"Isabel, wake up! You're only dreaming." Vivian said.
"Wake up!" Danny said. "He can't hurt you. It me Danny."
At that moment, her eyes shot wide open. She blinked a few times, looking at her surroundings. She saw Vivian, who smiled at her. She looks to find Danny right next to her, seeing the fear on his face. She smiled a little bit.
"You stayed. You didn't leave me." She said, giving Danny a tight hug.
Danny gasped at her sudden bear hug. She wasn't as strong as she thinks. To him, she was just giving him a very weak hug. Vivian chuckles under breathe at Danny, who gave Vivian a look.
"Isabel, you shouldn't do that," Vivian said.
"Porque?"
"Danny?" Vivian asked knowing Danny also speaks Spanish. The only other language Vivian can speak is French.
"Que son demasiado débiles," Danny answers. (You are too weak.)
"Débil?" (Weak?)
"Si," Danny said. "? Puede usted por favor hablar en Ingles?" (Could you please speak in English?)
"Yeah," Isabel said, looking offended.
"We didn't mean to hurt your feelings," Vivian said, stroking her long light brown hair. "Danny, why don't go wait outside while-"
"No." Isabel said. "He can stay, let him stay, please-"
"Oh, Special Agent Vivian Johnson," She said. "And yes Agent Taylor can stay if that's what you really want?"
Isabel nodded.
"Okay, I'll stay then," Danny said. He pulled up a chair and sat right next to Isabel. Vivian did the same thing.
"Isabel, can you tell us what happen," Vivian asked. "I meant when did your father start abusing you?"
"When Mama died, he died. On the inside." Isabel said, looking down. She pointed to her heart. "I was 10, he…was…drunk one night. He though I was Mama, called me "Nora".
Isabel choked on her own words. It was something she rather had buried deep down on the inside. The day her childhood ended. She squeezed her stuffed dog.
"Take you time, honey." Vivian said.
"Nobody even noticed," Isabel said. "They didn't care about me."
"What about when you was in that room?" Vivian asked. "Do you remember how-"?
"No, he hit me on the head and I woke up naked-" Isabel started crying again.
"It's okay, Isabel." Vivian cooed. "You don't have to tell us no more."
It was all her fault. She was the reason why her mother was buried and rotten in the ground somewhere. If only she didn't yell to get her father's attention when he was yelling at her mother.
"Danny, come speak with me outside,"
"Okay, Viv." Danny said.
"You're leaving?" Isabel said frantically. She pulled on Danny's arms when he had gotten up.
"I'm only going outside with Agent Johnson." Danny said to calm her.
Isabel let go of Danny and lays back down, hugging her dog. As he closed the door, she said: "Don't worry Spike, he's coming back."
When they got outside, Danny punched his fist into the wall, which mage Vivian jumped.
"Danny," Vivian said firmly.
"I'm sorry that I did that but I'm not sorry for killing that pig son of a bitch!" He nearly yelled.
"Look you need to control yourself," Vivian said. She was afraid that Danny might be getting over-attached to Isabel as well as Isabel getting attached to Danny.
"You're right," Danny said, taking a couple of deep breaths. "I need to be a professional."
"Good," Vivian said, not taking her eyes off Danny. "I'm going to call Jack to let him know what's going on."
"Okay,"
Vivian grabbed her cell phone from her pocket and dial for Jack.
"Hey, Jack its Vivian."
Danny went back to Isabel's room. She smiled when she saw Danny coming in. He smiled back at her.
"Someone's glad to see me," Danny chuckled.
"Was I smiling?"
"Yes can't you tell?"
Isabel shrugged. "I really don't smile a lot."
"I'm pretty sure that your friends think that you have the most beautiful smile,"
Isabel blushed a bright red. She never though she had smile was pretty nor beautiful. She couldn't understand herself, why does this man make her feel better? Sure, he saved her, but it was something more. Maybe a connection or something. She knows it's not a romantic thing.
"I don't have any friends,"
"None?"
Isabel nodded. "No amigos."
She looked out in the dark sky. There was about a million stars in the sky tonight. "I wonder if she's up there?"
"Your mom?"
"Yeah,"
"When I was little, I named a star after the people I miss." Danny explained. "So when I look at the sky before I go to sleep, I think of Danielle, Erica, and Mia."
"My middle name is like yours," Isabel said. "But it's Danielle."
"The girl version," Danny said. "I always like that name for my daughter one day."
Danny noticed horizontal scars on her forearms. He got a closer look, but Isabel hid her arms behind her back.
"Can I look?"
She removed her arms from behind her back and Danny gently took her right arm to exam it. These were self inflicted injuries base on scars. She gave him her other arm which had scars on them to. Isabel looked down in shame.
"I did it because of him," Isabel said softly.
"Oh my god," Danny said. "Can you promise something?"
Danny lifted her face with his hand so that they were face to face. "Since you're safe now, promise that you'll never ever do this again, you promise?"
Isabel nodded. "Yes,"
"Cross my heart and hope to die?"
She giggled. "Cross my heart and hope to die."
