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Jim was completely awake now, Melinda had begun shaking a few minutes before, he looked at the clock and saw that it was 3:59am, he turned the light on low and stroked Melinda's face. He brought his ear to her mouth and tried desperately to hear what she was whimpering, his heart broke all over again when he did "kill me...I'm begging you, please kill me...please...end this, I can't take it anymore. Kill me". Jim shook Melinda gently "honey wake up" he said softly, a few seconds later Melinda's eyelids fluttered open and hot tears burned their way down her cheeks, she sat up and looked at the clock -4:00am...right on time-she thought wryly. Jim's arms were around Melinda in a heartbeat and she melted into his embrace, "you okay?" Jim asked, Melinda just gave a weak nod and climbed off of the bed, Jim watched curiously as she padded over to the balcony doors and typed in her code, she walked barefoot onto the freezing cold decking-style wooden floor. Melinda ignored the fact that the ridges of the wood were digging into her feet and walked straight over to the railing, breathing in the crisp morning air and looking out onto the beautiful greenery surrounding them Melinda sighed, she was so involved in her musings that she didn't even notice that Jim had followed her outside, he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and rubbed soothing circles on her stomach.
Melinda leaned back on him and they stood in silence for a few minutes before Jim effortlessly lifted her by putting one hand behind her back and the other under her knees, she wanted to thank him, to tell him that she appreciated everything he was doing for her, but she just couldn't bring herself to speak. "you need to get some sleep honey, the day's gonna be full of plans and shopping for next week...do you still wanna go on the trip?" he asked, Melinda gave a small smile and leaned up to kiss his chin softly, Jim smiled "I'll take that as a yes" he said, he carried her in from the cold and lay her gently on the bed, "you need to relax" he whispered to her softly, he wiped the tears from Melinda's cheeks and kissed each one softly. Melinda closed her eyes and allowed her body to relax completely, Jim ran his hands down her neck and over her shoulders before using them to trace the soft curve of her waist, "sleep" he whispered then went back up in reverse and repeated it until Melinda's breathing evened out, he pressed a soft kiss to her lips and turned off the light before pulling her into his arms and rubbing soothing circles on her back and whispering "ssshh, I'm here, you're okay" every time he felt her stir, eventually Jim felt the familiar call of sleep too and prayed that Melinda's dreams would be as peaceful as his were.
It was 7:30am on Friday morning when Olivia's alarm went off rousing her from her disturbed sleep, she had spent most of the night worrying and crying and fretting over Melinda, Christopher had held her and whispered words of comfort as they read her file, he had decided to take the day off of work in order to spend a day with the family and prepare for their trip- if Melinda still wanted to go. Olivia rolled out of bed and padded down the stairs into the kitchen where Christopher handed her a cup of coffee and kissed her forehead, "I went upstairs as soon as I woke up, Jim's in Melinda's room and they both seem very comfortable ,if you know what I mean" Christopher said with a chuckle, Olivia smiled "I was worried that she wouldn't want to be around Jim after what happened but I guess I was wrong, I'm so glad that she can find comfort somewhere... but I can't help wondering if she'll ever let me in, I feel like we're on the outside, -you know?" she confided sadly, Christopher sat down at the table "I understand how you feel honey, but you just have to trust that one day she'll look at us and see a family instead of just...legal guardians. It's got to be hard for her you know? Her parents only died a matter of months ago and she's only been out of hospital for six weeks, she never really got a chance to deal with everything, after reading what happened I definitely understand things a little better. Like on the first day she came here, when I stuck my hand out for her to shake she closed her eyes and...she...she looked terrified. I thought I had done something wrong but I guess she had some kind of flash-back, how are we gonna get her to take her medicine?" he asked. Olivia opened the large pharmacy bag on the counter and poured out the contents, there was a large box of a medicine called NANDROLONE DECANOATE, she opened the box and sighed "how on earth are we meant to give her this?" she asked hopelessly-the box contained eight thin 1ml syringes in individual plastic packets which had peel-off lids, there were also eight tiny glass vials filled with the medicine to just over the 1ml mark, they had special caps which could be pierced by the needle without letting any medicine leak out. "After what they did to her?! No wonder she stopped taking her medication, couldn't they give it to her in a pill?" Olivia asked, Christopher chook his head regretfully " said that in such extreme cases we don't have time to wait for a pill to work, it's for her anaemia, without it she'll start passing out and get really weak. It has to be injected into a muscle" he said.
