Carley's POV

"Leanne was here?" Michael says nervously and Emma nods. "Apparently there was a problem with one of your cooks and..."

"How long ago did she go?" Michael cuts her off. "Oh now you care? To bad you didn't give a shit a minute ago when you were fucking... "

"How many times do I have to tell you. We weren't doing anything!" I snap, cutting her off. "Then why would she..."

"Did she say or not!?" Michael snaps. "No. But..."

"I gotta go find her" he cuts her off and turns to leave. "I'll come with you" I say going to follow him "Your not going anywhere near her!" He snaps and walks off. "She's my daughter! I have every right to..."

"No she's not" Emma frowns confused "Yes she is! And I need to find her" I frown and attempt to follow behind Michael, but he turns and pushes me, which causes me to fall. "Just leave us alone!" He snaps and quickly leaves.

I get up go to leave, but Emma grabs my arm stopping me. "Your not going"

"My daughter has just ran out of here crying and..."

"And Michael's gone to deal with that and you can tell me what's going on"

"It's none of your god damn business!" I snap. "When it involves my best friend running out of here crying I make it my business. Now you better start talking" she frowns and pushes me into the office.

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Michael's POV

"Please pick up or call me back or something. Please? Just let me explain" I sigh and hang up the phone after leaving yet another voice mail then continue driving.

My phone rings a few minutes later and I sigh seeing it's only Janet.

"Now's really not a good time I..."

"What the hell is going on?"

"What do you mean?" I frown confused. "Leanne's just come home in tears and..."

"Is she still there?"

"No. She just walked in. Took the twins and walked back out. I tried to get her to talk to me, but she kept crying and telling me to stay away from her"

"Did she say where she was going?"

"No. She just left. I'm really worried. Should I call the police or something?"

"No, just stay there. I'm on my home"

*
When I get home, Janet is inside waiting for me along with my parent's and Latoya.

"What the hell is going on!?" Joesph frowns as soon as I walk in. "I just need to find Leanne and..."

"Ya think?" He says sarcastically. "What have you done?"

"I haven't done anything. She..."

"Then why would she take off with the children?" Mother cuts in "And Janet said she was a mess and crying and shaking"

"Why did you let her go?" I turn to Janet, ignoring the others. "What was I supposed to do? Their her kids and she made it pretty clear she didn't wanna talk to me. Obviously you did something to upset her for her to reacted that way"

"I didn't. She over heard..." I pause and everybody looks at me confused. "She over heard what?" Joesph asks and I don't say anything for a moment.

"Does any of that matter right now? I need to find them and..."

"Of course it matters!" Joesph snaps. "If she's come home crying and left with the twins then we need to know why? And I'm not gonna go looking for her until we know what happened between you two. For all we know you could have hit her or cheated on her or..."

"Of course I haven't!" I snap. "Then What..... happened?" He frowns and I sigh heavily and tell them everything.

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Carley's POV

"There! Now you know everything. Now will you move from the door?" I say with an attitude. "And You've been working here and seeing her everyday and didn't say anything!? That's sick!"

"I wanted to get to know her first and gain her trust and..."

"And then tell her you've been lying to her this whole time?" she frowns. "It wasn't like that. Now if you don't mind. I need to go find her and..."

"I don't think that's such a good idea" she cuts me off. "Are you serious!? She's just had this huge bomb dropped on her and now she has a phycho chasing her around. She's needs her mother"

"Michael's not phycho" she shakes her head. "He's her husband and he's just protective of her. She's been through alot and so has he and..."

"Not a phycho? Did you not see the way he slammed me to the ground?" I frown "He didn't slam you. He pushed you away from him and you fell"

"And that makes it ok!? If he has no problem hitting a woman in public, who knows what he's been doing to my daughter behind closed doors. Now get the hell out of my way. I need to go find her and..."

"You can't do that. I'm sorry, but you need to..."

"What!?" I snap, cutting her off "My daughter is out there and..."

"And what exactly do you think is gonna happen when you find her?" She cuts me off. "Do you think she's just gonna run into your arms and starts calling you mom and everything will be perfect?" She says in a slightly sarcastic tone "Of course not, but.."

"But nothing. I'M even finding all this hard to take in and it has nothing to do with me so can you imagine what's going on in Leanne's mind right now? That poor girl has been lied to and taken advantage off more times than you can imagine and..."

"Because if him" I scoff and she doesn't say anything for a moment.

"Believe or not. Michael actually does care about Leanne and has done everything he can to keep her happy and safe and..."

