Randy opened the door to Roxy as she kissed him on the lips.
"Hey." She purred, cuddling him.
"How's my girl."
"Very good. Apart from one thing."
"Oh, what's that?" he asked, placing his hands inside the back of her jeans pockets.
"I've missed you." she smiled, flinging her arms around his neck.
"The feelings mutual." he muttered. "I've read your interview..."
"Did you like it?" she asked, letting go of him.
"It's awesome, dunno if Vince will like you using the word 'arsehole' though." Randy laughed, trying to impersonate her British accent.
"Screw him!"
"No thanks, I've already got a partner." he said, as they kissed passionately on the lips.
"Babe, there's something I need you to see."
"Oh yeah, what's that?" she asked, looking at his manhood.
"No, save that for later! I don't suppose you've read the papers today?"
"No, why, should I have done?"
"Not entirely but there's something I think you ought to read." he mumbled, thrusting the article into her hands.
Roxanna read the article in confusion and then it finally hit her...
"Oh my God!" she cried, shaking her head in disbelief.
"I know."
"Poor Christina, is that her name?"
"Yep."
"How could the fucker...I can't believe I used to go out with him. The Police will want me to come forward won't they? They'll want me to say that he beat me up and everything...attempted murder! I knew he was nasty but not that nasty!"
"Babe, come and sit down. Everything will be ok..."
"How? If only I'd not lied before, that woman wouldn't have been raped and attacked by him. Why was I so stupid?"
"You were not stupid, not by any means, don't even think it, let alone say it. Like you said, you can't keep thinking of 'ifs' and 'buts'. What happened, happened. Nothings gonna change it. I'll support you no matter what. It doesn't matter." He soothed, holding her close.
"How am I gonna explain to Vince, huh? He's gonna be more pissed off with me than he already is!"
"No he won't. Look, he'll have to understand. Don't worry about it. Gavin's probably gonna go down anyway, regardless of what you say."
For the first time ever, Randy knew that Roxy was actually terrified. She'd been scared before, but never terrified. The truth was, he was terrified for her too. The word 'murder' spreads fear throughout the heart and mind of every human being on the planet. Randy was no exception to that rule and Roxanna was certainly not.
"Rox, you can't start blaming yourself for this. Gavin's vile, he needs locking away. You're not a bad person, at all. Don't punish yourself."
"I hate him so much."
"So do I. I want to smash him into thousands of pieces..."
"More like millions!"
"Whatever you want." Randy grinned, kissing the top of her head.
"It's just..."
"Just what?" He whispered.
"I...dunno, I wanna..." she started crying harder. Randy picked her up and lay her on his sofa. He sat on the edge next to her. He caressed her as her tears stained his heart.
"He could have raped me and I wouldn't have known about it!"
"You mean, they never checked?" Randy asked angrily.
"No...I can't remember what happened. It's a blur."
Flashback: The day Roxy got attacked in Australia.
Roxy had been getting drinks for her and her pals when suddenly, a voice came up behind her.
"Hey hon." He spoke, leaning over her.
"Gavin, wha...what?"
"Glad to see you. How's it going?"
"A lot better since I haven't seen you!" She snarled, walking away from him.
"Yeah, right. You know, I've missed you."
"Like hell!" she said, continuing to walk.
"No really. You're the love that I need. Please, can we just talk for a few minutes?"
"Fine, I'll take these over to my friends ok? I'm not talking to you for over five minutes."
"Ok." he said, watching his ex head over to her friends.
'The red heads nice!' he smirked to himself, looking over at Lita.
End of Flashback.
"What happened then?" Randy asked almost silently.
"We talked...then he did it."
"How much can you remember?"
"Not enough. I dunno, it's difficult. I don't want to talk about it anymore." she muttered, her eyes red and sore.
"There's no way you're going home tonight. Stay."
Roxy looked at Randy in a confused mannor.
"You know that I would never let any harm ever, ever come to you." he reassured
"Ok." she smiled at him faintly, as he brushed away her tears.
"I love you so much, Rox. You have no idea how shitty life is without you."
"Almost as crap as life is without you." she grinned, as he grabbed her hand and escourted her to his bedroom.
