Damon's POV
Since I told her about Katherine…offered to help her, she's been avoiding me. We hardly see each other, it's only in passing. I messed up, but she's been hurt and I want her to feel safe. I don't want her to think I'm going to hurt her; I won't approach her, or corner her in. When she's ready she'll…
My thoughts were interrupted by her ringtone. "Damon!" her voice urgent
"Elena?" I tried to remain calm. "What's going on?" Panic clear in my voice
"She…I was…" she was sobbing "I couldn't stop her!" she cried
"Elena I need you to calm down and tell me what the heck is going on?" I slammed my fist on my desk
"Katherine took Cami…I chased her for over a mile begging for her to bring her back…she tried to hit me with her car. I'm at the hospital…I called the police."
"I'm on my way." I hung the phone up "Stefan!" I screamed down the hallway
"Yeah?" he popped his head out of his office "You have an hour to find your wife. If I find her first she's dead."
"What…what happened?"
"She took Cami from Elena, and then tried to run Elena over. Find her. NOW!" I yelled at him running out to my car
I heard Stefan say as I left. "Not again Kat…"
Stefan's POV
I got to the cabin and found my crying wife with a crying Cami in her arms. "Shh it's momma." She cooed
"Kat…" I sighed
"Stefan…she's my daughter. I need you to understand." She begged me
"You're scaring her Kat. Look at her the girl is petrified." I told her taking Cami out of her arms
"Damon is never going to let me near her is he?" she looked at me tears in her eyes
"Katherine…you betrayed him…we betrayed him. He barely trusts me. You can't expect it to be instantly. Unfortunately you'll never be known as her mother I can guarantee that."
"He's in love with that Elena girl isn't he?"
"She just started working for him. I don't think they are in love. I think they are challenging one another. He needs someone to love him and Camille. You don't Kat." I kissed my wife's head
"I hurt her…she tried to stop me Stefan. I almost hit her. I would've if I hadn't thought about losing you. He's going to have me arrested isn't he?"
"I don't know honey. We need to get Cami to the hospital though." I helped my wife to her feet
"Why?"
"Damon's there with Elena. She has a broken arm and something else."
"She's gonna press charges…I'm sorry Stefan!" she cried "I haven't been taking my medicine either…"
"It's time to go Kat…" I sighed feeling defeated
Damon's POV
I found Elena's room and rushed in. She was laying in the hospital bed sobbing. "Elena?"
"I'm so sorry Damon. I tried to get her. I did." She sobbed
"Elena stop. Cami is okay. Stefan is on his way here with her. Katherine was at the cabin with her."
"I'm so sorry!" she sobbed. I came closer to the bed and she let out a scream. "Don't hit me!" she put her good arm up to block her face
"Sir, mind if we have a word?" the doctor said peeking in
"Of course." I walked out of the room wondering what had just happened
"What's your relation to Miss. Gilbert?"
"She works for me. She's my daughter's nanny."
"How long has she worked for you?"
"Less than 48 hours."
"Okay…are you aware of anyone who might have hurt her in the past?"
"She hasn't told me much…but I think her ex-husband was abusive…"
"That's consist with what her x-rays show." He sighed "She's been someone's personal punching bag for years."
"How bad is it?"
"She has over 100 remodeled fractures. She's broken ribs, both arms, her left leg…she has fractures consist with being thrown down the stairs on more than one occasion…" (If this is wrong or unrealistic I'm sorry I am NOT a doctor and not planning to be one so I'm sorry)
"No…" I mumbled
"She needs help." The man sighed
I walked back into Elena's room and she was asleep. "We sedated her." The nurse gave me a sad smile
"Thank you…I'll just stay with her if that's okay."
"That's fine." She smiled
A while later
"Damon." I turned to see Stefan with my daughter in his arms
"Cami!" I smiled taking her from him
"How is she?" Stefan asked referring to Elena who was still asleep in the hospital bed.
"Not okay. Not at all." I told my brother
"Is she going to press charges?" he asked defeat in his tone
"I don't know Stefan, what was going through Katherine's head? I still don't know if I am going to press charges."
"She stopped taking her medicine…we were on the road to recovery and now this…I checked her into the psychiatric ward…I let the cops know, if you chose to press charges she can plead insanity and be locked away in the nuthouse…"
"Damon…" I heard her broken voice whisper
"Elena…" I rushed to her side "Cami's here and she's perfectly okay."