"Like buying her and sleeping with her when she was a child?" I cut her off. "Like running into a burning building to save her and almost dying himself. Like getting her away from a woman that was abusing her and beating her and forcing her to sleep with older men. Like giving her a home and a stable life. Like giving her a second chance... He's no angel. Not even close and I get why you wouldn't like him, but Michael really does love Leanne and..."

"And I don't!?" I snap. "She's my daughter and she was stolen from me! I've spent 18 years trying to find her and now I finally have, your defending HIM and everybody's making ME out to be some evil woman. I've done nothing wrong... I just want my baby back" I croak then break down in tears and Emma puts her arm around me.

"I'm not saying your a bad person or that you did anything wrong. Nobody deserves what you went through, but you have to understand. That Leanne isn't that newborn baby you call Sofia anymore. Her names Leanne and 18 years is along time. You can't expect her to just except this and everything is going to be perfect because it's not. Leanne doesn't even know you"

"So what am I suposed to do just walk away and forget about her? I can't do that" I shake my head. "No, but you need to understand that Leanne is very damaged and she's been through alot. I'm not saying Michael was right for not telling her about you or trying to keep you away from her, but I understand why he would. Because something like this could really push her back"

"Push her back?" I frown confused and she doesn't say anything for a moment then sighs slightly.

"When Leanne gets scared or upset she hurts herself and..."

"She What!? Why didn't you tell me!?" I snap, cutting her off. "Because she hasn't done it for a long time. Since before the twins were born, but something like this could cause her to go back and that's why you need to let Michael deal with this"

"But I'm her mother"

"Not to her your not. She doesn't know you. Not like that anyway. You may still see her as your daughter, but to her your a stranger"

"But she knows now. If I go and find her then I can explain and explain why I didn't tell her straight away and..."

"I think it's best you don't" she says softly. "You need to give her time to take all this stuff in"

"So I'm suposed to just sit at home and wait? I've been doing that for 18 years" I frown. "I've known Leanne since Mary first brought her to that brothel when she was a scared 15 year old little girl and I know her better than most people and trust me. If you go looking for her right now she's just gonna feel ganged up on and back away from you even more. You need to just give her some time to take everything in and let her come to you"

"But..."

"Trust me. Just go home and give her a few days" she says softly.

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Michael's POV

"And You've known this for over a year and you didn't think to tell anybody!?" Joseph snaps. "I told Randy. He's the reason Carley's here in the first place. If it wasn't for Randy then none of this would have..."

"Don't dare blame your brother for this one!" He snaps. "You should have come straight to me and told me, not go to the one person that's dumber than you!"

"Joesph!" Mother frowns. "Well it's true! Randy's a dumb shit and he's just a fucking idiot!" He points at me. "All you fucking kids are stupid! Why would you keep this from us?"

"I was scared" I mumble and he sighs heavily and starts pacing around the room, thinking of what to do.

"We need to call the police" LaToya cuts in. "For what? She hasn't been missing that long" I frown confused. "No, but she has the twins"

"So? She's their mother. They can't arrest her for taking her own kids"

"Their yours too and what if she does something to them? They could be in real danger"

"She wouldn't hurt our kids" I shake me head. "You don't know that for sure. It wouldn't be the first time. Have you forgotten what she did to Mary? We need to call the police and..."

"That was completely different. Annabelle and Ryan are babies and haven't done anything to her" I frown "No, but she still did it and how many times has she hurt herself and..."

"Why don't we just try and find her ourselves first?" Joesph cuts in. "If we call the police now then she's just gonna panic and for all we know She could just be with a friend"

"But, she doesn't have any friends" LaToya shrugs. "Yes she does" I frown. "She has me and Janet and Emma and TJ and..."

"Well she's obviously not with you or Janet. So you call Emma and I'll try and get hold of TJ" Joesph cuts me off.

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TJ's POV

"Are you sure you gonna be ok? I really don't feel right leaving you guys here when your in this state"

"I'll be fine really" Leanne smiles at me through pursed lips. "People don't break down in the middle of the street when their fine"

"I'm sorry about that" she mumbles and I smile at her through pursed lips. "It's fine. I think most people would have broke down if they were in this situation" I say softly and she doesn't say anything.

"Do you want some more coffee?" I ask and she shakes her head. "I'm gonna have to go. These two will be getting hungry and need their nap soon" she smiles through pursed lips at Annabelle and Ryan.

"Ok. My cars just around the corner. I'll just go get it and drive you home" I smile about to get up and she shakes her head. "I'll be fine and I'm not going home... well not with Michael"

"Your not leaving him are you!?" I widen my eyes suprised. "Because you can't just leave and..."

