Disclaimer: I do not own anyone, all events are fictional.
The Aftermath….
On the truck ride home, Hunter continued to doubt himself for not ending Nick's life. Carly had sobbed most of the way. She felt dirty and humiliated. Hunter felt helpless, it was his job to protect her, to love her, to make her feel safe.
Hunter helped Carly out of the truck, he attempted to carry her, but she refused. He felt like his heart was going to explode. He guided her by holding her up by her waist. Hunter was grateful that the apartment lobby was vacant, other than the doorman, the last thing Carly needed were people starring and asking her questions.
The doorman had a look of horror and concern when he saw the two enter the building. "Can I help Mr. Helmsley?"
"NO! (Hunter answered more harshly then he meant to)." Carly jumped at his tone. "Baby I'm sorry."
The doorman understood, he could see something horrific had happened. "I will get the elevator."
The two arrived inside the penthouse, Tyson immediately came to greet them, but stopped when Hunter waved him back. Hunter placed Carly on the bed, "I'll be right back." Carly just laid in the fetal position. Hunter stepped into the kitchen and pulled out his cell, he didn't want to make this call, but knew Carly needed this.
Hello Sophia, this Hunter… (she immediately lit into him for not getting things back on track with her and her daughter)…SOPHIA, JUST STOP (his nerves could not take her attitude right now)…Carly needs you, can you get over to our apartment right now…I don't want to go over this on the phone…Please just come, I will explain when you get here… (he hung up without listening to anything else)
He started to make hot tea for Carly and all of what happen today flooded him, he leaned on the counter and felt himself tear up again. "You got get it together", he whispered to himself. He was pulled from his thoughts by the ringing of the doorbell and Tyson barking. "Fuck".
He opened the door to find Dave, Shawn, Jason, and Melina. "Where is she? "Melina asking in a panic voice.
Hunter stopped her. "She doesn't need drama, you hear me."
Dave rubbed her back, "try to calm down babe, Hunt is right."
"I need to see her." Melina headed for the bedroom door.
Hunter jumped in front of her. "I called her mom, she should see her first. Please for once think of someone other than yourself."
Melina was about to tell him off, but Dave jumped in. "Babe this is not the time, everyone needs to calm down. Okay!" He felt a headache coming on, there had been enough upset for one day. "I'm going to the car to get my med's."
"Hunt I'm sorry, is she okay?" Did he rap…" Melina was cut off.
"NO! Please Perez, just have a seat and once her mom is here you can see her." Hunter went back into the bedroom to sit with Carly.
"I got to make a call." Jason headed towards the spare bedroom for privacy, he had to make sure the hospital received the anonymous call to get the wounded Nick from the parking garage, and also verify Carly's car had been towed and locked at the body shop. They didn't want any clues left behind.
Melina and Shawn were left alone. "She will be okay Mel, she is a tough cookie." Shawn walked over to Melina and put his arms around her from the behind.
Melina leaned into his embraced. "What happened exactly?"
"Her car broke down at school, she was waiting outside for Jason and Nick showed up. That prick tried to force himself on her, luckily Jason showed before he could actually rape her. Jason beat the crap out of him. Hunt, Dave, and I showed up after the fact and well, Hunt almost finished him off. For once, I could do the right thing by him and stopped him from killing Nick."
Melina turned to face him and cupped his face. "Thank you, and you always do right by Hunt. He knows that."
Shawn leaned down and kissed her softly at first, and slowly the kiss turned into a passionate fury. Shawn began to tug at her shirt, pulling it off her shoulder. She shivered from the heat of his breathe kissing at her neck. Her fingers were entangled in his hair. "I want you so bad Mel." He moaned against her neck. "I want you too." They were startled by the ringing of the doorbell and the bedroom door opening. Melina pushed Shawn away, and turned her back to him.
"Couldn't one of you gotten the damn door?" Hunter walked passed them oblivious to their scurrying to look nonchalant.
Shawn looked at Melina, but she avoided his stare.
Hunter opened the door and Sophia was there with a very worried look on her face. "What is going on Hunter, where is Carly?"
"Please Sophia, just sit down."
"I don't want to sit, just tell me." She spat
"Carly is here, she was attacked today…" He was cut off
"I knew your lifestyle would do this, you bastard." Sophia started towards the living room.
Hunter threw his hands up. "It was her professor, and will please keep your voice down, she is resting."
"Why would her professor attack her? You're lying."
"I don't know you lady, but my brother is trying to tell you Carly was sexually attacked by one the professor's at the college." Shawn now had a deadly look on his face, he was not going to let this bitch take it out his brother.
Sophia slowly sat on the couch in shock. "How did this happen, and why isn't she at the hospital? I need to see her right now."
"She is in the bedroom Sophia and…" Again Hunter was cut off as Sophia walked aimlessly around the penthouse looking in each door until she found the master bedroom. Hunter followed and lightly put his hand on her shoulder. "Please she is really shaken, just go easy." Sophia could tell in his voice it was bad, she shook her head and opened the door to go in. Her heart instantly broke, she saw her baby girl curled into a ball. She walked over to her daughter and sat next to her and rubbed her back.
"Baby, mommy is here."
Carly instantly hugged her mother for dear life. "Mom, you're here,,," she began sob in her arms.
Sophia lifted her daughter's head. "Baby, no matter what goes on, I am always going to be here for you. Let me look at you." Sophia looked over her daughter and stroked her hair. "Baby we need to get you checked out."
"NO..NO…NO…Please, I don't want anyone to touch me." Tears streaming down her face.
