How Far Will She Go?

Chapter Thirteen

Scarlett's POV

"Scarlett come on wake up. We are here." Kate said shaking my shoulder.

I pried my eyes open and saw my house in front of us. "Next time don't wake me up. I just about punched you." I said getting out of the car.

"Scarlett! Wait!" Kate shouted running after me as the front door opened and my family stepped out. "Scarlett! Get down!!!!" Kate screamed and I saw Steve walk out behind them.

"Steve! Get away from them!" I screamed stopping in my tracks. "Cage sent you here didn't he?" I asked as he walked toward me.

"Who else would? And there is nobody who can help you now. Because if they try I have orders to kill you." Steve said grabbing hold of my arm.

"I still hate you." I muttered as he lowered the gun a little bit. I took advantage of the opportunity. I slammed my foot down on to his and broke away from his grip.

I heard a shot and I turned to see him fall to the ground. I looked up at Kate who was holding the gun that was now pointed at me.

"Are you going to shoot me?" I asked holding my hands up in surrender. I felt my lips twitch into a smile and she lowered the gun.

I turned away from her and walked toward the porch that my family was standing on. "Mom!" I said running into her open arms. I felt stronger arms wrap around me and pull me away from her.

I looked up panicked but sighed in relief when I realized that it was just Dad. I hugged him close and heard the front door open. I pulled away from Dad to stare at Rachel. "Rachel." I said as she ran into my arms.

"Scarlett! Are you okay? You are covered in blood!" Rachel exclaimed once she had pulled away from me. This made Mom and Dad start to worry because they quickly came over to me.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hale?" Kate asked trying to get my parents attention, but it wasn't working. "Mr. Hale!" Kate screamed but Dad ignored her. "Mrs. Hale!!" Kate screamed and mom ignored her too. "Rachel!" Kate screamed and Rachel turned to her.

"What?" Rachel asked and everybody stopped staring at me and my clothes. "Kate did you want something?" Rachel asked as I slipped away from my family.

"Yes. Scarlett is fine. That's oldish blood." Kate said as I stood next to her.

"What do you mean oldish?" Rachel asked taking a step towards us.

"She means that I'm not bleeding anymore. These are old clothes that are dirty and stained. The deserve to be burned." I said looking down at my clothes.

The shirt that Andrew had given me was torn and stained with dirt and blood. The blue jeans that had been bought were in a lot worse shape than the shirt is.

"I suggest a hot bath and a change into clean clothes that way you will feel a lot better." Isaac said from behind us.

"Who are you?" Mom asked looking over my shoulders at him.

"Oh that's Isaac. He's Kate's boyfriend." I answered looking at a now blushing Kate.

"Oh we aren't dating." Kate denied trying to hide her blush with her hair. Not that it worked.

"But we could be." Isaac muttered thinking that we couldn't hear him.

"What?" Kate exclaimed hurting my ears.

"How about I take Isaac's advice and take a shower. That way you two can talk about what you are or aren't." I said motioning my parents in before following them.

I turned and gave Kate a small wink and she gave me the death glare. I smiled going inside and walking to the bathroom.

"Scarlett here's some of my clothes. Since you are so small you should be able to fit into them." Rachel said laying a set of clothes on the sink.

I opened the bottom drawer and pulled a towel out. "Hey Rachel. Could you throw these clothes away once I get in the shower? I will lay them by the door." I said and she nodded her consent.

She walked out of the bathroom closing the door. I quickly stripped out of those soiled clothes and got into the shower turning the hot water wide open.

After not having a bath in like forever I feel like I'm in heaven. I scrubbed the dirt and blood from my skin. I shampooed and conditioned my hair. Then when I finally felt clean I got out of the shower.

I quickly dried off and got dressed. Rachel was right I fit perfectly in her clothes. I opened the door and stepped into the hall.

There was complete silence. I hate silence. Silence scares the hairs off my arms. "Mom!? Dad!? Rachel!?" I hollered down the hall walking to the living room.

I started to panic when the room was empty. I looked out the window that overlooks the front porch and saw Kate and Isaac locked into a tight embrace.

A hand grabbed my shoulder so I jerked my elbow back into the soft flesh of the person's stomach. "Ow!" Rachel exclaimed as I turned to face her.

"I'm so sorry. I reacted out of fear. I don't like the silence because every time I heard silence I earned myself a new scar. Where's mom and dad?" I asked as Rachel rubbed her stomach.

"They went to buy you some clothes of your own. It's just you and me." Rachel said pulling me to the couch.

"Well actually Kate and Isaac are still on the front porch." I said sitting next to her on the couch. "Rachel when we first met did you know that I was your sister?" I asked the question that had been in my mind since I pieced it all together.

"No. I didn't even know that I had a sister. Mom and Dad thought that you had run away so they have up on their search. They pretty much disowned you. But they regret that decision now. Because if they hadn't given up they might've found you sooner." Rachel explained patting my arm comforting.

"They wouldn't have. If they had searched I would more than likely be dead right now. And everyone of the bad guys would be free. Andrew and Cage are still out there." I said looking at Rachel.

"No. Kate caught Andrew. He's in jail now. And Kate was forced into killing Steve just now. It is only a matter of time before Cage screws up and gets caught." Rachel said reassuring me.

"I know. He deserves to pay for what he did to all of those innocent people." I said anger flooding my tone.

"Hey let's talk about something else. Like whose phone did you call us off of the first time?" Rachel asked changing the subject.

"I stole that phone from a man named Liam." I answered relaxing into the couch.