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Chapter 26- It Takes Time
"How is she?" asked Julian as he embraced Brooke in his arms.
"She's, she's ok. She woke up earlier but she was soo confused and distressed, the doctors put her to sleep." said Brooke.
Julian sighed and pulled her into his arms again, "When should she wake back up?"
Brooke shrugged her shoulders and looked down at Riley, "Anytime now, hopefully."
He nodded his head and walked over to Riley, he sat down gently next to her on the bed.
He studied her broken body and he quickly wiped the tear away that feel down his cheek.
"Hey Rye, everythings safe now, i promise. Im so sorry i wasn't there for you Rye."
He took her bruised hand gently and kissed her forehead.
Brooke bit her lip as her eyes filled up watching the scene infront of her.
She had always wanted Julian, Riley, Sam and her to be a family.
Just not under these circumstances.
Julian stood up and put his hands on Brooke shoulders,she looked up at him and he kissed her forehead also.
"Im here now, i wish i could of been here earlier, im never leaving you again."
Brooke half smiled, "Its fine, you were working Julian."
"Doesn't matter, all that matters to me are my girls."
Brooke smiled and they softly kissed each other, "I love you Julian."
"I love you more, Brooke Davis."
Brooke and Julian sat down on the two seats at either side of Riley.
When they heard a noise,
Brookes eyes widened as her and Julian sat up and took Riley's hands.
"Riley, is that you baby?" gasped Brooke.
The tension was overwhelming,.....
just when they were about to relax and continue to wait,
they heard it again.
A quiet moan.
"Riley?" asked Brooke again, strocking her daughters face.
"Mum..?" said a quiet voice.
Julian shot up off his seat, "I'll go get a doctor."
Brooke nodded her head but never took her eyesight of Riley,
"Baby, im here, open your eyes."
Their was another moan, this time a little louder.
Brooke began to cry with happiness as Riley slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh Riley, you scared me." she said, as she happily kissed her daughter.
"Mum, what happened?" mumbled Riley.
Brooke frozze and sat back a little.
"Sweetie? You can't remember what happened?"
Riley slowly, painfully, shook her head,
"No, what happened, Mum?"
Oh, boy.
Brooke gulped and sent Julian a worried look, as he came in with the Doctor.
"So she can't remember any of her attack?" asked Brooke, as her, Julian and Haley sat in the doctors office.
"No, nothing. Her memory should come back to her in time, it appears Riley has RTS."
"RTS?" asked Julian.
"Rape Trauma Syndrome. It is common for rape victims, however the individuals degree of RTS depends on many factors."
Haley looked at Brooke, who sat their quietly breaking.
She cleared her throat and spoke, "Such as?"
"Such as, age and previous life experiences, the victims emotional state prior to the attack, and the degree of violence the rapist used."
"How bad is Riley?" asked Brooke in a quiet husky voice.
"Well Miss Davis, its hard to say right now, but i would suggest she is pretty bad. Riley can't remember anything of her attack, this is no suprise as she was part of a brutal attack."
Brooke bit her lip, "What do we do?"
"Well, we have to remember that Recovery takes time. Survivors must allow themselves to remember the rape and feel whatever feelings it will bring, even though this is often very difficult and painful. They need to work through the experience, and integrate it into their lives so they can move on. It won't be easy for Riley, or the family."
They all nodded, taking it all in.
"There can also be physical, cognitive and behavioural symptoms of RTS."
Julian spoke, as the two women sat in silence holding each others hand.
"What are these symptoms?"
"Well for physical, the most common symptoms include; confusion and disorientation, which we have already seen in Riley. Eating problems, many victims get the feeling of not being good enough, causing them to eat more, or less. Sleeping problems, such as nightmares. Physical pain from attacks, which we already know Riley will have..."
The doctor looked at the 3, who quietly took in what she was telling them, she hated telling familys this, ....
"The behavioural and cognitive symptoms include, increased alertness, concentration problems, speach difficulty, crying, increased washing or bathing...., the fear of being alone, realationship problems, sucidal thoughts, anger or desire for revenge, and, depression."
Brooke let out a painful cry and Julian rocked her in his arms.
Haley looked at the floor, as the tears fell down her face also.
"Im so sorry to tell you this, it will be very hard, but we will get Riley through this. I can see that she has a strong family supporting her."
Brooke pulled out of Julian and pulled herself together.
"We will help her through this, we will be there for her."
The doctor smiled, "You and the family must watch out for such behavioural and cognitive symptoms."
They nodded.
"Miss Davis?" asked the Doctor as they began to stand up.
"Yes?"
"Now that Riley has woken up, it would be better if we did the exammination soon. However, Riley does not yet know about her rape, we can tell her if you can't?"
"No, i will tell her" replied Brooke.
How could she tell Riley?....But she had to, now.
The doctor nodded and smiled as they walked out the room.
The 3 looked at each other in the corridor,
"Don't worry Brooke, this will get better, we are all here." said Haley rubbing Brookes arm.
"Yeah baby, we can help her."
Brooke nodded, "Well i best go talk to Riley, i think i should do this alone.
They nodded in agreement, "We'll be waiting out here for you."
Brooke half smiled,
then she turned around and dragged her shaken, exhausted body to her daughters door,
"You can do this Brooke, you have to do this, for Riley. Your Riley." she said to herself as she slowly reached for the door handle.
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