Life Changing

Chapter 44

They kept Emily in the hospital overnight for observation. Sam had come to pick her up and they were just waiting on her discharge papers.

"What did you tell Penelope?" Emily asked.

"I told her you fell."

"Good." "It's best she doesn't know the truth."

One of the detectives that interview Emily last night came into the room. His name was Detective Malone.

"Hello Miss DiCaprio." He said.

"Hi." Emily said.

"I've come to inform you that I've just come from Mr. Hunter's arraignment and he's pleading not guilty."

"Are you serious?" She said angrily. "Look at me."

"Not to worry." "With the evidence of your rape kit combined with the photographs of your bruises, he won't get away with this." "A trial date has been set for next Thursday."

"So he's free until then?"

"No he's being held $100,000 bail."

Emily and Sam went back to the hotel. They just gotten back to his room.

"Emily!" Penelope said excitedly. Emily knelt down they hugged.

"Hi." Emily said.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'll be ok."

"Are you in a lot of pain?"

"No."

Austin had been watching Penelope.

"Well I'm gonna take off." Austin said.

"Thanks man." Sam said.

"No problem." Austin left.

"I wanna take a shower." Emily said.

"Do you want me to go to your room and get you some clothes?" Sam asked.

"Yeah."

Later that night they were all sitting down to dinner.

"Daddy is Emily staying with us?" Penelope asked.

"If she wants to stay." Sam said.

"I wanna stay." Emily said.

A few hours later Sam put Penelope to bed. Emily was sitting on the couch. Sam sat down next to her.

"When we go to the next state tomorrow I'm requesting time off." Emily said. "I don't know for how long but I don't feel like I can be on the road right now."

"Ok."

"I'm calling my therapist tomorrow." "I need to start going to sessions again to work my way through this."

"You're not alone in this." "I'm here."

"I know."

"Emily, I'm so sorry." "I should've believed you." "I let what happened before cloud my thinking and I shouldn't have." "I know now that you didn't do anything." "I'm sorry I doubted you." "I want you to come home." "I love you."

"I forgive you." "I love you too." "I wanna come home."

"This is all my fault."

"No."

"Yes it is." "If I would've listened to you this never would've happened." "Now you're hurt." "He could've hurt you a lot worse or killed you." "I let this happen to you, I'm sorry." He said with tears in his eyes.

"Sweetheart no, this is not your fault at all." "You had no idea Travis would do this." "You can't blame yourself." "No one is at fault but him." "What he did completely shocked me." "He was never violent towards me when we were together." "I have something to tell you." "It's probably going to come during the trial."

"What?"

"Four nights ago, I slept with Nic." "It didn't mean anything." "I was upset and it just happened."

"Why would that come up in the trial?"

"His DNA was also found during my rape kit." "Are you mad?"

"No." "We weren't together."

"I just wanted you to hear it from me before you heard it from someone else."

"Thank you."

"I'm just so glad to be back with you." "As it was happening all I could think was." "He gonna kill me and I'll never see Sam or Penelope again." They hugged and kissed.