Olivia sighed and pulled the next thing from the bag, it was a similar sized box labelled IMMUNOGLOBIN (IgG) replacement, Olivia opened it and let out a groan of frustration "more needles? This is ridiculous, Melinda's never gonna want to sit back and let us use her as a pin cushion" she complained- the box contained the same number of syringes and vials as the other medicine. Christopher nodded "that one's for her immune system...without it she could get all sort of illnesses and infections because right now her body is way too weak to fight anything off", Olivia pulled a bottle out which read ARTIFICIAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT "no guesses what this is for...300 calories per pill, surely that's not enough" she said worriedly, Christopher nodded "that's what I said but the doc. said that she wants to get Melinda eating instead of relying on these, unfortunately they won't make her gain any weight and they're not enough to keep her going if she doesn't start eating properly, but something's better than nothing I guess" he said. The next bottle was VITAMIN B5, underneath was written TREATMENT OF MARASMUS, "Marasmus?" Olivia asked looking completely perplexed, "that's exactly what I said when I read it...it's a fancy word for starvation, Melinda's pretty much being treated for anorexia...which means that eventually if it doesn't work they will resort to an inpatient facility and a feeding tube. We just need to help her face her fears...it's not the food she's scared of, it's what happens because of it- the torture, the assaults, the beatings...and now the flash-backs." The next few bottles of pills were various vitamins to be taken daily, Olivia re packed all of them in the bag and lay her head on crossed arms on the kitchen table.
"Do you think Melinda will still want to go camping?" Olivia asked randomly a little while later, they were now down in the swimming pool watching Holly, Mitch and Alexis splash around, Christopher rubbed the stubble on his chin the way he always did when he was thinking, "I think so, she'll probably be happy to leave everything behind for a while, it'll take her mind off starting school as well I guess. I think it will be good for her, Jim mentioned that they bought a new tent when they went on that little shopping trip so I guess they've decided to share. Do you think...do you think that we're doing the right thing, you know, by letting them get so close? I mean it's been great for Holly and Mitch, it's worked out perfectly so far and I can't see them ever breaking up...but Melinda and Jim...I know he would never intentionally hurt her but I can't help but think that one day he might get...carried away while their messing around and scare the hell out of her. I just worry that by letting her become so involved with him we're setting them both up for a huge fall" Christopher said worriedly, Olivia sighed "I think that no medicine in the world can heal your heart or soul, it's all fine and dandy giving her a drug-cocktail, but she's lost the only two people that she got love from in the world and I think that she really needs that from us right now, if she can find it with Jim then I'm happy for them both...I'm not saying that there won't be a few bumps along the road, but in the long-term I think it could be good for them, Jim needs her just as much as she does him" she said. Olivia kissed Christopher softly and jumped down off of the side of the pool "come on, catch me if you can!" she yelled swimming away as fast as she could, "I do love a challenge" Chris mumbled before diving after her.
On the top floor of the house at 8:00am, Jim was stirring out of his peaceful sleep and his heart swelled with joy when he realised he still had Melinda in his arms, he pressed a soft kiss to her head and padded to the bathroom and then downstairs to say good morning to everyone, when he saw that it was completely empty he jogged down to the lower ground games room, the room wrapped around in a sort of 'L' shape and past the couch and TV there was a glass sliding door which led to the indoor pool, Jim could see everyone splashing around and paused for a moment just to watch their smiling faces as they chased each other and the girls squealed with delight every time Mitch sent a wall of water their way with his arm, Jim chuckled and headed into the room, everyone greeted him 'good morning' and climbed out to give him wet hugs and kisses. Holly and Alexis jumped him one at a time and wrapped their arms and legs around him completely soaking his t-shirt then jumped back in the pool with squeals and giggles "thanks for that guys! You're real funny!" Jim said trying to sound angry but the huge smile on his face gave him away, "can I talk to you for a sec?" he asked Christopher and Olivia, they nodded and followed him into the games room with towels wrapped around them, "I haven't shown Melinda the pool yet, you think she'll wanna come and join you?" he asked more to himself than anyone, Christopher smiled "ask her" he replied simply.
Jim nodded "anyway, I just thought that you guys should know...Melinda had kind of a rough night, she had nightmares from the time she fell asleep until I woke her up at 4:00am, she was...she talked in her sleep, more like cried." Jim said, Olivia bit her lip and pleaded with Jim with her eyes to tell her more, Jim's face softened "she does that too, you know...bites her lip" he mused "umm, yeah, so she was like shivering and...she was asking...-" Jim shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other "-...she was begging...to be killed" he finally finished with a sigh, Olivia's eyes filled with tears immediately, she was always a sensitive person but it seemed as though the thought of Melinda in any kind of pain always made her a little extra emotional. "What exactly did she say?" Christopher asked, always the one to find out the facts and then step back to assess the situation, Jim ran a hand through his hair as he always did when he was stressed "she kept on repeating...please kill me, please end this...I can't take it anymore, just kill me... That was when I couldn't take it anymore, I mean I couldn't just lay there and listen to her beg for death, so I woke her up. She cried for a while and went out onto the balcony and then I brought her back to bed and helped her get back to sleep", Christopher nodded deep in thought. " Olive Crest told us that Melinda woke up every morning at 4:00am without fail and refused to go back to sleep...How did you get her to do it?" Olivia asked curiously, "I just held her and...-" Jim trailed off remembering the way he had kissed her and run his hand up and down her body "do you really need to know?" he asked hoping that they would just drop it, Olivia laughed "I guess not, well, whatever works I guess. Why don't you go ask her if she wants to come down for a swim?" she suggested.
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