Micheal's POV

I stand silently for a moment then slowly and nervously walk towards where Mary is laying and see blood coming from her throat and turn and see Leanne still sitting silently at the table and I and walk back over to her.

"Did you did this?" I ask shakily. "I'm sorry I lied in court today" she finally speaks and I look and her confused and look down and see her hands are all wet and a puddle of water on the table. "What happened?"

"It melted" she mutters "what melted?"

"The ice" she says casually "Leanne?" I say softly, turning her face to look at me. "Did you do this?" I ask again and she turns and looks over at Mary. "Mhm" she nods and I look around the room trying to find the knife she used. "You won't find it. It already melted" she mutters.

"What did?" I frown confused. "The ice" she say casually then gets up from the table and goes into the living room.

"What are you talking about?" I ask, following behind her. "The really big sharp piece of ice I had. It's melted now though" she shrugs and sits down and switches on the TV. "I'll be right back" I say nervously and she nods and starts looking through the channels.

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Joseph's POV

After a few hours of waiting Micheal finally calls. "Where are you?"

"I'm at Leanne's old house. She's here" Micheal replies and I can tell by his voice that something's wrong. "Is she ok?"

"I need you to come down here"

"What's happened?" I ask nervously. "Please just come down here" he says then tells me the address.

I get to the address and the door is unlocked so I quietly go inside and here the TV and open the living room door and see Leanne and Michael sitting on the sofa and Micheal has his arms around her.

"Micheal?" I whisper and they both look over. "I'll be right back" he whispers to her and leads me into the hall.

"What the hell is going on? You called telling me you needed me and your just sat watching TV?" I frown confused. "I'm trying to keep her calm" he whisper. "Why what's happened to her? Where's Mary?" I ask nervously and he sighs, taking a deep breath and tells me.

"Are you serious!?" I gasp in a hushed tone. "W-where is she now?" I stutter, trying to take all this in and he nervously points towards the closed door that leads to the kitchen and I stand frozen looking over towards the fridge at Mary. "She did this?" I whisper and he nods. "And your both just sitting in there watching TV like nothing's happened!?" I frown. "What else am I suposed to do? She's acting like nothing happened and I didn't want her freaking out"

"There's a dead body on the kitchen floor! How about dealing with that!?"

"What do you want me to do? It's not like I can call the police"

"Micheal, that girl in there has just murdered somebody!"

"I'm fully aware of that, but I can't call the police on her! Have you forgotten all the trauma that woman caused her? I'm not saying what she did was right, but surly you can see why she'd snap, plus she's pregant and all hormonal"

"Are you serious!? Yelling at you and crying over nothing is being hormal. Leanne planned and murdered somebody! This isn't some random accident. She obviously put alot of thought and effort into it"

"How do you know it wasn't?"

"Because If this was a random act because she snapped then she would have used a knife or something. She wouldn't have had time to get a sharp peice of ice and stab her in the throat!" I snap. "If you call the police then I'm gonna say I did it"

"Micheal you can't...."

"I can and will. You can't prove I'm lying" he cuts me off and I sigh heavily looking back over at Mary. "Please don't call the police on her" he pleads with me.

"Are your sure she's dead?" I ask kneeling over to check her pulse.

"Yup, definitely dead" Leanne says coming into the kitchen and pours herself a glass of water. "I had to kick her a few times because she kept trying to run away, but eventually she dropped down dead" she shrugs and goes over and sits at the breakfast bar. "And you just left her here?" I frown confused. "It's not like I could carry her outside and bury her in the yard. She is kinda fat and I can't carry heavy loads in my condition"

"Well we can't just leave her here"

"Then what are we supposed to do? It's the middle of the day and there's people outside. Their gonna notice us taking her outside" Micheal cuts in. "We have a basement. She might start stinking after awhile, but she'll rot away eventually" Leanne shrugs and walks back into the living room.

"We need to get her out of here" Micheal sighs, turning back to me. "How exactly? It's the middle of the afternoon and I can't move her. My backs been messed up for years and..."

"I'm talking about Leanne" he cuts me off. "I need to take her home. I can't leave her here"

"Are you serious!? We can't just leave a dead body laying in the middle of the kitchen like this. If somebody comes in and.. "

"They won't. Leanne's parents left her this house and nobody has a key, but her. We'll just close the blinds in the kitchen and go now and figure out what to do with Mary and come back later"

"Were you in on this?" I frown "of course not!"

