Chapter 13
The SVU team comforts Amanda as she tells them about her sexual assault. Her father isn't too happy about Patton trying to rape his daughter. He and Declan have coffee. Christina and the SVU team go back to the waiting room and Tony rings them coffee. The doctor comes into the waiting room.
"Lieutenant Murphy?" the doctor asks.
"Yes?" Declan asks.
The doctor has news for Declan. The doctor tells Declan that Amanda got hurt but she'll be okay.
"You can see your fiancée now." The doctor says.
"Thank you." Declan says.
Declan enters Amanda's hospital room and he sees Amanda laying in a hospital bed. He walks up to her bed and his kisses her on her forehead.
"Declan? Is that you?" Amanda asks.
"Yeah. I'm here. Your father said you got hurt. Are you okay? I was so worried about you." Declan replies.
Amanda looks into Declan's eyes. She knows that he is here with her now. He knows that she feels safe with him.
"Do you still love me?" Amanda asks.
"Of course I do." Declan responds.
"Good." Amanda says.
"Why would you ask that?" Declan asks.
Amanda knows that she has to tell Declan that Patton assaulted her. She thinks he's not going to want to marry her and that he'll leave her. Declan holds Amanda's hand as she tries to tell him about her assault.
"I have to tell you something but I'm scared." Amanda says.
"You can tell me whatever it is. Don't be scared." Declan says.
Amanda starts to tell Declan about her assault. She doesn't know what to say. He doesn't know what to think.
"I came home after work and I went into the bedroom. The babysitter left and the neighbor offered to keep Jesse at her house. I found Patton in the bedroom." Amanda says.
"Thank God Jesse was safe with the babysitter and then the neighbor. What happened next?" Declan asks.
"I asked him what he was doing there and he said that he was taking me back to Atlanta with him. I told him that he wasn't supposed to be there and that I was going to tell you." Amanda says.
Declan lays with Amanda in the bed. She lays on his chest as she continues her story. Patton will pay for what he did to Amanda.
"He said that you wouldn't want to marry me if you found me with him. I didn't want you to think that I was disgusting." Amanda cries.
"I would never think that. I love you no matter what." Declan says.
Amanda continues her story. She is relieved that Declan still wants to marry her. She is happy to know that he won't leave her.
"Patton told me to get on the bed. When I said no, he grabbed me and then he put me on the bed." Amanda says.
"He put you on our bed? The bed that we sleep on every night and where we do fun things?" Declan asks.
Amanda shakes her head yes. She is ashamed because Patton put her on the bed that she and Declan use every day.
"He ripped my clothes off and he slapped me across the face. Christina found Patton on top on me and told him to get off me. She called my daddy and my squad. They came with EMT and an ambulance." Amanda cries.
Declan kisses Amanda's forehead and he leaves the room. The nurse tells Amanda that she can leave her hospital room for a while. She can go home tomorrow. Declan, Reese, Christina and the SVU team go home to get some rest. A police officer sees Amanda's father and tells him that Patton will be arrested for attempted rape and sexual assault.
"I'm going to hurt this son of a bitch." Tony says.
"Don't worry about anything, Mr. Rollins. I'll have him behind bars in an hour." The police officer says.
Amanda goes into the hospital hallway covered in a blanket and she sees her father talking to a police officer.
"Daddy." Amanda whispers.
The police officer promises to put Patton away for good. Tony will never let anyone hurt Amanda again.
"Daddy." Amanda cries.
Tony embraces his daughter as she cries in his arms.
"Come here. It's okay. He's never going to hurt you again." Tony says.
Amanda returns to her hospital room after her father leaves. She stays overnight and she hopes that she can go home in the morning.