It was almost the end of the day and Deacon was hoping to avoid Chris, but she appeared while he was packing up.
"I get you and I aren't on the bests of terms right not but why would you include her?" She asks staying calm, but her eyes reflected anger
"Hello to you too"
"What is wrong with you?" She asks
"Really? I should be asking you that! What is going on with you" Deacon says truthfully
"And the first thing you assume is that it is Isla?" Chris asks
"Well you weren't saying anything" Deacon argues "and you seemed really upset after that walk with her"
"I said nothing happened" Chris says "I can deal with my own problems"
"Can you?" Deacon asks "you have been avoiding everyone ever since this case started"
"That is not true" Chris says, then the team enters
"What is going on?" Luca asks
"Let's not-"
"Chris" Deacon says, getting angry "what is going on, did Isla say something?"
"You couldn't be further from the truth" Chris says
"Isla is very close to you Chris" Hondo says, trying to defuse the situation "you have been distant lately. Deacon wants to know if you are ok"
"Stay out of this" Chris says putting up a hand "All week I've been trying to not get pissed"
"Then answer me!" Deacon yells, anger taking over
"Nothing happened and it wasn't Isla" Chris answers
"Something did. Or else you would go home"
"It's my life, I have a right to decide what happens. So stop acting like I'm a kid"
"I think you just don't want to admit something is wrong"
"Well I certainly wouldn't tell you! I am telling you that it isn't her! I spend a lot of time with her because Isla needs someone she can relate to" Chris answers "and you can't do that!"
"Like you can" Deacon scoffs "you don't know what it is like to go through what she did!" The room falls silent, eyes going to Chris. Her cool manner fading, she looks at Deacon sullenly, hands balling into fists. Tears form in her eyes, but only a fool would mistake them anything but anger
"Do you?" Street asks, piecing it together
"Chris" Luca says, getting to the same conclusion "please don't say-"
"Have you ever been drugged?" She whispers, shaking with anger "have you ever been kidnapped? Have you been beaten till you saw black? Have you ever been raped?" It takes a few moments for Deacon to realize she was asking him
"No"
"Do you know what's it's like to not own your own body?!" She shouts turning to the rest of the guys "do you?!"
"Chris I-l" Deacon says, realizing how wrong he was
"Do I know what's it like Deacon?" she says angered "the answer is yes, yes I do! Are you happy now?!"
"We- I-"
"Shut up!" She shouts "don't talk to me ever again!"
"Chris stop" Luca says "we can fix this"
"No we can't" Chris says "there is no 'we', I didn't sign up for this. I didn't sign up to be humiliated"
"Chris I'm sorry, I didn't know" Deacon begging "please"
"Don't look at me" Chris says disgusted "stop looking at me like I am someone you need to fix!" the guys turn away, and she storms out, the door slamming shut. A few minutes past before someone speaks again
"All this time, and we had no idea"
"I can't believe we didn't see it sooner"
"What hell did we do?"
"Not we, me. What have I done?" Deacon says