One month later
Hailey was in the kitchen making so coffee when she heard a crash from the bedroom. She put her cup down and walked out into the hall,
"Jay?"
"I'm fine Hailey"
He was in the doorway, trying to get through the door but he was stuck,
"This doorway is not wide enough" he moaned
"You need to back up jay and come back through"
"This is the third time this week and it's Tuesday"
"You'll get there jay"
"I'll get there when my legs actually work!"
"Okay" Hailey turned around and walked away back into the kitchen.
Jay wheeled himself down the hall in his wheelchair into the kitchen, "I'm sorry"
"It's ok jay"
"It's not okay. I shouldn't of spoke to you like that"
Hailey walked closer to jay and looked at him, "jay, you need to give it time. You've only been out of the hospital not even two weeks. It's all new. You're used to being up on your feet but for now, that's not gonna happen"
"I know. I just miss it, I miss being at work"
"Speaking of work, I'm going back this week"
"Already?" He said
"Yeah, I need to start getting some normality back in my life, after everything that happened I want to move on"
"Ok"
"Is that all you're going to say?"
"There's nothing else for me to say. You want to move on"
"Yeah I do want to move on jay"
"At least you can"
"At least I can? What the hell does that mean. You think I can just move on"
"Hailey I didn't mean-"
"No that's fine jay. I know what you think. You may by the one in that chair but you didn't spend months being abused, scared, hit, strangled, raped, pre-" Hailey stopped and turned around
"Hailey"
"I've got to go" she grabbed her coat off the counter and practically ran out the door.
"Shit!" Jay said. He sat in front of the door and pulled his phone out to text Hailey. He decided to give her some time but all he could think about was how that was the first time she had nearly said it out loud. She had still never spoken about it but deep down he knew what had happened.
Hailey walked through the doors and up the stairs into the district. She waved at platt as she quickly turned right and went up the stairs. The team were there working a case but she still went up. Voight saw Hailey and gave her a hug. They went into his office and they both sat down,
"What's with the sudden visit?" He asked
"I had to get out of the house"
"Jay?"
"Yeah. I know he's going through a hard time but so am I. I told him about me coming back to work this week and he wasn't happy"
"Still no feeling?"
"No, he's been going to physical therapy but nothing yet"
"Have you spoken about what's happened together with someone professional"
"I don't need to see a shrink and jay won't go to one anyway. He just acts like the only one that is going through something all the time"
"Have you told him?"
"No"
"Are you going to?"
"What? That the man that forced me to have sex with him and then beat me after got me pregnant, not yet"
"Hailey, I think it will be a good time to tell him soon"
"I don't even know what I'm going to do yet Hank"
"About the baby?"
"Yeah, this wasn't supposed to happen"
Hailey put her head in her hands and Hank went around to her,
"You need to understand that whatever you do is your choice Hailey but I think you should tell Jay what's been going on"
"I know, it's just difficult"
Hailey left the district and went back to jays apartment. She unlocked the door and he was sat in front of the tv, she walked over to him and sat down on the coffee table in front of him,
"Can we start this all over jay?"
"I just want you to know that I didn't mean what I meant"
"I know. It's hard for you jay, you're in this wheelchair and we don't know how long for we have to be there for each other"
"I love you Hailey but it hasn't been that long since this has all happened and I'm still trying to stay happy"
"This is hard jay but he's out of our lives now"
"Where did you go just now?"
"To the district, to see Voight"
"Why?"
"I just needed someone to talk to"
"About?"
Hailey took a deep breath and grabbed jays hand, "A few days before Matt attacked me, when I came into work with the black eye, I came home and I made him mad, I don't know how but he grabbed me and he forced me to have sex with him"
"Hailey, I"
"Jay just listen for once in your laugh" she chuckled
"When he attacked me that night, he did it again. So long story short I went for a check up with Nat last week and turns out I'm pregnant and I don't want you to be mad with me that I didn't tell you yet because I've been trying to deal with this"
"Hailey, why would I be mad. I would never be mad with you, especially with something like this. I'm so sorry that this happened to you Hailey and you never deserved this and this next step is even harder for you. I can't tell you what to do, at all but you know I'm here for you"
" i don't know what to do yet but thank you for understanding"
Hailey hugged jay and kissed him. They spent the rest of Jay laying on the couch and watching TV. It got to about 7pm when Hailey phone rang. She picked it up,
"It's Voight"
"Hmm that's late" jay said
She picked up the phone and put it to her ear, "Hello?"
