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Chapter Two

Serenity was trying to cope with being here with her father, but she would still flinch whenever Hank would come near her. She didn't want to be this way, but after being made to submit to things that her step-father would demand her to it was hard to stop always being on guard. One evening when Joey and Seto were there, she asked Seto "if she could talk to him."

They walked outside and as they walked, Serenity said "how long did it take for you to get over being hurt?"

Seto knew what she meant but how did he tell her that at times the memories come back and he's that young kid all over again. At times like that, Joey could only hold Seto and let him cry and just be there for him. Seto took a deep breath and then he said "You may never get over the feelings, but there is a way for you to be able to deal with them."

Serenity looked at him and asked "how?"

Seto then told her "I got help for a Therapist by the name of Dr. Hunter. He is the best in his field and if you want I can talk to him about you going to his Office and just talk to him if you want?"

Serenity stopped walking and looked up at Seto and with tears flowing down her face she told him "please call him and just maybe he can help me." She didn't know how to ask Seto to hold her, but he didn't need to be told. He held her in his arms and let her get it all out of her system. Then they walked back to the house.

Serenity walked over to Hank and she said "daddy, I'm going to talk to someone in hopes he can help me."

Hank held his little girl and he said a silent prayer that everything would work out for her.

Seto and Joey held each other and the four of them cried tears of joy and sorrow. Joey closed his eyes and said a prayer himself that his sister would be able to get on with her life and that what happened in her past would stay there. He remembered that at times Seto would have flash backs and he knew that Serenity probably would too. All they could do is to be there for her, but she would have to deal with her own demons.

Three days later, they sat in the Office of Dr. Hunter. The receptionist had Hank fill out some papers and she told them that the Doctor would be with them in a little while.

As they sat there, Serenity was getting scared and didn't know if she wanted to be there or not. Just when she was about to ask her father to take her home, the door opened and out walked a man and as soon as she saw him, she knew that he was going to help her.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Jeffery Hunter and you must be Hank and Serenity Wheeler. Hank shook his hand and Serenity just smiled. Jeffery asked "if he could talk to Hank alone and then he would be back to talk to her."

As they walked into the Office, Hank was about to lose it. Jeffery picked up on how he was feeling. "Please sit down" Jeffery said. "Could you tell me a little why you and your daughter are here" Jeffery asked Hank.

As Hank explained what had happened, Jeffery took notes. Then Jeffery asked "Hank to have Serenity to come in."

As she closed the door, Serenity was so scared. Dr. Hunter asked "her to sit down. Do you know why you're here?" He asked her

Serenity got tears in her eyes as she shook her head yes. Then she said "my mom married a man by the name of Jim Winter and for awhile we were all very happy. At first I didn't know if I'd like this man because he took my mother away from me, but after awhile I kind of liked him. Then my mother found out that she had cancer and soon things went from bad to worse.

She had to stop and wipe the tears from her face and Jeffery gave her a glass of water to drink. "Take your time" he told her.

One day when I turned twelve Jim came and told me that since my mother couldn't fulfill her duty as a wife then I would have to. I didn't know what he meant at first, but I soon found out the hard way. Jim started touching my body and I would try to stop him and he would slap or beat me till I just submitted to what ever he wanted me to do. The worst part was when he force me to have sex with him and of my God the pain. I screamed and screamed but he covered my mouth so that my mother wouldn't hear. Then he shoved his penis into me and I had never felt such pain in my life. He kept this up until my mother died and the Police came and found him pumping my little body. He was arrested and taken away, then the Welfare People came and took me away and they found papers saying what my father's name was and he was contacted. Soon I was sitting in a room were they said that this man was my father. I didn't even know who my father was. My mother never told me his name but they found pictures and letters that he had written to her and I knew then that he was my father.

She had to stop again because she was so nervous, that Jeffery suggested "that they stop and she could go to the bathroom and put some water on her face and if she felt like it they could continue."

While Serenity was gone, Jeffery went over his notes and he shuttered thinking that any man could use a little girl for their lustful ways. He remembered when Seto first came to see him and how angry that young man was. It took several months for Seto to finally get out what his step-father had put him through and how when they finally got to the bottom of why he was so angry it was like the weight of the world came off Seto's shoulders. Jeffery only hoped that he could help Serenity, but it would be up to her how far they would be going.

When Serenity came back, she asked "why did he do that to me?"

She started crying and shaking so badly that Jeffery thought she would fall apart and he went over and held her in his arms and softly whispered "honey I don't have any answers for you, all I can do is to help you understand and maybe then we can put all of this to rest and you and your family can finally find some peace."

She smiled and wiped her eyes and then she told him "Seto was right, you are a very nice man and I'm going to trust you just like Seto did. And she did trust Dr. Hunter. It took several more sessions with the Doctor for her to be able to really understand that it wasn't her fault that any of this happened to her. By the time she finally came to terms with what had happened it was four months from the first time she came into his Office.

Please R&R.