"You seem pretty calm about everything. Just like her and.. "

"I didn't have anything to do with this" he snaps.

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Michael's POV

After cleaning up a little and closing the blindes, we lock up all the house and get into the car and Leanne hasn't said anything and just looked out of the window.

"Are you breaking up with me?" She turns, finally speaking "who told you that?" I ask confused "I'd understand if you didn't wanna be with me any more" she mumbles and I wrap my arms around her. "Baby, I'm not leaving you. I promise" I say softly and she smiles slightly and takes my hand and places it on her stomach. "Can you feel that?" She asks changing the topic and I look confused then smile, feeling our baby kick"

"When did it start kicking?"

"Just now while you were talking" she smiles slightly.

"We're back" Joesph mumbles, parking the car. "The baby just kicked. It's never done that before" I smile slightly and he doesn't say anything and gets out of the car uninterested. I know this isn't a time to be smiling, but that was the first time I've felt my son or daughter kick and I couldn't help, but feel proud and smile slightly.

"I'm gonna go change" Leanne says heading upstairs and I walk into the dining room. "I think it's best you come and stay at our house" Joesph says following behind me. "For what?"

"For what!? Micheal, that girl has just killed somebody! I'm not gonna walk out and leave my son alone with her"

"Yeah, somebody that abused her and traumatised her!"

"And what...." he begins then pauses when we hear Leanne coming downstairs and go into the kitchen then we hear the TV switch on in the living room.

"What of she turns on you next?" He says in a hushed tone. "What are you talking about?" I frown "she's already killed one person. What if turns on you next? You were apart of all that too and.. "

"No I wasn't. Not purposly. I didn't know she was being abused or forced to be there. I always asked her if she wanted to. I didn't pin her down and rape her!" I cut him off. "But she couldn't say no could she? And whether you knew that at the time or not, you still went there. Over and over"

"Yeah and when I found out what was going on I got her away"

"But you were still apart of it whether you knew it or not and if she's capable of doing that to one person how can you be so sure she won't turn on you next? I'm not leaving you here alone with her"

"Then she's coming with me"

"I really don't think that's a good idea" he shakes his head and opens the door slightly. "Well I'm not leaving her here alone and..."

"What is she doing?" He cuts me off, looking into the living room where Leanne is sitting. "Is she drinking juice out of a baby bottle?" He frowns confused "She does that sometimes when she's nervous" I shrug. "You don't think 17 is a little old to be drinking from a bottle?"

"So? You drink whisky when your stressed. Nobody gets at you about it"

"I don't go happy slapping people with sharp peices of ice when they piss me off though do I!?" He snaps and I don't say anything for a moment.

"Well if it keeps her calm then leave her too it. It's not hurting anybody" I mumble "and I'm not leaving her alone either"

"Your not staying here alone with her"

"If she was gonna do anything to me. Don't you think she would have done earlier when she had the chance? We were alone for a long time before you got there and she didn't do anything"

"I'm not prepared to take that risk" he shakes his head and I don't say anything and he sighs heavily. "I'm gonna be keeping my eyes on her the whole time"

"That's fine. I'll go tell her and get our stuff" I say about to leave the room. "I'll call the others and tell them what's happened"

"You can't tell tell them" I shake my head turning back to him. "I'm not gonna lie to them. If she's coming into our home then they need to know" he says sternly and I says heavily and leave the room not saying anything.

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Joesph's POV

When I told Katherine what happened, she was completely in shock just like I still am and just like me, the others are still unsure about her being in the house, but agree that Micheal shouldn't be left alone with her.

We're on our way to my house and Leanne and Micheal have been sitting the back seat, not saying anything and I keep looking back to check everything's ok. I completely understand why Micheal is protecting Leanne just like the others do, but after what she dd to Mary and the way she's acting so causal like nothing happened. I'm not willing to take the chance of her turning on my son.

"Where are we going?" Leanne asks confused. "We're going to my parents house remember? We're gonna stay there for awhile" Micheal says softly. "Why can't we stay at home?"

"Because everybody thinks it's best we all stay together"

"I'm not gonna do anything to you if that's what they think" she mumbles. "I know you wouldn't. Just like I wouldn't do anything to hurt you either" Micheal says softly. "Then why do they think I will?"

"We're not saying you will. But surly you can understand why we'd be a little paranoid after what you did to Mary" I cut in. "Because they told me too"

"Who did?" Micheal asks "my parents. "Your parents told you to do it?"

