Dark night of the soul

Chapter 35

Jessica's POV
I walk into the house and it was silent. Thinking that Sarah was out I turned on the TV and sat down until I heard a loud bang and muffled shouts. I ran upstairs to where it was coming from and I see Sarah lying on the floor with a  man lying on top of her raping her. He hasn't noticed me, I take a lamp and I swing it round his head and he falls to the side of Sarah. I pull her up and hug her tightly calming her as she cries harshly into my neck. "Shh baby, I've got you" I say rubbing her back, but then I feel a pair of arms wrap around me pulling me onto a chair. I struggle as much as I can but my strength is no match for his as he duct tapes me to the chair. Sarah is trying to help as much as she can but she is in so much pain. He grabs her again and harshly rips off her clothes and pushes her on the bed. "STOP!!" I shout. He turns to face me, still pinning Sarah down, "fucking shut up bitch before I hurt her even more" he scoffs. I keep my mouth closed not wanting Sarah to endure any more pain. He un does his trousers and... I can see the pain in her eyes that have tears streaming from them. "Listen to me baby, find a spot in this room and just concentrate on it" I say trying to keep her calm. She does what she is told and she focuses on the purple and white wallpaper staring at it endlessly. Her face scrunches in pain, trying not to make a noise. I feel sick to my stomach. My wife is being tortured and all I can do is just sit here unable to help.
His grunting brings bile up in my throat. When he's done he gets up and leaves the room. I hear the front door slam and that's when we know that he's gone.
"Baby, I'm so sorry" I whisper. She gets up and takes off the duct tape and goes back to lie on the bed lifeless. "Sar.." I say touching her shoulder. "Please Jess... Don't touch me" she says crying. I obey her not wanting to push her. "I'm sorry Sarah, I'll give you some space" I say walking out of the room.

Three hours later she is still in our room. I go up to check on her and she is still lying in the same spot and in the same position. There's dry blood on her thighs which makes me panic. I go round to the side that she is facing to see that she is fast asleep. Her face is red and tear stained. I go into the bathroom and take out a wet flannel first to clean her face, then I clean the blood from her thighs.
My poor baby's.