A/N: A lot of people put this story on their story alerts list. Which is really great and I thank you all. However, only one person reviewed the story. I really enjoy reviews, so that was a downer. So, I have decided that the third chapter will not be up until I get 5 reviews. That's just four more. Is that too much to ask for?
TRAVIS'S POV
They let me take Audrey home a week later. It was raining that day, but Audrey liked the rain. The hospital made her leave in a wheelchair. I refused to let anyone touch the wheelchair, but me.
It had taken her one night to turn into a nervous wreck. She refuses to be alone, and when I'm forced to leave her she begins to quietly cry. She stares after me as I leave, with tears slowly trickling down her cheeks. She wouldn't sleep without the light off until I got her a nightlight. I doubt she'll ever return to school.
We sat down in the living room. It was the late afternoon and the sun was streaming into the room. Audrey sat on the white couch staring at the door. She was watching it so intensively that she jumped when the doorbell rang.
I got up to ring Olivia up. I waited by the door, and took her coat as she entered. I had to admit it, she looks great. Except her eyes were rimmed with red from crying. She looked up at me and said "Hello."
"Hey." I answered back. I leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Are you okay?"
She nodded and said "It's nothing. Where's Audrey?" I didn't believe her, but she was working and she was here to do her job. I led her into the living room.
I had made tea for them all. Honey and lemon since that was Audrey's favorite. Had it been before the…rape, it hurts to say that about my little sister, she would have remarked that I had become a regular housewife. But she didn't say anything. Instead she sipped her tea and barely greeted Olivia. Olivia took out a notepad and began to question.
"Audrey, could you please tell us what happened that night?" Audrey nodded and put down her teacup. In her lap, her hands were clenching and unclenching from nervousness. Her eyes darted from the windows to the door then back. She took a deep breath and began to speak.
"It was on a Monday. I remember because I hate Mondays. I have swim practice on Mondays. And it's cold when I leave. I hate showering at the high school, and I hate blow-drying my hair too. So I just put a hood on and run home." She was babbling. I looked over Olivia's shoulder and watched her write down every single word Audrey had said.
Audrey's tone became softer as she spoke. Her words quickened and I was amazed at how Olivia's pen was flying across the paper. "Tony was waiting for me outside. He's sixteen and his dad got him this red convertible as a present."
Olivia interrupted. "Tony who?"
I answered for Audrey. "Tony Williams. He's her boyfriend."
"EX!" she yelled. Olivia and I turned to look at her. Her face had become extremely pale and her startling blue eyes enlarged and filled with anger. Olivia wrote something down and then nodded at her to continue.
"I think he was drunk. He smelled like vodka- the kind Travis drinks when he gets dumped." I turned red. "He said 'Hey baby, get over here. Let's go somewhere nice. And I said, 'No. I'm wet, cold, and gross. I want to go home.' He offered to drive me home but I said no- drunk driving kills." She stared off into space. "I wish I was dead!" she burst into sobs again. Her small body shook with sobs. I was about to comfort her when Olivia put her arm on her shoulder.
"Audrey. I can't help you. Unless you continue. If we stop now, we'll have to start this all over again." It was a bit harsh, but I scolded myself for thinking that. This is Olivia's job.
Audrey sighed and continued. The tears still streamed down her face. "He kept saying, 'Baby, what's your deal.' And I kept saying, 'Nothing. I hate when you're drunk.' And then he grabbed me, and he shoved me into…" she took a deep breath. "into the trunk of his car."
Olivia looked shocked. But Audrey continued. Again her voice got quieter, and her talking speeded up. "We pulled up to this hotel." She looked at me. "Remember Sunny Times? The place we used to go for pancakes when we were younger?" I nodded. "Well, now that's where the hotel is. I remember because the pancake place was right across from that park."
"Wait- what?" Olivia interrupted.
I explained. "When we were younger our parents took us to Sunny Times, this pancake place. Across from it was McKaren Park. Audrey fell off the slide and lost seven of her teeth there. Well, they closed it down about four years ago, and we didn't know. Last year we wanted to get pancakes, and it was a hotel." Olivia nodded and asked Audrey to continue.
"I forgot where I was." She paused for a moment. "Oh. He pulled me out. He was hurting me, his hands were squeezing my arm really hard." She showed us her arm, the finger marks were all too visible. The bruises were green, black, blue, purple, and yellow. I swear if I ever saw Tony, I'd rip his freaking eyes out.
Audrey stared into space. I waved my hand in front of her face. She snapped back. "He dragged me into an elevator. He had a room key. It was Room…it was Room-" She thought. "I think it was room 16, like his age. 16 is Tony's favorite number. It's on his key chain, his door room, and his license plate." Her voice had taken on a new tone, almost robotic, and completely emotionless.
"He blinded folded me. I tried to fight him, I bit him even. I made him bleed." Her eyes had a angry flash in them. But she calmed down and went back to her motionless tone. "He tied my arms behind my back. Then the door opened and a bunch of guys come in. They were asking Tony how much they owed him for the night. Tony said 'Anything over a hundred, and in cash, is good enough for me."
She was staring out the window. "Then he left me." She gazed at us.
Her emotionless tone had changed to a scared, angry tone. "Tony left me. With all those other guys. GUYS I DON'T EVEN KNOW."
A/N: McKaren Park is real, and I live right across the street from it. When I was younger I was going down the slide, and because gravity and Earth hate me, I fell down flat on my face. I was toothless for a very long time. Review!
