She could barely hear the music was so loud.
"Where's Owen?" Kristen asked again.
"Oh. Joss said to give you Addie's stuff. Owen went to look for her. Stay here." Sophie said as she went over to the chair in the corner and grabbed her friend's coat. She walked back over and handed it to Kristen.
"What happened here tonight?"
"I'm not sure. I heard Addie freaked out and left. Morgan Corinthos had some sort of breakdown. You just missed Michael. He went looking for Morgan with Josslyn."
"Do you need a ride home? It's out of control Soph."
"I'm good. I have a ride. Thanks, Krissy."
Krissy looked at Sophie and didn't think leaving her was the best idea, but she also had no idea where her brother or sister went. Her parents were going to kill her. She took Addison's coat and went back out to her car. She dialed her brother's number. He didn't answer. "Damn it Owen, pick up. You can't call me with a crisis and disappear. Call me back." Maybe they made it home. Maybe Owen found her and got her home. She'd try there first. As she left, police cruisers went flying by the house, two pulled into the driveway. Kids started to scatter at the sounds of the sirens. Something serious happened at that party and she feared her siblings were involved. She dialed Owen again to no avail. She tried Addie, but heard the buzzing from the pocket of her sister's coat. Michael. Sophie mentioned Michael was also on damage control. She dialed.
"Kristen?" He answered.
"Michael. Thank God. Have you seen Owen or Addie? Is Joss with you? Does she know where they are?"
"She is, but we're in the middle of our own family crisis right now." Michael said as he spotted Morgan's car parked on the side of the road. "If we see them, I'll tell them to call you. I've got to go." He hung up abruptly as he spotted Morgan pacing back and forth.
Kristen drove home. They had to be there. They had to be. Why the hell did she cave in and let her sister go to that party. She didn't think. She wanted to fix things with her sister and she didn't think.
Ned, Alexis, and Addison arrived home. All still silent, her parents afraid to ask the wrong question and cause their daughter to break. She seemed fragile and they treaded lightly. Addison was quiet still processing all that had happened. Trying to make sense of it. Trying to piece it together. Add to it that she was afraid to say anything for fear she'd disappoint them, afraid they'd be ashamed she gave Morgan those ideas.
"Can we talk?" Alexis asked gently as they entered the house and Addison passed Ned his coat.
She looked between her parents. "I can't right now; please don't ask me to. All I want to do is take a hot shower and wash this night away. Forget it even happened."
Alexis nodded and she let Addison head towards the stairs, but suddenly stopped her. "Baby, wait–"
She stopped and looked at her mother. "I know we said no questions, but this is important…" She waited for her daughter's quiet approval. "Should we have taken you to GH? Because if there's evidence…you shouldn't go shower right now."
Addison looked at her mom, and then her eyes gazed towards her dad. It was a super uncomfortable question to answer and she fidgeted on the stairs. Ned picked up on it immediately and quietly walked towards the kitchen. His heartbreaking as what may have happened to his daughter came into full view in his mind the second his wife asked the question.
"Addie…?" She watched her daughter stand on the stairs, fidgeting, uncomfortable, trying not to cry. "Peanut, are you ok?" She asked again, trying not to let her own emotion show as she stepped towards her.
"I don't know, Mommy." She broke and Alexis moved quickly to take her daughter into her arms and she sat on the steps and held her.
"Do we need to go to GH?" Alexis said, trying to hold back her own tears. "Were you…?"
"Almost, Mommy." Alexis held Addison tightly. "I don't want to go to GH, please. I can't even think about it. Please just let me go shower."
"But if there's evidence…"
"Not like that, there's no evidence like that…please, let me go upstairs now."
Alexis was torn about what to do without details it was hard to know, but she chose to follow her daughter's lead. Addison was the victim, her voice mattered most and forcing her to face things right now may just cause her to shut down, pull away and that was the last thing they needed. "Ok. Here's what we're going to do." She said as she tried to wipe her daughter's tears. "We're going to save your clothes, ok? Leave them in a pile on the floor and I'll come get them and then we'll talk more about GH later, ok? I trust what you're telling me, but I also need to make sure you're physically ok, peanut."
"I know." Addison whispered, as her mom wrapped her in her arms again.
"Ok, go ahead. I'll be up to check on you in a little bit and that's non-negotiable. I love you so much Addison." She said, pulling her close one last time and kissing her head before she let go and Addison quietly walked up the stairs to her room.
As soon as he was certain Addison was upstairs, he walked back into the hall and Alexis walked towards him. They held each other tight. "Our baby girl, our sweet innocent baby girl…" She said, as she clung to her husband.
"I heard." He replied quietly into her hair and at that moment, Kristen entered the house, calling for her sister, immediately caught off guard by the fact that her parents were home and looked so distraught.
"What are you doing home?" She asked cautiously, dropping Addison's coat on the nearby side table in the hall.
"That's your sister's." Alexis said matter of fact.
"Uh, yeah, I was supposed to pick her up. Is she here? Did she get another ride?" Kristen said, confused, caught off guard, and worried because her brother had called her and wasn't there either.
