A.N.: Please RR
Chapter 3:
The two policemen were about to enter the room when the doctor held them back. They looked pretty affected, they always did. Nobody ever got used to this and the day someone was no longer deeply touched, dulling had taken over empathy. Then it was time to stop. But these officers obviously were.
"Wait a moment!"
They stopped and gave him a puzzled look.
"I'm gonna get one of the nurses to stay with you."
"Why....?"
The officer stopped in the midst of his question, understanding the doctor's reason for calling a nurse – a woman – to stay with them. The doctor had already left and came back with a young, brunette, hispanic nurse about two minutes later.
"This is Maria, she's gonna stay with you. Please keep to any orders she has on you, concerning the patient. Basically I don't want you to step too close to her or force her to tell anything. Just ask her what she can remember and what she wants to talk about. Don't push too hard. She's been sedated a while ago, so if she's a little slow or monotone in answering, don't worry. If she gets hysterical again, you stop immediately. Understood?"
"Sure, Sir."
The doctor left them standing alone there with the nurse, who entered the room before them. She stepped to the bed and gently shook her patient's shoulder.
"Miss?"
She tried again and again, finally getting a moan from the woman in bed. She opened her eyes, scanned the room and widened them interror when she saw the two men. The nurse held her down and softly spoke to her.
"Miss, you're in hospital. There's no need to worry. You're safe, nobody's gonna harm you. You need to calm down! Noone will hurt you. These men are from the police. They just wanna ask you a few questions."
The woman seemed to calm a little. She directly looked at the nurse and addressed her in a weak voice.
"Do I have to?"
"You don't have to do anything, if you don't want to. But I believe you want. They're here to help you, to serve justice. Just tell them what you remember and if you don't wanna go on, it's okay. We can stop at any time you want and I'll stay with you and keep an eye on you. Okay?"
The woman nodded slowly and one of the officers addressed her in a calm voice.
"Mam' can you tell us your name?"
"Judy, Judith Mandell."
"Okay Miss Mandell, do you remember what happened to you?"
"I...I...I can't..."
The nurse gently squeezed her shoulder and gave her a look full of empathy. The woman took a deep breath.
"I've been out last night, to a bar... to have a few drinks. I was alone and one of the ...the...one of the guys in there came over and asked me out on a drink. I was pretty tipsy and I felt lonely, so I said yes. We...we...we had a couple more drinks and for no reason I invited him to take me to my place. I didn't feel so good and I didn't wanna go home all alone!
So,...he joined me. I don't even know how, but we ended up in my hall kissing each other. I...I stopped and told him to leave,...but...but he just didn't! I told him I needed to get up early and that I needed to go to bed. I...I was so goddamn stupid! I just left him standing there and went to the bedroom. He must've considered it an invitation. Next thing I know is, he's standing in the door to my bedroom smiling at me.
I told him to leave and that I'd call the police if he wouldn't but nothing happened. He just stood there smiling. He...he...he entered the room...and he grabbed me and... There was nothing I could do! I tried to escape! I tried to scream! Tried to tell him to stop, but it wouldn't work! It just wouldn't work! He wouldn't...
She started to cry silently, tears streaming down her face. The nurse gently caressed her shoulder and murmured to her that everything was okay. Then she adressed the cops.
"That's enough for today. I think you should leave now!"
"Okay, just one last question. You think you can do this, Miss Mandell?"
"Yeah."
"Do you recall the name of the man that attacked you? Did he tell you?"
A few moments of silence followed, when her heavy breathing and her sobs were all they could hear, as she tried to get a hold on herself.
"Yes, I do, I remember. His name's Maurice. Maurice Boscorelli.
TBC???
Chapter 3:
The two policemen were about to enter the room when the doctor held them back. They looked pretty affected, they always did. Nobody ever got used to this and the day someone was no longer deeply touched, dulling had taken over empathy. Then it was time to stop. But these officers obviously were.
"Wait a moment!"
They stopped and gave him a puzzled look.
"I'm gonna get one of the nurses to stay with you."
"Why....?"
The officer stopped in the midst of his question, understanding the doctor's reason for calling a nurse – a woman – to stay with them. The doctor had already left and came back with a young, brunette, hispanic nurse about two minutes later.
"This is Maria, she's gonna stay with you. Please keep to any orders she has on you, concerning the patient. Basically I don't want you to step too close to her or force her to tell anything. Just ask her what she can remember and what she wants to talk about. Don't push too hard. She's been sedated a while ago, so if she's a little slow or monotone in answering, don't worry. If she gets hysterical again, you stop immediately. Understood?"
"Sure, Sir."
The doctor left them standing alone there with the nurse, who entered the room before them. She stepped to the bed and gently shook her patient's shoulder.
"Miss?"
She tried again and again, finally getting a moan from the woman in bed. She opened her eyes, scanned the room and widened them interror when she saw the two men. The nurse held her down and softly spoke to her.
"Miss, you're in hospital. There's no need to worry. You're safe, nobody's gonna harm you. You need to calm down! Noone will hurt you. These men are from the police. They just wanna ask you a few questions."
The woman seemed to calm a little. She directly looked at the nurse and addressed her in a weak voice.
"Do I have to?"
"You don't have to do anything, if you don't want to. But I believe you want. They're here to help you, to serve justice. Just tell them what you remember and if you don't wanna go on, it's okay. We can stop at any time you want and I'll stay with you and keep an eye on you. Okay?"
The woman nodded slowly and one of the officers addressed her in a calm voice.
"Mam' can you tell us your name?"
"Judy, Judith Mandell."
"Okay Miss Mandell, do you remember what happened to you?"
"I...I...I can't..."
The nurse gently squeezed her shoulder and gave her a look full of empathy. The woman took a deep breath.
"I've been out last night, to a bar... to have a few drinks. I was alone and one of the ...the...one of the guys in there came over and asked me out on a drink. I was pretty tipsy and I felt lonely, so I said yes. We...we...we had a couple more drinks and for no reason I invited him to take me to my place. I didn't feel so good and I didn't wanna go home all alone!
So,...he joined me. I don't even know how, but we ended up in my hall kissing each other. I...I stopped and told him to leave,...but...but he just didn't! I told him I needed to get up early and that I needed to go to bed. I...I was so goddamn stupid! I just left him standing there and went to the bedroom. He must've considered it an invitation. Next thing I know is, he's standing in the door to my bedroom smiling at me.
I told him to leave and that I'd call the police if he wouldn't but nothing happened. He just stood there smiling. He...he...he entered the room...and he grabbed me and... There was nothing I could do! I tried to escape! I tried to scream! Tried to tell him to stop, but it wouldn't work! It just wouldn't work! He wouldn't...
She started to cry silently, tears streaming down her face. The nurse gently caressed her shoulder and murmured to her that everything was okay. Then she adressed the cops.
"That's enough for today. I think you should leave now!"
"Okay, just one last question. You think you can do this, Miss Mandell?"
"Yeah."
"Do you recall the name of the man that attacked you? Did he tell you?"
A few moments of silence followed, when her heavy breathing and her sobs were all they could hear, as she tried to get a hold on herself.
"Yes, I do, I remember. His name's Maurice. Maurice Boscorelli.
TBC???