Jessica woke up sometime later and was horrified to find that it was nearly dark and the sun had already set barely leaving much light. She gathered up the blanket and left. She was in lighthouse park and halfway home when all of a sudden there was a hand over her mouth and she was roughly pushed to the ground. She tried to scream but a hand muffled it. She looked up at a person wearing a mask, her eyes got wide in terror as she realized what was happening.
"No! No! Please don't do this!" she screamed but the hand made it sound like gibberish. She kicked and tried to claw but he was too strong.
"Don't worry, Jessie, this won't hurt, well, maybe a little." He said softly, whispering in her ear. He carefully unclothed her while she tried to struggle.
"But this is for making me mad." Said the man as he grabbed her hair with one hand and started banging her head against the ground. Jessica cried out in pain and terror as he pulled out a knife and it grazed her cheek, and then he slapped her again and again and she lost consciousness.
Miguel and Kay were taking a walk through the park talking about her confession when they saw something half-way behind a bush.
"What is that?" asked Miguel pointing.
"I don't know, it could be a homeless person." Said Kay.
"Let's go check it out anyway." Said Miguel moving closer.
"Oh my God! It's Jessica!" screamed Kay as she ran to her sister. Kay took off her jacket and placed it over Jessica's bloody and beaten body.
"I'll go get help!" said Miguel running off.
A few minutes later an ambulance came and took Jessica away as Kay ran home crying to get Charity and Grace.
Jessica woke up as they got to the hospital. Lights and objects sped by her as they wheeled her into a room. There was a pain in the lower part of her body and her head hurt and so did the rest of her so bad she moaned in pain. She then remembered what had happened and stared at her bruised arms in shock. Seconds later Eve Russell rushed in.
She looked sadly at Jessica with tears in her eyes as she went to hug her best friends daughter but Jessica hurriedly backed away as she continued to stare at her arms. Eve noticed that all she had was a jacket covering her body so she gave Jessica a hospital gown and waited outside as she put it on. When she went back in Jessica was curled up on the bed still just staring.
"Jessica, Sweetie. I need to examine you, okay?" asked Eve.
"No." said Jessica quietly.
"I can have another doctor come in here if that would make you more comfortable-"
"I said no." said Jessica in a deathly whisper.
"Okay, but I need to know what happened so I'm going to have a police officer come in. Do you want it to be Sam?"
Eve saw Jessica shake her head no and went into the hallway to get a police officer.
"I want to see my daughter." Said Sam as he stood up when Eve emerged from the room.
"Sam I have to have a police officer in there-." She didn't get to finish the sentence because Sam pushed his way around her and into Jessica's room Eve sighed and followed.
Sam looked at his youngest daughter and his heart broke. He knew she had been raped, Eve had implied as much and it tore his heart. She was barely recognizable, there was a gash across her cheek and her face was swollen, there were bruises on her arms...
"Jessica, it's okay honey we are going to find out what happened. I-I need you to tell me everything." He said hoping he could take it.
"Sam, let someone else-.'
"No. Jessica tell me everything."
Jessica didn't seem to hear him as she continued to stare, now at the wall.
"Please Jessica, tell Sam everything you remember." Said Eve gently.
"Reese." Was all she would say.
Sam felt anger like none he had ever felt before. "Did Reese do this?" he said barely able to contain his anger and keep from yelling.
"No." she said quietly staring at the wall.
"Sam, I think she wants Reese here right now, Simone told me that they've grown very close recently. Do you want me to see if Kay or Simone can contact him."
"I think you are right, I'll have Kay call him." He took one last look at Jessica and left the room.
