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Chapter 10 –

The sun streaming through the thin curtains quickly caused Sam to open her eyes, she had not had much sleep and still felt exhausted as she rolled over in the bed and saw Rachel sleeping beside her. The two of them had taken the larger bedroom with Sam not wanting to leaving Rachel alone and the two of them had shared the double bed while Alice had gone into the smaller single bedroom. Rachel had not said a word to her after Alice had told her about the Poseidon group and Sam knew that it would be pointless to try and push her, that any lingering memories would get buried deeper if she tried to force matters. Sam stood up and stretched her arms as she walked around the room before she heard a sound and instantly turned away from the window and saw Alice standing in the doorway.

"How are you?"

Alice spoke quietly as Sam wandered over and nodded politely to the detective.

"Ok."

"Has she said anymore to you?"

Sam shook her head as she noticed the folder Alice had in her hand.

"These are my notes on the Poseidon group, they're the ones that I don't keep at the station, what my own personal research has discovered. I was wondering if you'd look through them if you had a chance, look after them while I go into work?"

Sam raised her eyebrows but Alice held the folder out in front of her and gave Sam no option other than to take it.

"You're going into work?"

"Yes we've got the murder and the two serious assaults to investigate."

"What are you going to tell them about Rachel?"

Sam glanced over to the bed where she noticed that Rachel was beginning to stir.

"That she hasn't given us any information yet."

Sam nodded about the coy answer, there were no lies just not the whole story.

"Listen I'll be back this evening and I'll bring some food with me, if you have any worries just ring me."

Sam nodded her head as she began to move over to the bed, Alice gave a quick wave goodbye as she noticed Rachel blinking her eyes open.

Alice checked her car and all around the area before she set off. She knew that her investigations into the Poseidon group would not have gone unnoticed and that they had a habit of silencing those who got too close to uncovering the truth. Driving off to the police station she was confident that her movements had gone unnoticed but little did Alice know that money and power the Poseidon group wielded meant that they were able to utilise the tiniest and most technological advanced surveillance equipment. The small piece of metal that had been attached underneath her bonnet allowed them to now Alice's precise location without the need for bodies on the ground attracting unwanted attention. For now Alice was blissfully unaware as she carried on, her mind forming what needed to be done for the day while safe in the knowledge that Sam would look after Rachel for her.

Sam sat down on the edge of the bed as Rachel reached up and rubbed her eyes, she tried to sit up but instantly winced in pain, causing Sam to quickly reach across and put a hand on Rachel's shoulder.

"Ok take it easy, you're due some more pain medication, take that and then I can see about moving you slowly."

Rachel nodded her head as she noticed Sam place a folder at the end of the bed before she left the room, Rachel looked around as she adjusted to the surroundings she thought about trying to sit up again but the pain in her ribs was too much so instead she laid back down, resting her head on the pillow. Moments later Sam returned, rucksack in her hand and a caring smile on her face as she quickly moved over to the bed, perching down as she opened the bag up and retrieved a packet of pills.

"Here take these."

Sam passed two tablets over before she turned and picked up the glass of water and handed that too over to Rachel. Rachel nodded her head and quickly swallowed them, closing her eyes as she felt Sam's hand reach up and stroke her hair softly, Rachel instantly found comfort in the touch and allowed her eyes to stay shut.

"Can I take a look?"

"I guess so."

Rachel kept her eyes shut as she felt Sam's hands gently move down and press down on her body, it was so different to everything that she remembered from before she entered the hospital, then the touches had been forced and painful but now it felt different, like she was being looked after, something that she hadn't felt for a long time, if ever. Sam closed her eyes for a second as she finished, Rachel's body still looked bad but it was beginning to heal although she knew it was going to take time and that was just the physical damage, the psychological scars were going to take much, much longer to recover from.

"I've finished."

Sam spoke quietly as she took a hold of Rachel's hand and watched as she slowly opened her eyes.

"What's in the folder?"

Sam raised an eyebrow but then saw that Rachel was trying to sit up and quickly Sam moved and helped her to sit up, both of them looking at the folder which lay at the end of the bed.

"Alice, DI Parker, gave it to me earlier, before she left for work."

"What's in it?"

"The information she has gathered on the Poseidon group, I haven't had a chance to look at it yet."

Sam took a long breath as she looked at Rachel who dropped her head and moved her free hand to her right thigh, placing it on top of the tattoo that was covered by her jogging bottoms.

"Can you remember anything?"

Sam's voice was a whisper as Rachel raised her head, water prevalent in her eyes as she nodded her head.

"The house was three stories high, set back from the main road. My bedroom was on the top floor, at the back of the house, from the window you could see woods not another house or person. There were always at least four adults there with me, a woman and three men but then there were always more that came, usually in the evenings. I really can't remember my mum, I just remember that house and the people in there and what they did to me."

Rachel's voice trailed off as Sam edged up the bed, moving closer to her before she reached up and wiped the tears that were falling down Rachel's cheeks.

"It's ok Rachel, don't say anymore, you're ok now, I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."