"Pick her up from where?" Ned asked.
"Please don't blame her." Addison pleaded from the top of the staircase, having come out of her room when she heard her name being called by her sister.
"Addie, go shower, it's ok. We need to talk to Krissy and I'll be up soon." Alexis said and Addison nodded and quietly walked back to her room.
"Kristen, do you have any idea what happened tonight? How did you end up with her coat?" Ned asked, agitated.
"She was at a party. I dropped her off, we agreed I'd pick her up at 10, but she wasn't there. Sophie gave it to me when I got there." Kristen said cautiously, not sure why her father was so angry.
"Sophie is there?" Alexis asked concerned for her friend's daughter.
"I don't think that matters now." Ned said and Alexis nodded in agreement.
"What exactly happened?" Kristen asked, cautiously.
"Your sister was sexually assaulted is what happened." Ned said, angry.
"What?" Kristen stood there shocked.
"Honey, we don't know the details, yet." Alexis tried to calm her husband's worst fears.
"Based on what we do know it's hard not to jump to that conclusion." Ned stated.
"I agree." She turned to her daughter "How could you put your sister in that situation? She's 14 years old." She truly didn't understand Kristen's choices when it pertained to her sister.
"She begged me and I thought if I listened, maybe we'd continue to get past our fight. That was what you wanted, Mom." She emphasized. Upset her mom didn't see she was trying to heal the damage she did at Thanksgiving.
Alexis looked at her displeased that her older daughter was attempting to make this about anything other than the irresponsible decision that was made. Trying to place blame on her.
Kristen continued, "We made a plan and I told her I'd pick her up at 10. Maybe she should have asked you first, but I was just trying to help her. She hates it at Madison and she's always been the quiet kid. I thought maybe if she just found the right people…"
"The right people? We left you here because we thought we could trust you. You're her older sister. You're an adult. You were responsible!" Alexis said, reaching the point of anger herself.
"How did you find out? How did she get home?" Kristen asked, still confused. She went to the party, Owen called her and then he was nowhere in sight.
"How we found out isn't what matters here. What your sister went through tonight…that's what's important." Alexis explained.
"Your mom is right, Kristen. Your decision making tonight put your sister's safety in jeopardy."
"I'm sorry. I messed up. That's all I seem to be able to do lately."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ned asked, concerned there was more going on with Kristen than either of them knew about.
"Nothing. I'm going to apologize to her. I didn't think anything like this would happen. I swear. I never would have agreed if I thought something like this could happen."
"No. Leave her be. Right now she needs to process what happened and she needs her mother. She doesn't need to handle your guilt." He looked at Alexis, "You told her you'd be up…"
"I did. Give us a few minutes, but I think you should try and pop in at some point. She may not want to talk about it, but she needs us both."
"What about Owen? Is he home, too?" Kristen asked before her mother left the room.
"Owen's supposed to be at Will's…" Alexis froze and said as she turned around on the staircase and looked at her daughter.
"Right. I'm sure he's at Will's."
"Kristen, what aren't you telling us?" Ned asked, but before she could answer his cell phone rang. He looked at the number. "It's Alan." He said as he looked at Alexis who came fully back downstairs. "Alan?" He answered.
"Ned, thank god we reached you. We tried Alexis, but she wasn't answering." Alan said relieved he'd gotten ahold of one of them.
"What is it Alan?" Ned asked, concerned. What more could be happening?
"Owen is here at GH. There was a car accident."
"Is he alright?" He asked, panicked, looked at Alexis and reached for her hand, which he held onto tightly as she looked at him expectantly.
"He's got some minor scrapes and cuts. He's stable, but they're taking him for a head CT now."
"Alan, is he conscious?" Ned asked, flashing back to the accident that changed his family dynamic forever. The one he took the blame for, tried to cover up AJs mistake and changed his cousin forever. The Quartermaines barely recovered.
"He wasn't when they brought him in, but he's awake now." Alan explained.
"I'm on my way." Ned said hanging up as Alexis turned to him and Kristen stood there worried.
"What? What is it?" Alexis questioned. She knew it was Owen the second he reached for her hand.
"Owen was in a car accident." Ned stated, still in shock as he put his phone in his pocket.
"Oh my god. Is he alright? Tell me he's alright." Alexis insisted.
"Alan didn't seem overly concerned, but they are taking him for a head CT. I'll–"
"Go! I'll stay here with Addie. Call me the second you know he's truly ok." She didn't hesitate. They were being pulled in two different directions. She wanted to go with him to GH, but Addison needed one of them and they both knew it had to be her.
He pulled her into a quick embrace. "He's going to be fine. They're both going to be fine." He said, trying to assure himself and her simultaneously.
"Cassadine/Quartermaine blood. They're strong. Remember? Go." She reminded him what he told her all those years ago when she was panicked they were going to lose Addison as she was rushed into surgery after the explosion. She needed to hear it as much as he did.
He kissed her quickly and left. She hated not being there for her son. He hated not being there for his daughter. A night that was supposed to be about reconciliation, finding a way forward was becoming a nightmare.