Sam and Donna drove to the hospital in silence. Sam wanted to make contact with her so he reached over and touched her thigh; Donna was lost in her thoughts and was caught by surprise, she quickly moved closer to the car door away from him.

"Honey, I'm sorry." Sam said pulling his hand away as if he touched fire.

Donna reached for his hand. "No, I'm sorry, it's just-"

"I completely understand." He said while she squeezed his hand tighter.

They pulled up to the hospital and Donna was immediately taken to an examination room.

"Donna?" Dr. Bader asked.

"Yes, hi Dr. Bader." Donna said.

"You must be Sam, I am Donna's Doctor. Would you mind leaving us alone?"

Donna reached out for his hand, "Will you stay?"

"Of course." Sam said with a kiss to her cheek.

"Sam, I am going to have to ask Donna some questions and examine her, it might be hard for you."

"If my wife wants me to stay, then I am going to stay." Sam said as he pulled a chair up next to her.

An officer came in and said, "I asked Dr. Bader if I could sit in as she asks you some questions, and I record the events of what happened."

"That's fine." Donna said.

"Okay, well let's start with you telling me what happened." Dr. Bader said.

"At the party tonight I met Sam's 'friend' that he met while golfing, Carl Goodwin, he was the man who raped me 19 years ago. I believe he knew exactly what he was doing once he found out Sam was my husband. When Sam introduced us I felt dirty and sick like I did all those years ago, so I ran up to our bathroom and got sick. When I came out there he was with the same look in his eyes as 19 years previous."

Donna looked at Sam.

"Go ahead babe." Sam said as he sat up on the exam table next to Donna and she leaned into him, encouraging him to wrap his right arm around her.

"I asked him what he was doing there. He said he was there to recapture what we had all those years ago. I told him there was never anything between us; and how much I love my husband. He said he liked Sam, and didn't like the idea of hurting him, but I was going to be his. I didn't know what to do, I knew I couldn't go through that again, so I screamed Sam's name. Carl came after me, put his hand over my mouth, and threw me on the bed, and my head hit the nightstand. He straddled me and held both my wrists tightly in his hands, I could barely move. I fought with everything I had, but he was so heavy. I could feel his erection against my thigh; I just couldn't let him do that to me again. He tore my shirt from my body and fondled my breasts. He forced his tongue into my mouth while he was fondling me and I slapped him hard across his face, and screamed for Sam who heard me and was trying to break in. He slapped me back and held my hips tightly, I was able to knee him in the groin and then Sam came in."

Donna had silent tears running down her face and looked at Sam who had a combination of nausea and fury running through him.

"It's okay honey, it's over." He said hugging her closer.

"Donna, I know how hard that was for you, but it was necessary. Thank you." The officer said and left.

"He's right Donna, that was really important. I need to examine you now. Please lie back and put your feet in the stirrups." Dr. Bader said as she got all the supplies together.

"Is it necessary? I mean I wasn't raped, Sam made sure I wasn't." She said as she ran her hand through his hair.

"I know you weren't, thankfully, but they do need us to do a rape kit, because it was an attempted rape."

"Okay."

Donna laid back and had already put on a hospital gown when she was taken to the examination room.

The doctor did the exam, as Sam stood right beside her. He could see that her wrists were already bruising, along with her lips, cut on her head, her right cheek, and lip where he had hit her. He couldn't believe this happened to his wife.

"Okay, all done. You don't have a concussion, and your cuts and bruises will just take awhile to heal. I will have the nurse give you a prescription for a pill to help you relax. I want you to come see me in a week, okay?"

"I will make sure of it, thank you doctor." Sam said.

"Sam, can you come sign the paper work so you can get Donna home?" Dr. Bader asked.

"Will you be okay?" Sam asked.

"Of course, I'll be right out." She said with a small, sweet kiss to his lips.

Sam signed the paperwork, got Donna's pills, and they went home. They went up the back way so no one could see them. Donna still wasn't ready to see anybody.

"I'm going to go take a shower." Donna said.

While Donna was in the shower Sam changed the sheets, and called Sophie to tell her what happened and that Donna was okay. He asked her to let everyone know she was okay, and said he was sure she would feel up to seeing her and the girls tomorrow.

By this time Donna had been in the shower for over half an hour.

"Donna, honey, you almost done?"

Sam asked but there was no response. He opened the door and saw her scrubbing her skin fiercely and softly crying. Sam stepped into the shower and took the looks from her hands and took her into his arms.

"I feel so dirty, I don't know how you can look at me knowing what he tried to do, what he did do."

Sam cupped her cheeks in his hands.

"Because you are my wife, the other half of my soul, my heart. You are NOT dirty. He IS sick and dirty. You are NOT! I do NOT want you to talk that way about my wife."

"I love you." She said with a smile.

"I love you too."

"Do you know you came in here with your clothes on?"

"Oh, I was worried when you didn't respond and wanted to make sure you were alright."

"Always my hero."

"Listen, why don't we dry off, get into our bed that has new and soft clean sheets, and have a little talk?"

"About the first time?"

"Are you okay with that? If you're not ready we can wait."

"I would rather we get it over with."

"Donna, nothing will ever change how much I love you.

"Thank you." She said with a kiss to his cheek and got out of the shower.

While she was dressing, Sam took off his clothes and showered. He didn't need it, but he did need that time to compose himself, he didn't want her to see how angry he was. He knew she didn't need that right now, she need him to lean on, and that was what he was going to be for her.