Do I Know You-Ch 24
Penelope sat straighter and said, "I see a man working on his car and he is parked close to me", Betty said, "alright so what happened next"?, she took a deep breath and said, "I walk by him and head toward the back of my car and then I feel a sharp pain in my neck". Derek runs his hand over his head as he starts filling with rage.
Betty said, "what is the next thing you remember"?, she said, "I remember waking up and calling for Derek and then I see a man hovering over me and when I start fighting him he jams a needle in my arm and then a few seconds later everything goes black". Dereks heart breaks as he looks and sees tears streaming down Penelopes face.
Penelope says, "the next thing I remember is kinda waking up and he is there, he is naked and he is forcing my legs open and I remember smacking at him and then he gets mad and slaps me across the face and then a damp cloth goes over my nose. Derek stood up and walked across the room, he wanted to hit something, he wanted to hit Thomas and he wanted it now.
Betty looked at Penelope and decided that it was a good time to bring her out, she was very upset and needed to calm down so she said, "alright Penelope I need you to listen to my voice and I am going 5o start counting down from 5 and you will remember everything that you told us while you were under hypnosis".
Penelope nodded her head and said, "I will remember everything I told you, Betty said, "alright 5 and Penelope you are in a safe place, you can feel a warm breeze on your face and 4 you will feel relaxed and 3 you are now walking through your front door and 2 you are looking up into the loving face of your husband".
Penelope couldn't help but smile as she could imagine Dereks face in front of her and 1 you can open your eyes now Penelope", she opened her eyes and wiped away the tears and Betty said, "alright Penelope what do you remember"?, she covered her mouth with her hands and said, "he raped me, on that first day he raped me".
Derek walked over and pulled her into his arms and said, "it's alright baby, I'm here, I'm here", she buried her face in his chest and said, "I feel so dirty Derek, that bastard drugged me and raped me". Dereks arms tightened up around her and he said, "I love you goddess", she looked up at him and said, "I love you to Derek".
He smiled down at her and said, "what, wait, you remember me"?, she smiled and said, "I remember everything, I remember our house, how we met, our baby, ohhhhh my god Bella I remember her and I remember how much I love you". Derek kissed her lips gently and said, "I love you with all of my heart baby girl".
Betty said, "why don't you go home and rest, you had an amazing breakthrough today but I'm so sorry that remembering what happened is bringing you so much pain". Penelope hugged Betty and said, "thank you for everything you did for me today, without your hypnosis I wouldn't have remembered anything and now because of you I am able to move on and start to heal with my husband and daughter".
Betty watched as Derek wrapped his arms around Penelope and kissed the top of her head and said, "let's go home and see our baby"?, Penelope wiped the tears away and said, "lead the way handsome, lead the way". Penelope waved at Betty as she headed out of the room with her fingers intertwined with her sexy husband.
The ride home was quiet, Derek wanted to talk to Penelope about what she remembered but he didn't want to hurt her more than she had already been hurt. Penelope glanced over at Derek and said, "I'm so sorry Derek, is there anyway that you can ever forgive me"?, he said, "baby girl there is nothing to forgive you for, you didn't do anything wrong".
She opened her mouth to say something and he said, "baby I am here with you and together with Bella and our family we will get through this", she ran her finger over the top of his hand and said, "I'm so glad that I have you in my life, I don't know what I would do without you"?, he brought her hand up to his lips and gently kissed it and said, "I love you baby, you and Bella are my world and I will do anything to keep you both safe and sound".
They pulled up into their driveway and Penelope sees Bella running toward her squealing, she got out of the car and ran toward her daughter, she picked the little girl up and swung her around and Derek couldn't help but smile when he watched Penelope wrap her arms around their daughter and whisper, "momma loves you, momma loves you".
Derek knew that one day soon he would get the chance to face Thomas again and he knew that when he did that there had better be an army between them or he would kill him and take great pleasure doing it. He pulled out his cell and snapped several pictures of both of his baby girls playing in the front yard as he headed closer and closer to his family.