Let Me In (book 2 - follow on from Abandoned)

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Maura's PoV

Im woken by Jane screaming, rolling over I find her in a tight ball violently shaking

"Sweetie.. wake up you're having a nightmare.. Jane honey... that's it.." I coax as I carefully rub circles on her back until she starts to relax.

"Maur?" Jane shakily speaks

"I'm here sweetie" I sooth as she rolls over to face me burying her face into my neck.

"You're ok honey, do you want to talk about it?"

"I.. He.. i.. they hurt" she manages to get out

"What hurts Jane?" I ask beginning to feel worried that she's in physical pain

"My.. hands.. really tight" she hiccups as she pulls away from me

"Ok sweetie, let me get something" I sit up getting out of her bed pulling on one of her t shirts, finding a bottle of moisturiser in her bathroom by the time I come back into her room Jane's sat on the edge of her bed in a pair of shorts and a tank top. Lent against her knees staring at the floor as her hands hang downwards.

Sitting next to her I take hold of one of her hands and frown slightly when I see how dry and taught the scars on the top of her hands are, the ones on her palms having half crescents marked into them where she was clenching her fists tight in her sleep.

"What are you going to do?" Jane asks with worry in her voice

"I'm going to massage your hands Jane, you don't do it do you?"

"No.. why?" She asks

"Massaging them will increase the blood flow to the scar tissue and will help release them so they aren't as tight, you should massage them everyday sweetie, do you want to do it or do you want me to do it?" I ask

"Would you mind?" She asks sounding defeated and drained

"I'll massage them everyday for you sweetie if you want me to" I smile at her as I get the moisturiser and begin to massage her hand before moving on to her other.

"Jane, I need to ask.. how are you feeling with what happened last night?" Cautiously treading not wanting to upset her

"I'm.. I'm ok.. sorry for being emotional.. and for waking you up" she sighs

"Hey non of that Jane don't apologise.. that was a very big thing that you did last night, I would be worried if you weren't emotional, I'm going to apply more pressure" I explain

"He did those on my thighs too.. I know they look like I probably did them myself.. but he.." she trails off

"It's ok sweetie, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, and even with the scars on your thighs and your hands, it just shows how much of a survivor you are, I would never love you any less" I smile at her as she leans her head on my shoulder.

"I feel so drained babe" she yawns

"I know honey, but you managed to get six hours sleep, so it could be a mixture of emotionally being drained but also you've not been sleeping well for a long time and your body isn't used to having so much sleep at once so you will probably feel tired from having that much sleep. I would say let's go back to bed, but we have to be in work in an hour and a half and I need to call a cab so I can get ready" I explain before taking the moisturiser back to the bathroom.

"I'll take you home if you don't mind going on the bike?" Jane calls from her dressing room

"I would love to but.." i trail off as she comes out holding a pair of joggers a hoody and a spare leather jacket.