RECAP:"I need ta change yeh bandages and look ah yeh wounds." Chibs stated
Gemma and Clay watched with a weird fascination as Lilia immediately looked over to Tig. The SAA didn't say anything but looked over at the girl making her instantly look away from him. It was odd to him and everyone who was watching the scene before them.
"Come on, Lassie. Let's get yeh cleaned up." Chibs stated, urging her away from Tig and to the closest couch
He had gotten his medical kit when Tig went to fetch the girl for lunch. Her fractured ribs, which Gemma figured would make the girl yell in pain when examined, hurt like hell for Lilia. As Chibs pressed around lightly to check on them, everyone was shocked when Lilia merely bit her lower lip and simply made a face like she was in pain. Not a sound came out of her. Something about that bothered Tig greatly. He knew how painful broken ribs were. Chibs changed her dressings telling her that she was healing pretty well and that she needed to keep taking her antibiotics. He had her turn around so he could check on her broken nose. As he was checking out her still bruised and sore face, he noticed that there were tears streaking down her cheeks. She was definitely in pain but was still not making a sound.
"Aye Lassie, healing goo der." Chibs stated
Tig couldn't take her crying so he slid off his stool and ushered her back to her room. Even if she wasn't making a sound as she cried. She followed him into her room but then stopped just inside the doorway. He looked around noting how nothing much had been moved around. 'She must have just started cleaning when I arrived' he thought to himself. Lilia was feeling lost. She didn't know what to do or what she was allowed to do. Until she was told, she decided staying in her room was the best option.
Tig watched as she seemed to be battling with herself about asking a question. He wasn't a mind reader so he wasn't sure what she would want to ask. Seeing the tears still flowing down her pale cheeks, he decided to get some pain meds in her and get her settled back in bed. He asked her to sit down and noticed she did immediately. It was too quick. Almost like she was afraid something bad would happen if she didn't listen. She watched the tall man very carefully. She didn't know what he was going to do or what was about to happen. He grabbed her water bottle before getting 2 of her pain pills.
Turning to the young woman, he found her staring intently at him. He stretched his hand out towards the girl that had the pills in it. He watched as she jumped slightly. 'Why was she so damned jumpy?' Tig thought to himself. He handed the girl the water bottle and instructed her to take the meds. She began to shake slightly. It wasn't the first time she had been given pills and some God-awful things had been done to her.
"Go on, girl. It's just your pain meds. No need to be in pain." Tig gently, or as gently as Tig Trager could be, stated
He watched as she cautiously slipped the 2 white pills into her mouth then took a good drink of water to wash them down with. She scooted back to the wall but her eyes never left Tig's chest. He didn't know what else to do. She was watching him as he slowly made his way to her door. Right before he finally left, he turned back around.
"Uh, I'll try to find you something to read. If you like reading. Something to pass the time, anyways." Tig stated before leaving her room
She just stared at the door expecting him to return. When the pain medicine began making her sleepy, she finally relented and laid down. She kept her back pressed against the wall and her face towards the door. Tig walked out into the clubhouse to find it empty. With a deep breath, he walked over to Gemma's office to see if she had anything the girl might want to read. Gemma was in the middle of going through the papers that had been found at Lilia's apartment so she didn't notice Tig enter her office.
"Whatcha doing Gem?" Tig stated
"OH! Tigger. Just going over some paperwork. Is Lilia OK?" Gemma stated with a smile
"The girl needs something to read or watch or something. She was trying to clean when I got her for lunch." Tig stated
"I'll have the prospect take a TV into her room. I'm sure I have some books laying around somewhere she might like." Gemma stated
"Thanks." Tig stated
The Matriarch watched the SAA leave her office before going back to the papers Juice had brought her. Some of the things she was reading made her so angry she wanted to find where the boys had buried the girl's husband and father and kill them all over again. It was apparent from some of the papers that Lilia and James had moved around a lot. Gemma couldn't help but wonder why. She made a note to have Juice dig more and found out what she wanted to know. The more she read through the more she realized just how sad this poor girl's life had been.
Gemma finally made it to hospital records, x-rays, and notes. It appalled the Queen Bee greatly to read how many times she'd been into the ER. Looking over doctor's notes Gemma realized that the girl had broken nearly every bone in her body at one point or another. From what she could tell from the various notes, there were several she never went to the ER to have tended to. According to Tara there were old and new bruises, lacerations, and scars. Gemma looked up away from the papers on her desk in contemplation.
"She's been in this lifestyle her whole life." Gemma said out loud
Looking back through the papers on her desk she saw something that caught her attention. This girl had given birth at the age of 14, from what 1 doctor had written. 14! What happened to the kid? Was it alive? Had it been put up for adoption? From what Clay had told her she was still in the custody of her father when she was 14. The thought of that made the Queen shiver in disgust! She flipped the file closed, unable to read any more. Lilia had been through hell and it started way before her and her husband moved to Charming!
As the prospect was walking by, Gemma called him into her office. She explained what she wanted of him, a TV and DVD player to be set up in Lilia's room, and then watched him scurry off. For now, she needed to find the girl something to read in case she didn't like the movies that would have to be dug up for her. She didn't even bother saying goodbye to her husband as she went on her errands. On top of needing some reading material, the girl would probably need some new clothes and toiletries.
Since she didn't quite know what the girl would like, she only bought the basics for her. Having all her purchases, including some popular books and magazines, she headed back to the shop. The Queen Bee had seen and heard a lot but she wasn't quite prepared for what she walked into when she walked into the clubhouse.
"Gemma! Thank God you're here!" Juice exclaimed
"What's going on?" Gemma questioned as she looked around