*****Dinah's POV*****
I hated waiting. I wanted to go home. I knew I had to keep the act up but she would catch up soon. "Dinah. We're leaving. The copter's coming out back. Get ready" she said, throwing my shoes at me. Damn, I had to come up with something quick. "No. If my baby gets hur-". She cut me off by grabbing the collar and choking me. "A-Alexa. Please". She just pushed harder against my neck, making it harder to breath. "Let's get one thing straight. That is not your baby. That baby is mine. And the minute it's born, you're dead. You're not fit to be a mother, anyway. Understand?"
I'm not going anywhere with her. Now I know what she wants and she's not getting it. "Go fuck yourself" I choked out, her hands wrapping around my neck even tighter. My vision started to get spotted, but I wasn't going to let her kill me. Or keep my baby. This bitch wasn't getting anything from me.
I thought I was gonna have to stop her, but she stopped herself. "After that baby's born, I won't hesitate to keep going". "Why Alexa? How did we hurt you?" I'm getting away today, might as well know the story. I honestly just wanted to know for myself.
"You guys killed him. He's dead and now we couldn't be a family. All because you wouldn't except the offer". "Who is he?" She just sighed, and I could see her tears start to hit the floor. She was crazy, I know that. But she was hurting. People do wild things for the ones they love, and this was hers.
"Dinah, Simon and I were together". I had to cover my mouth to hold in the gasp. No. "That can't be true. Alexa he, he was a monster" I cried. I'd have terrible dreams some nights, of everything I've been through with men taking advantage of my life. I could never forget it. Not after what they did to me. I felt less than human because of them. How could she trust him?
"He wasn't a monster! He loved me and we were going to be together as a family, Dinah. That's all I wanted. You know what its like to have a family. I wanted one of my own. But you couldn't let me have that. You or any of the other girls. You made me this way and now you're going to deal with the monster you created".
This was tearing apart. She was in on everything with him. She knew, since day one. "You wanted that baby so much, you were going to let him rape me for it?" I yelled. While her back was turned to me, I grabbed something to hit her with. "Rape? No. He was going to ask you to carry the baby. He wasn't going to do it without asking. He....he wasn't like that".
I had to do it. C'mon Dinah, just do it. You're so close to getting home. All you need to do is hit her and run. But I couldn't... Something stopped me from hitting the crying girl. Although her heart was withering with each passing day, I still had mine. I still remembered the old Alexa who cared about me, about us. "He tried to rape me Alexa. Twice. The night when you shot him on the bu-".
"Stop. Please, I didn't kill him". She put her hands against her ears so hard, I thought she could've crushed her own skull. "Alexa" I started, moving next to her. I grabbed her hand, her bloodshot eyes meeting mine. "He was going to hurt us. And you stopped him. You did a good thing". "By killing the one person that loved me?"
I pulled her to me, despite how sick this was making me, she needee someone."You did what needed to be done. He just happened to be an enemy that looked like a friend". She just laid her head on my shoulder, crying away freely. "I always liked you. I'm just sorry I have to do this". I looked up at the door, and saw the cops outside. "And I'm sorry I have to do this".
And then they came in, kicking the door in and pulling me away from her. "You're safe now, Mrs. Hansen. We're taking you home" one of the officers said, and I was so happy. But then I looked back at her, how they had her pinned against the ground. She wouldn't make it in the prison system. People like her would be killed in there in more ways than I could possibly describe. I know how bad the mental health facility could be, but it was better than where she was going. So I wouldn't let her go there.
"Don't arrest her". They all just turned and looked at me. "Miss Hansen. She can't hurt you if we put her in jail". "Jail doesn't fix people. It dehumanizes them. I want her to be given a chance". They pulled her up off and the ground and she faced me with fire in her eyes. "The mental health facility. In her home state, not here". "Are you sure Miss?" And when I looked at her, I knew I was sure. "Thank you Dinah" she smiled as she was taken out. I felt like I did the right thing. But something still didn't sit right with me.
The cops escorted her out the hospital and I was contacting my family. "Hello?" she said, and I instantly started crying. "Mom. It's me. I'm coming home" I cried, and I heard the others in be background start to freak out a bit. "I'm in the hospital and you guys will have to come get me. I'm so sorry I couldn't get back to you guys". "Just shut up and wait there. Give me five minutes".
Everything was right. I'm free. And now I was going to see my family. But then I realized I hadn't called the girls yet. I picked up the cop's phone again to make another call, but the door opening stopped me.
"They said you were home. But I didn't believe them at first".
