Chapter 3:Take These Broken Wings
Mark just held Susan in his arms and let her cry. He had dreamed of the day when he would see her again but had never even in his worst nightmares had imagined anyone would ever be capable of doing this to Susan. Seeing her like this was hurting him more than when she had left.
"Don't worry, cry if you want, your safe here, I will never hurt you never." Said Mark soothingly
"Don't let go of me Mark, just don't let go" Susan sobbed.
Susan was tired and scared but being in Mark's arms made her feel safe, she could trust Mark Greene with her life being with him despite the horrific circumstances that had brought them together again made her feel warm inside.
Mark and Susan had been standing at his font door for 10 minutes now and it was a freezing November night so he invited her inside not really caring what Elizabeth would think when she got home in the morning, anyway he knew Elizabeth would understand.
"Susan come inside, it is too cold for me and you to be standing here at the front door." Mark requested.
"Ok Mark" Susan who still had her head buried in Mark's shoulder whispered.
Mark, frightened of how Susan may react if he tried to let go of her gently lifted her up and carried her over to the lounge.
"Susan, What happened to you? I'm sorry to ask but I really need to know." Mark asked softly.
"Well, Well" she stopped, Susan had started to hyperventilate as a result of thinking about what had happened.
"It is okay Susan, just breathe deeply, you don't have to tell me now, we'll talk later, wanna try and get some sleep?" Mark asked her trying to calm her down.
"No Mark, I need to tell someone, I can't sleep anyway, every time I close my eyes I see him, I feel him, I hear him, I smell him." Susan replied breathlessly.
"Susan, Who do you see? What did they do?" Mark prodded gently
"Div Cvetic" Susan whispered beginning to cry again.
"Div Cvetic as in the doctor you used to go out with, who left you on Christmas Eve 1994 after he got depressed and went psycho?" Mark asked surprised.
"Yeah he had moved to Phoenix and I started seeing him again and we got married and he went off the rails again and he started hitting me and the he started raping me and the three nights ago he did this because I came home from work late." Susan said barely able to speak through her tears, which were falling a lot harder now.
"Oh God Susan." Mark uttered astonished as he wrapped his arms around Susan's back and placed her head on his shoulder trying to comfort her, to make her feel safe.
Ten minutes later Susan had stopped crying and was falling asleep on mark's shoulder.
"Susan, do you want to go or do you want to stay here?' Mark asked her gently.
"Can I stay here please?" Susan asked tiredly
"Sure, lets get you up to the spare room and I'll see if I can find you some pyjamas." Mark replied.
Mark went to his bedroom to retrieve a pair of Elizabeth's pyjamas for Susan to wear while Susan went to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth.
"Here you go Susan." Mark said handing Susan the pair of pyjamas he had found.
"Thanks Mark, Who do these pyjamas belong to anyway, Their certainly not yours
or at least I hope there not" joked Susan noting the floral pattern on the pyjamas.
"Look Susan go to sleep now and we'll talk more in the morning" Mark replied yawning.
"Will you stay here with me?" Asked Susan quietly
"Of course I will Susan" Mark said getting into the bed "Now come on lets get some sleep."
"thank you" Whispered Susan as she to got in to the bed and fell in to a restless sleep.
...
I was 6:50am when Elizabeth finally got home from work. It had been a hard shift and she was looking forward to cuddling up with Mark and getting some much- needed sleep. She opened the front door and let herself inside.
The door slammed shut behind Elizabeth and the next thing she heard was a woman screaming. Elizabeth ran upstairs to find A woman in her early thirties sitting bolt upright in the guest bed next to Mark who had just woken up. Susan was shaking, terrified The door slamming had woken her up and she had forgotten where she was, she was sure that Div had come to get her.
Elizabeth had recognised that the woman had been abused and instead of yelling at Mark she apologised to Susan.
"I'm sorry I woke you up, I didn't know you were here." Elizabeth said quietly.
"Elizabeth?" Mark questioned stunned.
"Mark, who is she? What is she doing here? Elizabeth questioned.
"Mark, You should have told me you were living with someone, I would have never stayed and I certainly would have not shared a bed with you." Susan interupeted blushing.
"Elizabeth this is Susan Lewis, She is an old friend who needed my help and support through a difficult time." Mark explained.
"Susan the reason I didn't tell you about Elizabeth is that I knew you would leave and I didn't want that." Mark told her.
"Elizabeth will you stay with Susan today? I have to work and I don't want her to be alone." Mark asked Elizabeth.
