Author's Note: I've changed the rate because in this chapter there's a description of sexual abuse, if you're uncomfortable reading it (I tried to be more delicate as possible) skip the part in italic and where there's # (in the beginning and in the end of the scene). There's also a violent scene (not too much I think), as before, if you're uncomfortable skip it the italic's part and where there's #.

Elsa is waiting outside the courtroom, in a waiting room drinking a black tea. She keeps telling herself everything is going to be ok and soon this story will be over. Marshall is next to her, he doesn't say a word to his friend, in a few minutes the trial begins and Elsa needs to stay focus on what she's going to say to the judge and to the court.

Marshall is called and told that it's time to begin. It's 9 o'clock, there are a few people in the room, Elsa is grateful that the all story was handled with caution and without letting the media know everything. This story isn't well known to everyone only because Hans' father doesn't want too much problems, he doesn't want that his hospital would have been seen in a different way by the population, he tries to keep things as quiet as possible, only for that reason.

Elsa is sitting with her lawyer, like Hans with his. The judge begins to say why there's this trial. Elsa is called to the bar to depose. She takes the oath of telling only the truth.

"Ms. Winters, you're here today because you pressed charges on Mr. Southerisland. Could you tell to the judge and to the court why you make this formal accusation?" Marshall begins.

"Yes, I can. I made this formal accusation because Mr. Southerisland raped me and made me do sexual and not only things without my consensus." Hans looks at her smiling, Elsa hates that face, she hopes she won't see him again. Marshall gives her an understanding look and an apologetic smile.

"Could you tell us what he did to you the first time?" Elsa is becoming always more pale, if that is possible. The judge notices her discomfort and says "Take your time, Ms. Winters."

She takes a deep breath, close her eyes for a minute. She remembers very well those days, like it was yesterday. She opens her eyes, looks to the court, then to the judge and finally she focus her look to Hans. The blonde doctor begins telling that story. The one she wants to forget.

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She has finished her medical studies at the University, she graduated earlier, that was an advantage of being the daughter of two important surgeon of the country. She was one of the best students and doctor William Southerisland wanted her in his hospital. She stayed there for a few years, learning and teaching. Her last year of being a surgeon there was the worst period of her entire life, maybe worst then when her parents died.

The 13th son of Dr. Southerisland, Hans, after working for a few months in an hospital out of the city, came back. Since the beginning he showed an interest on Elsa, which she didn't like. She didn't know back then why, but she knew that this Hans wasn't someone who you can trust or you can count on.

One day she needed to stay at the hospital a bit longer, due to some paper work. She couldn't' know that that day would have changed her life.

Hans entered in her office and locked the door. She knew something wasn't right. She looked at him and saw that his eyes were darker than usual.

"Dr. Southerisland what-" He made her stop talking walking to her and pressed one hand to her mouth and the other was on her breast.

"Now, you stay quiet. I've wanted to fuck you since the first day I saw you. I know you want me, I can see it. You play the role of the girl who pretend to not be interested in me by avoiding me or talking to me in a professional way, but I know that deep inside of you, you just want me, my body." She didn't know what he was talking about, she tried to stop him but he was stronger. He took her wrist to make her stay still, so he could do whatever he wanted to. He kissed her. She tried to keep her mouth shut, but he hit her with his knee her abdomen and she let out a cry. In that moment he put his tongue in her mouth, she tried to bit him, but she doesn't know how but she couldn't. She wanted to stop him, but her hands were blocked, her legs too. She knew where this was going. She hoped that her parents, wherever they were, weren't watching what was happening to their daughter.

Hans took his belt and tied her hands together, so she couldn't do something she shouldn't, like punching him and run away. He made her sit on her desk. He undressed her and looked at her breast.

"What a nice breast we have here." He took of her bra, and started to squeeze her boobs. He wasn't nice, the feel of his touch wasn't pleasant at all. Elsa wasn't that type of girl who cry, but tears were starting to fell from her icy blue eyes. She wanted him to stop, but even if she was yelling to him, he didn't care. He continued with what he was doing.

