Remembering Earth Mission by Sharon Riegie Maynard

Author:Sharon Riegie Maynard [Maynard, Sharon Riegie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lemon Tree Press
Published: 2018-03-25T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Out of the Shadows

The next morning Rory left home early so that he could stop by the hospital before he started his office appointments. He had called and checked on Gerri last night. The nurses said that she was still not responding. Her doctor had hoped to release her to go home today but wanted some counseling support available to her.

Rory pushed through the hospital's front double front doors and strode down the hall to the elevator. As he rode to the third floor, he thought about this young woman. What was there about her that felt so familiar? Technically, she was not his patient, but he knew that he would be there for her. The elevator doors opened.

As he turned to walk down the hall, a voice inside his head screamed, "Get to her room, get there now!" The voice's urging was so shocking that for a second he was stunned. Then, he started to run down the hall, aware that others were looking at him. Although this had never occurred to him before, and running in the hospital would be viewed as bizarre, he did not care. He rounded the corner and almost ran into a tall, blond man coming out of Gerri's room. Their eyes met. The look in the man's eyes told Rory that something was not right. Rory felt a blow from some unseen hand blast into his stomach; the old vision flared in his mind.

The young man ducked into the stairs, and Rory sprinted into room 316.

Gerri was lying curled up in bed, her arms wrapped around her knees. Her sobs muffled by the blanket. Rory slowed his pace and sat in the chair by her bed.

"I'm here," he whispered.

She made no reply, and he merely sat. He touched her hands, and it was if her pain cried itself through his body. Despite herself, Rory's presence penetrated Gerri's wall. She heard his voice and raised her eyes to his. As their eyes met, she knew that right now, at this moment, she did not want to be alone with her pain. She wanted to be in the safety that this man radiated. Gerri reached for him and leaned into his arms. As his strength folded her, she knew she was home. Rory held her for a time that was beyond this moment, this rape. It reached back to a woman's limp body, to loss, and to grief. Rory was conflicted. His heart told him to let her be in the safety of his arms, and his professional mind warned of its danger. Rory's heart won, and he held her. Danger flared and asked if he was ready for what more this woman would crack open.

Then he moved her into a space on the bed and listened as she recounted the events of the morning; the man who had raped her had suddenly appeared in her room. Dean was his name. She told Rory of his threats and his assurance that he could find her no matter where she was.

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