Hey everyone. We are still in the month of April. Let me know if I'm moving to slow with things and I'll speed up and get to the good stuff that I hinted at. Just didn't want to make this story to rushed. Starts with the April 13 2018 episode and goes through April 20 2018 but for part of this I changed the dialogue so it kind of goes along with the show but it changes after the scene in Griffin's office. To xXBalorBabeXx thanks for the awesome suggestion. I wasn't sure what to do about Frank but you've given me a great idea.
Entering gh, Nelle saw Griffin coming her way. "Hey. I wasn't expecting you." She said. "Yeah. I saw I had an appointment with you so I decided to come get you myself." He said with a smile.
"What brings you here?" "I need you to tell me I'm not crazy." She said and he raised his eyebrows. "Ok. Well let's go to my office."
"So, I've been having these incidents where I see or hear things, and then what I've seen and heard isn't there." She said. "Ok. So if this is happening to you, then why does Carly think something's wrong and you don't?" "Oh, I think something's wrong, but I don't think it has anything to do with my health."
"It started a few weeks ago. I started getting phone calls and they were traced to the location where I was raped." She whispered, beginning to rub her temples and Griffin hoped she wasn't having a flashback. "Carly. She whined, an image of one of the men forcing himself inside her mouth hitting her full force. "Nelle. Hey it's Griffin." He said softly, not touching her, remembering Carly's warning and quickly dialing Carly's number.
"You wanted her to see a neurologist?" Bobbie asked and Carly nodded. "I did. She's saying things are happening to her related to her rape and how she got me sent to Ferncliff." She said before her phone rang. "Hey Griffin. Is everything alright?" She said as she answered the phone. "You need to get down here." He said and she frowned when she heard whimpering in the background. "I'm on my way." She said.
"Griffin. What's happened?" She demanded as she crashed through his office door before noticing Nelle. "Hey, sweetheart. It's Carly." She said, taking a seat a few feet away and speaking softly. "Please stop. I don't want this." Nelle shrieked, and all Carly wanted to do was scoop her up in her arms. "Hey Nelle look at me. I'm here. You're ok. You're at gh." She whispered. After about 20 minutes of Carly talking softly Nelle opened her eyes and franticly looked around the room before she made eye contact with Carly.
She immediately launched herself at her and Carly held her tight, rocking slowly. "You're ok. It's over." She whispered, running her hand softly through the girls hair as Nelle cried into her neck. "The calls. T-they were from a phone booth near where I was-" She started, breaths beginning to come in quick succession. "Hey shh. Just breathe." Carly encouraged, leaning Nelle back against her chest and taking several deep breaths. "T-this is like what I did to you about M-Morgan." She choked out, clutching Carly's arm. "The c-calls I made w-were close to where he... he..." She tried to get out but the lack of oxygen was making that rather difficult.
"Nelle, listen to me. Don't worry about what you did to me. I forgive you." She said softly, pressing a kiss to her head and frowning as she saw her hands were shaking and she had broken out into a cold sweat. I need you to breathe. Can you do that?" She whispered, glancing at Griffin who was documenting things in the computer.
"C-can't. I-I'm going crazy. Y-you don't believe me." She said and Carly's frown deepened as she placed a hand on Nelle's heaving chest, eyes widening at the frantic heartbeats she could feel under her palm. "Shhh. I just need you to breathe. You can do it. I know you can." She cooed, shifting Nelle to lean sideways with her head resting on her chest, above her heart. "There you go. That's it. Just breathe. Nice and easy." She encouraged after a bit as the rhythm of her heartbeat had the desired effect and Nelle gradually began to calm, breathing returning to normal until they were breathing in tandem.
"Good girl." She whispered, still cradling Nelle in her arms, sighing when her eyes began to close. "Hey. Are you awake?" "'M tired." She mumbled and Carly nodded. "I know you are, but I need you to finish talking to Griffin." ." "Stay." She pleated and Carly nodded. "I'll stay right here." She whispered.
"I had to go." Nelle screamed two days later and Carly just gave her a look. "Why in the hell would you go to the place where you were raped?" She yelled, this being the worst argument they'd had since that day in Nina's office. This, after all was Frank's goal, to drive a wedge between them and it appeared to be working.
"There was a note that said come if you want answers." She said, now completely exasperated. "You mean the flyer with the disappearing message?" Carly responded harshly and Nelle sighed. This was so not what she wanted. She hated fighting with Carly, more now so since they'd gotten closer. "Dante caught them. I don't know what else you'd want to know." She yelled, the sound of their raised voices drawing Sonny's attention who tentatively stuck his head in the doorway. "I thought I'd seen the last of this." He said dryly and they both whipped around, glaring at him.
"She... She..." Nelle started before stopping and exiting the room. "Carly? What the hell was that?" He asked, stunned that they had even been fighting in the first place. "She." Carly said, motioning to Nelle's retreatingback, went to the place where they took her." She snapped, beginning to pace. "Why?" He questioned, eyebrows raising in shock.
"Apparently she got another note." "Where is it?" "It's gone. It's was one of those disappearing messages." She said with a sigh, dropping into a kitchen chair and rubbing her face.
"She doesn't believe me, Bobbie." Nelle whispered, tears springing to her eyes and she let out a sigh, hating this for them both. "I'm not crazy. Someone is setting me up." She insisted before hearing a familiar voice from behind her. "Yes, someone is, Jannelle."
Turning around, she came face to face with her father, the one and only Frank Benson.