And within minutes Houston showed up,flying in the door like a bat out of hell.
"What the hell happened?" "Where is C.J.?' Matt asked anger and panic in his voice.
"You need to get a hold of yourself boy,she's in the bedroom". Uncle Roy told him solemly.
"Your not going to like what your going to find". He said.
"What do you mean,what happened"? Matt asked with irritation filling him from not know what had happened to her.
"C.J……was brutally attacked sometime in the night". he said barely getting the words out.
"Oh dear god." is all Houston could say.
"She won't speak to anyone and is frightened and shaking". Uncle Roy said slowly.
"I'm going in there." Matt said tears filling his eyes.
He walked in the doorway of the bedroom,he looked towards the bed. He saw her sitting there staring downward,rocking back and forth cradling herself. He walked up to her and crouched down beside her. He could see the dried blood all over her face and bruises as well,. He looked around her and saw not only was she covered in blood but so was most of the bedding.
"CJ honey I'm here." choking up as he tried to force the words out.
She waited a minute,he didn't think she was going to respond and then….
"Houston?" she said tears in her eyes as she looked over at him.
"Yea baby I'm here now". he said trying not get anymore emotional than he already was.
"I'm sorry" she said crying the whole time.
"What on earth do you have to be sorry about?" he asked his heart aching for her the entire time.
"I tried to stop him,but he wouldn't". She said full of shame.
"CJ honey..this is no way,shape, or form your fault." "Get that notion out of your head right now".he said with a very determined tone.
The paramedic came over to them and asked to examine CJ,she still wanted no part of it.
"Let me try." Houston told the paramedic and she walked away so that Houston could talk to CJ alone.
He lifted CJ's head up to look at him very carefully.
"Do you want to get out of here?"
CJ shook her head yes.
"Then I need for you to do this one thing,let them examine you,so they can see how badly your injured." he asked her gently.
She thought for a minute and then shook her head yes. Houston signaled for the paramedic to come over and help her.
"I'll be right outside,I'm not going anywhere." he said calmly.
CJ shook her head and then walked in the bathroom with the paramedic.
Matt walked out into the front room where Roy and Hoyt sat waiting to see if he could get CJ to let the paramedics help her.
"Hoyt you better pray to god you find the bastard that did this to her before I do."Houston said with venim.
"If I get him, I'll kill him, and there will be nothing left to put in your body bag, I can promise you that".He said his voice filled with rage.
Hoyt and Roy both looked at each other but said nothing. They figured it would only make things worse if they tried to say anything. That was the response both men figured they'd get anyway, You see when it came to CJ all bets were off. Houston would protect her till the death if need be and on many occasion it had almost come to that.
They were the very best of friends and had been since childhood,and now many years later that bond had only strengthened. They told each other practically everything and because they worked together they were together on a daily basis which only helped pull them even closer together.
A little while later the paramedic that was helping CJ said she was finished. There was also a rape counsler on seen but CJ refused to talk to her.
Houston looked at the lady and asked her what to do to help CJ.
"First and fore most, if your going to be involved ,you need to be committed for the long hall." "It's not going to be easy at all on either of you,some days she may want you to be with her to comfort her and other days you may do not right". the counsler had said sternly.
"Oh I'll be with her as long as she needs me,however she needs me."Matt said directly
"We been there for each other almost all our lives""I'm not about to stop now." He had told her.
"Well then good,she is lucky to have you in her corner."
"I got the report from the paramedic, there was alot of bleeding from the rape,because it happened repeatedly"
Houston thought he was going to lose his breakfast over hearing that,but kept his composure.
He went back in the bedroom,by this time the sheets had been taken away as evidence but the bed was still soaked in blood.
"You ready to get outta here aren't you?" he asked calmly.
She shook her head yes and with that he scooped her up in his arms and started walking out of the house with her.
"Where are you going? " Hoyt asked as they walked by.
"We need her statement" He said panicing
"We'll be at the ranch,she's had enough for now" he said adamentally.
And with that he put her gently in his car and they took off to go to the ranch.