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Chapter 3: Afraid of the world
Derek paced around Casey's room as he waited on the phone.
"Hello, Kaiser Permanente, how may I help you?" The woman on the other line asked.
"Hi there, I need to make an appointment for my sister," Derek replied.
"Okay, what for?"
"Um… Well…"
"Sir, what is the appointment for?" The woman's tone was becoming snobby.
"Um…."
"Sir, what is the appointment for?" The woman was completely impatient by this point.
Derek couldn't take her attitude anymore. "Listen here, my sister needs help and in order to help her, I need to talk to someone who is not a bitch."
There were voices in the background and shuffling before the phone was handed off to some guy. "Hello there, I'm the supervisor of this floor, I'm sorry that the receptionist was so rude. How may I help you?"
"I need to make an appointment for my sister," Derek replied, calming down.
"Why does she need this appointment?" The guy asked.
Derek sighed. "It's hard to explain."
"Do you think that you could try to?"
"My sister was sexually assaulted last night and she told me about it. She needs to be checked out as soon as possible."
"Alright, what's her name?"
"Casey McDonald."
"She is scheduled for tomorrow at 3:00 P.M. Is that okay?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Goodbye."
Derek hung up the phone and sat back down next to Casey. He brushed his fingers through her hair again. It was noon, she needed to wake up. "Casey…" He whispered, gently shaking her. "Casey… Wake up…"
All of the sudden, Casey yelled, "Get off of me!" Her hand shot up and slapped Derek across the face.
Derek's hand went to his face. "Ow…" He muttered to himself.
Casey sat up and looked at her stepbrother. "Derek?" She asked.
Derek was still rubbing his cheek. "Yeah?"
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, you just kind of slapped me."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…" Her voice was quiet.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked gently.
She shrugged. "I was just having a bad dream."
"I could tell, you yelled at me and slapped me."
"It was about Sam."
Derek locked her in a hug. "It'll be okay, Case."
"He just hurt me so much."
"I know."
"What am I going to do?"
"About what?"
"About Sam. How am I going to face him?"
"Do you even want to face him?"
"No, I can't see him. It will hurt too much."
"I know. And I'll do anything to make sure that he knows how much he hurt you."
"You will?"
"Yes."
"Why are you doing this for me?"
"Because you're my stepsister and I'll do anything for you."
She locked him in a bone-crushing hug and rested her head on his shoulder. "Thank you, Derek."
"Anytime," he whispered.
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