"I don't know what I'm gonna do right now" she cuts me off. "Right now I just need some space to think and clear my head"

"So your staying with him?"

"I just need some time alone" she sighs and gets up from the table and starts getting the twins ready to leave.

"How long are you gonna be gone?"

"I have no idea"

"Where are you gonna be staying? I'll drive you there and..."

"I'll be fine on my own. Thanks anyway and thanks for the coffee"

"But where are you going?" I ask again and she doesn't answer me for a moment and continues getting the twins ready then turns to me.

"I'd rather not say, but I'll call you soon ok" she smiles and gives me a quick hug. "Thanks for listening to me" she smiles slightly.

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Michael's POV

After calling and getting nothing but abuse thrown at me from Emma I turn to Joesph and he shakes his head. "Tito said TJ's not been home all day and he left his phone at home again.

"She must be with TJ. Why else wouldn't he take his phone with him" Janet smiles slightly. "Or he just forgot his phone again like he always does. I'm gonna go look for her"

"Where are we supposed to look? She could be anywhere by now" LaToya shrugs. "I don't know, but I can't just sit around here and hope for the best they come home soon"

"Why don't we all split up. We'll cover more ground that way" Joesph cuts in. "She couldn't have gotten far. Someone would have seen a young girl with two young babies wondering around" Mother smiles slightly trying to reasure me.

*
It's getting late and still nobody has been able to find or get into contact with Leanne. "Maybe we should go back" Mother suggest and I shake my head. "I have to find them. It's getting late and.. "

"I know sweetie, but we've looked everywhere and called everybody and nobody has seen them... Maybe it's time we call the police" she mutters that last part and I'm about to answer when Joesph comes over. "Tito just called and said TJ's home, but he hasn't spoken to Leanne today"

"I'm gonna go talk to him" I say turning to walk away, but he takes my arm, stopping me. "There's no point going over there. If TJ says he doesn't know then he doesn't know"

"Then he can tell me that can't he?" I frown and break away from his grip.

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TJ's POV

I'm in my bedroom and there's loud knocking on the front door and I go towards the stairs and listen to my dad talking.

"Have you guys still not found her?" He asks concerned. "We've looked everywhere" Michael croaks and starts crying. "I still don't get it. Why would she just take off like that?" My dad ask confused and I listen to Michael crying as he tells him about Carley.

I stay listening at the top of the stairs then my dad calls my name. "What are you doing standing around on the stairs?" He frowns confused and I'm about to speak, but Michael cuts me off and comes upstairs followed my the others.

"Do you know where she is?"

"No" I mumble, shaking my head. "TJ if you know something you need to tell us now" my dad says sternly and I don't say anything.

"Please just tell me where they are. I need to know their safe and.."

"Their fine an..."

"So you do know where they are?" My dad frowns and I sigh heavily and turn back to Michael. "She doesn't wanna talk to you. She said she just needs some space and..."

"Where?" He cuts me off and I don't say anything.

"TJ, we really need to find her. I know you might think your helping her and being a good friend, but your not helping. Will you please just tell me?"

"I don't know where she is" I shake my head. "But you spoke to her?"

"Fine. I did talk to her, but she never said where she was going"

"Where did you see her?" My dad asks. "I was on my way to baseball practice and I saw her going into a store and she was really upset and I took her to the coffee shop down the street and she told me what happened with you and Carley and what she heard"

"She told you about that?" Michael asks and I nod. "We talk about alot of stuff"

"What else has she told you?"

"About Mary and..."

"What!? Who else has she told!?" LaToya snaps cutting in. "Nobody. Just me. It's not exactly something she's gonna go around telling everybody" I shrug. "So you know what she's capable of yet you still let her leave with two babies!?" She frowns. "That was different. She wouldn't hurt them she loves them and what was I supposed to do? She wanted to leave and..."

"I know she'd never hurt them, but we still need to find them" Michael says in a softer tone "I don't know if she told you this, but Leanne self harms when she get anxious or upset and that's why it's important we find them soon"

"I swear I didn't know about that" I shake my head. "I'm not getting mad at you, but we need to find her. Luckily I've been able to find her quick enough in the past before she did any real damage to herself, but she's all alone right now and nobody's there to help her if she does. Please just tell me where she is"

"I swear she didn't tell me any of that and she didn't tell me where she was going. She just said she need time alone. I asked her, but she wouldn't say anything. I swear I don't know where she went" I tell him honestly.

"Did she say anything else? Anything that could give us a clue or something?" My gramdpa Joe asks and I shake my head and try to think of anything.

