“My husband just violated me” Daphne said. Cas shot her an angry look and Daphne raised her eyebrows. “What, I didn’t just throw myself out of the window”
“My car is just around the block. I’ll go get it and then I’ll take you to the hospital” the neighbor said. He looked at Cas. “Next time I see you…”
Daphne had barely settled herself in her hospital bed, when the phone rang.
“Hello?” she said, when she picked up.
“Daphne, how are you?” Zoey asked.
“I’m fine, considering” Daphne said bitter.
“I’m so sorry. I should’ve never taken Emmanuel to that lake” Zoey said. “What are you going to do now?”
Daphne sighed. “What can I do?”
“Oh, gee, I don’t know, divorce him? Call the police?” Zoey said sarcastic.
“No, I don’t want to do that” Daphne said hesitating. “He just lost his self-control. Happens to me all the time”
“Daphne, sweetie, he could’ve killed you” Zoey said sharp. “You have to let him feel he can’t just do that and get away with it”
“Then what do you think I should do?” Daphne asked helpless.
“Call the police, tell them everything that happened and let them come to the hospital. I’ll take care of the rest”
“My car is just around the block. I’ll go get it and then I’ll take you to the hospital” the neighbor said. He looked at Cas. “Next time I see you…”
Daphne had barely settled herself in her hospital bed, when the phone rang.
“Hello?” she said, when she picked up.
“Daphne, how are you?” Zoey asked.
“I’m fine, considering” Daphne said bitter.
“I’m so sorry. I should’ve never taken Emmanuel to that lake” Zoey said. “What are you going to do now?”
Daphne sighed. “What can I do?”
“Oh, gee, I don’t know, divorce him? Call the police?” Zoey said sarcastic.
“No, I don’t want to do that” Daphne said hesitating. “He just lost his self-control. Happens to me all the time”
“Daphne, sweetie, he could’ve killed you” Zoey said sharp. “You have to let him feel he can’t just do that and get away with it”
“Then what do you think I should do?” Daphne asked helpless.
“Call the police, tell them everything that happened and let them come to the hospital. I’ll take care of the rest”
Meg opened the door of a motel room and helped Cas inside. She guided him to the single bed and put him down. She gently pushed him down and he opened his eyes a little. She walked to the bathroom and dampened a towel.
She walked back into the room and sank down on the bed. Unlike Meg’s Cas’ clothes hadn’t been restored. Meg opened the ruined and bloodstained hospital shirt and dabbed his wounds with the towel.
Cas groaned from pain.
“You don’t have to do this” he said weak. “I will heal eventually”
“I know” Meg said absent-minded. She stared at Cas’ body. Even with all the cuts he still looked…jumpable.
“But thanks for the gesture” Cas said with a weak smile.
Meg continued nursing his injuries. “You know” she said. “If I was still human, I’d fall for you”
Cas gave her another weak smile, before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
She walked back into the room and sank down on the bed. Unlike Meg’s Cas’ clothes hadn’t been restored. Meg opened the ruined and bloodstained hospital shirt and dabbed his wounds with the towel.
Cas groaned from pain.
“You don’t have to do this” he said weak. “I will heal eventually”
“I know” Meg said absent-minded. She stared at Cas’ body. Even with all the cuts he still looked…jumpable.
“But thanks for the gesture” Cas said with a weak smile.
Meg continued nursing his injuries. “You know” she said. “If I was still human, I’d fall for you”
Cas gave her another weak smile, before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.