Shattered

17

"Savana, Grayson and Jasper are here. Would you like to come and welcome them here? They might be a bit hostile if it's just me." Brice knocks on her door and sticks his head in to tell her about the two boys, or men rather since they are significantly older than Savana.

Savana perks up and gets up off her bed. She runs into the bathroom, but not before Brice notices tear streaks on her face. He feels more than a little defeated at this point. He's pretty sure that he is somehow to blame for the tears, but he doesn't know how.

Savana comes back in excited and just grabs her iPad before going to the door.

It doesn't take them long to get to the entry hall where they are waiting when the door opens and the two men are ushered into the house.

The two are rather stoic as they enter. They just look around but hide their reactions at coming into a mansion. Likely they've been in more than one since their first abduction. They finally make their way around to where Brice and Savana stand waiting for them, patiently. Well, Savana not so patiently.

Upon seeing Savana they lose their cool. "Savana?" Their voices are a combination of horror and fright on her behalf. But it was all Savana needed to run over to them. They both engulf her in a giant three way hug. 

"Savana what the hell are you doing here? You should be safe at home." Jasper says all but crying, he suspects he knows why she is here, but still doesn't understand why they are.

Savana shakes her head. She looks back at Brice and he makes his way over to the group and hands Savana the iPad she nearly dropped in her excitement to reach the boys.

"Savana was taken by the sheriff, much like I suppose you two were." Brice's words make the boys both turn white.

"That bastard didn't rape you did he?" Jasper demands.

Savana shakes her head and starts writing. Brice fills the confused men in while she does. "She wasn't, but the sheriff was particularly brutal when he took her. Killed her father, violated her mother and his men made her watch before killing her and then he killed her boyfriend when he protested."

"Shit," Jasper says softly. They both lost their mother, but at least she was left alone and unharmed by that bastard.

"Not ma and pa," Grayson says tears in his eyes. Her parents were like second parents to them. Just like their mother was a second mother to Savana. As far as their mother is concerned, Savana is her daughter. She always wanted one, but after Grayson wasn't able to have more children. Part of the reason the two boys more or less adopted her as their sister was because of how happy she made their mother when she visited.

Savana nods and with tears in her eyes hands the iPad over to the boys to read. Brice continues explaining. "Due to her trauma, Savana is unable to speak. The feds allowed her to come back with me because I have the means and ability to help her get her life back together as much as possible. They came over today and talked to Savana to make sure that she feels safe and that I'm getting her the care she needs. They weren't happy about the report they got, because the therapist told them that it would be a mistake to take her away from here." Brice tells them but Savana is shaking her head.

She writes, "He said that it would be a mistake taking me away from you and that I would never trust law enforcement again." She shows the words to Brice and then to the boys. They all smile at that.

Brice continues, "When they asked for her help in identifying those from her hometown she agreed. She gave them your names as well as three other females." Jasper starts swearing. They hadn't known. Hell, they hadn't known that they both were there either. The slaves were kept in cubicles that were blocked off from the sight of all others including other slaves. They also had strict orders to not speak to each other. Slaves that break the rules are severely punished.