The doctor took them to Jade's room and they saw her sleeping on the bed peacefully so they sighed, it still felt so surreal to them. They sat down on the sofas and simply looked at her as they remembered the doctor's words: beaten, whipped, burnt and gang raped. They imagined her screams, her fear, her pain and felt chills going down their spines, it was terrifying.
"This is my fault, I shouldn't have sent her" Mr. West said and started crying again. "Oh god, my poor baby…"
"You didn't know this would happen" Tori said to make him feel better.
"It doesn't matter, it's still my fault…those animals weren't looking for her, they wanted to kill Richard and she was there by chance, I put her there" He affirmed.
"Did you imagine they would attack Richard?" Beck asked coldly, he actually blamed him.
"No, of course not…I wouldn't have sent Jade to get him if I had thought it was risky" Mr. West said. "But it doesn't matter, it happened and she was there because I made her go"
"Yes" Beck said.
"Beck…" Andre said.
"It's the truth" He responded. "She was supposed to be with me, she was supposed to be at the party and he made her go, he made her go to those animals and while we were at the party she was getting TOTURED AND GANG RAPED BY A BUNCH OF BEASTS!" Beck screamed and punched the sofa so Mr. West closed his eyes in impotence and regret. "She shouldn't have been there, SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE!"
"We can't change the past" Tori said sadly. "Calm down"
"He is right, let him talk…" Jade's father said sadly. "I did this to my child"
"No, you didn't….You couldn't have known" Andre affirmed. "I think we are all very affected right now but we need to stay strong for her"
"I agree" Tori added. "Jade doesn't need you throwing guilt at someone, she needs us to support her now"
"And what are we supposed to say, Tori? 'Oh I'm sorry you were raped by six animals, want some juice?' No, we can't help her now, the damage is done" Beck affirmed. "She will never be the same after this"
"You don't know that, we need to try" Andre responded and Beck took a breath.
"Let's just wait until she wakes up" Tori added and they nodded, they stayed in the room for hours until she finally opened her eyes in the afternoon.
"She woke up!" Cat exclaimed and they all surrounded the bed. "Jade, how are you feeling?" She asked but Jade didn't respond so they looked at each other worriedly.
"Honey please talk to us, please say something" Her father said sweetly but she simply fixed her eyes on the window.
"Jade please, we need to know you are in there…talk to us, please" Beck said nicely and put his hand on hers but as soon as he touched her she flinched scared. "It's okay, it's me…I'm not gonna hurt you" He said and smiled but she didn't respond so he closed his eyes in frustration.
"We need to get her some help" Tori said and Mr. West nodded.
"I'll talk to her doctor" He said and left the room, the gang continued trying to make her react but nothing worked so they gave up. She spent all the time looking at the window saying nothing.
A few hours later the doctor arrived with a female doctor by his side and everyone stood up. "Hey, my name is doctor Rogers, I will be treating Jade today…but I need you all to leave the room" She informed and they sighed.
"Okay" Mr. West said and they all left.
"It worries me to see Jade like this, what if she never comes back?" Tori asked.
"She will come back, don't even say that" Beck responded.
"She just needs time, let's give her some space" Andre suggested and they nodded.
"Where is her mother?" Robbie asked.
"She is on a trip, I left her a message" Mr. West said and looked down. "This is a nightmare, I just want my girl to be okay"
"She will" Andre said and Beck sighed not very convinced.
Doctor Rogers stayed with Jade for about three hours and finally came out so they all approached her. "Is she okay?" Beck asked.
"No, she is not okay but that's understandable in her situation" She responded. "However, she finally reacted…she spoke and I believe she can get through this" she said so they smiled gladly.
"Are you sure?" Mr. West asked with tears in his eyes.
"I talked to her a lot…and she told me what happened, even in the middle of the trauma she was experiencing she managed to escape those men and took herself home, and now she is conscious again, she knows what happened" The doctor said. "It will be a process but I'm sure that with the proper treatment she will heal, just don't let it go…she needs therapy and she needs it as soon as possible, right now she is just processing it very logically, she is alienating from it but it'll hit her hard soon so she needs help"
"She will get it" Mr. West said.
"Well, go in…she is waiting for you" Doctor Rogers said and they nodded, they stepped into the room and saw Jade sat on the bed looking at her hands but when she heard them she turned to them.
"Oh honey, finally" Her father said gladly and she sighed.
"Richard is dead in my car" Jade informed.
"I know baby, I saw him" He responded and she nodded.
"I'm sorry I didn't get him home safe" She said and he started crying.
"No, don't even say it…I'm sorry I made you go, my love, I'm so sorry" Mr. West said and she nodded.
