Future Journey 3/3

Alone

Colleen POV

Its been two weeks and I am feeling better. I started talking with a therapist and she is helping me through why I am feeling what I am feeling. I need to get myself back because Josh needs me as well. He is always around me to protect me but today he has to go do some collabs that he has been putting off. He will be gone for about two hours. He walks into my office. "Babe you sure you are okay?" he asks and sits on my desk. "Yes hun" I say. I feel so much better. "the therapist told me to get out on my own and get brave again" I say while hugging him. He hugs me tight and kisses my lips. "I will lock everything up. The kids left with Rachel an hour ago. When I get home we will go to Jenna's and Julien's okay?" he says. I nod.

I hear him leave and the car drives away. I continue writing my script for the show and get up to grab a glass of water. I hear a noise behind me thinking Josh left something behind. "Josh wha-" I say and a hand goes over my mouth. I start to scream. Its him. "So you thought you could get away from me Colleen? I know everything about you baby! but there is one thing I want" he says. Tears are streaming down my face and my heart is racing.He is pinning me against the counter in the kitchen and then lays me down on the floor. I try to kick or hit but he has got a hold on me. His hands are on my chest under my shirt and they start to go down to my butt. I am screaming and trying to bite him. He opens my jeans and I somehow manage to get out from under him and run to the front door but he beats me to it. I fall to the floor and bash my face into the doorknob. "Colleen don't bruise your perfect face" he says creepily laughing. He drags me back to the office and slams the door. I am dead.

Josh POV

I pull down the street headed to Arnolds for our collab. Something tells me it is too early to leave Colleen alone. I call Arnold and cancel to which he fully understands. I start to turn around and pull back into our driveway. I go to unlock the front door and its unlocked. I know I locked it. My heart is pounding. I storm into the house and listen. I hear muffled sounds from the office and listen against the door. I try the door and its locked."COLLEEN!!!!" "OPEN THE DOOR!!!" I finally hear her screaming and running to the door to unlock it for me. Tears are down her face. She is only wearing a bra and underwear and has blood all over her chest, face and arms. Her face is completely swollen. "Oh my god Colleen where is he?" I ask. She is pointing out the french doors to the backyard. I run outside but don't see him. I turn back around Colleen is on the ground and cannot breathe. I get on my phone and call 911 and run to her. "Breathe babe" I ask crying. I hug her "I am sorry I left you babe" I add. "Please forgive me, pleasseee" I say. Colleen is not even hearing me as I rock her. The sirens start coming down the street and the paramedics come in and get Colleen on oxygen and give her a shot to calm her down after I tell them what I think happened. "Does she need a rape kit?" they ask me. I start crying. "I don't know" I say crying. I hold her hand and crawl into the back of the ambulance with her. I call Rachel. She is screaming and will meet me at the hospital,