Chapter 8
Christian's POV
Did I just hear her correctly? Did my little girl, who hasn't spoke for over a month, just ask me what BDSM was?
'What was that sweetie? I ask her again just to be sure I was hearing right. Rose sits up on her bed and puts her knees to her chin and wraps her arms around them, I don't want to think what she has witnessed.
'BDSM. What does it mean?' She looks so innocent and now she is tainted with god knows what.
'Where have you heard that?' she looks at me and she has fear in her face 'Oh, no baby it's ok, you can tell me, don't be scared'
'The lady told me, she said that you used to do BDSM, but she didn't say what it was' What has that bitch been telling her?
'Oh, BDSM is what mommies and daddies do to have fun, they play some games' I am not going to tell my 9 year old daughter that her daddy liked to tie people up and spank them am i? Rose just gives me a slight smile and nods her head.
'Like I play jump rope and dollies?' She asks, so innocent. That makes me giggle and I stroke her head.
'Yes, a bit like that I suppose. Rose, are you ready to talk to me about what happened to you?'
She stops smiling and squeezes her legs tighter as if I have just told her off, she shakes her head and looks down at the bed. Maybe Flynn can get something out of her?
'Ok, whenever you're ready. Do you want to come down for some breakfast? I think Gail has got your favourite' Her face lights up once I said that and she lets go of her knees.
'Porridge and golden syrup?' I nod and she gives me a big hug, I hold her tight. I am so lucky to have her here safe and well 'Thank you Daddy'
We arrive at the kitchen and the family are busy chatting away, I look at my daughter who is holding my hand and holding her doll, she looks at me and smiles.
'Hi Mommy' she says quietly, Ana turns her head and has the biggest smile on her face that I have ever seen, she rolls over to us.
'Hi Rose baby, how are you feeling? Can I have a hug?' Ana stretches her arms out willing Rose to come up to her but Rose just looks at the chair with a worried look, Ana notices this and puts her arms down. 'What's the matter?' She asks
'Does it hurt Mommy? Rose asks as hugs herself.
'Does what hurt sweetie? This wheel chair? No baby, it doesn't. Do you want to sit on my knee?' Rose nods her head and slowly sits on Ana's lap. I stand back and watch the scene in front of me, this is true love, my two girls.
Rose's POV
I am sitting outside Daddy's office waiting for the man to come and talk to me, Daddy tells me he is here to talk to but I don't know if I can talk to him. He doesn't know me! I can't tell anybody what happened to me, the big nasty man will get me again.
'Rose, sweetie?' Daddy calls for me to come in to the office, I am scared. I grab on to Daddy's hand and walk into the room, the man is sitting on the chair and is writing something on a note pad, I have seen him a few times when he has come to the house, he smiles at me and puts his pen down.
'Hello Rose, thank you for coming today, why don't you take a seat?' I sit on the big chair on the other side of the desk and Daddy sits next to me.
'Do you want your Dad in here when we talk?' he asks. I really don't want to talk in front of him, he won't understand and he will shout at me. I shake my head and I hear my Daddy sigh.
'OK baby, I will be right outside.' He kisses the top of my head and walks to the door and smiles at me, when he shut the door I can hear the man, I think his name is John, shuffle some papers, I look and he smiles at me, he has a nice friendly smile.
'OK Rose, I am Doctor Flynn but if you like, you can call me John. I have known your daddy since he was a young boy and I have helped him with whatever problems he might have. We are here today for you to talk about anything that you may be worried about and then we can see how we can solve them worries ok?' I nod my head but I don't want to talk about anything. He will come and get me if I tell, I don't want Mommy being shot again.
'OK, why don't we start. I hear that you have had a bit of a dramatic event recently, can you tell me about it?' He presses a button on a machine.
'I was in my room getting changed because we were getting ready to go back home and as I pulled my top over my head, someone grabbed me. I tried to scream but the person held my mouth with some tissue and then everything went black' I suddenly feel really cold and rub my arms to keep warm.
'Ok, do you remember what happened next?' John says.
Ok, calm down Rose. You can do this, it will help put the nasty people in prison for a very long time. Be strong!
I take a deep breath and let it out, I feel sick. I can't believe I am doing this.
'When I woke up I was in the back of a van, my hands and feet were tied together and I had tape on my mouth, I don't know where we were but it took a long time to stop, when we did the man opened the doors and carried me inside a house. It was old and wooden and it smelt of old clothes, the man took me to the bedroom and untied me and then tied my arms to a wooden cross that was in the corner of the room, I could see a lady there, she look at bit like Mommy but she was very skinny and dirty, they started kissing. ' I stopped and took a deep breath, I can feel tears coming in my eyes. John looks at me and smiles.
'It's ok Rose, you are doing a brilliant job, take as long as you need' I can hear the whirring noise coming from the machine that he pressed the button on before and it seems louder now. I take another deep breath and carry on
'I was on the cross for ages, the man and woman kept coming in, she was tied up on the bed with handcuffs and he put a ball in her mouth that had straps on that he tied behind her head. He took a long stick from somewhere and he was hitting her with it, he was shouting things at her when she made a noise. The lady told me one day 'This is called BDSM and your daddy used to do this with me and your mommy' I didn't know what she was talking about so the man showed me. He took out the big stick and told me that it is called a whip, he hit me with it and I shouted out but the man hit me again and told me to be quiet. He kept hitting me and I stopped making noise but he carried on. When the lady phoned my mommy I shouted for help but she put the phone down and then the man came in and started hitting me with his fists and kicking me, it really hurt and I didn't want to make a noise because he might hit me with the whip again. This happened for ages and ages and then one day it went black again and the next thing I remember is waking up in hospital with my daddy by my side but I was too scared to talk or make noise incase they came back for me'
I feel tears running down my cheeks and a hand grab mine, it is John's hand. He smiles at me again and lets go, he looks inside a folder and takes out 2 sheets of paper and puts them on the desk, one has 6 faces of men and the other has 6 faces of women, why am I looking at these?
'Rose, can you tell me if you can recognise any of the people in these pictures as the people that took you'
I look at the photos of the men and look at each one, then as I look at number three I feel sick. That's him, the nasty man who took me.
'That's the man' I tell John, pointing at the picture. He looks at it and sighs.
'Are you sure?' I nod my head 'OK what about the other one?'
I look at the pictures with the women on and they all look the same, I can't recognise her at first but I keep looking. I close my eyes to try and see if I can remember her face, I see it clearly, brown eyes, brown hair, and a scar just above her eyebrow. That's it! The scar! I open my eyes and look again at the picture and I see the scar straight away,
'Here, this is her!' I say and pass the paper over to John who takes it with a big grin on his face.
'Well done Rose, you have done brilliant. Now, it is ok to tell your mommy and daddy this?' he says. Tell my daddy? He will shout at me.
'Why do you need to tell them?'
'So we can put the nasty people in prison for a very long time, and your mommy and daddy can help with that'
'So they won't shout at me?'
'No, they are just happy you are here and you are talking again, they will never shout at you. OK, our time is up but thank you for seeing me today' He walks me to the door and my daddy is sitting outside on a chair, he gets up when he sees me and gives me a big hug.
'Well done baby, How are you feeling?' He says, still hugging me.
'I feel better now, erm, John wants to see you daddy' I look over to the office and John is smiling at me.
'OK baby, you go and find Mommy, I will go and talk to the doctor' He stands up and gives me a kiss and walks to the office. I run to find mommy, I am so happy that I am safe at home now, no more bad people to get me.
