Finally, the team made it back to the Hub, everyone silent, not speaking since they had left the river and Owen had seen his flashback and they were still all awaiting Owen to tell them what he saw down by the river, well, everyone except Rose was.
"So, what did you see?" Jack asked Owen as they entered the Hub and everyone set off to work, everyone except Owen and Jack and Rose, who was leering in the background behind Owen. Owen hesitated and gave a quick glance at Rose, whose eyes were clearly begging him not to tell Jack what he had seen, but he didn't pay any attention to her signals.
"Rose," he began and Jack turned to face Rose and then back to Owen, missing her shaking her head at Owen frantically, trying to stop him from saying anything.
"Yeah? What about Rose?" he asked curiously.
"Um, can you stop talking about me as if I am not in the room please?" Rose asked and Jack turned to her and sighed.
"Fine, sorry." He apologised and Rose quickly walked over to Tosh, who was at her workstation and began chatting away to her. "Owen!" he whispered and clicked his fingers, pointing up to his office as soon as he saw that Rose was well and truly distracted by Tosh, chatting away to one another."Now!" he hissed and ran up the stairs to his office, Owen in toe.
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"So, what did you see?" Jack asked, leaning against his desk, arms folded and Owen was walking around the office, up and down, glancing down at Rose, making sure she didnt realise that the two of them were talking.
"Listen Jack, does it matter-"
"Yes it does, now what did you see?"
"Fine, I think it was a few years ago, she looked younger, hair longer blah blah blah" he began and sighed "she was with this bloke, Jimmy she called 'im, Jimmy Stone I think, and he- he..." he trailed off and Jack looked at him questioningly.
"He what?"
"He hit 'er, she looked a mess Jack, her shirt was torn, cuts were on 'er forehead," he began and Jack continued to listen intently "he kept sayin' he was giving all these new experiences..." he stopped, not knowing whether Jack wanted to hear the next bit or not.
"What kind of new experiences?"
"Drugs," he began and swallowed "she said that he 'ad forced her, to take drugs, saying she didnt want to, I'm guessin' that's all he did to her though."
"Why?"
"Like I said, she 'ad cut on her forehead, and he smacked her about a bit, I'm guessing it wasn't the only thing or the only time he had done it." He explained and Jack didn't say anything for a few minutes, he simply stood there, listening to what he had just been told. "Then he dragged 'er away, forcing her in to the bushes." He finished and Jack sighed.
"How old was he? Older?"
"Definitely, about 20, 21 I'd say, Rose only looked about 16, barely out of school I'd say."
"That fits." Jack whispered and Owen looked at him confused.
"What fits?"
"Back when I met Rose, the first time we took her back home, back to the estate, Mickey or someone, maybe Shareen, Rose's friend, had mentioned one of her exes, never mentioned names, sounded like a right piece of work, musician I think, never got anywhere though. Anyway, she said he was a few years older than Rose, Rose and he dated for a year or so I think, turned her life in to hell."
"So, that's Jimmy Stone?"
"Seems so, like I said, it all fits in to the description."
"Didn't Rose ever mention 'im?"
"No, she never really mentioned her exes, don't think she liked to, kept it to herself, now I can see why." Jack sighed "right, I think we better ask Rose about this."
"Jack, do you think that's best?" Owen hesitated.
"Well, we need to find out more." Jack said and looked down at Rose, who was making a cup of coffee with Ianto, laughing and having fun, "even if it does bring back her memories."
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"Rose," Jack said, standing on one side of her as Ianto left, Owen on the other side of her. Rose looked from Jack to Owen and sighed.
"You told 'im didn't ya?"
"I had to." He sighed and glanced over at Jack, then back at Owen.
"You had to? Why did you have to?"
"I just did." He replied and she looked back at Jack.
"Why didn't you say anything?" he whispered and Rose shook her head and sighed.
"Why didn't I say anything? Hmm, let me think about that, well, it isn't the sort of thing you just bring up in general conversation!"
"Well, you could have said something Rose. Months we were travelling, months, I thought we had grew close, and you didn't say one thing about it! Why not?"
"It doesn't matter, besides, it's not as if you have told me everything, is it?" Rose spat back and Jack grabbed her arm "What are you doing?" she hissed and he dragged her in to the interrogation room and Rose scoffed at him "You cannot be serious?"
"Deadly," Jack sighed, crossing his arms, standing in the doorway "we are not leaving here until you tell me everything!"
"Jack! You can't do this! You can't keep me in here!"
"Yes I can and I am."
"And what if I don't tell you anything?" Rose asked, hoping it would stop him from doing it.
"Well," Jack began "it's gonna be a real long night then, isn't it?" he smiled at her and sat down.