“It’s not a one of thing put it that way” Jess explained

Carmen came down the stairs “I’m going to phone Andrew get some advice see what our next move should be”

Bette put her arms round Tina.

“How did we miss this?” Lisa asked

“Do we know absolutely everything?” Bette asked

“Yes I told you everything that happened when you were away”

“Jake Marsh and Dylan Scott, they’re on the football team” Bette checked

“That’s who Mason said it was and Jodie got the wallet back” Lisa explained

Jess paced up and down the living room…

“Jace can you take me to Lucas’s house please”

“Sure, you’ll need to guide me there”

“I’ll drive there you can drive home deal?” Carmen suggested

“Sure let’s go” Jace handed his keys to Carmen

Jess got in the back of the car

They took the 5 minute drive to Lucas’s house, Jess and Carmen got out the car

“I’ll wait here” Jace said

Jess knocked on the door…

“Hi Mrs Allington I’m really sorry to interupt, Is Lucas home?” Jess asked

“Yes Jess in you come, Have a seat I’ll just get him”

Lucas followed his Mum down the stairs.

“Hi Jess” Lucas smiled

“Hi buddy have you seen Mason today?”

“Not since lunch, is everything okay? He didn’t really talk much at Lunch”

“Has anything been happening at School Lucas?” Jess asked

“What you mean?”

“With Mason, have you noticed anything that we should know about?”

Lucas looked at his feet and twiddled his thumbs.

“Lucas this is really important sweetheart” Carmen said softly

“There’s a webpage…”

“What you mean webpage?” Jess asked

“It’s dedicated to making Mason’s life very difficult” Lucas explained “I tried to get him to tell someone but he wouldn’t”

“Can you show us?” Carmen asked

“Erm let me just get my laptop” Lucas went up the stairs returning with his laptop

“Why didn’t you speak up about this Lucas?”

“Mason made me promise Mum,” Lucas explained

He loaded the page and handed it to Jess

Jess scrolled through the page, photos of her brother photo shopped to humiliate him. She clicked on the video page and seen videos of Mason being beat up.

Jess handed Lucas his laptop back before making a quick exit from the house and over to the car where she threw up. Jace got out the car and rubbed her back.

“Andrew its Carmen I need you and Kenzie to come to 432 Hope Street, I’ll meet you here” Carmen put her phone back in her pocket “Jace take Jess home I’ll meet you back there”

“No I’m fine, I’m okay I promise” Jess said

“Can I get you a glass of water or anything?” Kayla asked

“No I’m okay, Lucas why didn’t you tell my Mama about this”

“Mason made me promise, he said if I told he would never speak to me again, He said you parents had enough going on dealing with you”

Jess looked at Carmen

“Lucas where do Mark and Dylan live?”

“Jess absolutely not…you can’t go near their houses”

“If they know where my brother is then….”

“Jess let the police handle this!”

“You are the fucking police…” Jess snapped

“I’m not on duty, I’m on leave so that mean’s I can’t go near either”

Andrew and Kenzie parked being Jace and both got out the car.

Carmen filled them both in.

“Can you show me this buddy?” Andrew asked

Kenzie took a statement from Jess and Andrew spoke to Lucas.

“Go home, we will come round once we’ve spoken to Mark and Dylan” Kenzie said

Andrew came back outside

“Okay let’s go, Guy’s go home there is nothing you can do out here” Andrew said
“He’s my brother”

“I’m well aware of that Jess, but this is now a police matter, Declan and Lucy are on their way over to your house as we speak, you will need to fill them in too” Andrew said

“Babe Andrew’s right” Carmen said “I know that’s not what you want to hear but it’s the facts”

“Let’s go home Jess your Mum and Mama will need all the support they can get” Jace said

Jess reluctantly agreed and got in the car.

“Keep your phone close” Andrew winked and Carmen