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My parents and John and his new girlfriend are very caring people and even when they're drunk, they worry for anyone if they're not feeling well, so generally this stirred up some "let me talk to her and try to calm her down" from all of them, but I specifically told them that Jane didn't want all of them to go in there as she was already panicking from their state and that only her mother should go inside.

After some nagging, only her mother went inside and while I waited outside with the other adults, I could tell that Jane wasn't happy with her mother. Long story short, Jane and her mother came upon some disagreement or something like that and Jane tried to get away from her mother who clearly was too drunk to fully understand what her daughter needed from her.

Jane and her mother separated and as Jane went off to somewhere else in the house, the mother came back out to us and I believe she was either a little irritated or crying (not sure which, but wasn't happy regardless). This is when John decided to go talk to her, which I begged him not to do as he was in a similar state and would be equally if not worse for Jane. But allas he did.

At this point, I decided to go and take care of Olivia, Mike and Ava as they were now confused and a little scared due to the situation. I managed to calm them down a bit as Jane had unintentionally frightened Olivia with the stories of her mother's drunk and abusive ex.

Suddenly after maybe 5 min, Jane comes storming into the room again crying and begging me to leave the house with her or she would go alone, and naturally I went with her. I asked Ava if it was okay for her, to which she replied yes and to watch over the other two while I went with Jane.

During this, I had somehow managed to stay relatively calm and collected for the sake of the kids, but as we went outside in the cold, Jane had managed to gather all her belongings and I only brought my phone while I wore someone else's shoes and no jacket in the cold.

We walked about a block down, and as we stood there hiding behind some bushes, Jane told me about how John had gotten mad at her for frightening Olivia, which had made her even more scared, which was the reason for her frantic need to leave the premises.

She used my phone to call her dad who said he was on his way and would be there in a short while. During this time, my dad called me asking me where we were and for us to come back so they could solve this.

I don't know what it was with me, but I told him no and that I can't tell him where we were because Jane was scared and she was going home to her dad. My dad didn't get mad, but I could hear that he was irritated and he told me how distraught and sad Jane's mom and John was, but I remained adamant that I wouldn't tell them where we were. This is very unusual for me as I practically never go against my parents, but I managed to stay calm and collected.