Betrayal part 3

Betrayal part 3

"Whoever this is, it better be someone important."

"Josh, you gotta come here. Get Toby and...I don't know, maybe even Leo."

"You want me to call Leo at," Josh squinted his eye at the clock. "5 o'clock on a Saturday morning? Are you completely-"

"CJ's been raped."

Josh's eyes shot open. "I'll be right there. Give me 20 minutes," Then a second thought came to mind. "Don't let her shower," he added hastily.

"We're in her office."

5:30 Saturday

Josh and Toby both walked/ran into CJ's office at such a speed, the empty offices only echoed the sounds of their footsteps. The two roughly shaved men were immediatly greeted by a pale looking, blanket covered CJ sitting on the sofa across from Sam's equally pale self sitting in the office chair in front of her desk. Josh walked to CJ and bent partially at the waist so his face was eyes level with hers.

"What happened?" He asked softly, sliding next to her right on the sofa.

"What the hell happened?" Leo McGarry shouted as he threw open the unlocked door.

CJ blinked, half surprised, half furious. "Leo? What are you doing here?" She demanded as harshly as she could, shooting a rather pathetic look at Sam, who was loosening his tie.

"CJ, my god," Leo pulled an idle folding chair from the wall and sat diagonal from her left. "Josh told me...that....Bernez raped you. We're gonna deal with this, ok? We'll get you...." the older man paused, not quite sure of what to say. How to complete the sentence? Get you through this? Get you over this? He finally settled on, "...medical attention." He shot a glace at Toby. "Call Dr. Peterson. Number's under Special Care. He specializes in treating high profile victims. Tell him to get over here, like ten minutes ago."

Toby nodded then left the room.

"Should we tell the president?" Josh asked, finally finding his voice. "He has a right to know-"

CJ shook her head violently. "No, no. I....no!"

Sam leaned over, resting his elbows on his knees. "He'd want to know. How about we wait till you're with the doctor, then we'll call him down here. Or tell him over the phone. Whatever."

The visibly shaking young woman slowly nodded her head. "Fine," she answered in a whisper.

Toby reentered the room. "He's here. Come on, CJ, Dr. Perterson can examine you in the facilites."

"Toby..." CJ said quietly. "I...I don't want to be left alone with him...please...I, I can't be-"

Toby gingerly lift the press secretary to her feet. "Shhh. I'll stay, I promise. And I'll have my back turned the whole time." He said with a wink, thinking back to the swimming pool accident.

With that, the two left the room.

As soon as CJ and Toby were out of earshot, Leo dialed the residents' number. "Mr. President..." he began. "Yeah, I know it's early..... In CJ's office. No, no nuculear bombs have been dropped...... Jed, CJ"s been...raped. Mr. President, you don't have to.....CJ's office."

To be continued. It'll get better, I promise. I just needed a transition. Look for a part a night, I'm thinking it'll get to about 10-15 parts.