Paloma helped the delusional and half unconscious Jason into the hospital. A nurse took over from there, bringing him into a room where he would receive treatment.
"He'll be fine, Miss Lopez-Fitzgerald. He just needs a few stitches and some rest." The nurse informed her. She then noticed the cut under Paloma's eyes. "You might need to get that checked out. It looks a little deep and we don't want an infection to start. Especially so lose to your eye."
Paloma nodded. The nurse took her arm and led her into a room to wait for one of the on call doctors.
Turned out Paloma needed stitches. Oh great, now papa's going to start asking questions.
Katherine left Sheridan to get something to drink from the cafeteria. She noticed, as she walked by, Paloma sitting in a room with fresh stitches. "Dear god Paloma! What on earth happened?" Katherine entered the room obviously concerned for her god-daughter.
"Nothing, tia. I fell." Paloma looked away from Katherine, disguising her tone and hiding her face from her. Katherine had a nack for knowing when Paloma was hiding something.
Katherine caught on quick. "Your not going to tell me?" Paloma shook her head. Firstly she didn't want her family getting involved in her love life with Jason and secondly her father was already pissed off at Alistair as it was. "Well then. As long as your fine I wont pry. I just want you to be safe darling."
"Thanks, Tia." Paloma said. Katherine left the room, then after being cleared by the doctor Paloma went to check on her boyfriend.
Katherine was pretty worried about Paloma. She had to let Martin know. Seeing Martin come out of the room Theresa and Pilar were in she thought that was a good time as any. "Martin? I need to talk to you."
Pilar over heard Katherine call Martin over. She walked over to where they were. "What's going on? Any news on Ethan?" Pilar asked.
Katherine shook her head. "No, actually I need to speak with you about Paloma... I don't know if your aware she's here." She began to tell them. "I'm a little concerned. I just saw her in one of the rooms getting stitches and she's was quite reluctant to tell me what happened."
Rebecca arrived with Gwen to see Ethan just in time to hear the last part. Gwen was speaking with a doctor about Ethan. "Oh Palomino's here already? Well that didn't take long...Alistair didn't beat her up to much then?" She had a sarcastic concerned tone in her voice. Rebecca had seen the struggle between them when she drove by the park.
"Alistair did that to her?" Katherine was quite shocked, hadn't he done enough already tonight?
Martin was so outrageously pissed off at this point, "Alistair hurt my precious Paloma, and Theresa, in the same night? I am going to kill that monster, right now..." Martin gathered up his courage and his car keys from his pocket and stormed out the door for his car in the parking lot before anyone could say anything.
Pilar was shocked that Alistair had not only attacked Teresa but Paloma also. Before she could realize it Martin had left. "Oh Lord please protect Martin" Pilar said out loud. She was terrified of Martin taking Alistair on by himself but knew it was too late to try to stop him.
Dr. Russell finally came out of the operating room. She had been helping out with Ethan. "I have a good prognosis. Ethan's made it through the worst, he's no longer in critical condition, but we have to keep a close eye on him. And, Theresa, we had a rape test done on her, it was positive. Alistair sexually assaulted her, and another doctor told me Paloma was also assaulted?"
Pilar was just about to go look for Paloma when Eve made her announcement. "Damn that Alistair!" She was almost relieved that Martin was not there to hear it about the rape. "With Teresa resting I'm going to go find Paloma. Did anybody see where she went?" Pilar asked.
Paloma was relieved that Jason was okay but kind of disappointed that he was sleeping when she got to go in and see him.
She decided to take a walk around, check and make sure her sister and Ethan were okay.
She got to the place where everyone was in time to hear Eve's announcement. Thank god Ethan's okay...but poor Theresa!
Pilar noticed Paloma standing off to the side. "Paloma are you ok?" she asked while reaching out to her daughters face and examining the cut on her eye. "What happened? Why did Alistair attack you mi hija? Did he try to rape you too?" Pilar inquired with a very concerned tone in her voice...
Paloma maneuvered away from Pilars hand. "It's nothing mama, don't worry about it. It's Ethan really okay? And Theresa, what's going to happen with her now that there is proof that Alistair raped her?"
Eve closed joined the conversation between Pilar and Paloma, "Well with any luck it will land Alistair in jail once and for good, as soon as the media gets a hold of this. He may rule Harmony but he doesn't rule the nation. He'll get his due I'm sure of it."
Pilar agreed with Eve. "Yes I hope if we bring attention to this it will finally help bring Alistair down. Surely the police cannot ignore a rape especially with the proof the doctors have collected. I just hope Teresa has the strength to press charges against him" Pilar said very sullen. "Paloma I'm glad you are alright mi hija."
"I'm glad too. But what about the man you were with?" Eve began to question. "Is he alright?"
"What man?" Pilar's voice turned from concerned to almost horrified.
Paloma felt busted. She hadn't told anyone besides her friends about Jason. "Uh-" She tried to find the right words to spell out the situation. "Jason." She just decided to say it as it was. "I've been seeing him for almost three months now mama. Please don't be mad that I didn't tell you." Paloma had a sound of desperation in her voice.
"Mad?" Pilar smirked trying not to sound as horrified as before. "Why would I be? Its your life Paloma. I mean why should you have to tell… your mother who you see. Was he there when Alistair attacked you? Is he alright?"
"Yes. Alistair hit him in the head with a rock before he came after me. He's alright now…just sleeping."
Pilar nodded in relief. "Good. Good." She was calmed down at this point. "Um, I would like to meet him at some point Paloma. You father would as well."
Paloma nodded and hugged her mother tightly. Pilar hugged even tighter as she was overwhelmed with all the happenings that night. But everything would turn out fine eventually…things always do.