My father

Chapter 9

RECAP: "The nightmares, and me sleeping with you are also a big reason why. Every time I try to fall asleep, his actions play in my head. I feel safe with you, daddy. I know you wouldn't hurt me." I said.

                     MARK'S POV

The moment Stella told me about Derek, I wanted to kill him. I failed as a father, I didn't protect Stella and it's all my fault.

I embraced Stella tightly.

I new my babygirl was hurting, and I couldn't do much about it. I wish I could take all the pain away from her.

"Stella you're not going anywhere until this is all over" I said while still hugging her.

Her tight grip against me told me how scared she was.

"I need to make sure no one else is going to hurt you." I continued.

Stella got up off of the couch and headed towards the door. "Let's go dad." she said as she opened the door.

I grabbed my keys, and my phone while I followed behind her.

Once we arrived at the ER, they took us to our room. Stella got up and sat on the bed while I sat on a chair right by her.

I held her hand the whole time so that she didn't feel alone.

There were a couple knocks on the door as the doctor walked it.

"Are you Stella Hope?" The doctor said as he pulled out a bunch of paper work.
Stella nodded.

"Well hello Stella, I'm Dr. Maves. I'm guessing you're dad, correct?" He said as he turned to me.

"Yes, Sir." I replied.

"Okay, I'm going to ask you some questions of family or medical history, that I need to be aware about." Dr. Maves said.

He asked simple questions like her weight, age, birthday, height, previous surgeries, etc.

"Okay, Mark I'm going to need you to sign these papers so that we have your consent to do a full investigation and exam on this case for Stella." the Doctor said.

"If Stella isn't willing to talk then we'll have to close this case." he looked at Stella for a reply. She nodded. "If she is willing to talk, then as soon as this exam is over she'll be taken into questioning right away. We typically don't like to wait any longer then what we need to to do a
investigation." He said.

I nodded and began to sign the papers.

"Stella, do you still have the clothes from the night of the alleged assault?" asked Dr. Maves.

Stella looked at me for reassurance. I gripped her hand tighter and smiled.
"N-no, not from the first two times. But I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore earlier today when he raped me again." Stella said.

I could tell she was very nervous.

"Okay, we'll need to take those." The doctor said while handing Stella a hospital gown.

Doctor Maves but down a plastic bag on the floor.

"Okay, we'll leave so you can change. I need you to change your clothes on the plastic bag. This is going to catch any hair, fiber, or DNA from Derek. Everything needs to come off okay?" Dr. Maves said.