"I only have one request before I get started. Once I do please do not interrupt, save your questions until the end sweet heart because if I stop this story will never be finished."-Rory
"Request granted now go ahead."-Finn
(she took a few more deep breaths then plunged onward) "He, meaning the stalker of course, didn't work that night so I felt that I had nothing to worry about. Lee, the police officer that was on duty that evening, did offer to walk me to my car. I kindly turned the offer down and swiftly started walking. It wasn't that far from the entrance to the spa just in case something would happen I had somewhere to run to within distance. Anyway, I thought that I had felt my phone go off so I dug in my purse for about two minutes before I could find it. I remember when I opened it not seeing any voice mails from you let alone a text message. It must have been maybe a minute later I'm not sure but the next thing I remember I'm being thrown to ground and my mouth is being covered so even screaming wasn't an option at that time."-Rory
(during this re-telling Finn had noticed her tense up a significant amount and went to hold her hand. He was relieved when she didn't pull away this time)
"I remember fighting, clawing, kicking, since my life did depend on it. I think he got tired of my struggling because he pinned my arms to my side and threatened with a knife to my neck that if I didn't stop fighting that I would be praying for death by the time he was done with me. Stubborn as I am, I still fought tooth and nail. Eventually he ended up chocking me until I almost went unconscious and that was when…(she struggled to form the right words) when he raped me for what felt like an eternity. When he had finished, he got up and said "Don't even think of going to the police, because I will find out and I will murder the one's you love so you will have nothing left worth living for." I waited and made sure that he had left, gently got up, and tried to walk back inside. That idea really didn't pane out that well, so I sat back down and called Lee. He ran outside, then proceeded to call back up and told his fellow officers to be on the look out for this guy."-Rory
(at this point he couldn't hold back) "Why didn't you have the officers call me?"-Finn
(she just looked at him with a mixture of anger, hurt and disappointment but continued on with the story) "The ambulance came about ten minutes later and loaded me inside. EMT's took me inside to the ER and told the nurses to order a rape kit as well. I stayed in the room for an hour then they moved me to the ICU after I passed out and couldn't breath. They discovered that during the struggle that John had broken two of my ribs which caused one my lungs to collapse, and he also managed to break my right wrist as well. They kept my in the ICU for another three hours just to make sure that my vitals were stable then moved me to a normal room. When they got me settled in they informed Logan and Steve that they could go back and visit me. They had been called shortly after back up had arrived because they were my emergency contacts in case they couldn't get a hold of you. The two of them had been waiting in the hospital for well over five hours just to make sure I was alright."-Rory
(Steve, nor Finn knew that Rory had been held at knife point so that was shocking and upsetting to both of them. The broken ribs as well as wrist were both something knew as well for her boyfriend, but not her best friend. Yet, Finn felt and knew that there was more to this story then she was letting on, so he gently prodded for more information)
"Honey, what else haven't you told Steve and I?"-Finn
"You were still gone at this point so it had to be at least a month later. I noticed that my period was late, and normal scents, as well as certain foods just weren't working for me they made me violently ill. I went to the doctor and found out that I was pregnant."-Rory
"Wait, what? You're pregnant?"-Finn
"Was, I was pregnant, Finn. I had a miscarriage a month after finding out. My body couldn't support a pregnancy at the time."-Rory
(she was full out crying now, not just because of what she had lost over the past few months but her lover's reaction. He had gotten up and started pacing the room while Steve stayed on the couch and took over holding her hand to keep her calm. Thankfully his touch didn't trigger any flashback at that time either.)
