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A few hours later Sam woke up to the smell of coffee. She opened her eyes to see Jack walking into the room with two coffee mugs in hand.
"Morning" He said
"Morning Jack, I hope I didn't wake you during the night?" she said, she sat up in the bed.
"Yes you did; do you want to talk about it?" and he passed a cup to her.
"Thanks"
She took a sip and Jack sat on the edge, holding her free hand while looking at her.
"My nightmare was about him raping me in my lab. I kept saying no, no to him but he didn't listen. I was weak and I tried to fight him off me and then he raped me."
Tears were starting to fall. Jack let go of her hand and took her coffee mug from her hand and put both of them on the nightstand before looking at her.
"Come here" Sam went into his arms, crying her heart out.
He stroked her back while holding her in his arms. He waited until she was ready to pull away from him. When she stopped crying, he still held on to her until he noticed that she had fallen asleep in his arms. He lay her back down on the bed and covered her up. He moved a bit of hair out of her face as he watched her sleep.
He left the room ten minutes later with two cold cups of coffee in his hand. He went to make him self a fresh cup and then walked outside and sat down on one of his chairs, sipping his coffee and thinking about the pro's and con's of the new job offer.
An hour later, as Jack was making bacon and scrambled eggs when Sam walked out of her room. Jack saw her and he could see how pale she looked.
"Hey, are you ok?
"Yeah, is there any coffee?"
"Yeah, I just made a fresh pot. Why don't you go and sit down, brunch is almost ready."
Jack poured a cup of coffee and passed it to Sam.
"I'm not hungry Jack."
"Sam you have to eat something. Here, if you can eat half of this it would make me happy and then afterwards I was going to show you around the cabin. I think this fresh country air will make you hungry, trust me." he said smiling.
"Thanks."
He dished up their brunch and they sat down and ate it in silence. Jack watched her the whole time while they were eating. Sam only ate half of her plate. After they did the dishes, Jack showed her the outside of his cabin.
They walked around the place. Sam could see how he loved it. She knew he was right, that it was beautiful and peaceful. She smiled when she saw the pine trees and she remembered what he said every time they went off world and there were trees. They reminded him of this place.
She knew that he hardly had time to come up to his cabin because of one thing or another with work. She now understood the invitations to come here.
"Jack this place, it's beautiful, I love it. It's so peaceful; now I know why you keep inviting me to come up here."
"Well, now you know and you are here, so what would you like to do?"
"Go for a swim."
"Ok, let's get changed then."
They went inside and got changed. Jack grabbed a big blanket and two towels before leaving to go outside. When he got outside he heard a splash and when he walked around the corner he saw Sam swimming around.