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.