"So you are telling me that in the span of three months you were held at knife point, raped, had broken bones from this incident to boot, find out that you were pregnant by this asshole then miscarry on top of everything else? Am I correct?"-Finn
"Yes."-Rory
"Why didn't you try to call me, Rory? Text, email, SOMETHING."-Finn
"I didn't know where you were at the time that it happened, Finn. I tried emailing you texting you earlier that VERY day but you NEVER responded. I did the only thing that I could think of and had the police contact the other two people in my life that I could count on."-Rory
"Speaking of that, Steve, why aren't you reacting to this news?'-Finn
(he took a deep breath and told his friend the truth, knowing full well the consequences that could come from it) "She already told me this. The only new information that I got was being held at knife point."-Steve
(Finn just looked at his girlfriend, then back at Steve for a few moments, then quickly and quietly left the house. Rory got up to go after him, but Steve gently held her where she was)
"Let me go, he's leaving. I can't just let him walk away."-Rory
"Rory, Finn loves you more than you can ever possibly comprehend. He just found out that the woman he loves was not just brutally raped but lost so many other precious things over a small span of time. He needs time to let that sink in. Combine that with the fact that I knew before he did do you honestly blame him for taking a few minutes to himself?"-Steve
(she pulls her knees back to her chest again and just sighs) "Of course I understand but it doesn't make it any easier to watch the events unfold before me. Steve, what if?"-Rory
"Don't just don't. Why don't you stay here and get comfortable, put on Kitchen Nightmares or something soothing and I'll go look for him. Okay?"-Steve
"Sounds, good. And"-Rory
"Your are more than welcome. I'll be back lock the doors behind me."-Steve
"Of course."-Rory
(he walks out the door after giving her a comforting squeeze. She goes back to the couch and turns on the TV in vain attempt to distract her from the racing thoughts. Steve didn't have to walk far to find his best friend of the past few years. He was at the park just sitting on a bench looking just as broken as his girlfriend felt most of the time these days. The friend joined him on the bench but didn't say anything right away)
"Steve, how could she not tell me this sooner? Why would she go to you first?"-Finn
"She had no idea where you were the night the rape actually occurred. You never left an email to any of us letting us know of your location let alone how to best communicate with you. She told about those events when she felt comfortable though. You were gone for three months what did you expect her to do. Put her emotions on hold for you? To stop living entirely until you deciding to "get your shit together" and return? That wasn't an option for her, not with me or Logan in her life. Trust me she would have stayed in her bed room and let her depression as well as despair swallow her whole not just because of the events of that evening but at the thought of losing you as well if we had let her. We wouldn't, we couldn't LET that occur."-Steve
"That I understand, and I still regret leaving her the way that I did. However, she still made the conscious decision to go to you about the miscarriage instead of me. I was on my back home when that occurred. She could have, SHOULD have told me before you. I'm the one is dating her, has supported her throughout the past few years emotionally, and physically. I would have been her rock during that, and she should put trust in our relationship."-Finn
(Steve just stands up and starts walking along the edge of the fountains, Finn joined him moments later in order to hear what his friend had to say in response)
"You want her to put faith in her boyfriend. The one who has yes being supportive, understanding, patient, kind, loving and a whole list of other things. But, you are also the same man who has been an alcoholic for the past two and half years of your relationship with her. The same one who says awful things after drinking too much. The same person who bailed on her for three months and yet still expected her to stick around, which she did much to Logan and I's dismay. Finn, I have a feeling that you still would be gladly drinking if it weren't for the ultimatum Rory had given you. Am I right?"-Steve
"Maybe, but it was different this time around. I think that she has lost too much due to my carelessness to stay with me if I didn't get treatment. Steve, I never meant for ANY of this to happen to her, never meant to stay away that long. I never to hurt her this badly. I want her to get better, I truly do, but she won't let me in in order for that happen."-Finn
"She will in time, trust me. Finn, you are still her rock, she wants it go back to normal for the two of you as well but that is not even a remote possibility since both of you are in unhealthy places right now. I have a feeling that once you get out of your rehab program in November things will be looking up for the two of you. Put faith in that, have faith for the both of you. Give her something to hope for. And I think that first move should be going back to the house, to keep her from worrying even more. Shall we?"-Steve
(Finn takes a deep breath because once again at the end of the day Steve was right about everything. It still amazed him that to this day he could read both him and Rory with such accuracy. He then starts walking back to Steve's with his best friend in toe)