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Old wounds

Michael's POV

My lawyer called me today and said that's Lisa's court date will be coming up soon. I know I'm going to have to tell Leanne about it eventually, but I'm going to leave it for now because she's finally coming home today and I don't want anything stressing her out. She's still in some pain here and there, but in general she's feeling much better physically, but it's more the mental side of things I'm mainly concerned about. She was already having panic attacks and trying to deal with the trauma of what happened with Mary and her parents passing and I'm really worried about how all of this is going to affect her.

I'm at home getting ready and getting some fresh clothes for Leanne and my mother knocks on the door.

"Hey! I thought you were going straight to the hospital?"

"I was, but Janet went up there earlier so I decided to go with you" she smiles walking into the living room and sits down. "I'm almost ready and then we can pick her up and finally bring her home" I smile making my way towards the stairs. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"I don't think so" I stop coming back down and start going through the bag I packed. "I mean where your supposed to be going today" she says and I look at her confused.

"The cemetery? Leanne parents?"
"We're not going there today" I shake my head "what do you mean your not going!? You told Leanne you knew where they were" she frowns confused. "I do, but I'm not taking her there today. I'm gonna take her in a few weeks when she's feeling better and...."

"A few weeks!?" She snaps at me "she's getting out of hospital today and I don't want her getting too overwhelmed and...."

"Michael, that poor girl has waited 2 years to find out where her parents are and she thinks your taking her today"

"I said I'd take her and I will, but I never said it was today" I point out and she sighs heavily "she thinks your taking her today. You may not have actually said that, but you can't make her wait any longer"

"But..."

"I understand your concerns, but you can't make Leanne wait any longer. It's just cruel" she says and I don't say anything for a moment.

"What if it's too much for her? Or she breaks down or...."

"Then you be there for her" she cuts me off again. "It's always going to be hard for her going there. Especially the first time, but she deserves to say goodbye to her parents" she says softly and I sigh heavily and nod. "Fine, but if it get too much for her I'm bringing her straight back" I say still unsure if this is a good idea or not then head upstairs to finish getting ready.

I come downstairs a few moments later and my mother is at the kitchen table covering her mouth with her hand and she's reading something.

"What are you doing with that?" I say quickly, taking the folder from her. "What is all this?" She asks. "It's all the stuff the police could find about Leanne's parents and her family and stuff. That's how I found out where they were buried"

"Why would they give you such private documents like this?" She frowns confused. "they made a deal with me that if I helped them with all that stuff with Alex and Kelly, they'd give me copies of everything they found out about Leanne's parents and what they had on record" I mutter, putting everything back.

"But Leanne said her parents died in a car accident? This says they were murdered and died of stab and gun shot wounds in their home!"  She frowns confused and still shocked by what she just read. "She says they died in a car accident because that's what Mary told her. She doesn't know any of this" I explain and she doesn't say anything for a moment.