Chapter 1

"Guys, we're leaving so everyone needs to be downstairs in 20 seconds." Lena called from the front door. They were all going out to dinner. One by one the children came down the stairs, except Callie. "Where's Callie?" Stef asked. "I'm pretty sure she's still upstairs but I dont know." Mariana said, not looking up from her phone. Lena went up the stairs and knocked on Callie and Mariana's door and opened it. Callie was laying in bed, in pajamas. "Hey honey, we're all ready." Lena said gently. Callie looked up. "I'm not feeling very well, is it okay if I just stay here?" Callie asked. "What's wrong?" Lena questioned. "Just a little nauseous is all." Callie reassured. "Okay well call if you need anything, the restauraunt is only 10 minutes away. Get some rest." Lena kissed Callie's forehead and headed to the stairs. "Is she coming?" Jude asked. "She said she's not feeling very well. I told her to get some rest and to call if she needs anything. But we should get going, I'm starving." Lena said openeing the door.

Callie layed motionless on her bed for what seemed like ages. She had been staring at the same facebook message for almost an hour now. From: Liam Olmstead.

"If you say anything more about what happened I promise to ruin you, and trust me it won't be pretty. You deserved everything you got, you stupid, worthless slut. I will find out if you say one word so it'd be in your best intrest to just your mouth shut."

She wanted so badly to tell Stef and Lena, but was scared of what he was capable of doing to her or even Jude. She couldn't put Jude in danger. She waitied until everyone left until she let the tears run freely. Callie hadn't cut since before juvie, but it was all that was on her mind right now. Out of instinct, she pulled out the silver razor she had hidden under the candle on her nightstand. Within seconds there were 6 bleeding cuts on her left wrist. She grabbed a handful of tissues and applied pressure to stop the bleeding and got rid of the bloody tissues. She felt a little better, but at the same time she felt awful.

It was around 9 when the rest of the Foster family got home from dinner. "Try keeping it down tonight. I don't want to hear any arguing." Stef said as she hung up her coat. Jesus dissapeared upstairs to his video games, Brandon to his piano and Mariana to her laptop. Jude went upstairs to check on Callie. "Callie?" He said just above a whisper. "Hey bud. How was dinner?" Callie asked with a smile. "It was good! I tried sushi for the first time. I thought it would be gross but it wasn't! Do you feel better?" Callie nodded. "Yeah I do. Thanks for checking up on me." She said, kissing his forehead. "Well you go to sleep and I'll go bug Jesus!" Jude laughed and left the room. As Callie layed her head back down, she heard another knock on the door and saw Stef in the door way. "Hi love, just checking how you're feeling." She said, sitting at the foot of the bed. "I'm feeling better." Callie mumbled. Stef scooted closer. "Are you sure you just don't feel good? Or is there something else going on?" She asked, concerned. "It's nothing I really just don't feel too hot. Don't worry about it." Callie said. "Well, I will always worry about you sweets. I'll be right down the hall if you need me." She patted Callie's leg and stood up. Callie wanted to tell Stef everything. "Stef-" Callie didn't mean to say that. Stef stopped and turned around. "Yes love?" Callie hesitated. "Oh-uh just-thank you." She managed to spit out. Stef smiled. "Anytime, my dear. I love you." Callie smiled. "I love you too." She felt even more guilty for lying to Stef. God, why couldn't she do anything right? They've been nothing short of amazing to her and Jude. They deserved to know the truth.

The next morning, everyone was downstairs except Callie again. "Is Callie still upstairs?" Brandon asked, taking another bite of his bacon. "That girl can sleep through anything." Jesus added. "I'll go check on her. Keep eating." Stef said, wiping her hands and heading upstairs. She opened the door to Callie and Mariana's room. "Callie breakfast is ready downstairs." She said, walking towards her. "I'm not hungry." Was all Callie could say. "You haven't eaten since yesterday, you're eating breakfast." Stef said in her mom voice. "I'm really not hungry." Callie said, as her phone buzzed. She glanced and saw Liam's name pop up on the screen. All she could see from the message was "Don't forget. Not one word or..." She threw her phone on the ground and closed her eyes. "Woah woah woah, wanna tell me what's going on?" Stef said, getting closer to Callie's bed. Callie's head was in her hands. "I really can't." She said. "Sweets, you can tell me anything and you should know that by now." Stef said, rubbing Callie's back. Callie was silent. "Callie look at me please." Stef said. Callie slowly lifted her head up and looked at Stef. "I want to help you. We all do. But you need to trust us first, love." Callie sighed. "It's not that I don't trust you guys..it's just.." Callie began. "Then what is it?" Stef asked. "It's him I don't trust." Callie said very quietly. "Who? Who don't you trust?" Stef was begging for answers at this point. Callie's phone buzzed again. Stef went to reach it, to see if that was the answer. She saw Liam's name on the screen. "What the hell is he doing? Is he saying things to you? Callie?" Stef questioned. "No it's nothing!" Callie said, reaching for her phone, exposing her arm to Stef. Stef gasped. "Callie, love..."