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[celestialdragon]

I tear up as I hear your term of affection for me fall from his lips, and I bite mine, not giving him the satisfaction. I remain silent.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

He sticks you just slightly in the side with his knife. "Tell me your name or this will not be pleasant for you." He says as you hear his pants being undone.

 

[celestialdragon]

I cry out loudly and aim a kick at his groin, and I make contact, but I end up falling. I try grabbing onto his wrist but I grab the knife instead and give a loud scream as I cut my hand. I crawl to behind the bar and press the panic button, unsure if Stacy got your message.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

He is back on you in a flash, picking you up by the waist, standing you on your feet back against the counter. His hands grip your hair tightly. "Tell me.....your.....name," he growls in your ear. "Because I am going to use it while I fuck you in that beautiful little ass of yours. What is it?" He asks, yanking your hair.

 

[celestialdragon]

I give a small cry of pain, tears streaming down my face as I accept this one small defeat. "Lynn," I whisper. "It's Lynn. . . Please, don't do this. . ."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

He yanks your hair again. "I am going to do this Lynn. And I am going to make it hurt," he tells you. "A pretty little girl like you? I know you take it all the time from boyfriend in there. Well today it's my turn. And I like it when little girls scream." He starts to sniff your hair before kissing your neck.

 

[celestialdragon]

I shiver and struggle, crying. "Please no. . . Don't do this. . . I don't want it. . . please sir. . ." I am praying that the police come, that you come out and save me, that Don comes to and rescues me, anything. I'm trying to be strong for you.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

His hands grip the waist of your jeans and as they do, you hear voices.

"Do not move!! Drop the knife!! Stop right there!" Police stand at the back door and entrance to the kitchen. The intruder pulls you up so that your back is to him and his knife is again at your throat. He shouts something back at the officers and faces them for a long time. Too long. A loud boom echoes through the kitchen and the knife drops to the floor as the man staggers backward from you after the officer's shot devastated his shoulder just to the right of your head. You stumble forward falling to the ground as officers rush in on you and on him, quickly securing him in handcuffs.

 

[celestialdragon]

I'm crying and calling for you. "REECE!!" I look at the officer holding me upright. "My fiance. . . he's in the freezer, locked in. . . the other owner's out back. . . he's unconscious. . . " I'm babbling, and shivering, feeling cold.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

Officers rush to open the freezer and I race past them the lift you up onto your feet and pull you into the biggest hug. "Baby, did he......anything.....are you......are you hurt?" My hands go to your cheeks forcing your eyes to me as I look you over, seeing your jeans low on your hips and open. Tears fill my eyes.

 

[celestialdragon]

I'm full fledged crying now and I nod. I show you my cut hand and the stab wound on my hip. I shake my head when you ask if he managed to rape me. I'm shaking and an officer wraps a blanket around me. I numbly hear him tell you that I need to go to the hospital, I was going into shock, and I needed to be looked at. I take my good hand and trace on your chest. "I love you baby, don't leave me. . ."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"I won't baby girl. Ever." I kiss your forehead. I see paramedics at the back door tending to Don. I pick you up and take you to the car, and I begin to drive. "Keep pressure on your hand, sweetie. We are almost there." I notice the cut on your hand is pretty deep, and pray you'll be ok. I turn the heater up in the car as high as I can, wiping tears and trying to do it quickly so you can't see how worried I am.

 

[celestialdragon]

I listen to you, still crying, but comforted now that you're near me. I keep putting pressure on my hand, biting my lip in pain. My waist was bruised solidly, but the stab wound was fairly well clotted, something I was thankful for. I know you're worried, and I appreciate you trying to be strong for me. I hold the blanket tightly to me, trying to keep warm.

