Different Turn Of Events
Chapter 15
Dimitri
"My daughter Rosemary Hathaway has been admitted. I would like to speak to her" She demanded of the nurse.
The nurse was only young and looked terrified of the woman standing in front of her. She tapped in Rose's name on her computer "Dr Taylor is dealing with your daughter. I will call him now for you-"
"It's not Dr Taylor I want to speak to, it's my daughter" Janine stated.
"As I'm sure you can understand, she needs to see her daughter to make sure she's ok. The whole thing has been a shock" I said to the young nurse with a smile.
The nurse thought about it for a second before nodding "She's on Ward 20. When you go through the door you'll see a nurse's station. Ms Hathaway is in the room on the left next to the nurse's station" She explained to us.
"Thank you" I replied and grabbed Janine's arm and started dragging her away from the terrified nurse.
It didn't take long to get to Rose's ward and as we approached the room Janine started to slow down and once outside the door she turned her back to it for a second and made sure to wipe her eyes and look all professional again. We gave each other a warm smile and went inside, Rose was laying in the bed and thankfully she was awake. She wasn't facing us however she was facing the window and looking out. It was as if she didn't hear us come in, maybe she didn't, maybe she's in a world of her own after everything that has happened. I noticed a Dr at the end of her bed writing some notes down on a clipboard.
"I'm Dr Taylor" He introduced to us and held out his hand.
Janine and I took turns shaking his hand and introducing our names to him and who we were, I just told him I was a really close family friend and the one who found Rose.
"How is she?" Janine asked.
"It's hard to say. I mean the blood has stopped and we have closed the wounds, there doesn't seem to be any permanent damage there apart from a small scare she'll have but it's not the physical side of things I'm worried about. For a young woman such as Rose to do something so drastic must mean that something has happened that's caused what I can only describe as a plea for help. Do you know what's happened to her?" Dr Taylor asked.
Janine looked down at the floor, I could tell she really didn't want to explain this and I didn't really want to Rose to hear us talking about it "Can we talk outside?" I asked him.
"Of course" He replied.
The two of us went into a small office near the nurses station to give us some privacy "Rose has been… raped… twice by the same person on separate occasions. First time happened at school, she used to go to a boarding school. The second time he was home from school on a break and he came round when no one was there and did it again. Her mother knows all about it but Rose is having trouble coming to terms with everything" I explained.
"I see" He replied.
"One day she'll be fine and you wouldn't even know anything has happened and then she has a meltdown. She calms herself down and she's a bit better again. Believe me, if we knew something like this was going to happen then we would've done everything we could to stop it" I told him.
"You don't have to explain yourself to me. How was Rose before it all happened?" He asked.
I had to chuckle lightly "Fiery, strong, independent and fearless" I answered.
"Sounds like quite the young woman"
"Oh she is"
Dr Taylor has made an assessment of Rose and said he will be back later on to speak to us and explain what will happen next. Janine has gone home to get some more things for Rose as she wasn't coming home for a couple of days and she is getting her shifts at work covered for the next couple of weeks. She wants to be home with Rose and help her get back on track. I decided to stay with Rose because I wanted to talk to her without everyone hovering around and this seemed like the best time. There were no nurses due, Janine wouldn't be back for a couple of hours and Dr Taylor wasn't due back until later on this evening. She still hasn't said anything since I got her, she's acknowledged that I'm here but she hasn't uttered a word.
"Rose" I said gently and took hold of her hand, she turned to face me with childlike eyes and my heart broke seeing her this way "Are you feeling better?" I asked her, she nodded a couple of little nods "Please talk to me Rose, you're worrying me" I told her.
"Sorry" She chocked out.
"Why are you sorry? You don't have to be sorry. I can't imagine how you must be feeling and I won't pretend to know but I wish you had come to me about all of this. I just don't know why it came to this. Is that why you ended things with me? Did you think I wouldn't care if you did this because I wasn't with you? You could've come to me or your mother… or Lissa… anyone" I explained to her and single tear fell down her cheek. I wiped it away and smiled softly at her.
"I didn't see another way out" She admitted.
"Oh Roza I am so sorry you felt this way" I told her.
"I don't know what else to do" She said and started crying, there were multiple tears.
"What do you want me to do?" I asked.
"Find someone normal and be happy with them" She answered.
"Stop being silly. You know you're the only girl for me" I told her.
She was about to say something else when the door knocked, Dr Taylor came in with two women behind him. Rose wiped her eyes. The women were wearing suits and the whole thing looked official. Rose removed her hand from mine before they could see and they closed the door behind them "When a rape is reported, we have to inform the police" Dr Taylor said.
"Hi Rose. I'm Detective Laura Brown and this is my colleague Detective Eva Manson" One of the women said.
"Mr Belikov?" Manson questioned and I nodded "Can I have a quick word outside?" She asked.
Rose
Laura Brown took a seat in the chair that Dimitri had just vacated, she gave me a warm smile and she looked friendly. I didn't want the police involved. Dimitri has taken care of Jesse and what if they find out about Dimitri and me? He will get into so much trouble "So I understand that you've been raped twice by the same person" She said to me.
"No comment" I replied sarcastically.
"You're not trial Rose, we just want to help you" She told me.
"If you want to help me then you'll leave me alone" I stated.
"I'm afraid I can't do that Rose" She said "I know it's difficult-"
"You don't know anything and I'm not telling you anything so please just leave me alone. I don't want to press charges and I'm not telling you who it is. It's a complete waste of your time being here" I snapped at her and I could feel myself start to panic.
"Look, I'm not here to upset you. I want to help you and I want to catch this guy. What if he does this to someone else but it ends differently" She said.
"Don't put that on me. Don't make me feel pressured into giving you anything. If I don't want to talk to you then you can't force me" I told her and started crying.
Dimitri
"I'm sorry to drag you away, I just want to ask you a couple of questions" Detective Manson asked.
"Can we not do this right now? She's been through enough" I stated.
"I just want you to fill me in on what's happened. You told Dr Taylor that Rose has been raped twice by the same person on two separate occasions. I want to help Rose and I want to bring her justice, I need a name" She told me.
"I'm not doing this. If you want a name then you speak to Rose" I said.
"How do you know Rose?" She asked.
"Family friend" I replied.
"Family friend? How did you meet?" She questioned.
"What does this have to do with what happened to her?"
"I like knowing who everyone is and what everyone's link is" She said "I don't know why you are blocking this investigation. Why are willing to let her rapist walk free? What if he does this to someone else and the results are worse?" She asked.
"That's not Rose's fault!" I snapped.
"I'm not saying it is"
"We're done with this conversation" I told her and went back into Rose's room.
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