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Chapter Three

Sunlight pierced Veronica's eyes. "Ugh go away sun, it is Saturday and I want to sleep in." She rolled over and covered her head with the blanket. "Just five more minutes."

She went to roll over more to try and block the sun light and felt a sharp pain course through her body. "Wow I know I drank last night but I didn't drink that much. Did I? I can't remember it." Veronica thought to herself. She opened her eyes and tried to sit up. "Wait. That wall is blue. Mine is pink." she thought. "Logan was coming to get me. They must have repainted his guest room."

She swung her feet over the edge of the bed. She looked down to notice the straps on her new dress were undone. Pulling her achy body to the edge of the bed, she spotted them on the floor. The new lace boy shorts that Lily had convinced her to buy for under her dress. Lily had told her that they would make her feel secretly sexy because no one else would see them. But some one had.

Veronica knew instantly that pain that she was feeling was not from a hangover. Tears stung her eyes and began to flow freely. She stood up and went over to the window. She looked out and noticed all the lanterns and empty liquor bottles from the previous night and knew she was not at Logan's house. She was at Shelly's house, with an open dress, no underwear on, and pain all over. She had to get out of there in case who over had been in there with her decided to come back.

Veronica ran. She kept running and running ignoring the looks of the early morning risers out for their morning jogs. She kept running until she reached the sheriffs department. She bumped into Deputy Lamb who was walking out the door carrying a box of stuff but Veronica just ignored him. Inga was the first to notice the sobbing Veronica come through the door and pulled her into her arms. "I need to see the sheriff." Veronica sobbed.

"Of course my dear. Right away." She lead her into the sheriffs office. "Sheriff D'Amato, Veronica needs your help. I will go get her a glass of tea to calm her down."

"Sure Inga, thank you. Veronica talk to me, what happened? I need to know."

"I. I .. I think I was raped last night. I can't remember anything."

Leo's face crumpled but he knew that he had to stay strong for Veronica and be strong to catch who ever did this to her. "We will go straight to the hospital where they will run the tests so we can know for sure. I am going to go call your dad now. Is there any one else you want me to call?"

The person who came to Veronica's mind immediately was Logan. He was supposed to be her knight in shining armor but he had left her last night. He never came back for her. He didn't care so why should she. "No."

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"Hi there Veronica. My name is Alicia. I am going to run some tests on you to figure out what happened to you. Is that okay with you?"

"Yes." Veronica said with a small voice.

"Okay. If at any time you want me to stop, or if you need a minute just let me know. I am here for you Veronica. I care about how you are feeling right now. I know that you are scared but I will make sure that you get the answers that you need."

"Thank you. Is my dad here?"

"He is. I am going to go out and talk to him before we start. Is there anything you want me to tell him?" Alicia asked.

"Please tell him I am sorry." Veronica said as tears began to fill her eyes once again.

Alicia grabbed her hands, "Veronica listen to me right now. This is not your fault. There is no one to blame except for the person who did this to you. The only thing that your father cares about right now is you. He loves you and this could not change how he looks at you or what he feels for you. You can not blame yourself or anyone else except for the person ho did this. Justice will come Veronica. I am going to go talk to your father and I will be right back."

Veronica sat and thought about what Alicia had said. She knew she couldn't blame herself or it would eat her alive. She also knew that she couldn't blame Logan. Something must have happened. He would never let this happen to her. She knew Logan better than that. She loved him. She watched the way he did whatever he could to protect her.

Wait. She loved him. Was she ready to love someone? What if he never looks at her the same now that she has been so defiled? How could he even touch her? He will never love her now. Veronica began to sob just as hard as she had in Inga's arms. She knew that her life would never be the same.

Alicia entered the room to see Veronica lying on the table curled up in a ball sobbing. She pulled her up into a hug and whispered to her. "Veronica the people out there in the waiting room care about you more than you could ever know. They love you more than anything in the world and they want so much for you to be happy. I have never seen a man look so protective before. He loves you so much and he looks so heart broken."

"I am his only daughter. He must feel so hurt."

"Yes your dad is hurting right now but that wasn't who I was talking about."

Veronica sat up quickly. "What? Who?"

"There is a young man out there pacing the floor with a mixture of tears, anger to whoever did this, guilt about something, and love in his eyes."

"He could still love me?" Veronica whispered to herself.

"Veronica, I was raped when I was 17. I know you feel like no an will ever touch you again, but I promise you that it will get better. Love can out stand anything. If you love him and he really loves you, then you are meant to be together."

"You really think so?"

"Yes Veronica. I know that when you love someone, you would give up the world for them. I have two sons and I would die for them. That is what love is about. I can tell that that young man out there would give anything up to rewind to last night."

"Thank you Alicia, for sharing your story with me and helping me realize that I can not blame myself or him for not rescuing me."

"You are welcome Veronica. I am always here if you want to talk to me. Let him rescue you now. You both need it. I am going to start the tests now. Is that okay?"

"Yes. I want whoever did this to me to pay. How will you find out who did it?" Veronica asked.

"DNA is a powerful thing. If they have committed a crime they will already be in our system, or thanks to the missing children's drive that happened a few years back, if this person is your age, he will be in the system as well. Everyone under the age of 18 in Neptune did the test a few years ago."

"Yeah I remember that. Hopefully it helps."

"Me too. Me too."