Kevin was at the door to ER when he heard a voice call his name.

Turning, he saw Scott running towards him.

"What the hell happened to her?"

"She was attacked."

"By who?"

Sighing, Kevin stared at Scott. "I don't want anyone else to know yet, but I do know who did it."

"If you know who did it, why can't you-"

"SCOTT!" Grabbing Scott's arm, Kevin pulled him away from the door. "Listen to me. I'm only telling you this because...because.. hell, I'm not even sure why I'm telling you. But. it was one of my patients."

"WHAT!" Scott stared at Kevin. "How do you know this?"

"Because he came here and told me."

"Whoa, whoa, hold on. He came to you. As in your office?"

"Yes."

"One of your patients? Why?"

"Because-"

"NO! Stop. You can't tell me."

Now Kevin was confused.

"Have you told anyone?"

"No. The last thing Lucy needed was to find out that he was here."

"HE'S HERE?" Sighing, Scott ran his hands through his hair. "This is great. Just great."

"Gail's transferring him."

"Kevin, stop right now." Scott stared at him. "This is unbelievable." Thinking for a moment, Scott held his hand out. "Give me a dollar."

"What?"

"You heard me."

"Scott, I don't have time for games." Kevin's voice took on a menacing tone, but Scott grabbed his collar.

"You tell me one more thing, you're breaking the doctor patient confidentiality-"

"You think I give a damn about-"

"You want this case thrown out? Keep talking." Scott let go of Kevin. "You give me a dollar and I'm your lawyer. It's legal. And it sticks! Do you get that?"

Pulling his wallet out, Kevin handed Scott a bill. Neither man looked at it as Scott put it in his pocket. "Alright. Now talk to me. How is she?"

"Not good. She'll be okay. But right now." Kevin sighed. "She's hurt, Scott. And it's.. it's my fault."

"Come on, Kevin. Nobody believes for one minute you'd ever do anything to hurt Lucy. What are you doing for her now?"

"I'm waiting for Karen to finish examining her." Kevin debated telling Scott, but he decided it was Lucy's place to decide when to tell him.

"Okay. So right now we deal with the bastard that did it." Scott thought about it for a minute. "The story goes like this. You called me and hired me to get your options. First thing we do is talk to Gail. This has to go through the right channels or the guy could walk. Then we get house counsel and the cops involved. We don't want lawsuits, and we sure as hell don't want anything ruled inadmissible in court."

Kevin sighed.

"Who else knows?"

"Gail already knows, and Ian."

"IAN! Well how the hell did he find out."

Kevin didn't answer at first, but Scott stared at him and he sighed again. "I went after him."

"You WHAT?"

"I. I tried to strangle him. Ian stopped me."

"Great. He goes to jail for assaulting Lucy, you go to jail for assaulting him."

"Probably." Kevin admitted.

"Can't say I blame you, but I don't think the cops are gonna see it that way." Scott sighed. "Okay, let's talk to Gail and Lee first. Go through-"

"The channels. I got that." He sighed again and reached for Scott's arm. "There's one thing you need to know. Before we start talking about charges and evidence."

"What else did you do?"

"Not me. Him."

"What?"

Taking a deep breath, Kevin forced himself to say it. "He raped her."

It took almost ten full seconds for it to register on Scott's face. "I'll kill him myself."

As Scott turned towards the door, Kevin held him by the jacket. "I tried that, remember? You were the one that mentioned jail? Scott, I only told you because I don't know what Lucy's going to want to do. You and I want to kill him. We think he should pay. But it happened to HER."

"She doesn't know who he is?"

Kevin shook his head. "But I have to tell her-"

"Not yet. You can't."

"I have to, Scott! Karen's telling her she has to have an HIV test every three months for the next year. I know she doesn't. I can't let her go through that."

"How did you find that out?"

"I looked in his records." As Kevin said it, he knew what Scott was going to say.

"Can't repeat it yet. Confidential."

"I'm NOT going to let her lie in there and think she could get AIDS, Scott. I can't do that."

"I don't like it either, Kevin. But she can't know yet. Let her make a statement to the cops first."

