The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 356.

Alicia was a wreck, it had been weeks since Eddie had attacked her, and she'd kept herself to herself, locking herself in her house, avoiding calls from her colleagues, Louise, Jacob and David.

"Doctor Hardy, have you spoken to Doctor Monroe, lately?" Mrs Beachaump questioned.

Ethan thought back to the day when he thought they would get back together, but he'd found a note on her fridge from Eddie, and had jumped to the conclusion that they were dating, unaware she had been brutally attacked.

"Doctor Hardy?"

"No, I haven't seen her, " Ethan eventually said.

Connie spoke. "Well, when you do, tell her I'd like a word"

"Yes, Mrs Beachump, "

Connie nodded and headed towards the stairs to her office, while Ethan went on his break, heading in to the staff room and sitting down on the sofa. He wasn't sure how to reach her; any calls he'd sent her, she'd sent it to voicemail; her voicemail message ran through his mind:

"Hiya! This is Alicia. I can't take your message right now but leave a message and I'll get back to you, "

Ethan's mind ran through the response he'd left her:

"Alicia, it's Ethan, call me"

"Alicia, you've missed a drink at the pub, "

Alicia was sat in her living room, the curtains drawn, her phone in hand, lighting up as she deleted Ethan's messages one by one: She emptied the last of the wine in to her glass, she knew it was early, but it was the only thing that had numbed her since it had happened.

When his break was over, Ethan headed back to work in cubicles, his mind on his ex girlfriend, he wanted his shift to end so that he could go and see her. Finally, it had finished, he headed to the staff room, changed out of his scrubs and signed out, heading to Alicia's new address. He rang the doorbell and again when she never moved.

He looked through her living room and was shocked to see her curled up on the sofa, still in her pj's, arms around her.

He knocked on the door again. "Alicia, I know your in here, "

"Alicia this isn't you, the Alicia I know is gusty and loud, "

"Not..."

"Not what?" Alicia repeated.

"Quiet, withdrawn"

"Ethan " She said.

"What?"

"I'm really tired, "

"Just a few minutes then, " Ethan said, wedging his foot in the door.

Alicia rolled her eyes, put let him in. She headed in to the living room.

Ethan raised his eyes at the scattered pizza boxes and wine bottles.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"I'm fine, Ethan"

Ethan shook his head, sitting down. "Alicia, we both know, that's not true"

Alicia looked up at him and whispered, the words that had made her vomit every time she thought about it:

"I was raped, Ethan"

He stared at her, before standing up and hugging her. "It'll be aright, Alicia"

She leant in to him as he kissed her head.

"Who was he?"

He felt her shake as she whispered: "Eddie"


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