Chapter 10
The next day, Amanda goes into work. She goes into her desk to do some paperwork. She hasn't seen or talked to Patton since her rape.
"Are you okay, Amanda?" Doom asks.
"Yeah. I just hope that everything will go back to normal." Amanda replies.
"He dropped the charges against your sister." Sam says.
Amanda wonders how Sam knows that the charges against her sister were dropped. She wonders if Patton told him about him and Amanda in the hotel room. She doesn't know what to think or say. Sam is her friend but he's also Patton's friend. Patton enters the room and he grabs Amanda by the arm. He looks into Amanda's eyes and she feels sick to her stomach.
"Patton, leave Amanda alone." Doom says.
"Can't I be friendly with my star detective?" Patton says.
Amanda feels a wave of nausea coming and she throws up on Patton. She runs to the bathroom with her hand over her mouth. Doom is worried about his best friend.
"What happened, Patton?" Sam asked.
"Amanda threw up on me." Patton says.
In the bathroom, Amanda runs to a stall, drops to her knees and vomits in the toilet. Doom goes into the bathroom to check on Amanda. He doesn't know if she should go home or not.
"Amanda? Where are you?" Doom asks.
"In the stall." Amanda replies.
Doom finds Amanda on her knees with her head next to the toilet seat. He goes next to the stall to talk to Amanda.
"Are you okay?" Doom asks.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Just something I ate." Amanda replies.
Doom doesn't think that it was something that Amanda ate. He knows about Amanda's rape and the rest of the squad doesn't know. Amanda doesn't want to tell anyone.
"Do you need to go home? I can bring you or I can call your dad to come and pick you up." Doom offers.
"Call my dad but first help me up." Amanda says.
Amanda flushes the toilet and exits the stall. Doom helps her up and walks her to the sink. Doom gives her a wet paper towel to wipe her mouth. Amanda rinses her mouth and she washes her face and hands. They exit the bathroom.