It's Been A Long Time... [Desperate Measures Sequel]

TwentyEight.

I don't even know what happened, there was dreamless sleep before I being shaken awake. Once I managed to open my eyes the first person I saw was Seth, his face was full of concern and his eyes full of terror. I stared blankly into his eyes as I tried to think about when I gave him a key. I didn't give him a key. 

"Tasha, speak to me, what happened? Are you okay?" He asked me all the questions hitting me like a slap in the face. Maybe it was the dizziness that was hitting me too quickly, the room was spinning and for a brief few seconds, I could see Seth's double.

Removing myself from his grip I laid back down just as I noticed there were other people in the room. I could see Stephanie, she was standing close by just watching me, Sasha was here, her hair was bright as she sat at the end of my bed and a man, he seemed to be wearing the hotel branded tee shirt. 

"Why are you all in here?" I asked as I looked up at the ceiling. 

Seth looked at Stephanie almost like he was surprised by my words, he then got up for a second and Stephanie walked over and next to me. "We filmed the show last night, Sasha and the girls tell me you went out two nights ago with them and no one heard from you since you left the club."

"I rang Dean," I said. It was the only thing I remembered, I had called him and we didn't speak much.

It was Stephanie's turn to look at Seth who nodded, "After the call, we didn't hear from you all night."

My mind was blank, "Are you telling me I have been in here for two days, sleeping?"

"Maybe we can discuss this later," Stephanie looked very sympathetic as she spoke to me, "For now I just want you to lay there and relax, just try not to think about anything and wait."

"What am I waiting for?" 

She looked at Seth like she needed him to answer, I needed someone to answer. "We've called the police," Stephanie observed my reaction which was confusion, why would she call the police? She turned to the others in the room, "I think you all need to wait outside."

My eyes glanced over at Seth, "I want you to stay, please"

Seth looked back at Stephanie who shook her head, "It's best if Seth leaves."

Just after Seth, Sasha and the hotel man left the room a female and male officer entered the room. I couldn't help but look away from everyone, I had no idea what was happening right now. 

"I," I got up from the bed quickly flinging the blanket away from me and running into the bathroom where I started to throw up into the toilet. I wiped the excess off my hand with the back of my hand before I realised what I was wearing. 

I barely had any clothes on, I just had the plaid shirt I had been wearing on, it wasn't even done up, there was no underwear on my body. As I stood up I looked in the mirror, revealing to my eyes what state I was in. My face was bruised on my cheeks, I had two black eyes and there seemed to be bruising littering my body. Moving my hair away from my neck it was purple from bruises and obvious hand marks on it like someone had strangled me. 

Touching my neck I tried to remember what had happened, my mind was blank and my body didn't seem to be in any pain which was weird. I pulled the shirt together and buttoned it up before covering my neck with my hair, washing my hands and returning to the bedroom area where Stephanie had now left and all the two officers were standing by the door waiting for me. 

"Miss, we need to get you down to the station," the female officer spoke as I noticed she was holding a clear bag with some clothes in. "And we are going to need that shirt."