Carmen walked into room 3.
Jess couldn’t look at her.
“I wouldn’t want to look at me either” Carmen said sitting on the edge of Jess’s bed “They need to take pictures of your injuries and then you need to tell me everything”
“I fell down the stairs” Jess lied
“Jess don’t lie to me, I have never lied to you so please don’t do it to me”
“Carmen she will kill me” Jess said full of fear
“No she won’t, she won’t get near you I won’t let her I promise” Carmen said looking straight into Jess’s eyes “Jess you need to let me help you”
“She loves me”
“No she doesn’t or you wouldn’t be in this mess” Carmen said
“Hey I’m Laura I just need to take some pictures”
Laura took a picture of jess’s face and arms. “Jess I just need you to lift your t-shirt up for me”
Jess did as she was asked. Carmen was getting angrier by the second.
“Officer Morales if you could just hold Jess up so I can take a picture of her back”
Carmen did as she was asked and then gently lay Jess back down. She helped her put her t-shirt back on.
“You need to tell me everything” Carmen said taking out her statement book “how long has this been going on?”
“7 month” Jess said “It’s only if she takes a drink”
“Doesn’t excuse it” Carmen said
“It started of just her calling me names and stuff” Jess sighed “Carmen I really need my Mum and Mama at the minute”
“I’ll go get them” Carmen said getting up
She returned with Bette and Tina.
Bette just went over hugging Jess carefully. “Why did you not tell us Jess?”
“She said she would kill me, Mama I didn’t know what to do” Jess admitted
“We’ve all known since you got home” Tina said “We’ve all been watching like nothing else”
“She’s very clever” Jess said
“You were very good at ignoring it” Bette said
“I had no option to” Jess sighed “Mum I don’t want to stay here tonight don’t let them keep me here”
“Jess they might need to” Tina said
“If they do I’ll stay with you, no-one will get anywhere near you” Carmen said
“She will find a way to get in” Jess panic’d
“Jess look at me” Bette said “She won’t get anywhere near you”
Carmen’s radio went off “Go ahead Andrew”
“She’s left all her stuff is gone from the flat; we’ve got Jess’s stuff”
“Can you get a warrant out for her arrest?”
“I’m working on it” Andrew said “Were on our way back”
“Ok”
“I can’t stay here, I need to get out of here” Jess said trying to get up
Dr Houston walked back into the room
“Is there any possibility we can take her home?” Bette asked
“She doesn’t want to stay here” Tina said
“I don’t see their being a problem but her medication she needs to take it, Jess your epilepsy pills you haven’t been taking”
“I don’t know where they are, she hid them” Jess admitted
“I will get you a new prescription” Dr Houston said “I need to see you in 2 days time and if you get worse you need to come straight here”
“Okay” Jess agreed
“Plenty of rest, and start eating your weight is concerning”
“She will be” Tina said
Bette helped Jess up; Carmen got the other side of her.
“I’m going to be sick” Jess said
Dr Houston quickly handed her a bowl
Carmen rubbed her back softly and then handed her a drink of water. “You okay?”
“Yeah ok let’s go” Jess said
Lisa, Jace and Kelly stood up as they walked into the reception.
“I can’t believe you let it get this far” Kelly said
“Not just now, let’s just get her home” Bette warned
Jace pushed the doors open.
“Lisa I need you to go home and distract Mason”
“Amy is with him” Lisa said
“Yes but I don’t want him seeing Jess like this” Bette said
“We need to get back to the station” Andrew said “I’ll be back later to get a statement”