resumed
gently stroking his sister’s hair, while tears silently slid down her face.
As the days
went on, Jen began to feel the strain. She’d moved Lily into her bedroom, and
between not being able to get too comfy on the couch and the fact that every
night Lily woke up screaming, Jen grew short on sleep. She’d had a couple of complaints
from clients and had had to spend more time on the telephone apologising than
she was comfortable doing.
It was hard
to get Lily to eat anything and Jen found it impossible to eat when the other
girl wouldn’t, and they both ended up losing weight they didn’t really need to
lose.
During that
first week one of the detectives on the case came out just to advise them they
hadn’t made much progress yet but that they were doing all they could. It
seemed the rapist was a serial offender, and had used a variety of methods to
target his victims which made it difficult to find common denominators between
the cases. But the physical description was the same from all the girls.
Todd went to
see Ben at the coffee shop and when he told him what had happened, he saw rage
and anger on the young man’s face that he wouldn’t have thought him capable of.
Neither one
of them knew whether Lily would want to see him or not, but Todd was touched
when he was brave enough to bring flowers the next day and stay for a few
minutes. Without saying anything too upsetting for her, he managed to convey
that he’d be around if she ever needed him.
It was hard
to watch the look of utter hopelessness on his face as he left.
As the second
week started Sean brought down fabrics and sketches he’d made for Jen, and
although it killed her to do it, in the hopes that it would engage Lily she
allowed Sean to drape her in brightly coloured satins, silk and lace - pinning
and poking her until she felt like screaming.
She played
her part with good grace though, and they played music at full belt as she
strutted up and down the living room as if her heart was actually in it. The
boys taking turns to be her male model escort.
That was the
first time since the rape when anyone saw Lily smile.
When using
Jen as a catalyst for getting Lily to respond seemed the only way for her to
make progress, the three guys dragged them both out on a shopping trip. And
while Todd took his sister for coffee - her hands shaking the entire time, Jen
had to endure Sean and Sebastian choosing an armload of new lingerie for her to
try on.
When Todd and
Lily met back up with them it was to find the three of them having a knock down
drag out argument over whether Jen required chicken fillets or gel inserts
neither of which she had any intention of buying. “What happened to my breasts
being the perfect size for my frame?” she was heard yelling at Sean.
The stress
the whole thing caused Jen was almost worth it for the brief upturn in Lily’s
mood.
There had
been no spare time for Todd and Jen to be alone or talk, and she felt him
distancing himself from her - even while he seemed to join in any of Sean and
Seb’s schemes. But she was ok with that because she was struggling to cope
without any sexual innuendo going on.
After two
weeks Lily was physically almost healed and managing to make herself breakfast
at least without prompting, but Jen was absolutely exhausted from the physical
demands of trying to prop her up and work at the same time.
Sean and Seb
came down from their latest visit with the girls where they’d left Jen asleep
on her computer keyboard and tore into Todd.
“Todd it’s time
you took Lily home, Jen can’t take much more of this,” Sean began.
“He’s right
Todd, she generally has a challenge on her hands keeping herself going, but the
stress of helping Lily too, well it was ok for a while but enough’s enough.”
Todd scowled.
Because he’d left it far too long without telling his parents, he now felt very
apprehensive about dealing with the consequences and knew he’d been a shit,
selfishly using
gently stroking his sister’s hair, while tears silently slid down her face.
As the days
went on, Jen began to feel the strain. She’d moved Lily into her bedroom, and
between not being able to get too comfy on the couch and the fact that every
night Lily woke up screaming, Jen grew short on sleep. She’d had a couple of complaints
from clients and had had to spend more time on the telephone apologising than
she was comfortable doing.
It was hard
to get Lily to eat anything and Jen found it impossible to eat when the other
girl wouldn’t, and they both ended up losing weight they didn’t really need to
lose.
During that
first week one of the detectives on the case came out just to advise them they
hadn’t made much progress yet but that they were doing all they could. It
seemed the rapist was a serial offender, and had used a variety of methods to
target his victims which made it difficult to find common denominators between
the cases. But the physical description was the same from all the girls.
Todd went to
see Ben at the coffee shop and when he told him what had happened, he saw rage
and anger on the young man’s face that he wouldn’t have thought him capable of.
Neither one
of them knew whether Lily would want to see him or not, but Todd was touched
when he was brave enough to bring flowers the next day and stay for a few
minutes. Without saying anything too upsetting for her, he managed to convey
that he’d be around if she ever needed him.
It was hard
to watch the look of utter hopelessness on his face as he left.
As the second
week started Sean brought down fabrics and sketches he’d made for Jen, and
although it killed her to do it, in the hopes that it would engage Lily she
allowed Sean to drape her in brightly coloured satins, silk and lace - pinning
and poking her until she felt like screaming.
She played
her part with good grace though, and they played music at full belt as she
strutted up and down the living room as if her heart was actually in it. The
boys taking turns to be her male model escort.
That was the
first time since the rape when anyone saw Lily smile.
When using
Jen as a catalyst for getting Lily to respond seemed the only way for her to
make progress, the three guys dragged them both out on a shopping trip. And
while Todd took his sister for coffee - her hands shaking the entire time, Jen
had to endure Sean and Sebastian choosing an armload of new lingerie for her to
try on.
When Todd and
Lily met back up with them it was to find the three of them having a knock down
drag out argument over whether Jen required chicken fillets or gel inserts
neither of which she had any intention of buying. “What happened to my breasts
being the perfect size for my frame?” she was heard yelling at Sean.
The stress
the whole thing caused Jen was almost worth it for the brief upturn in Lily’s
mood.
There had
been no spare time for Todd and Jen to be alone or talk, and she felt him
distancing himself from her - even while he seemed to join in any of Sean and
Seb’s schemes. But she was ok with that because she was struggling to cope
without any sexual innuendo going on.
After two
weeks Lily was physically almost healed and managing to make herself breakfast
at least without prompting, but Jen was absolutely exhausted from the physical
demands of trying to prop her up and work at the same time.
Sean and Seb
came down from their latest visit with the girls where they’d left Jen asleep
on her computer keyboard and tore into Todd.
“Todd it’s time
you took Lily home, Jen can’t take much more of this,” Sean began.
“He’s right
Todd, she generally has a challenge on her hands keeping herself going, but the
stress of helping Lily too, well it was ok for a while but enough’s enough.”
Todd scowled.
Because he’d left it far too long without telling his parents, he now felt very
apprehensive about dealing with the consequences and knew he’d been a shit,
selfishly using
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