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A/N: I'm so happy that you enjoyed the last chapter and your reviews were amazing! For those of u who chose not to read it, or if u just want a rundown of the events, here is a cliff notes version.
Story starts right before Christmas where Carrie meets X (Xander) and they start dating in January. Sam is her future stepfather and Karen (Carrie's mother) leaves her with him while she goes to see Kevin and Lucy get engaged. Sam violently rapes Carrie. In April, she finds out she's pregnant. In May she tells Sam about the baby and after raping her again, he kicks her over and over in the stomach until she can't move. She emailed X what happened and left New York Kevin tells her they need to go to the hospital.
Okay that's what happened last chapter, so on to the rest of the story.
Chapter 4: Pictures and Surprising Revelations
Carrie and Kevin started walking downstairs when they ran into Lucy. She saw the grim expression on her husband's face and knew something awful had happened. Carrie saw this exchange and felt a little glad when Kevin didn't tell her what happened. Carrie kind of wanted Lucy there, though because she was a girl. Just having her brother there would be weird.
"You can tell her," Carrie told Kevin.
Kevin looked at her surprised, "Okay, Carrie if you're sure."
Carrie nodded in response, and Kevin pulled Lucy aside to tell her what happened to his baby sister. The wide-eyed look on Lucy's face let Carrie know what part of the story Kevin was at. When he finished, Lucy rushed towards her and took her in her arms. Carrie felt strange about being hugged by her, but she decided it was best not to say anything; Lucy was her sister-in-law after all. Kevin ushered them down the stairs and into his car for the trip to the hospital.
*****
X was scared to death something had happened to Carrie because he hadn't heard from her in several days. She hadn't been in class and her mom was going crazy trying to figure out what happened to her. The police were looking for clues to her disappearance, but they said it looked like a runaway case. X knew something awful had to have happened. Carrie never would have left without telling him. Sadly, he decided to check his email to see if she had emailed him.
His pulse quickened when he saw the 1 new message sign come up; he almost leapt for joy when he saw her name on the sender list and double clicked on the message. The message that awaited him, though, sickened him to his soul. It was the confession of his girlfriend's rape. X ran out of his room and called Karen and told her the whole story. She called him a liar and refused to believe him. X knew he had to find his girlfriend, but he didn't know where to start.
He hopped on his motorcycle and drove to places around town and asked if they'd seen Carrie. He showed them a picture they had taken together over Christmas. They were both wearing Santa hats and she was sitting on his lap. At the fifth place he checked, they told him she had been in a couple of days ago and she said something about heading west. X knew it wasn't much, but at least he had somewhere to start. He got on the highway and stopped at every gas station until he found someone else who saw her. X continued until someone told him she had talked to some guy about going to California.
X got on his motorcycle and drove all the way there. He just hoped he could find her and tell her everything would be all right, but mostly he wanted to keep her from getting hurt worse than she already had been. What he didn't know was the very man that X wanted to keep away from Carrie was following him, and he was leading him straight to her.
*****
Once at the hospital, Kevin explained the situation and a nurse called them back immediately. The sooner they could do a pelvic exam, the sooner they may be able to get DNA evidence against Carrie's rapist. The first thing they had to do, though, was to take pictures of her bruises. Kevin and Lucy waited outside of her room while she changed into a hospital gown. The nurse told her to keep her bra and underwear on under her gown for the picture taking. When she was in the hospital bed, Kevin and Lucy came in to wait with her.
A young woman walked in with a camera and asked Carrie to lift up her gown. Kevin turned to leave, but Carrie asked him to stay if he wouldn't mind. He gave her a reassuring smile and sat back down. The second her gown raised to exposed her black and blue midriff, Kevin felt anger rise within him. His stomach churned as he saw a few of her ribs had obviously been severely injured. That explained why she wore the corset top, she had to keep her ribs in place.
The woman looked sad as she finished and told Carrie she could get back into her bed. She obliged and the woman left. Hank Hastings entered the room to see his newest patient. A shortened version of the story had been relayed to him and he felt horrible for the young girl. He was astounded to see she was somehow related to Kevin and Lucy.
"Hello Carrie," he said warmly, "Lucy, Kevin what are you doing here?"
"Carrie's my sister," he replied simply.
"Oh okay," Hank said, "Now, I need to perform a pelvic exam to see what kind of damage has been done."
Carrie nodded and put her feet in the stirrups that were at the foot of her bed. Kevin held her hand as Hank started the examination. She grimaced and squeezed her brother's hand through the procedure. Even though it only took a few minutes, to Carrie it felt like an eternity. When he was finally finished, he looked at the young girl who had been abused.
He sighed, "Well, he did some pretty extensive damage to your uterus, but somehow it managed to hold onto the baby. You did bleed some, but that was from a lateral tear in your cervix."
Carrie's head spun, "Y...you mean I'm still p...pregnant?"
"Yes, you are. You do have to stay in the hospital for a couple of days so we can monitor you and the fetus, but you should heal pretty easily," he told her.
