“I’ve unpacked all her stuff” Lisa said coming into the kitchen “Where is she?”
“In our bed” Bette said “Mum is with her”
“What did you tell Mason?” Lisa asked
“Just that Jess was hurt and Kirsty did it, I didn’t want to lie to him” Bette admitted “Jace took him to McDonalds”
“Mama why didn’t she tell anyone, Jess has never took crap from anyone, I don’t understand this” Lisa sighed
”I don’t either Lisa, I’m trying to get my head around it” Bette admitted
“She’s never kept anything from me anything” Lisa sighed
Tina walked into the kitchen “She’s asleep”
“I’m going to go to the chemist and see if I can get an ice pack, her eye is pretty swollen so is her lip” Tina said lifting her car keys
“Carmen’s already been, she’s bringing it round after work” Lisa said
“Oh okay” Tina said putting her keys back down
“Reporters have been ringing the house” Bette said “I pulled the connection out”
“I’ll pull their eyeballs out if they go near my sister” Lisa said getting up “Just going to check on her”

“Is Jess going to be okay?” Mason asked
“She is buddy I promise” Jace said “We won’t let Kirsty near her”
“I don’t like Kirsty, I like Carmen”
“I’m not a fan of her either” Jace said trying to think before he speaks
“How can I help?”
“Well you could make sure your good at school so your Mum and Mama don’t need to worry, Make sure your room is tidy and just help around the house, because that will take stress of them” Jace explained to the 10 year old
“Ok I’ll try” Mason said
“Ok then, let’s get back home” Jace said ruffling Mason’s hair

Just after 10pm Carmen knocked on Bette and Tina’s door, Lisa opened it hugging Carmen.
“How’s she doing?”
“She’s in a fair bit of pain, Mum’s and Mama are with her” Lisa sighed
“Put this in the freezer for an hour” Carmen said handing Lisa the ice pack
“Mum was going to go get one; you didn’t need to do this”
“Yeah I did, I wanted to help” Carmen said
“You’ve already did enough Carmen, Jess isn’t really your problem anymore”
“Jess will always be my problem Lisa” Carmen stated “I can’t change that; my heart decided it wanted her a long long time ago”
“And you know we’ve always rooted for you both” Lisa sighed sitting down on the sofa
“So we arrested Kirsty at the airport, but we can’t charge her until Jess makes a statement”
“You serious?” Lisa stated “I know what I’d like to do with her”
“Yes well I’ve already been called into my sergeant’s office, I nearly took her out when they brought her in” Carmen admitted
“What happened?”
“ got a warning” Carmen explained “Andrew is going to come round tomorrow and take a statement”
“Carmen I’m so sorry I brought this all on you”
“Don’t you dare be sorry, if this was going on and you didn’t tell me I’d freak” Carmen admitted “The thought of anyone hurting Jess turns my stomach”
“She hurt you though” Lisa said
“I know she did but I can’t find it in me to hate her or stay angry at her, especially when she’s broken and bruised”
“I’m angry at her, I’m absolute furious she didn’t fucking tell me what was going on” Lisa snapped “I’d have kicked Kirsty’s ass myself.”
“I don’t know Jess’s reasons Lisa but I’m sure she didn’t mean to upset anyone” Carmen sighed
Bette walked down the stairs
“Carmen hey you okay sweetie?”
“Yes just finished work, dropped the ice pack in” Carmen said
“She’s awake if you want to go see her” Bette suggested
“I’m sure she won’t want to be annoyed with anyone” Carmen said getting up “Besides I start early tomorrow”
“Don’t be silly, go see her” Lisa stated “I know you want to”
Carmen looked at Jess then Bette “Okay”
Carmen walked up the stairs and then knocked on Bette and Tina’s bedroom door.
“How you feeling?” Carmen asked
“Not so good” Jess said
“I’ll be back in a second I’m just going to get you some pain killers” Tina said getting up
“You’re coming back yeah?” Jess panic’d
“Course I am, Carmen will stay with you till I get back” Tina said moving some hair from Jess’s face
Tina walked past Carmen touching her on the shoulder before leaving.
Carmen walked over sitting on the bed
“Andrew is going to come by tomorrow to speak to you, we arrested Kirsty but we can only hold her for 24 hours, you need to press charges before we can officially do anything” Carmen explained
“She can’t get near me can she?” Jess said sitting up and then scrunching her face in pain
“No she can’t I promised, Jess try not to move you’re not exactly in the best of shape” Carmen said
Jess lay back down slowly. They two girls sat in silence before Carmen broke it.
“Dammit Jess why the hell did you let her do this to you” Carmen snapped
“She loved me, she was there, and she wasn’t always like this” Jess said
“You don’t do this to someone you love Jess” Carmen said wiping Jess’s tears away carefully not to hurt her swollen eye “You need to tell Andrew everything tomorrow”
“I’m really scared Carmen for the first time in my life I am scared” Jess admitted
“You have no reason to be, I won’t let her near you” Carmen said taking Jess’s hand
“Will you be here tomorrow with Andrew?”
“Do you want me too?” Carmen asked
Jess nodded
“Then I’ll be here” Carmen said
Tina came back into the room with pain killers and a glass of orange.
“I need to go, I’ll see you tomorrow” Carmen said letting go of Jess’s hand and getting up
She hugged Tina before leaving the room and going back downstairs.
“Bette she’s really scared don’t leave her on her own tonight” Carmen said
“We’re not going to, Me and Tina will stay with her all night and Lisa is next door with Jace” Bette explained
“I’ll see you tomorrow” Carmen said hugging them both ”Call me if you need me”
“Thanks for everything” Lisa said
“You’ve nothing to thank me for” Carmen smiled “Anything at all ring me Lisa”
“I will”