"Yeah sure" Elizabeth replied.
Mark just held Susan in his arms and let her cry. He had dreamed of the day when he would see her again but had never even in his worst nightmares had imagined anyone would ever be capable of doing this to Susan. Seeing her like this was hurting him more than when she had left.
"Don't worry, cry if you want, your safe here, I will never hurt you never." Said Mark soothingly
"Don't let go of me Mark, just don't let go" Susan sobbed.
Susan was tired and scared but being in Mark's arms made her feel safe, she could trust Mark Greene with her life being with him despite the horrific circumstances that had brought them together again made her feel warm inside.
Mark and Susan had been standing at his font door for 10 minutes now and it was a freezing November night so he invited her inside not really caring what Elizabeth would think when she got home in the morning, anyway he knew Elizabeth would understand.
"Susan come inside, it is too cold for me and you to be standing here at the front door." Mark requested.
"Ok Mark" Susan who still had her head buried in Mark's shoulder whispered.
Mark, frightened of how Susan may react if he tried to let go of her gently lifted her up and carried her over to the lounge.
"Susan, What happened to you? I'm sorry to ask but I really need to know." Mark asked softly.
"Well, Well" she stopped, Susan had started to hyperventilate as a result of thinking about what had happened.
"It is okay Susan, just breathe deeply, you don't have to tell me now, we'll talk later, wanna try and get some sleep?" Mark asked her trying to calm her down.
"No Mark, I need to tell someone, I can't sleep anyway, every time I close my eyes I see him, I feel him, I hear him, I smell him." Susan replied breathlessly.
"Susan, Who do you see? What did they do?" Mark prodded gently
"Div Cvetic" Susan whispered beginning to cry again.
"Div Cvetic as in the doctor you used to go out with, who left you on Christmas Eve 1994 after he got depressed and went psycho?" Mark asked surprised.
"Yeah he had moved to Phoenix and I started seeing him again and we got married and he went off the rails again and he started hitting me and the he started raping me and the three nights ago he did this because I came home from work late." Susan said barely able to speak through her tears, which were falling a lot harder now.
"Oh God Susan." Mark uttered astonished as he wrapped his arms around Susan's back and placed her head on his shoulder trying to comfort her, to make her feel safe.
Ten minutes later Susan had stopped crying and was falling asleep on mark's shoulder.
"Susan, do you want to go or do you want to stay here?' Mark asked her gently.
"Can I stay here please?" Susan asked tiredly
"Sure, lets get you up to the spare room and I'll see if I can find you some pyjamas." Mark replied.
Mark went to his bedroom to retrieve a pair of Elizabeth's pyjamas for Susan to wear while Susan went to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth.
"Here you go Susan." Mark said handing Susan the pair of pyjamas he had found.
"Thanks Mark, Who do these pyjamas belong to anyway, Their certainly not yours
or at least I hope there not" joked Susan noting the floral pattern on the pyjamas.
"Look Susan go to sleep now and we'll talk more in the morning" Mark replied yawning.
"Will you stay here with me?" Asked Susan quietly
"Of course I will Susan" Mark said getting into the bed "Now come on lets get some sleep."
"thank you" Whispered Susan as she to got in to the bed and fell in to a restless sleep.
...
I was 6:50am when Elizabeth finally got home from work. It had been a hard shift and she was looking forward to cuddling up with Mark and getting some much- needed sleep. She opened the front door and let herself inside.
The door slammed shut behind Elizabeth and the next thing she heard was a woman screaming. Elizabeth ran upstairs to find A woman in her early thirties sitting bolt upright in the guest bed next to Mark who had just woken up. Susan was shaking, terrified The door slamming had woken her up and she had forgotten where she was, she was sure that Div had come to get her.
Elizabeth had recognised that the woman had been abused and instead of yelling at Mark she apologised to Susan.
"I'm sorry I woke you up, I didn't know you were here." Elizabeth said quietly.
"Elizabeth?" Mark questioned stunned.
"Mark, who is she? What is she doing here? Elizabeth questioned.
"Mark, You should have told me you were living with someone, I would have never stayed and I certainly would have not shared a bed with you." Susan interupeted blushing.
"Elizabeth this is Susan Lewis, She is an old friend who needed my help and support through a difficult time." Mark explained.
"Susan the reason I didn't tell you about Elizabeth is that I knew you would leave and I didn't want that." Mark told her.
"Elizabeth will you stay with Susan today? I have to work and I don't want her to be alone." Mark asked Elizabeth.
"Yeah sure" Elizabeth replied.