"Scott-"

"It could be considered witness tampering. I'm telling you, Kevin, you go off at the mouth and he gets a good lawyer, he'll be free. So what do you want? You want her to feel better now and have to wonder where he is for the rest of her life?"

Kevin stopped and stared at Scott. "No."

"Then you keep your mouth shut until we get the warrant. We'll get one by morning, I swear. But if it isn't by the book."

"I GET THE MESSAGE, SCOTT!" Kevin glared at Scott. "You do whatever it is that you have to do. I have to go back to her."

"One more question, Kevin."

"What?"

Stepping closer, Scott stared at Kevin. "What happens to Lucy when Eve gets back?"

"That's none of you-"

"Don't give me that! She loves you. You know it and I know it. I want to know if you're gonna pull her up and throw her down again when your wife gets back."

Kevin resigned himself to having this conversation. "I guess she's told you-"

"She doesn't have to tell me anything. You know how many years I've known her. I've seen the way she looks at you. She needs you right now. But not if it's one of those mixed signals you like to send her-"

"I LOVE HER, okay?" With an effort, Kevin lowered his voice. "I love her, Scott. She knows it, and everybody else will know it before long. Including Eve. Odds are she'll hear it before I get a chance to tell her. And right now, I don't care." His throat tightened, but he continued. "All I care about is Lucy. He followed me to her house today. This happened to her because of me."

"I don't get it. Why did this guy follow you?"

Before Kevin could answer, Ian approached them.

"There you are. I was afraid you'd.." Ian saw Scott. "Hi."

"He knows, Ian. I just hired Scott."

"Okay. I guess I can tell you. They just transferred him. So you can go tell the cops-"

"Whoa. He can't just run to the cops. And neither can you."

Before Ian could argue, Kevin shook his head. "We can't, Ian. Either one of us say the wrong word, and every bit of evidence could be suppressed."

"Great system you've got here. Last time I checked, Lucy was the victim."

"And I'm gonna make sure he gets what's coming to him. But the two of you have to shut up until I say it's okay. Got it?"

Ian and Kevin nodded. Then Ian turned to Kevin. "Karen's done. Cassandra's talking to her, but I have a feeling she'd rather talk to you."

Before Scott could say a word, Kevin glared at him. "By tomorrow, Scott. I'm going to tell her the truth. No matter what."

"Kevin," Kevin turned back to Scott. "I want to see her."

"Come on."

Scott followed Kevin back to Lucy's room.

Karen stopped them just outside the door. "We're going to transfer her upstairs in a minute for observation. But we'll release her tomorrow."

"How is she?"

Karen stared at Kevin and Scott for a minute.

"I had to tell him. Long story, but you'll find out more when we can tell you."

Karen sighed and thought about it for a moment. "Minor physical damage, some tearing, abrasions, bruising, all consistent with.. Rape."

Kevin and Scott both winced at her words.

"But she'll heal. Physically. We have to run the standard tests for STD's and HIV. We'll have the results in a couple hours, and she'll have to be tested for HIV every three months for the next year." Kevin glared at Scott, who shook his head.

Karen stopped and watched the exchange between the two men. Finally she looked at Kevin. "You know more than you're telling, don't you. I heard what you said to Lucy earlier. Kevin if you know anything that can affect her health, you need to tell me."

"No, he doesn't, Karen. Not right now." Scott shook his head. "You'll know more when we can tell you." Dragging Kevin towards Lucy's room, Scott finished. "I want to see her, then I'll get started on the other."

As they stepped inside, Cassandra was on her way out. "She's asleep. Ian gave her another shot a few minutes ago. He said she should sleep through the night. I'll come back in the morning to see how she's doing."

"Thanks." Kevin nodded to her.

After Cassandra left, they approached Lucy. Scott inhaled sharply when he saw her and stopped. Kevin stood next to her bed and reached out to gently touch her face. She has apparently cried herself to sleep, and he wiped the streak her tears had left on her face. His throat tightened, and it was all he could do to whisper to Scott. "Can you understand how important it is to tell her?"

"Yeah." Scott's voice was just as quiet, and he ran his hand through his own hair. "I'm going to go talk to Gail and get started on this. I'll get in touch shortly. Where are you going to be?"

