Chapter Eight
(Outside the Crime Lab)
"Pap !" Rosabella yelled.
"Rosabella! Miele ." Horatio gasped for air as Rosabella hugged her tight.
"Mi ricordo! Ora mi ricordo. Sono cos felice. I' la m. lo ha mancato. Ti amo." She said in one breath. "Mi ricordo! Ora mi ricordo. Sono cos felice. I' la m. lo ha mancato. Ti amo." (I remeber. I remember now. I am so happy. I love you.)
"Ti amo." (I love you.) Horatio said back to his daughter.
Happiness went into Rosabella's and Horatio's heart.
"Are...are you mad at me?"
Horatio kissed his daughter's hair and said quietly, "Ti amo, anche. Sempre e per sempre." (How are you feeling baby?)
"Better, papa. I feel better. Where's Eric?" She asked.
"At the hotel." Horatio got his cellphon out and dialed Eric's number handing her the phone.
"Hey." Eric anwsered half asleep.
"Recuerdo a Eric." She cried. "Recuerdo a Eric. D nde est usted? Quiero ver que usted ahora satisface." (I remember Eric. I remember Eric. Where are you? I wanna see you right now.)
"Oh mi dios. Rosa, es ste realmente usted?" (OMG. Rosa, is this really you?) Eric asked surpised.
"SI. Si." She anwsered in Spanish. "I wanna see you, Eric. Please."
"Ok. Ok."
Hoartio took the phone from his daughter. "I'll bring her to you. Stay there, Eric."
Eric and Hoartio had a a little fun last night; follwing their own leads. Eric got hurt last night when one of their leads put up a fight and hit Eric with a baseball bat.
Eric wrapped his arms around Rosabella. "La ha mancata, angela." He said quietly.
She had tears in her eyes. Eric felt better that she was ok. That he knew that she remember. Their hug was tight. "I need some air, Eric." She said.
"I remember everything now." Rosabella said. She was speaking to Don and Mac. Hoartio sat outside of Mac's office.
Mac looked at Rosa than outside the clear windows. He shut the blinds. "Rosa, you don't have to worry about anything. Whatever you say to us, will stay between us. Alright?" Mac told her. She smiled at him.
She took a drink of water. "Are sure you wont tell them? I don't want them mad at me or anything?" she asked Mac.
"Yes." He promised.
She took a look at both men in front of them. She looked down and laughed. "I just wanted to hang out with Josh. That's all. I remember I had my i-pod in and there was a black truck follwing me. It was driving me crazy. I turned around and asked what the hell was this guys promblem. He was lost. I helped than next thing I knew I was naked in a basement. He moved me the next day in a car to a van." She looked down.
Don leaned over and placed his hand on her arm. "It's ok, Rosa. Take your time."
"He rapped me over and over again. He beat senseless. He said I was bad." Her eyes filled with tears. Don got up and sat by her. She was looking at him as she spoke. "He said bad girls deserve what he did to me. I belive him."