"Hailey, you got a minute?"
"Yeah go ahead"
"I just had a call from the deputy and the state attorneys office, Matts case is going to trial"
"What the hell, I thought they had enough Evidence for it not to have to go to trial"
"He hired some hotshot lawyer.."
"I have to testify don't I?"
"I'm sorry Hailey"
"Thanks Voight"
Hailey hung up and her head dropped into her hands as she cried,
"Hailey?"
"I have to testify against him... Matt. I have to relive it all over again"
"They can't make you do that Hailey"
"I have to or he'll get let go"
"That's bullshit, they saw what he did"
Hailey wrapped her arms around jay and buried her head into her chest, "to keep him away from us forever, I'll do it"
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One month later
Hailey pulled on the black dress and slid on her shoes and walked out into the living room, she brushed her hair back out of her face and looked at jay who was laying on the couch,
"You ready?" He said
"Yeah"
"Okay, give me two minutes" jay moved his blanket and pulled himself into his chair which he had got good at doing now.
"Jay, are you sure you want to come to this, to hear about what happened"
"Hailey, I want to be there to support you l, always"
"Okay, but if you feel like you have to leave I won't be mad"
"Promise"
Jay and Hailey left the apartment and made their way to the court. They stepped inside and there wasn't many people in the court, just Voight and Kim. Adam and Atwater had stayed behind at the district to do some paperwork.
Everyone was seated and ready for the go ahead,
"First we call to the witness stand, Hailey Upton"
Hailey walked up and stood behind the dock,
"I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Hailey said as she began
Matt was sat opposite her behind a glass screen and she was refusing to look over, Hailey spoke to her lawyer first,
"Hailey, from your two relationship with Matt where he later became your fiancé, when do you recall the abuse starting?"
"The abuse... started about a year into our relationship.
"And you were promised by him, that he would stop"
"The first time he hit me, I got in from work, it had been a long day and I hadn't cooked dinner. He grabbed me by the throat and pushed me against the wall, then he hit. But the next morning, he told me he loved me and promised he would never do it again, and that carried on"
"Thankyou, from the 15th of July and then the 17th, the night of your attack, what can you remember?"
"I can't remember... all of it"
"Do you mind telling us?"
"I got home after work again and I started to cook dinner and he accused me of things... he got mad because he didn't think I covered a bruise he gave me, that was the first time he raped me"
"So the night of your attack, it happened again?"
"I left work and got home and packed a bag, I text Jay and said I needed his help to get out. He came home so I hid the bag and started dinner. He found the bag. He dragged me into the bedroom, hit me many times. I cuffed me to the bed with my own set and then he started to beat me, in that moment I felt like I was going to die and then he... he raped me again"
Hailey could see jay in the corner get angry, but she tried not to look at him.
"Thankyou Hailey"
Next, Matts lawyer stood up and this was the part Hailey wasn't looking forward to,
"Hailey, they isn't much to cover now on the subject of your attack, but is it true you are currently in a relationship with your work partner Jay halstead"
"Yes but I don't see how this is relevant"
"Ahh see it's relevant as we were allowed to access a copy of your medical records for today and is it true that you-"
"You can't say that" Hailey interrupted
"Is it true you are pregnant?"
"Yes I am pregnant, but it's not Matts baby"
"But given the time frame-"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!"
"I'm just trying to piece the story together"
"What, try and get him less time because I'm pregnant. I was forced to have sex which means I got pregnant. I got pregnant because a monster attacked me and raped me in my own home. I didn't deserve any of this and if you think that's worse enough, the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with is now in a wheelchair because he walked into the parking lot of where we work and shot him in the spine leaving him paralysed. So I won't answer any more of your questions because there's enough evidence to see what he did to me and if you want to stand there and defend him, you're just as bad." Hailey then looked at Matt, "and if you think I'm keeping this baby so you think you have gained something out of this think again"
Hailey jumped down of the podium and sat down next me jay. She grabbed his hand and he squeezed it back.
"You did so good Babe"
"I want to go"
"Let's go" Hailey stood up and walked out the court and jay followed her, she didn't want to stay for the rest and she didn't have to either, it was her time to leave. She knew he would be going away but she couldn't stand to be in the same room as him anymore.