Chapter 18

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Addison's point of view

Once Meredith went to sleep, I went downstairs and saw the box. I decided to open it and saw journals and tapes and pictures. I though about it, and I started to play one of the tapes. It was horrible. I felt sick to my stomach. It was gut-wrenching to watch the tape. I could barely make it through the first 2 minutes of the tape. I put in another one and it was Meredith with bruises all over her body and counting each one. It was a total of 39 bruises he left on her body. 39 times he hurt her. She is tiny, but tinier in the video. I don't even know if she still has them. I just wish there was something I could do for this girl but I can't go up to her and be like, "Hi I know you were raped, let's talk about it." I felt horrible for that girl. He stole a piece of her. I really want to tell Derek but I can't. I had enough of the tapes so I went for the journals.

I saw their were logs of workouts and calorie intake. Then in the last 10 entries she wrote, "There were thoughts of it. That was the big reason why. I just think the incident made it worse." I wanted to ask Jackson if he knew about the rape but I couldn't. Meredith trusted me. And she doesn't know that I know this. I just wish I could help this girl. I can maybe try and talk to her in the morning but with Meredith, she would probably just deny and run. I really couldn't fall asleep after seeing the box. I was just laid in bed with my head full of thoughts. I knew I couldn't mention it to Meredith. Just had to keep it to myself. Which was the hardest part.

To be continued...
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Chapter wrote by meredithgreyswife

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