She nodded still in a daze. Sam hadn't killed her child, so she will get something out of the nightmarish ordeal. Carrie was getting a baby! Her own child that she could love and take care of. This news caused the first smile she had had since February, and it felt good. She wanted to have her baby and she knew she could handle it. After the hell she had been through she could handle anything.
*****
X was somewhere in Nevada when he received a call on his cell. Realizing it was Karen, he picked up the phone. He was hoping she knew more precisely where Carrie went, because it was hard to know what to do when all X knew was she was headed to California.
"Hey Karen," X greeted, "Do you know where she is?"
"I believe you," Karen blurted out with a shaking voice.
X was puzzled, "Believe me about what?"
"About Carrie! Sam raped her, and he's gone now!" she sobbed.
"Karen, calm down. I'm in Nevada now and I know she's in California, but do you know what city she's in?" he questioned.
"Yeah, Kevin called and told me she's in Glenoak with him and she's in the hospital because that son of a bitch raped her!" Karen screamed, close to hysterics.
X had to leave, but he needed to calm her down first, "It's okay Karen, I'm going to see her now and I'm sure the police will find him soon. I have to go now though, are you going to be okay?"
"I'll *sniffle* be *gasp* fine," Karen managed to say before she hung up the phone.
X knew he had to see Carrie, he wanted to hold her and tell her how sorry he was. He noticed something had been bothering her for a while, but he never thought it was something to this magnitude. She kept telling him she was just worried about school or her mom. X was angry at himself for not seeing beyond her fabrications. He pulled out of the gas station and drove as fast as he could to get to California. He'd been on the road for two days and still hadn't rested. He knew he couldn't rest until he saw for himself that Carrie was okay.
*****
Kevin told Carrie he thought it would be a good idea if she talked to a professional about what happened to her and she reluctantly agreed. She felt as if she was going into the deep end of a pool without knowing how to swim. Lucy told her that her father is a minister and that he's dealt with a lot of situations similar to her own.
"Okay, I'd like to talk to him," Carrie told the newlyweds.
Lucy called him and had him come down to the hospital immediately. Within a few minutes he arrived and walked quietly into Carrie's hospital room. He took a seat next to her and motioned for Kevin and Lucy to leave. They followed his instruction and stepped outside the room. Carrie relayed her story once more; Reverend Camden helped her see that it wasn't her fault and there was nothing she could have done to avoid what happened to her. He left and she slept well for the first night in months.
A/N: I'm so happy that you enjoyed the last chapter and your reviews were amazing! For those of u who chose not to read it, or if u just want a rundown of the events, here is a cliff notes version.
Story starts right before Christmas where Carrie meets X (Xander) and they start dating in January. Sam is her future stepfather and Karen (Carrie's mother) leaves her with him while she goes to see Kevin and Lucy get engaged. Sam violently rapes Carrie. In April, she finds out she's pregnant. In May she tells Sam about the baby and after raping her again, he kicks her over and over in the stomach until she can't move. She emailed X what happened and left New York Kevin tells her they need to go to the hospital.
Okay that's what happened last chapter, so on to the rest of the story.
Chapter 4: Pictures and Surprising Revelations
Carrie and Kevin started walking downstairs when they ran into Lucy. She saw the grim expression on her husband's face and knew something awful had happened. Carrie saw this exchange and felt a little glad when Kevin didn't tell her what happened. Carrie kind of wanted Lucy there, though because she was a girl. Just having her brother there would be weird.
"You can tell her," Carrie told Kevin.
Kevin looked at her surprised, "Okay, Carrie if you're sure."
Carrie nodded in response, and Kevin pulled Lucy aside to tell her what happened to his baby sister. The wide-eyed look on Lucy's face let Carrie know what part of the story Kevin was at. When he finished, Lucy rushed towards her and took her in her arms. Carrie felt strange about being hugged by her, but she decided it was best not to say anything; Lucy was her sister-in-law after all. Kevin ushered them down the stairs and into his car for the trip to the hospital.
*****
X was scared to death something had happened to Carrie because he hadn't heard from her in several days. She hadn't been in class and her mom was going crazy trying to figure out what happened to her. The police were looking for clues to her disappearance, but they said it looked like a runaway case. X knew something awful had to have happened. Carrie never would have left without telling him. Sadly, he decided to check his email to see if she had emailed him.
His pulse quickened when he saw the 1 new message sign come up; he almost leapt for joy when he saw her name on the sender list and double clicked on the message. The message that awaited him, though, sickened him to his soul. It was the confession of his girlfriend's rape. X ran out of his room and called Karen and told her the whole story. She called him a liar and refused to believe him. X knew he had to find his girlfriend, but he didn't know where to start.
