"I'm not going back," Winona promised her son as Leonard watched from across the room with Tonia. "We got into another fight this morning, and he hit me again, so I left. I was at your place to find you, so I could tell you when Tonia called me."

Leaning over, she kissed his forehead. "I'm so sorry, Jim. For everything he did to you, I'm so sorry. Thank god you're going to be all right."

Leonard felt his throat tighten as he watched, and when Tonia told them that they could help them, he looked over at her, nodding in agreement.

"We're certainly not gonna walk away," he said. "Anything we can do, we're glad to help."

Straightening up, Winona gave them a grateful smile and nodded. "Thank you," she said softly. "I don't want to go back there by myself."

"Then one of us'll go with you," Leonard promised. "First, though, why don'cha let me look at that eye and check to make sure he didn't do any other damage."

She nodded and went over to sit down so he could examine her.