"Right here. I'm not leaving her."

Nodding, Scott left him alone with her.

Scott knocked once on Gail's door before opening it. She looked up at him and stood. "Have you seen her yet?"

"Yeah. But she was asleep."

"I went down a few minutes ago, but Karen was examining her."

"I saw Kevin, too."

Gail didn't reply.

"We need to get together with Lee and figure out how we can do this so it won't get thrown out."

"Scott, I can't-"

"Kevin hired me to handle this. Legally."

This surprised Gail. "I'd love to know how that happened."

"We both want the same thing. But we also know that Kevin only found out what he did because this guy is his patient. He knows that he can't just repeat it without certain legal precautions."

"I'm guessing you told him that."

"Wasn't easy, but it's the only way we're going to get this guy."

Nodding, Gail picked up the phone. "Lee and Alan need to be in on this. The hospital has to be protected as well as Kevin."

Scott glared at her, but she continued. "That does NOT mean I don't care about Lucy. But as you said, this has to be done by the book, and I want every base covered."

Nodding, Scott watched her call Alan and Lee. He knew he had a few minutes before they got there, so he got up and began to pace.

After she hung up the phone, Gail looked at Scott. "How is she?"

"She was RAPED, Gail! How do you think she is?"

Gail closed her eyes and sighed. "I didn't know that. I was hoping he didn't... I guess I suspected. But Scott, other people already know-"

"Ian. I already talked to him. He knows he can't say anything."

"Good. Alan and Lee will be here in about 15 minutes."

"How bad did Kevin mess him up?"

"It wasn't good. I wouldn't be surprised if Kevin had a visit from the police himself."

"I'll handle that, too. Part of me wishes he had killed him."

Gail knew she was going to have her hands full with this for a while. As badly as she wanted to go check on Lucy herself, she had a feeling she'd be doing more for Lucy by staying with Scott and making sure this got done properly.

The orderly's had arrived right after Scott left to move Lucy to her room. She slept through the transfer, and once they were gone, Kevin pulled a chair next to her bed and sat in it. Watching her sleep, he took her hand and held it gently.

Alan sighed. "Okay, Lee. What's the first thing we have to do?"

"Kevin can report it to the police, but then the patient can sue the hospital. We'd win, but it would mean a lot of publicity and legal fees."

"Great. Second choice?"

"Either way, we're in trouble. If Kevin reports it, the patient can sue. If he doesn't, Lucy can."

"Give me a break, Lee. Lucy won't sue the hospital." Scott shrugged. "I say the hell with it. Let the nutcase sue."

"Scott.."

"I don't give a damn about him, Gail. All I care about here is Lucy."

"Scott, we all care about her." Alan glared at him. "No one is denying that Kevin needs to report this. But how?"

Lee stood. "Let me make a few calls. I have a few friends left in the legal community."

"Even with me for a son, right?" Scott smiled at him.

"Even then." Returning his smile, Lee picked up the phone.

Alan looked at Scott. "We are worried about her, Scott. But we want
to protect the hospital, and make sure this bastard doesn't walk."

"We're running out of time, here, Alan. Kevin's not gonna wait forever to tell Lucy. And I agree with him that she has a right to know."

"She does, Scott. But you were right to stop him. We need to make sure this is done right." Alan watched Lee talk on the phone. "I'd like to see her in the morning before she's released."

"Alan, until Lucy knows everything, don't tell her you know.. Everything."

Alan nodded. "I understand. Hopefully we'll be able to tell her in the morning."

Hanging up the phone, Lee approached the group. "Good news. It's not going to be pretty, but we can do it. Have Kevin report this. We can file the necessary forms first thing in the morning. You were right about Lucy making a statement before she knows. Could legally be witness tampering. The patient in question has been transferred, right?"

"Yes." Gail answered him. "And he can be contained for another 65 hours."

"Long enough to get a warrant for his arrest and get him shipped right to PCPD." Scott stood. "If we start moving now."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to tell Kevin what's going on. My guess is he'll want Mac on this."

Nodding, Gail stood. "I'd like to talk to Kevin myself."

