Mama Lorraine walked in the room with Big T behind her. She had her hospital bag with her. India was holding a rag on the side of Carmen face. She haven't woke up yet.

Big T saw Lionel's body on the floor.

"What the fuck happened here?" Big T asked.

"This fucking sex offender tried to rape my gir- I mean rape Carmen!" Steven exploded, as he paced the floor.

"Ain't this some shit." Big T mumbled. "This my fault." Big T hold his head down.

All eyes went to him.

"How the fuck this nigga find her is what I want to know?" Steven continued pacing the floor.

"We was at the store near your house, when you drove out your driveway and I told Lionel about you. I didn't know he knew you, or the girl. He did mention a step daughter, didn't know this the young lady he was talking about." Big T said, as Mama Lorraine moved India out the way.

"She was having nightmares for awhile now, and telling me he was coming back for her. My dumb ass left her hear. Now look." Steven shook his head, as his mother opened a Milk Chocolate Hershey Bar. India moved closer to Carmen to open her mouth. Mama Lorraine gave Derrick the water bottle. They preform their way of bringing an unconscious person back. They waited for a few minutes, and Carmen lowly opened her eyes.

"We serious need to go into business doing this." Derrick said as he topped up the water bottle.

Big T was on the phone with somebody to come remove Lionel's body out Steven's house. Steven walked over to Carmen, but she wouldn't look at him.

"Car-Men are you okay?" Derrick asked her, as Mama Lorraine put a big bandage on the side of Carmen head. Carmen nodded her head. "Do you need anything? You want a cake bake? Kool-Aid?"

Carmen shook her head no. What she wanted was to be alone, from everyone in the world. She sure couldn't look at Steven right now. He broke his promise to her. The same way her father did. He promise he would come back to her, and he didn't. Steven promise to protect her and he didn't. She just tired of everything. Back to back of her being violated in the worst way. She hated it with everything in her. She hated herself, she never felt so disgusted with herself.

"Let's give her some time to herself." Mama Lorraine said to them.

"Mama no, I can't leave her." Steven said.

"Stevie she needs time." Mama Lorraine said looking at Steven.

"No, I'm staying." Steven said stubbornly.

Big T men came and remove the body, as Mama Lorraine, India, and Derrick followed them out the room. Steven stood near the bed looking at Carmen, but she wouldn't look at him. Steven closed the door.

"I'm sorry. Carmen I'm so sorry right now. I wish I could kick my own ass right now. I wasn't hear to protect you, like I promise you I would. I hope you can forgive me. Just don't shut me out anymore, I can't stand not talking to you." He said to her. Tears fall onto the pillow underneath Carmen's head.

"I just want to be alone." Carmen finally said. Steven got on the bed with her.

"No, I can't do that. I need to be near you." Steven said.

"This wouldn't happen if you was here with me. You left me all alone." Carmen said, it felt like Steven was losing her. "I don't want to stay here anymore." Carmen said.

"I'll make this right, what you need me to do? Just don't leave." Steven said to her. He pulled her to him. He was happy when she didn't pull away.

"I have too, you didn't save me Steven. That hurt the most, I needed you, I called for you and you wasn't here. You didn't even let me know you was leaving. I don't want to be near you anymore. Let me go." Carmen said with tears fall out her eyes.

Steven didn't know what to do, or say to that. He pulled away from her and got up off the bed. Truth be told, his feelings was hurt. He walked quietly out the room, away from her. Carmen continued to cry until she cried herself to sleep.

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Steven laid in his bed staring up at the ceiling hours later. Carmen indeed left with his mother. She haven't said not one word to him, and it hurt. The first female to hurt him, wasn't even his girlfriend. There was a knock at his door and Derrick walked in before he could even say come in.

"How you feeling?" Derrick asked him.

"Crushed. My fucking heart hurt, and I don't know why." Steven said.

"Awww, the little baby caught feelings." Derrick chuckled. Steven glared at him, and sat up in the bed.

"The bad part about it is, what she saying was true. I didn't save her, I left her all alone, without even letting her know I was going out. In her eyes I set her up to get rape. Now she gone, and it's lonely as hell in this house." Steven shook his head.

"Yeah it is kind of lonely in here now. Oh well you can always go to your mother house and talk to her." Derrick said.

"You right, but she made it clear she didn't want to talk to me. I don't want to push my luck, and cause me to get my face fucked up like she did, India and April." Steven said and Derrick glared at him.

"You didn't have to bring that back up nigga." Derrick said.

"I had to, but I don't know what to do." Steven said.

"Hmm how about get your ass up, get in your damn car, drive to your mother house and go talk to the damn girl. Duh nigga. Damn I can tell you never been hurt before. You look sad. Here you want some Kool-Aid?" Derrick put his cup of Kool-Aid in Steven face.

"No I don't want no damn Kool-Aid. Get the fuck out my face. I'm going to my mom house. Let's go." Steven said to Derrick.

"Nah nigga you on your own, you got it. I'm on my way to the hospital to be with my family." Derrick throw up two fingers and walked out Steven's room.

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Carmen laid in bed twisting and turning. She couldn't fall asleep for anything. On top of that her head hurt. She also miss Steven, but she can't forgive him. He wasn't there to protect her, when he said he would be there. That cut her deep.

"Carmen?" She heard. She must be dreaming. That sound like Steven. She put the pillow over her head. The bed dip before she was pulled into an embraced. It felt so good, she didn't even fight, she went straight to sleep.

When Carmen woke up the next morning, she open her eyes, and stared in Steven face. He was still sleep though. She tried getting out his arms, but he hold her tighter.

"Nope, stay here, with me. Don't leave." He whispered.

"Steven what are you doing here?" She asked him.

"My mother live here." Was his answer.

"Why are you in bed with me?" She asked him.

"I needed to be close to you."

"You have about twenty other people you can go lay with. Go to them." She tried moving away from him again.

"Nope, I want to be here with you. I'm not even thinking about nothing, or nobody else right now, but you." Steven mumbled against her neck. "I still want to make this right. What should I do? Bake you a cake?" He asked her.

"No, I just need some time to myself." Carmen said.

"That's depressing. Plus you just trying to look for an excuse to shut me out, and that's not going to work. Especially with you talking to me now, we don't need you getting back to the way you was before." Steven told her. Carmen wanted to smile, but she didn't. She just tired to get away from him, but he didn't let her go.

"You hurt me." Carmen said.

"You said that already, and I'm trying to make this right. I really am, and if we have to stay here in this bed all day, hungry and all, we will. Until you forgive me." Steven told her.

"Why you making this so hard?" She huffed out.

"Because I'm not about to lose what we have." Steven told her.

"We don't have anything." Carmen told him.  

"Well you can deny it all you want. You know you feel it too. No matter how hard you fight it now. The kisses, the touches, and now the way our hearts beating. You feel something. So you might as well admit it. Hell I'm going to admit it. I like you, I like you a lot. Hell I want to be with you. Being away from you, made me realized I didn't want to live without you." Steven said to her. Carmen tried hiding a smile, but it slide on her face anyway. Steven hugged her close, and she hug him back.

"Fine, I forgive you, but if you hurt me again. I'm so done with you. I'll run away, and never look back. No more hurting me Steven Cortez Michaels." Carmen said.

"I wont hurt you again Carmen A'Niyah King." Steven kissed her. "It's to early to be up. I'm going back to sleep, and when we wake back up. It's just me and you today. Nobody else."

Carmen got on top of him, and he hold her close. She yawned against his neck, and closed her eyes. She fall asleep.

"Thank you God." Steven whispered.

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The way they talk it out just now. Wow! Steven didn't give up on her! Yes!

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