He ripped her panties off, watched at her crotch he smiled and started to touch her clitoris. She wasn't wet, she wasn't aroused, but in Hans' eyes she was ready. He took off his pants, Elsa didn't want to look to him so she kept her eyes closed, with tears running over her face.

"Look at me, bitch. See how hard you make me? I know you want me inside of you and I know you're ready, look at yourself, you're so wet." But she wasn't, she couldn't be. She knew she was going to feel a lot of pain. He took his penis in his hand and pushed it in Elsa's entrance. His penis was met by a lot of resistance, but Hans didn't care, he pushed harder until his member couldn't go any further. She shouted from pain, more tears were running. She couldn't believe of what was happening. She couldn't believe she had so much tears in her, but she knew that that was all she could do then. He started moving in and out from her, his member was becoming harder.

"You're perfect for my cock. I knew it." He was like in a state of mind where he couldn't see the reality. She wasn't enjoying any of it, she was crying but not from pleasure but from pain. He thought that those cries where from her reaching her orgasm, but it wasn't like that. But it didn't matter, because he was in his "dreamland", he climaxed in her.

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Elsa fights to keep back tears during her speech about the first rape. Marshall sees the pain in Elsa's eyes, he wants to stop, but he can't and Elsa knows it. The court and the judge listen carefully to every word Elsa is saying. They know how the trial will end, but they need to listen to everything even if they can understand the difficult situation the woman is dealing with.

Marshall clears his throat. "Okay, thanks. Could you tell us what other things he did to you? And to the other women?" she nods and starts to answer to his friend questions.

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After that day Elsa was afraid to see Hans, she wanted to talk to someone but she didn't have the force to do it. Every time she was alone, she hoped Hans wouldn't show up. But she wasn't that lucky. He kept visiting Elsa when she was alone in her office or somewhere else. He forced her to do blowjobs when he didn't want to penetrate her vagina.

It was a night when she was alone in her office thanking God Hans wasn't there. It wasn't the first time in those months, and it was suspicious to her. She was happy that once in a while she was safe, but she had a feeling that something really bad was happening. She exited from her office, the hospital was quiet, it was pretty late. Once she reached a closed door she heard some noises. She was about to open the door when she recognized a voice. Hans' voice. The other voice was female, and was familiar. In a bad way. Elsa was able to hear the pain of the woman. She tried to open the door, she wanted to save that woman. The door wasn't locked, so she managed to open it and she entered. The woman, was a nurse, she didn't know her name, she didn't care back then, she wanted only her to run away from him. So she took a broom and hit Hans' head, the woman managed to escaped from the man, and ran away. Elsa knew she needed to run as well, but she felt arms holding her. She tried to release herself from the unwanted hold. She succeeded in doing that, but soon enough she felt a pain in her abdomen. She looked down and saw Hans' scalpel in her flesh. She didn't know why he kept his scalpel in his pocket. But he had it, and for her, it wasn't good. The scalpel exited from her abdomen, but it entered again soon.

"You did a stupid thing. Really stupid and know you're going to die." He kept stabbing her until she fall on the ground. She was losing her consciousness. He thought she was going to die and smiled. He walked away leaving her alone in a puddle of blood. He was out of his mind he didn't check her breath, he didn't hide her. He just walked away.

Before she blacked out she managed to call for help.

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Elsa keeps answering all the questions of Marshall and Hans' lawyer, and once they have finished with them, she's glad she didn't have to tell anything else again. The judge let her sit next to her lawyer and asks for Hans' to go to the bar.

After Hans' deposition the court leave the room, in order to decide Hans' fate. After some minutes they entered again.

"It was easy for us to decide. All the proof are against Mr. Southerisland. We've decided: the indicted Hans Southerisland is guilty." The judge nods and beats his hammer.

It is over. Everything ends with the hammer hitting the wood. Marshall smiles at Elsa, she lets out a long breath, she can't believe: finally she won't see Hans again, and she can try to move on and live her life. Despite not being such a affectionate person, she accepted Marshall hug, she wants to cry but she doesn't. She wants to be strong in front of everyone, even if in their opinion she has all the right to cry. The two lawyers shake their hands.

