Wounds
Chapter One
"You busy?" He asked as he poked his head around the door.
"Not particularly, only catching up on ?" She asked as she placed the biro between her teeth and smiled at him.
"Theres been a rape and I need a SOIT officer to come with me to the rape refuge and you're the only one still in the station" He replied nonchalantly.
"Cheers Sarge, you really know how to make a girl feel special" She mocked as she neatly placed her paperwork to one side before following him to the area car.
Although it was her duty to assist on rape investigations Kerry felt slightly apprehensive and unnerved as it brought back memories she had tried to forget; neverthelesss she had to put a brave face on things, no-one knew what had happened with Gabriel and she wasn't about to change that now.
"So what happened with this rape then Sarge?" Kerry quipped. After dealing with the secret for so long on her own she had come to realise that the best way for her was to forget it ever happened, unfortunately this attitude did not mix with the duties of her job.
"You could seem a little more bothered Kerry, this whole Ice Maiden routine's boring and it don't suit ya'" Smithy snapped back as he turned into the refuge car park.
Getting out of the car the pair of them slammed their car doors simultaneously. Smithy briskly made his way into the building,busily trying to avoid any confrontation or even an exchange of words with Kerry.
"We're here to see Sarah Freeman" Kerry reported to the receptionist before taking a seat next to Smithy in the waiting area.
The grey hessian covered chairs made her skin itch as it had done previously. The room was set up in exactly the same way as before, not a poster out of place. From the corner of her eye she saw the refuge counsellor who had previously helped her approach both her and Smithy, however her gaze was fixated solely on Kerry.
She took a seat next to Kerry before turning to face her.
"Hi, I take it you've changed your mind..." The counsellor began before Kerry sharply cut her off.
"Err, we're here to speak to Sarah Freeman. Im PC Kerry Young, her SOIT officer and this is Sergeant Smith" Kerry stammered as she fiddled in her inside pocket, desperately trying to locate her warrant card.
Smithy slipped his hand into her side pocket and pulled it out, Kerry eagerly took it off him before thanking him under her breath.
"Ah right, Ok. She's just being examined at the moment, the process takes a while as I'm sure you're aware, as a SOIT officer of course" The counsellor replid, desperately attempting to cover up what Smithy was beginning to realise.
As the woman slowly walked to reception she turned and gave an apologetic smile in Kerry's direction, which was reciprocated back.
"Err what was that about?" Smithy asked as he rapidly tried to fit the pieces together.
"Nothing. Just leave it Smithy. We're here to do our job, nothing else".
"I know you don't want me prying and you've told me to shut up on many occasions, but I need to ask you this question Kerry" Smithy said as he looked at her as she stared out of the windscreen.
"You never went to the Rape Refuge Centre when you accused me of raping you which means you must have been another time. Have you been raped?" He asked, full of compassion.
"No, why would you think that?" She replied, wiping a tear away from her cheek.
"Ok, well you obviously don't want to talk about it with me so talk to someone else about it. If you change your mind you know where I am, but talk to someone about it Kerry because its obviously eating away at you"
Kerry didn't reply, she didn't know how to. Since Cameron left her she had convinced herself hiding it was the best way to deal with it, now she wasn't so sure.
Walking back into the station they were greeted by DC De Costa who was eager to find out what information they had gathered from the rape victim.
"Ah, how did it go with Sarah Freeman" she asked.
"We'll we have her medical notes" Smithy said as he tapped the brown file he was carrying.
"But apart from that not much else, its still fresh in her mind I think we need to give her time to let it sink in then she might be willing to talk" Kerry continued.
"These rape victims are all the same, we try to help and most of the time they don't want to cooperate. Isn't that right Kerry" Gabriel said as he walked past winking in Kerry's direction.
"When we want your opinions PC Kent we'll ask for them" Smithy said, calling down the corridor to Gabriel.
Ramani and Smithy had turned away from Gabriels direction and began to advance to Smithy's office, Kerry however stared down the corridor watching Gabriel as he walked away care-free.
You can only push a person so far, then you can't hurt them anymore
Thank You and Goodnight x