"He's here…" she whispered then was out cold
Unknown POV
A watched from my spot outside her hospital room, new little family she has…disappointing. She never should've run. She doesn't even know what's coming to her. "Doctor?" the nurse caught my attention "Here's the Gilbert file." She smiled
I kindly returned it and waited to make my rounds until visiting hours were over and all her little friends were gone. I walked in and she was awake. "Elena…" I smiled
"Get out of here. I'll call the police." She commented her voice fearful
"They can't help, you know how respected I am in this community." I laughed
"Please…I gave you everything you asked for…" she pleaded
"You are still my wife Elena. I own you." I leaned over her and kissed her cheeks
"Get out of here. You and I are finished!" She spat in my face
I raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face. Blood dripped from her lip. "They will find the truth. Don't think they won't." She called after me as I left the room
I laughed and finished my rounds. She's delirious if she thinks anyone will believe her.
Damon's POV
It was 3:47 when I heard my phone ring. It was Elena. "Hello." I groggily answered
"Come get me. Come get me now." She whispered
"Elena…what's wrong?"
"He threatened me…I need you Damon…I need your help." She sobbed quietly into the phone
"I'll be there in 10 minutes."
"Hurry…" she cried
*10 Minutes Later*
I helped Elena out of the hospital bed and we walked out of her room. The nurse's station was empty as what the rest of the hospital. I told the nurses there was a girl screaming her head off in the next hallway over.
"We have to hurry." I whispered
She picked up her pace. "Who's with Cami?"
"Stefan." I helped her into the car
"I'm sorry I caused all of this…" she said when we were a safe distance from the hospital "Wait…where are we going? The apartment is that way."
"Stefan and Cami aren't at the apartment…" he sighed
"Where are they?" She asked
"When I got the call I had all of your stuff moved to a safe home…I was worried Katherine would try something, so I moved all of our stuff; but it looks like we have something new to be hiding from."
"Damon…pull over." She whispered
I didn't ask questions just did as I was asked.
Elena's POV
"We were 16, young and in love. I thought he was my whole world. When we were 18 he asked me to marry him. Of Course I said yes, I moved into his apartment and didn't listen to my parents begging me to come back home, to dump him." I sighed
"Elena…you don't have to…" I interrupted him
"Yes…I do." I told him "I thought he was my forever, my everything. To me he walked on water. We got married when I found out…" there was a lump in my throat. I could feel the tears on my cheeks now. Damon took my hand letting me know he was here for me "I was pregnant…" I whispered
"Oh Elena…" he could see where this was headed
"We married and we were so excited to have a baby. He wanted a little girl, that's what he told me every day. 'I want a girl, baby' 'It has to be a girl.' Every day." I sighed recalling the memory of my lost child
"Elena…we can finish this later." Damon told me acknowledge the tears on my cheeks by gently wiping them away
"No…I want you to know everything. He's dangerous." My voice shook with fear
Damon tightened his grip on my hand. "I'm here." He whispered
"You won't be for long." I silently muttered "We weren't going to find out the gender, I wanted it to be a surprise. At this point no one knew about the baby…I wasn't allowed to contact anyone. He told me it was because I was his and his alone. I was so in love I didn't see what was really going on. I had a home birth, he's a doctor so it was safe and so was my baby." She whispered
"My son…Nathan." I sobbed quietly "He was the perfect baby. I was upstairs in our house, and my husband was standing at the stairs waiting for us. We were going to go tell our families about the baby. He was only a week old Damon!" I sobbed
Damon gently pulled me into his embrace. "He threw you down the stairs with Nathan didn't he?"
"How did you know?" I sniffed pulling back
"The doctor and I had a conversation before I left, about previous injures…" he told me
"I lost everything that day…" I whispered "From that day on he beat me, shoved me around…hurt me. I had burns from his cigarettes, scars now. He killed me and Nathan that day."
"Elena…I am so sorry…" Damon told me. I looked into those blue orbs of his. I saw how much he cares for me. I wanted to pull him close and kiss him…but he'd think I was emotionally unstable.
"I miss him with every breath." I told him pulling my wallet from my purse. "This is the only photo I have of him."
It was a picture of me in the bed holding my son to my chest. He was wrapped in a blue knitted blanket with a matching blue hat on. "He's perfect Elena."
"I wish I was able to hold him one last time." I sighed
"And you chose to come work with kids again?"
"I thought it would help me heal…but my heart aches every time Cami cries, or reaches for me or anything really. But I love her; I can't imagine leaving her…unless you want me to go. I will."
"Who is your husband?"
"His name is…"
A/N: Cliffhanger. I've known who it was since the beginning of the chapter, do you know how hard it is to not just type who it is!? Hahaha
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