CHAPTER 30 ABDUCTION


Catherine took a few bites of what appeared to be mashed potatoes
before dropping the fork back on the tray and pushing it away.

"You have to eat more then that" Gil scolded

Catherine didn't answer or turn to him, but she glanced out of the
side of her eyes to see what he would do next.

"Cath? Why won't you talk to me?" Gil asked watching and waiting to
see if she would reply.

When she didn't Gil gave up and looked down at the tray " Do you
want something else to eat?"

Catherine sighed and rested her head against the wall still not
answering any of his questions.

With that Gil staggered to his feet " I'll be right back" he smiled


When Gil came back he had a small tray in his hand.

He made his way back to the floor with Catherine and set the tray
in front of her.

"Pancakes." he smiled watching to see if she had any reaction " Go
ahead, I tried one there not mine but there okay"

Catherine glanced at him and then at the food. After starring for a
few minutes she grabbed a small pancake and pulled off a small piece.


Within an hour Catherine had eaten her first full meal that she had
eaten in almost two weeks.

"Good!" Gil commented " I'm glad you decided to eat those."

"So?" Gil began unsure of what to do next since the room was still
silent except for his dialouge every now and then.

Gil rested his head against the wall like she had earlier and stared
at the ceiling.

"I'm sorry" he whispered not looking at her " I never meant to hurt
you the way I did, I just thought that you and Lindsey deserved
better, you desereved to have someone there for you to help you, not
someone you had to watch for and take care of because he couldn't
take care of himself." Gil sighed trying ti fight back his tears " I
never wanted to hurt you but I did, and now..."

Gil was interuppted when a female nurse named Allison and a male
nurse came into the room.

"Miss Willows" the women walked over to her, holding what looked
like a small syringe.

Gil quickly got to his feet when he glanced toward Catherine and saw
fear in her eyes.

Allison reached for her arm " Miss Willows there is nothing to be
afraid of this will help you sleep."

Catherine tore her arm away as soon as the women had reached for it
and jumped to her feet.

"I don't want it!" Catherine whispered backing away from her " You
want to put me to sleep and he'll be there, I don't want it!"

Gil decided it was time to intervene " What are you giving her?" he
snapped stepping infront of the women

The nurse glared at him " Sir, you need to remove yourself, Miss
Willos has not slept and she will make her self sick, this is just
somethign to help calm her so she can sleep."

Gil didn't move "You mean something to knock her out so you don't
have to deal with her until late tommorow whan she wakes" he
yelled " Well she doesn't need that, she is fine without, the reason
she won't sleep is because she's having these horrible nightmares,
if you new about her then you would know this."

Allison reached for Catherine again " Miss Willows, it's going to
help you, it won't hurt you!"

Gil stepped him between them and grabbed the syringe from the
women " Give me a minute to calm her down, just let me try and she
if she will sleep without it."

Allison looked from Gil to the male nurse and sighed " Ten minutes
and then we come back and you let us do our jobs."

The two left the room and Gil turned toward and frantic Catherine.

"It's okay" he walked toward her " It's okay, just calm down, sit
back down."

Catherine sat back down still not speaking to him and watched as he
sat beside her.

A few moments passed when she finally spoke

"Thank you" she whispered to him

Gil smiled "Finally" he replied " I thought you weren't going to
talk to me at all tonight and I was..."

Gil trailed off when he felt something resting on his shoulder. When
Gil looked over he saw Catherine, who had taken it upon herself to
rest her head on his shoulder.

And much to his surprise she let her eyes slowly close.