"In the meantime," Lee addressed Gail and Scott. "Let's keep this thing about Kevin attacking him quiet. No need to draw attention to it unless the patient does."

"You got it." Scott and Gail left the room.


Scott tapped lightly on the door to Lucy's room before he opened it.

Lucy was still asleep, and Kevin was still sitting on the chair. He was looking at them as if he'd just awoken, and when he realized who it was, he jumped to his feet.

"We've got news." Scott motioned for Kevin to follow him out into the hallway. Hesitating, Kevin looked at Lucy.

"I'll stay with her, Kevin." Gail moved towards Lucy.

"I don't want her to wake up alone." Kevin's eyes met hers.

"She won't." Moving to the chair, Gail sat next to Lucy.

Turning, Kevin followed Scott into the hallway.

"Okay, you need to call the police. I figured you'd want to call Mac."

Kevin nodded.

"Let Lucy make a statement to whoever's been assigned to the case. BEFORE you tell her who it is. You tell Mac everything. Mac can legally take it from there."

"Good." As Kevin turned to go back inside, Scott grabbed him. "I have to warn you, this is going to get pretty messy. Your nutcase could file a suit against your license and the hospital-"

"I don't give a damn what my nutca-" Kevin stopped himself. "Patient does. I've already told you that."

"I know. But Lee says the hospital can beat it, and that means I can beat it. As far as any assault charges go, we'll have to take them as they come."

"Are we done?"

Scott started to snap at Kevin's apparent lack of appreciation, but he stopped when he took a good look at Kevin's face. "Yeah, we're done. You gonna call Mac or you want me to?"

"Go ahead. You want to sit with her while I talk to him?"

"Sure"

"Kevin?" Gail interrupted them.

In two steps, Kevin was back at Lucy's door. "She awake?"

"No, but Livvie's on the phone. She's-"

"At Lucy's." Kevin closed his eyes. "I forgot."

Going back inside, he picked up the phone. "Livvie?"

"Dad. The cops are done, but they trashed the place. More."

"Did you get a hold of Victor?"

"I left a message. He's not answering his cell."

"Livvie, I'm sorry you got stuck with that by yourself."

"It's okay. I mean, I'm not. Jack's here." Her voice sounded like she wasn't sure Kevin would be glad to hear that. "I didn't think Lucy would mind-"

"It's okay. I'm glad." He tried to think, but his mind was drawing a blank. "I don't remember the name or number, but Lucy has a cleaning service. Check around see if you can find the number. If they won't do it, they might know someone that will."

"How is she?"

"She's asleep right now. But they're going to release her in the morning. I don't want." Kevin sighed. "I wish Victor had called you back. I hate the thought of you having to deal with-"

"Dad, stop. I'm fine. Jack and I will take care of this. You take care of her, okay?"

"Okay." Kevin smiled at how strong Livvie sounded. He knew how much this had upset her, but she was definitely dealing with it.

"Hang on."

He heard Jack's voice in the background, then Livvie returned to the phone.

"Victor's on my cell. You want to tell him, or do you want me to?"

"Go ahead. Ask him to come over there and help you. There's nothing either of you can do here." Kevin thought about it for a minute. "Well, at some point before morning, can you. do you mind."

"What?"

"The police needed...not that she'd ever.. I mean.."

"Dad, you sound like you REALLY need to get some rest. You keep talking like that, and Lucy's the only one who will be able to understand you."

Kevin sighed. "She's the only one. You're right about that." Staring at Lucy, he smiled. "Just bring Lucy a change of clothes. She'll need something to wear. But try to get some sleep yourself first. There's no reason for all of us to be up all night. Tell Jack I said thanks."

"I will. And I'll get Victor over here. And I'll come back there in a few hours."

"Thanks. I really appreciate this. Lucy does, too."

"It's okay. You know I love both of you."

"We both love you, too." He hung up the phone and sat back down next to Lucy. She stirred in her sleep and started to mumble. Taking her hand, he gently stroked her head with the other hand until she stopped.

"Kevin?" Gail's voice was quiet.

He turned and looked at her.

"Mac's on his way. Scott wants to be with you when you talk to him, so I'll stay with Lucy."

"Thanks. She's getting restless. I don't think she'll sleep much longer."

