Chapter Four
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As soon as Michael left the room, I somehow felt less...safe, and the idea of that alone made me mentally slap myself. I didn’t know this man, at all, how could I feel safe around him?
Because he saved me from someone who was raping me?
The thought made fresh tears build up, but I managed to push them back, swallowing the lump in my throat, I looked up at the officer, Waiting.
‘You were completely unresponsive when Mr Lupus brought you in, With the information that you were Sexually assaulted, We asked the nurse to take samples for a rape kit’. I nodded, I didn’t care, as long it helped them, ‘They are also running tests to make sure you haven’t contacted any sexually transmitted diseases and someone will be in shortly to talk to you’. I nodded again.
‘Have you arrested Brent?’
‘No’.
‘No? Why!?’
‘Unfortunately, He’s nowhere to be found and-’
‘Yeah, not surprising!’.
‘We are putting in every effort to locate his whereabouts and once we do find him, you’ll be the first to know. Until then, We recommend that, for your own peace of mind, If you decide to go out at night, Go with someone. It’s unlikely that he will come near you again because he knows we will be keeping an eye on you, it's more for your own comfort’.
‘Ok’.
‘Is there someone we can call for you?’
‘Oh Yes, My parents, they must be worried sick when I didn’t come home!’. He nodded and passed me a notepad, telling me to write their number down and the place where we were staying. ‘It's the same hotel where me and Brent had our ‘’date’’. ‘
‘Ok, I’ll get someone right on that, Take it easy for now, miss Devon, if you have any worries or questions, pop into the station’.
‘Thank you’. He said his goodbyes and left.
I closed my eyes and just took a minute to take everything in.
How could this happen to me?
I mean.. You hear about this happening all the time! A girl being assaulted or raped when on holiday, but you never think it would happen to you… and then it does. It's horrifying.
I heard the door open and in walked a nurse, she closed it behind herself and came over to me. Asking how I was feeling and if I needed anything before she sat down and started explaining that, It was best for me to take the Morning After Pill, just in case Brent either didn’t use a condom or it broke.
I honestly couldn’t remember if he did or not, so saw it as a good idea.
Better safe than sorry.
I took the tiny tablet and she left again.
Michaels P.O.V
I left the room, Leaving Ellie and the Police officer to talk about whatever it is they needed to talk about.
Grabbing my phone out of my pocket, I dialled the familiar number, It didn’t even ring twice before he picked up.
‘Hello?’
‘It's me. She’s awake’.
‘Good, Does she remember anything?’
‘No. She doesn’t’.
‘We better hope not, Otherwise we will ALL be in trouble’.
‘She doesn’t remember. Have you taken care of the loose ends?'
‘Yeah, It's taken care of’.
‘Good, I’ll be back soon’.
‘Ok Man, See you later’.
‘Bye’. Hanging up quickly, as the nurse left Ellie's room again.
Ellie’s P.O.V
Not even a minute later, Michael was knocking on the door. I was... Happy and relieved to see him.
‘Hey!’. He smiled at me.
‘Hey, Is everything ok?’ I nodded. ‘Good, Can I come in?’
‘Yeah, of course’.
We sat and talked for a little while, about absolutely nothing. It was like he was doing everything he could to keep my mind off the horror-show that my life currently was.
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