He hopped on his motorcycle and drove to places around town and asked if they'd seen Carrie. He showed them a picture they had taken together over Christmas. They were both wearing Santa hats and she was sitting on his lap. At the fifth place he checked, they told him she had been in a couple of days ago and she said something about heading west. X knew it wasn't much, but at least he had somewhere to start. He got on the highway and stopped at every gas station until he found someone else who saw her. X continued until someone told him she had talked to some guy about going to California.
X got on his motorcycle and drove all the way there. He just hoped he could find her and tell her everything would be all right, but mostly he wanted to keep her from getting hurt worse than she already had been. What he didn't know was the very man that X wanted to keep away from Carrie was following him, and he was leading him straight to her.
*****
Once at the hospital, Kevin explained the situation and a nurse called them back immediately. The sooner they could do a pelvic exam, the sooner they may be able to get DNA evidence against Carrie's rapist. The first thing they had to do, though, was to take pictures of her bruises. Kevin and Lucy waited outside of her room while she changed into a hospital gown. The nurse told her to keep her bra and underwear on under her gown for the picture taking. When she was in the hospital bed, Kevin and Lucy came in to wait with her.
A young woman walked in with a camera and asked Carrie to lift up her gown. Kevin turned to leave, but Carrie asked him to stay if he wouldn't mind. He gave her a reassuring smile and sat back down. The second her gown raised to exposed her black and blue midriff, Kevin felt anger rise within him. His stomach churned as he saw a few of her ribs had obviously been severely injured. That explained why she wore the corset top, she had to keep her ribs in place.
The woman looked sad as she finished and told Carrie she could get back into her bed. She obliged and the woman left. Hank Hastings entered the room to see his newest patient. A shortened version of the story had been relayed to him and he felt horrible for the young girl. He was astounded to see she was somehow related to Kevin and Lucy.
"Hello Carrie," he said warmly, "Lucy, Kevin what are you doing here?"
"Carrie's my sister," he replied simply.
"Oh okay," Hank said, "Now, I need to perform a pelvic exam to see what kind of damage has been done."
Carrie nodded and put her feet in the stirrups that were at the foot of her bed. Kevin held her hand as Hank started the examination. She grimaced and squeezed her brother's hand through the procedure. Even though it only took a few minutes, to Carrie it felt like an eternity. When he was finally finished, he looked at the young girl who had been abused.
He sighed, "Well, he did some pretty extensive damage to your uterus, but somehow it managed to hold onto the baby. You did bleed some, but that was from a lateral tear in your cervix."
Carrie's head spun, "Y...you mean I'm still p...pregnant?"
"Yes, you are. You do have to stay in the hospital for a couple of days so we can monitor you and the fetus, but you should heal pretty easily," he told her.
She nodded still in a daze. Sam hadn't killed her child, so she will get something out of the nightmarish ordeal. Carrie was getting a baby! Her own child that she could love and take care of. This news caused the first smile she had had since February, and it felt good. She wanted to have her baby and she knew she could handle it. After the hell she had been through she could handle anything.
*****
X was somewhere in Nevada when he received a call on his cell. Realizing it was Karen, he picked up the phone. He was hoping she knew more precisely where Carrie went, because it was hard to know what to do when all X knew was she was headed to California.
"Hey Karen," X greeted, "Do you know where she is?"
"I believe you," Karen blurted out with a shaking voice.
X was puzzled, "Believe me about what?"
"About Carrie! Sam raped her, and he's gone now!" she sobbed.
"Karen, calm down. I'm in Nevada now and I know she's in California, but do you know what city she's in?" he questioned.
"Yeah, Kevin called and told me she's in Glenoak with him and she's in the hospital because that son of a bitch raped her!" Karen screamed, close to hysterics.
X had to leave, but he needed to calm her down first, "It's okay Karen, I'm going to see her now and I'm sure the police will find him soon. I have to go now though, are you going to be okay?"
"I'll *sniffle* be *gasp* fine," Karen managed to say before she hung up the phone.
X knew he had to see Carrie, he wanted to hold her and tell her how sorry he was. He noticed something had been bothering her for a while, but he never thought it was something to this magnitude. She kept telling him she was just worried about school or her mom. X was angry at himself for not seeing beyond her fabrications. He pulled out of the gas station and drove as fast as he could to get to California. He'd been on the road for two days and still hadn't rested. He knew he couldn't rest until he saw for himself that Carrie was okay.
*****
Kevin told Carrie he thought it would be a good idea if she talked to a professional about what happened to her and she reluctantly agreed. She felt as if she was going into the deep end of a pool without knowing how to swim. Lucy told her that her father is a minister and that he's dealt with a lot of situations similar to her own.
"Okay, I'd like to talk to him," Carrie told the newlyweds.
Lucy called him and had him come down to the hospital immediately. Within a few minutes he arrived and walked quietly into Carrie's hospital room. He took a seat next to her and motioned for Kevin and Lucy to leave. They followed his instruction and stepped outside the room. Carrie relayed her story once more; Reverend Camden helped her see that it wasn't her fault and there was nothing she could have done to avoid what happened to her. He left and she slept well for the first night in months.