We arrive at the emergency room, where there's already a stretcher waiting for me and they wheel me in, and you jog alongside. I hold out my good hand and you take it and I squeeze it. "I'm scared," I whisper.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"Don't be scared, baby. You're going to be okay. Just gotta stitch you up," I force a grin. They wheel you in to an ER bay and the nurse tells me I can't come in with you since we aren't related. She makes the mistake of telling me where you can hear her.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Excuse me!!" I call out to her and you. "That's my fiance, so yes, he can be let in." I give a gasp of pain as they insert the IV. "Baby, tell her it's true. . ."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

"I am, baby!" I say as they stand between us and draw the bay curtain around you, refusing to let me in. From inside you hear me fly into a rage.

"She is my fiance! She has no family here but me! And you are scaring her more than she already is! You are going to let me in that bay, goddammit!"

"Sir, you need to...."

"I NEED to be in there with my wife!!" I say, intentionally. And while you hear me, you cannot see me trembling in fear as much as anger at the injustice of the situation.

"No! No! Sir!!" Is the last thing you hear before I duck into the bay curtain and plant myself beside you. I look at the technician. "I'm here. I'm going to be here. Do your job." He nods and begins to give you a shot in your slashed hand with a large needle. I see it coming and grip your good hand as tight as possible, hoping to catch some of the pain.

 

[celestialdragon]

Tears spring to my eyes and I clench onto your hand fiercely as they inject the anesthetic into my hand. My throat is hoarse from crying, and I'm still cold. But I'm better, now that you're here. I look up at you and give a soft smile. "That's my baby," I whisper. "Knew you wouldn't leave me. . ."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

I kiss your forehead. "I'm so sorry about this, baby," I tell you.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Not your fault," I say softly, closing my eyes a little bit. "Not at all, baby. . ."

 

[CarnivalBarker]

The techs have cleaned your hand, and wrapped it, waiting for a doctor to arrive, when one of the officers appear and ask you to take a statement and photograph your injuries. I hold your hand throughout. At some point, I ask them what they knew and he tells me not very much. "The guy has mental health issues and has been unemployed most of the time. He'd recently had a job in construction, and we know he told a friend that.....I'm sorry ma'am....he wanted to have sex with one of your hostesses. We got a call from 911, a......." He looks at his record.

"Stacie Murdock?" I ask.

"No....looks like a Riley Carver." He says.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Riley?" I whisper weakly, bewildered. "I had texted Stacy, she's Don's girl. Told her we didn't see Don, and she said she was going to try to get ahold of him. . . I know Reece texted her when he was in the freezer. . . Riley was supposed to be there, I think. . ." I look up at you. "Where is she?" I ask. "She's pregnant. . ." I close my eyes as I faint from everything.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

You wake up in a hospital room and I'm there when you open your eyes. I pat your forehead. "Hi baby," I say. Across the room from me are Don and Stacie. And Riley.

 

[celestialdragon]

"Hi, sweetie," I say groggily, looking at the the other three. "Hey, Don, how's your head? Stacy, you doing okay, sweetie?"

I look at Riley and give a wry smile. "I should thank you," I tell her softly. "You saved me and Reece and Don. . . Although I don't think we'll ever be close friends, I do offer my gratitude, and hope you'll take it." I try to sit up, but my head swims and I lay back against the bed.

 

[CarnivalBarker]

Riley nods and a single tear falls from her eye. "He....he was after me, Lynn," she says. "I'm so sorry." She leaves the room quickly wiping her eyes.

"She was taking out some trash and the guy jumped her," Don tells you. "I heard it and found him trying to rape her and tried to pull him off. He got a shot in and knocked me out." I interrupt him.

"She ran to Genoa's and called 911. Stace didn't get my text. She was in the shower. Riley probably saved our lives." I grab your hand and Stacie steps forward.

"Honey," she says. "She miscarried."

 

[celestialdragon]

I couldn't help it, I burst into tears. I knew how much Riley wanted that baby and I cried for her, as well as being in pain and being scared. "Baby. . ." I whisper suddenly, squeezing your hand fiercely. "It's coming. . ." I was hoping you'd understand what I'd mean by that, that the flashback was coming again.