"It's over. I'm proud of you, Elsa. You did a great job there, I know it wasn't easy, but I'm glad you did it." Marshall says once they're in front of Elsa's house door.

"Thanks Marshall, I really appreciate what you did. I can thank you enough."

"You don't need to thank me, just.. live your life now, find friends, find someone to love, be happy. You deserve it, but now? Just go, stay in your couch watch a movie, read a book, sleep. Just relax." He hugs her one more time before going away.

Elsa enters in her home. She locked the door behind her, and looks at the kitchen. It's 3pm, she could eat something. She has a big house, she inherited from her parent's death. There's a big kitchen where she loves cooking, when she has time she learns new recipes. Her living is next to the kitchen, they are divided from a log table, where she eat her meals. In her living room there's a 50 inches plasma TV and a lot of DVD. She enjoys watching movies before going to bed, her Saturday nights are just like that: She sits on her couch, choose a movie and watches it. She owns a PlayStation 3, sometimes she plays it. She enjoys music, so next to the window there's a piano. She's been playing it since she was a little girl, thanks to her mother, who loved music as well. The wall is a light blue, Elsa decided to paint her house with that color because it makes her feel calm.

She decides to eat a simple salad, with carrots, tomato and cucumbers. After her snack, she walks to the piano and starts playing some notes. She misses those days where her mother was sitting next to her teaching how to play the instrument. At the memory of her mother's smile Elsa sighs and a tear fell on her cheek and a hand touches the wet cheek. The blonde thinks that she can cry now, she's in her home, she's safe. She wants so much to cry, and so she does. Tears falling on her cheeks, she hugs herself trying to feel some comfort, imagining that her arms are the ones of her mother. In this state of mind, Elsa could feel the presence of her parents, she wants them next to her. She feels so alone, she doesn't want to be alone, but she doesn't have any friend, only Marshall. She tries to calm herself, she's been crying for hours by now. She thinks she should stop crying, she needs to put herself together. She closes her eyes and a familiar figure is in front of her. Slowly she opens her eyes and chooses what to do. She takes her car keys and her jacket and she walks out from her home heading toward her car.

It's 6pm, the blonde knocks to the door and starts to walking in the room.

"Oh, good evening doc. Why are you here? Oh!" The redhead younger woman looks at her doctor's hands. She's holding a pizza. Anna smiles at the blonde.

"I thought you'd like eating some pizza, I don't know what you like. I managed to bring it here without being seen." Elsa walks a little bit closer to her patient and handle the pizza to her. Anna opens the box and smiles. It's a four season pizza with ham, mushrooms, artichokes and olives.

"You may not know what I like, but you managed to bring me my favorite pizza. Thanks you."

Elsa can feel her own lips that are about to make a smile, but she doesn't want to smile in front of her. 'No, no I can't smile, I don't want to show any weaknesses.. but why? I've just made something that I'd never have done before only because I was feeling bad for yesterday. Maybe the morning I've just had made me too emotional.' Elsa stops her upcoming smile and looks at Anna's smile, she's focused on her pizza and now she's licking her lips. Unconsciously Elsa licks her own lips too. 'Look at her, she has something different from everyone else.'

Anna manages to see Elsa licking her lips.

"Doc, do you want some?" Elsa's mind tells her no, but how could she ever say no to this young woman in front of her? The blonde checks that there's no one near the room and nods shyly to the redhead taking a sit on the chair next her bed.

Author's Note: Hi people! I wasn't sure to write the abuse on Elsa, but a part of me told me to do it, so I did it. I tried to handle at best that delicate issue. I don't know how "Pizza quattro stagioni" is called around the world and how it is in other countries, but here in Italy we have those ingredients, it's my brother's favourite pizza, so I don't know, I wanted to make it the favourite one of Anna as well.

Let me know what you think about this chapter! Thanks for you support and have a nice day everyone!

Christy