Chapter 367: I'm sorry

Sheldon POV

"River stay awake for me baby girl. Come on let me see those magical green eyes." I smile at her as I pat her face with a damp cloth.

"Hurry the fuck up Carter."

"I'm going as fast as I can. I don't want to give her anything cause I don't know what they gave her." I hurry around the corner and my truck tips a bit at the sharp turn.

"Fuck man, your drivings going to kill us all." Carter says. Lifting her leg a little. She groans and tries to fight him.

"It's okay River. Hold my hand. Carter has to look, we need to know where the blood is coming from."

"I'm so sorry River. I'm being as careful as I can.. There! Right there! See him!"

I pull up and lift her head softly.

"No please.. don't leave... me." She cries out. I grab her under her arms and pull her so I can lift her out. The doctor and a woman run to us and wave us in a back door. I lay her on the bed.

I don't like this she's need a real doctor with real medicine.

"We should just take her to the hospital." I say clenching my jaw. She holds on to me so tight like she's afraid I'll disappear.

"You heard Jasper, they found enough evidence on that girls body to issue a warrant." He says.

"She didn't kill her! They're setting her up." I say as quite as I can.

"Where's the blood coming from?" The doctor says trying to look her over but she's fighting him.

I push him away. I climb in the bed behind her and pull her up to my chest as I wrap my arms around her like I used to do with Finn.

"She's been abused multiple times roughly by the looks over it. Her wrist might be broken. I need to remove her clothes and I need to do a vaginal exam."

I nod.

"Baby girl. The doctor has to touch you." She tenses up and starts crying again.

"I need blood taken and get me a rape kit." He tells the nurse.

"I need to take off the shirt okay." I say as I sit her up. "I'm right here my love. I'm right here." I say as I slowly pull it up not wanting to scare her.

Her body trembles "Shh good. Now lay against me."

"Its not going to be pleasant but I can't give her anything till the tox report comes back." I nod tightening my arms around her. Tears sting my eyes as I look down at her body. There's not a inch on her tiny body that isn't bruised, whipped, cut or burned. Between her legs looks worse. She digs her nails into my arms as he props her legs up and pushes them open.

"That's good. I'm sorry this is going to hurt a little." He says as he starts taking pictures and swabbing her down there.

"Stop!" She screams as he lifts her legs and pushes her knees open more. He waves the nurse over and she holds her legs open.

"Stop please!" She screams.

"Stop! Get your fucking hands off of her!" I scream at him.

"Sheldon they have to do it." Carter says squeezing my shoulder, I can see the tears in his eyes.

"River I'm right here." I say as I kiss her head over and over I hold her tightly to me.

Its finally over. I'm standing here in my boxers helping her get showered now that it's all over. She needed ten stitches in her vagina from a object of some sort the doctor thinks. Six more on the outside of her vagina. Her back is covered in whip marks, one is infected so he gave her some antibiotics. Her ribs have been broken and some healing and then broken again. Her wrist is broken and starting to heal wrong so he needs to do surgery to rebreak it and set it.

The guys are still in france chasing a lead on Finn.

"Sheldon I don't want them to know." Her words pulling me out of my head.

"What? River.."

She shakes her head "They won't want me." I turn her and hold her.

"They will still want you baby I promise." She cries so hard her legs give out. I catch her and take her to her bed. I slip a shirt over her head that Carter went home and grabbed for her.

"It's only been a few days. Tell them I got drunk and fell down." She says sobbing in a small ball.

"Baby girl it's been almost six weeks."

"Nooo!" I rip my wet boxers off and quickly pull on some sweats. I climb in behind her wrapping her in my arms.

"Was I with Randy the whole time?"

"We don't know. You seem clearer, is the meds helping?" She nods her head. It was easier to figure out what drugs she didn't have in her system then it was to make a list of all the ones that were.

"Thank god for private hospitals." Carter says walking back in with some bags of food and hopefully clothes. River jumps and shrinks into me. She rolls over so he can't see her face pressing it against my chest.

"Hey sweetheart I got you some of that spicy pork you like and I got extra crab rangoon for you." Carter says. She jumps and tenses when he touches her back softly.

"She's just scared man you know she loves you." I say watching his face fill with hurt and sadness.

"I know." He says.

My phone rings and she jumps and grabs my side really hard.

"It's okay baby girl." I say pulling my arms around her more. I kiss her head. Carter holds my phone out it's Scarlett again. I've been avoiding her, she wants a commitment from me. I love her, I do but I want Finn. I will be happy with her but with him I'll be completely utterly happy and I'm not willing to give up on him.

"Let's try to eat okay." She nods and sits up slowly. Carter moves and she grabs my hand. I pull her closer to me and wrap my arm around her shoulder. I feed her small bites every few minutes. Carter stands and stretches as the movie ends. His phone rings and he grabs his bag.

"I got a busted nose downtown to go fix. Jasper's back in the morning don't forget to make that phone call."

I nod.

"Hey River sweetie I'll be back in the morning okay." She looks down and nods.

After a minute of him being gone I move the food and pick up the bed. She's getting tired, I walk her to the bathroom and start making her bed and then mine on the pullout.

"Sheldon." She's crying.

I hurry to her and hug her "Shh what happened baby girl."

"Nothing I'm sorry." She says climbing in bed but I can feel her body shaking. I push her over as her cries turn to sobs.