"I saw that." Gail put her hand on Kevin's shoulder. "I also gather that there's a lot more going on here."

Kevin's eyes never left Lucy as he spoke to Gail. "I wanted to tell Eve first. But now…. I don't care how Eve finds out. Lucy and I.." He shrugged. "I guess you saw that, too."

"Yes. I did." Gail kept her voice low. "If you don't mind my asking, how long-"

"Not long. It took me longer to figure it out for myself. Lucy's always been better at following her heart than I am." He squeezed Lucy's hand gently. "She knew. And I fought her every step of the way." Sighing, he turned to Gail. "How do I tell her? How do I tell her that one of my patients got mad at me and took it out on her?"

"Just like that." Gail stared at him. "You can't change the fact that it happened, Kevin, but knowing who and knowing why will help her. You know that."

"Oh, yeah." His voice was sarcastic. "That will solve everything."

Before Gail could reply, the door opened to reveal Scott.

"Mac's here. She still asleep?"

Nodding, Kevin stood and turned to Gail.

"I told you I'd stay with her. Go talk to Mac." Gail looked at him.

Victor finished his conversation with one of the cleaning service people, then returned to Jack, shaking his head. "They don't mind cleaning up the mess the police made, but they refuse to clean.." He sighed. "the blood."

"I don't blame them. I mean, they have no way of knowing.." Jack shrugged. "I'll do it."

"You don't have to."

"Victor, I don't mind. And I want it gone before Livvie wakes up. It really freaks her out, you know?" At Victor and Jack's insistence, Livvie had finally agreed to get some sleep. She wanted to be over at GH before Lucy woke.

Jack stood. "I'm going to get started."

Victor looked at Jack and followed him into the kitchen. "I'll help." Both men stopped and stared at the floor. About half the kitchen floor was covered in blood. There were a few puddles of it, but the rest had been smeared across the floor where Lucy had tried to get away from Trent.

Victor closed his eyes and shook his head. "That poor girl. How could anyone..."

"Victor, go sit down. I said I'd do this." Jack gestured towards the kitchen door.

"Nonsense. I'm perfectly capable of helping you clean this up. It's just..." Victor's eyes met Jack's.

"I know. But she's going to be okay. I mean, Kevin told Livvie she's coming home."

"Which means we've got to get this cleaned up, right?" Victor went to the kitchen cabinets and started to search for anything to use to clean the floor. Finding bleach and a few pairs of gloves, Victor turned to Jack, who had found a mop.

"We can throw this out and pick up a new one for her."

"Perfect." Victor dug a few sponges out of the same cabinet, and joined Jack on the floor.


Mac stared at Kevin for a few seconds after hearing the whole story. "Has anyone gotten a statement from Lucy yet?"

Kevin shook his head. "She's been asleep since Karen examined her. She did talk to the crisis counselor that came with the detective."

Scott leaned on the table. "Mac, we had to make sure this was done right. I mean, not only could this nutcase file a lawsuit, he could get a good lawyer to get everything kicked if we didn't do this by the book."

"I get that. And now I can move on this, right?"

"That's why you're here." Scott shrugged. "Lee is going to file the papers the minute the courthouse opens."

"So now we file for a warrant and get Dara in on this." Mac stood. "The first thing we need to do is get a statement. I'll get the detective on the case to talk to Lucy. I think she'd be more comfortable with her."

Kevin nodded. "Do you want the detective to know before she talks to Lucy?"

Thinking for a minute, Mac shook his head. "We don't want any cause for his attorney to scream prejudicial testimony. I'll talk to her after she talks to Lucy."

Standing, Kevin started for the door. "I have to check in with Victor. But I'm going to do it from Lucy's room. She'll probably wake up soon."

"I'll call the detective and get her back here. As soon as Lucy's awake, she can give her statement."

"Don't rush her into something.. No, you're right. The sooner she gives a statement, the sooner I can tell her the truth. Get her back over here. I really don't think it's going to be long."

"Okay. I'll call her now." Before Kevin could leave the room, Mac called him back. "Is she going to be okay?"

"Yes." Kevin's tone was sharp, and he stared at Mac. "I'll make sure she is."