"He wasn't too happy about it but I managed to talk him into waiting for us all to come in tomorrow".

"Have they made any arrests yet?" Carole asked.

"No they're waiting for the boys to make a formal ID before they do anything" Burt told her. It made sense she supposed but just thinking about those men being able to wander about freely whilst they all suffered made her skin crawl.

"We'd better get back, visiting hours are almost over".

"Yeah" Burt agreed standing and grabbing both their empty cups to throw in the trash can. They left the canteen and headed back to where the boys were waiting for them.

As they walked the length of the corridor Carole had to quickly step aside as a small woman with dark hair rushed past them. She was clearly distraught and Carole found herself wondering what awful news the poor woman must have just recieved.

Before they could get to the door of Kurt's room it opened and Finn stepped out into the corridor. He saw them coming and Carole noted the look of relief that crossed his features.

"Oh thank god, I thought I was going to have to come looking for you two" he said walking up to them.

"Why what's happened, is everyone okay?" Burt went to brush past Finn to get to the room where the boys were.

"Yes, well no, um kind of" Finn said awkwardly.

"Well which is it honey?" Carole used her calming voice.

"Blaine's mom showed up" Finn blurted out.

"Is she still in there?" Burt asked nodding at the door.

"No, umm Kurt kind of ..."

"What did Kurt do?" Burt's voice was slightly menacing now causing Finn to gulp nervously.

"He told Blaine's mom what happened".

"Oh" Burt seemed to calm down a little at the news. "Well I guess she had to find out at some point."

"Yeah but Kurt he um..."

"Just say it Finn" even Carole was getting a little annoyed at how much Finn was dragging it out.

"Well he yelled it at her after bascically calling her a bad mom".

"He did what" Burt practically roared.

"In his defence she was a bit of a bitch" Finn suprised Carole by saying.

Carole knew she should be angry at Kurt, because that really wasn't the way to go about it, but to be honest she could see why Kurt might have lost his temper. From what she knew so far Blaine's mom hadn't exactly been very caring and whilst she didn't know what had been said in that room she knew how fiercley protective Kurt could be about the people he loved.

"Wait, Mrs Anderson, what did she look like?" Carole asked.

"Kind of short, dark hair" Finn frowned at her, clearly confused as to why that mattered.

"I think that was the woman who just ran past us" Carole turned to Burt and said.

"Yeah, she kind of ran out of there pretty fast" Finn confirmed. Carole felt a stab of pity for the woman, finding out something so awful like that must have been very upsetting. Pity was replaced with anger almost immediatly though when she thought about how much that must have upset Blaine. God knows what he was thinking watching his mom just run away like that instead of being there for him. She made a decision.

"Burt why don't you go check on the boys, I'd better go find Mrs Anderson" Burt must have read something in her tone.

"Try to stay calm Carole, the last thing Blaine needs is us upsetting his family".

"I know" Carole replied. "Don't worry I won't say anything out of place" she silently added however much I might want to.

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Burt could tell Carole was seething but he wisely chose to wait until she was ready to talk about it. He didn't have to wait long as he'd barely pulled out of the hsopital car park before she let rip.

"That woman is fucking unbelievable" Burt concentrated on the road and let his wife release some of her tension. He heard Finn shift uncomfortably in the back seat but was glad when the boy had enough sense to keep his mouth shut.

When Carole had stormed up to the room earlier he'd guessed that things hadn't gone well, but for Blaine's sake Carole had managed to hide it quite well.

"Your mom is waiting downstairs for you Blaine" Carole hadn't given away how she was feeing with her words but Burt could see the tension in her jaw. "Visiting hours are almost over and your mother thinks it would be best if you went home with her tonight" Carole clearly didn't agree.

Blaine didn't even blink at the news, but he did give a small sigh.

"Is that okay with you Blaine?" Burt asked.

"Of course, she's my mom". Blaine's response was automatic.

"Well she's agreed to meet us here in the morning so we can go to the police station together" Carole continued and this finally got a reaction from Blaine as he visibly paled at the news.

Mrs Anderson had met them at the entrance to the hospital and with a polite good bye she had led Blaine away to where her own car was parked, having made the decision to leave Blaine's there til the morning.

Carole had watched them go with a heavy heart.

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"You know I actually felt sorry for her when I first went looking for her" Carole started to explain herself. "I mean what an awful way to find out about something like this, but you know what?" she didn't wait for any kind of response. "When I found her all she could talk about was how awful this was for her, and what was she going to tell her husband. She never once asked anything about Blaine".

Burt sighed at the news, he'd really hoped that when Blaine's parents finally showed up they would be able to help him through all of this. This wasn't a good start.

"I told her about the exam and the blood tests and everything and she looked like she was one step away from putting her fingers in her ears and singing. I can't believe we just let him go home with her".

"She's his mother" Burt finally felt the need to speak. "And no matter what we may think of her she's not a monster. Maybe some time alone with Blaine will give her chance to see how much he's hurting".

Carole snorted at that.

"Well I hope so. Blaine needs all the support he can get and I have a feeling that's not something Natalie Anderson is good at".

"Look no matter what happens form here on in we just need to make sure Blaine knows we're here for him. Hopefully once his mom gets over the shock of what happened she will be too, let's not judge her too harshly yet".

But even as Burt said this he couldn't help remembering watching Blaine and his mom walk away from them earlier. You could have driven a bus through the distance between them. It seemed like the only person tonight who hadn't wanted to hug Blaine was his own mom.

Carole sighed again next to him and he risked a glance over in her direction. The tears glistening in her eyes had caused his own to start to prickle.

"Tomorrow's going to be hell" Carole spoke again, more quietly this time.

"I know" Burt said and took her hand in his.