"Shh baby..I will be right here with you, I just want a doctor to check you out. Please for mommy."
"He didn't rap…" She trailed off
"Baby I promise, just a quick check and he can give you something for your nerves." Sophia stroked her hair again and placed kisses on her face.
Carly shook her head okay.
"Just lay here for one minute, I'm going to make a call." She laid Carly back down.
Hunter was right outside the door.
"We need to get her to the doctor Hunter."
"She said she doesn't want anyone touching her." Hunter didn't want Carly to be upset anymore.
"I know, but we don't know exactly what happened. She also needs something to calm her down."
"I will call my doctor, he can come here."
"Will he document it? Sophia could see Hunter's hesitation. "If we decide to go to the Police."
"I took care of it, he won't bother her again." Hunter had a deadly look.
"I am sure you did, but…" It was Hunter's turn to cut her off.
"HE WILL NOT TOUCH HER AGAIN…UNLESS HE HAS A DEATH WISH!"
Sophia looked at him and she could see the anger in his eyes, it actually sent a chill up her spine. "Okay, but if you have to do that, what happens to Carly? She will be devastated."
"Let me worry about that." Hunter with an icy tone. He pulled out his cell and called the doctor. Sophia left him in the hall and went back to her daughter.
Meanwhile Shawn was trying to get Melina to talk to him about the kiss. "Mel you can't deny what just happened."
"Nothing happened, you and I were upset about Carly, and we…" Melina trailed off
"It did happen, and we wanted it to happen. You want me as much as I want you. Shawn tried to hug her, and she side stepped him.
"My husband is here, and will be back upstairs any minute. Just drop it, if you care, just leave me alone." Melina went out to the balcony and cried.
Shawn stood there dejected. "Hunt do you need me to stay tonight?"
"No man, Sophia will probably stay. Can you handle everything tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah sure. Call me if you need anything, and tell Carly the same." Shawn had to get out of there.
Dr. Chris Jericho arrived at Hunter's. He was a doctor that would make "special" house calls for the people in Hunter's line of work.
"Thanks for coming Chris. She is in the bedroom." Hunter was afraid that this would set Carly off.
Sophia looked up. "Who is this?"
Hunter sighed, this Dr. Jericho, he is here to check out Carly. Chris this is Carly's mother, Sophia."
"Nice to meet you Sophia." Chris walked around the bed, hello Carly."
Carly immediately tensed up. "Mom"
"Its okay baby, he just wants to have a look at you."
"Carly I won't do anything you are uncomfortable with, I promise." Hunter can you step outside." Chris smiled.
Hunter did as asked, he knew Carly did not need an audience.
"My mom gets to stay."
"Of course. Let me explain what I am going to do. We are going to clean up those wounds on your face and complete a vaginal exam. Are you okay with that?"
Carly looked at her mom, she didn't want to be touched, but she knew her mom would not let this rest. "Doctor I haven't been,,,,raped." She struggled to fight back the tears.
"If you don't want me to do the vaginal, that is okay Carly, whatever you want." Chris knew force was the wrong thing right now, she is feeling vulnerable.
"Baby, I'm right here, just let the Doctor do this. Okay?"
Carly agreed and Chris proceeded with his exam and cleaned up her cut lip and bruised cheeks.
"Okay Carly all done, I am going to give you a sedative and also write a prescription. Make sure to rest up, if you need to talk to with a counselor, I can recommend someone."
"No, I don't need a counselor."
Chris gave her a shot and tucked her in the sheets. He felt awful for what she has gone through.
Sophia kissed Carly on the head and walked out with Chris.
Poor Hunter was leaning on the wall with extreme worry. "So, is she okay Chris?"
Chris walked both Sophia and Hunter a few steps away from the bedroom door. "She will be fine, and there are no physical signs of a rape. She is very upset and in a vulnerable state right now. She will need patience and understanding. I recommend maybe seeing a counselor, just a few visits. I have written out a couple of prescriptions, for anxiety and pain. If you need anything else, give me a call."
Hunter and Sophia walked Chris out. Hunter had a sense of relief to know she was not raped, but knew she would need plenty of love and support from all of them. His biggest hurdle was everyone being on their best behavior.
"Sophia we need to be on the same page here, no bickering and cheap shots. We have to do this for Carly." Hunter almost had a pleading look.
"I agree, Carly is my focus, I will put my differences aside for now, and I will be staying here for as long as she needs me. Can you handle that?"
Hunter didn't like it, but he would suck it up. "That will be fine, I'm heading out to get her prescriptions." He stepped back into the master bedroom and sat on the bed. "I love you princess, and we will get through this together, I promise you." He stroked her hair.
"I'm sorry Hunter." Carly whimpered.
"This is not your fault, Nick is an asshole for what he did to you that little mother fucker. (He took a deep breath, he didn't want to scare her) He will never hurt you again." Hunter knew the guilt was part of process.
"It is my fault, if I could have fought harder, not stayed late.."
"Look at me Carly, this is not your fault, don't do that to yourself. You did nothing to deserve this, understand me. Please baby, just try and rest. I am going to get your prescriptions and I will be right back. I love you." He kissed her on her forehead.
Melina and Dave spent a few minutes with Carly before she drifted off. Dave knew his wife was acting strangely, but chose to not address it there. Dave knew they had to talk, but is he ready for the answers?
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Please review, this is my first fic. Please tell me what you think so far. Should Melina chose Shawn or stay with Dave. Will Hunter be exposed? Stay tuned. Thanks