Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
I scoot a little closer, close enough so I can touch her hand.
She finally focuses on my face, I know she is trying and present at least.
“Tell me five things you can see.”
“Her eyes darted around the room, almost like a trapped bunny. “I see you, right in front of me.”
“Good, what else?”
“I see the sheets wrapped around my legs. I see the people at the door with Doc Sylvia, I don’t remember names though.”
She gives me a weak smile. “Good, two more.”
“I see another bed, your’s maybe and a desk in the corner.”
I nod. “Good, tell me four things you can feel.”
“I feel your hand.”
She smiles for real this time, it’s small, but real. “I feel the soft bed and pillows. I feel the warm air coming from the vent.”
“Alright, three things you can hear.”
She’s starting to look more alive. There is color to her cheeks and her eyes are open and curious, not frightened.
“I hear breathing; voices outside the room. Where are we? I hear lots of voices and silverware clinking.”
I don’t get distracted by her question. There will be plenty of time to show her around the compound. For now I need her to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this is real. “Two things you can smell
She closes her eyes for a second and then opens them. “I smell myself.”
She grimaces. “I need a shower, badly.”
I laugh with her.
“We both do, but that hasn’t been on the priority list. What else?”
“Bacon! I smell food, real food.”
Right on cue both of our stomachs rumble and we both laugh as do the people behind me. Jena takes notice for the first time and grasps the sheet, pulling it tight around her.
“Hey! Hey, right here.”
I pull her focus back to me. “What can you taste?”
She just sits there looking startled again.
“Jena, we are safe, tell me what you can taste right now.”
I hand her a bottle of water, trying to prompt her to drink and answer my she net
She was doing so well, but she won’t be able to cower forever. We need to push her to break out of this or she Will never stop being the victim.
She takes the bottle from me. “What do you taste?” I ask again.
She gulps one big mouthful. “I taste clean water. There’s nothing in it but water.”
SHe looks at the bottle like it’s trying to trick her, then back to me.
“We are safe. Now, let’s get clean and downstairs before all of the bacon is gone.”
She slowly gets up and follows me to the bathroom. I help her get the hot water turned on and tell her I am going to leave the door cracked so Doc Sylvia and I can hear if she needs help.
While I wait I cross the room to Lillian and give her another big hug. “Thank you for coming for us.”
I let her go and walk into Osiston’s arms. He wraps me up in his massive embrace. My arms almost don’t reach all the way around him, my fingers barely touching.
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