"I know" Jade said emotionlessly and looked at all her friends, one by one and saw their eyes run away from hers, they couldn't look her in the eye without feeling terrible and then there was Beck, who couldn't even look at her face, he was just looking down. "If you don't want to look at me, just leave" she said coldly and he knew she was talking to him so he took a breath and looked at her.
"It's not about that" He said and moved his eyes away again. "I just…"
"What? You can't look at me now that you know six animals raped me?" Jade asked and he closed his eyes in frustration. "I thought it would be the other way around" she added and a tear streamed down Beck's face.
"You don't need to talk about that now" Her father said.
"No? That's what you're all here for, you want to know what happened and I can tell you, after everything I've been through in the last twenty four hours nothing can hurt me now" Jade affirmed coldly. "But I want you to look at me while I tell you" She ordered as she grabbed Beck's chin to make him face her.
"Jade, it's not necessary…" He said but she ignored him.
"Everything was fine, I was driving back home and Richard was telling me about the case when all the sudden I heard a gunshot so I stopped the car and when I looked to the side, there he was…dead" Jade said. "I tried to call the police but I had no signal, I was in the middle of nowhere and then they appeared and they were armed so I couldn't drive away"
"Did you recognize them?" Her father asked.
"No and they didn't know me either so I said my name was Lily, I figured they wouldn't like to know I was your daughter" Jade commented. "One of them broke my window and smashed my face against the wheel before dragging me out of the car, then he talked about how I was a bonus for their night and how fun it would be, whoever thought about sending this little doll deserves to be rewarded…that's what he said" she said and they sighed.
"Bastards" Andre said.
"I ran and they gave me some time to get ahead…I heard them laughing as I screamed for help and then they started running after me, I wasn't as fast or strong and they caught me, they dragged me behind a tree, held my arms and legs and he started breaking my clothes with a knife, then one of them grabbed a whip from a bag and they thought it would be fun to use it on me, 'I want to hear you scream', that's what he said" Jade commented angrily and they closed their eyes in anger. "They broke my clothes, they whipped me, hit me, made me drink, suffocated me, burned me with their cigars and…raped me, one after the other, nonstop, I tried to fight but they were holding me at all times and after the third one I…" she said and looked down as several tears streamed down her face. "I couldn't even move, I stopped fighting, I stopped screaming, I just focused on the moon and tried to pretend I wasn't there but my view was blocked by their heads and the bottle on my face, their tongues on my skin, their disgusting breaths and laughs and moans…until they were done, they hit me more to make me scream again but I couldn't so they got bored of me" She said and when she saw their faces she realized they were either sad or angry, Beck was frustrated and full of impotence and her father was exploding in rage.
"Those animals" Tori said angrily.
"They continued drinking and smoking and playing cards on my body for some time and then the first one raped me again, I guess he was in the mood one more time…the others just watched and then fell asleep while he did it" Jade commented and shook her head. "He finished raping me and kissed my lips, he said he'd take me home with him and I just…I just wanted to die but I knew he would do it, that's why I waited until they were asleep and I left, I felt I would pass out but I had to get away before they caught me again so I dragged myself through the field until I reached the car" she said calmly and sighed. "But now that I think of it, I could have just grabbed the gun and killed them all right there, I don't know why I let the chance go…"
"You are not a killer, the police will take care of them" Beck affirmed but he wanted to kill them himself too. "I want them dead too but they are not worth it"
"I could have killed myself too, so easy…just end everything right there, I wouldn't have had to drive home or deal with the pain of walking, I didn't really think I guess, I felt lost" Jade commented as she thought about it.
"No, you made the right choice! You are alive and away from them, that's what matters" Beck affirmed.
"Is it? Really?" Jade asked him. "From looking at your face since the moment you walked through that door, I think you would have preferred to find me dead than to have to look me in the eye after what happened" she affirmed and he looked at her surprised and hurt, he didn't want that but he understood why she felt it that way.
"How can you even say that? Of course not" Beck responded but she stared at him coldly. "Your life is the most important thing to me"
"Then why do I feel you don't want to be here?" Jade asked sincerely.
"That's not true, I'm just affected, I'm angry and that's normal, Jade, my girlfriend was just attacked and I'm processing it but I love you and I just want you to be okay" Beck affirmed. "I'm sorry if you feel I'm distant, it's just a lot happening and I don't know how to handle it, I'm so sorry"
"It wasn't you who got raped and tortured by six men" She responded. "Look me in the eye please" she said and he sighed before looking at her.
"Jade…" He said and she took a small breath.
"Do you want to keep going with this relationship?" She asked and he looked at her disconcerted by her question. "Things are going to change, inevitably…I'm not going to be the same and I'd rather know now, so decide"
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