The entire incident at Terri’s had been a screaming and shouting fest. Despite the police presence, none of the girls were co-operative. First Nicole and her mother had gotten into a rout worthy of any WWF wrestler when Gayle had informed Nicole that she was enrolled in a private boarding school overseas. Apparently Gayle felt that the more miles she put between Nicole and Lily the better. The police had to pry Nicole off of her mother. Nicole then grabbed on to Lily and refused to set foot outside the house. She was not leaving Lily without a fight. Of course, then Maria had to get involved and she and Lily got into a shouting match. Nicole and Lily were eventually placed in seperate cars under guard when they refused to leave quietly.

All the shouting brought Brooke out from the room she shared with the still groggy Sam. She knew what was going on but ventured out to see for herself. Mike and Terri were having a face off over her and Sam while Jane was speaking to a few of the officers. Brooke hoped that she was telling them how Mike had assaulted Sam. Upon seeing her, Mike immediately turned his attention from Terri to Brooke.

"Get your stuff and get in the car, Brooke," he ordered. Brooke scowled at him.

"Not in this lifetime," she scoffed at him. She looked at Jane and the cops. "Did you tell them what he did to Sam?" Jane nodded.

"Yes, honey, but…"

"But WHAT?" Brooke shouted. "There are three witnesses that saw him beat on a 17 year old girl! Why aren’t you taking him away?" she demanded to know from the closest officer.

"It was on private property and Mrs. McPherson isn’t pressing charges," the officer told her calmly. Brooke turned bright red with anger.

"WHAT?" she seethed. Jane looked away unable to keep Brooke’s angry gaze.

"Brooke, if I press charges on that, he’ll claim Sam kidnapped you and that this whole thing is her fault. She could get into a lot of trouble, Brooke," Jane explained quietly. Brooke turned to her father.

"You asshole!" she shouted. "I left of my own free will. So did Nicole and Lily. Sam didn’t kidnap anyone. We left because you, our PARENTS made us. We weren’t left a choice so we took the only option available to us. You’re just looking for someone to blame. I got news for you, MIKE," she spat his name in a mocking tone. "The only person here that should be blamed is YOU. Not Sam, but you, Mike McQueen, homophobe extrordinaire."