Kevin Bacon, Natalie Zea and James Purefoy

Mike closed the door of Deb’s room and looked up. He saw Ryan talking to the doctor who had operated Deb, and walked towards them.
Ryan had spotted Mike as well. “Thank you, doctor” he said and he met Mike halfway. “Hey, how’s she doing?”
“She’s keeping herself together” Mike replied. It was the most accurate answer he could offer at the moment.
Ryan nodded. “I need to speak with you” Something in his voice warned Mike that something was wrong. “I hear you’ve beat the crap out of some guy”
Mike frowned. “It wasn’t just some guy” he said defensive. “It was Simon”...

Simon reached out his hands and cupped Debra’s wet face. His thumbs wiped her tears, but new ones came instead.
“It’s okay. You’re safe with me now” he said comforting.
Mike frowned confused and agitated. He wanted to know what upset Debra so much. “What is he talking about?” he asked a little mad.
Simon glanced at Mike’s back and back to Debra. “You haven’t told him?” Debra shook her head ashamed. "Hey, you don’t have to be ashamed. None of it was your fault. You were the victim”
Debra looked up, her eyes begging and Simon saw her change back into the vulnerable fourteen...

Deb struggled to free herself, and Max let her go. She, deliberately, bumped into Max, on her way upstairs. She walked to the living room, where she sank down on the couch. She heard Max putting the stove on, but didn’t bother getting up to check what she was doing.
Ten minutes later, Max joined her with two cups of hot coco. “Here” she offered, but when Deb wouldn’t accept it, she put it on the table. “”It’s instant. Best I could do. I promise I didn’t poison it” She sat down next to Deb, and took a sip from her cup. “Damn, that’s hot” she muttered. “I think I burned...

Lindsey lifted the bat to hit Deb again, but Richard grabbed her arm. “Whoah, whoah, easy there. We’re not trying to get her killed” he joked, but Lindsey didn’t think it was funny. She dropped the bat and walked to the sink, where she pulled herself up.
“What are you doing?” Richard frowned.
Lindsey raised her hands and pulled her shoulders. “I did my part. The rest is up to you”
Richard rolled his eyes and turned to the twin. “You two, go guard the door” he ordered. “Make sure no one comes in”
Lena and Lana exited the bathroom and blocked the way in.
Richard turned Deb...

Rob stopped the car outside a small restaurant. “Are you hungry?”
Deb looked at the restaurant. “Rob, this looks really expensive”
“Hey, nothing is too expensive for my girl” Rob protested. “Besides, it’s your birthday”
Deb rolled her eyes and laughed. “Okay, fine, then” She let Rob walk her to the restaurant, and he ordered a table for two.
“I owe you an explanation” Rob said, as they both picked up a menu. “I didn’t want to fall off the face of the earth like that. But I really didn’t have a choice”
“I understand” Deb smiled. “You’ve explained it all in...