Pray For Me

48 Hours

     Jude turns off the car and rests her forehead on the steering wheel, finally letting herself lose it. She sobs, shaking her head and staring up at the house. She had of course informed  Lana that she was coming. Kit was waiting for her, watching out the front window.

"She's here," He says softly over his shoulder to Lana, who is trying to rock Julia to sleep.

Sighing, Lana sets Julia in her crib and kisses her forehead. She opens the door and goes down to Jude's car. Jude is still crying, nearly unable to breathe.

"Oh, Judy, I'm so sorry." Lana says softly, crouching by the car. Jude looks over to her, shaking her head and waving her hand in dismissal.

"It's okay," She says softly, stifling her sobs. Quietly, the three adults make their way back into the house. Jude is shown to the guest bedroom, then the adults sit around the table for a glass of wine.

"He did what?" Kit asks, fuming as Jude and Lana recount the story to him.

"He's a terrible person, Jude."

"But that's the thing, he's not. He's changed so much since we left, and I know he's being genuine. I know him. He wouldn't ever hurt me now that he's out of the church. But, what he did in Briarcliff is unforgivable. He nearly had me deemed unfit to lead a life outside of the institution. I can not believe that man. Timothy and Arthur, conspiring against me, the head of the god damned institute. I just... I can't be around him until I figure out what to do." Jude sips her wine and looks down, trying her best not to cry. Lana looks at Kit over Jude's head, sighing.

Timothy still hadn't moved from his spot at the table. The sun was beginning to rise, he could see it through the kitchen window. He had spent the last four hours going over the file from Lana and matching the incidents with his memories.

When Timothy started at Briarcliff, he had no idea who he would make the head nun. Then, one day at the convent, he met a nun a few years younger than him. She was absolutely beautiful, and had him questioning his faith every day. They became close, closer than a nun and priest should get. He decided to have her head his institution. When she came to Briarcliff, she was excited to help him. They had weekly dinners, where they would jokingly make plans to rise through the church. Those dreams started to become reality when Timothy started gaining respect in the church. They became serious about their work, vowing to one day be pope and mother superior, smiling down at their followers from the balcony above St. Petersburg square. Timothy was snapped back to reality when he found out that doctor Arthur Arden, a former Nazi who changed his name, was conducting human experiments under his watch. He knew about the experiments, but all Arden had told him was that the tests were to eradicate simple diseases like diabetes. Turns out, he had been performing human experiments to fulfill his own sick, perverted dreams. He wanted to 'better' the human race. Timothy had plans to expose him, but around that time, Jude had come to him to tell him that Arthur used to be a Nazi. Right in the thick of all their drama, they had to deal with an exorcism. That exorcism sent the devil into the sweetest, most innocent nun of them all. Jude then realized that they would be exposed by Mary Eunice if they didn't leave. She packed her belongings, grabbed Timothy and neither of them had ever looked back.

He smacks his fist against the table and cries. He knew this was the end of his time with Jude. He was a terrible person, and it was time for him to face that. Timothy knew what he had to do, and he intended to do it.