"She did say something about going home, but not with Michael"

"What the heck does that mean?" My dad frowns. "She's at her old house" Michael sighs, slightly relieved. "That's stupid. Why would she go there after everything that happened there?" LaToya frowns confused. "Her parents left it to her in their will. It's her house she can go there anytime she wants. I'm gonna go see if she's there" Michael says and turns to leave.

"Uncle Michael?" I call him back and he turns to me. "I still don't get it. Why didn't you just tell Leanne about Carley when you found out? It's not like it was your fault what her parents did" I shrug confused

"Because I was stupid" he sighs heavily and turns and leaves.

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Michael's POV

After driving for an hour I finally get to Leanne's old house and the lights are on so I know she's definitely there.

I knock on the door and don't get any reply and try again and again nothing.

"Leanne. I know your in there. Can you open the door please?" I call through the letter box, but get no reply so I knock again only louder which must have woken the twins because I hear them start crying.

"What do you want Michael?" I hear Leanne and look up and see her at the window. "Can you you just let me in? I wanna talk to you and..."

"Why? So you can just lie to me again?"

"I'm sorry you had to find out that way, but if you just let me in, I can explain then..."

"Forget it" she cuts me off. "I don't wanna talk to you so just leave me the hell alone"

"I'm not going anywhere until you open this door"

"Well then it's gonna be a long night for you then" she shrugs and closes the window and I sit down on the front porch, refusing to move.

*
It starts getting dark and every now and then I've knocked on the door and called her cell, but everytime she just cancels my calls and ignores my knocking and I still stay on the front porch refusing to move until I've spoken to her.

"Excuse me" I hear and look up and see and old man across the street, walking over to me.

"Is everything ok? You've been sitting there a very long time... 3 hours I believe"

"Everything's fine sir. My wife and I just had a little disagreement is all"

"I know this is non of my buisness, but maybe it's best you give her some space. If she hasn't let you in after 3 hours. Maybe it'll be best to try and talk to her tomorrow. There's going to be a storm tonight. You'll get sick if you stay out here much longer"

"I appreciate your advice and you coming over here, but we're fine really" I smile at him through pursed lips.

As much as I wanna tell him to mind his own buisness. The guy looks about 80 and I'm not gonna start flipping out at an old man.

"Well ok, but I live at that house just there" he points at a house across the street. "Your welcome to stay and have some food if you have no where else to sleep" he smiles at me through pursed lips and I nod. "Thank you sir" I smile back at him the same way and I watch him walk back into his house and it starts to rain a little.

Another 20 minutes go by and the rain starts getting heavier and the thuder starts. I look up and see the lighting then hear the front door unlock and Leanne opens the door and lets me in, but doesn't say anything.

"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you about..."

"Stop... The only reason I'm letting you in here is because there's been enough dead bodies in here and I don't need another one on my front lawn" she cuts me off and I nod.

"There's some dry clothes in my parents... or whatever they were bedroom. You can borrow them while you clothes are drying" she says and I nod.

"Are you ok?"

"Nope" she shrugs walking out of the room and I follow her into the leaving room. "Where's Annabelle and Ryan?"

"There's sleeping in my room"

"Can I go and see them?"

"Why are you asking? Their your kids aren't they?" She shrugs and goes back to whatever she was doing on her laptop.

I go into Leanne's old room to check on the twins and the two of them are sleeping in which I'm guessing is Leanne's old baby crib then go into the other room to get some clothes then to the bathroom to clean myself up.

As I'm brushing my teeth, I notice little drops of blood on the floor by the sink that lead towards the hamper and look inside and see a towel covered in blood and quickly go downstairs and Leanne is in the kitchen.

"What happened?" I ask concerned and she turns and looks at the towel I'm holding. "I made you something to eat and I left you a pillow and a duvet on the sofa" she says about to leave the room, but I take her hand stopping her.

"We need to get you to doctor" I say after lifting up her sleeve a little an see it's all bandaged up and she pulls away from me.

"I'm fine. I'm going to bed"

"I know your hurting right now, but can we please just talk about..."

"I don't wanna talk about it right now" she cuts me off and looks like she's about to break down in tears and I nod, not wanting to upset her anymore than she already is.

"In the morning then?" I ask and she nods and leaves the room and goes upstairs.

I go into the living room and see she's left her laptop charging in there and luckily I know her password and start it up to see what she was looking at earlier and it's photo's and home videos of her and her parents and I look in her search history and it's all the stuff on Carley that Randy and I found when I first found out about her.

I really wish I knew what to say or do to make this right, but Leanne will barely look at me and when she does, she just looks heart broken and I know this is all my fault. I thought keeping this from her would somehow make everything ok, but all I've does is make everything worst.