Echoes of Resilience

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Flashback: 2 Days In Captivity

"Rise and shine bitch." Derek pulled the blanket off of Meredith's sleeping form before grabbing her hair and pulling her down to the floor, placing his boot clad foot onto the back of her head to keep her down. "What are you doing sleeping in the middle of the day? Lazy cow."

"Well, it's not like there's much I can do locked in a fucking shed." Meredith rolled her eyes, whimpering when Derek increased the pressure on her head, pressing her face painfully into the floor.

"You have such spirit, I can't wait to beat it out of you." Derek laughed cruelly as he removed his foot and pulled Meredith up, leaning close to her face. "When I'm done with you, you'll be begging me to kill you."

"You're deranged." Meredith spit in Derek's face, her face spinning to the side as he backhanded her so hard it split her lip.

"I think you look pretty cute with a bloody lip." Derek chuckled as he wiped a drop of blood from Meredith's mouth with his thumb. "Listen, I'm what stands between you and death, so I suggest you show me some fucking respect." The blonde glared at him with hard eyes as her heart beat erratically in her chest. "Now, open your mouth before I open it for you." The blonde clamped her mouth shut as Derek pulled his pants down, stroking his cock as he stared down at her with a twisted smile on his face. "You do not want to test me Meredith." He warned, smirking when she hesitantly opened her mouth, immediately gagging when he forced himself inside. "Bite me and I will slice your tongue out." The blonde choked and gagged as he thrust in and out of her mouth without mercy, tears rapidly pouring down her face as she struggled to breathe. She soon blacked out, coming to when Derek slapped her hard across the face.

"What happened?" Meredith asked in a daze, blinking as she found herself being roughly pulled off of the shed floor and thrown on the bed, her head pounding.

"You passed out." Derek pulled her panties off and forcefully spread her legs, groaning in pain when Meredith got one of her legs free and kicked him forcefully in the stomach. "Why can't you just obey?" He growled through clenched teeth. "This is your life now! You might as well accept it because you're never getting away from me now. I own you." He roughly entered her, pounding mercilessly as she screamed.

Present time

"Mer? Courtney's here." Addison said softly as she knelt in front of the spaced out blonde, using her thumb to free the lip Meredith was biting hard enough to draw blood.

"What?" Meredith blinked, shaking her head to clear it of the memories that she found herself lost in.

"Courtney's here." Addison repeated. "Diane from Dateline should be here soon to go over the contract so Courtney came over to make sure that everything in it is reasonable. That way there's no surprises."

"Oh." Meredith hissed as the pain in her lip registered, her eyes widening when she tasted the blood.

"I'll go get a washcloth, just breathe. It's just a bit of blood." Addison kissed her forehead before standing up and walking to the kitchen. She wet a washcloth, gently ringing it out before returning to Meredith's bedroom and cleaning her bloody lip. "What were you thinking about so intently?"

"Just remembering everything that happened." Meredith sighed. "My mind has been traveling into the past more than I care to admit."

"I'm always here if you want to talk, but I understand that it's hard to verbalize what happened to you." Addison cupped Meredith's cheek gently, the blonde leaning into her touch. "Are you sure you want to do this? You can still back out."

"I want to at least look at the contract and talk to her about it before making a final decision." Meredith explained. "Can you get me some water? My throat is dry."