"They said that if she went to jail then she'll still be able to hurt people and this was the only way to stop her for good"

"And your still wondering why we're worried your gonna do something?" I cut in. "You don't have to keep snapping at her. We're fully aware of what's just happened" Micheal says, pulling Leanne close to him.

"Micheal didn't hurt anybody on purpose. He asked me over and over if I wanted to be there. He's done nothing wrong" Leanne says then turns to Micheal. "You know that right?" She asks him and he nods, not saying anything.

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Micheal's POV

When we get to my parents house nobody mentioned what Joesph told them and I can see their all unsure what to say or do. Leanne hasn't said much since we got there and when Leanne goes upstairs to take a bath LaToya closes the living room door.

"So what are we gonna do?"

"Your brothers are gonna come over tomorrow and help figure out what to do with Mary" Joesph says. "I mean about Leanne? We need to call the police or..."

"We're not calling the police" I cut her off. "Micheal, she murdered somebody!"

"And she deserved it" Janet frowns cutting in. "Are you serious!? We can't just cover this up and act like nothing happened"

"That's exactly what we're gonna do" Joesph says. "I don't condone what she did for a second, but we don't know everything that went on in that place. Just what Leanne has told us and what those girls said in court, but you could see in their eyes they were keeping more thing's hidden. And for people to still be that terrified of somebody even when their safe and know she was gonna get locked up shows just how much damaged that woman has done to them"

"And what if she does something to us?" LaToya asks nervously.
"She won't" I cut in "You don't  know that for sure. We didn't know what she was gonna do in court or what she was gonna do to Mary so how can you or anybody be sure what she's gonna do?"

"We can't just call the police on her. She's been traumatised enough. We need to be helping her, not punishing her" Janet agrees with me. "And what about you? You agree with me right?" She turns to my mother and she doesn't say anything. "Mother. Please don't tell me you agree with them" she sighs heavily. "I'm sorry, but their right. Yes what she did was wrong, but that poor girl has been through enough suffering without us punishing her too"

We continue talking for awhile and I go upstairs to check on Leanne and she's sitting on the bed in the guest room. "Are you ok?" I ask softly and go and sit beside her. "They don't want me here do they?" She mumbles "of course they do. Their just still trying to take everything in that's all" I say softly and she doesn't say anything for a moment.

"I'm not a bad person" she shakes her head "I know your not and nobody else thinks that either" I say softly wrapping my arms around her. "Maybe you should try and get some sleep"

"Will you stay with me?" She asks and I nod. "Of course. I'll just let everybody know we're going to bed. I'll be right back" I smile slightly then go downstairs.

After a few minutes of the others trying to talk me out of staying in the same room alone with her, I go upstairs and Leanne is sitting on the bed waiting for me.

"I thought you weren't gonna come back"

"I told you I'd come back" I smile and start getting undressed then get into bed and she comes over and joins me.

"I love you" she whispers and pecks my lips. "I love you more" I whisper and kiss her back the same way and wrap my arms around her.

After a few minutes Leanne falls asleep and once she does I do the same.

I wake up awhile later and see Leanne is gone turn and see it's 4am and I get up to go and look for her.

I try the bathroom first then make my way downstairs and see the kitchen light is on.

"Leanne? Are you in here?" I whisper so I dont wake the others and I don't get a reply and walk in looking around and see Leanne sitting quietly in the corner of the room with a blank expression on her face, looking into air.

"Are you ok?" I ask going over to her and she doesn't answer. "Leanne?" I say softly turning her to face me and she looks at me blankly for a moment.

"Mary's gonna be really angry with me" she says shakily then breaks down in tears and I wrap my arms around her. "Baby, Mary's gone. She's not gonna hurt you" I say softly and she doesn't say anything and continues shaking and crying.

"What's going on?" I hear Janet and turn and see everybody walking into the kitchen. "Their gonna arrested me for what I did and then she'll come after me again" Leanne sobs shakily.

"Sweetie, nobody's gonna come after you" Janet says coming over as do the others. "They will. When they find out what I did and... and..." she sobs and I pull her closer to me. "Baby, nobody gonna come after you I promise. We're not gonna let that happen. I swear" I say softly. "You can't stop her. She'll find me. She always does" she looks at me terrified. "Who?" LaToya asks confused. "She thinks Mary's gonna come after her" I explain and Joseph walks over to us.

"Your safe now. Nobody's gonna come after you" he says softly. "Mary's gone. She can't hurt you anymore"