p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 10.6667px;"I'd love it if you guys could leave me a review! This is my first fanfic so I'm super keen to see what everyone thinks. E.P./span/span/p
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p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Chapter 4./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Do you need anything Evie? Is it alright if I call you Evie?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie pulled the white blanket up under her chin, refusing to meet the kind dark eyes of Dr Shannon. They'd already examined her and topped her up on pain killers. A broken wrist, cut eyebrow and bruises were her most obvious injuries. By now all the doctors and nurses knew she'd been raped. She'd wanted to hide it. She didn't want to have to go over everything and tell everyone the horrible details. She wanted to go back to the library and bury her head in a book and pretend her life hadn't completely changed. She'd read about heroines in stories going through terrible things. Sometimes she'd envied their exciting lives and their ability to always overcome whatever it was they were going through. But this was real life. And real life was so different. Real life hurt. And real life went on forever. It couldn't be open and shut like a novel. It just opened. And never ended./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie realised Dr Shannon was still waiting for an answer, a soft smile gracing the beautiful woman's lips. Would anyone ever think she was beautiful now? She doubted it. She'd never really been pretty to begin with. She was taller than average, thin, with dark curls and brown eyes. She got her fair share of interest from men before but it was usually fatherly concern due to what people described her as having an innocence and kindness about her. She doubted any man was going to look her as anything other than a victim now. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie nodded slowly. "That's fine." /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Dr Shannon smiled at her. "Is there anything I can get you?" /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie shook her head. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Well I'll just be over here if you need something."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"The dark haired woman slipped through the curtains and disappeared. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie felt a lump rise in her throat. Why did this have to happen to her? Why hadn't she heard him break into her house? Why hadn't she been stronger? Why did it have to be Commander Taylor that had to find her? He was an imposing enough man and now he'd seen how weak she really was. She couldn't even stop herself getting raped. What a fool the Commander must think she was. To ruin his perfect colony by going down in history as the first rape in Terra Nova. She would apologise to him when she was better. Maybe that would get rid of the gnawing guilt inside of her./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;"The curtains parted and /spanspan style="font-size: 10.6667px;"Lieutenant/spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;" Washington entered. She immediately sat down on the nearby chair and leant forward. /span/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"The first thing I want you to know is this isn't your fault."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie stared at her, then quickly averted her eyes. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash continued. "The second thing I want you to know is that we are going to find the person responsible."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie swallowed hard then nodded./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash sat back in the chair, only relaxing a little. "Ok, I'm going to ask a few questions. You can answer yes or no, or just nod or shake your head if you prefer."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie ./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Do you know your attacker?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie shook her head./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Did he say anything to you?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Yes." Evie swallowed down the ache in her throat. "He called me his bitch."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Anything else?" /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie hesitated. She didn't want to repeat what else he'd said. They were humiliating words. Intimate and painful. She shook her head instead./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Ok. Did you injure him at all?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie shook her head again. "He was too strong for me." A tear escaped her eye and she quickly wiped it away with her good hand. She knew Wash was a formidable fighter. She would have easily fought the man if it had been her. How stupid she must think Evie was./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;"Ok. We're doing /spanspan style="font-size: 10.6667px;"DNA/spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;" tests now, it's only a matter of time before we find this guy."/span/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Another tear rolled down Evie's cheek, then another one. "Could you tell the Commander I'm sorry?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash stared for a long moment. "You don't need to apologise Evie. Commander Taylor would never blame you."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie bit her lip to keep from sobbing. "I'm tired, can I go to sleep now?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash stood up. "Of course, sleep well."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"With that, Evie lay down, pulled the blankets over her head and let the tears fall where no one could see./span/span/p
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p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash slammed the door to the hospital shut and stepped out into the pouring rain. "Dammit!" A few civilians passing by looked at her then quickly turned away. Wash didn't worry about apologising. Kindness and patience weren't her strong points. That was something she'd always admired Evie for. She'd never been in to the library to see her but she'd plenty from Mark Reynolds because his girlfriend Maddie Shannon was always in there reading and researching and had told him how helpful Evie was, how patient and thoughtful. She couldn't believe anyone would want to hurt her. Whoever it was she was going to make his life hell when she found him. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash bunded up the stairs to the barracks and into Taylor's office. Taylor sat at the desk, pouring over files. His blue eyes bored into hers. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"How was she?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"She has a broken wrist."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash..."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash sank into the chair opposite him and sighed. "She didn't get a look at him, didn't leave any injuries."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Taylor cursed. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;"Wash paused, unsure /spanspan style="font-size: 10.6667px;"whether/spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;" to tell him what Evie had said. "There's another thing Sir. She seems to think you'll blame her for the attack."/span/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"I hope you corrected her?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash nodded. "Of course. But we need to find this son of a bitch Sir. And soon."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Taylor picked up a sheet of paper from his desk and held it up so she could see. "Already on it. If DNA tests don't bring anything up then we're going to interview every single man in this colony until one of them talks. Evie can count on it."/span/span/p
