Starsky and Hutch: Too Close To Home

Unanswered Questions

"I know you wouldn't let anything happen to me and I'm very thankful for that." I heard her say. She then pulled away from me to walk to the back of the car. As I watched her stand there for a moment, I was a little worried that she might just run but I was ready to chase after her if she did that. "That's not all of it. I asked the doctor some questions today," she said as she ran a hand on the back of the car. "What kind of questions?" I asked, a little worried about where this was going. "I asked him some questions in regard to what happened to me that day." I stood there trying to think of what day she might be talking about before I asked, "What day was that honey?" "That day, you know, the day of the trail and what happened after that." I nodded my head even though I knew she couldn't see it. She never talked about that day but then again, she had to deal with what happened to her before she could face what happened to her this time around.

I heard her take a deep breath before she said, "The doctor told me that they told you what happened to me." "I mean I did ask him a question that day but other than that I don't know much about what happened." "What did you ask him?" I didn't want to tell her what I asked but I know that not being truthful will only hurt her more. I looked down then back at her as I answered her question. "I asked him if you were..." I trailed off. "If I was what, say it David, if I was what?" She didn't even look at me, but I knew she asked the same question today. I took a deep breath, "I asked if you were raped." "What did he say?" "He told me no you were not touched like that." "Like that, but what did he really do to me?" I can hear the hurt in her voice. "What do you mean Angel?" She then turned to look at me as I saw the tears. "What did he do to me while he had me? I mean I know what he did while I was awake but what did he do while I was out. Don't you see David, I was out cold most of the time and I don't know what he really did to me. It has been keeping me up at night, it gives me nightmares, I'm scared he really hurt me, and I'll never know it. David, I'll never know."

"Angel," I said as I took a step closer to her but she took a step back, so I stopped. She then just ran into my arms as she cried. "Is that why you have been up the past few nights?" She shook her head yes as my grip got tighter around her. "I'm scared Davy, I don't know what he did to me." "Take it easy honey, what did the doctor tell you?" "He said that I wasn't raped but couldn't tell that anything was done to me but...." "But what Angel?" She lifted her head to look at me, "I know he did something, but I don't know what he did." I moved some hair from her face as I asked, "How do you know he did something to you?" "Because he was..." she trailed off as she closed her eyes and leaned into my touch. As she opened her eyes again, she said, "He was the younger brother of the one of the guys that took me when I was sixteen. He saw all they did to Angela, so he must have done something to me without me knowing." "Angel, listen to me, first I'm sorry about it being the younger brother. I didn't know that, but I know that there was no evidence that anything was done to you."

"Evidence??? Is that all you can think about is the evidence? Can you not think like a cop just this once please?" she shouted at me as she tried to pull away but then just laid her head on my chest. I rubbed her back as I held her neck with tears in my eyes. I try to remind myself that she is just upset and didn't mean what she said. She then looked up at me, put a hand on my neck and pulled me down for a kiss. She then put both arms around my neck and jumped. I picked her up as she whispered in my ear, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean I really didn't. Please forgive me." "Shhhh...Angel I know you didn't mean it and you are forgiven." She looked at me as she played with the hair at the nap of my neck. "But it hurt you and I know it did. You are trying to help me as I brought your job into it and that is not right." "Angel." She brought her finger to my lips as she shook her head no.

"Davy, your job has nothing to do with what I'm going through." "I know it doesn't, but Angel I just wish I could help you see that nothing was done to you in those 24 hours you were gone. You can't let the what if's rule your mind because that will keep you bound." She leaned in to kiss my forehead, then both my cheeks, then my nose and in between kisses she would say, "You are a very smart man." She then started to kiss me on the lips and then pulled away to look at me. "Davy, I need your help with something." "Anything my Angel, you name it." "I want to live again. I can't stay in our apartment all day anymore. It gives me way too much time to think." "Okay, what can I do to help you with that?" "Let's do things that we did before all this happened. Take me on dates, go to the park, go on a picnic, maybe see Ken and his family. Dowling, oh that would be fun. We could get my parents to go and then have a family night. If I have a sad moment, then I have one, but I can't keep living the way I have been." "Angel, I can help with that, and a family night would be a lot of fun." She smiled at me before she leaned back down to kiss me. It was gentle at first but then it turned passionate real fast. I pushed her up against the car not wanting this to end. I pulled away to look at her as I saw the smile that went to her eyes for the first time in a long time. She nodded as I started to kiss her again. We both started living again in those moments and what came from it.

The ride to her parents was a peaceful one but a great ride. I was holding her hand as she had her head on my shoulder. I had a smile on my face that I knew I couldn't hide, and I didn't want to. I pulled into the driveway of her parents' house and parked the car. I turned to look at Angel only to have her lips meet mine. I kissed her again with a smile on my face. When she pulled away, I asked, "Did you not get enough of that a little bit ago?" I yelped as I felt her pinch my side with a smirk on her face. "I can never get enough of your kisses," she said right before she kissed me again. When she pulled away, she had a serious look on her face. "What's wrong Angel," I asked, concerned. "I just had a question that crossed my mind that I don't like," she said as she looked down while taking a hold of hand. I brought my hand to her face to have her look at me, "What question is that?" "What if he did..." "Did what?" "What if he did rape me. Would you still love me like it..." I cut her off knowing where she was going with that. "Angel, now you listen to me. First, he didn't rape you. Second, no matter what would happen to you, yes, I will always love you. So put that question out of your head," I told her.

She leaned in to give me a passionate kiss once again. After a moment, she pulled away as she said, "I love you." I love you too," I replied. "Okay, let's go see our parents," she said. I nodded as I got out of the car and then opened the door for her. Max opened to the front door as we walked up. "Well, you two look really happy," he said as Angel gave him a hug. "We are," she answered. "Angel," I heard from the living room. "Mom," Angel shouted as she ran to give her mom a hug. I gave dad one and then mom one. Max brought us some coffee and tea as we sat on the opposite couch as her parents.

"Angel, how did your appointment go? I hope all is well since your appointment was at 10am and it is almost 3pm," Dad asked. Angel squeezed my thigh as she answered, "It was good dad and no we weren't there this whole time. David and I went somewhere to talk and well we ummmmm took a lot longer than we thought." I rubbed her arm as I kissed her head. "Well, we understand that, and you take all the time that you need with that," Mom said with a smirk on her face. "What did the doctor say?" she asked. "He said I was doing fine physically but he was worried about my mental health, so he was not releasing me to work yet," Angel said in an even tone. "Kiddo, you will be back to work soon but don't rush it," her dad said as I could see the worry in his face. "I know that dad and I'm not rushing it. I'm just ready to..." she trailed off before she continued. "Mom, dad, David and I have a question to ask you." "What is it sweetie?" mom said. "Well, we would like to have a family night with you two and go bowling. Would you like to go?" Angel said with a big smile on her face. "That sounds like a wonderful idea. How about we go tonight?" dad asked. Angel looked at me and I felt like I was looking at a child on Christmas day as excited as she was. "Can we go tonight?" she asked as I told her of course. She gave me a big kiss and looked back at her parents. "When can we go?" she asked. "Well, how about you let us get changed and then we can go?" dad said. "Okay sounds good." Angel said. We sat on the couch as her parents got up to go get ready. Angel laid her head on my shoulder, put her arm around me and let out a sigh. I kissed her head as I had my arms around her. 'This is all off to a great start for us getting back to normal,' I thought to myself.