Later that night…
“Ok anything at all you call me” Bette said
“I will I promise”
“And make sure your sister is eating, and sleeping” Tina added “Jace you make sure my three girls are okay”
“I will” Jace smiled “Lee and Mark are looking after them too”
Bette and Tina hugged Lisa and Jace before walking through to departures.
“So we going back to the hospital?” Jace asked taking his wife’s hand
“No I want to give them both some time together” Lisa sighed “Let’s go get dinner somewhere”

Meanwhile at the hospital…
“Can we talk about earlier?” Carmen asked
“What do you mean?” Jess asked looking at Carmen
“Is there an Us?”
Jess got up sitting on the edge of the bed.
“Carmen I don’t….”
“I heard your new song, you ruin me”
“I write what I’m feeling at that time, doesn’t mean that’s how I feel, Yes you do ruin me, I’m not going to lie, but you also put me back together”
“Jess look at me”
Jess did as Carmen asked
“I’m going to say this once and for all, Shay meant absolutely nothing, I was fucking wasted and all I wanted was you but you were with her and the full thing was fucked up, I am sorry for not telling you about him and letting you work with him, but I stand by what I said, you’re not easy to talk to…You’ve been through a lot and the last thing I wanted to do was hurt you”
Jess closed her eyes
“Jess I love you, I’m 100 percent in love with you, I always have been and I always will be” Carmen stated
“I love you too, Carmen we need to stop doing this to each other because my heart can’t take it anymore, we need to get a grip, I can’t be without you so if you have any more hidden secrets then I need to know about them now”
“I don’t I swear to you” Carmen wiped Jess’s tears away
“I don’t either you know everything” Jess said
“Where’s your ring?”
“At home, I’ll put it on the minute I get home” Jess explained
“You shouldn’t have took it off, I don’t care how pissed you were”
“You fucked off to another city”
“My ring didn’t come off my finger” Carmen smirked
“You’re such a smart arse” Jess smiled

2 weeks later…
Carmen sat in her wheelchair in the lounge of her parents’ house.
Jess, Andrew, Lee, Mark and Jace sat next to her “Look we’ll do this at your pace, what do you want us to do?”
“This chair is fucking me off” Carmen snapped “I don’t even know where to start and I can’t get up to look around”
“Right well all your stuff needs packed so let’s start there” Lisa suggested coming into the room
“Furniture?” Jace asked
“I don’t want any of it” Carmen stated “I just want important things, I want all my stuff”
“I will lift you up to your parent’s room and you can see what you want from there” Andrew suggested
“What about the cars?” Jess asked
“The black porche is mine, my dad just got me it and the Lamborghini is his pride and joy” Carman ran her hands through her hair
“What about the Maserati?”
“That’s my mums”
“Right okay well the question is who do you trust to drive them” Jess smirked
“I’ll just get them transported I’m not having anyone drive home it would take them 3 weeks”
“That will cost a fortune Carmen” Andrew said
“Price doesn’t matter” Jess said
Bette and Tina walked in with boxes.
“Andrew what we need for ours?” Carmen asked
“You don’t need anything you’re moving in with me” Jess said
“Jess…”
“Not up for discussion, my house is more compatible” Jess stated
“I second that” Bette said
“I don’t know where to start in here”
“Right well let’s get all your stuff packed first like I said” Lisa said getting up
“I’ll box up pictures and photos and ornaments” Bette said
“Well take the garage” Mark said getting up
Everyone got busy, Jess looked at Carmen
“You okay?”
“Not really, this is too much”
“I know babe, quicker it’s done then we can get you out of here”
Andrew picked Carmen up “Not going to let Jess carry you, she drops you, she’d never live it down”
“I’m not a complete weakling” Jess smiled “I have muscles”
“Mines are bigger” Andrew smirked
Andrew walked up the stairs and listened to Carmen’s directions. He sat her on the bed then left the room. Jess closed the door to give Carmen her privacy.
“Ok take your time” Jess said
Carmen nodded
“My Mum’s jewellery box is coming and her wedding dress” Carmen looked around the room
Carmen picked up her dad’s watch; she looked at it and took a deep breath trying to hold back the tears.
“Jess they didn’t give me their stuff at the hospital” Carmen said
“They did my Mama has it, I made sure I got it” Jess put her arms around Carmen “It’s okay to be upset don’t hold it in, it’s only us”
“I don’t know what to do with all this, my dad’s business, my mum’s business, Lawyers are phoning; I’m so confused with it all”
“Do you want to run them?”
“No I hate his business and my mums, my dad’s business partner wants to buy him out, so I need to sign all the paperwork for that and my mum’s salon I don’t have a clue what to do with that”
“I can see tomorrow far enough”
“Look we just need to get through the service tomorrow then we can get you home” Jess explained “If lawyer’s need anything they can phone you or email you,”
Jess wiped away more of Carmen’s tears “It’s going to be fine… I promise” Jess pulled Carmen into her arms holding her tight.
8 hours later…everything Carmen wanted packed was done.
“They’re picking up the cars tomorrow so I’ll be here for that, where’s the keys?”
“On the hanger”
“Ok let’s get back to the apartments” Tina said

The next day came before anyone wanted it too.
Jess helped Carmen get dressed before going into the lounge.
“Do you want anything to eat?”
Carmen shook her head no
“Me neither” Jess admitted
Did any of you get sleep?” Lisa asked looking at them both
“Is it that apparent?”
“No, me and Jace tossed and turned all night, so was just wondering” Lisa asked
“No we didn’t sleep” Jess answered
“I feel sick” Carmen said
Bette and Tina walked into the lounge “Okay let’s get this over with, is everyone packed to go home later?” Bette asked
“Yep” Jess said
“Yeah, Jace packed all our stuff last night”
Bette kneeled down beside Carmen “You ready for this?”
“How can you be ready for this?” Carmen asked
“Were all here, all of us” Bette smiled
“Thanks” Carmen smiled back half hearted