*2 weeks later*
Jane was now up and around, back on her feet. She was thankful to be okay but she wasn't looking forward to this evening at all.
This evening was her dinner with the Isles family.
Constance and Thomas invited her to dinner, with Maura of course.
Still, even with Maura there, it's still nerve racking. These people are so lavish and she was..not.
"Jane?" Maura asks, knocking on the girls bedroom door "You ready sweetheart?"
"No..."
Maura walks in to the room, wearing her beautiful white dress that compliments her petit figure
"The car is here to pick us up sweetie"
"Maur... I'm nervous"
Maura smiles and walks over to the girl hugging her close "You have no need to be. Mother and Father adore you. Jane, you will be fine"
Jane nods "Okay... Lets go"
Maura takes the girls hand "You'll be fine baby.."
xx
They walk into the house and Constance and Thomas greet them at the door
"Jane! Dear, how are you now?" Thomas asked hugging the girl and Jane smiled
"I'm good, thank you. And yourself?"
"I'm great. Come, sit"
Constance smiles to her as they take their seats "You hungry Jane?"
"I am," the woman hands the brunette a plate with beef "thank you Constance"
They eat in a comfortable silence and after the meal Constance and Maura clear the table and Jane and Thomas retire to the lounge.
"Jane... Can I talk to you?" Thomas asks as he turns down the tv that had been in in the background
Jane nods "Of course Thomas"
"Jane, I like you. You are a very polite and caring young woman and I'm glad you are involved with my daughter but I just need you know, I don't like seeing her hurt. Now, I don't expect you to hurt her, you don't seem like the type but I just want to tell you, if you do hurt her I will be extremely unhappy and I wont fail to let you know how unhappy I am. You understand?"
Jane nods "I don't want to hurt her Sir. I do have her best interests at heart"
"Good girl" he holds out his hand, which Jane shakes "Welcome to the family Jane"
"Thank you Sir"
xx
"Daddy I'm going to walk Jane home" Maura shouted from the door
"Okay dear. Be careful, yes?"
"Of course. Bye"
"Goodbye dear" Thomas replies
Jane and Maura walk down the driveway, both admiring the beautiful summers evening
"Its beautiful tonight isn't it?" Maura asks wrapping her arm around Jane's waists
"It is. Tonight went well"
Maura smiles "Did Daddy threaten you?"
"No. He just asked me not to hurt you, which I wouldn't...anymore"
"Anymore?"
"I know we haven't really talked about it, but its just, I-I still feel bad over what I used to do to you in school. I-I was such a bitch to you Maura. I was horrible and I'm so sorry. So, so sorry"
"Jane. Please don't feel guilty. I've forgotten it. You should too dear"
"I know.. Its just, this evening when your father said to me that I wasn't the type to hurt you all I could think is I did hurt you. Everyday, when I harassed you"
"Jane. Baby, listen. I love you. I know its hard for you but just try and forget what was happening in school. You were like that and I wont lie, it wasn't nice but sweetheart when I looked beneath all that I realised you were better than that and it was all just a façade. I'm over it. You need to move on now too baby"
Jane nods "Okay. Thanks Maur, I needed that"
Maura kisses the girl "Anytime sweetheart"
xx
When they reach Jane's house, Jane invites Maura in but she sees the sun begin to set so she decides to leave before it gets dark.
"Be careful" Jane kisses the younger girl who hugs her
"Goodnight Jane"
"Night babe" Jane kisses the girls forehead before she walks down the road again.
xx
Maura is walking back to her home a smile on her face. The sun had set around ten minutes ago and the wind had gotten crisper.
Just as she turns the corner as she walks towards her house she feels the hand grab her shoulder and pull her to the ground, hitting her head off the curb as she falls.
What the hell?
She looks up to the figure over her, now blurred.
"S-stop. No!" she slurs as the man slides his hands up her thighs.
It has to be a man. The hands are too rough to be a womans.
She finds out all too quickly that it is a man when he pushes himself inside of her.
She cries, the pain unbearable. She feels like her insides are being torn apart.
It feels like hours. The hurt. The agony. When he does finally stand off her, she hears his heavy boots strike the curb.
She rolls onto her side, propping herself against a road sign.
She feels the burning in her lungs with every breath she takes. She needs to get home.
xx
When she does finally reach the front door, over an hour later she barley has the energy to knock.
"D-Daddy" she groans as the door is opened. The next thing she feel is her fathers hands on her sides
"Maura? Maura sweetheart, talk to me"
"He hurt me" Maura slurred and Thomas held his daughter close
"Its okay baby. I'm here sweetheart"
Thomas turns away "Constance! Call 911! We need paramedics!"
Maura drifts unconscious in her fathers warm embrace, the first relief from pain she's had in the last hour.