Forbidden

Chapter 17

Ok so this chapter is a bit long. But hope you enjoy!

Chapter 17

"Ok honey, you can take a break. I don't want you to over strain yourself", Stef said getting up to guide Lena back to the couch, but Lena just swatted her hand away, determined to do it herself. The physical therapist just left and Lena still wanted to walk around. She wanted to get better and back to her old self.

Mariana was already at school and Stef took the morning off to be there with Lena. She was more convinced now than ever that her stubbornness has rubbed off onto the curly haired woman.

"No Stef I got this. I can get there myself". Lena gripped the cane as she took a step at a time. "See I don't even think that I need this thing". Lena said throwing the cane to the side. "Honey I don't think that's a good idea" Stef panicked as she tried to move closer to her.

With the sudden shift of weight, Lena's leg muscle twitched hard enough for her to yelp out as she started to fall to the side with nothing to grab. But luckily Stef was right there and scooped her up off of her feet. Lena pushed the hair out of her face as she looked up to the blonde. "Don't say a word," she said light heartedly.

Stef brought her over to the couch and gently placed her down.

"Honey, there are a few things I do want to talk about with you though, ok?" Lena nodded her head readjusting the cushions behind her.

"So I talked to the feds yesterday about pretty much what is going to happen now, after the shooting"

"Oh gosh, is it good or bad?" Lena said nervously.

"Well, it seems that I may still have to go to trial. Some people in their department are having a hard time believing that the shooting wasn't personal on my half".

"Are they serious? He shot me, he was trying to kill us".

"Yes, Love, they know, but it's something that I still have to go through."

"Are you going to loose your job? Are they going to try to send you to prison?" Lena said with tears swelling in her eyes.

Stef quickly grabbed her hand. "Honey, there's nothing to worry about. It is just routine. Everything is going to turn out fine. I don't want you to worry, I just wanted you to know. Plus, for all of those families that Mason affected they are going to receive some sort of reparations and at least now some type of closure now that the man that purposely killed their loved ones is dead. They are also looking to seriously take down that judge that wouldn't let us take Mariana as well as Justina. So don't worry my love, ok?" Stef wiped some of Lena's fallen tears.

Stef sat further back into the couch all the while pulling Lena's feet into her lap. She began to massage them as Lena rested her head on the back rest.

"Remember the two kids I told you about?" Stef said looking out of the window.

"Yeah the abused ones from the burger store?"

"Yes," Stef said taking a deep breath, "I didn't want to bring all of this up before with everything going on but they are in private fosterization. The same one under Justina. I saw them more than, that one time I told you about. They aren't doing so well Lena, and since the oldest one refuses to admit what is wrong we can't remove them. She has an excuse for every bruise and situation."

Stef began to tell Lena about all of her interactions with them, all the way up to when Callie ran out of her car.

Lena smiled at Stef's ignorance, "Honey, she wanted to stay with you and you made it sound like you didn't even consider it" Lena chuckled.