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could only imagine where else.
    He remembered the last time Tommy had beat her. He hadn’t been there for her then and he wasn’t there for her now.
    A police officer approached her room. Jason stepped into his path. “What happened?
    The police officer turned. “Who are you?”
    “I’m Jason Anderson, Kay’s husband.”
    The officer took him aside. “Sir, your wife was attacked.”
    “Obviously. Where did it happen?”
    “Sir, you will have to ask your wife. I can’t give you any more information.”
    “Look, at least…did he rape her?” Jason shoved his left hand in his pocket.
    “No, sir, there’s no evidence of that. Seems like he didn’t have time. We’ll try everything we can to find him.” The policeman patted Jason’s shoulder before turning to enter the room.
    “You better make sure I don’t get my hands on him, because I’ll kill him,” Jason said, rubbing his hands together.
    The officer paused and turned back. “I’m going to act like I didn’t hear that. I have to finish getting your wife’s statement. Excuse me.”
    As the man went in, Jason’s mom came out of the room and hugged him. “Son, she just needs some time. She feels like she let you down.”
    “Why would she think that?” he asked, running his fingers through his hair.
    “Because she feels like she asked for it, the way she was dressed. I tried to explain to her that she didn’t.”
    “She was dressed the way she was because of me. M om, if I find out who attack her before they do, he’ll regret ever touching her.” Jason said with anger .
    “Jay, please let the police handle this. She doesn’t need you to get yourself put in jail. She's going to need you to help her get through this. It may not be a rape, but that doesn’t change the fact that he violated her. She called me because she needed a mom, someone who would understand and feel what she’s feeling, but she needs you even if she doesn’t see it now.”
    Jason shifted from foot to foot.
    The officer stepped out of her room and left, his mom went back in to comfort Kay. After a while his mom came back out.
    “She’s asleep now. I held her until she fell asleep. Jason, be gentle and patient with her. She needs you now more than ever.”
    He hugged his mother and entered his wife’s room. He walked up to her bed and whispered. “I love you, Kay.” He leaned down , kissed her forehea d, and sat down , entwin ing his fingers with hers. He couldn’t believe someone would do this to her, and whoever had done it would pay.
    A few minutes later, she started screaming. “NO! Don’t touch me! Please don’t hurt me!”
    He stood up and hugged her. “Kay, it’s me.”
    She pulled away from him. “No….” After a moment, she realized it was Jason and jumped into his arms. “I’m so sorry. I should’ve gone home to change instead of stopping at the gas station.”
    “Baby, you didn’t do anything wrong.” He pulled back to look into her eyes.
    “Jason, I thought he was going to kill me,” she said, with tears rolling down her cheeks.
    “Baby, he didn’t, but he is going to pay for what he did to you. I will kill him with my bare hand s. I’ve told you before no one hurts’ you and gets away with it.”
    “Jason , promise me that you’ll let the police handle this, please. Promise me . ” S he placed her hands under his chin.
    He stared at her and could tell she knew he was lying. “I’ll let the police handle it.” He took her hand and kissed it. “Can you tell me what happened?”
    She stopped staring at him, lowered her head. “When I went to the gas station to fill up, I noticed this weird guy looking at me. First I thought it was because I was wearing a coat, but he had a strange look on his face.” She paused , trying to get her words together. “I felt something was wrong so I turned to leave. ” She began to take a deep breath before continuing . “When I was about to get into my car, someone else grabbed me and told me not