~I run to you~

10

Liam drove back to the cabin the next day, the door was wide open. He knew she was gone. What he didn't understand is how he drove by that woman without her knowing it was him. It was luck. He missed Callie. She blongs with him, and he'll do anything to get her back.

But first, he's got to upgrade his cabin.

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The next few days went well. Callie was feeling better, but still had bruises everywhere. When everyone had seen her that first day, they freaked. Especially Jude.

She was able to walk now, but she wasn't going to school yet. She didn't want anyone to see what had been done to her.

So while Brandon, Jesus, Marianna, and Jude were at school, and Lena was at work, she stayed home. Stef had takin leave on a paid vacation to stay with Callie.

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I was sitting outside on the porch swing, practicing a few notes on my guitar. Well, more like staring off into space. I was still upset over everything that happened, eventually all my thoughts lead back to that.

I heard the porch door open, and turned to see Stef come outside. She walked towards me and smiled. I put my guitar down as she sat next to me.

"How you holding up, Love?" She asked.

I looked down at the ground, "Umm...okay I guess..." I replied quietly.

"You wanna talk? My love?" She asked, her face concerned.

"I can't stop thinking about it, how he hurt me, how he raped me, and how he did it again." I started. Stef put an arm around my shoulder and pulled me close.

"I guess... I guess I put it past me sort of. Until he came back, I'm afraid of him, I didn't think he'd hurt me this bad." I trailed off, thinking about how he raped me again. That bothered me the most.

"Callie, it's always going to be there. Always. No matter how hard you push it away it'll always find it's way again. You just have to learn to love yourself even with that kind of a past." She said.

"I'm just afraid of you and Lena realizing I'm damaged goods and kicking me out." I whispered. That thought always scared me, I love this family so much.

"Hey, baby, we're not going anywhere, and neither are you. We love you so much baby." She said, and she brought me in for a big hug. I wrapped my arms around her, it felt so good to feel loved.

"And you know you can always tell me anything."

"Well... I've been having these nightmares..." I started.

"What are they about Love?" Stef asked, putting her arm around me to reassure that I'm okay.

"An old foster home."

Stef hated hearing stories about Callie's past. It broke her heart to think of someone hurting and abusing her baby. She held Callie a little tighter, she knew this wasn't going to be a happy story.

"Jude and I were seperated once. He was sick, and he was in the hospital... And I was alone with my foster father. He was a single guy, a drunk. I was 15, and he would hit me. Well, all my foster homes abused me, but this one was different. He um.." I trailed off thinking about what I was about to tell Stef.

"It's okay Love, you can tell me." She rubbed my back, and I looked down at my shoes.

"He uh.. When he was really drunk, he'd come into my room, and he'd want me to do certain things." I looked up at Stef to see if she was getting what I was trying to say. She pulled me close to her.