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p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Chapter 4./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Do you need anything Evie? Is it alright if I call you Evie?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie pulled the white blanket up under her chin, refusing to meet the kind dark eyes of Dr Shannon. They'd already examined her and topped her up on pain killers. A broken wrist, cut eyebrow and bruises were her most obvious injuries. By now all the doctors and nurses knew she'd been raped. She'd wanted to hide it. She didn't want to have to go over everything and tell everyone the horrible details. She wanted to go back to the library and bury her head in a book and pretend her life hadn't completely changed. She'd read about heroines in stories going through terrible things. Sometimes she'd envied their exciting lives and their ability to always overcome whatever it was they were going through. But this was real life. And real life was so different. Real life hurt. And real life went on forever. It couldn't be open and shut like a novel. It just opened. And never ended./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie realised Dr Shannon was still waiting for an answer, a soft smile gracing the beautiful woman's lips. Would anyone ever think she was beautiful now? She doubted it. She'd never really been pretty to begin with. She was taller than average, thin, with dark curls and brown eyes. She got her fair share of interest from men before but it was usually fatherly concern due to what people described her as having an innocence and kindness about her. She doubted any man was going to look her as anything other than a victim now. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie nodded slowly. "That's fine." /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Dr Shannon smiled at her. "Is there anything I can get you?" /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie shook her head. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Well I'll just be over here if you need something."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"The dark haired woman slipped through the curtains and disappeared. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie felt a lump rise in her throat. Why did this have to happen to her? Why hadn't she heard him break into her house? Why hadn't she been stronger? Why did it have to be Commander Taylor that had to find her? He was an imposing enough man and now he'd seen how weak she really was. She couldn't even stop herself getting raped. What a fool the Commander must think she was. To ruin his perfect colony by going down in history as the first rape in Terra Nova. She would apologise to him when she was better. Maybe that would get rid of the gnawing guilt inside of her./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;"The curtains parted and /spanspan style="font-size: 10.6667px;"Lieutenant/spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;" Washington entered. She immediately sat down on the nearby chair and leant forward. /span/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"The first thing I want you to know is this isn't your fault."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie stared at her, then quickly averted her eyes. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash continued. "The second thing I want you to know is that we are going to find the person responsible."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie swallowed hard then nodded./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash sat back in the chair, only relaxing a little. "Ok, I'm going to ask a few questions. You can answer yes or no, or just nod or shake your head if you prefer."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie ./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Do you know your attacker?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie shook her head./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Did he say anything to you?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Yes." Evie swallowed down the ache in her throat. "He called me his bitch."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Anything else?" /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie hesitated. She didn't want to repeat what else he'd said. They were humiliating words. Intimate and painful. She shook her head instead./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Ok. Did you injure him at all?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie shook her head again. "He was too strong for me." A tear escaped her eye and she quickly wiped it away with her good hand. She knew Wash was a formidable fighter. She would have easily fought the man if it had been her. How stupid she must think Evie was./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;"Ok. We're doing /spanspan style="font-size: 10.6667px;"DNA/spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;" tests now, it's only a matter of time before we find this guy."/span/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Another tear rolled down Evie's cheek, then another one. "Could you tell the Commander I'm sorry?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash stared for a long moment. "You don't need to apologise Evie. Commander Taylor would never blame you."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Evie bit her lip to keep from sobbing. "I'm tired, can I go to sleep now?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash stood up. "Of course, sleep well."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"With that, Evie lay down, pulled the blankets over her head and let the tears fall where no one could see./span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"br /br /p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash slammed the door to the hospital shut and stepped out into the pouring rain. "Dammit!" A few civilians passing by looked at her then quickly turned away. Wash didn't worry about apologising. Kindness and patience weren't her strong points. That was something she'd always admired Evie for. She'd never been in to the library to see her but she'd plenty from Mark Reynolds because his girlfriend Maddie Shannon was always in there reading and researching and had told him how helpful Evie was, how patient and thoughtful. She couldn't believe anyone would want to hurt her. Whoever it was she was going to make his life hell when she found him. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash bunded up the stairs to the barracks and into Taylor's office. Taylor sat at the desk, pouring over files. His blue eyes bored into hers. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"How was she?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"She has a broken wrist."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash..."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash sank into the chair opposite him and sighed. "She didn't get a look at him, didn't leave any injuries."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Taylor cursed. /span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;"Wash paused, unsure /spanspan style="font-size: 10.6667px;"whether/spanspan style="font-size: 8pt;" to tell him what Evie had said. "There's another thing Sir. She seems to think you'll blame her for the attack."/span/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;""span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"I hope you corrected her?"/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Wash nodded. "Of course. But we need to find this son of a bitch Sir. And soon."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: xx-small;"Taylor picked up a sheet of paper from his desk and held it up so she could see. "Already on it. If DNA tests don't bring anything up then we're going to interview every single man in this colony until one of them talks. Evie can count on it."/span/span/p
p lang="en" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%;"br /br /p